Free Summer Studio 2025 in Graphic Design at Southern Connecticut State University

Southern Connecticut State University 501 Crescent Street, New Haven

Calling all High School juniors and seniors in South Connecticut Summer Studio 2025 is a FREE immersive, pre-college experience in graphic design for motivated high school students. Hosted by Southern Connecticut State University’s Department of Art & Design, the program offers hands-on, college-level coursework in a supportive and creative environment. Over the course of four […]

Lyme Academy of Fine Arts: FIGURE DRAWING – METHODS & MATERIALS OF THE BAROQUE & THE 18TH CENTURY

Lyme Academy of Fine Arts 84 Lyme Street, Old Lyme

Instructor: Jon DeMartin Dates:  July 7-11, 2025 Times: 9 am–4 pm (break 12–1 pm) This five-day workshop aims to teach students to build a solidly constructed three-dimensional figure, as they progress from linework to modeling the form in light and shadow. Students will study both short- and long-pose figure drawing in order to enhance their learning.  The […]

$750

Steven Spielberg & the Birth of the Summer Blockbuster at the Milford Library

Milford Library 57 New Haven Ave., Milford

It's the 50th anniversary of the classic movie, Jaws, and the dawning of the legendary career of director Steven Spielberg.  The movie not only put Spielberg on the pop culture map but also heralded in the concept of the "summer blockbuster". Join entertainment journalist and podcaster Joe Meyers for an engaging look at perennial classics like E.T. and Indiana […]

Django Festival Allstars at The Kate

The Kate 300 Main Street, Old Saybrook

The Django Festival Allstars, have grown into a brilliantly cohesive group of star musicians who've taken America by storm, performing the music of Django Reinhardt and more at top concert halls and festivals to standing ovations. Django’s unmistakable cool and jumpin’ joie de vivre made him an icon for an unlikely range of luminaries and guitar greats […]

$44

The Gospel at Colonus at Little Island: Hudson River Greenway

Little Island Pier 55, Hudson River Greenway, NYC

July 8-26, 2025 The epic myth of Oedipus is reborn as a Pentecostal ritual that remakes prophecy as testimony and brokenness as transcendence. A man condemned from birth searches for grace. A choir lifts him up. The congregation – the audience – bears witness to his tale. But here, tragedy is not an ending – […]

$25

NORTH STONINGTON AGRICULTURAL FAIR

NORTH STONINGTON AGRICULTURAL FAIR 21 WYASSUP ROAD, North Stonington

​JULY 10 - 13, 2025 HOME ARTS AND CRAFTS ~~CONCESSIONS~~RIDESLIVESTOCK SHOWS AND PULLS~~STAGE ENTERTAINMENTPIG RACING ~ BLACKSMITH DEMOSAWMILL EXHIBITIONS~~CARRIAGE DRIVING SHOW~~TRUCK & TRACTOR PULLS~~MAGICIAN~~HAM & BEAN DINNER~~DOG DEMOS AND MUCH MORE! ADMISSION:  10 and Over  $12.00 Under 10 - Free For more information 

Free – $12

EVENING IN THE GARDEN at Hollister House Garden

Hollister House Garden 300 Nettleton Hollow Rd, Washington

As the light fades and day turns to evening, enjoy the company of friends and neighbors and see the beauty of the garden in a different light. Come have a glass of wine in the barn. Then enjoy a walk in the garden where you will delight in the intimate outdoor spaces, bordered by dramatic […]

$20

Dialogues: Composers Abroad at Norfolk Music Shed

Norfolk Music Shed 49 Battell Rd, Norfolk

Enjoy a program of European composers who influenced American music in various ways, both through their musical works and as pedagogues. ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Terzetto in C Major, Op. 74 PAUL HINDEMITH […]

Free – $70

7th Annual Woodies at Mystic Seaport

Mystic Seaport 75 Greenmanville Ave, Mystic

Sponsored by Yankee Wood Chapter of the National Woodies Club. Pre-registration is required. Info: Bill Lyman | 860.908.8097 | mysticwoodies@gmail.com For more information Photo: Yankee Wood Chapter

The 14th Annual New York City Poetry Festival on Governors Island

Nolan Park Governors Island, New York, NY

From The Poetry Society of New York: "Every year on the last weekend in July, the New York City Poetry Festival unites the vast and diverse New York City poetry community on the idyllic summer paradise of Governors Island. The festival invites poetry organizations and collectives of all shapes and sizes to bring their unique […]

The Joke Show! at The Legacy Theater

Legacy Theatre 128 Thimble Islands Road, Branford

Saturday, July 12 at 10am & 1pm Autographed Books for sale after the show, AND meet the author himself! Based on Alan Katz hilarious book that's selling like hot cakes, The Funniest Joke Book Ever for Kids, The Joke Show! comes to you with fresh family fun and even a few lessons along the way! Don't […]

$25

John Boone—WHATSWHAT at Lyman Allyn

Lyman Allyn Art Museum 625 Williams Street, New London

May 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 […]

Free – $10