Community News

Volunteers Needed—Free Concert Tickets! The Norfolk Chamber Music Festival is looking for community ushers for Friday and Saturday evenings, July 5 to Aug. 10 at the Music Shed. Ushers will take tickets, hand out programs and guide people to seats. In return, ushers receive free admission to concerts. Ushers must have proof of vaccination. Contact Tom […]

Artist Sam Guindon Plans a June Pop-Up

Fresh on the heels of a successful 2023 show at the Norfolk Library, artist Sam Guindon plans a pop-up art gallery at 3 Station Place during the last two weekends of June. Guindon, who grew up in Norfolk, is now a teacher and student at the Compass Atelier in Kensington, MD. He began drawing at […]

Community News

Norfolk Hosts Dragon Boat Festival The Connecticut-Asia Cultural Center will hold a Dragon boat festival on Saturday, June 1, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at its campus at 207A Westside Road. Children will be able to participate in dragon boat racing activities, arts and crafts, and have their photo taken in an actual dragon boat […]

Bookshop Pop-Up to Enliven Downtown Norfolk in May

By Andra Moss A bookstore is opening in downtown Norfolk for the month of May as part of the Norfolk Hub’s pop-up business incubator space in the Royal Arcanum building.  The Dog’s Ear used bookstore is the brainchild of the Norfolk Library director, Ann Havemeyer, and trustees Michael Selleck and Trish Deans. All proceeds will […]

Aija is Back for the Holidays

Bella Erder’s shop, Aija, once a must-browse space in Station Place, is back as a pop-up in Royal Arcanum Building starting Friday, Nov. 24, from 12 to 5 p.m. Erder will offer a stylish and affordable collection of jewelry, scarves, gifts, and tabletop accessories- “perfect,” she says, “for gift giving as well as a little […]