This weekend just might be the busiest weekend of the three years the Valley Indy has been around.
Enjoy the weekend with your friends and family and thank you for reading the Valley Indy!
(PS: If you’re event isn’t listed here, stop crying and post your events on our community calendar. Registration required.)
— — —FRIDAY, OCT. 5, 2012——
Connecticut Kids Closet Consignment Sale
Oct. 5 to Oct. 7
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday
The Connecticut Kids Closet runs consignment events where you can get the best deals on children’s clothes, toys, books and gear. You can also earn up to 75 percent on the sale of your new and gently used items.
Warsaw Park
125 Pulaski Highway
Ansonia
More Info
Beech Street Tag Sale
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
‘Don’t miss this one, something for everyone’
Source
Beech Street, Derby Map
Restaurant Week
All day
Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce Restaurant Week concludes today.
Participating restaurants in the Valley towns will offer one or both of the following deals: for lunch, patrons can “Dine for $9,” and at dinner, restaurants will have a pre-fixed menu for $20.12.
Click here for a list of participating restaurants.
Click here for the official press release.
First Friday Book Discussion
1 p.m.
“Dreams of Joy” by Lisa See
Huntington Branch Library
41 Church Street
Huntington
Friday Night Football
Shelton v. Fairfield Prep (at Fairfield Prep)
6 p.m.
Wilby v. Derby (in Derby)
7 p.m.
Wolcott v. Seymour (in Seymour)
Ansonia v. Holy Cross (at Holy Cross)
7 p.m.
Neil Simon’s Barefoot In The Park
8 p.m.
Tickets are $25 for adults, $10 for students
More info
Center Stage
54 Grove St.
Shelton
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Head Of The Housatonic Regatta
8:30 a.m.
Hosted by the New Haven Rowing Club, the Head of the Housatonic is one of the largest single-day head races in the country attracting rowers of all levels — from novice to elite, junior to veteran master.
Indian Well State Park
Shelton
More Info
Fire Safety Day
9 a.m.
Derby Fire Department teams with Derby Home Depot to promote fire safety. Demonstrations, truck tours, tips. Bring the family.
Home Depot
117 Main St.
Derby
Tag Sale In Oxford
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Furniture, collectibles, household items, linens, dishes (some vintage), holiday items.
No early birds!
411 Chestnut Tree Hill Road
Oxford
Source
Pounding the Pavement for Pink 5K
9 a.m.
Seymour Pink’s 5K will begin on River Street in Seymour and follow a course that brings participants by the Seymour Historical Society and Seymour Public Library, ending at the Seymour Community Center.
Seymour
More info here
Center For Cancer Care 5K Walk/Run
7:30 a.m. registration
9 a.m. start
Begins at The Center for Cancer Care
350 Seymour Ave.
Derby
Registration is $30
Click here for more info
Shelton Recreation Path Grand Opening
9:30 a.m.
Grand opening of the Shelton Lakes Recreation Path.
Ribbon cutting will be held near the Dog Park at 9:30 am, followed by a hike & bike at 11:00 am.
For the ribbon cutting, meet at the Dog Park (corner of Nells Rock Road & Shelton Ave).
Extra parking is available at Shelton Intermediate School across the street.
For the hike & bike, meet at Pine Lake, located on Shelton Avenue 0.2 miles northeast of Meadow Street.
Total length is 4 miles, ending in Huntington Center.
The Rec Path has a crushed stone surface 8 to 12 feet wide with some long but gradual hills.
Children and leashed dogs welcome.
Rides back to the starting point will be provided.
Hike & Bike raindate is Sunday at 1:00 pm.
Shelton
Touch-A-Truck Fall Kids Festival
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Tractor rides, bounce house, face painting, pumpkin decorating, bake sale
Great Hill United Methodist Church
225 Great Hill Road
Seymour
More info here
Ansonia Harvest Festival
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Music on two stages, food, fun, crafts, kid activities, you name it they got it
Massive line up of bands, singers, activities
(Rain date is Oct. 13)
Click here for more info
Click here for info from the city’s website
It’ll be in downtown Ansonia (home to the Valley Indy, the media’s second choice to moderate the Presidential debate the other night)
Civil War Living History
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
President Abraham Lincoln and Company F, 14th Connecticut Volunteer Regiment will present demonstrations, answer questions and give the Emancipation Proclamation.
Six buildings open for viewing, refreshments available.
Proceeds benefit Shelton Historical Society programs.
Shelton History Center
70 Ripton Road
For more info, call 203 925‑1803 or visit this here website www.sheltonhistoricalsociety.org.
Adopt-A-Pet!
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Pet adoption event at Curtiss Ryan Honda, 333 Bridgeport Ave, Shelton, CT 06484. 203 – 929-1484 for directions.
Sponsored by The Friends of the New Haven Animal Shelter and the North Shore Animal League
Click here for more info!
Curtiss Ryan Honda
333 Bridgeport Avenue
Shelton
Smoke In The Valley II
1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Craft beer and chili festival!
$40 at the door
Seymour Community Center
Pine Street
More info
Football
Oxford v. Notre Dame-Fairfield (at Notre Dame)
3:30 p.m.
Neil Simon’s Barefoot In The Park
8 p.m.
Tickets are $25 for adults, $10 for students
More info
Center Stage
54 Grove St.
Shelton
A few more Saturday events are listed here!
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Emmet O’Brien 5th Annual Car, Truck and Bike Show
8 a.m. gates open
9 a.m. – 3 p.m. is the show
Rain or shine
Food, music, raffles, trophies
$2 admission, $1 for students, kids under 10 free
141 Prindle Ave.
Ansonia
Click here to download a flier
SHELTON DAY!
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
More than 100 vendors, food, crafts, fun activities. Always the biggest event of its kind in the Valley.
Sponsored by the Derby-Shelton Rotary.
Click here for the website.
Food Drive For Senior Citizens
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Comfort Keepers of Shelton will be hosting a Stop Senior Hunger Food Drive outside Stop and Shop in Shelton at 898 Bridgeport Avenue.
They are accepting food donations or Stop and Shop gift cards.
This is a good cause because at least one in nine seniors are at risk of going hungry due to inability to obtain sufficient food for their household or having to choose between food and medical care.
You can also donate by clicking here.
Shelton Riverwalk Wheel Walk For Fitness
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Sponsored by The National Spinal Cord Injury Association, CT Chapter (SCIACT), in conjunction with Shelton-based MovingWithHOPE, Inc.
The Second Annual Shelton Wheel/Walk-a-Thon promotes routine physical activity for people of all ages and abilities, and encourages Valley residents and business owners to realize how important events like this are as a catalyst to help people of all ages and abilities maintain routine physical activity.
Participation is a simple and inexpensive way to foster support for employee health and fitness and help show that anyone — regardless of age, ability and fitness level — can go for a comfortable walk or wheel.
The Wheel/Walk-a-Thon benefits a great cause — Spinal Cord Injury research, education and family support — and is a terrific start and an annual reminder for people of all abilities that making time for routine
physical activity and better nutrition is easier than you think!
Abe Lincoln In Seymour
2 p.m.
Get a unique view of the nation’s 16th president during a special program at the Seymour Historical Society.
The program, “A Visit with Lincoln,” will feature Steve Wood, who has won awards for his presidential portrayal.
The program is free to historical society members and $3 per person ($5 per couple) for non-members.
Doors open at 1 p.m. for those interested in viewing the museum’s exhibits.
Click here for more info.
Valley Goes Pink Benefit
2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Ari Bella Restaurant will host a “Vineyards of the World Wine Tasting.”
For more information, call Pat at 203.926.2478 or Sue at 203.926.1122.
66 Huntington St.
Shelton
Kavafians Play Mozart
7:30 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Concertmaster Ani Kavafian’s annual Mozart Project turns into a family affair when sister Ida Kavafian joins her on viola for the Sinfonia Concertante. Ida switches to violin as the Kavafian sisters perform the world premiere of David Stock’s Concerto for Two Violins.
Tickets: $35
More info here
Shelton Intermediate School
675 Constitution Boulevard North
Shelton
