Sunday, May 11, 9am & 11:00 am Celebrate Mother’s Day in style at this delectable brunch in our Farm House.  Parties of 3 or fewer will be seated at the communal table; 4 and more will have their own table (unless they want to join the others.) You are welcome to BYOB. This seating is at […]

Police officers, firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, and nurses experience immense stress every day. Instead of carrying that stress home, we want to provide a healthy outlet through boxing—helping them relieve tension, build strength, and find a supportive community. Quick Details: What: Free Boxing for First Responders Who: Police, firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, nurses When: Sundays at 10 AM (starting Feb 16, 2025, with […]

Join us on May 12th, for a 3-Course Mother's Day Brunch! Chef David will be cooking up Mother's Day specials and this year we are thrilled to be partnering with our friends at Rose Hill Bloom Co to offer our guests a one-of-a-kind build your own bouquet bar experience. Pre-order your bouquet for mom with […]

May 3 - May 11, 2025 Periodically, browngrotta arts  takes a look at what’s happening in the fiber medium. For Field Notes: an art survey, Spring 2025, we are checking in with artists whose work we represent, to see what’s on their minds, on their looms and in their studios. We have also reached out to […]

May 11, 2025 Sono Kimono presents A Year in Kimono, a lecture about the history of kimono from its origins to its role in modern-day fashion. Participants will have the option to dress in yukata, the cotton summer kimono popular for festivals and celebrations. Sono Kimono's Robyn Mortiboys, Secretary of the Japan Society of Fairfield County, […]

Winners of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 14th Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2022, the New York City-based Isidore String Quartet was formed in 2019 with a vision to revisit, rediscover, and reinvigorate the repertory.  The quartet is heavily influenced by the Juilliard String Quartet and the idea of ‘approaching the […]

In this four-day class Frank will immerse you in cutting this essential furniture joint. You will spend 4 days learning everything you can about dovetails- and doing it all by hand. As part of the class Frank will guide you through the process he uses to create his signature houndstooth dovetails. You may have seen […]

Arts in Mind is a free monthly program for individuals with Young-Onset Alzheimer’s or in the early stages of memory loss, along with their care partners. This online program connects close looking at art from the Gallery’s collection with art-making opportunities. Art supplies used during the session may include pencils, colored pencils, markers, crayons (oil […]

New London County Historical Society, Lyman Allyn Art Museum and Thames River Heritage Park Foundation are pleased to present the 2025 lecture series – Seeds of Revolution on the Thames and Beyond. Events that seeded discontent and revolution along with the social, cultural, political, economic and ecological influences and their impact and influence on life […]

Dive deep into one industrious barge's history as Ian Kumekawa discusses his latest investigation in the neoliberal world order, Empty Vessel. In an age where the world has become a monstrous web enveloping nations, untangling those threads is a daunting task. Kumekawa rises to the occasion, taking us for a ride through the tumultuous seas of […]

Junior Mack’s Back Porch Blues is a captivating one-man show that takes audiences on a musical journey through the history of the blues, spotlighting legendary artists like Muddy Waters, Son House, and Robert Johnson through storytelling and soulful performances. For more information

Join Conservation Manager Stefan Martin at this historic property to look for returning migrant songbirds. What the Birdcraft Sanctuary lacks in size, it makes up for in diversity with over 30 species of warblers and nearly 180 species of birds seen at this urban oasis. One of the area’s best locations to photograph warblers in the spring. […]

Join us  at 1 p.m. for a docent-led tour of the exhibition Famous & Family: Through the Lens of Trude Fleischmann. Austrian-born Trude Fleischmann (1895-1990) was one of the most […]

May 15 - June 8, 2025 Set in 1938 and 1983 at Katharine Hepburn’s Fenwick estate in Connecticut, this one-woman play provides an intimate glimpse into the fiery and iconic actress’s life. Through humor and candor, Hepburn reflects on her storied career, turbulent relationships, and the challenges that shaped her life and legacy.  Directed by […]

Mark your calendars for **May 15th from 4–7 PM**! Come kick off the season with us and discover all the amazing things our market has in store.We’re thrilled to welcome back some of your favorite vendors, along with some exciting new faces. Plus, **Frank’s Wood Fired Pizza** will be serving up delicious wood fired pizzas […]

THIS POUR LIST WILL BE A SURPRISE (BUT I DO PROMISE TO SHARE SOME STEPHANE TISSOT!). DO NOT MISS THIS. VERY LIMITED SEATING. For more information

Join author and food historian, Sarah Lohman, to track the history of chocolate from its roots as an ancient Mesoamerican beverage to an intercontinental dessert. You’ll learn how a yellow, football-shaped tropical fruit transforms into high-end dark chocolate, and what “Mexican Hot Chocolate” has in common with what Montezuma drank. Plus, get the answers to […]

Join us for an inspiring spring evening dinner at Grace Farms featuring Indré Rockefeller, Founder of The Circularity Project and Co-Founder of Paravel. Set against the serene backdrop of Grace Farms’ 80 acres, the evening will feature a locally sourced, sustainable meal in the Commons, refreshing cocktails, and a thought-provoking conversation on sustainability, entrepreneurship, and the future of circularity. […]

Saturday, March 15, at 7 pm – Real Art Ways, in partnership with the Greater Hartford Arts Council, Hartford Jazz Society, Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz, Artists Collective, WWUH, Jackie McLean Institute at The Hartt School, and Hartford Public Library, presents a concert and community celebration featuring the Curtis Brothers & Friends! On February 2, […]

With Michelle Dewyngaert, CS For more information

New Haven Night Market is downtown NHV’s evening bazaar, taking place in different downtown locations and gathering all to celebrate the vibrant New Haven and Connecticut community’s entrepreneurs, art, music, food, drink, culture and more! For more information

Charisma, leadership and compassion best describe the singer/songwriter Steve Elci His love for catchy hooks in his musings and soaring vocal style has won him acclaim from fans and critics alike. "Steve Elci is a songwriting machine with the chops and creativity to comfortably establish his own hooks” - Rick Koster, Arts Columnist/Reporter for The […]

For a number of years, this would have been an almost-blank page. Back in the mid-2010s, a few years after The Wonder Years had first formed in Lansdale, PA, just north of Philadelphia, the band would be asked to provide a bio for events they were playing. All Dan Campbell would write was ‘The Wonder […]

May 16, 2025 - 8pm May 17, 2025 - 2pm May 17, 2025 - 8pm May 18, 2025 - 8pm  By William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin An eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, the tweens spell their […]

If you haven't, you surely should...Sundae or not! The Dairy Bar is an institution--featuring the delicious fresh milk from UConn's own farm. For more information

The Friends of Ferguson Library, in partnership with Mystery Writers of America – New York Chapter, present CrimeCONN 2025, Connecticut’s own one-day mystery lovers' conference. The theme this year is Crime & Punishment, where crime writers and experts look at the law from every angle. You'll hear from lawyers turned crime writers and formerly incarcerated writers. You'll also […]

Gardeners Market - Plants, Garden Crafts, Gardeners Tag Sale, and a raffle with multiple prizes to benefit our scholarships. Plants will include perennials, house plants, ground covers from member gardens, as well as vegetables and herbs from LEAF. Master Gardeners we be available for your questions. Free Children' Activity table

This years Orchard Valley Garden Club Spring Plant Sale will be Saturday, May 17, 2025. Pre-order ORDER BY MAY 3rd Pay online with PayPal or Mail Order Form. Pick up your order Saturday, May 17 at – NEW! LOCATION – Goshen Fair Grounds, South Entrance, Goshen from 9am to 1pm. For more information

Join us on Saturday, May 17th from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm for the annual West Hartford Garden Club Plant Sale. Plants are member-grown perennials, annuals, shrubs, vegetables, and house plants. Native to exotics! Shade to full sun! You won’t want to miss this wonderful day where you can purchase an array of plants and speak with […]

Hundreds and hundreds of plants! Lots of natives. Perennial divisions from member gardens with roots washed before potting up. Grown from seed: Wild Bergamot, Echinacea, Feverfew, hyssop foeniculum and annuals.  Also available will be summer and fall bulbs, corms, Elephant Ears, dahlias, crocosmia, liatris, asiatic lilies, and more. For more information

Class will meet in person Saturday mornings from 11 a.m. to noon beginning Saturday, September 7, 2024. The study of Latin exercises memory, increases English vocabulary, and broadens general knowledge. Using the textbook Ecce Romani I, participants will learn Latin vocabulary, English vocabulary derived from Latin, Latin and English grammar, translation skills, and ancient Roman geography, […]

Location: 33 Gallows Lane, Wet Lab 111 Event Type: Arboretum Group: Arboretum Office Audience: Public The nationally accredited Nancy Moss Fine Azalea Garden displays 18 different types of deciduous azalea indigenous to eastern North America. At least one species can be found in bloom from late April through mid-August. PLEASE NOTE: Portions of this class will be outside. Please […]

The Saturday afternoon jazz jam is the longest running tradition at Cafe Nine, going strong for over 20 years. Join a rotating house band each week for their opening set, enjoy great food and drinks, and don't forget to bring your instrument and sit in with the band at the open jam. As always, admission […]

Please join us for a chenile stem workshop with Greg Domres, "The Stemist" and create your very own landscape, and a very personal work of art. Greg will take you through the mechanics of stemming, an art form that he developed and has been working on for the past 30 years. Using the humble chenille […]

Join us for the Opening Reception on Saturday, May 17, 5-7pm This international exhibition seeks to showcase the best of contemporary fiber art that reflect the breadth of functional or […]

Saturday, May 17: Seated Dinner Purchase Tickets Tickets $600 per person Limited to 150 guests Schedule Cocktails at 6 pm Dinner at 7 pm Kindly RSVP by May 8, 2025. *The event is rain or shine. If Mother Nature smiles upon us we shall enjoy the light of a full moon. For more information  

Since 2012, Ramona has created their own voice, becoming the leading band in the indie music movement in Tijuana. Only a few bands bring up the emblematic and unique elements of Mexican culture with different genres such as 60’s and 70’s rock and latin american ballad, creating their own style which they call romantic psychedelic […]

Hailing from Pottsville, NSW, Eliza & The Delusionals have carved out a distinctive place in the indie pop-rock scene since their formation in 2017. Anchored by the magnetic presence of Eliza Klatt (vocals, guitar), the band’s lineup includes Kurt Skuse (guitar) and Ruby Lee (bass). Their music blends emotionally resonant lyrics with soaring melodies, striking […]

Bringing opera to the Norwalk Symphony stage once more, we present Mozart’s Don Giovanni, hailed as the epitome of 18th-century artistry. Beyond the tale of a notorious rake, it delves into deeper themes. Rumor suggests Librettist Lorenzo da Ponte fashioned “the Don” (Don Juan) after his friend, Giacomo Casanova. Beneath the comedic surface lies a […]

Join Hamilton Leithauser as his This Side of the Island Tour hits the UNITED stage Saturday, May 17th. More on Hamilton Leithauser at: https://www.hamiltonleithauser.com/ For more information