Saturday, September 24, 2022
Randy Skinner, who has been involved with every major production of the stage musical "42nd Street," is directing and choreographing a new, more "intimate" version of the show for the Goodsp…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, September 21, 2022
The fourth annual Hartford Book Festival takes place at the Hartford Public Library and the Free Center. The local literary gathering includes readings from a variety of Connecticut writers …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:11PMTuesday, September 20, 2022
Underground comics pioneer Diane Noomin, who died this month, remained a powerful feminist voice in comics for decades. Part of the legendary San Francisco comics scene in the 1970s, Noomin …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:34AM"Our Town: Simsbury," a modern contemporary drama about the Connecticut town in 2018 with a nod to Thornton Wilder’s classic drama, is premiering at Simsbury's Eno Memorial Hall on Thursda…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:23AMSunday, September 18, 2022
The Wadsworth Atheneum and Museum has assembled a cutting-edge exhibit of contemporary glass art. "Fired Up: Glass Today" is on display through Feb. 5.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, September 16, 2022
The Hartford Dance Collective's interpretation of songs by The Beatles with a live accompaniment from the Meadows Brothers band will take place on Saturday at the Mortensen Riverfront Plaza …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, September 14, 2022
The latest Connecticut HorrorFest convention scares up panel discussions on "Friday the 13th" series, "The Haunting of Hill House," "Re-Animator" and the original "Night of the Living Dead,"…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, September 13, 2022
Singer-songwrite Jill Sobule returns to the Mark Twain House for a solo concert in the house itself, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:52PMHartford Stage is holding an open house Sept. 17 from noon to 4 p.m., an example of the sort of community outreach the company has been engaged in since Melia Bensussen became its artistic d…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, September 11, 2022
The fall music offerings around Connecticut range from slew of acts from the '80s to hot indie bands on the college circuit to blues festivals.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, September 9, 2022
Sea Tea Improv has revived its LGBTQ+ "Be Yourself Show" for a special performance Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. at the troupe's theater on Asylum Street. The show is being held the same day as the dow…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, September 8, 2022
For 2022, the Hartbeat Music Festival has added an extra night of music and swelled the number of bands to 35. The fest happens Friday from 5 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 9 p.m. at Mo…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:59PMThe Courant's arts picks for Sept. 11-17 include Tom Jones at Foxwoods, Sam Bush at Infinity Hall, In This Moment at the Oakdale and "42nd Street" at the Goodspeed Opera House.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, September 7, 2022
Killingworth-based photographer Christina E. Cole provides an upbeat and "oddball" look at Nutmeg State in her new book "Weird, Wild, and Wonderful Connecticut." The book was released last m…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe 2023 Westport Country Playhouse season will include "Dial M for Murder," "Ain't Misbehavin'," "Antigone," "School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play" and another show yet to be annou…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, September 5, 2022
The annual Hartford Pride celebration will return to Trumbull Street in downtown Hartford Sept.10. National recording artists CeCe Peniston and Willie Gomez are the headliners, and numerous …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, September 3, 2022
September is a prime month for vintage car shows around Connecticut, happening in town squares, family games centers, car dealerships and elsewhere.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMHorses are some of the main performers in a unique 90-minute version of the opera "La Passion de Carmen" staged by Opera Theater of Connecticut in a riding arena in Old Lyme. The opera featu…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, September 1, 2022
The Courant's arts picks for Sept. 4 through 10 include major tours from Sting, Wu-Tang Clan with Nas, Scorpions and The War of Drugs, plus several fun festivals: Chickenstock, the Connectic…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, August 31, 2022
Twiztid returns to the Webster Theater in Hartford, a venue the midwestern metal rap horror duo hasn't played in nine years, for a Sept. 2 show at 5 p.m. with Attila.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, August 29, 2022
The first Sound on Sound Festival in Bridgeport's Seaside Park Sept. 24 and 25 has finalized its performance schedule, which has been organized so that sets on the two separate stages don't …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, August 28, 2022
Hartford-based documentary filmmaker Jennifer Boyd's latest film, "The Street Project," examines the alarming rise in pedestrian and bike fatalities around the world, looking at how the safe…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, August 26, 2022
The Courant reviews new recordings by Them Airs, The Balkun Brothers, Nineteen Times, Kevlar Kohleone and Frank Critelli. Here’s our latest round-up of new recordings from Connecticut musi…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, August 25, 2022
The Courant's arts picks for Aug. 28 through Sept. 3 include former chat show host Craig Ferguson, former Hollywood child star Corey Feldman with one of his music projects, pop experimentali…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFrankie Cyanide is a drag king who brings an alt-rock/punk approach to a drag scene still dominated by pop and disco divas. Cyanide has two shows upcoming: a "Wacky Saturday" revue preceded …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, August 24, 2022
Local drummer Opus has a new album out with his band Dead by Wednesday, is touring Europe this month with his Black Sabbath tribute band Earth and has published a memoir of his 35 years in t…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, August 23, 2022
Mark Ruffalo will appear for post-show talks at screenings of the TV series "I Know This Much is True" in September at the Garde Arts Center in New Lodon. The series' director Derek Cianfran…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, August 20, 2022
A national group of theater leaders, including from Hartford Stage and the Long Wharf, is showing solidarity with Ken-Matt Martin, who was recently terminated from his position as artistic d…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe popular musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" gets a strong, sensitive production at the Legacy Theatre in Branford that respects the "Peanuts" comic strip on which it's based.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, August 19, 2022
Hole in the Wall Theater, the 50-year-old New Britain community theater institution known for its provocative programming choices, is presenting the Connecticut premiere of Robert O'Hara's h…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, August 18, 2022
The Courant's arts picks for Aug. 21-27 include a festival at Heublein Tower, two emotional theater shows and concerts as varied as Lorde, Wilco and Ghostface Killah.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:25PM 
