New Milford Chamber of Commerce

POSTPONED - New Milford Fireworks Celebration - POSTPONED
2021-07-03 14:30 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | CT
Due to today’s weather forecast, the New Milford Fireworks are postponed. Our current rain date is scheduled for Saturday, November 27 – our Tree Lighting on the Green and Small Business Saturday. If local and state required approvals and permits are secured, we will move the rain date to another community event being held earlier in the Fall. We will post updates as appropriate.
We wish you all a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend.
Sincerely,
Pete Bass, Mayor
Town of New Milford

Denise Del Mastro, Executive Director
Greater New Milford Chamber of Commerce

Sweet Summertime Cookin'
2021-06-28 15:00 - 16:00
Join Chef Rob as he shows us how to make scrumptious meals and desserts on ZOOM. Program runs for 8 weeks starting June 28th. Other dates are: Tuesday July 6, Mondays July 12, 19, 26, and August 2, 9, 16. All participants receive a cookbook. An NMPL program for ALL AGES on ZOOM. RSVP aberkun@biblio.org

Benny Carter Tribute Jazz Concert Feat. TJ Thompson Trip
2021-06-26 15:00 - 17:00
The Benny Carter Tribute Jazz concert returns this summer on Saturday, June 26th at 7PM with Connecticut’s jazz band TJ Thompson Trio . The band has been active since 2014 performing in various clubs and pits in musical theaters throughout Connecticut. Winner of the IMEA Jazz Artist of the Year for their recent album Take Two: The Sound of Playing, this group plays a combination of originals along with the Soul, Blues, and Jazz of New Orleans, Memphis, and beyond. We cover everything from Jelly Roll Morton, Professor Longhair, Thelonious Monk, Booker T and the MG’s, Jimi Hendrix, The Dead, and more. Leader T.J. Thompson performed with Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, and as a result was a featured artist on Branford Marsalis’ Jazz Set show on NPR. In 1998 he recorded and produced Thompson Trio Take One, an album consisting mostly of original works, which received good reviews from Goldmine and Cadence magazines. A student of both Henry Butler and George Cables, he has opened for and worked with such artists as Henry Butler, Mel Torme, Ed Thigpen, Dave Liebman, and Koko Taylor as well as being a featured soloist on the Morgan Powell Jazz Album. He taught at St. Johnsbury Academy and Johnson State College in Vermont from 1997-2000 and since has been the Director of Instrumental Music at the Taft School, in Watertown, Connecticut.
Tickets are $20 Member and $25 Non-Members and must be purchased online prior to the event. The JCCS will not be selling tickets at the door to allow minimal contact and for safety of our staff and volunteers, so tickets must be purchased in advance online . There will be a limited number of tickets available to allow for safe social distancing, so we highly recommend you getting your tickets early as we anticipate this concert to sell out fast! For health and safety purposes there is a list of new reopening rules for outdoor events which is posted on our website. Don’t forget to bring your mask and a chair! This concert will be held outdoors. The rain date will be held on Sunday, June 27th at 7PM!
Tickets can be purchased here: https://jcc-in-sherman.square.site/product/benny-carter-tribute-jazz-concert-feat-tj-thompson-trio-41001-ticket-sales/80?cs=true&cst=custom

June Business Scene
2021-06-24 13:30 - 15:30
The Greater New Milford Chamber of Commerce cordially invites you to attend the Business Scene (an informal networking event for business people in the Greater New Milford area) on Thursday, June 24, 2021 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at New Milford Tennis & Swim Club, 93 Aspetuck Ridge Road in New Milford.
The June Business Scene is sponsored by National Iron Bank.
This event is free to attend and open to the public.

Hate in the US: A Conversation with Kenneth Stern & Nadine Strossen
2021-06-22 15:00 - 16:30
Hate in the US: A Conversation with Kenneth Stern & Nadine Strossen
Join us for a special zoom event on Tuesday, June 22nd at 7PM. Kenneth Stern will be interviewed by Nadine Strossen about understanding hate and antisemitism in the United States today, and the relationship between the two. How do we understand the level of hatred in the United States today, especially in the aftermath of the Capitol Insurrection, rising hate crimes against Jews and Asian Americans, and a year after the George Floyd murder? And do we have too narrow a lens when we think about antisemitism? What do we gain, or lose, when we think about it as a form of hate? And what are the best, and worst, ways to combat it?
Kenneth S. Stern is the director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate and an attorney and award-winning author. For twenty-five years, he was the American Jewish Committee’s expert on antisemitism, and he was also the lead drafter of the “Working Definition of Antisemitism.” He has argued before the Supreme Court of the United States and testified before Congress, and he is a frequent guest on television and radio. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, and The Forward. His newest book, The Conflict Over the Conflict: The Israel/Palestine Campus Debate (New Jewish Press, 2020), has been called a “must read,” “thoughtful and provocative,” a “gift,” a “rare and uncompromising testament to free expression” and a “blueprint for how to navigate the ‘conflict over the conflict’ on campus.”
New York Law School Professor Emerita Nadine Strossen, past national President of the American Civil Liberties Union (1991-2008), is a leading expert and frequent speaker/media commentator on constitutional law and civil liberties, who has testified before Congress on multiple occasions. The National Law Journal has named Strossen one of America’s “100 Most Influential Lawyers.” Her 2018 book HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship was selected by Washington University as its 2019 “Common Read.” Strossen has served on the Anti-Defamation League’s Civil Rights Committee, and she has won awards from the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the National Council of Jewish Women, and the Women’s League for Conservative Judaism.
This is a free virtual event on Zoom, donations welcome. We kindly ask you to please register online before the event by Tuesday, June 22nd 12PM. For more information and to register please visit our website https://www.jccinsherman.org/upcomingevents/4t0i971dewwkgcpevfdss12xv1qgmp.
Audience Q&A will follow.

Rock The Block
2021-06-17 14:30 - 16:30
Join us downtown for a live band on Bank Street! The street will be filled with street games, sidewalk sales, local eats and more! The band for June is The Mighty Ploughboys, an irish rock band out of Danbury, CT!

Japanese Braided Friendship Bracelets
2021-06-17 12:00 - 13:30
Jody Hyman will show us how to braid beautiful bracelets. Tea and cookies will be served! An NMPL event for grades 6-12. RSVP aberkun@biblio.org

Find the Love Rock Hunt
2021-06-12 08:00 - 10:00
Kateland Kelly, local artist, Physician Assistant, and civil rights advocate is hosting an interactive rock hunt on the New Milford Green in conjunction with various local businesses to celebrate the inaugural Pride Picnic with Litchfield Pride.
Ten hand painted rocks displaying the following Pride Flags will be installed throughout the Green on Saturday June 12th and will be redeemable during the Pride Picnic at a prize table during the festivities. This family friendly, socially distanced activity is designed to remind participants to “Find the Love” every day and they are encouraged to either rehide the rock during the event, or return it to the prize table to claim a gift. If participants choose to rehide the rock, they do not get a prize but are instead choosing to “share the love” encouraging participants to be the positive change in the world. Prizes are donated from the following organizations, with hopefully more joining before the date:
Tasty Waves
Nordica Toys
BD Provisions
Evergreen Juice Bar
All Aboard Pizza + Ice Cream
Hummingbird Stained Glass
Jazzercise of New Milford
Deja Vudu Vintage
Barkery Boo’tique
The Write Assistant
This activity was conceptualized, designed, and orchestrated by Kateland Kelly as The Write Assistant and is fully funded by donations. There is no cost to the town and by having local businesses engage in small gift certificates, we can increase foot traffic during and after the events conclusion.

Dean Snellback & BluesyLand Band
2021-06-11 19:00 - 21:00
Dean Snellback & BluesyLand Band Saturday, June 12th at 7pm!
The BluesyLand “Almost Normal” Summer Music Series continues at JCC. Everything in BluesyLand is cool and bluesy, things are not quite normal, but it never really was in BluesyLand, especially after the past challenging year, but almost. That sweet traditional blues groove is the lifeline to all the music we do , says Dean Snellback, founder and leader of “The BluesyLand Band”. From the Delta, Memphis and Chicago stylings to Jazzy, Swing or Country Blues, we will take you on a fun journey through BluesyLand. Singer/Songwriter, Dean Snellback is a lifelong musician and blues lover who spent his formative musical years in the New York and Chicago areas. The other “Bandoliers” who are seasoned musicians with many years of live performance and recording experience, include Jim Nowak on Bass, George Hanlon on Guitar, Tim O’Connell on Drums, Also featuring Whit Campbell on Sax and Richard Hunter on Harmonica. You will have a blast rockin’ the blues and singing along with this dynamic band.
This concert will be outdoors so please remember to bring you chair and a mask if you need to use the restrooms.
Tickets: $20 Members | $25 Non-Members
To help us better plan for this event reservations are required for this event and must be purchased online before: https://jcc-in-sherman.square.site/product/bluesyland-band/125?cs=true&cst=custom

Drumming Circle and Snax
2021-06-11 12:00 - 13:00
Come beat to your own drum! Make some noise–and eat snacks! An NMPL event for grades 6-12. RSVP aberkun@biblio.org

Make Art Club
2021-06-09 12:00 - 13:30
Make art with your pals! This month we’re painting silhouette pictures. An NMPL event for grades 6-12 at the Marsh Parish House. RSVP aberkun@biblio.org

Games and Chess Club
2021-06-08 14:30 - 16:00
Game on! Come play chess or any other game at the Marsh Parish House. An NMPL event for grades 6-12. RSVP aberkun@biblio.org

Board of Directors Meeting
2021-06-08 08:00 - 09:30

Plant Sale - The Garden Club of New Milford
2021-06-05 05:00 - 10:00
Location: On the Green near the Bandstand
Annuals, perennials, container plantings, gardening items tag sale

Test Event
2021-05-26 09:00 - 10:00
Join us tomorrow for a meeting about very important things.

Board of Directors meeting
2019-02-12 08:00 - 09:00
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