Soundside Music Festival at Seaside Park: Bridgeport
Seaside Park 1 Barnum Dyke, Bridgeport2024 CT Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Run 5K
Wadsworth Mansion at Long Hill Estate 421 Wadsworth Street, MiddletownWalter Mitty & His Makeshift Orchestra 10-Year Anniversary at Stafford Palace Theater
Stafford Palace Theater 75 Main St, Stafford SpringsAldrich Video Series: Maya Jeffereis
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 258 Main Street, RidgefieldA Very Special Evening at Mystic Aquarium: Hope in the Water: Film, Discussion and Sustainable Seafood Reception
Mystic Aquarium 55 Coogan Blvd, MysticSuzanne Vega – Old Songs, New Songs and Other Songs at The Kate
The Kate 300 Main Street, Old SaybrookArt: Different Things and in Different Amounts at Eastern Connecticut
Eastern Connecticut State University Art Gallery 83 Windham Street, WillimanticAuthor Talk: Marian Schembari: A Little Less Broken at Athena Books!
Athena Books 228 Sound Beach Avenue, Old GreenwichSuzanne Vega – Old Songs, New Songs and Other Songs at The Kate
The Kate 300 Main Street, Old SaybrookLearn To Quilt Series at North Branch Library in Bridgeport
Bridgeport Public Library - North Branch 3455 Madison Ave, BridgeportMiles Huston: Overshoot at The Aldrich Museum
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 258 Main Street, RidgefieldEvery Leaf & Twig: Andrew Wyeth’s Botanical Imagination: Bruce Museum
Bruce Museum 1 Museum Drive, GreenwichNew Work by Christian Peltenburg-Brechneff at Chequer interiors, Essex
Chequer Interors 19a Main Street, EssexBarnum Museum’s Uncovering the Secrets of an Egyptian Mummy and Coffin: at The Bijou
Bijou Theater 275 Fairfield Avenue, BridgeportTheater: FEVER DREAMS (of Animals on the Verge of Extinction) at TheaterWorks in Hartford
TheaterWorks Hartford 233 Pearl Street, HartfordCOOKED Marketplace and Mercantile Now open 7 Days a Week
Cooked Marketplace and Mercantile 5 Main Street, Centerbrook2024 Annual American Society of Landscape Architects Excursion: Washington, D.C.
Oak Spring Garden Foundation UppervilleThe Haunted Trolley Presents “FINAL STOP: MURDER ON THE RAILS”
The Shore Line Trolley Museum 17 River St, New HavenWooster Square Farmer’s Market in New Haven
Wooster Square Farmer's Market Conte West/Hills Middle School, 511 Chapel St, New HavenSaturdays at the Stonington Village Farmers’ Market
Stonington Village Farmers' Market The Velvet Mill, 22 Bayview Avenue, StoningtonLouise McCagg: The Artist’s Eye at Lyman Allyn
Lyman Allyn Art Museum 625 Williams Street, New LondonFrench Canadian Jam at Connecticut Museum of Culture and History
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth Street, HartfordElections and Cakes: Connecticut Revolutions at New Haven Museum
New Haven Museum 114 Whitney Avenue, New HavenSpooky-Silly Sing-A-Long – Nappy’s Shadow Puppets at Weston History & Culture Center
Weston History & Culture Center 104 Weston Road, WestonFilm Screening: World Documentaries Today!: Iron Butterflies Roman Liubyi (2023) at Yale
Whitney Humanities Center 320 York Street, New HavenNew Canaan Nature Center 11th Annual Harvest Festival!
New Canaan Nature Center 144 Oenoke Ridge, New CanaanGreater Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra: Joshua Gersen Conducting
The Klein Theater 910 Fairfield Avenue, BridgeportWeek of Events
Oktoberfest at Bear Mountain
Oktoberfest at Bear Mountain
September Weekends: 21 & 22, 28 & 29 October Weekends: 5 & 6, 12 & 13 Join us for the annual Bear Mountain Oktoberfest at the scenic Anthony Wayne Recreation Area! Get ready to experience the warmth of Bavarian traditions with fantastic beer, music, food, and fun. Enter our daily stein-holding competitions to showcase your […]
Soundside Music Festival at Seaside Park: Bridgeport
Soundside Music Festival at Seaside Park: Bridgeport
Saturday, September 28, 2024: Headliner: Noah Kahan Other performers include: Goo Goo Dolls Fleet Foxes Boyz II Men Grace Potter Thee Sacred Souls Christone "Kingfish" Ingram Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories Madi Diaz Rijah Sunday, September 29, 2024: Headliner: Foo Fighters Other performers include: Bleachers Norah Jones Teddy Swims Gregory Alan Isakov Drew Holcomb and […]
Aldrich Video Series: Maya Jeffereis
Aldrich Video Series: Maya Jeffereis
September 30 to October 20, 2024 Maya Jeffereis Aldrich Video Series is a sequence of three solo presentations of video art. Each artist exemplifies a different approach to telling stories. Their distinct practices provide insights into the diverse methods at work in contemporary video art including improvisation, animation, and archival research. Maya Jeffereis presents two experimental […]
Connecticut River Review: Vivian Shipley Award: Poetry Submission Deadline: Sept. 30
Connecticut River Review: Vivian Shipley Award: Poetry Submission Deadline: Sept. 30
Submit up to three previously unpublished poems in a single document, no more than one poem per page; 80-line per poem limit. Do not include contact info on the file. Contest is open to all poets. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable; however please notify us immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. We do not accept work that was created – entirely or […]
Suzanne Vega – Old Songs, New Songs and Other Songs at The Kate
Suzanne Vega – Old Songs, New Songs and Other Songs at The Kate
October 1-2, 2024 Widely regarded as one of the foremost songwriters of her generation, Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what has been called contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. Since […]
Oktoberfest at Bear Mountain
Oktoberfest at Bear Mountain
September Weekends: 21 & 22, 28 & 29 October Weekends: 5 & 6, 12 & 13 Join us for the annual Bear Mountain Oktoberfest at the scenic Anthony Wayne Recreation Area! Get ready to experience the warmth of Bavarian traditions with fantastic beer, music, food, and fun. Enter our daily stein-holding competitions to showcase your […]
Potter’s Path Tour: Studios In and Around New Haven
Potter’s Path Tour: Studios In and Around New Haven
On October 5th and 6th, 2024, take some time to explore the clay studios of seven Connecticut ceramic artists. The Potters’ Path, winding its way from North Haven to Bethel, will lead you to discover an array of diverse functional and sculptural ceramics. This tour of seven studios and fourteen artists features highly accomplished professionals, […]
Coventry Farmers Market at Nathan Hale Homestead
Coventry Farmers Market at Nathan Hale Homestead
The Coventry Farmers’ Market on the grounds of the Nathan Hale Homestead is an experience not to be missed. This market carries the tradition of being the largest farmers’ market in the state, featuring some of the best of Connecticut-grown, Connecticut-made products in one of the most unspoiled countryside settings in the state. Each week, […]
2024 CT Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Run 5K
2024 CT Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Run 5K
The Connecticut Law Enforcement Officer's Memorial Run is a chip-timed certified 5K race. The single-loop course starts and ends at the Wadsworth Mansion and features rolling hills. Prizes are awarded for age divisions, law enforcement officers, K-9 teams and law enforcement agency teams. Runners and supporters are also encouraged to join us at the event […]
25th Annual Willimantic Downtown Country Fair
25th Annual Willimantic Downtown Country Fair
Come on down to Jillson Square to enjoy the 25th annual country fair! Featuring food, live music, games, and local craft vendors. The event will take place rain or shine. Admission is free for all ages. Presented in partnership by the Town of Windham and the Willimantic Food Co-Op. Jillson Square, 533 Main St, Willimantic, […]
Online Topological Crochet Class at National Museum of Mathematics
Online Topological Crochet Class at National Museum of Mathematics
Two four-part mini-series Sundays, September 8, 15, 22, and 29 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm ET October 6, 13, 20, and 27 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm ET Are you a topologist who’s keen to make an interesting mapping cylinder, a geometer who likes to see a beautiful surface spanning in space, a polyhedra worshipper, […]
Walter Mitty & His Makeshift Orchestra 10-Year Anniversary at Stafford Palace Theater
Walter Mitty & His Makeshift Orchestra 10-Year Anniversary at Stafford Palace Theater
Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra is a folk punk band from California led by singer / songwriter Dustin ColeHayes. After touring the DIY circuit for many years in the 2010’s, the band went quiet for a while before reemerging as anelectricoutfit called Walter Etc. Now the old moniker WMAHMO has reemerged to celebrate 10 […]
A Very Special Evening at Mystic Aquarium: Hope in the Water: Film, Discussion and Sustainable Seafood Reception
A Very Special Evening at Mystic Aquarium: Hope in the Water: Film, Discussion and Sustainable Seafood Reception
Join us at the Mystic Aquarium to celebrate the launch of Hope in the Water, a new PBS series exploring ocean health, along with solutions for maintaining a healthy ecosystem in our waters. Brought to you by Mystic Aquarium in partnership with The Shipwright's Daughter, Fed by Blue and PBS, this evening will feature a […]
Art: Different Things and in Different Amounts at Eastern Connecticut
Art: Different Things and in Different Amounts at Eastern Connecticut
Through October 11, 2024 Opening reception Sept. 18 at 5 p.m. Different Things and in Different Amounts examines the complex lives of images in the work of seven contemporary artists. The artworks, when considered collectively, pose fundamental yet expansive questions about what imagery is and where it comes from. Many of the artists included in this […]
Author Talk: Marian Schembari: A Little Less Broken at Athena Books!
Author Talk: Marian Schembari: A Little Less Broken at Athena Books!
A CONVERSATION WITH MARIAN SCHEMBARI ABOUT HER LIFE-CHANGING AUTISM DIAGNOSIS October 1 | 7PM Athena Books is thrilled to welcome Marian Schembari back to Old Greenwich to celebrate the release of her new memoir, A Little Less Broken: How an Autism Diagnosis Finally Made Me Whole. In her thought-provoking memoir, Marian chronicles the story of her decades-long […]
Learn To Quilt Series at North Branch Library in Bridgeport
Learn To Quilt Series at North Branch Library in Bridgeport
Anyone can learn to quilt. The secret is knowing where to start. Come and learn the basics of quilting. Program will be held on Wednesdays or Saturdays Mystery Quilt classes: Wednesday, Sept 4 & 18 Wednesday, Oct 2, 16, & 30 Wednesday, Nov 13 Time: 10:30am - 1:30pm Sew Saturday classes: Saturday, Sept 14 & […]
Miles Huston: Overshoot at The Aldrich Museum
Miles Huston: Overshoot at The Aldrich Museum
September 4, 2024 to January 6, 2025 Miles Huston's Overshoot series situates archival aerial photographs of small family farms above unfolded vegetable boxes, highlighting the shift in our collective viewing position from an on the ground horizontal plane to a novel geo-spatial view from above. The work suggests that modern ecological policies and contemporary farming, while streamlined […]
Dixwell Q-House Farmer’s Market in New Haven
Dixwell Q-House Farmer’s Market in New Haven
Wednesdays | 3pm – 6pm Opening Day: June 12 Daniel Stewart Plaza 197 Dixwell Ave Q House and CitySeed are excited to be collaborating to bring a Farmers Market to the Daniel Stewart Plaza at Q House this summer! This market will look much like CitySeeds other markets, offering fresh locally grown and produced foods, […]
Movies in the Plaza at Pitkin Park
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, […]
Every Leaf & Twig: Andrew Wyeth’s Botanical Imagination: Bruce Museum
Every Leaf & Twig: Andrew Wyeth’s Botanical Imagination: Bruce Museum
October 3, 2024–January 5, 2025 Tuesday through Sunday 10am - 5pm Inspired by a line from Henry David Thoreau’s 1854 book, Walden, or Life in the Woods, Every Leaf & Twig: Andrew Wyeth’s Botanical Imagination explores the artist’s lifelong admiration of the influential naturalist and his own sustained engagement with the natural world. Between his birthplace of […]
Joel Sternfeld: American Prospects: Bruce Museum
Joel Sternfeld: American Prospects: Bruce Museum
October 3, 2024–January 5, 2025 Tuesday through Sunday 10am - 5pm Widely acclaimed when it was published in 1987, Joel Sternfeld’s American Prospects has come to be regarded as one of the important early monuments of color photography. Sternfeld (American, b. 1944) was one of a small cohort of pioneers, including William Eggleston, Helen Levitt, and Stephen […]
New Work by Christian Peltenburg-Brechneff at Chequer interiors, Essex
New Work by Christian Peltenburg-Brechneff at Chequer interiors, Essex
Please join us to celebrate fall and see new work by Christian Brechneff. Thursday, October 3rd / 3-7pm Chequer Interors 19a Main Street,Essex, CT For more information
Barnum Museum’s Uncovering the Secrets of an Egyptian Mummy and Coffin: at The Bijou
Barnum Museum’s Uncovering the Secrets of an Egyptian Mummy and Coffin: at The Bijou
Join us at the historic Bijou Theatre in Downtown Bridgeport for the premier showing of the Barnum Museum’s multi-award-winning documentary “Uncovering the Secrets of an Egyptian Mummy and Coffin: The Quest to Restore Personhood.” This 30-minute film tells the story of “Ipy’s mummy” and Pa-en-bes’ coffin, sharing the secrets hidden within hieroglyphs, inscriptions, and facial […]
Theater: FEVER DREAMS (of Animals on the Verge of Extinction) at TheaterWorks in Hartford
Theater: FEVER DREAMS (of Animals on the Verge of Extinction) at TheaterWorks in Hartford
OCT 3 – NOV 3, 2024 A steamy, decades-long affair. A remote cabin. An unexpected visitor. This is only the beginning. Full of surprising twists, dark secrets, and one very stubborn, broken cabinet, this exciting new play is from the mind of writer Jeffrey Lieber, co-creator of the hit television series LOST. Directed by Rob Ruggiero For more information […]
COOKED Marketplace and Mercantile Now open 7 Days a Week
COOKED Marketplace and Mercantile Now open 7 Days a Week
📯 Big news! 📯 COOKED is now open 7 days a week! Monday through Saturday 9-6, Sunday 9-3. Come by today for lunch or order online. Monday-Saturday: 9am-6pm Sunday: 9am-3pm Daily Specials
2024 Annual American Society of Landscape Architects Excursion: Washington, D.C.
2024 Annual American Society of Landscape Architects Excursion: Washington, D.C.
Oct 04, 2024 Oak Spring, the refined and exquisite Upperville, VA estate of “Bunny” Mellon is the centerpiece of The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s (TCLF) annual daylong excursion on October 4, 2024, held in conjunction with the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Conference on Landscape Architecture. Rachel Lambert “Bunny” Mellon gained international attention for her […]
The Haunted Trolley Presents “FINAL STOP: MURDER ON THE RAILS”
The Haunted Trolley Presents “FINAL STOP: MURDER ON THE RAILS”
October 4 Through Nov 02, 2024 An Exclusive Halloween Murder Mystery Experience at the Shore Line Trolley Museum, 17 River St., East Haven, CT. Take an unforgettable ride aboard an ancient trolley with hosts who will turn your evening into a journey you will never forget. Be part of an exclusive interactive MURDER MYSTERY limited to […]
Wooster Square Farmer’s Market in New Haven
Wooster Square Farmer’s Market in New Haven
Saturdays | 10am – 1pm Opening Day: April 6 Conte West/Hills Middle School 511 Chapel St, New Haven The Wooster Square Farmers Market has been a staple in the Wooster Square community for over 15 years. During the COVID19 global pandemic the Wooster Square market moved to the very spacious parking lot of Conte West […]
Saturdays at the Stonington Village Farmers’ Market
Saturdays at the Stonington Village Farmers’ Market
About the Farmer's Market The Stonington Farmers’ Market began in 1997 under the initiative of Geoffrey Little. The enormously popular market attracts residents from the Borough and surrounding communities who come to buy fresh, healthy, local food. In 2008 the Stonington Farmers’ Market became a year-round event, moving inside during the winter months. For more […]
Louise McCagg: The Artist’s Eye at Lyman Allyn
Louise McCagg: The Artist’s Eye at Lyman Allyn
September 7 – December 15, 2024 Presenting modern and contemporary art from the collection of artist Louise McCagg (American, 1936–2020), this exhibition celebrates friendship and collaboration. The Artist’s Eye showcases McCagg’s own art in conversation with the work of notable artists such as Elaine de Kooning, Romare Bearden, Louise Bourgeois, Chuck Close, Philip Guston, Sol LeWitt, Yoko […]
French Canadian Jam at Connecticut Museum of Culture and History
French Canadian Jam at Connecticut Museum of Culture and History
Get acquainted with French Canadian traditional tunes at this monthly jam session at the CMCH, happening Saturday afternoons on First Free Weekends! New players and new listeners are always welcome! If you would like to join in, please get in touch with jam organizer, Joe Lavariere, at [email protected]. Please note: the French Canadian Jam will take […]
The farm is bustling with life and abundant with produce. We've gotten so much planted this week and many spring projects are wrapping up. Come check out what has changed! Our Market will be open every Saturday starting April 6th, until Thanksgiving. 10AM-1PM with guest vendors weekly. For more information
The Connecticut Mountain Dulcimer Gathering
The Connecticut Mountain Dulcimer Gathering
The CT MT Dulcimer Gathering is a monthly mountain dulcimer jam. The Northeast Dulcimer Orchestra is a performance group with a varied repertoire. Starting in April 2024, we will once again meet at Cragin Memorial Library, 8 Linwood Avenue, Colchester, Ct. on the 1st Saturday of the month. For more information
Northwest Park Country Fair in Windsor
Northwest Park Country Fair in Windsor
Nature exhibits, hay rides, live performances, vendor market, kids crafts, pony rides, bouncy house, poetry, beer tasting, fun for all ages! More details to come! Rain Date: October 6, 2024, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm See less For more information
2024 G.O.A.T. Brew Fest at Dunkin’ Park
2024 G.O.A.T. Brew Fest at Dunkin’ Park
More than 50 businesses will be on tap for the Hartford Yard Goats’ annual “Greatest of All Time” Brew Fest this fall. For more information
Elections and Cakes: Connecticut Revolutions at New Haven Museum
Elections and Cakes: Connecticut Revolutions at New Haven Museum
Making Election Day a state holiday in 17th century Connecticut was a revolution. So was making Election Cake to celebrate it in the 18th century. Through the fiction of Harriet Beecher Stowe, journals of Thoreau, sermons of Ezra Stiles, petitions by Black citizens, period cookbooks, diaries, magazines, and memoirs, food historian Dr. Linda Civitello will […]
Spooky-Silly Sing-A-Long – Nappy’s Shadow Puppets at Weston History & Culture Center
Spooky-Silly Sing-A-Long – Nappy’s Shadow Puppets at Weston History & Culture Center
Saturday, October 5, 2024 Start your spooky season early with a family-fun shadow puppet show with Nappy's Puppets at the Weston History & Culture Center in Weston, CT on Saturday, October 5, 2024 at 3pm! Join in the fun as Jim Napolitano of Nappy’s Puppet presents some of the silliest sing-a-long songs known to man […]
Krazy Kahoot! MoMath’s Online Family Quiz Show
Krazy Kahoot! MoMath’s Online Family Quiz Show
Join MoMath’s favorite math quizmaster Steve Sherman for a fun-filled family game bursting with a wide range of entertaining questions for ages 10 to 110. Is your family up for this lively challenge?! To fully participate in this program, you will need a smartphone, tablet, or personal computer with internet access. Please open Kahoot.it on your computer or […]
Film Screening: World Documentaries Today!: Iron Butterflies Roman Liubyi (2023) at Yale
Film Screening: World Documentaries Today!: Iron Butterflies Roman Liubyi (2023) at Yale
Roman Liubyi, IRON BUTTERFLIES (2023, 84 min., Ukrainian, Russian, English, and Dutch with English subtitles) On July 17, 2014, a passenger jet en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. Roman Liubyi’s poetic documentary film interweaves archival material, news and social media clips, and dramatized and animated scenes in order to reveal the strategies that were used to shroud […]
New Canaan Nature Center 11th Annual Harvest Festival!
New Canaan Nature Center 11th Annual Harvest Festival!
The New Canaan Nature Center is hosting our 11th Annual Harvest Festival! Featuring Axe Throwing again this year! The Harvest Festival is an adult only evening featuring live music and local microbreweries and wine. It is also a successful fundraiser for the Nature Center. Come join us, in the meadow, with beer, bites, wine, and […]
Greater Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra: Joshua Gersen Conducting
Greater Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra: Joshua Gersen Conducting
GBS begins its 79th Season continuing the search for a new Music Director with the second of four candidates*: Joshua Gersen. Mr. Gersen is definitely the most local of candidates, having grown up in Monroe, performing with GCTYO (formerly the Greater Bridgeport Youth Orchestras) and conducting for them at age 11. This is not his […]