The CT Winter Wine Trail begins January 6th! Pick up your passport at Bishop's Orchards and enjoy a list of our award winning wines. Visit all 13 participating CT Farm Wineries for a chance to win some fabulous prizes, including a two-night stay in NYC, Spa Packages, Restaurant Gift Cards and $500 to name a few!
This free webinar with seasoned business leader Aaron Friedman underscores the importance of early and strategic planning for business owners. After years of hard work, facing challenges like pandemics, and building a profitable business, the focus shifts to reaping the rewards of your labor. This involves understanding the value of your business, identifying potential buyers, and navigating compromises for a successful outcome. Proactive planning ensures maximum value realization, while delays can lead to limited options and suboptimal results. It’s about creating a sustainable path for transitioning your business successfully.
Let's start the new year off with great momentum and reconnect with each other at our January member networking meeting. Our featured speaker will be John Marculcilli of Bouvier Insurance along with his colleague, Scott Burns, who will talk about Cyber Security and your business in the new year.
If you have a topic you'd like us to cover at an upcoming meeting, or if you're interested in being a speaker, please reach out to Emily.
Allow yourself the opportunity to become really clear on what your intentions are for 2024. Take time away from everyone else, including your advisors and mentors, and let your honest thoughts come to the surface.
The purposes of your goals is to make sure that you're focusing on the things that you really want and that you're in alignment with the direction that you want to go.
Allow yourself the opportunity to become really clear on what your intentions are for 2024. Take time away from everyone else, including your advisors and mentors, and let your honest thoughts come to the surface.
The purposes of your goals is to make sure that you're focusing on the things that you really want and that you're in alignment with the direction that you want to go.
The Madison Historical Society will present its 17th Annual Frederick Lee Lectures on three Sunday afternoons this winter, in Hubley Hall at the First Congregational Church on the green. The lectures attract hundreds of lifetime learners each winter, and the 2024 series will be offered both in person and online via Zoom.
This year’s theme is “Madison, Then and Now.” The series will focus on the ways our iconic structures, our environment, and our industries have changed with the passage of time.
Architectural historian Rachel Carley will open the series on January 14 with a presentation on the history of the General’s Residence. Demolished in 2021, the circa 1805 homestead was owned by an intriguing succession of mariners, farmers, and shopkeepers who adapted the building for new uses throughout its long life.
Vista Life Innovations' A Shared Stage Productions is excited to once again partner with The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center (The Kate) to present our 2024 musical production of Footloose.
This year marks A Shared Stage Productions' ninth all-abilities musical production presented by a unified cast and crew made up of both Vista students/members and community members.
Want to participate in the production? We are inviting versatile performers ages 15 and older to audition for Footloose! We are casting 8 dancers, 4 vocalists, and 22 cast roles.
Women in Business Lunch Series with guest speaker Gina Johnson.
The Madison Historical Society will continue its popular History Happy Hour series on Friday, January 19, from 6 to 7 pm, at the Society’s Allis-Bushnell House at 853 Boston Post Road, Madison, CT. This month’s presentation will feature Mannie Berk, founder of the Rare Wine Co., one of the country’s premier wine merchants. He will discuss the history of Madeira wine.
Mr. Berk is well known for his expertise and knowledge of the history of Madeira. His career evolved after he discovered a vast quantity of old Madeira in London in 1987. Two years after he purchased that lot of vintage wine, he founded the Rare Wine Co. Since that time, he has made RWC America’s finest non-auction source for older wines, including Madeira. He is considered the country’s leading authority on that wine.
In 2002 Berk was named Food & Wine magazine’s Best Wine Importer, and he is a three-time James Beard Award semi-finalist and two-time Wine Advocate Personality of the Year. In 2011 he edited and co-authored the second edition of Noel Cossart’s Madeira, The Island Vineyard, which the International Cookbook Awards named the best book on European wines published in the United States that year.
Additional History Happy Hours in 2024 are scheduled for March 22 and April 26. Each event features a brief presentation, followed by a chance to socialize and enjoy adult beverages and hors d’oeuvres in the 1785 Allis-Bushnell House.
The MHS is delighted to partner with the Wine Thief of Madison, which provides adult and alcohol-free libations for this popular series.
MADISON HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S BOOK GROUP TO MEET JANUARY 23
The Madison Historical Society’s History Book Group will meet at 6 pm on Tuesday, January 23 at Lee’s Academy, 14 Meetinghouse Lane, on the Madison Green. The meeting will be hosted by Mary Berlin and all members of the public are welcome to participate. This month’s book selection is Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories by Simon Winchester.
Facilitator: Thea Bourke Martin, JD