This weekend in Norwalk: Juneteenth on the Town Green, Sheffield Island cruises, Revolutionary Roots at the Mansion

*Quick note: our last email went out blank thanks to a template bug on our end. Here's your weekend, fixed. Sorry about that.* Morning, Norwalk.

The Town Green carries the weekend. The 5th Annual Juneteenth Celebration takes over the Green on Saturday with food, music, and a flag raising, the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion opens its Revolutionary Roots exhibit for $5 mini-tours on Connecticut Open House Day, and the Seaport Association has its Sheffield Island lighthouse ferry running out of the SoNo dock. Plenty of reasons to stay in town.

Best for families this weekend: the Juneteenth Celebration on the Town Green (free, outdoor, all ages) and CT Open House Day at Lockwood-Mathews, where $5 mini-tours make a Gilded Age mansion an easy yes with kids.

Here's what's in this week's Pulse:

• A free Juneteenth celebration on the Town Green
• $5 Open House Day mini-tours of Revolutionary Roots at Lockwood-Mathews
• The Sheffield Island lighthouse ferry out of SoNo
• A classic-rock tribute night at Factory Underground
• Sunday poetry at the library

Cooper

Saturday

🎉 5th Annual Juneteenth Celebration

The Green fills up for Norwalk's fifth Juneteenth: food, live music, vendors, and a flag raising marking emancipation. This is a walk-in, bring-the-kids kind of afternoon, and it pairs with news this week that the designer of the Juneteenth flag is returning to Norwalk for the ceremony (more on that below).

• Details: Saturday, June 13. The Norwalk Green, East Avenue. Check the city calendar listing for the start time.
• Cost: Free
• All ages, outdoor

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🏛️ CT Open House Day: Revolutionary Roots at Lockwood-Mathews

The Mansion joins Connecticut's statewide Open House Day with $5 mini-tours of the period rooms plus its Revolutionary Roots exhibit, which opened earlier this month. One of the best deals in town to walk through a Gilded Age mansion and a little 250th-anniversary history in the same hour.

• Details: Saturday, June 13. Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, 295 West Avenue. See the tour listing for tour times.
• Cost: $5 mini-tours
• All ages, indoor

⛵ Sheffield Island Lighthouse Ferry

The Norwalk Seaport Association's season is underway, with the ferry running out to the Sheffield Island lighthouse, a working-waterfront classic. You ride out past the islands, tour the 1868 light, and walk the grounds. If you have never done it, summer is the weekend to start. Sailings run on select dates, so check the schedule before you go.

• Details: Departs 90 Water Street (SoNo). See the Seaport Association schedule for sailing times and tickets.
• Cost: Paid (ticketed)
• All ages, outdoor

🏳️‍🌈 Pride in the Park

The city closes out Pride Month with its Pride in the Park gathering. The city calendar carries the full details.

• Details: Saturday, June 13. See the city calendar listing for location and start time.
• Cost: Free
• All ages, outdoor

🎸 Generation to Generation at Factory Underground

A tribute night running through the best of Toto, Boston, Asia, Genesis, The Police, Styx, and Steely Dan. If you grew up on classic rock radio, the setlist reads like your old presets.

• Details: Saturday, June 13. Factory Underground Studio, Norwalk. Tickets at the show page.
• Cost: Paid (ticketed)
• Adults

In Case You Missed It

📰 Norwalk Public Schools Receives Distinguished District Award. The district picked up a national honor for district-wide innovation, a rare win that puts Norwalk's schools on a short list of standout systems nationally. (Patch Norwalk)

📰 Creator of the Juneteenth Flag Returns to Norwalk for Flag Raising. Ben Haith, who designed the Juneteenth flag, is coming back to Norwalk for Saturday's ceremony on the Green, a direct tie to the holiday's origins. (NancyOnNorwalk)

📰 Construction to Close Some Route 7 On-Ramps This Week. State crews are closing several Route 7 on-ramps for roadwork through the week. If you commute through the corridor, build in a few extra minutes. (The Hour)

Sunday

📖 Summer Sundays Poetry Open Mic

The library's Summer Sundays series opens the mic for two hours of read-aloud poetry. Bring a piece or just come to listen. Free, air-conditioned, and a quiet way to close the weekend.

• Details: Sunday, June 14, 2:30 to 4:30 PM. Norwalk Public Library, 1 Belden Avenue. Details on the library calendar.
• Cost: Free
• All ages, indoor

On the Horizon

🦪 Docktails & Oysters returns June 20. The Norwalk Seaport Association brings back its waterfront fundraiser with oysters, drinks, and a sunset over the harbor. The kind of summer evening the SoNo waterfront was built for. Details at NancyOnNorwalk.

🎶 A Caribbean Dinner Experience at Jerkyz (Friday). Before the weekend gets going, Jerkyz in SoNo runs a Caribbean dinner night with a drink included. Good food, easy Friday. See the event page.

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Sources: NancyOnNorwalk, The Hour, Patch Norwalk, Eventbrite, City of Norwalk, Norwalk Public Library

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