This Weekend Calendar is being added to as we come across events that we think may be of interest to our readers.  If you know of an event which you’d like us to list, please email us at newhartfordplus@gmail.com and we’ll gladly add it here.

Following are the Calendar listings for this weekend, Saturday, July 31 and Sunday, August 1 in New Hartford, CT and surrounding communities:

[Note: Sunday's calendar has been moved to the top of the Weekend Calendar for ease of use on Sunday]

Sunday, August 1, 2010:

• Visit your favorite Church, Temple, Meditation Center or Meeting House: Be sure to make time today to visit your favorite church, temple, meditation center or meeting house for good fellowship and spiritual uplifting. Please refer to the listings on our front page Houses of Worship to visit the churches’ websites.
• Tour of the Litchfield Hills: bicycle events starting from 7:00 a.m. through 10:00 a.m.; walking events start at 10:15 a.m. Event benefits the Center for Cancer Care Fund. For more information, please visit the Tour of the Litchfield Hills website.
• Burlington Flea Market: from 7:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. on the grounds of the Burlington Inn Antique Shops, Route 4, Burlington. For more information, please call 860-404-1780.
• 2010 Kent Sidewalk Festival: from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m., Route 7, Kent. Food, music, sales. Today’s special activities include caricatures drawing, weaving demonstration, TriArts performers, Bring Your Own Chair concerts, and much more! For the full schedule of events for this Festival which is running from Thursday, July 29 through Sunday, August 1, please see the complete schedule of events on the Kent Chamber of Commerce website.
• 2nd Annual Connecticut Wine Festival: from 12:00 noon until 6:00 p.m. at the Goshen Fairgrounds, Route 63, Goshen. Enjoy wine, food samples, live music, and buy great CT Wines by the bottle to take home! Out two New Hartford wineries will be there ~ the Connecticut Valley Winery on Litchfield Turnpike and the Jerram Winery on Town Hill; be sure to stop by and say “Hello!” You must present your ID upon entering the festival. No outside food or drinks allowed. No pets allowed. Tickets purchased at the festival are $25 daily/$40 weekend, $10 designated drivers and under 21. For more information, please visit the CT Wine Festival section of the CT Wine Trail website.
• Music Mountain Concert Season ~ The Zimro Project: at 3:00 p.m. Concert includes: Prokofief: Overture on Hebrew Themes (1919) (3); Ben-Heim: Clarinet Quintet (1941) (Music Mountain Premiere); Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Opus 115 (1891) (16). For more information and a full listing of the 2010 Concert Season, please visit the Music Mountain website.
• Riverton Music Concert ~ Opening Night Band: at 2:00 p.m. on the green in the center of Riverton. Concert will feature the music of such legends like Billy Joel, Elton John, Jimmy Buffet, Huey Lewis, The Doobie Brothers, The Eagles, Van Morrison and many more! Sponsored by the Barkhamsted Rec Department.  For more information on upcoming concerts of the Riverton Summer Music Series, please see the flyer posted on the Barkhamsted municipal website.

*** PLEASE be sure to check the details of the events we list, either by the website or by telephone.  Last-minute changes, cancellations or plain mess-ups at our end have been known to happen so double-check before you go and enjoy these great local events.***

"I can now put down my camera for the rest of the summer: I got my image of the season! I was admiring this butterfly bush in Norma Pappalardo's Garden on Church Street North when the butterfly landed on it and a second later it was gone, but not before I'd snapped my photo..." From Maria La Faci Moore's Facebook page

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[Saturday's calendar has been moved to the bottom of this Weekend Calendar for ease of use on Sunday]

We dallied a little too long over breakfast ~ but who wouldn’t when you’re eating fresh chevre (goat cheese) on fresh bread followed by damsel (? can’t be that!) plums at a kitchen table decorated with one of Maggie’s gorgeous zinnia arrangements all straight from yesterday’s Farmers’ Market!

Saturday, July 31, 2010:

• Goshen Farmers Market: from 9:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. in Goshen Center School Parking lot, Route 63 North, Goshen. Enjoy goods offered by local farmers, bakers and local artisans.
• 2010 Kent Sidewalk Festival: from 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m., Route 7, Kent. Food, music, sales. Today’s special activities include glassblowing demonstrations, firetruck rides, face painting, knitting and hook rug demonstrations, chair caning demonstration, a pig roast on the Kent Green, and much more! For the full schedule of events for this Festival which is running from Thursday, July 29 through Sunday, August 1, please see the complete schedule of events on the Kent Chamber of Commerce website.
• Torrington Farmers’ Market: from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at the Torrington Downtown Plaza (where Staples is located), South Main Street, Torrington. Featuring the freshest produce straight from the farm.
• Litchfield Hills Farm-Fresh Market: from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at the Center School parking area, Litchfield.  Catch the music of the Collette Hurst Quintet at this market.  For more information, please visit the Litchfield Hills Farm-Fresh Market’s website.
• Norfolk Farmers’ Market: from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m., rain or shine. At the Norfolk Town Hall location, 19 Maple Avenue, Norfolk. Fresh farm produce, local artisans, musicians and much more!
• 2nd Annual Connecticut Wine Festival: from 12:00 noon until 7:00 p.m. at the Goshen Fairgrounds, Route 63, Goshen. Enjoy wine, food samples, live music, and buy great CT Wines by the bottle to take home! Our two New Hartford wineries will be there ~ the Connecticut Valley Winery on Litchfield Turnpike and the Jerram Winery on Town Hill; be sure to stop by and say “Hello!” You must present your ID upon entering the festival. No outside food or drinks allowed. No pets allowed. Tickets purchased at the festival are $25 daily/$40 weekend, $10 designated drivers and under 21. For more information, please visit the CT Wine Festival section of the CT Wine Trail website.
• Soap Making from Scratch: with Roxann Lovall owner of Aerie Mountain Garden, Gift, and Floral Shop in Barkhamsted at 2:00 p.m. in the A.B. Ceder Room at White Memorial Conservation Center, 80 Whitehall Road, Litchfield. Learn how easy it is to make fragrant soaps from scratch using only natural materials! Each participant will leave with a soap recipe and a minimum of two bars of homemade soap. This workshop is appropriate for all ages. Members: $30.00, Non members: $35.00. Pre-registration and pre-payment required. For more information please visit the White Memorial Conservation Center’s website.
• Norfolk Chamber Music Festival by the Yale School of Music: at the Battell Stoeckel Estate in the center of Norfolk. Tokyo Quartet w/Wei-Yi Yang (on piano):at 8:00 p.m. in the Music Shed. Concert includes:Franz Schubert: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op 125; Béla Bartók: String Quartet No. 4; César Franck: Piano Quintet in f minor. Tickets: From $15 to $45. Check the Featured Events webpage for more information. For more information about the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival by the Yale School of Music, please visit the Yale School of Music’s Norfolk website.
• Music Mountain Concert Season ~ Voxare String Quartet with Soyeon Lee Piano: At 6:30 p.m. at Music Mountain, Music Mountain Road, Falls Village. Barber: String Quartet, Opus 11 ( 1936) (7); Shostakovich: String Quartet # 3 in F Major, Opus 73 (1946) (7); Schumann: Piano Quintet in E Flat Major, Opus 44 (1842) (37). Cost: $30, Students (under 24) $17, Children (under 18) FREE when accompanied by a ticket holder. For more information and a full listing of the 2010 Concert Season, please visit the Music Mountain website.

The Regional Recycling Center, aka "the dump," part of Bob's morning routine on a Saturday morning: nothing comes between Bob and his dump run, as our photographer has learned over the years. Photo: Maria Moore

"Buy your food from where the employees look happy and you know you're buying good food" is something our editor, Maria Moore and her husband Bob practice in their food buying. Have you ever seen a happier smile than from Aimee who's working for the summer at the Barden Farm? The photo was taken at Friday's New Hartford Farmers' where the Bardens had brought a few of their farm animals for the children to enjoy. Photo: Maria Moore