The Connection Center

10/10/2026

Hot dang......We just had a couple from France drop in.....they are traveling from New York to California on this trip ....not their first time in the USA.

10/07/2026

Lottie Holman O'Neill was the first woman elected to the Illinois State Legislation...we knew she was born at Barry...now thanks to Kyle Fee 's research we know just where she was born...The whole local news item is historical as it tells what a well known local historian reported at his local Rotary meeting.He went to Rotary meetings...just like people still do today!

10/07/2026

What a beautiful Apple Festival 2026.. the first one for The Connection Center. Thanks to Carol McCartney for helping out and to everyone one who stopped by. And congratulations to Stroemers for 25 years in Barry!

10/03/2026

With New Philadelphia Association – We just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engagers! 🎉

10/03/2026

Beautiful weekend at Barry Apple Festival. Enjoying hanging out at the Connections Center....maybe stay until 6PM ... tomorrow 3PM to 5PM Stroemers Celebration . meanwhile and Barry Museum and The Connections Center are open...Sunday, too!!

09/23/2026

09/15/2026

Coming this week.

09/12/2026

The Connection Center is open today Saturday September 12 from 11AM to 3PM and Jerry is there. Weekdays it is open 12:30 to 3:30 most days ...come on by. ..

09/10/2026

George Kiefer opened a grocery store in Barry in late September in 1926......100 years ago ....and it became K and E and then .....Stroemers.

09/05/2026

🇺🇸 WHAT THE HELL ARE WE DOING THIS LABOR DAY WEEKEND?!

If you’re sitting at home saying “there ain’t s**t to do around here” — we did the digging for you. 😂

🎡 Pittsfield Fall Festival — Thurs–Sun
⚙️ Big River Steampunk Festival in Hannibal — Fri–Mon
🐻 Jellystone End of Summer Splash Bash — Fri–Mon
🚐 Vintage VW Gathering at Mark Twain Lake
🍅 Central Park Farmers Market — Saturday
🚢 Riverboat at the Hannibal Riverfront — Sunday
🎭 Live Tom Sawyer performances — through Sunday

AND NOW WE NEED YOUR HELP. 👇

Church picnic?
Band playing somewhere?
Co****le tournament?
Car show?
Fundraiser?
Fish fry?
Somebody’s Uncle Gary playing Skynyrd behind a bar Saturday night? 😂

DROP ANY LABOR DAY WEEKEND EVENTS WE MISSED IN THE COMMENTS.

We’ll add them to the list AND we’re talking about what’s happening around the area LIVE TONIGHT AT 7!