New Haven-based salsa instructor Alisa Bowebs-Mercado will return to Aquila's Nest on July 23.

Northern Fairfield Professionals will host a meeting on Tuesday, July 14.

The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown will present host Justin Wiest demonstrating a still life in oil next week.

Newtown Cultural Arts Commission and Flagpole Photographers Camera Club have joined together to present small snippets of what it was like to live in Newtown in 1776.

Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary is offering a free pint of fresh blueberries to the community on Saturday, July 11.

Beyond the local Semiquincentennial Celebration presented last week at Dickinson Park, additional events are planned locally to continue celebrating the 250th anniversary of the adoption of The Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress.

Residents and visitors are invited to begin their Independence Day with a community reading of the Declaration of Independence on the steps of Edmond Town Hall.

A reminder that the opening reception for “The Great Art-Doors,” an outdoor exhibition on view within Nettleton Preserve, is Sunday afternoon.

Beyond the local Semiquincentennial Celebration last week at Dickinson Park, additional events are being planned locally to continue celebrating the 250th anniversary of the adoption of The Declaration of Independence.

Musicals at Richter will kick off the summer and the nation’s 250th anniversary with the Broadway musical "1776."