Thursday, September 9, 2021
Kids can visit the New Britain Museum of American Art for free. Using its own resources, the museum will continue a policy begun over the summer through an initiative launched by the state o…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:36PMTuesday, September 7, 2021
Westport Country Playhouse suffered flood damage to its basement level during heavy rains from Hurricane Ida on Sept. 1 as a concert performance was taking place upstairs. Cost for repairs a…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:59PMThursday, September 2, 2021
Christina Forrer's large contemporary conflict-ridden tapestries are juxtaposed with items from several Wadsworth Atheneum collections for the latest transcendent exhibit in the museum's MAT…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:22PMThe Courant's arts picks for Sept. 5-11 include Ben Folds, Dead & Co., Yung Bleu and a new play at TheaterWorks Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, September 1, 2021
Ed Asner, who died Sunday, entertained Connecticut theater audiences for 60 years off and on, starting with a stint in the American Shakespeare Theatre company and ending with a slew of one-…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:32AMSunday, August 29, 2021
A free New Haven Symphony Orchestra concert hosted by the International Festival of Arts & Ideas on New Haven Green for Labor Day weekend was switched to a "Vaccines & Vibes" event, …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, August 24, 2021
UConn's School of Fine Arts has named the new head of its Dramatic Arts department: Megan Monaghan Rivas, a playwright and dramaturg who has spent the last seven years at Carnegie Mellon Uni…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:57PMMonday, August 23, 2021
A spate of cancellations and postponements of concerts and shows — some due to COVID-19, others to Tropical Storm Henri — have marred the lead-in to the fall arts season and a general …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:27PMFriday, August 20, 2021
Chandra Prasad's new Young Adult novel "Mercury Boys" is set in the fictional town of Coventon, Connecticut, but references many real-life places in the state in telling the story of a teen …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, August 19, 2021
The first Highly Caffeinated 5K & Music Festival happens Aug. 21, with the 5K run happening at 10 a.m., followed at 11 a.m. by eight music acts, including the Connecticut-based national …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:29PMMonday, August 16, 2021
Live Nation, which operates some of the largest concert venues in Connecticut, will implement a policy on Oct. 4 requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for staff, artists and audience membe…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:31PMBallet Theatre Company in West Hartford is hiring dancers for a new resident dance company. Auditions are being held Aug. 27 and the dancers will allow BTC to expand its season and the range…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, August 12, 2021
"Little Girl Blue: The Nina Simone Musical" is being workshopped before attentive audiences as part of the Goodspeed by the River series at Goodspeed Musicals in East Haddam through Aug. 29.…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:29PMTuesday, August 10, 2021
TheaterWorks Hartford has announced its 2021-22 season of four plays plus the live return of "Christmas on the Rocks."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:00AMMonday, August 9, 2021
To stage Amy Berryman’s relationship drama “Walden,” which is set in a tiny house in a grassy wooded area, TheaterWorks Hartford has built a tiny house in a grassy wooded area on the n…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:48PMThe Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival returns with "As You Like It," through Aug. 15 on the University of St. Joseph lawn in West Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:52PMThursday, August 5, 2021
The Courant's art picks for Aug. 8-14 includes three small-cast theater shows, the Podunk Bluegrass festival and several free concerts.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:07AMWednesday, August 4, 2021
Playhouse on Park's first Connecticut Shakespeare Festival offers an earthy "Into the Woods" that depends more on emotional truth than special effects.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:24PMTuesday, August 3, 2021
Theaters are reopening. Some have COVID safety guidelines thrust upon them by unions and trade associations. Others are figuring it out as they go along.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, August 2, 2021
As a gift to fans, the Hartford Yard Goats is hosting a concert by DJ Funk Flex following the final Saturday home game of the season, Sept. 18. Admission to the concert is free with a ticket…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:33PMFriday, July 30, 2021
As of Thursday night, Yale grad student Matt Amodio won seven straight matches on TV's "Jeopardy!" His $268,800 total thus far makes him the ninth highest earning player in the show's histor…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:59PMThe Long Wharf Theatre has announced the four mainstage shows in its next season. But you can’t buy a subscription. In one of the biggest changes in marketing and programming that the Tony…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:40PMThursday, July 29, 2021
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
The Garde Arts Center in New London has reopened its box office with special promotional events like in-person discounts on Tuesday "Golden Hours" evenings. The 1450-seat theater has been dr…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:52PMThe Black-Eyed & Blues Fest returns to Bushnell Park Pavilion July 31 and Aug. 1, with an all-local line-up plus food booths for Black-Eyed Sally's restaurant and Ben & Jerry's.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, July 26, 2021
An autumnal romance TV-movie for Hallmark was filmed last week at Meadowbrook Farm in Marlborough.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:30PMSaturday, July 24, 2021
TheaterWorks Hartford is presenting Amy Berryman's new play "Walden" in a small cabin on Riverfront Recapture property on the Hartford/Windsor line. The environmental drama has live performa…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, July 23, 2021
"Bloom," an outdoor "art safari" by the dance/movement troupe Pilobolus, takes place in the ponds, fields and forests of Sunny Meadow Farms in Bridgewater.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:55PMAt its annual meeting, the Hartford Stage board of directors elected Jack Sennott as its new president.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:45PMTen arts highlights for the week of Aug. 25-31, including two Shakespeare festivals, the Black-Eyed and Blues Festival and the SHAG Festival.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:07PM 
