Movies in the Plaza at Pitkin Park

Movies in the Plaza is back, bringing you free Wednesday night (and now select Sunday afternoon) movie screenings May through October in downtown New Haven’s beloved Pitkin Plaza! Grab your lawn chairs, picnic blankets and some takeout from a local spot, and spend an evening under the stars enjoying blockbusters, nostalgic blasts from the past, […]

Nanette Carter at Berry Campbell Gallery NYC

Berry Campbell Gallery 524 W 26th St, NYC

21 Nov - 21 Dec 2024 Working with intangible ideas around contemporary issues has been my motivating force. Reading the news about different developments taking place around the world has turned me into a chronicler of our time. How to present these ideas in an abstract vocabulary of form, line, color and texture is the quest. […]

Cressida Bell Scarves Now on Sale at the Custom House Maritime Museum in New London

Custom House Maritime Museum 150 Bank Street, New London

New in the SHOP this week - silk scarves from Cressida Bell (yes, granddaughter of the Bloomsbury Bells); stuffed tiger sharks, orange octopi, and a soft Steiff seal. We'll have holiday cards from Cressida, too! from H&G UK: Cressida Bell (born 1959) is an English artist and designer, specializing in textiles, interior design, cake decoration and illustration. She is the daughter of […]

$25 – $35

Panel: Representing the Holocaust: Prussian Blue at the Homer Babbidge Library in Storrs

Homer Babbidge Library 369 Fairfield Way, Storrs

Join us for a panel that delves into the power of art in the face of genocide, focusing on Yishai Jusidman’s Prussian Blue exhibition currently on display at UConn, and its use of visual imagery to process Holocaust memory and ethical reflection. In the face of genocide, what can art do? How might artworks use aesthetic […]

Art History Short Course – Books that Changed Art History: Hillstead

Hillstead Museum 35 Mountain Rd, Farmington

Ernst Gombrich, Art and Illusion (1960) Art history is more than a series of facts about artists, artworks, dealers, and patrons. It is also a mode of inquiry that, over decades, indeed centuries, has been shaped by the writing and research of many different scholars. Taking this insight as its starting point, this short course […]

$30 – $35

MASTERCLASS: Allie Avec Henry Provisions at Wise Old Dog in West Hartford

The Wise Old Dog 612 Quaker Ln S, West Hartford

FRIENDS + FESTIVE + COZY THURSDAY On the Wine Route now for many years, Allie made it "official" a few years ago with the founding of a Boutique Company here in Connecticut. Approaching their third anniversary in the Market, Allie and Thomas founded Henry Provisions, an Importer and Distributor of fine wine, to bring the rare, special, and delicious […]

Your Life as Sacred Ground: Finding Meaning and Wonder in Daily Life” Trinity Spiritual Center in Southport

Trinity Episcopal Church Southport 651 Pequot Avenue, Southport

Mirabai Starr “Finding Meaning and Wonder in Daily Life” On November 21, from 6:30 to 8:00 PM, world-renowned spiritual teacher and award-winning author will discuss her new book “Ordinary Mysticism.” Drawing on lessons learned from applying the wisdom of spiritual teachers across the centuries and her own lived experience, Starr reminds us that our daily […]

Whitecrest Eatery in Stonington: Build Your Own Cornucopia

Whitecrest Eatery 22 Bayview Avenue #14, Stonington

Join us at Whitecrest Eatery for an evening of Botanical Creation with Pleasant Acres! With an array of festive fall blooms, Erika and Katie will be guiding a step-by-step design class to create a gorgeous fall cornucopia centerpiece! $120pp Ticket includes flowers, arrangement class, small bites, & a welcome drink! Clippers, ribbons, and arrangement essentials […]

$120

History Has Its Eyes On You: The Story of America as told by Hamilton l at Darien Library

Darien Library 1441 Post Road, Darien

Let's look to Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton to learn much about the political culture of America in its earliest years. Indeed, many of the important plot points in the musical describe dramatized events in the lives of figures such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, Eliza Hamilton, and naturally, the eponymous Alexander. This might read as dry […]

Cookie Cake Decorating Class with Leventhal Bakery at Wakeman Town Farm

Wakeman Town Farm 134 Cross Highway, Westport

Guided by a seasoned expert, you will learn essential techniques to master the time-honored traditional art of making homemade sweet fresh-fruit preserves. If you're craving a new culinary challenge or simply eager to indulge in the pure joy of homemade Autumn-inspired adult cookie cake decorating class with Jessica Leventhal of Leventhal Bakery, 11.21.24 at 7 […]

$100