Calendar of Classes & Events
Chase’s Mill serves as a workshop for hands-on learning and a community gathering space. Every year from mid-June through September, we offer woodworking and craft workshops, lectures of local interest, hikes, and family-friendly events.
Browse our schedule below to learn more and sign up—or jump directly to one of the following topics:
Financial Assistance
Workshops & Classes
Lectures & Presentations
Social Events, Walks, & Field Trips
Community Woodworking Shop Events
Safety Policies
Calendar of Events (monthly view)
All Upcoming Events (list view)
Calendar
Classes and events take place each year from mid-June through September.
Scroll back through the calendar to view past events. Watch for new events to be added in April.
Financial Assistance
Discounts and fee waivers are available for all classes and workshops at Chase's Mill. You will find instructions and details when you register for a class.
If you have questions or have trouble with the registration form, please contact us.
Workshops & Classes
Our theme for 2026 is Connecting through Craft.
Lectures & Presentations
From historical talks to participatory storytelling events and story slams
Social Events, Walks, & Field Trips
Join others to explore history and nature, share songs and poetry, and visit nearby sites like the library and the historical society.
Community Woodworking Shop
Make use of open shop time or the Lumber Bank at our Community Woodworking Shop.
Safety Policies
Please be sure to review our safety policies, as well as our visitor/participant releases. All woodshop or craft class participants will be required to adhere to these polices and to sign a release form prior to participation in those activities.
All Upcoming Events
Traditional Crafts at the Mill: A Day of Interactive Demonstrations
You are invited to drop by this informal social gathering at Chase’s Mill. There will be coffee, tea, and some baked goods to enjoy. Mill around and chat with your neighbors. We encourage you to bring your favorite coffee cup.
Stargazing Field Trip
With: Dave Nelson
Fee: By donation
Size: 15 / Appropriate for children 10+ with accompanying adult
Have you ever seen the rings of Saturn through a telescope? Or looked at the Milky Way's vastness? Dave and fellow amateur astronomers will treat us to these experiences. Several telescopes will help us see various objects in our solar system and the Milky Way beyond.
On a clear night we will meet in his field on 50 Bley Road in Alstead.
If the weather is inclement for our set date, we will meet on October 3rd instead.
David Nelson's interest in astronomy was piqued in high school when a physics teacher brought in his telescope and treated students to evening views of Jupiter. And he's been looking at the night sky ever since.