CLINTON, CT — Clinton's weekend leans into Halloween, with lantern-lit ghost tours through an 18th-century burial ground on Friday and Saturday nights and a Halloween paint and sip on East Main Street Thursday, from Thursday, Oct. 22, through Sunday, Oct. 25.
This Weekend's Arts & Entertainment
- Paint & Sip with Diana & Tina — Thursday, Oct. 22, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Paint a "Starry Starry Night" scene with a witch's silhouette; it is BYOB, snacks are provided and the cost is $40 per person, with registration by calling or texting Diana at 408-231-4603. Clinton Art Gallery & Coastal Gifts, 20 East Main Street
- The Haunted Spirits of Clinton Lantern Tours — Friday and Saturday, Oct. 23-24, tours every half hour from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The stroll visits the town's 18th-century burial grounds, where the "spirits" of local characters tell stories from Clinton's past, with light refreshments afterward. It is meant for ages 13 and older, proceeds support Shoreline Theater Academy Kidz Konnection, and tickets are sold through Etix. Shoreline Theater Academy Kidz Konnection, the Academy Building, 61 East Main Street
- "Trees of the Northeast" art exhibit — on view Thursday, Oct. 22, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday, Oct. 23, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Saturday, Oct. 24, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (the library is closed Sunday). The Clinton Tree Committee's 20th annual show of tree photographs, oils and watercolors runs through Nov. 30. Henry Carter Hull Library, 10 Killingworth Turnpike
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Paint and sip on East Main Street Thursday, see the library's tree show before it closes Saturday afternoon and take a lantern tour of the old burial grounds Friday or Saturday night.
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