Craft coffee, artisanal baked goods, simple sandwiches, gourmet groceries & local goods
We will cater this fundraising event in the lower lot of the Easton Center Gas & Antiques store next to Greiser’s. The menu includes grilled sausages and green beans with locally baked Portuguese rolls, our own homemade baked ziti, and salad. Reserve your place through the Friends of the Easton Library here.
From July thru September, join us for good food and weeknight entertainment in our back yard
Join us for our fifth outdoor summer concert and cookout series in the lower parking lot of Old Easton Center Gasoline & Antiques!
Thanks to our series sponsors, we will kick off our biweekly series on JULY 11 with Easton-bred band PESPI. Musicians’ fees this summer are being paid for by the generous contributions of BCK Arborist and Hi-Ho Energy Services. Arcadian Wild and Down River Collective are brought to us from Nashville by Wray and Henrietta’s Hootenanny.
Our events this summer feature local, unsigned musicians performing ALL ORIGINAL music. One exception: On August 2 we’re hosting a summer tour stopover for rising Nashville bluegrass stars The Arcadian Wild and DownRiver Collective!
Unless otherwise noted, events begin at 6:30 PM and end at 8:30 PM.
Our September 29 finale event, a celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, is on a Sunday afternoon from 1:00 – 3:00 PM.
Tickets for all dates except August 2 are available for music & cookout or for bring-your-own-chair-music-only. All tickets on August 2 are $20. As an event catered by Greiser’s, outside food is not permitted, and table seating will be reserved for our diners. However, BYOB is welcome and we’re offering reduced meal prices for kids under 12, and music-only admission for kids is free.
Parking will be available in the gas station parking lot and in front of Greiser’s Coffee & Market starting at 6:15 PM and not earlier due to gas sales.
To help us plan menus, seating, and parking, we require advanced ticket purchase by the day before the event. Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free options are available to guests who request those preferences at time of ticket purchase!
In case of rain, each event will be rescheduled for another date and refunds or exchanges will be made.
Tickets may be purchased in-store at Greiser’s or on our website. Click here for more information on each band and the night’s menu.
An Exhibit of Work by Urban Landscape Photographer Alain Bourgeois
Join us with the artist for an opening reception on Wednesday, May 29 at 6:00 PM
Greiser’s will feature an exhibit of Alain Bourgeois’s photography throughout the summer, 2024. We’ll celebrate the theme of the collection, Senescence: Grace in Aging, at an opening reception on May 29.
You might recognize the name Bourgeois as the world-famous French-American sculptor and painter Louise who spent summers and weekends in her home here in Easton from the 1940s until her death in 2010. Greiser’s Coffee & Market arrived on the scene 8 years too late to meet Louise, but we’re very fortunate to have her son Alain Bourgeois and his wife Jessica Bourgeois as customers and friends. And we’re delighted to host an exhibit of Alain’s photography in the Greiser’s gallery.
As an urban landscape photographer, Alain has traveled around the US and globe seeking to document the progressive effects of the passage of time on the structures and tonality of the ever-shifting urban environment.
“Over time, the context in which our lives are lived changes, not only in memory but also in fact,” Alain writes. “Revisiting that context can open a window on both our common experience and our individual history. Softened by the steady hand of time, the locations of our lives can be seen anew.”
Alain’s new book, Senescence: Grace in Aging, features 32 photographs of scenes in New York City, Bridgeport, Detroit, Havana, Paris and elsewhere, through which he conveys a deep appreciation of the passage of time and captures the heartbreaking beauty of decay. These images, he writes, “tell a significant part of our story. They are who we were.”
In advance of the show, a limited number of signed copies of Senescence are now for sale exclusively at Greiser’s for $45 each. Find them on the bookshelf in our gallery room.
There will be additional collections of Alain’s photography, published over the years, available at the reception later this month. And the artist will be here to sign your copy! Admission is free and open to the public.
Shop Greiser’s Parking Lot for Handmade Mother’s Day Gifts from 9am – 3pm
Once again, you can count on shopping our parking lot for Mom on the Sunday before Mother’s Day. This year some of your old favorite artisans will be back, but we’ve also invited a new mix of emerging small local creators. You’ll find an abundance of beautiful and useful handmade objects such as candles, clothing, glassware, jewelry, knits, tumblers, paper goods, pottery, skincare, soaps, watercolors, waxed canvas bags, and woodwork.
In addition, this year we’ll level up the fun with live music! Local band Birdsey Beers will play all original tunes in the lower lot from 12pm – 2pm. The Easton quartet is led by singer songwriter Jerry Snover with Dan Broderick, Jody Matejka, and Jeff Gurner.
Artisans to look for this year are:
Donna Albano watercolors
Lee Skalkos silver jewelry
Jacqui Conine JQ Clay
Tracy Farricker Mount Cornwall Bindery
Christina Doscher Wren House Atelier
Steve Holm Hansen wood bowls
Ann Marie Papineau Papineau Studio
Christine Thorpe Sweetener
Jason Curtis Hand Blown Glass
Virginia Barlow Love Oz the Label
Ellen Probst Karma Knitted
Jessica Gonzales A. Kai Skin Care
Acacia Capuano Obtuse Organics
Join Us for Four Evening Talks in Spring 2024
Easton is a hive of accomplished people with unique talents. Ever since our November 1, 2018, opening day, we’ve aspired to provide a place for all the interesting and interested people in our community to connect.
Local Wisdom is our occasional after-hours event series now in its second season at Greiser’s. On these evenings, we provide small bites, beverages (non-alcoholic, but byob is permitted), and a relaxed forum where you can get to know your neighbors, including some of Easton’s most creative and innovative residents. Each event will include a short lecture — think TEDTalk — and plenty of time for conversation with our featured guests, all of whom are plucked right from our customer list.
All events are from 6:00 – 7:30 pm. $20 ticket includes small bites and a beverage.
Seating is limited. Advanced registration required.
Wednesday, March 27
INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER STEVE COZZOLINO (click for tickets)
“HOW A TOASTER CAN SPARK JOY“
Menu: Toast Points with Seasonal Spreads & Dips
As the founder of the NYC design agency Cozzolino Studio, Easton-based industrial designer Steve Cozzolino is the creative mind behind many favorite household appliances and tools including the All-Clad toaster and Belgian waffle maker, the Cuisinart toaster oven, the Kitchen Aid curlin tea kettle, Mr. Coffee espresso makers, and numerous Nambé gourmet kitchen tool designs. Early in his career, he was part of the team that designed the legendary Swiffer for Procter & Gamble. For the past four years, Steve has also been a cast member, design judge, and presenter on the ByDesign suite of CBS Primetime television shows.
Steve’s work has been featured in the New York Times, Fortune, the MOMA Design Store, and the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. He was honored by the City of New York for “Excellence in Design,” and has won professional accolades including the Red Dot, Global Innovation, Good Design, IDEA, and Housewares Design awards. He holds numerous design patents.
At Greiser’s tonight, he’ll talk about the power of design to spark joy, why he believes empathy is one of the most powerful tools for designing and developing relevant, compelling experiences for all, and how Artificial Intelligence can complement the design process.
After dividing their time between NYC and Easton for several years, Steve, his wife Pam, and their teenage son Nick made Easton their full-time home last year.
Thursday April 11
PAINTER, PRINTMAKER, WRITER TAMMY NGUYEN (click for tickets)
“MAKING ART IN EASTON“
Menu: Vietnamese Grazing Board
Tammy Nguyen is a multimedia artist based in Easton whose work spans painting, drawing, printmaking and book making. Intersecting geopolitical realities with fiction, her practice addresses lesser-known histories through a blend of myth and visual narrative. She is the founder of Passenger Pigeon Press, an independent press that joins the work of scientists, journalists, creative writers, and artists.
Her work is currently on display in London, and was recently featured in a show at the ICA Boston. In a December, 2023, profile, The New York Times called Tammy Nguyen “a maximalist … driven by questions, not certainties.”
Tonight, Tammy will discuss the ins and outs of her artistic process, recent and upcoming shows, and how living in Easton with her husband Davey and daughters Penny and Olive has transformed her practice.
Wednesday, May 8
COACH, AUTHOR & NONPROFIT LEADER MIKE EVANS (click for tickets)
“BROKERING PEACE THROUGH BASKETBALL“
Menu: A Cultural Mix of Game Day Appetizers
Mike Evans is the the author of The Belfast Blazers: The Journey of an American Basketball Coach in Ireland, and founder and executive director of Full Court Peace, a Connecticut based not-for-profit organization dedicated to bringing kids from different socioeconomic backgrounds together. FCP, which evolved from Evans’s experiences in Ireland, creates meaningful opportunities for interaction between boys and girls ages 10 to 18, both on and off of the basketball court.
“Our youth lack ample opportunities to interact with one another, to truly understand one another, and to forge friendships across racial and socioeconomic lines,” Evans says. “We are effectively raising children who will promote the status quo — a nation divided by race, class and income. The farther we slide away from each other, the less unified we are as a society, and the less prepared our children are to be socially competent citizens of this society.”
Mike, who lives in Easton with his wife, Alexandra, and their 9-month old daughter, Hannah, will talk this evening about his work in Northern Ireland, first playing and then coaching basketball, and how his experience getting teenage Protestant and Catholic teammates in Belfast to see eye to eye led to his formation of a nonprofit that’s breaking down barriers to peace in communities around the US and world. Copies of his book will be for sale.
July Date TBD
JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR DAN SLATER (click for tickets)
“TELLING THE BIRTH STORY OF AMERICA’S IMMIGRANT UNDERWORLD“
Menu: Snacks of the Lower East Side, Circa 1900
Join us to celebrate the publication of local author Dan Slater’s new book, The Incorruptibles: A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld.
A graduate of Colgate University, New York Film Academy, and Brooklyn Law School, Dan has written for more than a dozen publications including the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, GQ, and the New Yorker. His last book, Wolf Boys, which the New York Times called “unforgettable” and the Chicago Public Library named a best book of the year, is being adapted for a TV series by 101 Studios and director Antoine Fuqua.
Meanwhile, his story about a rabbinic gang is in development at Paramount TV and George Clooney’s Smokehouse Pictures.
Raised in Minnesota, Dan lives in Easton with his wife Sophie and their sons, Silas and Felix.
At Greiser’s this evening, Dan will share his journey researching and retelling the birth story of our country’s immigrant underworld and sign copies of his new book.
Space at Greiser’s is limited. Advanced registration is required. Tickets, $20, are available in-store or online here. We’ll serve a topical menu of small bites and softdrinks at each event. BYOB is welcome.
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Join Our Annual Celebration of Easton’s Claim to Astronomical Fame!
On December 14 every year we celebrate the cosmic event in 1807 that put Easton at the center of scientific exploration.
Celebrate and learn about the world-famous meteorite that was observed by Eastonites in the sky before it landed on farmland here on this day 216 years ago. The event is known as the first documented observation of space stuff landing in North America. Chunks of our town meteor (officially and misleadingly known as the Weston Meteorite) are held in collections around the world, from the Yale Peabody Museum in New Haven to the Vatican Observatory in Italy.
From 6pm – 8pm, come to enjoy guided stargazing with astrophysics guy and JBHS alum Colin Holm-Hansen plus celestial canapés and cosmic cocktails for the occasion.
Please register here by December 12.
We’re throwing ourselves a party on November 1, 2023
Local Artist’s Oils, Acrylics and Mixed Media Art on Exhibit at Greiser’s Thru Year’s End
OPENING RECEPTION THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 6:00 PM
Twenty recent works by Fairfield artist and Greiser’s customer Karen Kent will brighten the store’s rooms and walls through the end of 2023. Kent is a lifelong artist who earned a bachelors degree in fine art and architecture before embarking on a career as an interior designer crafting homes with balance through fabric, color, furniture, and accessories. After nearly three decades, Karen turned to focus full time on creating striking, vibrant large scale paintings.
Works on display and for sale at Greiser’s include vibrant floral still lifes ranging in size and complexity from Kent’s 12×12-inch acrylic-on-board still life “Garden Roses” ($100) to her 36×36-inch acrylic-on-canvas “Buzzing Bee” ($2,400). Her delightful mixed media owl series includes, pictured above from left to right, “Grumpy,” “Bashful,” and “Sneezy” each 24×18 inches ($750). Other pieces featured in the current exhibit at Greiser’s include landscapes, figurative studies, and animals including a heron, a Golden Retriever, and a pair of elephants.
Karen is an exhibiting member of Rowayton Arts Center and New Haven Paint and Clay. She is also a member of Carriage Barn Arts Center, Westport Arts Center, Westport Arts Collective, Greenwich Art Society, the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County, and Ridgefield Guild of Artists.
Join us and the artist at 6pm October 19 for an open house and reception. See all works for sale online at Greiser’s and learn more about the artist on her website.
Join us for our fourth outdoor summer concert and supper series in the NEW lower parking lot of Old Easton Center Gasoline and Antiques!
SEPTEMBER 21 COOKOUT MENU: Jumbo shrimp and local farm vegetable kabobs with Greiser’s killer herbed pasta salad and one of Isabel’s fabulous homemade desserts.
Thanks to our sponsor BCK ARBORIST of Easton, we will kickoff our Thursday evening series on June 22 followed by events on occasional Thursdays throughout the summer. Each cookout will feature local, unsigned musicians performing ALL ORIGINAL music. And all of our cookout and barbecue menus will include vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free choices. Please request those preferences at time of ticket purchase.
Events begin at 6:30 PM and end at 8:30 PM. Lineup and menus are as follows. Please request vegan or gluten free options when purchasing ticket.
Thursday September 21: Phoebe Merrill indie rock singer songwriter
Phoebe Skye Merrill is a singer songwriter whose thoughtful lyrics reflect the stories of her own life … and imagined ones.
This gifted and multi-talented young woman sings, plays guitar, and writes music that has its heart in the traditions of indie folk music. Think: wanderlust, romanticism, and a soulful introspection. Her songs are storytelling and dreamtelling punctuated by a melancholy yodel and an enchanted whisper with the spirit of an old soul.
MENU: Jumbo shrimp and local farm vegetable kabobs with Greiser’s killer herbed pasta salad and one of Isabel’s fabulous homemade desserts.
Tickets are available for music & cookout ($25 adults & teens; $14 kids age 12 and under) or for bring-your-own-chair-music-only ($10 adults; kids free). As the event is catered by Greiser’s, outside food is not permitted, and our table seating will be reserved for our diners. BYOB is permitted. Ample space in front of the stage for byo chairs!
Parking will be available in the gas station parking lot and in front of Greiser’s Coffee & Market starting at 6:15 PM and not earlier due to gas sales.
To help us plan menus, seating, and parking, we require advanced ticket purchase by the day before the event. In case of rain, each event will be rescheduled for another date and refunds or exchanges will be made.
Tickets may be purchased in-store at Greiser’s or on our website at greisers.com.
Visit our annual outdoor fair featuring the work of 14 local creators of handmade jewelry, pottery, candles, wood vessels, cutting boards, handbags, sculpture, paintings, greeting cards, leatherwork, container plants, and hand blown glass. Stop in the store to grab a coffee before you browse the booths!
