2025 Sculptors’ Retreat at Lyme Academy of Fine Arts

Lyme Academy of Fine Arts 84 Lyme Street, Old Lyme

From March 21-23, 2025, Lyme Academy will be hosting working professional sculptors for a three-day retreat. Since 2023, the annual Sculptors’ Retreat provides an informal gathering where invited sculptors from around the world can sculpt from live models, share thoughts, and celebrate the figure together. This event is by invitation only. For a brief look at […]

Summerstage! Open Arts Alliance in New Canaan

Powerhouse Theatre 679 South Ave, New Canaan

At OAA Summerstage is a unique opportunity for students to participate in performing arts training, choreography, music direction, and blocking, culminating in various productions. OAA's signature, supportive environment, nurtures aspiring performers with an emphasis on personal growth. For more information

Side Door Jam Session with The Wes Lewis Quartet at The Side Door

The Side Door 85 Lyme Street, Old Lyme

Wes Lewis is a saxophonist, composer, and PhD candidate in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics at Yale University (MS ‘23 PhD ‘25). Wes studies under Wayne Escoffery and performs with the Yale Jazz Ensemble and Modern Jazz Combo, the Brian Torff Group, the collective Trance Macabre, and as leader of his Quartet. He is also the […]

Free – $28

The Moth True Stories Told Live at The Garde

Garde Arts Center 325 State Street, New London

The Moth is true stories, told live and without notes. The Mainstage is the quintessential Moth experience, a two-act show —featuring a musical act— where the storytellers and a notable host share true personal stories, without notes. Experience true stories live as they’re recorded for future episodes of The Moth Podcast and Moth Radio Hour. […]

$35 – $65

Cato Corner Farm : The return of Eclipse! 

Cato Corner Farm 178 Cato Corner Road, Colchester

The return of Eclipse!  Eclipse is one of the most striking cheeses at Cato Corner and is a fan favorite on the farm. This ash-ripened version of our Celeste adds a bold touch to any cheese plate. Inspired by Loire Valley goat cheeses, this lactic-set cow’s milk cheese develops a delicate curd overnight before being hand-ladled, drained, […]

Submit to BOMB’s 2025 Fiction Contest

BOMB Magazine’s 2025 Fiction Contest is open for submissions, and we’re honored to have the Pulitzer Prize finalist and MacArthur Fellow Kelly Link joining us as this year’s guest judge. Link will select one winner to receive a $1,000 prize and publication in BOMB’s quarterly magazine. Submission Guidelines   Submission period: March 1–April 15, 2025 (at 11:59 pm ET).

Center for Contemporary Printmaking: *Registration Deadline Jan 6* – BIG INK at CCP

Center for Contemporary Printmaking Mathews Park, 299 West Avenue, Norwalk

The Center for Contemporary Printmaking is pleased to welcome the traveling BIG INK workshop back to our studios in March 2025! Saturday or Sunday, March 22 or 23, 2025  Class size 16, All Levels – Beginners Welcome! $340 Registration Deadline: January 6, 2025 This blended learning workshop will teach you how to make a woodblock print of epic proportions! First, you carve a […]

$340

Rebellion, Revolution and Resilience: 500 Years of Women’s Self Portraits:Zoom Class

The Centre for Applied Jungian Studies 7 Week Class: Start date: Saturday the 22 March 2025 Registration closes on Thursday the 20th of March (Midnight Pacific) In the quiet act of facing the mirror, women throughout history have created self-portraits not simply as a means of recording their image, but as a bold and defiant act […]

$250

Making Decorative Bandings with Bob Van Dyke of Fine Woodworking in Manchester

Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking Manchester 249 Spencer St, Manchester

In this weekend class, CVSW school director and Fine Woodworking Magazine Contributing Editor Bob Van Dyke will demonstrate a number of increasingly complex decorative bandings. These bandings were employed extensively in the furniture of the Federal Period and they lend a distinction and uniqueness to almost any woodworking project. Historically, many of these bandings were […]

$385

Pitch & Publish Conference at The Westport Library

The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport

Save the date for Westport Writers’ Workshop Pitch & Publish Conference at The Westport Library! Join us for a day filled with writing tips, publishing insights, and networking opportunities. Whether you’re a seasoned writer or just starting out, this event is perfect for anyone looking to take their writing to the next level. You will […]

Mushroom and Plant Identification Class at the Yellow Farmhouse

Stone Acres Farm 393 North Main Street, Stonington

Learn to safely and sustainably forage for your wild plants and mushrooms! CT Foraging Club founder Amy Demers and forager and chef Vinny Crotta will teach us how to identify and utilize spring fungi and plants positively. We will taste Chaga tea and a foraged snack and then take a 45-minute walk to practice plant […]

$35