Salisbury Association Site

Student Exhibits from the Troutbeck Symposium – Academy Building
2024-05-07 10:00 - 2024-05-22 16:00 (America/New_York) | Academy Building, 24 Main St, Salisbury, CT, 06068, United States
The Troutbeck Symposium is a student-led collaboration uncovering local history through documentaries, art exhibitions, and conversation. Middle and high school students from 14 regional public and independent schools have researched local histories of communities of color and other marginalized groups. Exhibit is sponsored by the Salisbury Association Historical Society.

The Timber Rattlesnake in CT –3 pm at SML
2024-05-11 15:00 - 16:00 | Scoville Memorial Library, 38 Main Street, Salisbury, CT, 06068
Hank Gruner, a herpetologist, will present a historical overview of the decline of the timber rattlesnake. Efforts to eradicate rattlesnakes has led to the loss of many populations, and their conservation remains challenging. Co-sponsored by the Salisbury Association Land Trust. Register at SML.

Bird Walk at Schlesinger Bird Preserve – 8 am
2024-06-09 08:00 - 09:30 | Schlesinger Bird Preserve, Scoville Ore Mine Road, Salisbury, CT, United States
Join George Wallace, an avid birder, for a guided morning walk at our local bird preserve. Meet at the parking area on Scoville Ore Mine Road, just off Route 41, north of Salisbury. Bring binoculars. Sponsored by Salisbury Association Land Trust. Register at the Salisbury Association.

4th of July Celebration
2024-07-04 12:00 - 13:30 | Town Grove, 42 Ethan Allen Street, Lakeville
Gather at Town Grove at noon to celebrate Independence Day with family and friends. Bring a picnic or purchase hot dogs from students in EXTRAS. Sit in the shade of the magnificent oak trees while Heman Allen, 1740-1778 (our own Lou Bucceri) reads the Declaration of Independence, followed by the Salisbury Band concert. Cancelled in case of rain.

Salisbury HUB Summer Cocktails on the Green
2024-07-10 17:30 - 20:00 | The White Hart Inn, 15 Under Mountain Rd, Salisbury, 06068, United States
Join us for HUB Summer Cocktails on the White Hart Green! It’s the perfect opportunity to relax, unwind and meet new friends while soaking up summer vibes in this beautiful outdoor setting. First drink is on us! Don’t miss out on this fun event – RSVP by Monday 7/8 here!

Annual Bat Talk & Count with the Salisbury Association Land Trust
2024-07-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Academy Building, 24 Main St, Salisbury, CT, 06068, United States
Learn about the flying mammals that roost in the attics of the Salisbury Association’s Academy Building and the Scoville Memorial Library in this presentation by Devaughn Fraser, a CT DEEP wildlife biologist and a specialist in bats. Then help count the bats on their nightly flight out of the Academy Building!
For all ages – adults, teens, children and families welcome! Bring lawn chairs, bug spray, and flashlights. In the event of rain, the presentation will be held in the Wardell Room at the Scoville Library and will not include a bat count. (If rained out, after the presentation, we may reschedule the bat count, depending on interest.)
Registration is appreciated. For more information and to register, please visit https://scovillelibrary.libcal.com/event/12333502

The Corner Food Pantry Exhibit
2024-08-03 - 2024-08-08 | Academy Building, 24 Main St, Salisbury, CT, 06068, United States
Academy Building
August 3 – September 28

Opening exhibit reception at the Academy Building on Saturday, August 3 from 4-6.
The Corner Food Pantry provides nutritious food every week to people living in the tri-state area. Meet their clients and volunteers. Learn about food insecurity, the growing need, food sources, and how to be involved.

Historic Walk Through Lakeville with Lou Bucceri
2024-08-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Lakeville Post Office
Lakeville was a center of industry and commerce from the 1730s through the 1970s. Historian Lou Bucceri will tell stories about places from Porter Street to the Furnace Neighborhood. Walk will last a little less than one hour and is less than ½ mile in length. Meet at the Post Office, 10 am. Registration is needed for the walk, attendance is limited. Reserve a spot here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/991061159607

An Interpretive Walk Through The Dark Hollow Preserve with Tom Key
2024-09-07 10:00 - 23:30 | Dark Hollow Preserve
An Interpretive Walk Through The Dark Hollow Preserve with Tom Key at 10am

Bird Walk with George Wallace
2024-09-15 08:00 - 09:30 | Scoville Ore Mine Road
Join George Wallace, an avid birder, for a guided morning walk at our local bird preserve. Meet at the parking area on Scoville Ore Mine Road, just off Route 41, north of Salisbury.

Historical Walk Through Ames' Iron Works with Lou Bucceri
2024-09-15 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-09-29 11:00 - 12:00 | Ames Iron Work, Falls Village, CT, Falls Village, CT, United States
Historical Walk Through Ames’ Iron Works with Lou Bucceri, 11 AM

Native Meadow Talk & Walk with Michael Nadeau
2024-09-21 14:30 - 16:00 | Wardell Community Room, Scoville Memorial Library
Scoville Memorial Library Wardell Room
Saturday, September 21
2:30 – 4 PM
Learn about creating a meadow with native grasses and wild flowers.
Sustainable land-care expert Mike Nadeau will talk about the transformation of the Salisbury Association Land Trust property, Vincent Preserve, on Main Street in Salisbury, then lead a walk to the preserve to explore what is growing there and what the future may hold.
Registration required. https://scovillelibrary.libcal.com/event/12922559

Salisbury HUB Dance Party, Congregational Church, 7 - 10 PM
2024-09-27 19:00 - 22:00 | Congregational Church of Salisbury, 30 Main Street, Salisbury, CT
A Fall event for members of the Salisbury HUB. The Salisbury Association will host a dance party with a live swing band, The Mighty Flea Circus. Buy ticket to the dance party here.

Knife Talk by Theodore O'Neill, descendant of Governor Holley Scoville Memorial Library, 3 PM
2024-10-05 15:00 - 16:30 | Academy Building, 24 Main St, Salisbury, CT, 06068, United States
Theodore O’Neill, the great-great-great grandson of Alexander Holley who founded the Holley Manufacturing Company in 1844, will kick off the exhibit “When the World Came to Salisbury: Celebrating the Holley Knife Collection” with a talk and knife sharpening demonstration at the Library, prior to the Opening Reception at the Academy Building.

Opening reception for exhibit "The World Comes to Salisbury: Celebrating the Holley Knife Collection" 4 PM
2024-10-05 16:00 - 17:00 | Academy Building, 24 Main St, Salisbury, CT, 06068, United States
Oct 5–Opening reception for exhibit “The World Comes to Salisbury: Celebrating the Holley Knife Collection” 4 PM

67th Salisbury Fall Festival
2024-10-11 - 2024-10-13 | Main Street of Salisbury
October 11 – 13

This fun-filled celebration in the historic towns of Salisbury and Lakeville offers activities and events for people of all ages.

Professional Knife Sharpening
2024-11-09 12:00 - 14:00 | Academy Building, 24 Main St, Salisbury, CT, 06068, United States
Get your knives ready for Turkey Day! Get up to 4 knives sharpened by a pro, Nick the Knife. Registration required. Spots going fast. You’ll pay Nick directly $1.25 per inch. Reserve your spot here…

Victorian Christmas Concert, Congregational Church
2024-12-07 16:00 - 17:00 | Congregational Church of Salisbury, 30 Main Street, Salisbury, CT
Victorian Christmas Concert, Congregational Church, 4 PM Reserve a spot here…

Bird Conservationist George Wallace on Bird Populations in the Northwest Corner: Changes, Needs, and How to Help
2024-12-12 17:30 - 18:30 | Scoville Memorial Library, 38 Main Street, Salisbury, CT, 06068
Join bird conservationist George Wallace for a presentation on bird populations in Northwest Corner. Learn about changes in bird populations, how different bird species are faring, what their needs and vulnerabilities are, and what we can do to support birds in the Northwest Corner and beyond. Read more…
George Wallace has been active in wildlife research and conservation for over 40 years, working on projects from bird migration monitoring in Canada and California to seabird breeding biology in Antarctica to protecting habitat for endangered bird species throughout the world’s tropics. George recently retired from American Bird Conservancy where he served in multiple capacities over 18 years including as Vice President for International Programs, Vice President for Oceans and Islands, Chief Conservation Officer, and Director of International Programs and Partnerships. In an emeritus role, he is now an ABC Ambassador assisting with public outreach and web and print publications.

Holiday Puppet Show, Congregational Church
2024-12-14 13:00 - 14:30 | Congregational Church of Salisbury, 30 Main Street, Salisbury, CT
Holiday Puppet Show, Congregational Church, 1 PM Reserve a spot here…

Heirloom Apple Cultivation, Cider Making, & Cider Tasting with Rob Bixby
2025-01-26 14:00 - 15:30 | Wardell Community Room, Scoville Memorial Library
Join apple grower Ron Bixby for a talk on orchard restoration and cultivating organic heirloom apples for cider pressing.
A Salisbury READS North Woods event presented in partnership with the Salisbury Association Land Trust
40 years ago, Ron Bixby acquired an old orchard, overgrown with gnarly little apples. Through years of careful clearing, pruning, replanting, and grafting, he restored the orchard, which is now thriving and producing organic heirloom fruit including Northern Spy, Golden Russet, and Baldwin apples.
Harking back to old traditions, Bixby’s apples are hand-picked in select batches to press fresh and hard ciders that express the distinct flavors of different varietals. Hear his story, packed with knowledge about apple cultivation in our region. Afterwards, please stay to enjoy a tasting of hard ciders from Little Apple Cidery.
Farmer, orchardist, cider maker, and farm cidery operator, Ron Bixby is the owner of Little Apple Farm and Cidery in Hillsdale, NY. In 1980, he bought the old Rudolph Orchard and restored it, adding American heritage fruit and cider apple varieties. In 2016, the cidery opened, followed by the Orchard Bar in 2020. Ron loves growing fruit trees and talking to them. Outside of work, he’s a climber (mountaineer, rock, ice), hiker, bicyclist, and president of the Copake Hillsdale Farmers Market.
What’s the connection to North Woods? Central to Daniel Mason’s novel is the love, care, cultivation, and vulnerability of trees, especially apple trees. Mason’s 300-year saga of a Berkshire house and its occupants chronicles the strange, fortuitous origins and the shifting fortunes of an apple orchard with roots in colonial times. This fictional orchard’s extraordinary fruit — named Osgood’s Wonder — has uncanny connections with an apple variety that may have its origins in Salisbury. The Northern Spy, one of many heirloom varieties cultivated by Ron Bixby, has a fascinating history of its own, which we will divulge at this presentation on heirloom apple growing.
Registration is required and available on the Scoville Memorial Library events page here.
For more information about Salisbury READS North Woods, please visit this program page.

Opening Reception for Historical Society Exhibit: Birth, Death and Alphabets: The Enduring Legacy of Schoolgirl Needleworks before 1850 with Alexandra Peters
2025-02-15 16:00 - 18:00 | Academy Building, 24 Main St, Salisbury, CT, 06068, United States
Don’t miss this remarkable show of needlework samplers stitched by girls, mostly aged 5 to 16, between 1689 and 1850. On display through April 30.

Birth, Death, and Alphabets: The Enduring Legacy of Schoolgirl Needleworks Before 1850
2025-02-22 16:00 - 17:00 | Wardell Community Room, Scoville Memorial Library
Sampler collector and historian Alexandra Peters talks about how these needleworks made before 1850 show us life before the Industrial Revolution from the often surprising perspective of young women.

Talk located in the Wardell Room of Scoville Memorial Library, co-sponsor of this event. Presentation offered in hybrid format, online and via Zoom.
Registration required.
https://scovillelibrary.libcal.com/event/14046661

Defeating Invasive Bittersweet & Reversing Forest Collapse
2025-03-29 10:00 - 14:30 | Sharon Town Hall, 63 Main St, Sharon, 06069, United States
A Free Two-Part Event Hosted by the Sharon Land Trust, the Salisbury Association Land Trust, the Sharon Conservation Commission, the Sharon Energy & Environment Commission, and the Sharon Audobon.
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Morning Presentation: Defeating Invasive Bittersweet & Protecting Standing Trees at Hamlin Preserve
Sharon Town Hall, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Join local conservationist Tom Zetterstrom for a powerful discussion on the devastating impact of invasive bittersweet at the Sharon Land Trust Hamlin Preserve. Tom will share the specific strategies the Land Trust uses to combat invasive species, save trees, and restore native habitats. Learn how volunteers and experts are working to save hundreds of conifers and preserve notable trees, including a towering American elm, multi-stem paper birches, and the Connecticut Champion Wild Apple Tree.
Afternoon Workshop: Hamlin Notable Trees Walk & Hands-on Invasive Control Demonstration
Hamlin Preserve, 1:00 – 2:30 PM
Following the talk, join us at the Hamlin Preserve for a guided Notable Tree Walk and survey the scope of the forest losses due to bittersweet. Learn best management techniques to combat bittersweet, porcelainberry, buckthorn, and privet with expert demonstrations.
For more details and registration, click here

Morel Mushroom Hunt with Dave Paton
2025-05-03 10:00 - 11:30 | Location To Be Determined
Saturday, May 3, 10 – 12pm Sugar Hill in Salisbury
Join Dave Paton in search of morel mushrooms, the first mushrooms of the season. Meet at the top of Sugar Hill. Sugar Hill Road is 0.4 miles north of the Amesville/Water Street bridge. Parking is next to the trailhead at the very end of the paved roadway.
Limited to 20 participants. Sign up here…

Student exhibits from Troutbeck Symposium
2025-05-06 10:00 - 13:00 | Academy Building, 24 Main St, Salisbury, CT, 06068, United States
Student exhibits from Troutbeck Symposium at the Academy Building.

Exhibit: Local Student Projects from the Troutbeck Symposium
2025-05-10 10:00 - 2025-06-10 13:00 | Academy Building, 24 Main St, Salisbury, CT, 06068, United States
The Troutbeck Symposium is a student-led collaboration uncovering our local history through student authored documentaries, art exhibitions and posters. On April 30 and May 1, middle and high school students from 20 regional public and independent schools gathered to listen, present, and discuss findings of their research projects uncovering little-known local histories of communities of color and other marginalized groups that tie to our national fabric.
Schools with projects on display in the Academy Building: Housatonic Valley Regional High School, Salisbury Central School and Salisbury School

Look for us in the Salisbury Memorial Parade
2025-05-26 10:00 - 11:30 | Scoville Memorial Library, 38 Main Street, Salisbury, CT, 06068
Look for us in the Salisbury Memorial Parade. Parade begins at Scoville Memorial Library and follows Route 41 via Main Street to honor veterans at the cemetery.

Go Native!
2025-06-07 10:00 - 2025-07-31 13:00 | Academy Building, 24 Main St, Salisbury, CT, 06068, United States
Exhibit: “Go Native!” Academy Building
