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 […]
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. […]
Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble Fall Concert at Wesleyan Center for the Arts
Wesleyan Center for the Arts Theater 271 Washington Terrace, MiddletownIn this evening of classic and contemporary jazz, audiences will hear from both the Wesleyan University Jazz Orchestra and the Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble. The Wesleyan University Jazz Orchestra, directed by Jay Hoggard ’76, MA ’91, Professor of Music and African American Studies, focuses on large ensemble repertoire, often featuring work composed by Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Thad Jones, Oliver Nelson, Fletcher […]
The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight at the Palace Theater in Waterbury
Palace Theater 100 East Main St, WaterburyFollowing sell-out tours of Europe and USA, The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight returns with an epic, new 90-minute concert, breathing beautifully dark energy into legendary rock & metal. In ethereal candlelit settings, this band of 14 classical musicians unleash effortlessly enchanting melodies alongside powerful walls of distortion. Witness the unexpected union of classical music and metal. […]
Bella’s Bartok with Drop Party at Arch Street Tavern in Hartford
Arch Street Tavern 85 Arch St, HartfordLive your fantasy and embrace the stranger side of life with Bella’s Bartok. A band known for raucous theatrical performances and an outspoken political message of finding hope in a world beset by cruel uncertainty. With utter joy, they seamlessly blend a rich cacophony of sound and soul into their music with influences ranging from […]
Lan Zhenghui: The Weight of Ink at Charles E. Shain Library Connecticut College
Charles E. Shain Library 270 Mohegan Ave, New LondonDecember 5, 2024 – March 4, 2025 The Chu-Griffis Asian Art Collection at Connecticut College is presenting a new exhibition, Lan Zhenghui: The Weight of Ink, in the Charles Chu Asian […]
Breakfast with Santa at Clark Farms at Bushy Hill Orchard in Granby
Bushy Hill Orchard 29 Bushy Hill Road, GranbySee Santa and His Helpers While Enjoying Breakfast Family Style Breakfast Includes: Pancakes Cider Donut French Toast Bread Pudding Scrambled Eggs Home Fries / Fruit Bacon Sausage Meals include coffee (free refills) /hot chocolate or juice/milk Saturday and Sunday, November 30, December 1,7,8,14,15 Seatings at 8:15, 9:30, 11:00 For more information