Music, a Harvest Festival, Presentations, and More in Waterford This Weekend

"Knoxville: Summer of 1915" - A Music Faculty Showcase Concert 
Friday, 7:30 p.m. - Adjunct Assistant Professor of Voice Jūratė Švedaitė-Waller performs the titular masterpiece by Samuel Barber, along with Benjamin Britten’s “Sinfonietta” and chamber works for small ensembles. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for students and seniors. For more information, call the Connecticut College music department at 860-439-2728.

Stonington Vineyards Annual Harvest Festival
Saturday and Sunday, noon - The annual Harvest Festival is being held on Saturday and Sunday from noon until 6 p.m. There will be gourmet food vendors, local artisans, wine tastings, and more. Live music will be provided by The Kropp Dusters, Johnny and the East Coast Rockers, Kevin Crandall and Sugar. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door, are good for both days, and are non-refundable. Kids under 18 are free with a parent. Picnics are welcome but no outside alcohol is allowed on the premises. For more information, check out http://www.stoningtonvineyards.com/upcoming-events/.

Preserved on the Mighty Waters: The Indian Mariners Project
Saturday, 1 p.m. - History enthusiasts learn how hundreds of Native men in the northeast region adjusted to their rapidly changing world after land loss and the American Revolution. One important and largely unseen shift involved the participation of Indian men in various forms of maritime labor, from shipbuilding to whaling. Senior researcher, Dr. Jason Mancini discusses his recent findings about these men – their “roots” and “routes,” the global social networks they formed, and their traveling histories based on the objects they collected and stories they told. His lecture includes whaleship routes mapped on Google Earth as well as details from his research trip to the Hawaii State Archives where he located two Pequot and five Shinnecock whalemen in Honolulu in the 1860s. Guests hear about his magnificent travels to New Zealand to meet with Maori descendants of a New England Indian whaleman and to Alaska to observe a whale hunt by the Inupait community of Point Lay. This will take place in the auditorium and is free with museum admissions. It is free to museum members.

Author Event: "The Well: Memoirs of a Schizophrenic" by A.H. Wellewood
Saturday, 3 p.m. - Join this moving presentation from A.H. Wellewood as he discusses his life. There will be an interview, audience Q&A, and a booksigning to follow. There is free admission. 

The Lyman Allyn Art Museum Opening Reception
Saturday, 5 p.m. - In celebration of the relaunching of the last surviving wooden whaleship, Lyman Allyn presents Greasy Luck! The Whaling World of the Charles W. Morgan. The exhibition, which runs from Sept. 21 through June 5, will look at how whaling - its myths and reality, risk and reward - left its mark on Connecticut and American identity. The reception is free for members and $10 for non-members. Please RSVP by Sept. 19 to 860-443-2545 x129 or info@lymanallyn.org.

Jabez Smith Museum Speaker Series
Sunday, 1 p.m. - Local author Richard White will be discussing the pre-Columbian voyage of Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, who is believed to have arrived in New England nearly a century before Columbus came to the New World. White's first published book, Sword of the North, is a novel based on the Sinclair saga. His most recent work, These Stones Bear Witness, is a presentation of evidence supporting the Sinclair claim. The event is free and refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to 860-445-6689.