Friday, August 29, 2025
The Mark Twain Library Book Fair at the Redding Community Center has over 65,000 books and other items for sale this weekend, including books donated by the family of a legendary folksinger.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, August 25, 2025
The hugely popular rapper will perform at the newly renovated arena with Ken Carson, Destroy Lonely and Homixide Gang.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:15PMSunday, August 24, 2025
Concerts featuring pop, folk, funk, R&B, salsa and more hit the outdoor stages as cities and towns throughout Connecticut wind down their summer concert series.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM“Art for Healing: An Exhibit for Health & Wellness” is a project of New England Donor Services whose stated mission is “to save and heal lives through organ and tissue donation.”
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, August 23, 2025
The Courant's arts picks for Aug. 24-30 include a slew of artists that hit their stride in the 1970s: Bonnie Raitt, Lynyrd Skynyrd, James Taylor and Eight to the Bar.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, August 22, 2025
The Elm Shakespeare Company's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is the one of the company's most fluid and consistent shows in years.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:50PMThe first actor authorized to perform “Mark Twain Tonight!” since Hal Holbrook, he presents the American writer and humorist as funny and snappy as ever.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, August 21, 2025
Special chairs with local themes were created by seven high schools from Connecticut and two from Massachusetts created special chairs as part of the Chair Art Project at Bradley Internation…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, August 20, 2025
West Hartford's Playhouse on Park has announced its upcoming season featuring four musicals for the first time, starting with a jukebox favorite in September.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, August 19, 2025
James Montgomery, who has been a New England musical icon for half a century, has multiple shows throughout the state between mid-August and mid-October.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, August 17, 2025
Playhouse 44, a busy new community theater group in Avon, is staging its compendium of new and old short plays "First You Smile" on Aug. 23 at Avon High School.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe lifelong fan of the late guitarist Danny Gatton is issuing a CD version of the his famous live jazz set while sharing his instrument with renown artists.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:15AMSaturday, August 16, 2025
The Courant's arts picks for Aug. 17-23 also include a Hartford Blooms tour, comedians including Howie Mandel and Brad Garrett, an outdoor dance festival and a wide array of music acts.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, August 14, 2025
A new movie produced by Frank Durant and starring Eric Roberts and Gary Lahti has been shooting on location in Woodstock and Putnam this month.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:12PMThe popular a cappella act will perform at the newly renovated, newly renamed PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford on Dec. 6.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:53PMTuesday, August 12, 2025
The host of HBO's "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver" is brining his latest solo comedy tour to Wallingford in December.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:11PMFor all its present-day LGBTQ+ relevance, “Game On!,” at New Britain's Hole in the Wall Theater through Aug. 16, comes off as stagy and old-fashioned in an endearing way.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:17AMThe latest responsive grants awarded by the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven show how funding agencies are pivoting following the cuts and rescissions made by federal agencies.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:30AMMonday, August 11, 2025
The Yale School of Music has announced its upcoming season featuring Pacifica Quartet, New Jazz Underground, Christian Sands, Martin Bresnick and more.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, August 10, 2025
The festival, which takes place every two years, was moved to mid-August and features world music, classical concerts, theater and more.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe actor with a fondness for Connecticut is the first person to be given permission to perform "Mark Twain Tonight!" besides its creator, Hal Holbrook, who did it for over 60 years.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:00AMSaturday, August 9, 2025
The Courant's arts picks for Aug. 10-16 includes country artist Cody Jinks, comedians Jane Lynch and Kate Flannery and eclectic pop acts such as KT Tunstall and NRBQ.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, August 6, 2025
At least five community Porchfest events are happening in Connecticut in the coming weeks, including one in the West End section of Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, August 3, 2025
Sensitive modern indie bands that tend to swarm Connecticut when the colleges are in session are harder to find in the summertime but are well worth looking for.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:45AMA strong-willed Eliza Doolittle, a reverence for the show's history and a sense of fun are the secrets to the revived production of "My Fair Lady" at Ivoryton Playhouse.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:30AMSaturday, August 2, 2025
The Courant's arts picks for Aug. 3-9 also include a 12-act music festival, a 20th anniversary party at Simsbury Meadows and the three-day TerrifiCon at Mohegan Sun.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, July 27, 2025
Black Thought of The Roots discusses how the band approaches different types of shows as the members prepare for their Aug. 9 appearance at Mohegan Sun.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThose who are nostalgic for the lively punk rock scene of the 1980s and '90s can luxuriate in some major punks coming to Connecticut from Nick Lowe to The Descendents to The Dwarves.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, July 26, 2025
The Courant's arts picks for July 27 through Aug. 2 includes three Connecticut drummers, three country stars and 10 bands from the 1980s.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMA landmark piece of public art that has been the site of countless Yale-based protests, will be fully restored and repainted thanks to a major grant from the Bank of America Conservation Pro…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:45AMTuesday, July 22, 2025
“Mrs. Santa Claus,” which was announced nine months ago as the concluding show in the opera house’s season, will be replaced by “White Christmas,” running Nov. 14 through Dec. 28.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:42PM 
