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Your guide to BEERS ■ BEACHES ■ CAMPING ■ CULTURE . . . AANDND MMORE!ORE! F2 Thursday, May 26, 2016 | The Bulletin ARTS AND CULTURE See a play, visit a museum, or learn about history

Old Lighthouse Museum: Stonington Historical Society, 7 Water St., Stonington. (860) 535-1440.

Indian & Colonial Research Center: 39 Main St., Old Mystic. (860) 536-9771.

Nathan Lester House & Farm Tool Museum: 153 Vinegar Hill Road, Ledyard. (860) 464-2040.

Ledyard Water-Powered Up-Down Sawmill: Iron Street, Ledyard. (860) 464-2575.

Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center: 110 Pequot Trail, Mashantucket. (800) 411-9671.

Tantaquidgeon Indian Museum: 1819 Route 32, Uncasville. (860) 848-0594

Chestnut Street Playhouse: 24 Chest- nut Street, Norwich. (860) 886-2378

Donald L. Oat Theater: 62 Broadway, Norwich. (860) 887-2789.

Norwich Arts Council Galleries: 60-64 Broadway, Norwich. (860) 887-2724

Slater Memorial Museum and Converse Art Gallery: Norwich Free Academy, 108 Crescent St., Norwich. (860) 887-2506 Greg Farlow, president of the Leffingwell House Museum, talks about an antique foot warmer in April. From left are Connor Christian, 9, of Baltic, Riley Davis, 12, of Indian Burial Grounds: Sachem St., Mystic and Beverly Mayberry, 9, of Groton, all members of the Nutmeg Fife and Drum Corps, based in Groton. BULLETIN FILE PHOTO Norwich. Silver Circle Gallery & Art Center: 75 Lebanon Historical Society Museum & Mystic River Historical Society: 74 Garde Arts Center: 325 State St., Leffi ngwell House Museum: 348 Wash- Main St., Suite 3, Putnam. (860) Visitor Center: 856 Trumbull High- High St., Mystic. (860) 536-4779. New London. (860) 444-7373 ington St., Norwich. 928-2900. way, Lebanon. (860) 642-6579. Shaw Mansion: 11 Blinman St., New Avery-Copp House: 154 Thames St., Prudence Crandall Museum: 1 S. Roseland Cottage Museum: 556 Route Beaumont House: 844 Trumbull London. (860) 443-1209. Groton. (860) 445-1637 Canterbury Road, Canterbury. (860) 169, Woodstock. (860) 928-4074. Highway, Lebanon. (860) 642-6579. 546-7800, (860) 256-2800. The Gallery at Firehouse Square: Fort Griswold Battlefi eld State Children’s Museum of Southeastern War Offi ce: 149 West Town St., 239 Bank St., New London. (860) Park: Monument Street and Park Brooklyn Historical Society Museum : 409 Main St., Niantic. Lebanon. (860) 873-3399. 443-0344. Avenue, Groton. (860) 445-1729. & Daniel Putnam Tyler Law Offi ce: 25 Canterbury Road, Thomas Lee House & Little Boston Connecticut DAR Governor Jonathan Custom House Maritime Museum: Ebenezer Avery House: Fort Griswold Brooklyn. (860) 774-7728 School: 228 W. Main St., East Lyme. Trumbull House: 169 West Town St., 150 Bank St., New London. (860) Battlefi eld State Park, 57 Fort St., (860) 739-6070, (860) 739-9660. Lebanon. (860) 642-7558. 447-2501. Groton. (860) 446-9257. Killingly Historical Center: 196 Main St., Danielson. (860) 779-7250, (860) Smith-Harris House: 33 Society Road, Jonathan Trumbull Jr. House: 780 Nathan Hale Schoolhouse: 19 Atlantic Fort Trumbull State Park: 90 Walbach 774-5364. Niantic. (860) 739-0761. Trumbull Highway, Lebanon. (860) St., New London. (860) 873-3399. St., New London, (860) 444-7591. 642-6100. Theatre of Northeastern Connecticut at Samuel Smith Homestead: 82 Plants LQM Gallery: 165 State St., Harris Bldg. Eugene O’Neill Theater Center: 305 the Bradley Playhouse: 30 Front St., Dam Road, Niantic. (860) 739-5156, Noank Historical Society: 17 Sylvan Atrium, Room 106, New London. Great Neck Road, Waterford. (860) Putnam. (860) 928-7887. (860) 739-2732. St., Noank. (860) 536-7026. (860) 237-1081, (860) 501-9024. 443-5378. The Bulletin | Thursday, May 26, 2016 F3 F4 Thursday, May 26, 2016 | The Bulletin HISTORICAL SITES Across the state, the past awaits you Eastern Connecticut academy for Black women (1833- in an interactive tour of her 1871 paper to rub on the stones as a fi rst American dictionary. Slater Memorial Museum and Con- 34), established by Connecticut’s National Historic Landmark. souvenir. verse Art Gallery: Norwich Free female state hero. Changing exhib- Old State House of Connecticut: 800 Academy, 108 Crescent Street, its, period furnishings, research Bellamy-Ferriday House and Garden: 9 Amistad Memorial: 165 Church St., Main St., Hartford. 860-522-6766. Norwich. 860-887-2506. Slater is library, gift shop. Main St., Bethlehem. 203-266-7596. New Haven. Completed by Ed Connecticut’s original statehouse more than an art museum - it’s Once the home of Bethlehem’s Hamilton in 1992, this monument is the oldest in the U.S. Many also an architectural treasure. The Monte Cristo Cottage: 325 Pequot fi rst minister, the house was built pays tribute to the 53 Africans historic events took place here, museum is housed in a dramatic Ave., New London. 860-443-0051. in 1754, and is fi lled with American who escaped their slavery by including the signing of the fi rst building designed by noted archi- The Monte Cristo Cottage was the and European antiques. In addition overpowering the crew of the ship written Constitution in the nation, tect Stephen C. Earle more than a only permanent home of Eugene to the 1754 home, the property Amistad. The monument is located and the Amistad and Prudence century ago, in the Romanesque O’Neill from his birth in 1888 until also features a formal parterre at the site of the old New Haven Crandall trials. Revival style popularized by H.H. 1917, as well as the setting for two garden, with a collection of roses, Jail, in which the Africans were Richardson. of the playwright’s best known peonies, and lilacs. kept during their initial arrest. Hatheway House: 55 South Main works, “Long Day’s Journey Into St., Suffi eld. A three-century-old Gillette Castle State Park and Mansion: Night” and “Ah, Wilderness!” Shore Line Trolley Museum: 17 River Hill-Stead Museum: 35 Mountain sycamore overhangs this house, 67 River Road, East Haddam. 860- St., East Haven. 203-467-6927. Road, Farmington. 860-677-4787. built in the 1760s and expanded 526-2336. This castle-like mansion Others Ride vintage streetcars through National Historic Landmark. Colo- 1794. The neo-classical house is a was the eccentric home of William Mark Twain House & Museum: 351 scenic woods and wetlands. View nial Revival style house (1901) set window into prosperous life in the Gillette, a turn-of-the-century Farmington Ave., Hartford. 860- exhibits on the trolley era and tour on 150 acres with sunken garden. 18th century. stage actor who was famous for 247-0998. The site is one of the the trolley collection. Listed on Collection of French Impression- his classic portrayal of Sherlock top 10 historic houses in the world. the National Register of Historic ist paintings, decorative arts and Connecticut Historical Society Holmes. The house is fi lled with Walk through Twain’s home, Places. original furnishings. Museum: 1 Elizabeth Street, Hart- fascinating architectural details where the Clemens family lived for ford. 860-236-5621. The society’s and also includes exhibits about 17 years. Ancient Burying Ground: Corner of Noah Webster House: 227 South Main museum has one of the largest Gillette’s career and his love of Main and Gold streets, Hartford. St., West Hartford. 860-521-5362. collections of Connecticut furni- railroads and trains. Harriet Beecher Stowe Center: 77 860-280-4145. The ancient art of The Noah Webster House is located ture, silver, pewter, costumes, Forest St., Hartford. 860-522-9258. stone-cutting marks over 6,000 in the restored 18th-century birth- graphic materials and tavern Prudence Crandall Museum: Junction The all-new Stowe House Experi- buried here. Search for old family place and childhood home of Noah signs in existence. A library holds routes 14 and 169, Canterbury. ence introduces you to the life and names, read the epitaphs of Webster, a teacher, lawyer, early 100,000 manuscripts and nearly 3 860-546-7800. New England’s fi rst impact of Harriet Beecher Stowe English settlers, bring crayons and abolitionist, and the creator of the million volumes.

A replica room of the boarding area at the Prudence Crandall Museum. The Prudence Crandall Museum. AARON FLAUM/ NORWICHBULLETIN.COM AARON FLAUM/ NORWICHBULLETIN.COM The Bulletin | Thursday, May 26, 2016 F5 F6 Thursday, May 26, 2016 | The Bulletin ON THE ROAD Looking for wine or beer? Hop on a trail

Connecticut (860) 267-8520, www. priamvineyards.com Wine Trail Tasting hours: 11 a.m.-6 Eastern Connecticut p.m., Friday-Saturday; 11 Sharpe Hill Vineyard: 108 a.m.-6 p.m.; open select Wade Road Pomfret. (860) holidays. 974-3549, www.sharphill. com Jonathan Edwards Winery: Tasting hours: 11 a.m.-5 74 Chester Main Road, p.m., Friday-Sunday. North Stonington. (860) 535-0202. www.jedward- Taylor Brooke Winery: 848 swinery.com Rte. 171 Woodstock. (860) Tasting hours: Open daily. 974-1263, www.tay- lorbrookewinery.com Saltwater Farm Vineyard: Tasting hours: 11 a.m.-6 349 Elm Street, Stoning- p.m., Friday; 11 a.m.-5 ton. (860) 415-9072, www. p.m., Saturday and saltwaterfarmvineyard. Sunday. Open select com holidays. Tasting hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Wednesday- Stonington: 523 Taugwonk Thursday; 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Road, Stonington. (860) Saturday-Sunday. 535-1222, www.stoning- tonvineyards.com Connecticut Tasting hours: 11 a.m.-5 Beer Trail p.m., daily, year-round. Eastern Connecticut Preston Ridge Vineyard: 100 Cottrell Brewing Com- Miller Road, Preston. (860) pany: 100 Mechanic St 383-4278, www.preston- #22, Pawcatuck. (860) Sharpe Hill Vineyard in Pomfret. BULLETIN FILE PHOTO ridgevineyard.com 599-8213, www.cottrell- Tasting Hours: 1 p.m.-8 brewing.com p.m. Friday; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. The Beer’d Brewing Com- pany: 22 Bayview Ave No. Holmberg Orchards & 15, Stonington. (860) 857- Winery: 12 Orchard 1014, www.beerdbrewing. Lane, Gales Ferry. (860) com 464-7305, www.holmberg- winery.com Thomas Hooker Brewery: 1 Tasting hours: noon-5 p.m. Mohegan Sun Blvd, Uncas- Saturday and Sunday. ville, (888) 226-7711. www. mohegansun.com Maugle Sierra Vineyards: 825 Colonel Ledyard Highway, These Guys Brewing Ledyard. (860) 464-2987, Company: 78 Franklin St., www.mauglesierra- Norwich. vineyards.com#sthash. phamsYbA.dpuf Willimantic Brewing Tasting hours: noon-8 p.m., Company: 967 Main St., Monday-Thursday; noon-8 Willimantic. (860) 423- p.m., Friday; 11 a.m.-8 6777, www.willibrew.com p.m., Saturday; 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday. COMIX Mohegan Sun: 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd, Priam Vineyards: 11 Shailor Uncasville, (860) 862-7000, Hill Road, Colchester. comixcomedy.com The Beer’d Brewing Company is in Stonington. BULLETIN FILE PHOTO Cabernet grapes at Priam Vineyards in Colchester. BULLETIN FILE PHOTO The Bulletin | Thursday, May 26, 2016 F7 F8 Thursday, May 26, 2016 | The Bulletin ON THE SHORE For a dip or a view, head for the Public beaches Thomas Boulevard, West Haven. 203-937-3651. CONNECTICUT Public access saltwater beaches; DEPARTMENT parking and entrance fees may Lighthouse Point Park: Lighthouse OF TOURISM apply. Road, New Haven. 203-946-8019. Ocean Beach Park: 1225 Ocean Ave., New London. 860-447-3031 or Calf Pasture Beach: Calf Pas- 800-510-7263. ture Beach Road, Norwalk. 203-854-7806. Dubois Beach: End of Water Street, Stonington. 860-535-2476. Short Beach: Dorne Drive, Stratford.

Rocky Neck State Park: 244 West Lighthouses Main St., East Lyme. 860-739-5471. Avery Point, Groton: It’s the last Hammonasset Beach State Park: lighthouse to be built in Connecti- 1288 Boston Post Road, Madison. cut, fi nished in 1943. was established in 1822 and con- is one of the earliest places in the community of that time. 203-245-2785. sisted of the octagonal tower, with U.S. settled by European colonists, Five Mile Point, New Haven: Five Mile its sides painted alternately black the fi rst lighthouse wasn’t placed Peck Ledge: Peck Ledge Lighthouse Harvey’s Beach: Route 154, Old Say- Point, named for its distance from and white, attached to a one-and- at Stamford until the relatively (also known as Peck’s Ledge brook. 860-395-3152. downtown New Haven, became a-half-story keeper’s quarters. late date of 1882. and Pecks Ledge) is located at the sight for a lighthouse in 1805 the northeast end of the scenic Misquamicut State Beach: 257 Atlan- to mark the entrance to New Faulkner’s Island: Built in 1802, Stratford Shoal (Middle Ground): . Consisting of tic Ave., Westerly, RI. 401-596-9097 Haven Harbor. Faulkner’s Island Lighthouse has Stratford Shoal Lighthouse has sixteen islands and countless been called the Eiffel Tower of frequently been classifi ed as a smaller rocks, this Clinton Town Beach: Waterside Lynde Point, Old Saybrook: By the . Located on New York lighthouse, and the has long been a major hazard to Lane, Clinton. 860-669-6901. beginning of the 19th century, ship Faulkner’s Island, roughly four land (“less than one acre”) for marine traffi c entering and leaving traffi c calling at the harbor at Old miles offshore from Guilford the lighthouse was indeed ceded Norwalk Harbor. Penfi eld Beach: Fairfi eld Beach Saybrook was considerable. Harbor. to the federal government by the Road, Fairfi eld. 203-256-3010. State of New York on May 11, 1874. Sheffi eld Island: The largest of the 16 New London Harbor: At one van- Morgan Point, Mystic: Morgan Point It’s located in the middle of Long Norwalk Islands at 2 acres, it has Silver State Park: Silver Sands tage point on the town’s Pequot derives its name from Deacon Island Sound, more than eight had many previous names: Winni- Park Road, Milford. 203-735-4311. Avenue, which runs alongside the James Morgan, who in 1712 gained miles offshore from Bridgeport pauk, Little Longe, Longe, White’s, Thames River near its entrance ownership of the southern tip of Harbor. Smith’s, Norwalk, and Home – with Seaside Park Beach: Barnum Dyke, from Long Island Sound, it is possi- the peninsula on the west side of the names usually changing to Bridgeport. 203-576-7233. ble to see at least fi ve lighthouses the mouth of the Mystic River. Greens Ledge: Legend has it that refl ect the owner at the time. (New London Harbor, New London Greens Ledge was named after Weed Beach: Nearwater Lane, Ledge, Race Rock, Little Gull New London Ledge: According to a pirate Green, who sailed with Stonington Harbor: The town had Darien. 203-656-7325. Island, and Avery Point). local legend, New London resi- the infamous Captain Kidd. When one of its most storied events in dents did not want to gaze out to Green was captured by authori- 1814, when the badly outnum- Sandy Point Beach: Beach Street, Penfi eld Reef, Fairfi eld: Even with sea at a structure that would be ties of the day, he was reportedly bered and outgunned townspeople West Haven. 203-937-3651. a modern lighthouse in position, out of place among their large and executed and his body fastened to managed to repel an attack by fi ve fl ashing a strong light as a warn- historic homes, so Colonial and the ledge in chains as a dire warn- British warships commanded by Jennings Beach: 880 South Benson ing, it is not unusual for several French architectural infl uences ing to others thinking of entering Commodore Thomas Hardy. Road, Fairfi eld. boats a year to run aground on the were used in the lighthouse. the buccaneering trade. Years Fayerweather Island (Black Rock dangerous Penfi eld Reef. later, a lighthouse would be estab- Harbor): , with Oak Street Beach: Captain Saybrook Breakwater: Saybrook lished on the ledge as a warning to its deep port sheltered by Fayer- Thomas Boulevard, West Haven. Southwest Ledge, New Haven: Breakwater Lighthouse is located vessels seeking to enter Norwalk weather Island, was a developing 203-937-3651. Southwest Ledge, located one mile at the mouth of the mighty Con- Harbor. shipping center in the 18th cen- offshore at the east side of the necticut River near Old SaybrookIn tury, and it seemed only natural to Morse Beach: Beach Street, West entrance to , the 1870s, the river mouth Mystic Seaport (Republica): Besides a build a lighthouse on the island to Haven. 203-937-3651. is a formidable obstacle, covered was dredged to accommodate number of tall, wooden sailing and guide ships into the harbor. by only seven-and-a-half feet of increasing ship traffi c, and two whaling ships from the 19th and Walnut Beach: Park Avenue water at low tide. granite breakwaters were built, early 20th centuries, the Mystic Tongue Point (Bridgeport Breakwater): and East Broadway, Milford. one extending from each side of Seaport Museum has exhibits Gallantly standing on Bridgeport 203-783-3280. Stratford Point: Only the third light the river mouth. about rope making, boatbuilding, Harbor’s western shore is a little station erected on Long Island barrel making, and anything else black lighthouse affectionately Bradley Point Park & Beach: Captain Sound, Stratford Point Lighthouse Stamford Harbor: Although the area related to a working maritime called “The Bug.”