It's In the Bag! Vintage Reticules and Other Purses from the Salisbury Association's Collection
2025-09-01 10:00 - 2025-12-31 13:00 (America/New_York) | Academy Building, 24 Main St, Salisbury, CT, 06068, United States

Salisbury Association Open House
2025-09-13 16:00 - 18:00 | Academy Building, 24 Main St, Salisbury, CT, 06068, United States
Please join us to celebrate the refreshed Academy Building exhibit space to view a display of purses and other accessories from the costume collection to learn more about the Association Light refreshments will be served.

Schaghticoke: Stories of Survival
2025-10-18 13:00 - 14:00 | Sharon Town Hall, 63 Main St, Sharon, 06069, United States
Join the Sharon Land Trust, the Salisbury Association, and the Sharon Historical Society for a special presentation with Darlene Kascak of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation.
Saturday, Oct. 18 at 1 PM
Sharon Town Hall
63 Main Street, Sharon, CT
Attendees will be immersed in the past and present-day lifeways of the Schaghticoke people. Learn how they adapted to survive the changes brought by colonization, working together for the good of their community and innovating through their knowledge of natural resources.
Registration is requested and available here.

Challenges Facing Healthcare in the Northwest Corner, a talk with Joanne Borduas, CEO of Community Health and Wellness (CHWC), about healthcare in the Northwest Corner and the impacts of impending federal funding cuts.
2025-10-21 17:30 - 18:30 | The Reading Room, Scoville Memorial Library
Join us October 21 for a dynamic talk with Joanne Borduas, CEO of Community Health and Wellness (CHWC), about healthcare in the Northwest Corner and the impacts of impending federal funding cuts.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
5:30 – 6:30 PM
Reading Room – Scoville Memorial Library
38 Main St.
Salisbury, CT
Registration is required and available here.
This program is presented in partnership with the Scoville Memorial Library.
Registration is requested. Please scroll down and use the registration link below.
Learn how federal funding and Medicaid cuts will impact you and your neighbors in the Northwest Corner, including access to primary care and emergency departments, school-based health centers, and transportation to health services for seniors and disabled residents.
Joanne will also bring us the latest report on how CHWC continues to provide care to the residents of our region.
All are welcome, and we invite you to stay for conversation with Joanne Borduas and CHWC providers following the program. Pizza, salad, and refreshments will be provided.
Joanne Borduas serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Community Health & Wellness Center (CHWC), the only comprehensive Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Northwest Connecticut. In this role, she oversees the organization’s operations, managing approximately 30,000 annual patient visits across three health centers in Torrington, Winsted, and the newly opened Regional Health Care Center in North Canaan, serving the surrounding towns. With a career spanning over 37 years, Joanne is dedicated to addressing health inequities and ensuring that quality healthcare is accessible to everyone, especially vulnerable populations in the region. In recognition of her exceptional leadership and selfless service to the Northwest Corner, Joanne was awarded the prestigious 2024 Community Leader Award by the Northwest Connecticut Chamber of Commerce. She was recently recognized by The Connecticut Rivers Council, one of New England’s largest private youth-serving organizations, serving more than 17,000 youths across Connecticut, as one of 25 Most Influential Women in CT.
More about Joanne Borduas
More about Community Health & Wellness Center (CHWC)
News about challenges facing local healthcare: “Health Advocates Across the State Brace for Fallout from Medicaid Cuts” (The Lakeville Journal, August 20, 2025)

Salisbury Commemoration 250
2025-10-30 - 2025-12-31 | Various Venues
Join us as we commemorate the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding, with an exciting lineup of events, starting at Fall Festival and continuing through 2026!
Fall Festival: Kicking off the 2025-2026 Salisbury READS, the Salisbury Association and Scoville Memorial Library have partnered to give away copies of Revolution Song by Russell Shorto. The free books will be available at the library beginning October 11 and continue as long as copies last!
This year’s Salisbury READ is presented in partnership with the Scoville Memorial Library, the Salisbury Association, the Salisbury Forum, and the Troutbeck Symposium.
While the list is growing, Salisbury Commemoration 250 planned activities currently include:
Historical Talks & Book Discussions:

Tom Key, The American Revolution in the Northern Colonies (November 9)
Darlene Kascak, Quinnetukut: Our Homeland, Our History (January 11)
Peter Vermilyea, Revolution Song Book Discussions (January 25, February 22, & March 15)
Russell Shorto, Revolution Song author with historians Peter Vermilyea and Rhonan Mokriski (March 27)
Peter Vermilyea, on his new book on Litchfield and the Revolutionary War (April TBD)
Adam Ward Rome, author of Connecticut’s Cannon; The Salisbury Furnace in the American Revolution (May TBD)
Tom Shachtman, on How the French Saved America (date TBD)

Revolutionary War Re-enactors: Sheldon’s Light Horse will lead the charge (date TBD)
Music (Spring dates TBD):

The Salisbury Band will perform period music
Salisbury School students will present songs from the musical “Hamilton”

Exhibits: Recreation in the Academy Building of the Cannon Museum from the Holley Williams House
Self-guided Walking Tour: Furnace Village (aka Lakeville)
July 4th: Annual Independence Day Celebration at the Grove

The American Revolutionary War in the Northern Colonies - Tom Key talk at the Scoville Memorial Library
2025-11-09 16:00 - 17:00 | Scoville Memorial Library, 38 Main Street, Salisbury, CT, 06068
Sunday, November 9, 2025
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Scoville Memorial Library
38 Main Street, Salisbury
The battles in the Northern Colonies didn’t win the revolution, but they helped set the stage for victory. The defeat of the British at Saratoga convinced the French to send troops to assist the colonists. Washington, primarily because he kept his army together through difficult times with little help from Congress, was finally acclaimed the rightful leader of the army and the fledgling nation. And finally, the British in the Northern Colonies were confined to New York City only.
Registration is required and available here.
This event is in connection with the community READ of Revolution Song by Russell Shorto. Join us in reading and discussing Revolution Song, and come participate in a variety of related events during the second annual Salisbury READS, October 2025 through March 2026.
This year’s READ is presented in partnership with the Salisbury Association, the Salisbury Forum, the Scoville Memorial Library, and the Troutbeck Symposium.
To learn more and see the whole calendar of events, please visit Salisbury READS.
This talk will take us from the early battles of Ticonderoga (led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold, both from Connecticut) and Quebec (led by General Montgomery and Arnold) to the final battle in the Northern Colonies at Monmouth Court House. The battle, though actually a draw, showed that the Colonials could stand up to British regulars.
We will discuss how Washington was badly beaten at Brandywine Creek while his chief rival for command, Horatio Gates, was winning at Saratoga. We’ll also recall how the British army surrendered and was marched from Boston to Virginia, passing through Salisbury and camping at our own Stiles Meadow.
We’ll ask key questions about strategy, class, religion and commitments: Why did the Thirteen Colonies fail to get the Canadian colonies to rebel? Was a class divide maintained despite the declaration that “all men are created equal”? And why did General Arnold betray the Colonies? Was it money, his Tory wife, the mob, the belief the British would win, hurt feelings, or something else?
After graduating with a BS Engineering from University of Tennessee, Thomas Key spent four years on active duty as a Flight Officer, US Navy, and seventeen years in the Naval Air Reserves, retiring as a Commander, USNR. His professional career was with an international engineering firm, designing and constructing steel mills, nuclear and fossil power plants, and chemical plants, etc. He also served as CEO of two subsidiary engineering firms. Thomas Key has a secondary career as a landscape painter and has exhibited in over thirty galleries and invitational/juried shows from Delaware to Maine.

Closed for Veteran's Day
2025-11-11 08:00 - 17:00 | Academy Building, 24 Main St, Salisbury, CT, 06068, United States
We will be closed on November 11 in observance of Veteran’s Day

Holiday Concert
2025-12-06 16:00 - 17:30 | Congregational Church of Salisbury, 30 Main Street, Salisbury, CT
Holiday Concert: Stay Tuned for Details

Darlene Kascak, Quinnetukut: Our Homeland, Our History
2026-01-11 15:00 - 16:00 | CT

Peter Vermilyea, Revolution Song Book Discussions
2026-01-25 15:00 - 16:00, 2026-02-22 15:00 - 16:00, 2026-03-15 15:00 - 16:00 | CT

Russell Shorto, Revolution Song author with historians Peter Vermilyea and Rhonan Mokriski
2026-03-27 15:00 - 16:00 | CT
