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November 2025 Calendar

By DaSilva Wata • October 28, 2025
Leaves swirl like butterflies in the chill November breeze, leaving the trees bare and ready for a long winter's sleep. Find all the perfect events to enjoy the end of autumn in our November calendar:

Supporting Arts Grants Award $66,178 in Litchfield County

By NWCT Arts Council • October 24, 2025
The CT Office of the Arts allocates $66,178 in Supporting Arts Grants to Litchfield County Organizations
The Northwest Connecticut Arts Council announces the most recent UNICO Scholarship awardees for 2025

2025 UNICO Scholarship Recipients

By NWCT Arts Council • October 24, 2025
The Northwest Connecticut Arts Council announces the most recent UNICO Scholarship awardees for 2025. The Northwest Connecticut Arts Council administers this grant program on behalf of the Torrington UNICO Scholarship Fund. The grant is intended to foster the talent and career development of Northwest Connecticut yo
New Milford Cultural District Committee celebrates the district's official state designation.

New Milford Cultural District Designation

By NWCT Arts Council • September 23, 2025
New Milford Cultural District Committee celebrates the district's official state designation.

Arts Night Out! with the Litchfield Arts Council @ the Litchfield Historical Society's Tapping Reeves Meadow

By DaSilva Wata • September 23, 2025
Lots of Sunshine and Smiles in the garden for Arts Night Out! with the Litchfield Arts Council at the Litchfield Historical Society's Tapping Reeve Meadow

September 2025 Calendar

By DaSilva Wata • August 28, 2025
As the days get shorter and the nights grow colder in Litchfield County, we say goodbye to the warm summer air and welcome the cool autumn breeze. Find the right events to help you usher in the new season in our September Calendar:
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400+

Artists living and working in Northwest Connecticut

175+

Arts and Culture

Organizations

$179,781

Emergency relief funds raised by the Arts Council for artists and organizations

In revenue created annually by the nonprofit Arts & Culture Industry in NWCT

Over $30 Million Generated by Nonprofit Arts and Culture Sector in

Northwest Connecticut

The Northwest Connecticut Arts Council announced that region’s nonprofit arts and culture industry generated $30,275,630 in economic activity in 2022, according to the newly released Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6), an economic and social impact study conducted in partnership with Americans for the Arts. 

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