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Here are some photos from the #Fairfield Museum and History Center's annual Holiday Express Train Show, taken on 12/6/2025. You can still see all of this in person, as the train show continues through this Sunday.
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Here's the countdown from the Festival of Lights in #Ridgefield last night [11/28/2025].
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#Ridgefield 's Festival of Lights, 11/28/2025
[Part Two, with meteorologist and town resident Ira Joe Fisher as host]
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#Ridgefield 's Festival of Lights, 11/28/2025
[Part One, featuring the Ridgefield High School Madrigals]
(It's time for the 2025 edition of our guide to #Christmas tree lighting ceremonies in #Connecticut - with over 30 additional listings this year! Please keep in mind that times shown are often when the ceremonies begin, not necessarily when the trees are lit.
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The Milford Concert Band at the Connecticut Post Mall, 12/23/2024
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Project Echo at Best Video, #Hamden, 12/22/2024
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Danny Young and friends at the #Byram branch of Greenwich Library, 12/19/2024
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The Shoreline Jazz Quintet at Milford Public Library, 12/18/2024
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Maria Tiscia at Villa Italia, #Stamford, 12/17/2024
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The New Haven Symphony Orchestra at the Lyman Center, New Haven, 12/14/2024,
accompanied by the steel pan collective the St. Luke's Steel Band [4]
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Matthew and Gunnar at Mohegan Sun's Wolf Den, 12/13/2024,
accompanied by footage of their father Ricky [3] and grandparents Ozzie and Harriet
Fiddle: Molly Cherryholmes
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Guitarist David Giardina's "A Latin Holiday Fiesta" at Bridgeport Library's Beardsley branch, 12/7/2024
Violin: Chris Payne
Vocals: Chris' daughter Chloe Payne
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Linda Eder at #Ridgefield Playhouse, 12/6/2024
#RecentlyInCT / #ChristmastimeInCT: The Fairfield University tree-lighting ceremony last Monday [12/2/2024] also featured very tasty cookies [3 - not actually made of gingerbread, by the way] and singing by two student groups [4].
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The latest exhibit from Historic Rowayton, photographed on 12/1/2024, features some classic toys - as well as children's books from such famous local authors as Crockett Johnson ("Harold And The Purple Crayon") and Jim Flora.
(It's time for the 2024 edition of our guide to #Christmas tree lighting ceremonies here in #Connecticut!
As always, please keep in mind that the times shown are often when the ceremonies begin, not necessarily when the trees are lit.
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#RecentConcertsInCT / #ChristmastimeInCT:
Cellists from Ravenna Michalsen's Dignity Music
at Bridgeport Library's main branch, 12/22/2023
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Daniel Young, Gileann Tan, Sarah Nordin and Tyler Putnam
at Greenwich Library's Byram branch, 12/21/2023
(including a very amusing acted-out rendition of "Baby It's Cold Outside" by married couple Tyler and Sarah [3])
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Mark and Maggie O'Connor at the Katharine Hepburn Theatre, #OldSaybrook, 12/20/2023
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The Ridgefield Chorale's annual Holiday Pops concert at the Ridgefield Playhouse, 12/17/2023, this year benefiting Ridgefield Responds' Hope for Ukraine Fund
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#Stratford native Claire Kaiser at Stratford Library's Lovell Room, 12/17/2023,
in the conclusion to its holiday concert series
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Flautist Kazuko Stratmann at Bridgeport Library's Beardsley branch, 12/16/2023
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the Greenwich A Capella Elite Group [OA] at Norwalk's Wall Street Theater, 12/10/2023
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Members of the New England Guitar Society
at the Stratford Library, 12/10/2023
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#Connecticut's state treasurer Eric Russell [2] was among those greeting visitors to the Governor's Residence in #Hartford during the second day of the annual Holiday Open House yesterday [12/9/2023].
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Mary Fahl at the Katharine Hepburn Theater, #OldSaybrook, 12/8/2023
(Photos: after-show signing, mid-concert break)
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The Larry Haddad Quartet in #Stratford Library's Lovell Room, 12/3/2023,
featuring Joe McWilliams on piano, Mike Nunno on bass, and #Stamford's Joe Corsello on drums
