Summer Concert Series: Gunsmoke at the Bartlett Arboretum
Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens 151 Brookdale Road, StamfordGunsmoke performs traditional country music. They have entertained audiences across the Northeast for over 25 years. Beyond the music, Gunsmoke is a family band. Raised together with classic country sounds, they have a passion for keeping the legacy of country music alive. Their repertoire combines country’s past, present, and western swing. Members must sign in […]
Lyme Academy of Fine Arts: Portrait in Stone: An Introduction to the Machinetta in Stone Carving with Fred X Brownstein
Lyme Academy of Fine Arts 84 Lyme Street, Old LymeInstructor: Fred X Brownstein Dates: Monday, July 14–Sunday, July 20, 2025 Times: 9 am–4 pm This workshop introduces the Italian machinetta, or pointing machine, and methods for transferring measurements from a model to stone. In this workshop, you will learn how to set up the tool and practice the correct method for each phase of the stone carving process. […]
Lyme Academy of Fine Arts: Figure Drawing In Graphite – Gesture, Anatomy, and Form with Darren Kingsley
Lyme Academy of Fine Arts 84 Lyme Street, Old LymeInstructor: Darren Kingsley Dates: Monday, July 14–Friday, July 18, 2025 Times: 9 am–4 pm (break 12–1 pm) This workshop focuses on drawing from a gestural approach, aiming to achieve both an interesting and lifelike block-in and accuracy. Students learn about anatomy, structural landmarks, and gestural lines before moving on to theoretical and observational value modeling of the figure, […]
Singin’ in the Rain at Playhouse on Park in West Hartford
Playhouse On Park 244 Park Rd, West HartfordJuly 16 - August 17, 2025 A New Comedy by Jacques Lamarre Screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolph Green Songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed Based on the classic Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film, by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Inc. A wildly inventive re-imagining of “the greatest movie musical of all time” set […]
POWER LINE: Yale School of Art at Perrotin Gallery in New York
Perrotin Gallery 130 Orchard Street, NYC, NYJune 12 -August 1, 2025 Perrotin New York is pleased to present Power Line, an exhibition of works by the Yale School of Art Painting and Printmaking Graduate Class of 2025. Through painting, sculpture, or installation, these artists share a deep engagement with materiality, memory, identity, and transformation. The exhibition marks Perrotin's third collaboration with Yale […]
Webinar: American Christian Nationalism, Christian Zionism, and the Middle East at the Hartford International University
Hartford International University for Religion and Peace 77 Sherman Street, HartfordIn a recent interview, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) indicated that he supported a war against the Islamic Republic of Iran by Israel and the United States because of his Christian beliefs based on his particular understanding of the Bible. Senator Cruz’s comments reveal popular American Christian perspectives about the Middle East. In this webinar, […]
Gallery Talk • John Boone—WHATSWHAT at Lyman Allyn
Lyman Allyn Art Museum 625 Williams Street, New LondonMay 3 – August 10, 2025 Attuned to idioms and their layers of meaning, artist John Boone (American, born 1951) explores the complexity of language in his word-based paintings. At once playful and serious, Boone engages the viewer with familiar phrases, initiating a conversation and inviting the viewer to imagine what comes next. WHATSWHAT features a […]
National Cabaret & Performance at The Eugene O’Neill Theater
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center 305 Great Neck Road, WaterfordJuly 16-26, 2025 About the Conference The Cabaret & Performance Conference, led by Grammy & Emmy Award winner John McDaniel, brings some of the biggest names in cabaret theater to perform at the O’Neill each summer. During its two weeks, it also offers intensive, hands-on artistic guidance and instruction for select up-and-coming performers on the cabaret scene […]
Megafauna: Ezra Moth: Solo Exhibition at Real Artways
Real Art Ways 56 Arbor Street, HartfordJun 19 - Aug 24, 2025 My work teeters on the edge of speculation and functionality, between science fiction and practicality, and it always deals with the intersection of ecology and queer liberation. It is not medium specific and has been presented in the form of sculptures, speculative agriculture interventions, and performance artworks. Largely, I […]
Navigation Tools For The Backpacker: Map & Compass Workshop
Sleeping Giant Park 200 Mt Carmel Ave, HamdenMap and compass skills are an important set of tools for any backpacker, day hiker or adventurer. Not only do they help provide a safe and enjoyable experience, but they also open the door for exploration. No matter where you are, a map and compass will not fail you as long as you know how […]
2025 New Canaan Village Fair & Sidewalk Sale
Downtown New Canaan Main StreetSponsored annually for over 50 years by the Chamber of Commerce, and held every year on the third Saturday in July, the origins of the Sidewalk Sale date back to the 1920’s, when merchants put their wares on the sidewalks for sale. In recent years the Event has expanded to include a “Pre-Sale” day on Friday […]
Concerts in the Park – Fusion at Washington Park in Groton
Washington Park 155 Meridian Street, GrotonBring your chair or blanket, have dinner from the food trucks and enjoy some great summer music! For more information