The Doors performed at Danbury High School before their big break on Wednesday, October 11, 1967. From YouTube user Rutazurra: “This show is primarily attended by nearby college students from Western Connecticut State College and locals of Danbury. Prior to the show,… Read more »
John F. Kennedy often dyed the gray out of his hair and changed his shirt up to three times a day. In his newest book, Dr. Burton Peretti, author of The Leading Man: Hollywood and the Presidential Image, provides insight into the influence that image and… Read more »
The Danbury Museum & Historical Society Authority is pleased to announce the upcoming release of Danbury’s Third Century: From Urban Status to Tricentennial, produced by Western Connecticut State University (WCSU) and written by Dr. Herbert Janick, Emeritus Professor at WCSU and William Devlin, a… Read more »
Rachel Robinson, the widow of baseball great Jackie Robinson, appeared Sunday on ‘Meet the Press’ as the new movie about her husband, 42, was wrapping up its opening weekend (“Jackie Robinson Day” is Monday all across baseball). She told host David Gregory she was… Read more »
United States presidents have danced with Hollywood’s image-makers since the 1920s, a phenomenon Dr. Burton W. Peretti, professor of history at Western Connecticut State University, explores in a new book, The Leading Man. Peretti shows that George Washington set the stage for presidents… Read more »
On Friday, March 22, the Danbury Museum & Historical Society will be hosting a a lovely lunch buffet with guest speaker Colleen Plimpton as she presents Beatrix Farrand, Rediscovered, a 45-minute, first-person presentation of the life, times, and work of this distinguished “landscape gardener.” Beatrix Farrand… Read more »
The Danbury horse has a reputation above all other animals of the field. The chief claim of the Danbury horse to public favor and notice is the facility with which he will run away. He is always ready to run awau . He will… Read more »
additional reporting by Carrie Johnson On a Saturday afternoon, Carrie, Jim Clegg of Pink Missile fame, and myself decided to take a little day trip up to Cheshire, Connecticut to visit the Barker Character, Comic and Cartoon Museum. We didn’t really know what… Read more »
“The Country Gentleman suggests a way to prevent hens from eating their eggs. It is to fill an egg with a solution of pepper, and put the egg back in the nest. A Danbury man has tried this and says it works like a… Read more »
At the November, 2012 meeting of The Friends of the the Danbury Museum & Historical Society, those in attendance elected board members, outlined goals for the organization and determined a meeting schedule for 2013. Newly-elected officers include; President, Joretta Kilcourse; Vice President, Ed… Read more »
Forestry and horticulture expert Dr. Jeffrey S. Ward will visit Danbury’s Western Connecticut State University to discuss the history of the Connecticut forest and explain its evolution on Wednesday, November 28 at 4pm. Ward’s talk, “A Short History of the Connecticut Forest” will be… Read more »
“The invention of sound-recording devices late in the nineteenth century made possible the preservation of definitive performances played or led by some important composers of the first decades of the twentieth century. Elgar, Rachmaninoff, Richard Strauss, and Stravinsky, among others, left a significant legacy… Read more »
The Danbury Music Centre presents Danbury, Connecticut’s annual celebration honoring the birth of composer Charles Edward Ives, born on Main Street in Danbury on October 20, 1874. The daylong series of events takes place on Sunday, October 21 beginning with a hike up… Read more »
photos by Louis David Newcomers do a double take when they pass by. Old timers get nostalgic. And just about everyone, young or old, is compelled to pull into the Sycamore parking lot sooner or later, if only to travel ever so briefly back in time…. Read more »
The Housatonic Museum of Art in Bridgeport, Connecticut is pleased to announce ‘Reimagining the Distaff Toolkit’, an exhibition that explores household tools as metaphor for the social and cultural histories of women embedded in them. ‘Reimagining the Distaff Toolkit’ will be on view in the… Read more »
In the early 1980s, NBC was a television network ranked dead last. They trailed behind CBS and ABC (Fox didn’t arrive until the late 80s) and considered themselves in the business of “event programming” in lieu of scripted dramas and comedies. The joke at… Read more »
On July 7 from noon to 5pm (rain date July 8), Hopkins Vineyard, a National Bicentennial Farm located at 25 Hopkins Rd in New Preston, Connecticut, will be celebrating 225 years of ownership by the same family. The Hopkins family has organized the… Read more »
Have you heard the sweet sound of the carillon? Traditional church hymns and other recognizable tunes flood the downtown Danbury area every Sunday after service at The St. James Episcopal Church on West Street. If the term carillon doesn’t ring a bell,… Read more »
I NEVER gave much thought to PEZ, but since Danielle and I were going on a road trip to the PEZ Visitor Center in Orange, Connecticut, I decided to learn all there is to know about those sweet little candies. As a kid, I… Read more »
From the Danbury Museum & Historical Society On Thursday, April 26th, the Danbury Museum & Historical Society will host ‘Hats Off to Baseball’, a special fundraiser, from 5:30 to 7pm. The evening will feature a festive, ballpark atmosphere and include the auction and… Read more »
from Danbury Museum & Historical Society On Saturday, February 25 from 1 to 3pm, Bethel Town Historian and author, Patrick Tierney Wild will be on hand at the Danbury Museum & Historical Society to tell us about his new book, Historic Tales of Bethel. Wild… Read more »
“Over the last hundred or so years, the brewing industry in the United States has changed dramatically. From the saloon era through consolidation to today’s flourishing craft beer culture, it’s been quite a ride. Take a look at how the small brewer is making… Read more »
from the Danbury Museum and Historical Society THE DANBURY MUSEUM and Historical Society will host an evening of Colonial Dance and Dining as part of this year’s First Night 2012 celebrations. On Saturday, December 31, the historic Rider House at 43 Main Street will be… Read more »
by Drew Mazurfrom The Echo WITHOUT TWO CAMPUSES, Western Connecticut State University (WestConn) would not be in Danbury. In his book, A People’s University, WestConn professor emeritus of history Dr. Herbert Janick discusses how WestConn evolved to a point where more living accommodations for students… Read more »
by Amanda Bloom It wasn’t so long ago that October meant more than apple picking and Halloween to New Englanders; October was deemed the month of “Danbury” for well over a century. The Danbury Fair, located where the Danbury Fair Mall now stands, would come… Read more »