Encounters with the Collection: Art and Human Rights at The Benton
The Willian Benton Museum of Art 245 Glenbrook Road, StorrsNow through July 28, 2025 Encounters with the Collection: Art and Human Rights is the fourth in a series of annual collection gallery rotations that bring fresh perspectives to the interpretation of the Benton’s holdings. This installation is mounted in collaboration with the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute’s Research Program on Arts & Human Rights at UConn. […]
Agrarian Studies Colloquium: Lloyd Sy “Buffalo Bird Woman Makes a Garden: Memory and Native Horticulture” at Yale
Yale Agrarian Studies 230 Prospect Street, New HavenLloyd Sy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Yale University. Sy is a literary historian specializing in American literature of the long nineteenth century, especially Native/Indigenous literatures and environmental humanities. He is currently completing a book project about deforestation in American letters between 1830 and 1920. Broadly, it argues that Native […]
Mary’s Back! – TASTING at The Study: Greenwich
The Study Fine Wine & Spirits 1071 North Street, Greenwich, CTBring the whole fam!Everyone loves a visit with Mary Chegwidden of Drinkable Arts! She and her father directly import the tastiest French wines at incredible values. Check out her new Meursault & Bourgogne Rouge amongst tried and true favorites. For more information
Spirits After Dark Tour at the Stowe Center
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center 77 Forest Street, HartfordSpirits at Stowe will continue from November through January, offered on the first Friday and third Saturday of each month. Our tours and lectures are unique, in that they delve into the historic, social, and political context of the 19th century and explore the role of spiritualism in the lives of reformers, suffragists, and Black activists. […]
Firelight Festival at Henry Whitfield Museum
Whitfield House 248 Old Whitfield St, GuilfordGather outside Connecticut's oldest house to experience the festive atmosphere created by the glow of luminaria, lanterns, and three outdoor fires. Enjoy roasted marshmallows, popcorn, hot cocoa, and mulled cider, and listen to readings of The Night Before Christmas. This night is also the only chance to tour the Whitfield House after dark. Learn to craft a […]
Annual Small Painting Show at the Cooley Gallery in Old Lyme
Cooley Gallery 25 Lyme Street, Old LymeThrough January 5, 2025 Our annual Small Painting Show! Lots of great little art!! Betsey starts her daily diversions emails tomorrow…each day in December see a little gem and enjoy her take on it! Sign up for our email list on our website: cooleygallery.com For more information
Author Reading Karen Warfield @ The Hygienic Art Gallery, New London
Hygienic Art 79 Bank Street, New LondonThe Emancipation of Hannah Faythe Winslow: A Woman's Journey in Colonial America by author Karen Warfield is a work of literary fiction with historical facts woven throughout themes of deception and restoration. After the 1637 Mohegan and Pequot War, orphaned Hannah is left with a vile and amoral man who evades the local magistrates under […]
Ridgefield Holiday Stroll!
Downtown Ridgefield Main Street, RidgefieldRidgefield, are you ready to stroll into the holiday season? The Holiday Stroll is almost here—December 6th & 7th! Save the dates for a weekend of merry-making, music, and more. Here’s the rundown: Friday, December 6th DJ spinning holiday hits: 6–9 PM Toy Soldiers marching down Main Street & Bailey Avenue: 6–9 PM Carolers jingling […]
Encore! A Holiday Concert with the Yale Whiffenpoofs at La Grua Center
La Grua Center 32 Water St, StoningtonAfter a sold out performance last December, we’re so pleased to once again welcome back the Yale Whiffenpoofs! One hundred and 14 years after their founding, The Yale Whiffenpoofs join us here at the La Grua Center, singing a mix of classic and contemporary favorites! The Whiffenpoofs, America’s oldest a cappella group, entertain audiences around […]
inDANCE: ROWDIES IN LOVE at Wesleyan Center for the Arts
Wesleyan Center for the Arts Theater 271 Washington Terrace, MiddletownFriday, December 6, 2024 at 7:00pm Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 7:00pm ", the maverick gadfly is aggressively iconoclastic a very naughty boy scoff at tradition, turn things upside down and shake out all the cobwebs” --The Toronto Star “..most successful choreographic unions…intriguing work performed as scorching side-by-side duets that explored inDANCE’s affinity for hybridization…a […]
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: Town Players of New Canaan
Powerhouse Theater Performing Arts Center 679 South Ave, New CanaanDecember 6 - 15, 2024 "In this hilarious Christmas classic, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids – probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem – and the fun – when the Herdmans collide head-on with the story of […]
Alisa Amador at Space Ballroom
Space Ballroom 295 Treadwell Stree, HamdenThe day Alisa Amador decided to walk away from her career in music was, ironically enough, the day her career truly began. "I was burned out and dealing with all this personal grief and trauma, and I finally just came to the conclusion that I couldn't go on the way I was anymore," she reflects. […]