Ivoryton News

A brand new play from one of the writers of The Simpsons, I'm Connecticut - opening at the Ivoryton Playhouse on June 5th - is a wacky, fast-paced, sweet, romantic comedy about Marc, a Connecticut native who struggles with relationships and feelings of inadequacy - why? Because he comes from Connecticut - land of steady habits, sanity and ... (more)

The town of Essex offers many things to residents and visitors. Great shopping in its charming downtown district; historic points of interest thanks to its proximity to the Connecticut River; and hundreds of acres of preserved open space, courtesy of the Essex Land Trust.

May Market will open from 9 to 2 p.m. on Saturday May 11, rain or shine, in the Essex Town Park located in the center of town.

Watching Larry the Liquidator scheme to take over a small-town company that still makes a physical product is both repulsive and fascinating in Jerry Sterner's "Other People's Money," directed by Maggie McGlone Jennings on the Ivoryton Playhouse stage.

Photo by Anne Hudson 'Other People's Money' stars Edward Kassar* as Lawrence Garfinkle and Elizabeth Donnelly* as Kate Sullivan.

By Lauren Yarger "Shark-eats-little fish" and "shark-eats-shark" set the stage for the underhanded word of corporate takeovers in Jerry Sterner 's play, OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY over at Ivoryton Playhouse.

Join Essex Books at Gather, 104 Main Street, Ivoryton, CT 06442, on Sunday, May 19, 4-5pm, to hear Connecticut historian James T. Powerson on his new book, SAVING THE FARM: A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME, SPACE AND REDEMPTION.

Essex Historical Society is devoted to the preservation of buildings, especially in the interest of protecting our town's unique historical nature.