Lyme, East Lyme & Old Lyme Weekend Guide: Pirate Day At FloGris And Two Nights Of Jazz At The Side Door

OLD LYME, CT — Old Lyme's museum row hosts pirates, a faerie village and a docent tour, while the Side Door Jazz Club books two jazz bands and Niantic's farmers market opens Thursday afternoon, from Thursday, Oct. 22, through Sunday, Oct. 25.

This Weekend's Arts & Entertainment

• Pirate Day — Saturday, Oct. 24, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Re-enactors from the Free Men of the Sea bring pirate and privateer history to life, with flintlock pistol demonstrations on the hour starting at noon; it is included with museum admission. Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme Street, Old Lyme
• Wee Faerie Village and Crafternoons — the faerie house walking trail, with more than two dozen pint-sized creations around this year's "Gemstone Station" theme, is open through Nov. 8, and drop-in Wee Faerie Crafternoons run Sunday, Oct. 25, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Education Center. Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme Street, Old Lyme
• Gallery tour: "Patchwork: Connecticut Artists Consider 250" — Sunday, Oct. 25, 1 to 2 p.m. Docent Nancy Mol leads a tour of the exhibition on American identity and history over the past 250 years; it is included with admission, with no reservation needed. Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme Street, Old Lyme
• "New England Landscape" and "Bon Appetit" — on view through Nov. 6, along with a plein air painting group exhibition; the gallery is free and open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Saturday, Oct. 24, Lisa Miceli teaches an "Expressive Flowers in Watercolor" workshop. Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme Street, Old Lyme

This Weekend's Restaurants & Bars

• Jazz at the Side Door — Metta Quintet, resident ensemble of JazzReach, founded by drummer Hans Schuman and featuring Christopher McBride, Birsa Chatterjee, Steven Feifke and Adi Meyerson, Friday, Oct. 23, 8 to 10 p.m.; and pianist Adam Birnbaum's trio with bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington, Saturday, Oct. 24, 8 to 10 p.m. The Side Door Jazz Club, Old Lyme Inn, 85 Lyme Street, Old Lyme
• Niantic Farmers Market — Thursday, Oct. 22, 3 to 6 p.m. The 16th season of Niantic Main Street's market brings produce, pies, breads, prepared foods, coffee and fresh-filled cannoli. Niantic Main Street, Methodist Street, Niantic, East Lyme

Shop the Niantic market Thursday, hear the Metta Quintet or Adam Birnbaum at the Side Door, bring the kids to Pirate Day Saturday and finish Sunday among the faerie houses and the 250th-anniversary show on Lyme Street.

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