Lyme, East Lyme & Old Lyme Weekend Guide: Deck The Walls, The Lyme Artists Sale And Jack Frost Bazaar

OLD LYME, CT — Holiday art season arrives in the Lymes: the Lyme Art Association opens "Deck the Walls" and three guest shows Friday, Lyme artists hold their annual sale at Lyme Public Hall, and the Florence Griswold Museum's Art•Bar paints the masters Thursday. In Niantic, the 79th Jack Frost Bazaar runs Saturday.

This Weekend's Arts & Entertainment

• Art•Bar Happy Hour: Paint the Masters #2, Thursday, Nov. 12, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. An adult crafting night with Julie Garvin-Riggs, light fare and libations; $40, with a 10 percent member discount. Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St., Old Lyme
• "Deck the Walls" and guest shows, opens Friday, Nov. 13, through Jan. 1. The members' holiday show joins the Connecticut Pastel Society's "Renaissance in Pastel," a Christopher Zhang solo show and the Society of Connecticut Sculptors. Impressionist Sarah Baskin gives a free painting demo Saturday at 2 p.m. Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme St., Old Lyme
• Lyme Artists Sale, Friday, Nov. 13, 5 to 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 14, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Local artisans sell sculpture, prints, jewelry and rustic furnishings, and the Lyme Garden Club holds a sale Saturday. Lyme Public Hall, 249 Hamburg Road, Lyme
• 79th Annual Jack Frost Bazaar, Saturday, Nov. 14, starting at 9 a.m., according to the church's Patch listing. Handmade crafts, Christmas decor, antiques, a silent auction, a $17 turkey luncheon, photos with Santa and a "Name That Tune" carol contest. Niantic Community Church, 170 Pennsylvania Ave., Niantic
• "Elephants in Winter" Holiday Sale, Saturday, Nov. 14, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 15, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Donated holiday items, including Christmas decorations, go on sale, according to the church's Patch listing. First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, 4 Lyme St., Old Lyme

Holiday shows, an artists' sale, Art•Bar and two church sales make this a festive weekend across the Lymes.

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