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American Contemporary Dances

May 8th, 7:00pm & May 9th, 2:00pm. American Contemporary Dances

PERFORMANCE | Premiere

Something new is happening at WDS! This May, the Webb Deane Stevens Museum presents its first commissioned dance performance — an evening of contemporary dance in-the-round by The Hartford Dance Collective.

Rooted in themes of empowerment and inspired by America’s 250th anniversary, these works bring women’s voices into a space where questions of identity, purpose, and collective future have always lived.

Member Ticket Pre-sale Begins Feb 20th – 27th!
https://www.simpletix.com/e/performance-american-contemporary-dances-tickets-260240

American Contemporary Dances

May 8th, 7:00pm & May 9th, 2:00pm. American Contemporary Dances

PERFORMANCE | Premiere

Something new is happening at WDS! This May, the Webb Deane Stevens Museum presents its first commissioned dance performance — an evening of contemporary dance in-the-round by The Hartford Dance Collective.

Rooted in themes of empowerment and inspired by America’s 250th anniversary, these works bring women’s voices into a space where questions of identity, purpose, and collective future have always lived.

Member Ticket Pre-sale Begins Feb 20th – 27th!
https://www.simpletix.com/e/performance-american-contemporary-dances-tickets-260240

America’s Tapestry: Commemorating the Revolution Through Fiber Arts

April 9th, 7:00pm. America’s Tapestry: Commemorating the Revolution Through Fiber Arts

LECTURE | With Stefan Romero

Discover the extraordinary America’s Tapestry project—a nationwide initiative creating hand-stitched panels commemorating the American Revolution, with each state contributing its own unique narrative in thread.

Stefan Romero shares the inspiring story of how this project came to be and explores the centuries-long tradition of using fiber arts to preserve collective memory. From the Bayeux Tapestry to modern commemorative quilts, learn how needle and thread have documented our most pivotal moments.

For tickets or more information: https://www.simpletix.com/e/lecture-america-s-tapestry-fiber-arts-the-tickets-259326

Feuding Founders Collective

May 16th, 10:00am – 3:00pm. Feuding Founders Collective: The Untold Drama of Silas Deane, John Jay, and the Lees of Virginia

Three sites. Three perspectives. Three stories of imperfect men trying to build something that had never existed before.

They were allies and rivals. Collaborators and critics. Sometimes all at once. This spring, the Feuding Founders Collective launches at WDS — a multi-site series that strips the marble off the men who built the republic and asks what their struggles with polarization, loyalty, and public reputation can teach us about our own. Wethersfield kicks things off May 16, with events at partner sites in New York and Virginia to follow. Stay tuned.

Tickets on sale March 2026. Learn more: https://wdsmuseum.org/event/feuding-founders-collective/

Wethersfield 250 Jubilee

May 23rd, 10:00am – 4:00pm. Wethersfield 250 Jubilee: Revolutionary War Encampment & Traditional Trades Fair

With the 5th Connecticut Regiment & Traditional Trades Artisans

Webb Deane Stevens beloved Revolutionary War Encampment joins forces with the Traditional Trades Fair for a free, family-friendly day marking America’s 250th on the museum grounds.

Watch the 5th Connecticut Regiment drill and skirmish, chat with a camp surgeon about his gruesome profession, and see skilled artisans demonstrate the timber framing, weaving, and carpentry that built the nation and keep our oldest buildings standing. Hands-on workshops, Colonial games, delicious food, and a vendor market with local crafts, demonstrations and gifts all day.

The free festivities will begin on the Museum grounds immediately following the Town of Wethersfield Memorial Day Parade.

10:00am – 4:00pm. Demonstrations throughout the day will include*:

10:30am Musket and drill demonstration

11:00am Children’s wooden musket drill

11:30am Reading of “Paul Revere’s Ride”

12:00pm Midday nooning

1:00pm Demonstrations of 18th-Century battle tactics, including musket firing and bayonet practice

2:00pm Canon firing demonstration

2:30pm Reading of “Paul Revere’s Ride”

4:00pm Camp Closes

*Schedule and demonstrations subject to change.

19th Century Vintage Base Ball

August 1st, 11:00am. 19th Century Vintage Base Ball

What’s more American than Baseball? How about Base Ball the way it was ment to be played! Come see the Red Onions vs. Westfield Wheelmen at the Wethersfield Cove.

Parking available at DMV 60 State Street.

2026 Red Onion Base Ball Schedule:

More dates to come…

19th Century Vintage Base Ball

June 6th, 11:00am. 19th Century Vintage Base Ball

What’s more American than Baseball? How about Base Ball the way it was ment to be played! Come see the Red Onions for a double header vs. Hamden 9 and the Providence Grays at the Wethersfield Cove.

Parking available at DMV 60 State Street.

2026 Red Onion Base Ball Schedule:

More dates to come…

19th Century Vintage Base Ball

May 16th, 11:00am. 19th Century Vintage Base Ball

What’s more American than Baseball? How about Base Ball the way it was ment to be played! Come see the Red Onions for a double header vs. the Woodstock Hilltoppers at the Wethersfield Cove.

Parking available at DMV 60 State Street.

2026 Red Onion Base Ball Schedule:

19th Century Vintage Base Ball

May 2nd, 11:00am. 19th Century Vintage Base Ball

What’s more American than Baseball? How about Base Ball the way it was ment to be played! Come see the Red Onions for a double header vs. the Atlantics at the Wethersfield Cove.

Parking available at DMV 60 State Street.

2026 Red Onion Base Ball Schedule:

Wethersfield Mayor’s Charity Ball

May 29th, 6:00pm – 10:00pm. The Wethersfield Mayor’s Charity Ball

Join Ken Lesser and friends for an evening of great food and drinks at the Wethersfield Country Club. Come celebrate America250 while fundraising funding the Wethersfield Food Bank. More info to come…

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