Layo Bright: Dawn and Dusk at The Aldrich Museum
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 258 Main Street, RidgefieldApril 7 through October 27, 2024 Dawn and Dusk is Layo Bright’s first solo museum exhibition featuring new and borrowed works in glass and pottery made between 2020 and 2024. The show brings together several ongoing series tracking Bright’s synchronized jumps from figuration to abstraction. Working in the round, on the wall, and in relief, Bright’s […]
Elizabeth Englander: Eminem Buddhism, Volume 3 at The Aldrich Museum
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 258 Main Street, RidgefieldApril 7 through October 27, 2024 The iconography is drawn from Englander’s study of Asian religious art, specifically the history of statuary icons that began in the 2nd century BCE in India. From this iconography certain sacred forms emerge as the protagonists in Englander’s sculptures: Chamunda,“the feminine element of god,” or shakti, whose attributes symbolize the […]
Victorian Tea at SHC: Garden Party with Celebrity Master Gardener
Stamford History Center 1508 High Ridge Road, StamfordMeet our 2024 Victorian Tea speaker! Christopher Waruch Mann "My passion for horticulture was sparked the day my parents took me home from the hospital back to our family Garden Center where our home is also located. During middle school and high school I worked for every family member and many customers on weekends. After […]
Story and Soil Coffee Re-Re-opening in Frog Hollow
Story and Soil Coffee 387 Capitol Avenue, HartfordExciting News! Next Wednesday 4/3 we’re celebrating the Grand Reopening of our newly renovated cafe! We’ll be featuring @givcoffee, @blackwhiteroasters and @redroostercoffeeroaster!! Our doors opened for business in July of 2017 with a vision to create a supportive and positive culture, celebrate our vibrant community, and build relationships through coffee. We love what we do […]
Summer Camp Sampler at the Connecticut River Museum
Connecticut River Museum 67 Main Street, Essex, CTApril 8 and 12 Looking for something fun to do this spring break? Why not spend it exploring the Connecticut River? Between April 8 and 12, the Connecticut River Museum is hosting a five-day Spring Break Camp Sampler! We’re giving you a sneak peek into all the fun we have planned for summer camp this […]
Eclipse Event: EXPERIENCE THE CELESTIAL SPECTACLE OF A LIFETIME!
Connecticut Science Center 250 Columbus Blvd., Hartford🌞 Live Viewing:Immerse yourself in the celestial wonder as you witness the sun disappear behind the moon, plunging the world into a temporary twilight. Our specially equipped viewing area and solar glasses (included with your event ticket) ensure a safe and unobstructed experience, allowing you to marvel at the beauty of the solar spectacular. 🌑 Engaging Activities:Enhance […]
April Vacation: Earth Week at Niantic Children’s Museum
Niantic Children's Museum 409 Main Street, NianticApril 9 - 12, 2024 Join us for a terra-ific week as we celebrate the Earth we live on! The week will be filled with hands-on demonstrations, crafts, and more! Challenge yourself to make something out of recycled materials in our Museum MakerSpace. Educator-led demonstrations will run from 10am to 2pm at the top of […]
WCSU: Climate and Human Civilization Lecture Series: Hope
WCSU Science Building 181 White Street, DanburyCLIMATE AND HUMAN CIVILIZATION: 8th annual series of lectures for the general public on climate change. Professors at WCSU will team up with students to present the latest information on climate change and its effects on our lives and future. From 7 to 8 p.m. in Room 219 of the Science Building on the Midtown campus. The public […]
Cro-Mags at Space Ballroom
Space Ballroom 295 Treadwell Stree, HamdenThe history of the Cro-Mags is integral to the history of Hardcore, its evolution from punk and the development of alternative music genres such as hardcore, cross-over, thrash metal, post punk and grunge to name a few. Numerous iconic bands from Metallica to Green Day, and individuals such as Dave Grohl have credited Cro-Mags with […]
New Haven Symphony Orchestra “Renaissance Rhythms: From Harlem to New Haven,”Film Screening: Unsung Heroes: The Music of Jazz in New Haven
Stetson Branch Library 197 Dixwell Avenue, New HavenThe New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) will present “Renaissance Rhythms: From Harlem to New Haven,” a week of programs spanning the week of April 6- 14, which explore the artistic outpouring of music, theatre, and writing that flourished in both the Harlem Renaissance and New Haven’s Renaissance during the same era. Join us for a Film […]
Author Talk and Signing: Caoilinn Hughes (The Alternatives) at Bank Square Books
Bank Square Books 80 Stonington Road, Mystic, CTCaoilinn Hughes is the author of The Wild Laughter, which won the Royal Society of Literature’s Encore Award and was longlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize, and Orchid & the Wasp, which won the Collyer Bristow Prize and was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. She was recently the Oscar Wilde Centre Writer Fellow at […]
Fat Moon Mushroom Dinner at The Herb Lyceum
Herb Lyceum 368 Main Street, Groton, MAThe Herb Lyceum’s April Speaker’s series brings delicious, one-night-only menu offerings together with food for the mind, harkening back to the United States’ historical Lyceum movement. On April 10th, please join us and farmer Elizabeth Almeida of Fat Moon Mushrooms for a delicious dinner celebrating fabulous fungi. Elizabeth will share her incredible story and passion […]