West Hartford Weekend Guide: 'The Happiest Man On Earth,' A Sunday Chamber Concert And A Fall Farmers Market

WEST HARTFORD, CT — West Hartford's Columbus Day weekend runs from a moving one-man play at Playhouse on Park to a Sunday of chamber music, fresh produce and a sustainability fair in the Town Hall parking lot, from Thursday, Oct. 8, through Sunday, Oct. 11.

This Weekend's Arts & Entertainment

• "The Happiest Man on Earth" — Friday, Oct. 9, 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 10, 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 11, 2 p.m. Mark St. Germain's one-man play, adapted from Eddie Jaku's memoir, follows the Holocaust survivor from Auschwitz to finding hope; tickets are $35 plus a $3.50 service charge, and the run ends Oct. 18. Playhouse on Park, 244 Park Road
• West Hartford Sustainability Fair — Sunday, Oct. 11, starting at 10 a.m. Exhibits and demonstrations cover electric vehicles, bikes and scooters, solar power, heat pumps, composting and native pollinator gardens, with activities for kids; Sierra Club CT, the Sustainable West Hartford Commission and PACE co-host. Town Hall parking lot, 50 South Main Street
• New World Trio: "Autumn Reflections" — Sunday, Oct. 11, 2 p.m. Violinist Anhared Stowe, violist Michael Wheeler, cellist Peter Zay and pianist David Ballena play Schubert's Notturno, Stephen Michael Gryc's "Dances and Nocturnes" and Brahms' Trio No. 1; the suggested donation is $25. New World Trio, St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue

This Weekend's Restaurants & Bars

• Blue Back Farmers' Market — Sunday, Oct. 11, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. About 30 vendors sell fruit and vegetables, free-range meat, baked goods, coffee, bagels and crafts, alongside the sustainability fair; the season runs through Oct. 25. Blue Back Farmers' Market, Town Hall parking lot, 50 South Main Street

Pick up coffee and produce at the farmers market, browse the sustainability fair, and then settle in for Brahms at St. John's or Eddie Jaku's story on Park Road, and West Hartford's Sunday is full.

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