Blue Grass, Green Skies: American Impressionism from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art at New Britain Museum of American Art

New Britain Museum of Art 56 Lexington Street, New Britain

January 24, 2025 - May 18, 2025 "It must not be assumed that American Impressionism and French Impressionism are identical. The American painter accepted the spirit, not the letter of the new doctrine." - Christian Brinton, 1916 In 1874, a group of avant-garde French artists, including Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, […]

Free – $20

Dominion Energy SchoolTime Performance Series at The Garde: Origin

Garde Arts Center 325 State Street, New London

Origin is a 2023 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ava DuVernay. It is based on the life of Isabel Wilkerson as she writes the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. Over the course of the film, Wilkerson travels throughout Germany, India, and the United States to research the caste systems in […]

$17

Celebrate the Spring Season with a Visit to the Lyme Art Association

Lyme Art Association 90 Lyme Street, Old Lyme

Four Acts and the Jane Penfield Solo Show are both on view February 28 – April 10, 2025. Opening Reception: Sunday, March 2 from 2 – 4 pm. The Lyme Art Association invites you to its historic galleries this spring to see An Exhibition in Four Acts, an exhibit showcasing the diversity of styles created by its talented member […]

Sip & Sketch at WCSU Gallery

Visual & Performing Arts Center WCSU Art Gallery 43 Lake Ave Extension, Danbury

Join us for an enjoyable and creative evening of drawing while listening to music, sipping wine, and savoring light refreshments. This event, led by experienced artist and WCSU alumna Janet […]

$30

Rock Hearts Bluegrass at The Garde

Garde Arts Center 325 State Street, New London

Formed in 2013, Rock Hearts brings together five seasoned musicians from Southern New England who love to sing and pick bluegrass, old country tunes, and seek out tunes from other genres to “bluegrass-ify.”  Named […]

$28 – $32

French Canadian Jam at Connecticut Museum of Culture and History

Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth Street, Hartford

Get acquainted with French Canadian traditional tunes at this monthly jam session at the CMCH,  happening Saturday afternoons on First Free Weekends! New players and new listeners are always welcome! If you would like to join in, please get in touch with jam organizer, Joe Lavariere, at joesondra@juno.com. Please note: the French Canadian Jam will take […]

Introduction to Classical Latin at Blackstone Library in Branford

Blackstone Library 758 Main St, Branford

Class will meet in person Saturday mornings from 11 a.m. to noon beginning Saturday, September 7, 2024. The study of Latin exercises memory, increases English vocabulary, and broadens general knowledge. Using the textbook Ecce Romani I, participants will learn Latin vocabulary, English vocabulary derived from Latin, Latin and English grammar, translation skills, and ancient Roman geography, […]