Community Calendar

Magic of Lights is a dazzling, drive-through holiday lights experience featuring favorite holiday scenes and characters of the season using the latest LED technology and digital animations.

Celebrate the season and support the Wadsworth during this major holiday fundraiser.

What: CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS Fresh, funny and smart – it’s back.

Beginning in 2010, the historic and beautiful Wood Memorial Library & Museum has been decorated for the season and transforms into a winter wonderland filled with more than 150 gingerbread houses on display (the largest in New England!). This festival is a major fundraiser for the Friends of Wood Memorial Library & Museum and supports our educational programs and exhibitions throughout the year.

Season: Summer Market Hours: July 6 - November 30, 2023 Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 12pm - 3pm Location: 251 Matianuck Avenue

Celebrate the season and support the Wadsworth during this major holiday fundraiser.

A gentle seated yoga class led by a certified Y4C yoga instructor.

Magic of Lights is a dazzling, drive-through holiday lights experience featuring favorite holiday scenes and characters of the season using the latest LED technology and digital animations.

Film And Television Star Illeana Douglas On Connecticut In The Movies: From Dream Houses To Dark Suburbia With Frank Rizzo Told from the passionate perspective of the author who grew up here and filled with behind-the-scenes stories as well as her own personal snapshots of the places where these films were made, Illeana Douglas takes us on a cinematic road trip through Hollywood history and Connecticut geography.

Drop in on select Thursdays from October-December, and get to know our Makerspace.

What: CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS Fresh, funny and smart – it’s back.

Dattellas' fresh version of The Nutcracker follows the familiar holiday storyline with many twists and turns along the way that will enchant first-time viewers and seasoned audience members alike.

Beginning in 2010, the historic and beautiful Wood Memorial Library & Museum has been decorated for the season and transforms into a winter wonderland filled with more than 150 gingerbread houses on display (the largest in New England!). This festival is a major fundraiser for the Friends of Wood Memorial Library & Museum and supports our educational programs and exhibitions throughout the year.