- Grand Opening of BellaNess Gift Shop!
- Stu Noelte's "Great Freight" show extended at ESP Pottery
- Heidi Ludwig's paintings at Middle Ground Cafe
- Acoustic Night at J&D's (Starts at 8pm)
October 14th Arts on Main
LIVE MUSIC IN HAMARKET COMMON: Come listen to ARIZONA MAID perform LIVE 6PM – 8.30PM just across from the Main Street Shops! Sponsored by Howard Buckland and American Sleeve Bearing and made possible through the generosity and talent of Jason Foppe of The Factory. This promises to be a GREAT event!
WINDOWBOX: Joha Designs will exhibit new jewelry! Anyone not already familiar with Johanna Hibbs’s colorful jewelry designs and unique artistic process will stand amazed at these remarkable pieces, handcrafted from reclaimed paper! Come be astounded! 6PM – 8PM
STUDIO 4: Join editors Therese Masotta, Carleton Whaley and Thomas Maynard of The Slag Review as they celebrate the release of their second issue. Featuring live music, readings by authors and editors, and an exhibition of art. Come get your copy of Issue 2 (and add a copy of Issue 1 if you missed it!) This promises to be a great event! 6PM – 8PM
ESP POTTERY: Photographer Stu Noelte presents ‘GREAT FREIGHT.’ Trains are an integral part of Stafford’s downtown, their lonesome whistles punctuating our village charm. Come see one artist’s photographic distillations of the romance that is the locomotive in this superb show set to the strains of classical guitarists Monarca Duo, featuring Joshua Nakama and Keyla Mejia 6PM – 8PM
MIDDLE GROUND CAFÉ: Artists Anthony and Cathy Candelaria will present new work. Come meet and mingle with the artists as they present new paintings in this inspiring show! 6PM – 8PM
J&D’s PUB & GRILL: Round out the evening with ‘Acoustic Night Open Mic’ hosted by Bob from 8:00 – ??? Come join the fun for an extended evening of great music, good food and drink! Enjoy!
STAFFORD CIDERY is finishing its final phase of renovations on their Main Street cidery—home to Crazy Cock Cider! So they’ll be closed for October’s Arts-on-Main.
(Check back nearer Trick-or-Treat Main Street for more information on their progress!)
September 9th Arts on Main
LIVE MUSIC IN HAMARKET COMMON: Come listen to JOSH SCUSSEL and THE NEW CITY BOYS perform LIVE 6PM – 8.30PM just across from the Main Street Shops! Sponsored by Howard Buckland and American Sleeve Bearing. This promises to be a great event! Local talent at its very best!
ESP POTTERY: Photographer Jess Vaughn is ‘Re-Defining Graffiti!’ Be there to celebrate this very public form of expression and dispel the misconception that graffiti is vandalism. A portion of the sales from Jess’s show will go to the Greater Hartford Arts Council (to enable her and other artists do even more cool stuff!) 6PM-8PM
MIDDLE GROUND CAFÉ: Artist Cilla Mays balances the artifice of paint and canvas with the depth of landscape and subject in her dazzling array of paintings. On display at MGC starting at 6PM.
J&D’s PUB & GRILL: Round out the evening with ‘Acoustic Night Open Mic’ hosted by Bob from 7:30-??? Join the fun for an extended evening of music, food and drink! Enjoy!
STAFFORD CIDERY has begun its final phase of renovations on their Main Street cidery—home to Crazy Cock Cider! So they’ll be closed for September’s events.
WINDOWBOX and BIG CLOUD VAPOR will be sitting this round out as well, but they’ll be back with bigger and better things NEXT MONTH as STAFFORD gears up for its HALLOWEEN CELEBRATIONS & TRICK-OR-TREAT MAIN STREET!
August Arts on Main
LIVE MUSIC IN HAYMARKET COMMON: Come listen to THE SARA ASHLEIGH BAND sponsored by American Sleeve Bearing and The Factory. Hear Sara and her band bring the HEAT stacked full of BLUES! 6PM – 8.30PM
ESP POTTERY will display an assortment of owner Teri Herel’s pottery, offering snacks and Teri’s (in)famous home-made guacamole.
MIDDLE GROUND CAFÉ will host Francesca Holland’s extraordinary pencil portraiture, self-portraiture and other works as she explores versions and visions of self. 6PM – 8PM
WINDOWBOX will host a Sneak Peek at NEW FALL PRODUCTS! Then escape the heat with a consult and facial from a RODAN & FIELDS Consultant over a frosty margarita! 6PM – 8PM
J & D's PUB will kick off its first ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC at 7:30PM
THIS SUMMER is a busy time for STAFFORD CIDERY as they work to complete renovations on their Main Street cidery—home to Crazy Cock Cider! They’ll be closed for Augusts’s events. STUDIO 4 and BIG CLOUD VAPOR will be sitting this round out as well, but they’ll be back with bigger and better things NEXT MONTH as STAFFORD gears up for the return of the nationally renowned ART FACTORY exhibition and LIVE eight-hour demonstration, Sept 10, from 12noon – 8PM! More to come!
July Arts on Main
LIVE MUSIC IN HAYMARKET COMMON: Come listen to REDHEAD featuring the incomparable and vastly talented Jane Lovett! Special thanks to the ubiquitously gifted Jason Foppe of THE FACTORY for sound and technical assistance. 6PM – 8.30PM
ESP POTTERY: Paint Party! Artists, come collaborate with fellow artists in ESP’s Attic Loft! Paints (and snacks) provided! Leave your mark on Stafford’s Downtown! 6PM – ???
MIDDLE GROUND CAFÉ: “Color & Other Things,” photographs by Zach Popadin. An examination of color as an expressive tool, among other things…6PM – 8PM
STUDIO 4: Launch Party for THE SLAG REVIEW! Meet editors Carleton Whaley, Thomas Daniel Job Maynard and Therese Masotta! Meet featured poets Nicholas DiBenedetto and Zach Bradley! Listen to author Lillie Gardner read! And some early to grab up a copy of the very FIRST ISSUE!
THIS SUMMER is a busy time for STAFFORD CIDERY as renovations begin on their Main Street cidery—home to Crazy Cock Cider! So they’ll be closed for July’s events.
June Arts on Main: All Street Sangria Contest
Stafford Springs' first ALL STREET SANGRIA CONTEST!
And ART