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SUMMARY:The Importance of Corn | 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! \nOctober 11\, 2025 – The Importance of Corn \nCorn\, also known as maize\, was a vital crop for Indigenous peoples and later the early American colonists. It helped to save the lives of many early Americans from starvation. Guests will learn about the history of corn\, its importance across many cultures and timelines and make delicious corn-based treats common in the 18th century.
URL:https://noahwebsterhouse.org/event/the-importance-of-corn-life-on-the-webster-farm-work-days/
LOCATION:Noah Webster House\, 227 South Main Street\, West Hartford\, CT\, 06107\, United States
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SUMMARY:WordHouse Poetry - October 15
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society for a FREE poetry reading on Wednesday\, October 15 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm. Each program begins with an open mic and features two headlining poets. This month’s poets are Ciaran Berry and Srinivas Mandavilli. 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. \nCiaran Berry was born in Dublin and grew up in Connemara and Donegal. He is the author of four collections of poetry\, States (2025)\, Liner Notes (2018)\, The Dead Zoo (2013)\, and The Sphere of Birds (2008)\, all published by The Gallery Press. His work has been featured in AGNI\, American Poetry Review\, Best American Poetry\, Best of Irish Poetry\, The Georgia Review\, The Gettysburg Review\, Poetry Ireland Review\, Poetry London\, The Missouri Review\, Ploughshares\, Poetry\, The Southern Review\, and The Threepenny Review. The accolades his work has received include a Whiting Award\, the Jerwood Aldeburgh First Collection Prize\, the Michael Murphy Memorial Prize\, a Poetry Book Society Recommendation\, the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition\, and two Pushcart Prizes. He lives with his family in West Hartford\, Connecticut and co-directs the Creative Writing Program at Trinity College.\n\nSrinivas Mandavilli is Chief of Pathology at Hartford Hospital and the author of the chapbooks Howrah Bridge (Main Street Rag\, 2025) and Gods in the Foyer (Antrim Books\, 2016). His work has been featured in the anthologies Hum Aiseich Bolte (Trancscendent Zero Press\, 2022) and Of Hartford in Many Lights (Grayson Books\, 2024) as well as numerous literary journals including Rattle\, Poetry Wales\, The Night Heron Barks\, New Square\, Modern Haiku\, The Raven’s Perch\, Verse Virtual\, and Journal of the American Medical Association. Mandavilli is one of Matwaala poets (a South Asian Diaspora Poets’ collective)\, a Pushcart Prize & Best of the Net nominee\, and lives in West Hartford with his wife Bela.
URL:https://noahwebsterhouse.org/event/wordhouse-poetry-19/
LOCATION:Noah Webster House\, 227 South Main Street\, West Hartford\, CT\, 06107\, United States
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SUMMARY:West Hartford Hauntings
DESCRIPTION:West Hartford Hauntings is the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society’s spooky\, theatrical cemetery tour! Don’t wait to get your tickets– this event sells out every year! \nClick here to get tickets now!\nYour ghostly guide leads you on a lantern-lit tour of Old North Cemetery where you experience tales of death\, disease\, and real history. Due to some scary content\, it is suggested that participants be age 10 or over. We hope to see you among the graves. \nThe lantern-lit tours take place on October 16\, 17\, 18\, 23\, 24\, & 25.\nOld North Cemetery\, 80 North Main Street\, West Hartford\, Connecticut.\nTours leave every 15 minutes starting at 6 p.m and run for 45 minutes. \nMembers Save: Noah Webster House Members save on Hauntings tickets! Not a member yet? Click here to join today!\n \nGroups Save: Save 10% with groups of 10 or more during the first weekend only (October 16\, 17\, & 18).\n \nParking: You can park on Loomis Drive. From there\, walk to the welcome table at the cemetery entrance. \nChaperone: Children under the age of 16 must be chaperoned by an adult. \nPlease be timely: Arrive 15 minutes before your tour time. If you miss your tour time we cannot guarantee that we can fit you on a later tour. \nWeather: The event takes place rain\, snow\, or shine. Please dress for the weather. In the event that an extreme weather event requires schedule changes you will be notified at the email address you use when purchasing tickets. \nNo refunds: Tickets are non-refundable. \nSign Language Interpreted Tour: Saturday\, October 18 at 6:00 p.m. \nConditions: The tour takes place on the paved cemetery path\, but there are areas of uneven ground. Attend one of the first two tours of the evening there will still be ambient light. Later tours take place in very dark conditions.
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SUMMARY:West Hartford Hauntings
DESCRIPTION:West Hartford Hauntings is the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society’s spooky\, theatrical cemetery tour! Don’t wait to get your tickets– this event sells out every year! \nClick here to get tickets now!\nYour ghostly guide leads you on a lantern-lit tour of Old North Cemetery where you experience tales of death\, disease\, and real history. Due to some scary content\, it is suggested that participants be age 10 or over. We hope to see you among the graves. \nThe lantern-lit tours take place on October 16\, 17\, 18\, 23\, 24\, & 25.\nOld North Cemetery\, 80 North Main Street\, West Hartford\, Connecticut.\nTours leave every 15 minutes starting at 6 p.m and run for 45 minutes. \nMembers Save: Noah Webster House Members save on Hauntings tickets! Not a member yet? Click here to join today!\n \nGroups Save: Save 10% with groups of 10 or more during the first weekend only (October 16\, 17\, & 18).\n \nParking: You can park on Loomis Drive. From there\, walk to the welcome table at the cemetery entrance. \nChaperone: Children under the age of 16 must be chaperoned by an adult. \nPlease be timely: Arrive 15 minutes before your tour time. If you miss your tour time we cannot guarantee that we can fit you on a later tour. \nWeather: The event takes place rain\, snow\, or shine. Please dress for the weather. In the event that an extreme weather event requires schedule changes you will be notified at the email address you use when purchasing tickets. \nNo refunds: Tickets are non-refundable. \nSign Language Interpreted Tour: Saturday\, October 18 at 6:00 p.m. \nConditions: The tour takes place on the paved cemetery path\, but there are areas of uneven ground. Attend one of the first two tours of the evening there will still be ambient light. Later tours take place in very dark conditions.
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SUMMARY:West Hartford Hauntings
DESCRIPTION:West Hartford Hauntings is the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society’s spooky\, theatrical cemetery tour! Don’t wait to get your tickets– this event sells out every year! \nClick here to get tickets now!\nYour ghostly guide leads you on a lantern-lit tour of Old North Cemetery where you experience tales of death\, disease\, and real history. Due to some scary content\, it is suggested that participants be age 10 or over. We hope to see you among the graves. \nThe lantern-lit tours take place on October 16\, 17\, 18\, 23\, 24\, & 25.\nOld North Cemetery\, 80 North Main Street\, West Hartford\, Connecticut.\nTours leave every 15 minutes starting at 6 p.m and run for 45 minutes. \nMembers Save: Noah Webster House Members save on Hauntings tickets! Not a member yet? Click here to join today!\n \nGroups Save: Save 10% with groups of 10 or more during the first weekend only (October 16\, 17\, & 18).\n \nParking: You can park on Loomis Drive. From there\, walk to the welcome table at the cemetery entrance. \nChaperone: Children under the age of 16 must be chaperoned by an adult. \nPlease be timely: Arrive 15 minutes before your tour time. If you miss your tour time we cannot guarantee that we can fit you on a later tour. \nWeather: The event takes place rain\, snow\, or shine. Please dress for the weather. In the event that an extreme weather event requires schedule changes you will be notified at the email address you use when purchasing tickets. \nNo refunds: Tickets are non-refundable. \nSign Language Interpreted Tour: Saturday\, October 18 at 6:00 p.m. \nConditions: The tour takes place on the paved cemetery path\, but there are areas of uneven ground. Attend one of the first two tours of the evening there will still be ambient light. Later tours take place in very dark conditions.
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SUMMARY:West Hartford Hauntings
DESCRIPTION:West Hartford Hauntings is the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society’s spooky\, theatrical cemetery tour! Don’t wait to get your tickets– this event sells out every year! \nClick here to get tickets now!\nYour ghostly guide leads you on a lantern-lit tour of Old North Cemetery where you experience tales of death\, disease\, and real history. Due to some scary content\, it is suggested that participants be age 10 or over. We hope to see you among the graves. \nThe lantern-lit tours take place on October 16\, 17\, 18\, 23\, 24\, & 25.\nOld North Cemetery\, 80 North Main Street\, West Hartford\, Connecticut.\nTours leave every 15 minutes starting at 6 p.m and run for 45 minutes. \nMembers Save: Noah Webster House Members save on Hauntings tickets! Not a member yet? Click here to join today!\n \nGroups Save: Save 10% with groups of 10 or more during the first weekend only (October 16\, 17\, & 18).\n \nParking: You can park on Loomis Drive. From there\, walk to the welcome table at the cemetery entrance. \nChaperone: Children under the age of 16 must be chaperoned by an adult. \nPlease be timely: Arrive 15 minutes before your tour time. If you miss your tour time we cannot guarantee that we can fit you on a later tour. \nWeather: The event takes place rain\, snow\, or shine. Please dress for the weather. In the event that an extreme weather event requires schedule changes you will be notified at the email address you use when purchasing tickets. \nNo refunds: Tickets are non-refundable. \nSign Language Interpreted Tour: Saturday\, October 18 at 6:00 p.m. \nConditions: The tour takes place on the paved cemetery path\, but there are areas of uneven ground. Attend one of the first two tours of the evening there will still be ambient light. Later tours take place in very dark conditions.
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SUMMARY:West Hartford Hauntings
DESCRIPTION:West Hartford Hauntings is the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society’s spooky\, theatrical cemetery tour! Don’t wait to get your tickets– this event sells out every year! \nClick here to get tickets now!\nYour ghostly guide leads you on a lantern-lit tour of Old North Cemetery where you experience tales of death\, disease\, and real history. Due to some scary content\, it is suggested that participants be age 10 or over. We hope to see you among the graves. \nThe lantern-lit tours take place on October 16\, 17\, 18\, 23\, 24\, & 25.\nOld North Cemetery\, 80 North Main Street\, West Hartford\, Connecticut.\nTours leave every 15 minutes starting at 6 p.m and run for 45 minutes. \nMembers Save: Noah Webster House Members save on Hauntings tickets! Not a member yet? Click here to join today!\n \nGroups Save: Save 10% with groups of 10 or more during the first weekend only (October 16\, 17\, & 18).\n \nParking: You can park on Loomis Drive. From there\, walk to the welcome table at the cemetery entrance. \nChaperone: Children under the age of 16 must be chaperoned by an adult. \nPlease be timely: Arrive 15 minutes before your tour time. If you miss your tour time we cannot guarantee that we can fit you on a later tour. \nWeather: The event takes place rain\, snow\, or shine. Please dress for the weather. In the event that an extreme weather event requires schedule changes you will be notified at the email address you use when purchasing tickets. \nNo refunds: Tickets are non-refundable. \nSign Language Interpreted Tour: Saturday\, October 18 at 6:00 p.m. \nConditions: The tour takes place on the paved cemetery path\, but there are areas of uneven ground. Attend one of the first two tours of the evening there will still be ambient light. Later tours take place in very dark conditions.
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SUMMARY:West Hartford Hauntings
DESCRIPTION:West Hartford Hauntings is the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society’s spooky\, theatrical cemetery tour! Don’t wait to get your tickets– this event sells out every year! \nClick here to get tickets now!\nYour ghostly guide leads you on a lantern-lit tour of Old North Cemetery where you experience tales of death\, disease\, and real history. Due to some scary content\, it is suggested that participants be age 10 or over. We hope to see you among the graves. \nThe lantern-lit tours take place on October 16\, 17\, 18\, 23\, 24\, & 25.\nOld North Cemetery\, 80 North Main Street\, West Hartford\, Connecticut.\nTours leave every 15 minutes starting at 6 p.m and run for 45 minutes. \nMembers Save: Noah Webster House Members save on Hauntings tickets! Not a member yet? Click here to join today!\n \nGroups Save: Save 10% with groups of 10 or more during the first weekend only (October 16\, 17\, & 18).\n \nParking: You can park on Loomis Drive. From there\, walk to the welcome table at the cemetery entrance. \nChaperone: Children under the age of 16 must be chaperoned by an adult. \nPlease be timely: Arrive 15 minutes before your tour time. If you miss your tour time we cannot guarantee that we can fit you on a later tour. \nWeather: The event takes place rain\, snow\, or shine. Please dress for the weather. In the event that an extreme weather event requires schedule changes you will be notified at the email address you use when purchasing tickets. \nNo refunds: Tickets are non-refundable. \nSign Language Interpreted Tour: Saturday\, October 18 at 6:00 p.m. \nConditions: The tour takes place on the paved cemetery path\, but there are areas of uneven ground. Attend one of the first two tours of the evening there will still be ambient light. Later tours take place in very dark conditions.
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SUMMARY:Before Salem: Witch Hunting in the Connecticut River Valley
DESCRIPTION:Before Salem: Witch Hunting in the Connecticut River Valley\nWednesday\, October 29\, 2025 \n6:30 p.m. \nTickets available now at: https://noahwebster.yapsody.com/event/index/852483/before-salem-witch-hunting-in-the-connecticut-river-valley \n \nDecades before the Salem Witch trials\, 11 people were hanged as witches in the Connecticut River Valley. The advent of witch hunting in New England was directly influenced by the English Civil War and the witch trials in England led by Matthew Hopkins\, who pioneered “techniques” for examining witches. This history examines the outbreak of witch hysteria in the Valley\, focusing on accusations of demonic possession\, and the role of the clergy. \nThis program is co-hosted by the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society\, West Hartford 250\, and the West Hartford Town Historian. \nAbout The Presenter: \nDr. Richard S. Ross\, is Professor Emeritus and former College Librarian at Trinity College\, Hartford Connecticut. He holds an MA from Northeastern University\, an MLS from Simmons College and a PhD from Boston College. He has taught at Boston College\, Northeastern University\, the University of New Hampshire\, and Trinity College. He has held administrative Librarian positions at Northeastern University\, the University of Massachusetts at Lowell\, the University of New Hampshire and Georgetown University. \nThis America250 presentation is supported by Eversource Energy & The Rotary Club of West Hartford.
URL:https://noahwebsterhouse.org/event/before-salem-witch-hunting-in-the-connecticut-river-valley/
LOCATION:Noah Webster House\, 227 South Main Street\, West Hartford\, CT\, 06107\, United States
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