Weston, Easton & Redding Weekend Guide: 'My Children! My Africa!' At The Granite And A Holiday Market

REDDING, CT — The Granite in Georgetown opens Athol Fugard's "My Children! My Africa!" this weekend, and the Mark Twain Library hosts a panel of local artists Thursday. In Weston, the Weston Women's League's Main Street Weston Holiday Market starts with a Friday opening party, and New Pond Farm in West Redding throws open its gates Saturday.

This Weekend's Arts & Entertainment

• The Secret Lives of Artists, Part IV, Thursday, Nov. 12, 7 to 8:30 p.m. The Allen & Helen Hermes Art Series panel features local creative professionals, including director and producer Pam Arciero, actress Diana Canova, novelist Tom Casey and designer David Cramer, talking about their work. Registration is required. Mark Twain Library, 439 Redding Road, Redding
• "My Children! My Africa!", Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 12-14, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 15, 2 p.m. Athol Fugard's three-character play is set in a high school in apartheid South Africa; it runs through Nov. 22. Tickets are $45, $25 for ages 13 to 17 and free for children under 13 with a ticketed adult, and a few pay-what-you-can tickets are available for each show. The Granite, 5 N. Main St., Georgetown
• Main Street Weston Holiday Market, opening party Friday, Nov. 13, 7 to 10 p.m.; market Saturday, Nov. 14, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Weston Women's League's market has more than 30 local vendors, boutiques and artists. The 21-and-over opening party includes a Mad River Distillery bourbon tasting and a grazing table; Saturday brings a coffee truck, a build-your-own-bouquet flower truck and mimosas, and kids under 18 get in free. Proceeds benefit the Weston Warm-Up Fund and Weston Human Services. St. Francis of Assisi Church, 35 Norfield Road, Weston
• Open Day, Saturday, Nov. 14, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. New Pond Farm Education Center offers scavenger hunts, guided trail walks, visits with its animal ambassadors and samples of the farm's milk, with chili and cornbread for sale. It's free with no registration; no dogs. New Pond Farm Education Center, 101 Marchant Road, West Redding

An artists' panel, Fugard at The Granite, a holiday market in Weston and an open day at New Pond Farm give Weston, Easton and Redding a full weekend.