Plus: It's love at first sight when South Pacific comes to the Goodspeed in East Haddam.
In January, the performing arts conservatory launched its 18-month centennial celebration, Hartt100, featuring more than 650 performances.
“What a story is really about is putting events in context,” says Bill Harley. “When you figure out the context of an event, that’s what defines the meaning of a story.”
(Update: The Connecticut Spring Antiques show has been canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. No reschedule date has been announced.)
The Storyteller’s Cottage, devoted to books and literary events, proves that print is alive and well and living on Route 10 in Simsbury.
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Also: Nick Westrate gives The King's Speech at Hartford Stage; Artistic Director Dexter J. Singleton works with Dominique Morisseau's Skeleton Crew in New Haven; Chad Jennings stars in Every Brilliant Thing at TheaterWorks Hartford.
I’ve spent quite a bit of time in West Hartford. When I was a teenager in the mid-1990s, my brother, who’s about 15 years older than me, started a family and bought his first house in Elmwood Center near the Newington and Hartford lines.
With the finish line in sight, the Harbor Yard Amphitheater, which is slated to open this coming summer, has announced its first shows.
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The once-struggling area is now an urban playground, home to hip restaurants, a marvelous maritime museum and a brand-new upscale shopping destination.
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Moses Pendleton often sits at home by a roaring fire, listening to classical music and studying how the logs break apart and form abstract shapes. Flames leap and dance hypnotically, almost like the serpentine movements of the dancers who bring his choreography to life.
Mandy Patinkin is hitting the concert trail again with a concert new show; Broadway's Stephanie J. Block, fresh of playing the legendary Cher, comes to the Ridgefield Playhouse
Robert Wolterstorff, the new executive director and CEO of The Bruce Museum, is tasked with overseeing a $45 million renovation and expansion project.
A tablet containing one of the earliest known references to Gilgamesh is one of about 150 objects that make up the new exhibit Ancient Mesopotamia Speaks: Highlights from the Yale Babylonian Collection at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
Holiday light celebrations, Miss America comes to Connecticut and more of our top picks for events happening around the state this month.
The Wood Memorial Library & Museum's free annual celebration is one of the largest of its kind in New England. Plus: Tips for the novice gingerbread house builder
Also: The Love Boat's Ten Lange is back behind the bar at TheaterWorks Hartford's Christmas on the Rocks, and a modern spin on Pride and Prejudice at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre.
It was the day before Carolee Carmello was to take over the national tour of Hello, Dolly! and be in front of an audience for the first time in the title role. And what was most on her mind? “Don’t trip, don’t trip, don’t trip,” she says, laughing on the phone from Kansas City where the late…
In September 1772, a man looked out at a large crowd gathered on the New Haven Green and gave a sermon that placed him among the Colonies’ most notable literary voices.
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Wesleyan University professor Amy Bloom discusses her work as a novelist and her role in the inaugural festival, to be hosted by Real Art Ways.
In 1989, with the museum's reputation at stake, the Wadsworth Atheneum placed itself squarely in the debate over Robert Mapplethorpe's notorious photo exhibit.
Chowder, pumpkin, and apple (and music) festivals, plus a haunted mansion and more of our top picks for events around the state this month.
Plus: The debut of the first Hartford Fringe Festival, and the Greek muse calls to Girls at the Yale Repertory Theater.
The hardworking comedian will perform at Foxwoods Resort Casino’s Fox Theater on Sept. 20.
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By all accounts, Kelli O’Hara is no diva. But the Tony Award-winning actress (she’s been nominated seven times), played one with delicious delight in the revival of the Cole Porter musical Kiss Me Kate, which ended its Broadway run in June.
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What a year or two Taylor Mac has had.
The controversial comedian will be performing Aug. 2-3 at Vinnie Brand’s Stress Factory Comedy Club in Bridgeport.
Get down with these musical performances in honor of the 50th anniversary of Woodstock.
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The idea for Passing Through began more than four years ago when Eric Ulloa was so moved by a This American Life NPR podcast that “I pulled my car over to the side of the road where I collapsed crying.”
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There is a moment early on in Cirque Du Soleil’s Luzia when water pours down from the big top ceiling, droplets shimmering like falling diamonds. A trapeze artist and another acrobat spinning across the stage floor in a large metal ring twirl into and out of this waterfall. It’s a dreamlike …
The prolific comedian and actor will bring his stand-up act to Hartford for a one-night show.
Also: UConn alum Forrest McClendon in Cabaret at the Connecticut Repertory Theater; Madison’s Juliet Brett on her role in FX's Fosse/Verdon; Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin at the Hartford Stage.
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New Books Include a Biography of a Pioneer, a True Crime Murder Mystery and a Psychological Thriller
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Alasdair Neale will officially take over as music director and conductor of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, the fourth oldest in the country, July 1, shortly after he is introduced to the community at a free concert on the New Haven Green on June 22.
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The ever-busy host of "Late Night" will perform two shows at Ridgefield Playhouse on June 9.
The acclaimed actor brings his one-man show to the Bushnell on June 30; Cirque du Soleil comes to Hartford June 19-July 21; No Kids plays at the 24th International Festival of Arts & Ideas in New Haven June 12-14.
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Musician, producer, author and activist Moby will discuss his Connecticut childhood and his new book, Then It Fell Apart, May 15 at the Space Ballroom in Hamden.
It has taken 12 years since the death of Connecticut native Sol LeWitt — whose remarkable career turned the art world on its head — for a biography to emerge. The wait has been worth it.
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Comedian, longtime host of The Tonight Show and renowned car enthusiast Jay Leno will perform his stand-up act at the Palace Theater in Stamford on May 2.
