Name: Star Spangled Town-Wide Picnic
Start: 2026-06-06T14:00:00-04:00

Join us for town wide picnic honoring America 250. Activities will include:
<ul><li>Durham Patriotic Artists Exhibition &amp; Old Fashioned Fun and Games</li><li>An All-American Picnic (picnic foods available for purchase)</li><li>Apple Pie Eating Contests :<ul><li>Pre-Registration is required for participation</li><li>Limited to ten adults ages 14+ and ten children 13 and under </li><li>Sign up will begin at 2:00 p.m., at the Welcome Tent</li><li>Contest will take place at 5:00 p.m.</li></ul></li><li>America250 Birthday Song/Cake</li><li>Patriotic Concert at Allyn Brook Park featuring The Middletown Symphonic Band</li><li>Coginchaug Little League Majors Baseball, Finale played ‘under the lights’</li></ul>
Community Organizations: Please contact us to volunteer or donate toward the day's activities! Carolyn Havrda (860-894-7837 or chavrda@townofdurhamct.org)

Local Event: Star Spangled Town-Wide Picnic

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Star Spangled Town-Wide Picnic

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<h3>Celebrate National Donut Day with 50% off Our Famous Apple Cider Donuts!</h3>
Mark your calendars -&nbsp;National Donut Day is Friday, June 5th, and we're celebrating the sweetest way we know how: with 50% off 6-pack Apple Cider Donuts, available&nbsp;in-store only&nbsp;for one day only!
Visit the store at 9:30 AM to hear about National Donut Day with The Salvation Army and listen to the Salvation Army Brass Ensemble!&nbsp;
Baked fresh with orchard-grown apples and warm spices, our Apple Cider Donuts are a local favorite and the perfect way to honor this delicious holiday.
But did you know National Donut Day has a deeper history? The celebration dates back to 1938, when it was established by&nbsp;The Salvation Army&nbsp;to honor the "Donut Lassies" - brave women who served donuts to soldiers on the front lines during World War I. These simple treats offered comfort and a taste of home, and became a symbol of support and care.
This National Donut Day, enjoy a sweet deal while honoring a meaningful tradition. Stop by, stock up, and celebrate with us -&nbsp;just don't forget, it's in-store only and while supplies last!
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<h4>Join us for a Fun and Relaxing Playtime Session!</h4>
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Minors cannot make reservations to handle a goat alone, but can be added as an additional helper to assist an adult handler on the goat walk. There must be at least 1 adult person who will be the handler for each goat.
$17 per person
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<h3>Turn your Sunday nights up a notch with Mixtape Match at 1741 Pub &amp; Grill!</h3>
Join us for a feel-good, sing-along game night hosted by Digital Tracks DJ, and yes, it's FREE to play!
Grab a table, order something delicious from 1741 Pub &amp; Grill's awesome food and drinks menu, and get ready for a night of music, laughs, and friendly competition.
What's Mixtape Match?
Think BINGO, but way more fun. Instead of numbers being called, your DJ plays a song! If it's on your card, mark it off. No music expertise required. Just good vibes and a love for great tunes.
Pro tip: arrive around 5:30 PM to get settled, order drinks, and snag a good seat. Game time: 6 PM - 8 PM
Frequently Asked Questions:
What are the three rounds like?
Each round plays just like BINGO, but with a different musical theme. Past themed have included: '80s hits, TV theme songs, classic rock, current hits, '90s alternative, one-hit wonders, hair bands, old school hip-hop and more. Every round is a surprise!
Do I need to know song titles or artists?
Nope! This is&nbsp;not music trivia. The song titles and artists are announced. Just listed, vibe, and match.
Do I have to play all three rounds?
You don't have to...but trust us, you'll want to.
How much does it cost?
Mixtape Match at 1741 Pub &amp; Grill is FREE to play!
Great music, great food, great drinks, and a laid-back Sunday night atmosphere, Mixtape Match is the perfect excuse to make 1741 Pub &amp; Grill your new tradition.

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Mixtape Match at 1741 Pub & Grill

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Nothing says spring better than our popular Classic Design Luncheon and Lecture! We’re honored to feature Genevieve Wheeler-Brown, the author of&nbsp;<a href="https://beyondblueandwhite.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">“Beyond Blue and White.”</a>
Wheeler-Brown’s book explores the history of Delftware ceramics, focusing on the often-overlooked roles of women as makers, patrons, and collectors, from 17th-century factory owners like&nbsp;Barbara Rotteveel&nbsp;to Gilded Age collectors like&nbsp;Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan. A must for devotees of decorative arts and the history of material culture. 
Location: The award-winning Jay Estate Gardens designed by Nelson Byrd Woltz. Co-Chairs, Tracy Edwards, Liz Garrett, Emmy Lambert, Lindsay Bello Martin and Suzanne Clary.
Guests will enjoy botanical cocktails and a tour of the blue and white blooms of our gardens at 11:30am followed by lunch and lecture at 12 Noon. Booksigning at 1:30pm. Catering provided by Scarborough Fair Catering.
Spring garden attire and hats encouraged! 
Tickets start at $150. Tables of 10 start at $1500
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All proceeds will benefit JHC's family and adult horticulture programs.
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GENEVIEVE WHEELER BROWN
Founding Genevieve Wheeler Decorative Art Advisory in 2003, Genevieve comes to the advisory business with more than 12 years of experience in the auction world, strong generalist knowledge and a wide range of contacts in American, European and Asian decorative and fine arts.
Genevieve began her career with Christie’s in 1992 with the European Decorative Arts Department after working as an intern at The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C. in 1990. She was then asked to run Overseas Consignments at Christie’s Park Avenue, a department that handled inquiries for European based auctions including Indian and Southeast Asian art, Islamic Art, Miniatures, Textiles and Cameras. In 1995 Genevieve became the New York contact for sales of Fabergé and Russian Silver at Christie’s Park Avenue and most recently was as a specialist in Fine Musical Instruments at Christie’s Rockefeller Center from 1998 to 2003.
While at Christie’s, she was involved with important sales such as ‘The Pine Cone Egg’ by Carl Fabergé and ‘The Taft’ Stradivari which fetched the auction record for an instrument sold in the United States. She has also been an appraiser on the PBS production ‘The Antiques Roadshow’.
A supporter of several fine and decorative art related institutions, Genevieve has served on the Board of the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York, served as a member of the Young Fellows Steering Committee of the Frick Collection from 1995 to 2005 and co-Chaired the Winter Antiques Show Young Collector’s Night, New York in 2004, 2005, and 2006.
Genevieve currently advises several organizations including <a href="https://www.dumbartonhouse.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dumbarton House</a>, a Federal period house museum in Georgetown, as a board member as well as for <a href="https://www.thewintershow.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Winter Show</a> as a vice-chair of Opening Night and as co-founder of The Winter Show Luncheon.About The Jay Heritage Center
The nonprofit Jay Heritage Center (JHC) is dedicated to preserving, protecting, and revitalizing a place that has meaning for all Americans: The Jay Estate. The property is the centerpiece of the Boston Post Road Historic District, Westchester County's only National Historic Landmark District,&nbsp;an irreplaceable cultural and natural resource.&nbsp;
Through lectures, workshops, volunteer opportunities, school programs, and concerts, JHC offers timely lessons in history, environmental conservation, architecture, and social justice, while tracing the evolution of democracy in the United States. It hopes to inspire the future historians, civic advocates, and stewards of our fragile cultural and natural resources.&nbsp;
Just as the architects of our nation’s government pursued self-improvement through dialogue about our nation’s most relevant topics, JHC promotes learning through programs led by prominent experts, Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, and academics in a variety of disciplines from sustainability to legal history.
Sign up for our monthly newsletter to learn more about events or opportunities to volunteer!

Local Event: Classic Design Luncheon & Lecture: Beyond Blue and White with Genevieve Wheeler-Brown

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