Independently Sponsored Events conducted during Pride Week 2009
SATURDAY, JUNE 6
Relay for Life
Friday, June 5 to Saturday, June 6
3 pm Friday to 12:00 pm Saturday
Northwest Park in Manchester, 448 Tolland Turnpike
Contacts: Grace DeAngelis, Event Chair 860-670-4544 or Jennifer Bernegger, Community Executive 203-379-4887
Visit our event website to learn more! http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=entry&fr_id=16354
Bike Rodeo 9am to 2pm. Elks Lodge, 30 Bissell St.
Contact: Elks Lodge 860-646-9262.
Free Shady Glen ice cream, bike helmets, obstacle courses, finger printing and more.
K-9 Kerplunk Doggie Dunk
10 to 11:30 am and 12:30 to 2 pm
There will be 2 doggie dunk swim sessions offered. Space is limited for each session. Pre registration is required for this event by calling the Recreation Department at 647-3084. $5 donation per dog is requested.
Contact Information: Shannon Blenis,Manchester Recreation Department, 647-3164.
One-mile Family Hike at Center Springs Park
1 pm, rain or shine.
A free CT Trails Day event.
Hike Leader Susan Barlow, 643-9776.
Meet at 39 Lodge Drive.
SUNDAY, JUNE 7
Manchester Art Association's 36th Annual Show In The Park
10 am to 4 pm in Center Park.
Contact Christiane O'Brien @ 995-0511 or http://www.manchesterart.org/
Motorcycle Run
9:00 a.m.
Registration $25, Proceeds go to the Hole in the Wall Gang and CCMC.
Contact John Hawthorne at the
Elk's Lodge, 646-9262.
MONDAY, JUNE 8
Free Walking Tour of West Cemetery
5:30 pm, rain or shine.
Manchester's oldest cemetery. One-hour walk with commentary about gravestones and some of the famous families
buried here. Cemetery is across from Wendy's Restaurant, 250 Spencer St. Park in commuter lot. Meet at back of cemetery.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10
Manchester Arts Commission's 9th Annual Arts Hall of Fame
6:30 p.m.
Cheney Hall
Contact Liz Tracy @ 647-3167 for more information.
SATURDAY, JUNE 13
Rabies Clinic & Dog Licensing
12:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Center Street Fire House, 75 Center Street & Town Hall, 41 Center Street.
All dogs must be on a leash and cats in a carrier. Animal Control can provide carriers/leashes. Contact: Animal Control, 860-645-5516.
Eleventh Annual Family History Day
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Town Clerk's Office, Town Hall, 41 Center Street. Record numbers of people are discovering the joys of family research. Whether you are a beginner or experienced, come learn the latest in conducting a search about genealogy and even your own family history. Sign up for a FREE consultation with a professional genealogist to help you get started or enhance your research. Check out our exhibits, get the very latest information, learn about new technology as well as the many public and one of a kind records in the Town Clerk's Vault.
THIS EVENT IS FOR ALL THAT ARE INTERESTED AND NOT JUST MANCHESTER RESIDENTS. To register for a FREE GENEALOGY CONSULTATION OR FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 647-3037.
Concert at Cheney Hall
8:00 p.m.
Cheney hall continues the Heritage Day activities With a dance/concert with one of our favorites, Rob Zappulla and his orchestra. This fabulous 7-piece big Band/jazz ensemble, led by the thrilling vocals of Zappulla will take you back to the days of Sinatra, Basie and Bennett. Tickets are $30.00 per person, Available through the Cheney Hall box office at 647-9824 or www.cheneyhall.org
35th Anniversary New England Fiddle Contest
10 am-6 pm in Center Park
Bring your blankets and chairs and get ready to meet friends old and new at this annual 'rite of spring' for the fiddle world. Watch and listen to New England’s best fiddlers from age 5 to 85 compete for cash prizes and trophies. Enjoy traditional toe-tapping fiddle music of the judged competition and jam sessions throughout the day. CT's Bristol Old Tyme Fiddlers Club will provide intermission entertainment. It's wholesome family entertainment that is FREE of admission fees. Visit www.fiddlefest.org for details. Presented by the Peace Train Foundation, Inc.
South Manchester History Hunt, 10 am
To encourage curiosity about its locations, S.H.A.R.E. is sponsoring a free and fun History Hunt. Details and the self-guiding form are available at Cheney Hall. Starts at 10 a.m., and the Cheney Hall exhibits close at 3 p.m., but several of our sites are open later in the afternoon. S.H.A.R.E., the South Manchester History, Arts, Recreation, & Education collaborative, is inviting the public to visit FREE the sites of the members of the group: Cheney Hall, Downtown, Fire Museum, Lutz Children's Museum, Mary Cheney Library, Manchester History Center, Old Manchester Museum, Cheney Homestead, and Keeney Schoolhouse.
S.H.A.R.E. Sites & Activities
SHARE the history, SHARE the art, SHARE the fun! Visit these locations, enjoy free activities, receive a S.H.A.R.E. sticker and brochure promoting these attractions. S.H.A.R.E. is a new collaboration between historical, arts, recreation and educational institutions located in South Manchester.
10:30 am-11:30 am
Bubble Mania at the Mary Cheney Library, 586 Main St.
10:30 am-3 pm
Open house at the Fire Museum, 230 Pine St.
10:30 am-3 pm
Heritage Day Expo at Cheney Hall, and tours of the hall by Little Theatre of Manchester,177 Hartford Rd.
11 am-12:30 pm, Downtown District
Help the Greater Hartford Arts Council create a Community Canvas in Center Park.
11 am-4 pm
Tours and historic interpreters portraying Cheney family members at the Cheney Homestead & Keeney School House, 106 Hartford Rd.
Tours of the Loom Exhibit at the Manchester History Center, 175 Pine St.
Tour of exhibits at the Old Manchester Museum, 126 Cedar St.
12 noon-2 pm Downtown District
Art & Antiques-Plein-air painting by members of the Manchester Art Association at antique shops throughout the Downtown.
12 noon-5 pm
Hourly programs and live music at the Lutz Children's Museum, 247 South Main St.
SUNDAY, JUNE 14
Flag Day Ceremony
11:00 a.m.
Elks Lodge, 30 Bissell St., 646-9262
