75th Anniversary Berlin Fair!
Berlin Fair Grounds 430 Beckly Road, BerlinSept. 12 - 15, 2024 Since 1949, The Berlin Lions Club has operated the Berlin Fair and it has been the main event in town ever since. The fair takes place the weekend of the third Sunday in September of every year. Each year brings new and exciting entertainment and events. For more information
Artists in Conversation | Ken Gonzales-Day at Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art 1080 Chapel Street, New HavenKen Gonzales-Day will talk with Martina Droth, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Yale Center for British Art, about Composition in Black and Brown, a two-part public art project emerging from his engagement with the collections of the Center and the Yale Peabody Museum. A reception will follow. About Ken Gonzales-Day Born in 1964 in Santa Clara, […]
Four Town Fair: Somers
Four Town Fair 56 Egypt Road, SomersSept 12 - Sept 15, 2024 The Four Town Fair is considered the oldest continuous Agricultural Fair in Connecticut. It happened in the winter of 1838-1839. People commented: Let’s have a contest! People gathered to have their contest; and 420 cows and oxen showed up. Nobody had ever seen so many cows and oxen in […]
The Quest for the Plant Script : Writer and Poet Sumana Roy at Yale Whitney Humanities Center
Whitney Humanities Center 320 York Street, New HavenIf plants could write, what stories would they tell us? What might we learn—about ourselves and the botanical world—if we learned to read, write, and translate a language rooted in vegetal life? Join Sumana Roy as she explores why these questions have captivated our writers, artists, thinkers, and scholars over the last hundred years. In […]
Shipwright’s Daughter Rum Runner Dinner Aboard the Sabino Steamboat
Sabino Steamboat Mystic Bascule Bridge, MysticJOIN US FOR A 2-HOUR SUNSET CRUISE aboard the beautifully restored Sabino Steamboat WITH FOOD FROM JAMES BEARD AWARD FINALIST, CHEF DAVID STANDRIDGE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE REAL MCCOY RUM & WINES FROM UNGRAFTED SELECTIONS. ENJOY CULINARY DELIGHTS LIKE SUSTAINABLY SOURCED NEW ENGLAND POKE BOWL, SUSHI HAND ROLLS & CRAFT COCKTAILS FROM THE OPEN BAR AS […]
Power and Deception: An Evening with Joe Conason at RJ Julia
RJ Julia Booksellers 768 Boston Post Road, MadisonGet ready for an eye-opening evening with Joe Conason as he discusses his latest book, The Longest Con. In this gripping and darkly humorous account, Conason explores the evolution of political tactics that have shaped modern conservatism. Whether you're interested in history, politics, or the dynamics of power, this event offers a fascinating look at the […]
Art Thieves and Espionage: An Evening with James R. Benn at RJ Julia
RJ Julia Booksellers 768 Boston Post Road, MadisonStep into the thrilling world of WWII intrigue as James R. Benn takes you behind the scenes of The Phantom Patrol, the latest installment in his Billy Boyle Mystery series. Discover the challenges Billy faces as he unravels a dangerous conspiracy amidst the chaos of the Battle of the Bulge. Don't miss this opportunity to hear […]
Photography: Lisa Elmaleh and Jessica Wolff at WCSU Gallery
Visual & Performing Arts Center WCSU Art Gallery 43 Lake Ave Extension, DanburySept 12–Oct 13, 2024 Opening Reception: Thurs, Sept 12, 2024, 6:00–8:00 pm Lisa Elmaleh is a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow. Her photographic series, Tierra Prometida, captures the multifaceted aspects of migration at the border between the United States and Mexico. Created with a 1930s-era large format camera, her work encompasses the people, landscape, migratory routes, and humanitarian efforts there. […]
An Evening with Artist Lee Bul at The Met
Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue, New YorkJoin artist Lee Bul for a conversation about The Genesis Facade Commission: Lee Bul, Long Tail Halo, a suite of four sculptures for The Met Fifth Avenue’s facade that combines classical and futuristic bodily forms in motion and explores how history can be admired as well as destabilized. The conversation unpacks Lee's expansive career, including her performances, […]
Samson Occom: Indigenous Sovereignty in Revolutionary Connecticut atConnecticut Museum of Culture and History
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth Street, HartfordIn an age of political upheaval, Samson Occom (1723-1792) helped chart a new course for the Native communities of the Northeast. Occom grew up a Mohegan immersed in his people’s traditional lifeways, and worked to reinvent those lifeways in a world transformed by colonialism. Occom rose to international fame advocating for Mohegan interests, and eventually […]
Deepak Chopra at the Palace Theater in Waterbury
Palace Theater 100 East Main St, Waterbury“The past is gone, the future is not here, now I am free of both. Right now, I choose joy.” Join New York Times bestselling author Deepak Chopra as he guides you on how to wake up to new levels of awareness that will ultimately cultivate a clear vision, heal suffering in your mind and body, and […]
Jazz Guitarist Stephane Wrembel and Jean Michel-Pilc at The Kate
The Kate 300 Main Street, Old SaybrookFrench Jazz Guitarist/Gypsy Jazz & World Music Influcences Stepane Wrembel, recognized as one of the preeminent guitarists globally, specializes in the style of Django Reinhardt. With a career spanning the globe, he has released 18 recordings and toured incessantly since 2003. His original compositions have been featured in Midnight in Paris (“Bistro Fada”) and Vicky […]