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, […]

Saturday, Oct. 26, and Sunday November 17th, 2024 For a modest $5 contribution, receive the AIW 2024 program booklet and learn about famous pianists/composers from Waterford's Past - Marian Nevins MacDowell and Edward A. MacDowell - and this year's talented local Present/Future artists! (Pictured painting: "Lunch at Cafe Flo" by Len Swec.) For more information

November 17, 2024 to May 18, 2025 Martha Diamond is among the most perceptive painters of the last five decades. Her work’s formal concision and painterly bravado reflect an inner dialogue with generations of abstract artists, and the results are exceptional: an inimitable handling of gesture and space that reimagines the landscape tradition while deftly […]

The community is invited to join us for a free afternoon at The Aldrich to celebrate the opening of the newly renovated campus and Sculpture Garden! Join us for a first look of the Sculpture Garden featuring a landscape tour led by Landscape Designer Abby Fuller of Stimson Studio and a highlights tour of the […]

Join Albers Foundation Education Director Fritz Horstman for a hands-on workshop exploring some of the topics in his new book Interacting with Color: A Practical Guide to Josef Albers's Color Experiments. Using Color-aid paper, participants will engage with color relativity, the illusion of transparency, and other color phenomena featured in Josef Albers's seminal Interaction of Color, to which […]

The Dandelion’s Wish is based on a children’s book by Fatima Sambo Schoenfelder who also directed this show. Book signing to follow performance. Get your passport ready and join Dani the dandelion as he travels around the world through many different cultures in The Dandelion’s Wish, a story for dreamers and explorers of all ages! […]

It’s time for hosting the family, sharing an extra special meal with our closest friends, lighting the taper candles, and pulling the cork on a delicious bottle. It begs the question, what should we drink? Join us on a cozy Sunday afternoon as we indulge in festive and rare wines with dearest friend Adam Bitker of […]

Pioneering a unique management model that blends conservation with finance, a determined group of conservationists, scientists, and investors fight to restore our native forests which serve as complex, life-sustaining climate champions, and vital economic resources for millions of people. Produced in collaboration with Imaginary Forces and VanEck, the award-winning, 30-minute documentary “Beyond the Trees” is […]

Wiener Schnitzel Veal, peas, brown butter, potatoes, herbs Jaegar Schnitzel Pork, mushroom gravy, crispy potatoes, herbs Eggplant Katsu Crispy eggplant, rice, cucumber salad, broccoli, katsu sauce $20 Schnitzels Happy hour drinks all night Sunday 4:30 – 8pm For more information

Capitol Information and Tours at the Connecticut State Capitol is operated by the League of Women Voters of Connecticut Education Fund and sponsored by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management, Connecticut General Assembly. General tourist information centers are located outside room 101 in the State Capitol and on the first floor, west entrance in the […]

The Buckley Institute is happy to announce our annual discussion about K-12 education will take place on November 18, 2024, at 4:30pm! Millions rely on America's public school system to provide knowledge, skills, and moral formation -- yet is our trust misplaced? This year, American Enterprise Senior Fellow Ian Rowe joins Houston Independent School District […]

Join us here at Bent of the River as we dive into Nature Journaling to understand the natural world around us. In each class, we will explore a different location on site and staff will lead the group through a guided Journaling activity. Please meet Allison in the front visitor's lot. Program Fee: $15.00 per session […]

The Yale-New Haven Regular Singing has been gathering since January 2010 to sing hymns, fuging tunes, and anthems from the Sacred Harp and other collections of shape-note music. We meet from 7 to 9 pm three times a month in New Haven: on second and fourth Tuesdays in room 106 of Yale’s Stoeckel Hall (469 […]

Tuesdays, Nov. 19-Dec. 17 at 1 pm In this 5 week class students will explore the wonders of the sweet and the savory while learning to mix, stir, and measure. Each week will explore a sweet or savory dish with other fun activities and stories. For the last week, they will get to try their […]

Join us on Tuesday, November 19 at 5 p.m. for a lecture by Nadine Orenstein, PhD., Drue Heinz Curator in Charge of the Department of Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art: “Rare and Everywhere: Making & Selling Prints in the Age of Rembrandt.” One of the most creative and inventive etchers of his day, […]

For one night only, James Beard Award-winning chef, David Standridge of The Shipwright's Daughter will be teaming up with Chef Neil Zabriskie, of REGARDS in Portland ME. Regards is known for its coastal cuisine and ever-changing dinner menu influenced by chef Neil’s time spent growing up in Southern California and spending years cooking and working in […]

November 1 to December 14, 2024 The Essex Library will host a new exhibit in the Buel Room from November 1 to December 14 featuring artwork by Keith Michael Fiels. Fiels is the former executive director of the American Library Association. He has been painting for most of his life, receiving art training at the […]

News of a missing Instagram celebrity brings Senior Investigator Shana Merchant to a frozen island community of just eight people. When the visit turns deadly, her hunt for a killer collides with a cold case she'll never forget . . . It’s February in the Thousand Islands and, cut off from civilization by endless ice, […]

Our Autumn Bites & Delights class will immerse young chefs in the cozy and colorful flavors of Autumn. From sweet treats to savory delights, each session will be filled with new hands-on cooking activities that highlight the best of the season. Themes include: Pumpkin-Themed Delights, like Pumpkin Muffins, incorporating fall spices such as cinnamon and […]

Join us in the Merrill Apartment for a reading by Merrill Fellow, ERSI SOTIROPOULOS who lives in Athens. In Greece she’s won two National Literature Awards, the Book Critics’ Award and the Athens Academy Prize. She’s received the Dante Alighieri Prize for poetry and was shortlisted for the European Book Prize. Her novel, What’s Left […]

The Yale Peabody Museum’s Speakers Bureau is kicking off its 2024-2025 programing with an evening of Lightning Talks at Koffee?, located on Audubon Street, Wednesday, November 20 at 5:30 pm. Each graduate student will have five minutes and five slides to describe an important aspect of their studies. Listen to rapid-fire talks, engage with early-career […]

Weekend Kitchen's cooking school hosts talented local area chefs to provide a opportunity to learn from true professionals with different backgrounds- from restauranteurs to pastry chefs and caterers- each brings a unique perspective about cooking and food.  Together they bring their love of sharing their knowledge with you! SOURDOUGH BREAD MAKING – BASICS WORKSHOP What you’ve […]

IT’S BACK!!! Are you ready to start making sourdough bread? In this beginner’s sourdough class, I will teach you my laid-back approach to making delicious artisan bread and more at home, on any schedule, and at any skill level. This small homesteading sourdough class will be held in-person at the March Farm Store on October […]

Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Ann Napolitano, for the paperback release of Hello Beautiful.  Unable to attend this event, but still want a signed copy?  Purchase the book below and specify your signing and personalization request in the order comments and we will do our best to accommodate the request. Please […]

Join our fabulous bartenders for a Holiday Cocktail Class. Wednesday, November 20 | 6:30 p.m. Engage with our bartenders in this interactive cocktail class where you’ll leave with the skills to wow your friends at your holiday “in-home” gathering. Our team will teach you how to make two cocktails – one of our signature cocktails […]

Kick off the holiday season with our Annual Bonfire and Tree Lighting. Saturday, November 30, 2024, Start time: 4 p.m. Includes complimentary hot cocoa, hot cider and live holiday themed music. Free and open to the public. Registration encouraged. Strolling Connecticut Yuletide Carolers 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Tree Lighting 5:00 p.m.  Join us in The Wharf […]

150 years ago, the first Impressionist exhibition opened in Paris on April 15,1874.  "Hungry for independence," Monet, Renoir, Degas, Morisot, Pissarro, Sisley and Cézanne finally decided to free themselves from the rules by holding their own exhibition, outside official channels: Impressionism was born! Join Page Knox for a virtual tour of this celebratory show, which […]

Amor Towles is the author of New York Times bestsellers Rules of Civility, A Gentleman in Moscow, and The Lincoln Highway. The three novels have collectively sold more than five million copies and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. Towles lives in Manhattan with his wife and two children. Born and raised in the Boston area, Amor Towles graduated from Yale and received an MA in English from Stanford. Having […]

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, […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

A delicious way to understand the wine that is released just in time for its most perfect pairing - Thanksgiving! For more information

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 […]

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 […]

The holiday season is upon us and we can't wait to break out the best ingredients for your table - booze! Join us to taste the cornucopia of fall flavors. For more information

Ages 6 to 12. 12 students max. Includes dinner! In our Thanksgiving Cooking Class for Kids we will prepare a mini feast with a Turkey Day theme. This hands-on class will feature simple, fun Thanksgiving dishes while focusing on basic kitchen tools and techniques.  Kids will get a chance to mix, measure, assemble, and decorate. […]

November 22 – January 18, 2025 Opening Reception - Friday, November 22, 5-8 pm Celebrate the season at Susan Powell Fine Art’s Annual Holiday Show, presenting an exceptional collection from award-winning artists and new talent. Discover striking, one-of-a-kind paintings that capture the diversity of realism—each ready to become the next standout in any collection. Join […]

Connect with your community and celebrate creativity at The Norwalk Art Space Community Open House, November 22nd. See all of the beautiful artwork and delight in the musical performances from the Fall semester students who attended FREE art and music classes. Take in all that this wonderful Art Space and our Community Partners bring to […]

“Draw me without boundaries,” Lena says to her granddaughter Zoe, an artist. This book, a suspenseful read and a fluid meditation, is their love story, told in their voices: inner monologues whose prose and poetry are set against the shifting background of global climate crisis and the COVID pandemic. DRAW ME WITHOUT BOUNDARIES is a compelling investigation […]

When they formed in 1991, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony were onto something new—their melody-first approach to hip-hop sounded particularly fresh and pointed to how rap would progress in the coming decades. They started in Cleveland, where no top-selling hip-hop act had come from before, and their music was different from the outset: The quintet of Bizzy Bone, […]

by Lanford Wilson Director: Pamela McDaniel Presented in the MainStage Theatre at the Visual and Performing Arts Center at WCSU About the Show At an archeological dig in the Midwest, a party of university scientists are unearthing vestiges of a lost indigenous civilization. They are joined by family, associates, and an outsider with ulterior motives. […]

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 […]

In this dynamic two day class, Greg Cimms JS will teach the entire process of crafting a Wa handled chef Knife from AEB-L stainless steel. Covering grinding, polishing, sharpening, as well as the geometry and dynamics of chef knives. Students can expect to complete one knife in this class and learn the tools to make […]

Fall is here! Join teacher-naturalist Morgan Allen on an ecology walk open to all ages around the Honey Hill Preserve in Lyme. Suitable for ages 4 and up. Free for children 10 and under; $13 for members; $18 for non-members – Walk will be an approximately 1 mile loop on mostly level dirt terrain. No […]

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

With Every Fiber is a long-term exhibition aiming to inspire understanding and care about the materials that make up the built world around us. In 2020, Grace Farms launched Design for Freedom, a collaborative global movement to eliminate forced labor in the building materials supply chain, create true market transformation, and build a more equitable future. […]

Free Admission The New Canaan Nature Center will kick off the holiday season by hosting our Holiday Market! There will be unique gifts items including jewelry, clothing, candles, and much more. School of Rock will also be playing some holiday cheer! For more information

NOV 23 - DEC 24 Holiday Wish 2024: The Ultimate Christmas Experience for the Whole Family! Step into a world of pure holiday enchantment at this year’s Holiday Wish—the largest indoor Christmas experience in the Northeast! Perfect for families of all ages, this unforgettable holiday adventure will transport you to a magical winter wonderland, full of […]

Join us for a journey back in time at our Foodways: Hearth Cooking: Colonial Thanksgiving event and experience the flavors of a traditional colonial Thanksgiving feast. On Saturday, Nov 23, 2024, starting at 12:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time), we will gather in the Whitman Tavern to celebrate Thanksgiving in the most authentic way possible. Prepare to be transported to […]

Why should adults have to do all the cooking this week? Send your little ones to the library and they will learn how to prepare a creative, no-bake dessert that would be great for the Thanksgiving table. For more information!

Riley Cotton is a Connecticut-based folk singer/songwriter. Cotton has been described as “…an old-school type of songwriter whose songs and performance are able to cross space and time to touch that part of your brain where love, loss, happiness, and longing all co-exist” (Chip McCabe, The Dad Metal Blog). While growing up in Texas, much of […]

The holidays are upon us, and with them are a slew of new Broadway shows.  Join us for our second Broadway Behind the Scenes panel! This panel will feature three Broadway creatives who will be discussing what its like to work on a Broadway show behind the scenes. Joining us will be: critically acclaimed writer Aurin Squire (A Wonderful […]

Saturdays from 4 to 6PM Pickleball America, one of the largest indoor pickleball venues in the US was founded by four Stamford Professionals and friends with like minds and perfectly jointed talents with a mission to create a facility that promotes fun and healthy socializing through sports. For more information 1 registration ($100) is for […]

November 23 – December 29, 2024 Fill your hearts with circus cheer—the merry daredevils of Cirque Mechanics (Zephyr, 2023) are back with an industrial-strength spectacular for you and your kin. Sparkling with holiday spirit, the ever energetic ensemble of acrobats transforms a drab assembly plant into a holly jolly Yuletide Factory! From the wonder of the […]

Four highly-gifted, young, enthusiastic cellists from three continents create joy as they explore the limitless range of a cello ensemble. Each member brings his/her unique artistic nuance to their performance of new works from diverse cultural backgrounds. They began their music-making debut by winning two major competitions in 2021 and 2022 For more information All […]

In a truly epic community collaboration, the ECSO will be joined by mezzo-soprano Janna Baty, a Yale School of Music faculty member; the women of the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Chorus, led by Music Director Dr. Daniel McDavitt; and the young Choristers from the Chorus of Westerly to perform Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 3. This second […]

Ceschi Ramos’ music was created within the worlds of underground Hip Hop, Hardcore Punk & Folk. His version of songwriting may include machine-gun-speed-raps or emotive ballads inspired by Latin American troubadours. He’s member of the crime wave band Codefendants along with Fat Mike of NOFX & Sam King of Get Dead. Links: Official Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify MYLES BULLEN […]

Founded in New Jersey in 1980, The Smithereens have been creating electrifying, original rock’n’roll for more than 40 years. Today, The Smithereens include original members: Jim Babjak (guitar,) Dennis Diken (drums,) and Mike Mesaros (bass), with a rotation of special guest vocalists. This show will feature Robin Wilson of the Gin Blossoms. The Smithereens’ unique […]

Come and enjoy a concert of contemporary songs of the season with The Ridgefield Chorale. Casual, charming and fun, this is an afternoon of seasonal favorites for all ages. Concert proceeds benefit Ability Beyond.  Ability Beyond’s mission is to discover, build and celebrate the ability in all people, and our vision is to create a world […]