Cornwall CT

Town-Wide Reading: David McCullough's "1776"
2025-11-15 | CT
In anticipation of Cornwall’s celebration of America’s 250th, join in a town-wide reading of David McCullough’s “1776” followed by evening potluck discussions in Cornwall living rooms on Weds. Nov. 12 and Sat. Nov. 15. RSVP at: https://cornwallhistoricalsociety.org/events/ or call 860-672-0505. Copies of the book are available at the Society and can be purchased for $15.

Paint Holiday Cards in Mixed Media with Collette Hurst - Library
2025-11-15 10:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | The Cornwall Library, 30 Pine St, Cornwall, CT, 06753, United States
November 8, 15 and 22 – 10 to 11:30 a.m. Fee for three Saturday classes $75, payable to Instructor at first class. Blank cards and calligraphy pens will be provided by the Joelle Sander Fund. Registration is requested at cornwalllibrary.org.

2nd Annual Outdoor Holiday Festival - The Wish House Lawn
2025-11-15 11:00 - 15:00 | The Wish House, 413 Sharon Goshen Turnpike, West Cornwall, CT, 06796, United States
Treasa Pattison presents the second annual Outdoor Holiday Festival on Saturday, November 15th (rain date is Sunday, the 16th) from 11:00- 3:00 on The Wish House Lawn. For more info, check with treepattison@myyahoo.com

David Foster on the History, Ecology, and Future of the New England Landscape - Zoom
2025-11-15 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom, United States
On Saturday, November 15 at 4pm via Zoom. we will be having our annual meeting and a special lecture by David Foster, Forest Ecologist from the Harvard Forest entitled History, Ecology, and Future of the New England Landscape to present a vision for conserving and managing our forests. Registration is required at CornwallConservationTrust.org.

Sites of Controversy: From Cornwall's Memorials to the 9/11 with Jake Barton - Library
2025-11-15 17:00 - 18:00 | The Cornwall Library, 30 Pine St, Cornwall, CT, 06753, United States
In America, the past never seems to settle, but is rather ever renewed as the epicenter for present battles. This is exemplified by Cornwall’s own memorials to the Civil War and The First Foreign Mission School, both erected with great pride in their day, and both suddenly controversial by our back to back eras of Black Lives Matter and Trump. Jake Barton has spent his career designing projects like the 9/11 Memorial Museum, the media for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, and Greenwood Rising the Tulsa Race Massacre Museum. In this talk, he will explore how, regardless of scale, Memorials and Museums are built to concretize the past, ie “never forget”, but instead become lightning rods for conflict, drawing out controversies in their creation, and ongoing wars as our culture evolves over time.
Jake Barton is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Local Projects, an experience and exhibit design firm that creates groundbreaking and personal experiences. His credits include landmark projects like the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum, the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, the London Mithraeum, and the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Registration is required at cornwalllibrary.org.
