Lyme, East Lyme & Old Lyme Weekend Guide: Jazz Guitar At The Side Door And End Of Harvest At Smith Farmstead

OLD LYME, CT — Two jazz guitar greats share The Side Door's stage, East Lyme's historic farmstead throws its End of Harvest party and Lyme Street's museums keep the fall color coming, from Thursday, Oct. 15, through Sunday, Oct. 18.

This Weekend's Arts & Entertainment

• Art•Bar Happy Hour: Bespoke Faerie Dwelling — Thursday, Oct. 15, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Julie Garvin-Riggs leads an adult crafting evening building enchanted faerie abodes, with light fare and drinks; tickets are $40 with all materials included. Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme Street, Old Lyme
• "New England Landscape" and "Bon Appétit" — Thursday, Oct. 15, through Sunday, Oct. 18, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The juried landscape show celebrates rolling hills, lonely roads and farmland, alongside a second exhibit, both through Nov. 6; admission is free. Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme Street, Old Lyme
• End of Harvest — Saturday, Oct. 17, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The free farm day has live animals, cider and applesauce making, pumpkin painting, Irish blacksmith Derek Collins at his forge, music by Five Bean Row, oysters from Niantic Bay Shellfish Farm, plein air painters and a giant-pumpkin weight-guessing contest. Samuel Smith Farmstead, 82 Plants Dam Road, East Lyme
• Autumn Tree Tour and Wee Faerie Crafternoons — Sunday, Oct. 18; crafts 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., tree tour 1 to 3 p.m. The museum's tree expert explains why leaves change color and how to identify trees on a family walk, included with admission. Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme Street, Old Lyme

This Weekend's Restaurants & Bars

• Peter Bernstein/Ed Cherry Quartet — Friday, Oct. 16, and Saturday, Oct. 17, 8 to 10 p.m. Two jazz guitarists share the bill: Bernstein, invited by Jim Hall to the 1990 JVC Jazz Festival, and Cherry, longtime guitarist for Dizzy Gillespie, with Gary Wang on bass and Joe Strasser on drums. The Side Door Jazz Club, Old Lyme Inn, 85 Lyme Street, Old Lyme

Build a faerie house Thursday, hear Bernstein and Cherry at The Side Door on Friday or Saturday, celebrate the harvest in East Lyme and walk among the Flo Gris trees Sunday.

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