Kent
Art Association
21 South Main Street | Kent, CT 06757
860.927.3989 | fax 860.927.4218
eMAIL: info@kentart.org| www.kentart.org
The Kent Art Association was founded in 1923 by nine well
established artists who knew each other when they lived
in New York before moving to Kent: Rex Brasher, Elliot Clark,
Floyd Clymer, William Dryden, F. Luis Mora, George Laurence
Nelson, Spencer Nichols, Robert Nisbet and Frederick Waugh.
During KAA Shows open Thursday through Sunday 1 PM to 5 PM
The
Morrison Gallery
8 Old Barn Road in the | Kent CT 06757
860.927.4501
eMail: info@themorrisongallery.com| www.themorrisongallery.com
Gallery shows classic to contemporary often with
live Jazz at the Openings. Eric Sloane original paintings,
Peter Woytuk, Cleve Gray, Sandra Filippucci, Robert Andrew Parker, Robert
Lenz, Chris Armstrong. The Morrison Gallery is at the center of the village of Kent in northwestern Connecticut in the The Kent Village Barns at the northeast corner of the intersection of Routes 7 (Main Street) and 341 (Maple Street) in a spacious and sprawlng post-and-beam structure. Convenient free parking in front of the building.
HOURS | Weds-Sat 10:30 - 5:30 and Sunday 1-4.
The Arts in the Northwest Corner of Connecticut | www.artsnwct.org
ANTIQUES
Balsamo Antiquités | offers an eclectic mix of European
18th, 19th, and 20th century antique furnishings and accessories for the home and garden. Capture and bring home the essence of Old World sophistication and style — be it an English garden, the French countryside, or a Parisienne flat.
Steve Abeles & Ray Attanasio
P.O. Box 373 | Pine Plains NY 12567
518.398.9066 | Fax: 518.398.0967 | eMail: info@balsamoantiquites.com
Bellamy-Ferriday
House & Garden | 1754 home of Bethlehem's First Minister transformed into a 20th century country estate with antiques, a formal garden of historic roses, lilacs, and peonies and an orchard. May-Oct. Wed, Fri, and weekends 11-4. Adm. Groups welcome by reservation.
9 Main St. North, Bethlehem, CT 06751 | 203.266.7596 or 860.247.8996
The Company Store Antiques | Specializing in New England furniture & collectibles
Robert Bear, Proprietor
30 Kent Cornwall Road (across from Sloane-Stanley Museum on Route 7)
Kent, CT 06757 | 860. 927.3430 | fax 860. 927.3430
Store Hours: Daily 11-5 | Closed: Thanksgiving and New Year
David Dunton Antiques
Route 132, off Route 47 (2nd house on left) | Woodbury, CT 06798 | 203.263.5355
www.daviddunton.com | contactus@daviddunton.com
Formal antiques of the highest quality from the American Federal period with appropriate American, English & French
accessories of the late 18th & early 19th century. Paintings. Usually open Thurs. 1-5, Fri. & Sat. 11-5, Sun. 1-5.
Best to confirm. Also by appt.
Dawn Hill Antiques | Specialist in 18th & 19th century Swedish & French painted furniture, decorative accessories, garden antiques, transferware & quilts.
11 Main St., New Preston, CT 06777
860.868-0066. Open Thurs - Mon 11-5
Elephant's Trunk Flea Market | New England's largest outdoor flea market. Over 300 dealers selling antiques, tools, plants, books, new clothing, used
furniture, toys, electronic equipment, and more.
Rte. 7, New Milford, CT 06776.
860.355-1448.
Open Apr. 3-Dec. 8, 2005 every Sunday. No pets allowed on
premises. Early buyers 5:45 a.m.-7 a.m. Adm. $20. Gates
open for general admission to the public 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Adm.
$1. Dealer Space $40.
Eleish-Van Breams Antiques, LLC | Specializing in 18th & 19th Century, and Northern European antiques, garden elements, decorative accessories and reproduction furniture.
487 Main Street South, Rte. 6, Woodbury, CT 06798
203.263.7030 | www.evbantiques.com | evba@evbantiques.com
Open Mon.-Sat. 10-5; & Sun. 12-5
Foreign Cargo & The Gallery Upstairs | Gallery
of antique African, Asian & Pacific Island art, Chinese
antique furniture and American antiques Foreign Cargo also
carries comfortable clothes with personality in addition
to jewelry & accessories.
Olga & Jeff Kennedy, Proprietors
17 North Main Street | Kent, CT 06757 | 860.927.3900 | fax 860.927.3900
jeffkennedy246@earthlink.net
Store Hours: Mon-Sat 10-5:30, Sun 12-5
Closed: Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year
G. Sergeant Antiques
88 Main Street North | Woodbury, CT 06798 | 203.266.4177
www.gsergeant.com | gary@gsergeant.com
Featuring distinctive 17th, 18th & 19th Century English Continental and American furnishings and accessories from fine
estates. Thirty years of providing the finest in period pieces to private collectors, museums and the trade. Estates and
Individual items purchased. Closed Tues.
Litchfield County Auctions, Inc.
425 Bantam Road | Litchfield, CT 06759 | 860.567.4661
www.litchfieldcountyauctions.com | info@lcainc.us
Fine Art and Antiques Auctions. Specializing in American and European 18th and 19th Century Fine Art,
Furniture and Decorations. Estate Services Include: On Site Estate Sales, Consignments or Outright Purchases
of Entire Estates or Single Items. Plus: Appraisals, Packing and Moving and Clear Outs. LCA, Inc. is always seeking
quality consignments for upcoming sales.
Lyme Regis, Ltd
Elaine Friedman, Proprietor
43 North Main Street/P.O. Box 396 | Kent, CT 06757.0396
| 860.927.3330
eMail: lymeregisltd@aol.com
Store Hours: Thursday through Monday, 12 Noon to 5:30PM
but it is always advisable to call first since periodic
trips to England are made in search of more goodies that
are always 'out of the ordinary'
Main Street Antiques | Country furniture, accessories, apothecary, textiles.
Susanne Edgerly, Proprietor
8 North Main Street | P.O. Box 583 | Kent, CT 06757 | 860.927.4916
Store Hours: Thur-Mon 11-5, Sun 12-5, Closed Tues &
Wed
Closed: Easter, Christmas and New Year
Pauline's
Place - Antique Estate Jewelry
Pauline Simring, Proprietor
79 North Main Street | P.O. Box 584 | Kent, CT 06757 | 860.927.4475
Store Hours: Sat, Sun, Mon 12-5, also by appointment | Closed:
Easter, Christmas
R.T.
Facts, Inc. | Specializing in unusual sculptural, figurative & architectural vintage objects. R. T. Facts also offers one-of-a-kind furniture
& decorations for the home and garden.
Greg & Natalie Randall, Proprietors
22 South Main Street on Route 7 | Kent, CT 06757
860.927.1700 | fax 860. 927.1108 | www.rtfacts.com
Store Hours: Sat 10-5, Sun 12-5, weekdays by chance or by
appointment
Fun Unlimited | Antique toys, unusual antiques and giftware.
Nancy Bushnell, Proprietor
119 North Main Street | Kent, CT 06757 | 860.927.1822
eMail: buschling@webtv.net
Call and make an appointment.
J. Seitz & Co.|
Spirited Style for You and Your Home. We present distinctive
settings of furniture (featuring Mitchell Gold), home accessories,
women's and men's fashion, gifts and folk art, all on two
floors covering 5000 sq. feet overlooking New Preston Falls.
It's a favorite haunt of collectors, decorators, and celebrity
clients who are attracted to the exclusive and eclectic
offerings.
Main St., Rte. 45, New Preston, CT 06777
860.868-0119
Open Mon-Sat. 9:30-5:30; Sun. 11-5
Jeffrey Tillou Antiques | Specializing in fine American furniture
and paintings from the 18th-19th century with a choice selection
of folk art, and decorative accessories.
Open Mon., Wed.-Sat. 10:30-5; and Sun. 11-4:30. Closed Tues.
39 West St., On The Green, Litchfield, CT 06759 | 860.567-9693
Judy Hornby Decorative Antiques | Furniture
and decorative art from France and Hungary. Pieces dating
from 1700's up to 1960's traditional country, art deco,
indoor and outdoor. Open Thurs. thru Tues., Wedensday by chance 11 to 5
725 Bantam Rd., (located with Linsley Antiques), Bantam,
CT 06750
860.567-3162 | fax: 860.567-3642
Passports
14 Main Street | Salisbury, CT 06068 | 860.435.8855
www.passportscollection.com | sales@passportsltd.com
Store Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10-5, Sun. 11-4
A treasure trove of antiques and accessories for your home and garden. Our collection includes 19th and early 20th
century country furniture from around the world as well as 19th century American and European garden statuary and
ornamentation. We are an exhibitor at the prestigious N.Y. Botanical Garden Antiques and Furniture Show.
Woodbury Antiques Dealers Association
P. O. Box 496 | Woodbury, CT 06798 | 203.263.0046
www.antiqueswoodbury.com
45 WADA members offer virtually all categories, periods and styles of antiques and related accessories. Most shops are
located along a 6 mile stretch of Route 6, with the remainder 1.5 miles from town on Routes 47 and 132. Visit their newly
updated web site for extensive listing information or call to request a brochure.
MUSEUMS
Connecticut Antique Machinery Association | industrial
museum displaying steam and gas tractors, working narrow
gage railroad, working steam engines
P.O. Box 425 | Kent, CT 06757 | 860.927-0050 |
www.ctamachinery.com
Open May - October, Wed - Sun from 10 am to 4 pm
Open May through September, Saturday and Sunday 10am to
5pm
The Connecticut Antique Machinery Association is a non-profit
museum dedicated to the preservation, restoration and demonstration
of antique machinery from our rich industrial and agricultural
past.. The Cream Hill Agricultural School is also here.
.CAMA is an all-volunteer organization. The Association
is located on U.S. Rt. 7 less than a mile north of the center
of town. As you head north on Rt. 7 out of town, CAMA is
on the left or west side of the road.
Dia:Beacon is a museum for Dia Art Foundation's renowned collection of art from the 1960s to the present. Less than an hour
from The Inn at Kent Falls this makes a perfect afternoon.
The Museum also has a wondeful cafe and gift shop. Quite
Extraordinary and special. www.diabeacon.org
The Kent Historical Society Museum | the artifacts of yesteryear
Marge McAvoy, Executive Director
The archives of the KHS are located at The Swift
House, just east of the Patco Service Station near the traffic
light at the junction of Route 7 and Route 341
12 Maple Street | Kent, CT 06757 | 860.927.3153 or 860.927.4587 www.kenthistoricalsociety.org
The Kent Historical Society was founded in 1954 by a handful
of townspeople who recognized the need to collect and preserve
information and artifacts from Kent’s past. In 1972,
Mrs. Pauline Skiff Gunn deeded the ancient Skiff Mountain
School House to the Society, and six years later charter
member, George Laurence Nelson, left his beloved home, Seven
Hearths, to the Society in his will. For many years, the
Society consisted primarily of people and papers. The papers
were kept in boxes at the Kent Art Association, and the
members met whenever possible to discuss them. As the boxes
of papers multiplied, new space was sought and eventually
a move was made to the Kent Memorial Library, first to the
basement and then to the former children’s room upstairs. Finally in 2002, the six file cabinets and contents of many bookshelves
were moved to the Swift House at 12 Maple Street.
Hours: Tuesday mornings from 9am - 12 noon, Fridays from 1 to 4 p.m., and also by appointment
Open: July through August, Saturday and Sunday 2pm to 4:30pm or by appointment. Free.
MASS MOCA Museum | Since opening in 1999, MASS MoCA has
become one of the world's premier centers for making and
showing the best art of our time. With annual attendance
of 120,000, it ranks among the most visited institutions
in the United States dedicated to new art. More than 80
major new works of art and more than 50 performances have
been created through fabrication and rehearsal residencies
in North Adams, making MASS MoCA perhaps the most fertile
site in the country for new art. The museum thrives on making
and presenting work that is fresh, surprising, and challenging.www.massmoca.org
Norman Rockwell Museum | The world's largest collection of original Rockwell art.
9 Glendale Road, Route 183 | Stockbridge, MA 01262 | 413.298.4100
The Norman Rockwell Museum is dedicated to education and art
appreciation inspired by the legacy of Norman Rockwell.
The museum preserves, studies and communicates with a worldwide
audience the life, art and spirit of Norman Rockwell in
the field of illustration. The museum is a gathering place
for reflection, involvement, and discovery through the enjoyment
of the artist's work. Norman Rockwell's unique contributions
to art and society, popular culture and social commentary
influence the museum's programs and interpretations. Highlights
include enduring favorites from Rockwell's Saturday Evening
Post covers, the powerful Four Freedoms, and the
nostalgic Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas.
Seven Hearths | experience the past
Marge McAvoy, Executive Director
860.927.3153 or 860.927.4587
Enter the Flanders Historic District, once the original center
of Kent, where you will find The Seven Hearths House Museum
built in 1751. Today the house provides the ideal backdrop
for the artwork and lithographs of George Lawrence Nelson,
one of America's great portrait painters. Owned and operated
by the Kent Historical Society, Seven Hearths, is just about
a mile north of the village, right on Route 7. It is open
weekends from Memorial Day through Labor Day. It is a museum
with historical clothing, furniture & artifacts as well
as a gallery of art.
The Sloane Stanley Museum | re-creation of Eric Sloane's
art studio & Kent Iron Furnace site
860.927.3849 | www.chc.state.ct.us
Mid-May through October: Wednesday through Sunday 10:00A.M.
to 4:00 P.M.
Admission Charged
Houses a re-creation of Eric Sloane's art studio from his former
house and a collection of early American tools donated by
Eric Sloane - the country artist who featured old barns,
homes and tools in his paintings and books on colonial America.
Some of these tools date back to the l700's. These tools
were made by hand, and Mr. Sloane considered them works
of art. The visitor will note that they are worn smooth
by the palms of the hands of the people that used them.
The museum site also includes the remains of the Kent Iron
Furnace that operated from 1826-1892. Sloane Stanley is
located on Route 7, 1 mile north of the traffic light at
the center of town.
MUSIC
TriArts
at Sharon Playhouse
Rtes. 343, 41 & 4, POB 1187, Sharon, CT 06069 | 860.
364-SHOW. 15 years of providing extraordinary live theatre
entertainment.
See website for current season information.
Litchfield Performing Arts, Inc. (LPA)
P.O. Box 69, Litchfield, CT 06759. Phone: (860) 567.4162 - www.litchfieldjazzfest.com | LPA presents the Litchfield Jazz Festival, Litchfield Jazz Camp, Project Poetry Live! and much more.
The Litchfield Jazz Festival (est. 1996) is held at the Goshen Fairgrounds in Goshen, CT the first weekend of August each summer.
The weekend draws up to 10,000 visitors each year and includes the “Friends of the Festival Gala,” three days of the best in jazz, art,
crafts, food and Litchfield Jazz Camp student performances. Past performers have included Ray Charles, Tito Puente, Sonny Rollins,
Dave Brubeck, John Pizzarelli, Diana Krall, Jane Monheit, Brad Mehldau and many. The NY Times called is “a model jazz line-up,” and the
Wall Street Journal said it “stands tall.”
Warner Theatre
68 Main St., Torrington, CT 06790. Phone: (860)
489-7180. 1931 Art Deco Historic theatre offers an exciting
mix of performers, family entertainment, original plays
and Broadway musicals. In addition to the 1,700 seat main
stage auditorium, the complex features an intimate 80 seat
black box Studio Theatre and training for children and adults
at the Warner Center for Arts Education. For information
and tickets call: (860) 489-7180.
Music Mountain
Off Rte. 7, Falls Village, CT 06031. Phone: Box Office:
(860) 824-7126. Fax: Mon.-Fri. 9-5 (860) 364-2084. Oldest
continuous chamber music festival in the U.S.; jazz and
popular music series also performed in the acoustically
perfect concert hall. Weekend concerts June-Sept. Schedule
& tickets: Box Office: (860) 824-7126.
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Yale Summer
School of Music & Art
Ellen Battell Stoeckel Estate, Rtes. 44 & 272, Norfolk,
CT 06058. Phone: (860) 542-3000 or (203) 432-1966. Concerts
at an old world estate in the picturesque Litchfield Hills
of northwestern CT. Performances by internationally acclaimed
musicians including the Tokyo String Quartet and pianist
Boris Berman. Visitors may picnic or stroll grounds before
concerts. Performances: Jul. & Aug. Thurs.-Sat. Call
(860) 542-3000.
Tanglewood, is an estate and music venue
in Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts and is the home
of the annual summer Tanglewood Music Festival and the Tanglewood
Jazz Festival. It has been the Boston Symphony Orchestra's
summer home since 1937. www.tanglewood.org
MOVIE THEATER
Bantam Cinema
115 Bantam Lake Rd
Bantam, CT
Moviehouse
Millerton
Main St., Rt.44
Millerton, NY
Bank Street Theatre
46 Bank Street New Milford, CT
PERFORMING ARTS & THEATER
The Goshen Players | Musical theatre in Goshen, CT.
GoshenPlayers.org
Litchfield Performing Arts & Jazz Fest | 25-year-old not-for-profit dedicated to the arts and arts education.
LitchfieldJazzFest.com
Music Mountain - Falls Village | Summer chamber music site in the Berkshire foothills.
MusicMountain.org
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival | The Yale Summer School of Music at Norfolk since 1941.
Yale.edu/Norfolk
Sherman Playhouse | Current season's productions, past shows, & playhouse history.
ShermanPlayers
TheatreWorks - New Milford | Season schedule, company newsletter, gallery, box office.
TheatreWorks.us
TriArts Sharon Playhouse | Not-for-profit summer theatre, located at the foot of the Berkshires.
Triarts.net
Warner Theater - Torrington, CT | Fully restored historic 1931 Art Deco theatre.
WarnerTheatre.org
