🌱River Valley Art Tour This Weekend + Winter Gear Drive At EES

Hello again, everybody. It's Wednesday in Essex-Chester-Deep River and I'm back in your inbox with everything you need to know about what's happening in town. Today's issue includes updates on:

• The annual River Valley Art Tour features 48 artists.
• The Essex Library hosts scary movies for teens.
• Tri-Town Youth Services Bureau announces October events.

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Breezy with rain and drizzle. High: 60 Low: 48.

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Here are the top stories in Essex-Chester-Deep River today:

1. Do you like art? You're in luck because this weekend, The annual River Valley Art Tour will wend its way through Chester, Essex and Deep River taking visitors to 24 studios, galleries and homes to see works created by 48 artists. From mixed medium abstracts to more traditional seascapes, to art pottery and sculpture. Three River Valley Artist shows are also on the tour: an exhibit of paintings of Chester, Essex and Deep River at The Space, 1 Main Street, Chester; another of farm animals and farm scenes at Ashlawn Outpost, 362 Elm St, Deep River and a third of small paintings of birds at Essex Coffee and Tea, 51 Main Street, Essex. There will be cake and champagne at The Space on Friday, Oct. 7 from 5 to 8 p.m to celebrate our fifth anniversary and kick-off the tour; SOMA, 500 Main Street, Deep River will serve muffins and mimosas Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and there will be snacks and drinks at all sites. In addition, there will be free drawings for original art at Rosemary Cotnoir’s at the southern end of the tour; at Claudia Van Nes’ at the most northern end and at Jeni Gray Roberts in the middle. To learn more, please see: rivervalleyartists.com and facebook and Instagram." Hope to see you there! (River Valley Artists)
2. Hypnotist Jim Spinnato will be visiting Valley Regional High School on Friday, October 28 at 7 p.m. The show will take place in the VRHS auditorium. Tickets are $10 each. Proceeds will go to Safe Grad. Tickets are being sold at the Wheat Market in Chester, Celebrations in Deep River, Olive Oyl's in Essex and at the VRHS office. Tickets sell out quickly. Get yours soon. Hope to see you there! (Valley Safe Grad)
3. It’s time for the winter gear drive at the Essex Elementary School. According to a Facebook post on the EES page, "Every Thursday & Friday in October During school drop off (8:10-8:25 am) and pick up (2:45-3:15 pm) winter gear will be collected. Don’t throw away your old winter clothes, donate them instead! They take all gently used coats, snow pants, hats, mittens and gloves to help meet the needs of EES students. Donate if you can! (Essex Elementary School via Facebook)

Today in Essex-Chester-Deep River:

• Painting Exploration (3:45 PM)
• Shell & Bee Studio: Parent & Me Art Nights (5:00 PM)
• Shell & Bee Studio: Digital Illustration (5:30 PM)
• RiverFire Glass Ghost Leaves in Glass (6:00 PM)
• Writer's Circle @ The Nest! HS-20 somethings Wednesday Oct. 5th 6:30pm (6:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• Essex Library: "Teens! Mark your calendar for Teen Scary Movie Night! Friday, October 21 at 7:00 PM! Grab your friends and come enjoy a scary movie (PG-13)! Movie will be decided by a vote, & popcorn will be provided. Register at 860-767-1560 or e-mail ..." (Essex Library via Facebook)
• Town of Essex – Government: "Still not ready to give up your paper edition of the newspaper? It's OK. You're not the only one! But please be sure to recycle the newspaper and take the bag to a plastic bag return center available at many grocery stores." (Town of Essex – Government via Facebook)
• Tri-Town Youth Services Bureau: "Ohhhhh, this looks like so much fun! The library AND Shell & Bee studio?! Check out their website for registration information! https://www.chesterctlibrary.com/" (Tri-Town Youth Services Bureau via Facebook)
• Chester Public Library: "Chester Library is hosting a teen Introduction to D&D event. October 20 at 4 PM. Please Call Ahead to Register! 860-526-0018" (Chester Public Library via Facebook)
• Tri-Town Youth Services Bureau: "Here it is! October Nest Gatherings! Some events are virtual and some are in person. Registration can be completed here: https://www.meetup.com/Nest-Gatherings/" (Tri-Town Youth Services Bureau via Facebook)
• Bushy Hill Nature Center: "To help you and your kids enjoy getting outdoors more this winter—even if just for an afternoon jaunt in your local park—we turned to a pair of outdoorspeople who know a thing or two about keeping content in the cold" https://www.nytime..." (Bushy Hill Nature Center via Facebook)

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You're all caught up for today. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!

— Karena Garrity

About me: I am a native of Connecticut, who currently resides in the Tri-Town community of Chester, Deep River and Essex. I have been a community reporter for the better part of the past 20 years. I love my small town community and I am honored to be a part of Patch.com. You can reach me at; karena.garrity@patch.com.

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