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Vol. 02 · № 21
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Week of May 19, 2026
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A pocket dispatch from the city
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The dispatch · Tuesday
Happy Tuesday, neighbor.
May 19 – May 25, 2026
The unofficial first week of summer, and three good reasons to spend the holiday outside. The Seaport’s ferry to Sheffield Island runs its first Saturday sailing of the year — three hours on the harbor, a tour of the 1868 lighthouse, the nature trails. That same Saturday, Washington Street closes down for the SoNo Saturday Market — makers, food trucks, live music, the season’s opening edition. And Sunday at noon, McKendry Avenue belongs to the Rowayton Memorial Day parade. Three to circle, five more on the calendar, and a weekend that finally feels like the season has started.
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The Pearl · a note from us
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The slot · one per week
Your
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The Pearl
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Run something in this spot.
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This week · three to circle
The picks.
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№ 01 · Sat, May 23 · 90 Water St · 10 AM
Sheffield Island lighthouse cruise — first Saturday of the season
The Seaport Association opens its season the week before, but Saturday May 23 is the first weekend sailing — the one with kids on the deck and tide-pool weather. Three hours: narrated cruise of the harbor past Peck Ledge (1906) and Greens Ledge (1902), then a 90-minute walk-around on Sheffield to tour the 1868 lighthouse and the nature trails. Ferry from 90 Water Street, $35 adults. Show up thirty minutes early — they leave on time and the parking is at 5 Haviland.
Schedule & tickets →
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№ 02 · Sat, May 23 · 50 Washington St · 10 AM–2 PM
SoNo Saturday Market — the season opener on Washington Street
The block party version of the farmers’ market. Once a month, second Saturdays, May through October, the city closes Washington Street and fills it with local makers, food trucks, fresh produce, live music and the kind of street performers who actually stop you mid-block. May 23 is the season’s first — the one where everybody’s glad to be outside again and the bands haven’t lost the new-season energy yet. Free, walkable from the train, dog-friendly. Tie it to the lighthouse cruise and you’ve done SoNo right.
Market details →
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№ 03 · Sun, May 24 · McKendry Ave, Rowayton · 12 PM
Rowayton Memorial Day Parade — the small-town one, the good one
The most beloved Memorial Day parade in Norwalk, hands down. Veterans, fire trucks, Rowayton police, little league, scouts and the Brien McMahon marching band march down McKendry Avenue to Veteran’s Cannon for the ceremony, then everyone walks two blocks to the Rowayton Fire Department for hot dogs and live music. Bring a chair, bring kids, bring an appetite. Free. Outdoor. The reason people move to this part of town.
Parade details →
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The table · the new oyster bar rising in East Norwalk
Precious Oysters.
East Norwalk · Tide-to-table raw bar, a rooftop over the harbor, and the next chapter in Norwalk’s oyster story
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Rachel Precious has a wildlife conservation degree, eight years on Connecticut oyster boats, and a brick-and-mortar she’s building out herself in East Norwalk — right next to the Metro North platform, with a wall of recycled oyster shells inside and a rooftop that looks straight at the boats working the harbor. The catering arm has been running raw bars across the state for years. The oyster bar isn’t finished yet. The rooftop Oyster Lounge is taking private bookings for 2026, one event per month, and the weekly walk-up pop-ups are paused while she keeps building. This is the new Norwalk oyster place worth watching — the one named after the namesake of this paper.
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How to get a taste
Book the rooftop, hire the raw bar, or wait for the pop-ups to come back.
The rooftop Oyster Lounge takes one private booking a month for 2026 — the views are over the working harbor, the raw bar comes with the room. The catering arm will bring a full Precious Oysters raw bar to your event anywhere in Connecticut. And @preciousoysters on Instagram is where the weekly pop-up schedule goes back up when Rachel re-opens the kitchen.
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Where
East Norwalk
by the Metro North platform
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Status
Oyster bar: under build
Rooftop & catering: open
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Reach
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Book a date →
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Also on the calendar
Five more, Wed to Sun.
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Wed 20
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90 Water St · quieter than the weekend, same lighthouse
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from 10 AM
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Thu 21
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Norwalk Art Space · K–12 work from every Norwalk public school
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5–7 PM
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Fri 22
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Pinkney Park · outdoor, every Friday May–November
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10 AM–2 PM
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Sat 23
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Maritime Aquarium dock · 90 min on the Sound, BYO sandwich
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7 PM
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Sun 24
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Maritime Aquarium dock · 75 min, the story behind the city’s nickname
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1:30 PM
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Shuck yeah · a fact from the harbor
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The Bluepoint · a Norwalk word
“Bluepoint” is a Norwalk word that travelled. It started in the 1800s as a name for oysters from Blue Point, Long Island — but by the time the steam dredges were running out of Norwalk Harbor, half the oysters sold under the Bluepoint name came from Connecticut waters, including ours. Today the U.S. government uses Bluepoint as a market category for any East Coast oyster about three inches long. The name on the menu is still ours; it’s just doing more work than it used to.
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