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Kaleidoscope

Celebrate National Read a Book Day by meeting talented featured authors.
LOCAL AUTHORS • LOCAL STORIES • LOCAL CONNECTIONS!** <img alt="✨" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf4/1/16/2728.png">

We’re so excited to welcome 9 talented Connecticut authors to Kaleidoscope for a special Local Authors Book Signing! 
<img alt="❤️" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png">Join us on Sunday, September 6th from 11 AM–4 PM** and come meet the authors, discover new books, get your favorites signed, and maybe find your next great read!<img alt="📖" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t9e/1/16/1f4d6.png">
**Featured Authors:**
<img alt="✨" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf4/1/16/2728.png"> Matilda Dumbrill Yenovich
<img alt="✨" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf4/1/16/2728.png"> Janet Lemond
<img alt="✨" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf4/1/16/2728.png"> Kimberly Haidinger
<img alt="✨" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf4/1/16/2728.png"> Penny Huang
<img alt="✨" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf4/1/16/2728.png"> Patricia Ann Chafee
<img alt="✨" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf4/1/16/2728.png"> Hillary Gauvreau Oat

<img alt="✨" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf4/1/16/2728.png"> Joanne Moore
<img alt="✨" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf4/1/16/2728.png"> AnnMarie Monteiro
<img alt="✨" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf4/1/16/2728.png"> Harry Thomas

This is more than a book signing — it’s a chance to meet the people behind the stories and support local Connecticut authors! Bring your friends, bring your family, and come spend the day browsing books, meeting authors, and enjoying everything Kaleidoscope has to offer<img alt="📅" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t7e/1/16/1f4c5.png"> Sunday, September 6th<img alt="⏰" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t34/1/16/23f0.png"> 11 AM–4 PM<img alt="📍" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t2d/1/16/1f4cd.png"> Kaleidoscope – 56 Middlesex turnpike, Chester, ConnecticutSupport Local. Shop Local. Read Local. Tag a book lover who needs to know about this!

Local Event: Local Authors Book Signing

Local Authors Book Signing

Celebrate National Read a Book Day by meeting talented featured authors.
LOCAL AUTHORS • LOCAL STORIES • LOCAL CONNECTIONS!**...

Middletown House Concert Series

Tim Eriksen is a highly regarded singer of American folksong and shapenote music, a songwriter whose work has been covered by Alison Krauss, Joan Baez, and Bonny "Prince" Billy and a multi-instrumentalist with a background in punk rock and South Indian classical music.
With Absence and her sister, a new project with longtime collaborator Peter Irvine, percussion and voice, the duo return to their roots in folk minimalism and Gothic Americana- new and ancient songs of their native New England informed by the wide palette of their other collaborations.
The two are probably best known for their musical contributions to films including the Oscar-winning Cold Mountain and cult horror phenomenon The Outwaters, and as founding members of the anomalous folk-noise outfit Cordelia’s Dad, "the only band to have performed with both Doc Watson and Nirvana." But while echoes of punk-folk and shapenote music abound on Absence and her sister, so does the dissonance and rhythmic complexity of their Bosnian band Žabe I Babe, the deep groove they picked up from collaborators like banjo master Dwight Diller and East African gospel singers the Naamaara sisters, and the love of experimentation and power of repetition celebrated in Terry Riley's In C, the first piece the two ever played together as teenagers. The album also abounds with echoes from Pumpkintown, the duo's New England magic lantern show with painter/projectionist Susan Brearey, named for the birthplace of both Absence Wing and her twin. The place may be imaginary, but the musicians know its sunlit meadows and dark secrets well.$25 general
Please contact Jody Cormack for reservations and directions
jcormack@wesleyan.edu, or 860-983-7963

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Tim Eriksen & Peter Irvine

Tim Eriksen is a highly regarded singer of American folksong and shapenote music, a songwriter whose work has been covered by...

Jay Estate

The Jay Heritage Center in Rye, New York will celebrate America at 250 with a toast to Jay Medal honorees Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annette Gordon-Reed, the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University and award-winning Lincoln historian Harold Holzer.
The Jay Medal for Service was created in 2012 to recognize individuals who demonstrate a selfless spirit of commitment to and engagement with their community mirroring the multifaceted contributions of John Jay and his descendants. These honorees have demonstrated through their life's work that our shared narratives as a country, complicated as they are, can be better illuminated through the highest caliber of ongoing scholarship and advocacy. Honorees are selected for their excellence in the fields of American history, environmental stewardship, social justice or civic engagement.
Joining the celebration will be Chief Judge of the State of New York and the New York Court of Appeals, Honorable Rowan D. Wilson and historian and philanthropist Elihu Rose who will present the awards at JHC's annual Soirée. Special guests will include David Blight, Frank Cogliano, Joanne Freeman, and Beverly Gage.

The Jay Medal Soirée will be held Saturday, September 19, 2026 at the Jay Estate from 5:30-9:30pm. Cocktails, dinner, award ceremony and dancing. Cocktail Attire.
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