The 6th annual Tommy's Tattoo Convention, a gathering of tattoo artists, people who want tattoos, live music, performances, standup comics and other attractions, runs Oct. 13 to 15 at the Co…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMHartford residents are being asked to help Hartford Decide$ choose which murals should be painted in 14 different Neighborhood Revitalization Zones in the city. Municipal capital improvement…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMJ. Pierpont Morgan had a fascination — some might say obsession — with the past, an eye for beautiful things and a yen to travel. Most important, he had loads of cash. In the last two de…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMTo commemorate the 40th anniversary of the broadcast of Alex Haley's miniseries "Roots," Goodwin College will host a conference, "Roots at 40: Reflections and Remembrances," on Oct. 6 from 8…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:36PMWhen veteran children's book author Phillip Stead was asked to write a book from 16 pages of notes scribbled by Mark Twain in the 1880s, he wasn't sure he was up to it. "My first reaction wa…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:32AMThe Big E is not the place most people think of to see works of art by the Old Masters. It's a place to listen to live music, eat crazy, indulgent foods, ride the carousel and the Ferris whe…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:07AMFor years, Heaven Skate Park in Hartford has been a legal graffiti space. Graffiti artists have covered every visible surface, primarily with text and tags in a variety of colors, artists co…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:02AMThe Renascence Arts Festival, a two-day arts and crafts market with live performers and food vendors, will be Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 26 and 27, from noon to 8 p.m. at the FasTrack station…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:39AMOld Sturbridge Village is a history museum that depicts a rural town in the 1830s, complete with homes, meeting houses, a school, a store, a bank, a farm, a covered bridge, mills and dozens …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMNew Haven is many things. A world-famous university town. A center for biomedical research. A mecca for lovers of great museums, theater and night life. The city with the prettiest green in …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMKids, don't sit in the house. Come to Springfield to play! There's a new place in town on this warm, sunny day. In the city of Springfield there's a new gallery all about Dr. Seuss and his m…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:59AMOld Lyme is proud of its history as a hive of activity for artists. Florence Griswold hosted an art colony in her home from 1899 until her death in 1937. Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts is…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMThe late, legendary children's book author Maurice Sendak frequently worked on multiple projects at a time. This was the case in 1997, when he and Arthur Yorinks co-created a book called "Pr…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:39AMFor more than 150 years, Hartford's Watkinson Library has been a research hub. Today, the collection housed at Trinity College includes 200,000 volumes dating back 10 centuries, including an…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:33AMThe great screen comedian Gene Wilder lived in Stamford and sometimes gave talks at the Avon Theatre. Thanks to artist Juni Crane, the spirit of Wilder is back. An artwork honoring Wilder, w…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:06PMIf you had to choose between art exhibits, which would it be? Pablo Picasso or Grandma Moses? Sol LeWitt or Helen Frankenthaler? Andy Warhol or Nick Cave? Robert Rauschenberg or Norman Rockw…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:34AMIn the early '60s, Tony Bill was fresh out of college and serious-minded about his career in the film industry. He couldn't relate to the beach-party movies that were everywhere those days. …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:56AMDonald Collins' arms are covered with tattoos. Some have metaphorical meanings. The dandelion symbolizes resilience. The robin and the moth represent new beginnings. Though only 24, he is an…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMThe National Endowment for the Arts on Wednesday announced it has awarded 1,195 grants totaling $82.06 million to arts organizations all over the country, including 14 organizations in Conne…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMIn its 30 years, the Connecticut LGBT Film Festival has shown scores of documentaries, usually profiles of famous LGBT men and women, tragic stories about AIDS and stories about 20th- and 21…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:29AM"Ask Amy" columnist Amy Dickinson and humor writer Gina Barreca have been friends for years. On May 31, the women will get together at Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford to talk about, we…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:05PMMembers of Hartford Gay Men's Chorus call themselves Brothers in Song. Going into this weekend's concert at the Wadsworth Atheneum, the guys have a compelling reason to celebrate brotherly d…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:28AMPeople who own dogs know that many pooches cower in fear when they hear very loud noises. People attending orchestra concerts know that symphonic music is very loud. So how will the Hartford…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:18AMOn Free Comic Book Day, which is Saturday, May 6, about 50 different comic books will be available at stores around the country. Each store has ordered different books; some have ordered the…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:16AMFree Comic Book Day is Saturday, May 6, when people all over the country will start or add to their collections by going to comic-book stores and picking out their free prizes. But this mont…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:16AMThe Connecticut Office of the Arts, part of the Department of Economic and Community Development, is giving 114 organizations grants ranging from $500 to $28,540, totaling $397,354 statewide…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:30PMWhen visitors go to a museum, they expect to see beautiful artworks and important artifacts. What they might not know is that for every gorgeous painting and historic document, there are man…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:43PMSWAN Day CT — SWAN stands for Support Women Artists Now — has been going on ever year for 10 years. Parties are held simultaneously at locations worldwide to celebrate female visual and …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:20PMAs the NCAA basketball tournaments get started and Connecticut dives into its annual obsession with bracketology, the Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Festival celebrates basketball, too. It…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:51PMConnecticut Arts Day, a day set aside to bring together artists, potential investors and policy makers to drive home the importance of the arts in the economy, made its debut last year, with…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00PMConnecticut is the home of American Impressionism. At the turn of the 20th century, colonies sprouted up in Old Lyme, Cos Cob, Farmington, Kent and other places. Many of the artists who gath…
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