Weston History & Culture Center
Upcoming Events
Explore History, Art & Fun at the Weston History & Culture Center
Open Hours: Sundays & Thursdays from 1pm - 4pm until
Now until Thursday, February 29, 2024
Location: 104 Weston Road Weston, CT Parking and entrance on High Acre Road.
Bring the family and warm up this Winter at the Weston History & Culture Center. Take a tour of the Coley House to explore 1940s history. Children will love building with Lincoln Logs, playing with 1940s toys, typing on a typewriter, dialing a rotary phone and much more! Go on a scavenger hunt through the art exhibit,"Weston Illustrated: Penned, Painted & Sculpted". Children will love the Young Artists Corner where they can create a comic strip, try their hand at cartooning and illustrate their own Saturday Evening Post cover.
Tickets: FREE for members of the WHCC, $5 adult general admission, $3 child general admission
Tickets available at the door or in advance here: http://westoncthistory.org/item-list.php?pageid=310&status=1&itempageid=1
Take Flight with Bessie Coleman - Family Fun Performance
Date: Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 3:00pm
Location: 104 Weston Road Weston, CT Parking and entrance on High Acre Road.
Celebrate Black History Month and Women’s History Month with your family! Take flight with Bessie Coleman, America’s first African-American female aviator during this educational and entertaining performance for the entire family! Historian and storyteller Tammy Denease will take audiences on a journey as she portrays Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to ever become an internationally licensed pilot. You will go on a voyage that begins in the segregated south of the United States, where the color of your skin could determine whether you lived or died, all the way to France, where self-determination - not skin color or gender - was what truly mattered.
Tickets: $5 adults, $3 Child. Advance tickets recommended as seating is limited. Buy tickets here:http://westoncthistory.org/item-page.php?id=280&itempageid=1&status=1&pageid=315
Songwriting Workshop for Kids & Teens
Date: Saturday, April 6, 2024
90-minute songwriting workshop for 2nd – 5th grade students takes place from 10am – 11:30am on Saturday, April 6, 2024.
90-minute songwriting workshop for 6th – 8th grade students takes place from 1pm – 2:30pm on the same day.
All students return that afternoon for a 4:30pm performance of the songs written during the workshops along with music by Gailmor.
Advanced registration required. Click here to register and pay: http://westoncthistory.org/item-page.php?id=281&itempageid=1&status=1&pageid=315
Collaborate with other young artists in this exciting musical workshop! Jon Gailmor has been guiding children and teens in songwriting for over 23 years. During the workshop, students work with Jon to develop a topic and theme for a collaborative song. Together the group writes the lyrics and develops the rhythm and melody of a song through interactive musical exercises with Jon on guitar. Topics covered during the workshop include meter and rhythm, lyrics vs. poetry, and song structure. Students return to the WHCC that evening to practice and perform their song for family and friends. This experience will help students discover their uniqueness as well as their poetic and musical talents while collaborating with their fellow composers.
Program fee: $40.00 per student. The fee includes the 90-minute songwriting workshop and performance as well as 2 adult and 2 child tickets to the performance.
Program fee: $40.00 per student. The fee includes the 90-minute songwriting workshop and performance as well as 2 adult and 2 child tickets to the performance.
