Happening at the park
We are excited for another great season of our weekly Farmers Market! Running every Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm May 21 through November 19, our market features a diverse set of vendors offering locally grown fruits and vegetables, pasture-raised meats, speciality cheeses, fresh seafood, gourmet prepared foods, breads and baked goods, coffee products, natural pet food and more. We look forward to welcoming you back to the market soon!
Movies @the Park are back again for 2022! Join us on Fridays June 3, July 1, August 5 and September 2 to watch some classics with us while enjoying the outdoors and the company of friends. Bring your own chairs, blankets food and beverages.
June 3—Singing in the Rain
July 1—In the Heat of the Night
August 5—The Secret Life of Pets (animated)
September 2—The Proposal
BONUS! June 24 Drive-In @ River Walk Pavilion—Encanto (animated)
Photo credit: Katie Talarico Henry
We are pleased to welcome Nicole Alger and her art exhibit, titled “Animal, Vegetable, Mineral”. Alger’s display will feature inspiring realist paintings on canvas, wood and other materials. The exhibit will be on view Friday, July 8 through Monday, August 8. An opening reception will be held on Friday, July 8 from 5 to 7 pm.
For Alger, painting is a way for her to connect with her ancestors and her family’s past. “Cultivating a relationship with our ancestors is an ancient practice that was woven into daily life long before my forebears arrived on these shores,” she said. “Sustenance meant more than animal, vegetable and mineral. A connection to the past was as invaluable as food. The rituals that mark the passage of human life were the very threads of our cultural fabric.”
We are pleased to welcome Karen Pepper and her art exhibit, titled “Summer 2022.” Pepper’s display will feature moving abstract expressionist pieces on canvas. The exhibit will be on view Wednesday, August 10 through Sunday, September 11.
Pepper has spent over two decades of her artistic career in Washington, Conn. From her beginnings in Pennsylvania and artistic studies in Hawaii, then onto Switzerland where she lived for seven years, her worldly background has created a strong foundation for continuous artistic creativity, virtuosity and knowledge.
Pepper’s show at the park is an experimentation in mixed media using different processes to apply paint to stretched canvas. The main three mediums she explores are oil, acrylic and enamel. Pepper also uses edgers or palette knives to move paint around the canvas while adding sand to create a thick texture. Additionally, she played with letter, number or Mandala stencils in this current collection.
The exhibit will run through Sunday, September 11. An opening reception will be held Saturday, August 13 from 3 to 5 pm.
We are delighted to host the band Widely Grown for a concert on Sunday, August 14 from 3 to 5 pm.
Widely Grown is a relatively new band on the music scene, having formed out of a year of life on the road. Band lead James Calleo had been performing as a solo musician when he set out on his travels. The band’s music is the inevitable sound that culminates from living a year without a permanent home. Traveling across the country with his wife and dog in a tiny Subaru, Calleo spent 2020 camping in the Appalachian Mountains, spending starry nights in Bighorn National Forest and swimming in the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest.
"Our style is a little folk, a little country, a little rock n roll," said Calleo. "When people compare us, they use vibes like, rather than sounds like, which is cool. They've said Wood Brothers. Grateful Dead. Lumineers. I guess it depends on the day!"
We are delighted to Welcome a live theatrical performance, "The Revolutionisits!" by Theatre for Good on Friday August 27 at 8 pm and Saturday, August 28 at 5 pm.
Starring Janelle Robinson, Beth Harvison, Caroline Kinsolving and Tracy Liz Miller.
This grand, hilarious, and dream-tweaked comedy is about how we actually go about changing the world.
For more information and to reserve your tickets ($30 suggested donation through PayPal, Venmo, or check), please contact Caroline at ckinsolving@mac.com
Theatre for Good are about coming together, giving back, and being a good neighbor, something to encourage as communities develop and grow. To not lose sight of simple community values, morals, and ethics.
To pay forward the donations at the end of each performance to various charities and organizations that are working to make the world better.
Theatre for Good brings thought-provoking theatre that entertains while exposing social issues to the public, with a goal of fundraising for good causes.
Proceeds from these performances will support The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens.
This autumn, we once again look forward to hosting our second annual Jack-O-Lantern Carving Contest, back by popular demand!
Grab a pumpkin from one of our many local farms, carve it with your most creative design at home, and bring it to the park on Saturday, October 29. All pumpkins must be registered by 9:30 am.
Voting begins when the farmers market opens at 10 am. The public is invited to stop by and vote for their favorite jack-o-lantern. Winners will be announced at 1:15 pm.
We look forward to seeing the wonderful designs you create!