My Morning Jacket, Celisse, Ozomatli, The Suffers and Vincent Lima were added to the lineup for June's Capitol Groove music festival in Hartford's Bushnell Park.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:54PMMelia Bensussen tabbed to run the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center while remaining artistic director at Hartford Stage.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:59AMThe National Endowment for the Arts has awarded a total of $200,000 in grants to 12 Connecticut arts organizations, including the Amistad Center in Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:56AMSome movies nominated for Academy Awards on Tuesday are still in local theaters, playing on big screens. Here's where to catch them in Connecticut.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:10PMAt least 10 people who received Oscar nominations Tuesday have connections to Connecticut, whether they grew up here, lived here or worked here.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:35AMBefore he was a movie star, Paul Giamatti starred on the star at Yale. Here are some of Courant writer Christopher Arnott's most memorable Giamatti performances.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMA new comedy mystery from Kate Hamill takes the male-dominated story of Detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson and flips the script at Playhouse on Park.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTheaterWorks Hartford named Jeff Griffin its first managing director. Griffin has held similar positions at theaters in New York City and Washington D.C.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AMThis week's Courant arts picks include a female-focused Ramones tribute act, rocker Grace Potter and stand-up comedians Sommore and Mary Lynn Rajskub.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMLocal filmmaker Gary Hochman's documentary "Deadly Deception at Sobibor," about the excavation of a Nazi extermination site, is screening Sunday at the Mandell JCC.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFIDLAR frontman Zac Carper talks about the band's new approach to touring and recording, memories of New Haven and his recovery from substance abuse.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe national tour stop of the Broadway hit "Hairspray” at the Palace Theater in Waterbury benefited from being rough and earthy instead of slick and shiny.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThree new musicals, including "A Complicated Woman" and "Ask for the Moon," will be workshopped at Goodspeed Musicals' Norma Terris Theatre in Chester this year.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe Connecticut Emerge Festival is returning after nearly a decade off with a new goal of buying time in a professional recording studio for local musicians.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:03AMA new leg of Janet Jackson's Together Again tour has been announced, including a June 29 date at the Xfinity Theater in Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:42AMConnecticut-raised actor Kate MacCluggage is hosting a screening of the 2023 film "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret." Sunday at the Garde Arts Center in New London.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM"The Featherweight," about legendary Hartford prizefighter Willie Pep, will have its Connecticut premiere at the Norwalk Film Festival and a private screening at The Bushnell.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:34AMThe new Martín Zimmerman play "Simona's Search" has its world premiere Jan. 18 through Feb. 11 at Hartford Stage.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWaterbury's Seven Angels Theatre has altered its programming style, offering several months of concerts before starting its 2024 season of plays and musicals.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe Courant's arts picks for Jan. 14-20 include comedians Mike Epps and Jay Pharaoh, '80s heartthrobs Richard Marx and Rick Springfield, and a premiere of a boxing movie made in Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMA national tour of "Hairspray," the 1960s coming of age story that was one of the biggest Broadway hits of the 2000s, is at the Waterbury Palace Jan. 16-18.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMPaul Giamatti and Da'Vine Joy Randolph, both of whom studied acting at Yale, both won Golden Globes Sunday night for their performances in "The Holdovers."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:41PMLocal musician Opus has been holding his birthday bash at Toad's Place for decades. They have become a prime gathering place for the Connecticut metal community.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals offers readings of three musical theater works-in-progress, cabaret shows, seminars and gatherings.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMA new outdoor music festival, "Capitol Groove," will feature 14 bands including The Revivalists, Dispatch and The Head and the Heart June 29-30 at Bushnell Park in Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMThe Courant's arts picks for Jan. 7-13 include "Dancing with the Stars," a Genesis tribute, comedy from Cocoa Brown and '90s hip-hop from The Lox.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMKevin Hart is scheduled to play the Shubert Theatre in New Haven on Jan. 15. The 1,667-seat venue continues to up its game with recent major comedy bookings.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe free Winter Blues series is returning to Hartford in February with top local blues guitarists playing Thursdays inside the State House Square building.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:10PMThe Ivoryton Playhouse released its 2024 schedule which includes a new holiday show, a new tribute to the Everly Brothers and a musical based on the movie "Mystic Pizza."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:20AMThree Kings Day falls on Saturday this year. In Hartford, there are two big traditions with a parade and the Boars Head and Yule Log Festival.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMGrandy's Rhea Katzman is the tour coordinator for "Disney on Ice presents Magic in the Stars," which visits Hartford's XL Center Jan. 4-7.
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