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  • Saturday, September 20, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – Handy House Artisan Fair & Vintage Market

    Handy House Artisan Fair, organized by the Westport Historical Society, showcases local craftspeople who specialize in skills and traditional crafts commonly practiced in the 18th and 19th century. This year’s fair also features a vintage market – an opportunity to pick up unusual antiques, metalware, jewelry and textiles. This year’s fair on September 20 (rain date September 21) features 40 artisans.

    Local history authors and books! Collectors Corner! Blacksmith! Vintage Market! Music! Traditional craftsmanship is still very much alive in Westport. The Artisan Fair at 202 Hix Bridge Road offers a rare opportunity to meet these craftspeople, learn about their skilled hand work and human powered technologies through hands on demonstrations. Some artisans will have their work for sale, so it will also be a chance to get a jumpstart on holiday shopping!

    This free event not only preserves and perpetuates knowledge about traditional crafts, but is also an opportunity for the community to reconnect to its own history, to visit the Handy House and to celebrate the special heritage of the town of Westport. For more information visit https://wpthistory.org/handy-house-artisan-fair-and-vintage-market/

  • Saturday, May 22, 8:00 pm – The Nature Connection Benefit Concert with Cheryl Wheeler

    Enjoy an evening with Cheryl Wheeler in a benefit concert for The Nature Connection. The performance will take place at the Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts, 40 Stow Street in Concord, Massachusetts, on Saturday, May 22 beginning at 8 pm. The Nature Connection, Inc. (formerly known as Animals As Intermediaries) brings animal and nature programs to people with limited access to the natural world. Founded over 25 years ago, it connects individuals with nature’s capacity to heal and to teach.  The mission of The Nature Connection is to support the human spirit by offering and building connections between people and the natural world.

    Surely one of the most popular performers on the folk music circuit, Cheryl Wheeler is an exceptionally entertaining singer/songwriter, with a repertoire that includes beautiful ballads, upbeat tunes that reflect the quirkier things in life (such as “Handy House”), and an ability to tell a story with such a delightful comedic delivery that the audience will be rolling on the floor with laughter.  For more information, or to purchase tickets, log on to http://www.nature-connection.org, or call 978-369-2585.  You may also email scampbell@nature-connection.org.

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