This workshop will offer a comprehensive introduction to portraiture, still life and landscape photography. With access to professional lighting equipment, learn to manipulate lighting, shadows and compositional elements to create captivating imagery.
Instructor: Thaddeus Kubis
Saturdays, August 23, 30 & September 6, 2025
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Ages: 15+
Members: $121.50 / Non-Members: $135
Creative Compositions
Discover the unique process of screen printing a custom design on fabric using single-layer printing techniques. Open to all levels of experience, you will be encouraged to bring a variety of cotton fabric material to experiment with including tote bags, t-shirts and canvas.
Instructor: Nick Colabella
Saturdays, August 23 & 30, 2025
10 AM - 4 PM
Members: $175.50 / Non-Members: $195
Ink & Cotton: Screen Printing on Fabric
The Litchfield Farmers Market is one of the few year-round markets in the Connecticut. The weekly Saturday market offers fresh seasonal produce, fruit, berries, herbs, sustainably sourced fish; artisanal cheeses, breads and baked goods, local honey, maple syrup and gifts - all raised, grown or crafted by 15+ local vendors.
The market occasionally hosts live music and supports non-profits from throughout the Litchfield area.
INDOOR MARKET - November through mid-June (intermittent Saturdays through the winter months -- check the website for dates.) Open Saturdays 10am - 1pm at the Litchfield Community Center located at 421 Litchfield Road, Litchfield, CT.
OUTDOOR MARKET - mid- June through October located at Center School, Litchfield.
Litchfield Hills Farm Fresh Market
Saturday, August 30th, at 7 PM, Center Line Duo are back at 2nd Home Restaurant/Lounge! It's been too long since they've been here, and we're thrilled to have them back again.
For reservations (encouraged but not required) call 860-238-4500 or email us at momanddad@2ndhomelounge.com
See our complete event list - https://2ndhomelounge.com/events/
Google Street View
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2nd Home Lounge
524 Main Street, Winsted
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Center Line Duo at 2nd Home Restaurant/Lounge
PAUL WINTER: BRAZILIAN JOURNEY
Tickets: $50-65, Under 19 Free
Musicmountain.org or 860-824-7126 for tickets and more information
Music Mountain Summer Festival: PAUL WINTER: BRAZILIAN JOURNEY
Visit 3 historic sites in Gaylordsville on Sundays in July and August. The Gaylord School (one room schoolhouse), Browns Forge and Merwinsville Hotel all welcome visitors from 2 pm to 4 pm each Sunday in July and August. Gaylord School is located on Gaylord Rd and the Forge and Hotel are on Browns Forge Rd. While exploring keep your eyes peeled for the elusive orbs hidden at these sites.
Sundays in Gaylordsville
Gaylord School in Gaylordsville is open for visitors every Sunday in July and August from 2pm to 4pm. The one room schoolhouse is the longest running schoolhouse in Connecticut. It was opened in 1740 and was in use until 1967.
Sundays at the Little Red School
Jessie MONTGOMERY "Voodoo Dolls"
Mieczysław WEINBERG Capriccio, Opus 11
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN String Quartet in B Flat Major, Opus 18/6, "La Malinconia"
César FRANCK Piano Quintet in F Minor, Opus 14
Tickets: $30-65, Under 19 Free
Musicmountain.org or 860-824-7126 for tickets and more information
Come early for a free family concert at 2PM
Family Concert with the Ulysses Quartet: "Around the World"
Free 45-minute Event. Including brief engaging presentations, short performances, and Q&A. This program introduces young people to music from different parts of the world, exploring concepts of rhythm, harmony, style, and stringed instrument techniques. Listeners will enjoy selections from well-known composers, as well as rare discoveries! All Welcome. REGISTER TODAY. All attendees get free ice cream!
Music Mountain Summer Festival: Ulysses Quartet & Max Levinson, Piano
The Morris Public Library offers Story and Music Time for participants ages 9 mo. - 5 y.o every Tuesday at 10 am.
Please call to ask if a spot is available: 860-567-7440.
Sing songs, read a story, do a craft!
Story and Music Time
Join us for Story Time on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 for new books, free play, and fun crafts!
Story Time
Join us for Story Time on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 for new books, free play, and fun crafts!
Story Time
Out in the Corner and the David M. Hunt Library are partnering for a LGBTQIA+ game night on the first Thursday of the month, from 5:30-7 pm. Bring your own games, play those provided, or just hang out. Snacks are provided!
LGBTQIA+ Game Night
Come check out the Torrington Recreations 2025 Summer Concert Series at Coe Park! Over the course of 14 weeks, every Thursday, starting June 5th and running through September 4th, we will be hosting 14 different bands who will perform a range of different genres. Concerts will be held on the outside portico at the Coe Memorial Park (101 Litchfield Road) from 6pm-8pm. Bring your blankets, chairs, food and drinks to enjoy our concerts in the park!
The Eddie Foreman Orchestra, is a western MA polka band that has been performing before audiences since 1968. Eddie Foreman started the band while he was still in high school, and has been creating and recreating music ever since. EFO is known for their standard Polkas with Polish lyrics, giving their fans an abundance of music to enjoy!
2025 Summer Concert Series MAYORS POLKA NIGHT: The Eddie Foreman Orchestra
Friday, September 5th, at 7:00 PM, Bobby Pirotta returns to 2nd Home. Everyone has a great time when Bobby is here, and this time will be no different. Come down and enjoy some great music, food, drinks, and have fun.
For reservations (encouraged but not required) call 860-238-4500 or email us at momanddad@2ndhomelounge.com
See our complete event list - https://2ndhomelounge.com/events/
Google Street View:
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Bobby Pirotta at 2nd Home Restaurant & Lounge
Join the Friends of the David M. Hunt Library for their monthly book sale on the first Saturday of every month from 10 am to 1 pm. New, used, cds, dvds, coffee table books, recent fiction and mystery, children's books- there is something for everyone! All proceeds benefit the library.
Monthly Book Sale
This workshop will offer a comprehensive introduction to portraiture, still life and landscape photography. With access to professional lighting equipment, learn to manipulate lighting, shadows and compositional elements to create captivating imagery.
Instructor: Thaddeus Kubis
Saturdays, August 23, 30 & September 6, 2025
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Ages: 15+
Members: $121.50 / Non-Members: $135
Creative Compositions
The Litchfield Farmers Market is one of the few year-round markets in the Connecticut. The weekly Saturday market offers fresh seasonal produce, fruit, berries, herbs, sustainably sourced fish; artisanal cheeses, breads and baked goods, local honey, maple syrup and gifts - all raised, grown or crafted by 15+ local vendors.
The market occasionally hosts live music and supports non-profits from throughout the Litchfield area.
INDOOR MARKET - November through mid-June (intermittent Saturdays through the winter months -- check the website for dates.) Open Saturdays 10am - 1pm at the Litchfield Community Center located at 421 Litchfield Road, Litchfield, CT.
OUTDOOR MARKET - mid- June through October located at Center School, Litchfield.
Litchfield Hills Farm Fresh Market
Saturday, September 6th, at 7:00 PM, AmyBlu featuring Max Mayer return to 2nd Home. We have many wonderful performers here, and AmyBlu and Max are among the best! Welcome them back, and enjoy a wide array of musical styles including intimate jazz, sensuous torch, soulful rock, R&B, classic country, and so much more.
https://www.maxmayermusic.com/
For reservations (encouraged but not required) call 860-238-4500 or email us at momanddad@2ndhomelounge.com
See our complete event list - https://2ndhomelounge.com/events/
Our Google Street View is online, and it looks amazing:
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2nd Home Lounge
524 Main Street, Winsted
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AmyBlu featuring Max Mayer at 2nd Home Restaurant/Lounge
F.W. Murnau’s Sunrise (1927), a silent film masterpiece of love, betrayal, and redemption. Enhanced by live music composed and performed by pianist Donald Sosin with singer/percussionist Joanna Seaton, this poetic double-Oscar winner is considered one of the greatest films ever made.
Tickets: $20-65, Under 19 Free
Musicmountain.org or 860-824-7126 for tickets and more information
Music Mountain Summer Festival: DONALD SOSIN & JOANNA SEATON SILENT FILM & LIVE MUSIC
Inspired by the big band swing era, musical theater and early American folk music, with an upright bass, violin, an occasional accordion and any other willing participant recruited along the way, that's the amazing - Caravan of Thieves. This is the night, not to be missed.
Caravan of Thieves
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART String Quartet in E Flat Major, K. 428, "Haydn"
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet #14 in F Sharp Major, Opus 142
Robert SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in E Flat Major, Opus 44
Tickets: $30-65, Under 19 Free
Musicmountain.org or 860-824-7126 for tickets and more information
Come early for a free pre-concert talk at 2PM
Music Mountain: History of a Dream
Pre-Concert Talk by Anne Liebling about the history of Music Mountain, including the Mail Order Houses of Sears Roebuck and Company.
Music Mountain Summer Festival: Cassatt String Quartet & Magdalena Baczewska, Piano
The Morris Public Library offers Story and Music Time for participants ages 9 mo. - 5 y.o every Tuesday at 10 am.
Please call to ask if a spot is available: 860-567-7440.
Sing songs, read a story, do a craft!
Story and Music Time
Join us for Story Time on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 for new books, free play, and fun crafts!
Story Time
Join the Monthly Critique sessions at Five Points Arts Center – Bring in an original work for personal, constructive feedback and discussion with Founder and Executive Director, Judy McElhone. All skill levels and mediums are welcome!
Free and open to the public
Tuesday, September 9
2 – 3 PM
Five Points Arts Center
Monthly Critique Sessions - September
Join us for Story Time on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 for new books, free play, and fun crafts!
Story Time
Thursday, September 11th, at 6:30 PM, 2nd Home welcomes back Ramblin' Dan Stevens (https://www.danstevens.net/) . Dan plays an eclectic mix of acoustic finger style blues. His show is versatile and he has played almost every type of room from nice background music to concerts to houserockin' clubs. He has played all over the Eastern US, Europe, Canada and the Virgin Islands for many years and was a finalist at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis TN. He was also was recently inducted into the CT Blues Hall of Fame.
For reservations (encouraged but not required) call 860-238-4500 or email us at momanddad@2ndhomelounge.com
See our complete event list - https://2ndhomelounge.com/events/
2nd Home Lounge
524 Main Street, Winsted
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Ramblin Dan Stevens at 2nd Home Restaurant/Lounge
Local favorite performing cover songs & originals
with amazing harmony and vocals.
Food Truck: Meraki
BYOB & lawn chairs, blanket
Rain (Indoors) or Shine
Full Summer Sunset Concert Series:
Friday June 13: Scott Hopkins Band
Thursday June 19: Nekita Waller & Band
Friday July 25: Caribbean Vibe Steel Drum Band
Friday August 22: Al Fenton Big Band
Friday September 12: Potter's Field
Summer Sunset Concerts ~ Potter's Field
Friday, September 12th, 2nd Home is excited to have Kala Farnham (https://www.kalafarnham.com/) here for her first time. Kala Farnham crafts folk songs with roots and wings, weaving age-old truths into modern grooves. The 18th Connecticut State Troubadour and Rose Garden Performing Songwriter Contest winner invites listeners into conversation with intimate, fireside-style performances. With soul-stirring vocals and mystical folk harp, piano, and guitar, she draws audiences into a transcendent journey—one that lingers long after the final note fades. Come down and make Kala feel welcome for her first time here.
For reservations call 860-238-4500 or email us at momanddad@2ndhomelounge.com
See our complete event list - https://2ndhomelounge.com/events/
Our Google Street View is online, and it looks amazing:
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https://goo.gl/maps/NWGK4NRyk6MNfmWZ6
2nd Home Lounge
524 Main Street, Winsted
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Kala Farnham at 2nd Home Restaurant/Lounge
Join the Friends of Topsmead State Forest, Litchfield Hills Audubon Society, and Housatonic Valley Association for our Annual Members Day "Hawk Watch" at Topsmead State Forest. An open invitation for members of the Friends of Topsmead and their friends to scan the skies over the forest for a varierty of migrating hawks! Meet at the tent behind the shed adjacent to the Chase Cottage.
RAIN DATE: Sunday, June 14th, For GPS, use Buell Road as your destination. We look forward to seeing you!
FTSF Annual Members Day "Hawk Watch" at Topsmead
The Litchfield Farmers Market is one of the few year-round markets in the Connecticut. The weekly Saturday market offers fresh seasonal produce, fruit, berries, herbs, sustainably sourced fish; artisanal cheeses, breads and baked goods, local honey, maple syrup and gifts - all raised, grown or crafted by 15+ local vendors.
The market occasionally hosts live music and supports non-profits from throughout the Litchfield area.
INDOOR MARKET - November through mid-June (intermittent Saturdays through the winter months -- check the website for dates.) Open Saturdays 10am - 1pm at the Litchfield Community Center located at 421 Litchfield Road, Litchfield, CT.
OUTDOOR MARKET - mid- June through October located at Center School, Litchfield.