Founded around the talents of Donna Bessette (keyboards & vocals) and Andre Bessette, Nine6teen has grown to include several members of the Pomfret community. Over more than two decades, the band has added Brian Bastow (bass), Dawson Woodard (guitar), and Patrick McCarthy (vocals). Featuring music from the BoDeans, Van Morrison, the Eagles, James Taylor, Jason […]
Come and experience the magic of Celtic music! Join professional local musicians Mark Renburke, Abe Myler, and Andrew McIntosh for this lively Celtic Music Session. This free event welcomes players, singers, and music lovers of all levels to celebrate Celtic music tradition. Each month features a unique Celtic theme and a special featured set. Come […]
Join Walter Hinchman and Donna Dufresne of the Pomfret Historical Society at the Vanilla Bean Café for cozy fireside chats about Pomfret’s historic neighborhoods and hidden history on the third Fridays of January, February and March 2026. The Fireside Chats will begin with a ½ hour presentation and continue with Q & A and audience […]
Poets at Large Featuring Quiet Corner poets Denise Abercrombie and Sean Frederick Forbes. Abercromie’s work has appeared in numerous publications including Minnesota Review, Fireweed, Connecticut Review, Phoebe: Journal of Feminist Scholarship, Theory, and Aesthetics, Yale Global Health Review, Earth’s Daughters, English Journal, Waking Up to the Earth: Connecticut Poets in a Time of Global Climate […]
Host Kala Farnham Join host Kala Farnham for an intimate candle lite night here at The Bean. No amplification means people have to sit closer to the stage creating a true listening room. Sign up when you arrive - two song limit per performer. The lights will be off and all the candles we can […]
Sing:Quiet Corner Song Swap After the death of Pete Seeger in 2014, a small group of his admirers joined together to celebrate his life with a sing-along concert at the Hampton Grange. The event was a huge success and gave birth to SING:The Quiet Corner Song Swap. There is no charge and lyrics are available […]
Turas is the Irish word for “journey”, and this group was inspired by the decades of musical journeys of its players who came together in their current form in early 2023 and recorded their first album Ride On in September 2023. They perform an eclectic mix of traditional and current Irish tunes and songs with […]
Mark Renburke is a long-time singer of Irish favorites and folk-rock. He has recorded and performed with Brian Cullen of County Wicklow, The Rising Pints in Japan, Brogue & Blarney and other bands over the past three decades. Whether performing solo or with his merry band of Rovers, Renburke is an engaging live entertainer delivering […]
Come and experience the magic of Celtic music! Join professional local musicians Mark Renburke, Abe Myler, and Andrew McIntosh for this lively Celtic Music Session. This free event welcomes players, singers, and music lovers of all levels to celebrate Celtic music tradition. Each month features a unique Celtic theme and a special featured set. Come […]
Pomfret’s Gilded Age and the Railroad that Built a Summer Haven for the Rich Pomfret Station (now Putnam) connected Anna Whistler to her family and friends in Stonington, and New York in the 1850’s. By the 1870’s an even better railway came to Pomfret which ushered the Gilded Age and a new era in Pomfret’s […]
Poets at Large Featuring poets Christopher Reilley and Carla Schwartz. Reilley is a former poet laureate for Dedham, MA and founder of the Dedham Poet Society. Born and raised in Worcester, MA, he is also a contributing editor at Acoustic Ink. His career has involved print and book production for over thirty years,. Reilley’s work […]
Lui Collins & Anand Nayak When Lui Collins emerged on the folk scene in 1975, her impressive presence and ability to warmly engage with the audience was remarkable for a young performer, and it had a significant impact on her listeners. And as New Hampshire writer and musician Gordon Peery notes, “now, fifty years later, […]