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Jewish Baseball Festival, With Ron Blomberg, Art Shamsky and Elliot Maddox. Sunday, October 3rd, from 4:30-7:30pm, Temple Sholom. $18 Includes “Ballpark” Style Dinner, Autographs and Interaction With Retired Baseball Greats

A panel discussion led by Richard Dietsch, Sports Illustrated writer and editor, will be held with three retired Jewish major league players:  Ron Blomberg, Art Shamsky and Elliot Maddox. The players will discuss their experiences of being Jewish and playing in the major league.  Following the panel, there will be time for autographs, as well as a host of fan [...]

Whole Foods Celebrates Its 30th Birthday With Music, Tastings and More on Monday September 20th from 11am – 6pm, FREE

Whole Foods is celebrating its 30th birthday with a store-wide tasting featuring favorite vendors.  The fun begins right at the front door where we will be grilling Applegate Farms hot dogs and sampling Cookwell’s Chili.  As you make your way through the store enjoy Tang’s Dumplings, Fresh Ginger Ale, Gelato Giuliana, Moo Chocolates, Javacinno and [...]

Take A Tromp Through the Swamp With Tom Sieling at Greenwich Library, 6:45 pm on Tuesday July 27th in the Cole Auditorium, FREE

Take a Tromp Through the Swamp and a Break by the Lake with Tom Sieling. Tom returns to Greenwich Library following last summer’s wonderful show. His performances are VERY participatory, fun, lively and informative. Sieling writes and performs songs for children and adults and he accompanies himself on guitar, banjo, harmonica and a drum machine [...]

Audubon Bee-In; Learn How Honey Is Harvested at Audubon Greenwich, 613 Riversville Road Saturday, July 24, 2010, 11am-4pm, FREE

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Audubon Greenwich
613 Riversville Road
Saturday, July 24, 2010

Enjoy an afternoon at Audubon Greenwich this Saturday when the local beekeepers harvest honey and the Audubon [...]

Byram Summer Sales Up to 75% Off, Thursday July 22- Saturday July 24th

It’s the Town of Greenwich’s version of the wave: first, Old Greenwich stands up and puts end of season stuff on sale.  Next, comes the Grandaddy of Sidewalk Sales – the Greenwich Ave. bonanza.  Now, it’s Byram’s turn, and it seems as if everyone in this getting-cooler-by-the-month enclave is participating.  Lolita Cocina and Tequila Bar, [...]

Children’s Dance Party and Movie (Antz) At Bendheim Western Civic Center Monday, July 12, 2010 at 7pm, FREE

Bendheim Western Civic Center
Monday, July 12, 2010
(Rain date: Tuesday, July 13, 2010)

Free to the public

The entertainment will begin at 7:00 pm with a children’s Dance [...]

Old Greenwich Sidewalk Sales This Weekend: Thursday July 8 – Saturday July 10th

Thank you to reader Jenifer H. for reminding me of the Old Greenwich Sidewalk Sales which often gets lost in the hype of the larger Greenwich Avenue sales the following week.  But Old Greenwich has charms of its own including one of my favorite indie bookstores, Just Books, and Chillybear.  So come on down this [...]

Greenwich Sidewalk Sales, Thursday July 15 – Saturday July 17th

I’d be remiss if I didn’t post about the sales event around which I plan my whole summer; The Greenwich Avenue Sidewalk Sales.  Over the years, I’ve scored $200 dresses for $9.99, purchased expensive kids clothes for pennies on the dollar, collected a years worth of birthday party gifts in one fell swoop, and have [...]

Free Shakespeare, Movies and Music This Summer: Check Greenwichblog.com

Why reinvent the wheel?  Sometimes I have to give a nod and shout-out to the nearly all-encompassing Greenwichblog.com, which provides excellent information about local events and freebies (though it tends to steer clear of shopping deals!). So, check back often. Among the offerings; Othello at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park, Orchestra music and [...]

Into Leather? How About Champagne and Truffles? Come to the Grand Opening of HH Brown Fine Leather Goods on Greenwich Ave. Wednesday – Friday June 16-18

Come for the bubbly and chocolate, and you might be persuaded to purchase a “distinctive leather product” at the Grand Opening of H. H. Brown Fine Leather Goods at 173 Greenwich Avenue. Born Crown, Thierry Rabotin, and Cruyff are some of the companies represented.  Visiting design teams will share their product secrets – so [...]