Saturday Enchantment
Saturday, December 7, 2024
Events listed by start time on December 7th. Please check with individual organizations for updates. All listings subject to change.
9am-12pm
Book & Gift Sale by the Old Lyme Historical Society
Sale in Front of Old Lyme Post Office, 12 Halls Road (weather permitting)
Looking for the perfect gift unique to Old Lyme? Choose from a wide range of Historical Society publications, including the OLHS's first children’s picture book: Letters to Papa: Summers in Old Lyme. Sale continues on December 14 & 21. You'll also find Historical Society merchandise at the Artisans Guild's Winter Market the afternoon of the 7th.
9am - 12:30pm
Saturday Special Sale at MarnaRoons
19 Halls Road
Come by MarnaRoons retail location and enjoy 20% off orders of $40 or more (excluding shipping) on Marna's specialty macaroons. Discount applies to walk-in or call-in orders only. ​
9:30am - 1:30pm
Holiday Book Sale at Phoebe's BookCellar
Two Library Lane
A Holiday Shopping Tradition! Stop by Phoebe's and find gift-quality books in the Library Community Room and more great finds in the downstairs BookCellar. Credit cards now taken! This sale starts Friday, December 6th from 4pm - 7pm.​​
10am-5pm
Holiday Magic at the FloGris Museum
96 Lyme Street
The Museum campus lights up for the holidays! You won’t want to miss this beautiful tradition. Over 250 creative palettes designed by artists from across the country will be on display on magnificent trees, including several brand new creations for 2024. Miss Florence’s historic boardinghouse is decked for a 1910 holiday with opulent mantels and delightful décor in the period rooms. And in the Marshfield house, enjoy sumptuous décor at Miss Florence’s Teas (reservations required for teas).
10am-5pm
Deck the Walls & Bon Appetit Art Exhibitions and Sale at the Lyme Art Association
90 Lyme Street
Enjoy works by the talented members of the LAA and find the perfect gift for the art lover in your life! ​Lyme Art Association's Instructors Exhibition will also be on display in the Mile Brook Gallery, while 3-D pieces from the Society of Connecticut Sculptors will be view in the Lyme Art Association's upstairs galleries.
10am-12pm
Wreath Making and Nature Walks at the Roger Tory Peterson Estuary Center
100 Lyme Street
Pre-Registration Required. Learn how to create a winter wreath using natural materials! RTPEC will provide all wreath making materials, however please bring your own clippers and gloves. Wreath making is suitable for ages 8 and up. There will also be bird walks at 10am and 11 am on the Center's sanctuary grounds.
Pre-registration required, limited space available. $25/individual (includes one wreath frame and materials) $20/individual with your own wreath frame.
10am-3pm
Holiday Linen Sale at Patricia Spratt for the Home
60 Lyme Street
It's Holiday Sale time! Stop by this annual favorite to find table linens and fabrics perfect for Christmas and winter entertaining. Don't forget to check your table size ahead of visiting. Pat will also once again bring us Love, Lilly, a stylish line of printed easy to wear, lovely dresses and accessories, and Ellen Raines Martin's popular fashion accessories. Cash or check only. Sale starts Friday, December 6th from 10am-3pm.
10am - 5pm
All Paintings Great and Small 2024 Exhibition and Sale at The Cooley Gallery
25 Lyme Street
Buy what you love, trust what you buy at this annual art sale of fine art. Acclaimed artists Brian Keith Stephens, Ralf Feyl, Eloise Clark, and more are included in this year's exhibition. Jeff and Betsey Cooley will be happy to help you find the perfect work of art. Exhibition and sale through January 5.
10am - 5pm
Julie Voss Jewelry Trunk Show at Homeward Collective
24 Lyme Street
As part of its 12 Days of Christmas, this festively decorated lifestyle shop is ringing in the holidays with specials, giveaways, and festive treats. Also this weekend, Homeward Collective presents Julie Voss Jewelry. The Trunk Show runs Friday Dec 6th from 5-7pm, Saturday the 7th from 10am - 5pm and Sunday Dec 8th 11am - 5pm.
11am - 6pm
Curated Accents Trunk Show at Artemisia
23 Lyme Street
The bespoke interior design shop Artemisia hosts a trunk show of Curated Accents's collection of handmade textiles and objects from India: featuring handwoven throws, bedcovers, giftable scarves and ornaments. Prosecco and festive seasonal refreshments will be served.
11:30am - 2pm
Holiday Teas at the Old Lyme Inn
85 Lyme Street
Reservations required. A delightful way to slow down and enjoy the holiday season. The Old Lyme Inn will be beautifully decorated, fireplaces a glow and trees trimmed. Holiday tea is perfect for all ages; including the littlest of elves! Additional reservations available during other Saturdays in December.
1pm - 3pm
Ribbon Cutting and Open House at the Old Lyme Children's Learning Center
57 Lyme Street
Join the celebration of the newly renovated center with a 1pm ribbon cutting followed by an open house and craft for little ones. The OLCLC is a child care center serving families with infants, toddlers, and school age children.
2pm - 6pm
Winter Market by the Lyme Artisans Guild Winter Market
55 Lyme Street (OL Historical Society) & 56 Lyme Street (Lilywork Artisan Tile)
Local artisans will be on hand to market their unique handcrafted items for holiday gift giving, including pottery, jewelry, mosaics, fabric arts, rugs, wooden wares, sculpture, tiles, and more! Both venues will be festively decorated and light refreshments will be served. Both the Old Lyme Historical Society and Lilywork Artisan Tile will be on hand at their locations with gift ideas and more.​
3pm - 5pm
Ann Lightfoot Jewelry Sale at De Gerenday's Fine Art Materials & Curiosities
84 Lyme Street
Tucked behind the Lyme Academy's campus is this jewel-box of a store. De Gerenday's offers the finest art materials hand selected by the Academy's renowned faculty of professional artists as well as exquisite giftable objects from around the globe. Saturday the shop features Ann Lightfoot Jewelry. Every Ann Lightfoot creation is born of a devotion to design, beauty, and elegance. Raw and delicate natural materials from all over the world dictate elemental and feminine design. Ann Lightfoot Jewelry makes a perfect holiday gift to treasure forever! De Gerenday's will be open its regular Monday - Saturday hours of 9am - 5pm (Sundays 12pm-4pm)
3pm - 5pm
Tree Lighting and Holiday Enchantment at the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts
84 Lyme Street
Make magical memories at the Fourth Annual Holiday Enchantment and Tree Lighting! Adults and children are invited to gather on the campus for an afternoon of festive outdoor and indoor activities, including art demonstrations, music by the Old Lyme Town Band and the Lyme-Old Lyme High School Select Singers, a visit and selfies with Santa, food and drinks by the fire, and holiday craft-making. A s’mores galore station, coffee, and hot cocoa will be available for all to enjoy. If the weather is chilly, guests will have an opportunity to warm up at one of the many fire pits on site, as well as to watch Lyme Academy artists draw and paint from a live model, do some holiday shopping at de Gerenday's (see listing above), and more.
Among the campus festivities, you'll find Children’s Librarian Miss Meg from Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library with a selection of holiday stories for young listeners. Stories will start at 3:15 pm and repeat at 3:45 pm. Young artists are invited to make their own festive ornaments to “Deck the Walls” for the holidays, with help from the Lyme Art Association.
At 4:30 pm, a tree lighting will be led by the Town of Old Lyme’s First Selectwoman, Martha Shoemaker. This will be followed by caroling around the tree.
5 pm
December Chamber Concert by Musical Masterworks
4 Lyme Street (First Congregational Church of Old Lyme)
Artistic Director Tessa Lark will join a trio of longtime Masterworks favorites for a program of classical works so masterful they’ll never stop making the rounds. It doesn’t get better than pianist Gilles Vonsattel and violinist/violist Arnaud Sussman…except for when you add to the mix Edward Arron, cellist and previous Artistic Director of Musical Masterworks, whom Charles Wadsworth brilliantly brought into the MM family fold years ago. Tessa Lark remarked to The Day “…there isn’t a direct holiday theme, but the music IS seasonal to me. I love Beethoven; Eflat is such a hopeful and serene key, and this piece is very pastoral and soothingly repetitive.” Tessa continues “I consider Beethoven to be in a way one of our first minimalist composers and it put you in a very dreamy haze you never want to stop.” Tickets are $45 (Students: $5) and can be purchased online.
8pm
Joe Farnsworth at The Side Door Jazz Club
85 Lyme Street
You can't beat this intimate venue, considered to be one of the best jazz clubs in the world by Downbeat Magazine. With blazing speed, precision, musical, and melodic playing, Joe Farnsworth is considered one of the most highly regarded jazz drummers on the scene today. Joseph’s career includes recording over 100 CDs as a leader and sideman, performing at jazz festivals, and going on world tours with greats like Pharaoh Sanders, Horace Silver, Harold Mabern, and McCoy Tyner, to name a few. He is currently the drummer for McCoy Tyner and a member of the Pharaoh Sanders Quartet, Harold Mabern Trio, and is a founding member of the renowned One for All Quintet. Tickets are available online for $20-$50.​
Event Produced by the Old Lyme Arts District and Lyme Artisans Guild.
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