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Visit CTExplored at one of our 2025 Tabling Events

By attending local events, conferences, and festivals, Connecticut Explored has the amazing opportunity to connect with subscribers, community members, history enthusiasts, students, educators, and other cultural and community organizations who make our state special. At our table, you’ll find smiling faces ready to tell you all about our most recent issue and welcome new readers (and listeners!) by introducing you to our magazine, podcast, educational resources, and apparel.

Below, you’ll find the upcoming events that we will be attending in 2025. We hope you’ll consider stopping by to support and say hello to our staff while you’re there. We would love to see you! Don’t forget to buy a commemorative CTExplored t-shirt or tote bag before you leave!

We’ll update the calendar with new events, so stay tuned to this page, our e-newsletter, and our social media to find out where we’ll be next. Happy exploring!

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2025 Event Calendar

The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion 18^th Annual Old-Fashioned Flea Market

Sunday, September 14, 2025, 10 am-4 pm

295 West Ave, Norwalk, CT

Free

Present from the Start:

People of Color in Connecticut’s Revolutionary Era, 1763-1836” Conference

Saturday, September 20, 2025, 9 am-4 pm

Eastern CT State University, Willimantic, CT

Free, registration required to receive boxed lunch

CT Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference

Friday, October 17, 2025, 8 am-4 pm

Central CT State University, New Britain

Registration Required

September 1, 2025

Spotlight, Fall 2025

Access to this is restricted to Subscribers of Connecticut Explored with the proper password. Check your most recent e-blast from Connecticut Explored for this issue’s password, enter it in the box below, and click “Get […]

June 14, 2025

Leviathan: New Englanders and the History of Whaling

Author Steve Thornton asks “Who really makes history”? In his new book, Radical Connecticut: People’s History in the Constitution State, co-authored by Andy Piascik, guest Steve Thornton tells the stories of everyday people and well-known figures whose work has often been obscured, denigrated, or dismissed. There are narratives of movements, strikes, popular organizations and people in Connecticut who changed the state and the country for the better.

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