CT Spring Boat Show at Safe Harbor Essex
Safe Harbor Essex Island Marina 99 Pratt Street, EssexApril 26, 27 & 28, 2024 The 2023 Show raised over $18,000.00 in funds for Sails Up 4 Cancer. While many boats were sold over the weekend, our shoreside exhibitors broke new ground with over 30 exhibitors engaging the crowds and four bands providing live music. In 2024, we expect continued growth on both boats […]
RJ Julia’s Poetry Contest and Poetry Slam! Grades 1 through 6
RJ Julia Booksellers 768 Boston Post Road, MadisonNational Poetry Month is a special occasion that celebrates poets’ integral role in our culture and that poetry matters. Over the years, it has become the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, K–12 teachers, librarians, booksellers, literary events curators, publishers, families, and—of course—poets, marking poetry’s important place in […]
Alex Claffy at The Side Door Jazz Club
The Side Door 85 Lyme Street, Old LymeAlexander Claffy is a jazz bassist, composer and arranger based in New York. He has played with artists including Jimmy Cobb, Louis Hayes, Harold Mabern, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Christian Scott and Joey Alexander. In addition to an album of standards, he has released a series of genre-defying compositions with his band simply known as Claffy. Alexander […]
Modern Day Monet – THE 1st ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION at Hillstead Museum
Hillstead Museum 35 Mountain Rd, FarmingtonApril 27 – May 26, 2024 Hill-Stead Museum is thrilled to announce its first Annual Juried Members Exhibition, which is intended to connect present day artists with the Museum’s natural beauty and collection masterworks. Calling all artists who are inspired by nature and light to submit their piece(s) to this juried show. Artists may work […]
Day Out with Thomas 2024 Bubble Tour! Essex Steam Train
Essex Steam Train & Riverboat 1 Railroad Ave, EssexApril 27-28 & May 4-5 ‘Pop’ on board a train ride adventure with Thomas the Tank Engine! Day Out With Thomas “Bubble Tour” is heading to Essex Station! We encourage you to purchase your tickets in advance as these events sell out each year! Arrive early to enjoy all the included activities! Thomas & Friends […]
New London County Spring Festival: Colchester Food Truck Extravaganza
Priam Vineyards 11 Shailor Hill Rd, ColchesterApril 27 - 28, 2024 Sip on fine wines while shopping amongst 75 crafters and small businesses local to New London County and Connecticut. A Great selection of food trucks from Petrillo's Event Co. will be on site for a wonderful lunch, dinner, or snack!!!! Music, Kids Activities, free admission! TWO DAY EVENT For more […]
Family Day: Mixing It Up with Color at Fairfield University Art Museum
Fairfield University Art Museum 200 Barlow Road, FairfieldJoin us for Family Day: Mixing It Up with Color on Saturday, Two sessions April 27: 12:30-2 p.m., 2:30-4 p.m. in Bellarmine Hall, Museum Classroom. Each session will begin promptly at 12:30 p.m. and again at 2:30 p.m. This event is inspired by the exhibition Suzanne Chamlin: Studies in Color (Bellarmine Hall Galleries, April 5-July 27)! Kids ages […]
Willoughby Gap at Nightingale’s Acoustic Cafe
Nightingale's Acoustic Cafe 68 Lyme Street, Old LymeWilloughby Gap, featuring Terry and Eben Salter, performs original music rooted in the Bluegrass, Folk, Americana, Country, and Blues genres. Terry sings with a voice like a clear mountain stream that blends with Eben’s baritone vocals as they weave between melody and harmony, accompanied by Eben’s subtle flatpicking guitar. Eben is an award-winning songwriter: a […]
Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra: Haydn & Stravinsky Finale at The Garde
Garde Arts Center 325 State Street, New LondonThe guiding motif of the ECSO’s April 27 concert, the last of its 2023-24 season at the Garde, is a magical bird consumed and reborn in fire: the phoenix of Greek mythology. With the rise of Christianity, the phoenix became a symbol of the resurrection. In this connection, the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Chorus, led by […]
ConnChords Spring Concert at Harkness Chapel
Connecticut College Mohegan Avenue Parkway, New LondonThe ConnChords' all-female sound has been a part of Connecticut College a cappella for almost sixty years. We sing a wide range of songs and genres, from Fleetwood Mac to Florence + the Machine to Gnarls Barkley to Frank Sinatra. We are a group that loves to have fun! We rehearse six hours a week […]
Yale Institute of Sacred Music: Bach’s Mass in B Minor
Yale School of Music Woolsey Hall 500 College Street, New HavenIn this performance of Bach’s Mass in B Minor, internationally acclaimed performer, David Hill, will conduct Yale Schola Cantorum and the Juilliard415 music ensemble. The Mass in B Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach is considered an all-embracing musical masterpiece created by Bach at the pinnacle of his remarkable career. Beginning with the awe-inspiring Kyrie and ending with the jubilant Dona nobis pacem, […]
Nick Finzer at The Side Door Jazz Club
The Side Door 85 Lyme Street, Old LymeHailed as a “Rising Star” in the world of jazz (DownBeat Critics Poll), Nick Finzer is making waves in the music industry with his dynamic original compositions and trombone artistry. Finzer has toured the globe as a bandleader as well as sharing the stage with some of the most respected names in jazz. As both a headlining […]