Greetings from Greater New Haven

What's Happening in August

Shoreline Wine Festival

August 10 & 11

Saturday: noon-7 p.m.

Sunday: noon-6 p.m.

1355 Boston Post Rd., Guilford

The 13th Annual Shoreline Wine Festival offers both traditional and fruit wines from vineyards throughout Connecticut. This year’s participants include:

Bishop’s Orchards Winery
Paradise Hills Vineyard and Winery
Jonathan Edwards Winery
Jones Winery
Hopkins Vineyard

Join the fun with great local bands in a beautiful orchard vineyard setting.

Milford Oyster Festival

August 17

10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Downtown Milford

The Milford Oyster Festival delivers over 30,000 oysters (harvested from Milford waters), premium wines and craft beers.

Other great food will be available at two additional locations: Fowler Field directly behind the library and at the Lisman Landing Harbor Stage.

Entertainment headliners: Extreme, BADFISH: A Tribute to SUBLIME and The Cringe.

Elm Shakespeare in the Park: The Comedy of Errors

August 15-September 1

Tuesday-Sunday 8 p.m.

Music starts at 7:30

Edgerton Park, 75 Cliff St., New Haven

Egeon, an elderly Syracusian merchant travels to Ephesus in search of his son. But when he arrives, Solinus, the Duke of Ephesus takes him into custody. The law prohibits any merchants from Syracuse from entering the city. The penalty: death... Or a fine of one thousand marks. But before judgement is passed, Egeon tells the story of why he came to Ephesus.