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Vol. 02 · № 41
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Week of October 6, 2026
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A pocket dispatch from the city
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The dispatch · Tuesday
Happy Tuesday, neighbor.
October 6 – 12, 2026
Fall is in full swing. Thursday the 314 Beer Garden throws its Fall Festival & Costume Exchange — local vendors, a DJ, fire pits, s’mores and a 3.14-mile run. Wednesday night the city’s Poet Laureate hosts Poets & Writers Night at The Spread, and Thursday at 7 the State House candidate forum lands at City Hall. Also on deck: an open mic at MOTW, The Wild Party at the SoNo Collection, Rowayton Library’s Oktoberfest, a Halloween screening from SoNo Screams, and a second Oktoberfest at 314 on Sunday. And in The Pearl: Copps Island Oysters and The Oysterman’s Daughter, the family shellfish farm and its Norwalk shop.
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The Pearl · this week’s feature
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Local · Family shellfish farm
Copps Island Oysters.
The Oysterman’s Daughter · 7 Edgewater Place, Norwalk
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Shop open Mon–Sat · 9 AM–5 PM · closed Sunday
Oysters from a fourth-generation family farm.
Copps Island Oysters is a fourth-generation, family-owned and operated shellfish farm, selling a high-quality, sustainable product locally and nationwide. Buy straight from the farm on their website, or stop by the Norwalk shop, The Oysterman’s Daughter, for fresh oysters, clams and lobster, plus tees, hoodies and marine gear born from life on the water.
The family also runs the Copps Island Oyster Shack, a seasonal food truck. Check their sites for what is running now.
Shop The Oysterman’s Daughter →
7 Edgewater Place, Norwalk · (203) 866-7546
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The lead · Thursday at 314 Beer Garden
Fire pits, s’mores, and a costume swap.
The featured pick · Thursday, October 8, 5 to 10 PM, the 314 Beer Garden at 314 Wilson Ave hosts its Fall Festival & Costume Exchange — local vendors, a DJ, fire pits, s’mores, and a community costume swap, with a 3.14-mile run at 6.
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Wednesday Afternoon at the Knob, Wilson Point · ca. 1910
Archive image, not this week’s festival: postcard from the Norwalk Public Library collection (PastPerfect, PC 258). The Knob Outing Club, founded in 1891, stood on Wilson Point.
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Thursday is the 314 Fall Festival & Costume Exchange at the 314 Beer Garden and Wood-Fired Pizza, 314 Wilson Ave. It runs 5 to 10 PM with local vendors, a DJ, fire pits and s’mores, plus a community costume exchange — bring a costume you are done with, grab one you are not, and Halloween gets cheaper. Los Runners NCT also leads a 3.14-mile run from the garden: check-in at 5:30 PM, start at 6, through the festival event page on Eventbrite. The garden hosts a second round Sunday, when Oktoberfest comes back with the Austrian Boys (see the calendar below).
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Where
314 Beer Garden
314 Wilson Ave
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When
Thu Oct 8
5–10 PM
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The run
3.14 miles
6 PM · check-in 5:30
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Festival details →
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This week · two more to circle
The other picks.
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№ 02 · Wed, October 7 · The Spread South Norwalk, 127 Washington St · 7 PM
Norwalk Poets & Writers Night
An hour of featured poets and writers, then an hour of open mic on the patio, hosted by Norwalk Poet Laureate Katherine E. Schneider. Featured readers: Kashawn Taylor, Melissa Slattery, Ralph Nazareth, Bailey Quinn, E.C. Gregory and Rick Magee. Free with a minimum two-item purchase.
Event details →
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№ 03 · Thu, October 8 · Norwalk City Hall, 125 East Ave · 7 PM
State House District Candidate Forum
A 2026 candidate forum for the State House district, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Norwalk and Nancy on Norwalk. It runs about an hour, it is free and open to the public, and audience questions are welcome. Election Day is close; this is the cheap way to hear candidates answer without a mailer.
Forum details →
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Also on the calendar
Six more this week.
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Wed 7
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MOTW Coffee, 467 West Ave Suite 5 · all-ages, family-friendly open mic, sign-ups online and in person
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6 PM
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Thu 8
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Art Monster Studio, 57 Chestnut St · free; bring up to 20 gently used adult items, take up to 20, RSVP requested
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5–8 PM
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Thu 8
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The SoNo Collection, 100 N Water St · Norwalk Conservatory of the Arts student musical set in the Roaring Twenties, ages 16+, runs Oct 8–18
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7:30 PM
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Sat 10
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South Norwalk Public Library, 10 Washington St · Halloween movie screening in the SoNo Community Room, registration requested
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3:45 PM
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Sat 10
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Roton Point Association, 15 Pine Point Rd · library fundraiser with food, live music by Sheff and the Dad Bods, and a silent auction
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6:30 PM
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Sun 11
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314 Beer Garden, 314 Wilson Ave · rescheduled Oktoberfest with German food and beer, live music and a stein-holding contest
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12–6 PM
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Shuck yeah · a fact from the harbor
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Wilson Point had a social club in 1891
Long before beer gardens, Norwalk went to the water to hang out. The Knob Outing Club, founded in 1891, sat on Wilson Point in South Norwalk, with a clubhouse, a beach and bath houses, and a view straight out to Long Island Sound. The archive postcard up top, titled “Wednesday Afternoon at the Knob,” dates to about 1910 and shows ladies in lawn chairs and a woman in a hammock. Same instinct as Thursday’s fire pits: find a good spot, bring a chair, stay a while.
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