Shop New Canaan
Shop New Canaan is your local guide to independent shops, dining, events and time well spent downtown.
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Upcoming events
Tomashi Jackson and Robert Rauschenberg: The Catch One
Date: 2026-04-16 through 2026-12-14
Schedule: April 16–December 14 · Access during timed tours
Time: On view through December 14
For: Ages 8+; children must be accompanied by an adult
Venue: The Glass House Visitor Center + Design Store
Address: The Glass House Visitor Center, 199 Elm Street, New Canaan, CT 06840
Organizer: The Glass House
Admission: Timed tour ticket required
Registration: Advance booking recommended; tours depart by shuttle from the Visitor Center
Official details: https://theglasshouse.org/whats-on/
Type: Exhibition
An exhibition placing work by Tomashi Jackson and Robert Rauschenberg in conversation across The Glass House campus. Access is governed by The Glass House’s timed-tour schedule. Exhibition and ticket information
Tea Leaf Readings
Date: 2026-11-12
Schedule: Thursdays · 5:00–7:00 PM
Time: 5:00–7:00 PM
For: General audience
Venue: The Spice & Tea Exchange
Address: 118 Main Street, New Canaan, CT 06840
Organizer: The Spice & Tea Exchange
Admission: Purchase of a cup of tea from the Tea Bar
Registration: Contact the store to reserve a reading
Official details: https://www.spiceandtea.com/a/store-locator/new-canaan-ct.html
Type: Food & Drink
For centuries, tea leaves have been read as a way of telling the drinker's fortunes. If this intrigues you, join us every Thursday evening starting August 13th between 5 and 7 pm, for your personal tea leaf reading.
Please contact the store to reserve your spot. The cost for your reading is a cup of tea from our Tea Bar.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Annette Gordon-Reed Presents "The Founding of Our Nation"
Date: 2026-11-12
Schedule: Thu Nov 12, 2026 · 7:00–8:00 PM · Bartlett Auditorium
Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
For: Adults / general public
Venue: New Canaan Library
Address: 151 Main Street, New Canaan, CT 06840
Organizer: New Canaan Library
Admission: Free; registration required
Registration: Registration required via New Canaan Library event page; closes Nov 12, 2026 @ 7:00pm
Official details: https://www.newcanaanlibrary.org/event/hold-pulitzer-prize-winner-annette-gordon-reed-presents-founding-our-nation-205951
Type: Lecture
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Annette Gordon-Reed Presents “The Founding of Our Nation” at New Canaan Library (Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium + Community Room + Kend Kitchen) on Thursday, November 12, 2026, 7:00–8:00 PM. America 250 programming; Elm Street Books on site for book sales and signing. Registration required; closes Nov 12 at 7:00 PM.
Glass House + Noyes House Study Tour
Date: 2026-11-13
Schedule: Friday, November 13, 2026 · arrive 12:45 PM; tour 1:00 PM; shuttle returns to the Visitor Center about 4:45 PM
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:45 PM
Venue: The Glass House — Visitor Center
Address: 199 Elm Street, New Canaan, CT 06840
Organizer: The Glass House (National Trust for Historic Preservation)
Admission: Tickets: $150
Registration: Tickets via the Glass House website (Buy Tickets)
Official details: https://theglasshouse.org/whats-on/noyes-house-study-tour/
Type: Event
A half-day study tour of two landmarks of New Canaan mid-century residential architecture: Philip Johnson's Glass House (1949) and the Eliot Noyes House (1954). Guests arrive at the Glass House Visitor Center at 12:45 PM; the tour starts at 1:00 PM and travels to the Glass House site by shuttle. After the Glass House tour ends at 3:00 PM, the group rides to the Noyes House for a 3:15–4:30 PM tour led by architect Fred Noyes, FAIA, son of Eliot Noyes, and the shuttle returns to the Visitor Center by about 4:45 PM. Tickets include both tours and shuttle transportation between sites.
Wine Tasting
Date: 2026-11-13 through 2026-11-14
Time: Friday 3:00–6:00PM & Saturday 1:00–5:00PM
For: Adults
Venue: Francos Wine Merchants
Address: 130 Elm Street New Canaan CT 06840
Admission: Free
Type: Community
Weekend Wine Tasting at Francos Wine Merchants
Friday 3:00-6:00PM & Saturday 1:00-5:00PM
This week we are pouring a Tuscan Treasure, the 2023 Biondi Santi Sassoalloro, and from Burgundy, the Lafon Mâcon-Villages. Please stop by!
Moss Art Workshop for Adults
Date: 2026-11-13
Schedule: Friday, November 13, 2026 · 1:00–3:30 PM · Anderson MakerLab
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
For: Adults; new students who did not take the October 2026 class
Venue: New Canaan Library — Anderson MakerLab
Address: 151 Main Street, New Canaan, CT 06840
Organizer: New Canaan Library
Admission: Free
Registration: Registration required via the library event page; capacity has been reached and additional registrants will be placed on the waitlist
Official details: https://www.newcanaanlibrary.org/event/moss-art-hold-tara-238699
Type: Art Workshop
This moss art workshop for adults explores using natural materials to create an assemblage landscape painting, abstract or realistic. All materials are provided, including moss, bark, vines, twigs, leaves, flowers, ferns, and other natural elements, assembled on a framed surface. Instructor Jeanne McDonagh. Friday, November 13, 2026, 1:00–3:30 PM, Anderson MakerLab. This session is for new students who did not take the October 2026 class. Registration is required; capacity has been reached and additional registrants will be placed on the waitlist.
Grateful Dead Night, with 'Take A Step Back'
Date: 2026-11-14
Schedule: Saturday, November 14 · 7:00–10:30 PM (doors open / music at 7pm)
Time: 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM
For: Adults / general audience
Venue: Carriage Barn Arts Center
Address: 681 South Avenue, New Canaan, CT 06840
Organizer: Carriage Barn Arts Center
Admission: $40.00
Registration: Tickets via Carriage Barn event page; $40
Official details: https://carriagebarn.org/event/grateful-dead-night/
Type: Concert
Bandleader and guitarist Michael-Louis Smith and Take A Step Back return to the Carriage Barn with music of The Grateful Dead. An evening of live music featuring uplifting rhythms, unique song forms, organic harmonic progressions, and storytelling lyrics. Welcoming The Parkway Ramblers Bluegrass Trio, who kick off the evening. Doors open/music at 7pm. Price $40.
Let's Look at Today's Tech: Window Shopping the Newest Gadgets
Date: 2026-11-14
Schedule: Saturday, November 14, 2026, 2:00–3:00 PM
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
For: Adults
Venue: New Canaan Library — Craig B. Tate Conference Room
Address: 151 Main Street, New Canaan, CT 06840
Organizer: New Canaan Library
Registration: Registration required; closes November 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Official details: https://www.newcanaanlibrary.org/event/ac-tech-class-hold-237324
Type: Classes & Workshops
With Black Friday approaching, New Canaan Library offers an unbiased overview of today's giftable gadgets, including eReaders, tablets, crafting devices, and more. The session is meant to help adults feel ready to make an informed choice when buying their next gift for a loved one or for themselves. Registration required.
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