East Lyme Puppetry Project: The Reluctant Dragon by Lionheart Puppets
East Lyme Community Center 41 Society Rd, NianticWhat happens when Harold, a young village boy, discovers a dragon in the mountains? Can Harold convince the villagers that the dragon just wants to be friends? For more information
Classic Car Culture & History-Making James Melton in Norwalk
Stepping Stones Museum for Children 303 West Ave, NorwalkThe Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum will present a talk by automotive historian John J. O’Leary IV titled, Classic Car Culture & History-Making James Melton. Light refreshments will be offered following the presentation. James Melton was known as ‘America’s Favorite Tenor’ from the 1920s through the 1950s. His fame as a singer, however, was eventually eclipsed by his passion for collecting classic, antique, […]
Schnitzel Sundays at Whitecrest Eatery in Stonington
Whitecrest Eatery 22 Bayview Avenue #14, StoningtonWiener Schnitzel Veal, peas, brown butter, potatoes, herbs Jaegar Schnitzel Pork, mushroom gravy, crispy potatoes, herbs Eggplant Katsu Crispy eggplant, rice, cucumber salad, broccoli, katsu sauce $20 Schnitzels Happy hour drinks all night Sunday 4:30 – 8pm For more information
JMH Fellow Reading: Manan Kapoor at the Merrill House
Stonington Free Library 20 High Street, StoningtonMay Fellow, Manan Kapoor will read at the Stonington Free Library. For more information
Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra at The Side Door
The Side Door 85 Lyme Street, Old LymeIn 2007, NEA Jazz Master and Grammy Award winning trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis formed the Uptown Jazz Orchestra (UJO) for the purpose of keeping important jazz music traditions alive; such as riff-playing, spontaneous group improvisations, and collective New Orleans instrumental polyphony. At the time, Marsalis realized that the New Orleans music community was lacking the infusion […]
Take a Tour of Connecticut’s beautiful State Capitol building
Connecticut State Capitol 210 Capitol Ave., HartfordCapitol Information and Tours at the Connecticut State Capitol is operated by the League of Women Voters of Connecticut Education Fund and sponsored by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management, Connecticut General Assembly. General tourist information centers are located outside room 101 in the State Capitol and on the first floor, west entrance in the […]
Yale-New Haven Regular Singing at Never Ending Books
Never Ending Books 810 State St, New HavenThe Yale-New Haven Regular Singing has been gathering since January 2010 to sing hymns, fuging tunes, and anthems from the Sacred Harp and other collections of shape-note music. We meet from 7 to 9 pm three times a month in New Haven: on second and fourth Tuesdays in room 106 of Yale’s Stoeckel Hall (469 […]
Minnie Negoro: From Heart Mountain to UConn at The Benton Museum
The Willian Benton Museum of Art 245 Glenbrook Road, StorrsJanuary 21 - July 27, 2025 Before becoming an award-winning ceramicist and the founder of the UConn ceramics program, in spring 1942, Minnie Negoro was a young college senior at UCLA on the verge of her college graduation. Over the course of six days, her life turned upside down. As the U.S. forcibly removed and […]
Guided Tour & Lunch at MANITOGA, The Russell Wright Design Center withCarriage Barn Arts
Carriage Barn Arts Center 681 South Avenue, New CanaanMANITOGA / The Russel Wright Design Center in Garrison, NY presents and interprets Manitoga as the Wrights’ inspiration and design achievement as a leading center for innovative and sustainable design, architecture, and landscape. Join the Carriage Barn for a group guided tour of MANITOGA, the House, Studio and Woodland Garden of pioneer industrial designer, Russel Wright […]
2025 National Speaking Tour with Ngoc Minh Ngo (NYSID)
New York School of Interior Design 170 East 70th Street, NYCTalk begins at 2 p.m. followed by a reception at 3 p.m. No other floral genus has greater variety and enticement than the rose. They blossom in an endless variety of shapes and a surprising spectrum of colors; their perfume is ineffable. After three thousand years of cultivation, the rose continues to seduce. This is […]
Live from the Boathouse! : Frank Dellaripa presents Flooding, Past and Present at the Connecticut River Museum
Connecticut River Museum 67 Main Street, Essex, CTIn 1936, a two-hundred-foot-wide dam along the Connecticut River burst, releasing eight million gallons of water. In Hartford, the floodwaters rose to an astonishing 38 feet above normal. Streets and bridges collapsed and washed away. By examining the history of flooding along the Connecticut River, we can take valuable lessons for the challenges of the present […]
Evening Lecture Series at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo
Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo 1875 Noble Avenue, BridgeportTopic: Project Limulus presents: Horseshoe Crabs and the Limulus Leech: a tale of two misnomers. Sacred Heart University Biology Professor Jo-Marie Kasinak will present some of her recent research with Project Limulus. Project Limulus has studied horseshoe crabs in Long Island Sound for over 25 years, and has learned a lot about horseshoe crabs! Come learn about these […]