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SUMMARY:Real Ale Harvest Festival 2025
DESCRIPTION:Real Ale Harvest Festival\n10 Years of Drinkin’ Beers!\nSeptember 6\, 2025\n \nSample dozens of unique cask ale creations from over 20 of your favorite breweries are competing in a cask challenge at the 10th annual Noah Webster Real Ale Harvest Fest on September 6\, 2025.  The event serves as a fundraiser for the museum and is co-hosted by the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society and Harvest Fine Wines & Spirits. \nTickets on sale: www.noahwebster.yapsody.com! \nTicket Includes: \n\nBeer samples – 20+ unique one-of-a-kind brews to enjoy!\nAccess to Noah Webster’s birthplace home- a National Historic Landmark!\nEarly American Tavern games & puzzles\nOutdoor Live Music by Acoustic Madness (2-5pm) & Soul Tsunami (6-9pm)\nChat with local brewery owners and beer experts\nFree parking\n\nBrewers: \nAlvarium Beer Company\, Back East Brewery\, Brewery Legitimus\, Counter Weight Brewing Co.\, Dead Language Beer Project\, East Rock Brewing\, Jacks Abby Craft Lagers\, New England Brewing Co.\, New England Coffee Guy (Session 1 Only)\, New Park Brewing\, Nod Hill Brewery\, Tribus Beer Co.\, Thomas Hooker Brewing\, Twelve Percent Beer Project\, Vue Brewing\, WeHa Brewing & Roasting Co.\, Willimantic Brewing Co.\, Yankee Cider Co.\, and more! \nFood by Salt + Pepper will be available for purchase at this event. \nBecome a Noah Webster House Member today to receive discount on tickets. \nParking – Guests can park along South Main Street or one of the adjoining streets. \nThis event is rain or shine. All sales are final. \nPets and guests under 21 years old are not permitted to attend this event.\n \nReal ale is a traditional cask-conditioned ale popular in the time of Founding Father and lexicographer Noah Webster. Undergoing a second fermentation in the cask it will be served from\, the entries are always unique and delicious – with complex and satisfying depth. \nEach year\, a panel of judges determine which brewery will be named Cask Champion and attendees will vote for the Taster’s Choice Winner. \nJoin us for an exciting day of unique brews and good company at the National Historic Landmark home of American Icon Noah Webster! \nLogo and banner designed by Gariphic Design. All proceeds from the event go to the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society\, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization. \nIf you are interested in learning more about this event\, please email us at events@noahwebsterhouse.org. \nTo be a corporate sponsor at Real Ale Harvest Festival 2025\, please call 860.502.3246.
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LOCATION:Noah Webster House\, 227 South Main Street\, West Hartford\, CT\, 06107\, United States
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SUMMARY:WordHouse Poetry - September 17
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society for a FREE poetry reading on Wednesday\, September 17 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm \n  \nJoin us at the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society for a FREE poetry reading on Wednesday\, September 17 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm. Each program begins with an open mic and features two headlining poets. This month’s poets are Dennis Barone and Luisa Caycedo-Kimura. No registration is required and donations are greatly appreciated to support the not-for-profit museum. Please visit www.noahwebsterhouse.org/wordhouse-poetry/ for more information. \n  \nAbout the poets: \nDennis Barone is a Professor Emeritus in English at the University of Saint Joseph. In 2024 he edited Of Clouds and Mists\, poems by Pascal D’Angelo\, and co-edited with Deborah Ducoff-Barone Of Hartford in Many Lights: Celebrating Hartford’s Buildings. In 2025 he edited Poets’ Poets: A Renaissance of Words and authored Far-Dale: New and Selected Poems. Stage Fright: Fifty-Five Stories will be published in 2026. \nLuisa Caycedo-Kimura is a Colombian-born writer\, educator\, and the author of All Were Limones (The Word Works\, 2025)\, winner of the Hillary Tham Capital Collection competition. Other honors include a Connecticut Office of the Arts Emerging Recognition Award\, a John K. Walsh Residency Fellowship at the Anderson Center\, an Adrienne Reiner Hochstadt Fellowship at Ragdale\, and a Robert Pinsky Global Fellowship in Poetry. A three-time Pushcart Prize nominee and Best of the Net nominee\, her poems appear in Four Way Review\, Denver Quarterly\, The Cincinnati Review\, Shenandoah\, Rattle\, Mid-American Review\, RHINO\, and elsewhere. 
URL:https://noahwebsterhouse.org/event/wordhouse-poetry-september-17/
LOCATION:Noah Webster House\, 227 South Main Street\, West Hartford\, CT\, 06107\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Golden Age of Piracy | Life on the Webster Farm
DESCRIPTION:Visit the museum on select Saturdays from 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. and enjoy live demonstrations from our experienced team of museum educators. Each demonstration will focus on a unique aspect of early American work and play. Stop by and learn about the trades and activities of life on the Webster farm! \nThis program is included in museum admission. Enjoy FREE general admission for children 12 and under for this event! \nFor more information\, please email events@noahwebsterhouse.org. \nThank you to our 2024-2025 Sponsor\, the Rotary Club of West Hartford! \nSeptember 20\, 2025 – The Golden Age of Piracy \nYou may have speculated that famous pirates the likes of Captain Kidd and Blackbeard have visited Connecticut’s coastline\, but did you know that our very own Noah Webster wrote a book on the dangers of piracy? Stop by to learn all about pirates\, read from Noah’s book on piracy and even create your own pirate flag.
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SUMMARY:An Introduction To Pewter | A "Masters" Lecture
DESCRIPTION:An Introduction to Pewter | A “Masters” Lecture\nThursday\, September 25\, 2025 \n6:30 p.m. \nClick Here To Reserve Tickets Now!\n \nJoin presenter Eric Lanka on an interactive journey through the history of pewter. Following an informative PowerPoint presentation\, guests will be invited to handle a variety of pewter items\, ranging from the late 16th Century through the early 20th Century. \nSelected pieces will include engraved Dutch beakers depicting the ascension of William of Orange to the throne of England in 1689\, wriggle-work on German tankards\, English & American porringers\, and more! Guests may also take part in a Q&A following the presentation.  \nAbout The Presenter: \nEric Lanka is the former President of the Pewter Collectors Club of America (PCCA). Prior to representing the PCCA as President\, Eric served its National Program Director and is currently active as Regional Advisor to the New England District.
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