Dusty Booze: In Search of Vintage Spirits | Illustrated Talk and Tasting
Mill Hill Historic Park 2 East Wall Street, NorwalkThe Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, in collaboration with the Norwalk Historical Society, presents award-winning author Aaron Goldfarb for an illustrated talk and book signing titled, Dusty Booze: In Search of Vintage Spirits. Spirits tasting and a signature cocktail will be offered following the presentation courtesy of SoNo 1420 America’s Maritime Distillery, South Norwalk, CT. Mr. Goldfarb’s book, published by Abrams Books, will be […]
“The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt” Fundraiser at Mather Homestead in Darien
Mather Homestead 19 Stephen Mather Rd, DarienEvent begins at 6 o’clock with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres in the Mather Homestead sunken garden. We will be open for tours of the historic Homestead. Lecture starting at 7 o’clock, followed by dessert and a champagne toast to Bertha Mather, and the women who have impacted all of our lives! Edward F. O’Keefe is […]
JAMES BALDWIN: THE PRICE OF THE TICKET at Cinestudio Hartford
Cinestudio Hartford 300 Summit St, HartfordFree Screening at 7pm with post film talk-back Sep 26 Director: Karen Thorsen, Douglas K. Dempsey and William Miles An emotional portrait, a social critique, and a passionate plea for human equality, JAMES BALDWIN: THE PRICE OF THE TICKET is now considered a classic. Without using narration, the film allows Baldwin to tell his own story: […]
The Power of Music with Suzie Collier | A Conversation and Performance at Grace Farms
Grace Farms 365 Lukes Wood Road, New CanaanIgnite a more powerful relationship with music! Conductor, violinist, and educator Suzie Collier and our Music Director, Marcus G. Miller, will share the secrets and techniques to inspiring musical imagination in children and reigniting musical passion in adults. Collier and Miller will perform a duet on violin and saxophone respectively, and invite the audience to join in on […]
Yale Symposium: A Puritan Picture: Vanity, Morality, and Race in Seventeenth-Century Britain
Yale School of Architecture 180 York Street, New HavenPurchased by the Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) at auction in June 2021, the painting was recognized as a work of outstanding significance to the study of early modern race and gender. After an export stop, it was acquired by Compton Verney, an art gallery in Warwickshire that is housed in a Grade […]
Sierra Club Connecticut Annual Fall Get Together in Hartford
The 224 EcoSpace 224 Farmington Ave, HartfordSierra Club Connecticut invites you to join us for a our annual fall get together on Friday, September 27 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Since 1972 our Chapter community of volunteers, staff and allies has been at the center of the environmental movement in Connecticut. Over food and drinks, we will reconnect and have […]
History on Tap at the Keller Tavern Museum in Rigefield
Keeler Tavern Museum 152 Main Street, RidgefieldEnjoy a fun evening of beer tastings, delicious food, and live programming! We're going back to our historic tavern roots with this great annual event, featuring local breweries like Counter Weight and Nod Hill. More breweries to be announced soon! Tickets include unlimited tastings, a branded glass, and dinner from Melt Mobile food truck. For […]
Evidence of Evil Haunted Attraction at Lyman Orchards
Lyman Orchards 32 Reeds Gap Rd, MiddlefieldDo you dare enter the dark orchards after dusk? Connecticut's Interactive Haunted Attraction will send you running for the orchard hills! This fall, step into the unknown and face your fears at Evidence of Evil Haunted Attraction! Located at the picturesque Lyman Orchards, our interactive haunted experience is designed to thrill, chill, and leave you breathless. Prepare […]
Film Screening: World Documentaries Today!: Ramona Victoria Linares Villegas (2023) at Yale
Whitney Humanities Center 320 York Street, New HavenJoin us for the second installment of Films at the Whitney’s Fall 2024 screening series, World Documentaries Today! Victoria Linares Villegas, RAMONA (2023, 82 min., Spanish with English subtitles) Nearly one in five teenage girls in the Dominican Republic is a mother. This is the subject of the fictional drama that filmmaker Victoria Linares Villegas originally set out to make. But when lead actress Camila Santana struggles to relate to her character—a pregnant teenaged runaway […]
Film: RED ISLAND by Robin Campillo at Cinestudio Hartford
Cinestudio Hartford 300 Summit St, HartfordSeptember 27-October 3, 2024 French director Robin Campillo has been surprising interviewers by comparing his highly acclaimed new movie to Blue Velvet, saying it’s “a little bit David Lynch.” And although one is set in Madagascar and one in North Carolina, both are personal coming-of-age films that feature a young main character who lives in […]
Film: MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival 2024 at Cinestudio Hartford
Cinestudio Hartford 300 Summit St, HartfordSeptember 27 @ 7pm September 28 @ 2PM MANHATTAN SHORT 27th Annual Short Film Festival, a worldwide event taking place in over 500 venues across six continents. MANHATTAN SHORT is the only event of its kind. The Ten Finalists will screen simultaneously across the world during a one-week period, with the Best Film and Best […]
Hartford Symphony Orchestra Masterworks: Prokofiev 5 & Peter
Bushnell Theater 166 Capitol Ave, HartfordSEP. 27-29, 2024: 8PM Our season will start in a perhaps unexpected way. We have never featured Prokofiev’s Peter and The Wolf and the Prokofiev No. 5 in the same concert. These two pieces, plus the Classical Symphony are probably the three most beloved and well-known pieces by Prokofiev, yet one rarely will find Peter […]