Tree Lighting!
Upper State Street-New Haven is hosting a tree lighting festival You're invited! It's the 2nd Annual Upper State Street Tree Lighting! Join us Wed, Dec.2@5:30~State and East St by Chestnut Fine Foods~for holiday cheer! Come, come one and all!Santa will be joining us to light the TREE (rumor has it the reindeer have been replaced and he'll be riding in on a firetruck!)...plus enjoy live holiday music and plenty of holiday sweet treats, compliments of Chestnut Fine Foods.And help others in our community while you're celebrating! Donations of non-perishable food items are appreciated and will be collected at the tree ligh

What's Going On This Thanksgiving Weekend?
Just in case any of you can peel your bodies off the sofa after stuffing yourselves silly...November 27-January 9 - New HavenThe Eli Whitney Museum's annual hands on exhibition of American Flyer Trains opens Friday November 27th at noon. Classic toy trains produced by New Haven's A.C. Gilbert Company that still run beautifully after 50 years. Admission: Free Wooden trains to contruct: $9 American Flyer Curator: Walter Zawalich Principal Artist: Hunter Nesbitt Spence Principal Model Maker: Mike Dunn A.C. Gilbert purchased, redesigned and produced American Flyer trains relatively late in his c

Family Day At Yale!
YALE UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS HOST A SPECIAL DAY FOR FAMILIESTwo Museums, Twice the FunWHATThe Yale University Art Gallery and the Yale Center for British Art invites the public to a special Family DayWHENSunday, December 6, 1:00-3:30 PMWHEREYale University Art Gallery1111 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06511203.432.0600Artgallery.yale.eduAndYale Center for British Art1080 Chapel StreetNew Haven, CT 06511203.432.2800Ycba.yale.eduDESC

Calling All Parents!
I've recently come across a number of restaurants in the area who offer one of the most magical, magnificent menu possibilities ever: Kids Eat Free. It has occurred to me that there are probably several places that offer this special treat to families, which is why I've decided to put together a list to post on NHK blog. If you know of any CT restaurants where Kids Eat Free, please leave a comment or send us an email at newhavenkids@gmail.com and we'll add it to the list. Thank you!psPlease include all restaurants--anything and everything from fancy schmancy to Boston Market (which is on the list, by the way).

The Bowen’s 1887 Christmas Celebration
Woodstock, Connecticut - Roseland Cottage conducts its eighth annual holiday tour of the museum on Sunday, December 6, 12:00-4:00 p.m. Admission is free. Donations are welcomed. This special tour highlights the traditions, food and festivities that were a part of the Bowen family holiday celebration. During this once-a-year program, costumed interpreters lead visitors through the first-floor of the museum, decorated with the finest Victorian trimmings, and share holiday stories from the written accounts of the Bowen family Christmas of 1887. In the adjacent Carriage Barn, the Roseland Cottage gift shop is open, and refreshments and readings from Dickens’ A Christmas Caro