Lyme, East Lyme & Old Lyme Weekend Guide: Wee Faerie Village, 'Patchwork' And An Art•Bar Happy Hour

LYME, CT — Old Lyme's Lyme Street art district leads the Columbus Day weekend for the three Lymes, from Thursday, Oct. 8, through Sunday, Oct. 11, with fairy houses on the Florence Griswold grounds, two members' shows next door and a Saturday farmers market in Lyme.

This Weekend's Arts & Entertainment

• Wee Faerie Village and "Patchwork: Connecticut Artists Consider 250" — Thursday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The museum's artistic walking trail of faerie house installations runs through Nov. 1, and "Patchwork" brings contemporary Connecticut artists' responses to America's 250th birthday through Nov. 8; Sunday's Wee Faerie Crafternoon runs 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $18 for adults and $7.50 for ages 5 to 12. Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme Street, Old Lyme
• "New England Landscape" and "Bon Appetit" — Thursday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The association's two members' exhibitions run through Nov. 6; admission is free. Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme Street, Old Lyme

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This Weekend's Restaurants & Bars

• Art•Bar Happy Hour: Bespoke Faerie Dwelling #1 — Thursday, Oct. 8, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The museum's evening happy hour has a "bespoke faerie dwelling" theme. Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme Street, Old Lyme
• The Farmers Market at Tiffany Farms — Saturday, Oct. 10, starting at 9 a.m. Tiffany Farms, 156 Sterling City Road, Lyme

Hunt for faerie houses on the Florence Griswold grounds, browse two members' shows next door and stock up at Tiffany Farms, and the Lymes' long weekend is a lovely one.

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