Richard Blanco Reading in the Libraries of Hill-Stead

Richard Blanco performed in the Libraries of Hill-Stead Museum to support The Sunken Garden Poetry Festival on Thursday, March 3. [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPQXDUL2bgg&width=750&height=423&centervid=1[/embedyt]   Richard performed at the Festival in 2013… [Read more]

2020 Sunken Garden Poetry Video

…Daughter, University of Missouri Press, 2008. Gibson is Professor Emerita, University of Connecticut. She lives in Preston, CT. For more information, visit her website: www.margaretgibsonpoetry.com As Connecticut State Poet Laureate… [Read more]

The Pope Riddle Family

…Press, 2003. www.tide-mark.com. O’Gorman, James F., ed. Hill-Stead, The Country Place of Theodate Pope Riddle. New York, NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 2010 If you are interested in purchasing any of… [Read more]

Local Information

…Valley Visitors Association, www.fvva.com or 860.676.8878. Below is a select list of area restaurants, galleries, antique shops and recreation spots recommended by the staff at Hill-Stead Museum. Abigail’s Grille and… [Read more]

Sketch-a-Still-Life on Monday, February 1st

…This month, join artist Katherine Simmons. $5 for museum member and students, $15 for non-members. Please register through this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sketch-a-still-life-tickets-20818789560 For more information, please see our calendar. Photo caption:… [Read more]

January 2016

…Writers Conference (http://www.japanwritersconference.org/). His website: http://johngribble.com/ Rembrandt van Rijn, The Omval, near Amsterdam, 1645 Bowered in our little nest, we hear the footfall of the fellow going down to the… [Read more]

Newsroom

…Connecticut fall day trip with these 6 places to enjoy the foliage and great restaurants nearby (Hartford Courant, October 10, 2020) Ballet Theatre Company Announces ‘Through the Tulle’ (Weha.com, October… [Read more]

Giving Tuesday

…public, including dog-walkers, families, and schoolchildren alike. Hill-Stead recently hosted a free community Halloween on the Hill event for more than 600, unlike anything we have ever done before. Concerts… [Read more]

Giving Tuesday

…who have come together to pledge $7,500 as a matching gift for our fundraising efforts today. If we can raise that amount, they will match it! Women joining forces makes… [Read more]