Thanksgiving: What's Open, What's Closed

Wednesday, Nov. 23

EARLY CLOSINGS:

• New Canaan public schools will be closed early. Click here for closings at each school.
• New Canaan Library will close at 5pm.
• Town Hall will close at 2pm. and remain closed until Mon. Nov. 28.

BOW TIE CINEMA, New Canaan:

Arthur Christmas (PG)
James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie
97 minutes
Trailer (4:15), 7:15
DLP-Digital Projection
Arthur Christmas 3D (PG)
James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie
97 minutes
Trailer (2:15), 9:15
Digital 3D
Tower Heist (PG-13)
Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy
104 minutes
Trailer 7:00, 9:30

Puss in Boots (PG)
Antonio Banderas, Zach Galifianakis
90 minutes
Trailer

 

(2:00), (4:00)

 Click here for showtimes for future dates.

Thanksgiving Day: Thursday, Nov. 24

SPECIAL EVENT:

• The Turkey Bowl: New Canaan v Darien. This traditional rivalry takes place at NCHS this year. Kickoff: 10:30am

CLOSED:

• Banks—Expect every bank to be closed (TD Bank, which is often open on holidays, will close) although banks in Connecticut may open at their discretion on holidays if they give prior notice.
• Bus service—the CT Transit website says buses will not run on Thanksgiving Day; Norwalk Transit District will also have no buses running.
• State Courts
• Town Dump— (New Canaan Transfer Station)
• New Canaan Library
• New York Stock Exchange
• Post offices
• New Canaan Public Schools
• Lapham Community Center (closed through Sunday)
• State offices, including the state Department of Motor Vehicles, which will be open on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• U.S. government offices
• New Canaan YMCA  

OPEN:

• Metro-North says it "will operate a holi­day schedule with extra AM inbound service for those of you going to see the Macy’s Parade. And there will be lots of late morning and early afternoon outbound service to get you home or to the folks’ house for that holiday dinner. In the evening, there is plenty of service to get you back home, too."

STORES SAMPLING

• —Store, 7am - 10pm; Pharmacy, 8am - 2pm
• Starbucks - 6am - 4pm (possibly longer)
• Best Buy—closed until midnight Thursday/Friday
• Costco—closed
• Kohl's—opens midnight Thursday/Friday
• Toys R Us—opens at 10 p.m.
• Walmart—opens at 10 p.m.

SUPERMARKETS

•  - Closed
•  - 7am - 6pm
• Whole Foods opens at 7am
• Fairway Market - 8 am to 11 pm
• Stop & Shop - 7am - 3pm

Other businesses: open at each owner’s discretion.

Black Friday, Nov. 25

CLOSED:

• New Canaan Public Schools
• Lapham Community Center
• State offices, except for the state Department of Motor Vehicles (see below)
• Town government offices (except for the dump, which will be open)
• U.S. government offices (except for post offices, which will be open)

OPEN:

• New Canaan Library - regular hours
• New Canaan YMCA
• Banks
• Post offices
• Town Dump - Transfer Station
• Metro-North says that on this day "will oper­ate a 'Saturday' schedulewith a lot of extra service during the a.m. and p.m. peaks, as well as inbound between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. It is NOT a normal weekday schedule, but there is plenty of service."
• Bus service: the CT Transit website says it "will operate a regular schedule with reduced commuter connection service" this day. Norwalk Transit District will operate as normal.
• State Courts
• State Department of Motor Vehicles offices, including the ones in Norwalk and Bridgeport, are open from 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• New York Stock Exchange (opens at 9:30 a.m., as normal; closes early at 1 p.m.)

STORES OPEN FOR EXTRA HOURS:

• Best Buy in Norwalk—opens midnight Thursday/Friday through 10 p.m.
• Kohl's in Norwalk—open 24 hours, midnight to midnight
• Target in Stamford—opens at midnight Thursday-to-Friday

Other businesses: open at each owner’s discretion.

Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 26-27

CLOSED:

• Lapham Community Center

OPEN OR CLOSED AS PER NORMAL WEEKEND HOURS: 

• Banks
• Buses (CT Transit and Norwalk Transit District)
• The state Department of Motor Vehicles offices in Norwalk and Bridgeport open as normal from from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Town Dump - New Canaan Transfer Station
• New Canaan Library
• Post offices—on Saturday
  

Other businesses: open at each owner’s discretion.