Summer Reading Kickoff Party! At The Beekley Library
Beekley Library 10 Central Ave, New HartfordSummer Reading is for everyone! All ages can sign up and win! The Summer Reading Kickoff party will feature prizes, games, crafts, popsicles, face painting, and more, plus information about additional summertime events! No registration required. For more information!
Party on the Plaza Hartford
Connecticut Science Center 250 Columbus Blvd., Hartford🌞 THE OFFICIAL SUMMER KICKOFF EVENT Get ready to dive into summer fun at our annual Party on the Plaza! This is the ultimate family-friendly bash to kick off the season in style. Prepare for a day packed with lively activities and exciting attractions that’ll make your summer unforgettable. An extravaganza featuring giant inflatables, the hottest […]
Introduction to Darning: Live Zoom Workshop with Flora Collingwood-Norris
Register immediately to receive materials A 3 hour Zoom workshop on how to do darning on knitwear. This will be a relaxed and friendly darning workshop suitable for beginners where you will learn how to darn your knitwear colourfully. Covering different darning approaches of working from the front and back of the fabric, the aim […]
Performance: Gossip by Alexa West at The Aldrich
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 258 Main Street, RidgefieldGossip is a choreographed duet created in response to the current exhibition Loie Hollowell: Space Between, A Survey of Ten Years. Choreographed and presented by dance artist Alexa West performed by Owen Prum and Chelsea Enjer Hecht. Gossip will occur as a live performance in the Museum’s first floor on Saturday, June 22 at 2 pm and repeated at […]
Juneteenth Celebration with Jazz & Poetry at The Florence Griswold Museum
Florence Griswold Museum 96 Lyme Street, Old LymeThe celebration in honor of Juneteenth—a federal holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans—will take place on the north lawn of the Florence Griswold Museum. The event features a quartet led by legendary bassist Nat Reeves and new work by Connecticut poets Marilyn Nelson, Kate Rushin, Rhonda Ward, and Antoinette Brim-Bell, who in 2021 […]
Felting – Fiber Arts Workshops at the Durham Fairgrounds
Durham Fairgrounds Canfield Lane, DurhamFor more information
The 7 Fingers: Duel Reality: Multimedia Performance at University Theater
University Theater 222 York Street, New HavenAll's fair in love and war. You won't want to miss this exhilarating performance with Montreal's renowned arts collective, the 7 Fingers. In "Duel Reality" they combine acrobatics, theater, dance, multimedia, music, and storytelling, and present human stories with superhuman skills. Stripping down circus spectacle to its thrilling essence, they breathe new life into Shakespeare's […]
“Dinner on Markle: Outdoor Block Party
29 Markle 29 Markle Ct., BridgeportJoin us for an evening filled with art, drinks, a four-course dinner, and fun! Our community dinner, "Dinner on Markle," is Saturday June 22nd at 29 Markle Ct. We’ll have dishes prepared by local chefs, liquor stations, live music, and amazing community art. It's an outdoor, family-style event spanning the entire street. Come eat, drink, […]
Paint the Town Plein Air Painting, Cocktail Party & Art Sale: The Lyme Art Association
Lyme Art Association 90 Lyme Street, Old LymePlein Air Painting – Dawn to Dusk Cocktail Party & Art Sale – 5:00 – 7:00 pm Lyme Art Association Members are invited to participate in a day of outdoor plein air painting around Lyme & Old Lyme, and to attend a cocktail party and an art sale of their painted pieces created that day. […]
Loether, Coller, and Chodkowski Together Again at Nightingale’s Acoustic Cafe
Nightingale's Acoustic Cafe 68 Lyme Street, Old LymePaul Loether is a left-handed folk singer/songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist whose expressive vocals cover a broad range of traditional and contemporary folk music—from Stephen Foster, Elizabeth Cotton, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger to Tom Paxton, Bill Staines, Carrie Newcomer, and John McCutcheon; see: Boob on our TV - John McCutcheon cover (youtube.com). His usually topical originals are […]
GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV at College Street Music Hall
College Street Music Hall 238 College Street, New HavenBorn in Johannesburg, South Africa, and now calling Colorado home, horticulturist/musician Gregory Alan Isakov has cast an impressive presence on the indie-rock and folk worlds with his six full-length studio albums: That Sea, The Gambler; This Empty Northern Hemisphere; The Weatherman; Gregory Alan Isakov with the Colorado Symphony; Evening Machines (nominated for a Grammy award for Best […]
Jerry Bergonzi Quintet at The Side Door
The Side Door 85 Lyme Street, Old LymeTenor saxophonist, Jerry Bergonzi, is an internationally recognized jazz performer, composer, author and educator. His music is renowned for its innovation, mastery, and integrity. Relentless drive, inner fire, total command, awesome technique, elastic lyricism, rich resonance, world-class, a musical visionary, are among the rave reviews credited to his sound. Bergonzi's music has been applauded throughout […]