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🌱 Pilobolus Day - Performance, Workshops, Fun! and 11 more events
Also check out From Her Hands A Mother & Daughter Art Exhibition, Artwork of Dotty and Emily Barnes on the Barkhamsted Patch calendar
Hey there, Barkhamsted! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️
Coming up on the calendar:
- From Her Hands A Mother & Daughter Art Exhibition, Artwork of Dotty and Emily Barnes at Kismet Co.
- Pilobolus Day - Performance, Workshops, Fun! at The Glenholme School
Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Tuesday: A brief afternoon shower, with a high of 75 and low of 56 degrees.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny and comfortable, temps: high: 77, low: 60.
- Thursday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 78 and low of 64 degrees.
📸 Around Barkhamsted
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Barkhamsted
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★ Featured events ★
- From Her Hands A Mother & Daughter Art Exhibition, Artwork of Dotty and Emily Barnes →
Kismet Co., 30 Depot St, Canton
7:00 pm
Friday August 28
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Other local events
- Pilobolus Day - Performance, Workshops, Fun! →
The Glenholme School, 81 Sabbaday Ln, Washington
1:30 pm
Sunday September 13
📣 Barkhamsted Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Students/Teachers Meet and Greet
Granby Memorial Middle School Granby, CT 06035
8:30 am - Story Time! →
Beardsley Library, 40 Munro Pl, Winsted
10:45 am - Over the Edge - Special Olympics
Winsted Elks Lodge 75 High St, Winsted, CT 06098 - Thomaston Girls Varsity Soccer @ Canton →
Canton High School, 76 Simonds Ave, Collinsville
3:30 pm - HJMS Pre-Algebra Parent Night
Simsbury Public Schools HJMS Auditorium
6:00 pm - Annual OHA Homeschool Not Back to School Bash at High Meadow by Holiday Hill! →
High Meadow Resort, 311 N Granby Rd, North Granby
11:00 am - Annual OHA Homeschool Not Back to School Bash at... →
High Meadow Resort, 311 N Granby Rd, North Granby
11:00 am - After-School Teen Art Club →
American Mural Project, 90 Whiting St, Winsted
2:30 pm - Comedy Night at Brignole Vineyards →
Brignole Vineyards, 103 Hartford Ave, East Granby
7:30 pm - DD clinic East/Central
Winsted Elks Lodge Manchester Elks Lodge #1893, 30 Bissell St, Manchester, CT 0604
9:00 am - Weekly Story Time (Every Saturday 11am) with... →
The Shops at Farmington Valley, 110 Albany Turnpike, Canton
11:00 am
Wednesday August 26
Thursday August 27
Friday August 28
Saturday August 29
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🪧 Patch Classifieds
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Dunkin' posted a job opening for Restaurant Manager in New Hartford. Apply here.
- Petco Health and Wellness posted a job opening for Inventory Specialist in Torrington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Barkhamsted here.
🗞 Nearby News
Winsted
- What Paige Bueckers said about Apple TV's UConn series (registercitizen.com)
- Police find damaged car, large boulder in middle of Connecticut road (nhregister.com)
Canton
- Daily scoreboard: Aug. 24-Sept. 6, 2026 (collinsvillepress.com)
Simsbury
- Simsbury's School Calendar For 2026-27: What You Need To Know (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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