Southbury Weekend Guide: Spring Hill Farm Preserve Opens, CT Brass And The Jenny Lind Doll Show

SOUTHBURY, CT — The Southbury Land Trust opens its newest preserve to the public Saturday, and Sunday brings a doll show, a free brass concert and a documentary screening, from Thursday, Oct. 22, through Sunday, Oct. 25.

This Weekend's Arts & Entertainment

• Spring Hill Farm Preserve grand opening — Saturday, Oct. 24, starting at 10 a.m. Explore new boardwalk trails, a wildlife observation deck and a hidden pond, with guided walks, a scavenger hunt, kids' games, a history display and fall snacks. It is free and held rain or shine; there's no parking on site, so park at Pomperaug High School's lower bowl lot, where shuttles start at 9:30 a.m. Southbury Land Trust, 453 Old Woodbury Road
• 36th Annual Jenny Lind Doll Show — Sunday, Oct. 25, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Vendors sell antique, vintage and collectible dolls, bears, toys and miniatures, and there's a doll hospital; admission is $7 for adults, and children under 12 are free. Jenny Lind Doll Club, Southbury Fire Station, 461 Main Street South
• "The Plastic Detox" — Sunday, Oct. 25, 2 to 4:30 p.m. Sustainable Southbury screens the documentary on microplastics and health, followed by a discussion; it is free, with registration. Southbury Public Library, 100 Poverty Road
• Connecticut Brass — Sunday, Oct. 25, 3 p.m. The 12-piece conductorless ensemble, formed from the former Danbury Brass Band, plays arrangements of Bach, Berlioz, Mahler, Holst, Mussorgsky, Rodrigo and Elgar plus popular tunes and marches; the concert is free. Church of the Epiphany, 262 Main Street North

Walk the new boardwalks at Spring Hill Farm Saturday, then browse the doll show Sunday morning and choose between CT Brass and "The Plastic Detox" in the afternoon.

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