Sunday Broadway Concert Series at The Legacy Theatre: Bonnie Milligan with John McDaniel at the Piano!
Legacy Theatre 128 Thimble Islands Road, BranfordTony Winner – Kimberly Akimbo; Head Over Heels Tony-award winning Bonnie Milligan is a certified star of stage and screen. After making her Broadway debut originating the role of Pamela in Head Over Heels, Bonnie has gone on to win a Theatre World Award, Lucille Lortel Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award for her performances. […]
I AM MY MOTHER’S SAVAGE DAUGHTER Patricia Miranda at Five Point Arts in Torrington
Five Points Arts 855 University Drive, TorringtonFebruary 28 – April 12, 2025 In-person Artist Talk: Friday, March 28, 6:30 PM My work is grounded in deep research into historic material practices, rituals of grief and mourning, women’s labor, and the violence of environmental and gendered commodification. I work primarily with textile in site-responsive installations, and with deaccessioned religious books. I consider […]
The Tale of Lost Waters Susan Hoffman Fishman at Five Point Arts in Torrington
Five Points Arts 855 University Drive, TorringtonFebruary 28 – April 12, 2025 In-person Artist Talk: Friday, March 28, 6:30 PM The painted scrolls that comprise The Tale of Lost Waters form a narrative that documents a global geological disaster and emphasizes the sacredness of the Earth’s vital resources. Like the scrolls created thousands of years ago as revered stories or records of historical […]
ESCHER QUARTET Lenard Chamber Music Series at UCONN
Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts 2132 Hillside Rd, StorrsThe Escher String Quartet has received acclaim for its profound musical insight and rare tonal beauty. A former BBC New Generation Artist and recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, the quartet is a regular guest at Wigmore Hall. The Quartet takes its name from the Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher, inspired by his method […]
Early Black Women Students at Yale: Lunchtime Webinar with the New Haven Museum
Virtual EventThe lives and careers of Black women who attended Yale from the 1910s through 1940 will be surveyed by Jennifer Coggins, Community Engagement Archivist for the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, in a lunchtime webinar for the New Haven Museum (NHM). “Early Black Women Students at Yale,” will be presented on Wednesday, March 5, […]
An Evening with Poet Reginald Dwayne Betts, Author of Doggerel, a Black History Month Program at the Ferguson Library
Ferguson Libray Main Branch 1 Public Library Plaza, StamfordAn evening with poet Reginald Dwayne Betts, who will discuss his new book of poetry, Doggerel. Simultaneously philosophical and playful, Doggerel is a revelatory meditation on Blackness, masculinity and vulnerability as well as family, falling in love, friendship and those who accompany us on our walk through life. Betts is a foremost chronicler of the ways prison shapes and […]
Farm & Forest All- Terrain 5K & Hog Wild Kids Fun Run in Stamford
Stamford Museum & Nature Center 39 Scofieldtown Road, StamfordSunday, April 6, 2025 Race starts promptly at 8:30 am With our new Hog Wild Kids Fun Run at 8 am! The Run Route will include paved paths throughout Heckscher Farm, scenic nature trails, wooden boardwalks and more. Winding through Heckscher Farm, participants will run past animals like cows, horses, llamas, goats and donkeys. The […]
Center for Contemporary Printmaking: Gelli Plate Printing Basics
Center for Contemporary Printmaking Mathews Park, 299 West Avenue, NorwalkThis workshop will cover some of the basics of gel or gelli plate printmaking. Learn tips and tricks for using natural materials and stencils to create unique and colorful prints. A great alternative to using a press, these soft flexible plates (or homemade gelatin plates) will give you immediate results. Workshop Location: Upstairs Studio – No Elevator […]
2025 Digital Media & Design Faculty Exhibition & Talks at The Benton Museum
The Willian Benton Museum of Art 245 Glenbrook Road, StorrsThis biennial exhibition features new work by the exceptional artists and designers who teach in UConn’s Digital Media & Design Department in the School of Fine Arts. The variety of media featured reflects the diverse academic concentrations offered by the department, including Motion Design & Animation, Web/Interactive Media Design, Game Design, Digital Culture, and Digital Film/Video Production. Public Programs: Opening […]
MMModern: Garden Music at La Grua Center
La Grua Center 32 Water St, StoningtonGiven his dynamic popularity last season, Nate Farrington is returning to MMModern — this time with the members of Garden Music who have been playing together since they were kids, and each of them has a special skill set and musical perspective that they bring to the group. You will hear Latin music, Stradgrass, opera, original tunes, and […]
Yale Symphony Orchestra: Sublime
Yale School of Music Woolsey Hall 500 College Street, New HavenCarlos Simon’s “Holy Dance” opens the program with its evocation of “joyous dancing, spontaneous shouting, and soulful singing” found in the worship services of predominantly Black churches. Yale Symphony Orchestra’s Tobias Liu and Erin Nishi are the soloists in Mozart’s effervescent Sinfonia Concertante, a masterpiece that swells with operatic laments and bursts with irrepressible joy. On the second half, the […]
Mystic Moonlit Graveyard Ghost Tour
There’s nothing more intimately haunting than a colonial burial ground and Mystic boasts some of the most fascinating and haunted burial grounds around. This burial ground established in the 1660’s was one of the common burial places of Mystic until the rural landscape movement arrived to Mystic in 1854. Our Graveyard Tour tells tales of […]