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August 2022

Sunken Garden Poetry Festival – Ge-ODE-Caching

August 28, 2022 - October 7, 2022

Looking for a fun way to spend an afternoon? Try Ge-ODE-caching, a Sunken Garden Poetry Festival twist on geocaching. [Read more]

Sunken Garden Poetry Festival – State of Poetry in CT Panel

August 28, 2022, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

This panel discussion includes local poets, Frederick-Douglass Knowles, Luisa Caycedo-Kimura, Benjamin Grossberg, and John Murillo. [Read more]

Sunken Garden Poetry Festival – John Murillo

August 28, 2022, 3:30 PM - 7:00 PM

The opening program of the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival features headline poet John Murillo, along with Matt Donovan, and Emily Carlson, winner of the Sunken Garden Chapbook Poetry Prize [Read more]

September 2022

Pilobolus is a Fungus – From the Porch – New Time

September 9, 2022, 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Join us for Pilobolus is a Fungus, an interactive performance for young audiences.  [Read more]

Sunken Garden Poetry Festival – Poetry and Pets for Kids

September 25, 2022, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Enjoy a drop-in activity where families can compose poems to celebrate their four-legged companions! Bring a photo of your pet (leashed dogs welcome) and create a rhyme to immortalize your love. [Read more]

CANCELLED – Sunken Garden Poetry Festival – Legacy Film Night

September 25, 2022, 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM

For 30 years, Hill-Stead has been bringing in incredible poets to read at the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival. All of our readings have been faithfully documented by Morrow Jones with assistance from Simsbury Community Television. Join us for a highlight reel of our notable readers. [Read more]

October 2022

CANCELLED – Sunken Garden Poetry Festival – Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop

October 2, 2022

Students will experience the masterworks of the Hill-Stead collection through the lens of poetry. [Read more]

Sunken Garden Poetry Festival – Rennie McQuilkin

October 2, 2022, 3:30 PM - 7:00 PM

This evening features headline poet Rennie McQuilkin and a memorial to David K. Leff. [Read more]

CANCELLED – Sunken Garden Poetry Festival – Poems & Pints

October 7, 2022, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Join us for a fun night of beer and cheer. While enjoying tastings from local breweries, attendees can listen to the open mic of slam poetry. [Read more]

June 2023

Summer Enchanted Evening of Opera – From the Porch

June 12, 2023, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Opera Connecticut returns to Hill-Stead’s Sunken Garden with its cadre of talented sopranos, tenors, mezzos, and basses, for an evening of favorite selections from operas old and new. [Read more]

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