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Out Film CT's 36th Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival is happening Oct. 6-15 in Hartford featuring nearly 100 features and shorts, several with Connecticut connections.
"The 12" is a powerful collection of songs about how the apostles felt in the hours after Jesus' death, but it lacks some ingredients that would make it a more powerful musical.
"Mrs. Doubtfire" arrives at The Bushnell on its first national tour Oct. 3-8 with its original Broadway star Rob McClure and some improvements to the musical overseen by famed director Jerry…
"Night Fall," the annual event celebrating autumn through a blend of puppetry, mime, music, dance and visual arts, comes to in Bushnell Park in Hartford on Oct. 7.
The first Hartford Symphony Orchestra concert of the 2023-24 season offers Edward Elgar's "Enigma Variations" and some equally rousing and challenging works by Schubert, Gerard Schwarz and D…
The Courant's arts picks for Oct. 1-7 includes The Roots in New Haven, a Henry Rollins reading in Old Saybrook, dozens of bands at the Black Bear Americana Music Fest in Goshen and several n…
Academy Award-winning film "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" is accompanied by a live 13-piece band plus a DJ on Oct. 1 at the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford.
The Mystic Disc record store is celebrating its 40th anniversary on Saturday with performances, trivia and tributes to the shop's owner.
TikTok sensation Nurse Blake brings his comedy about the health care profession to College Street Music Hall in New Haven on Thursday.
Symphony season has arrived in Connecticut. Here are 10 top concert picks, three movies accompanied by orchestras and other fall highlights.
Hundreds of shows are happening at Connecticut theaters this fall, from major tours to small experimental pieces, as local theaters continue to rebuild their audiences after the COVID shutdo…
The Courant's arts picks for Sept. 24-30 include the Sound on Sound Music Festival in Bridgeport, Hunter Hayes in Willimantic and Marshall Crenshaw in Old Saybrook.
Branford's Legacy Theatre has mounted one of the first local productions of the British comedy hit "The Play That Goes Wrong," which has previously played Connecticut several times on nation…
Ruha Benjamin and her book "Viral Justice" are being honored with two days of events by the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center on Thursday and Friday.
Dozens of tribute bands, honoring everyone from Prince to Warren Zevon to the usual Beatles and Elvis, play Connecticut theaters and clubs this fall.
The Halloween frights begin now and continue for the next six weeks with dozens of spooky shows, concerts and attractions around Connecticut.
GreenStage Guilford, formerly the Guilford Performing Arts Festival, brings dancers, musicians, theater makers and other artists to the Guilford Green Sept. 17-24.
This week's Courant arts picks include Samantha Bee at The Bushnell, Willie Nelson in Bridgeport, animatronic dinosaurs at Mohegan Sun and Pigeons Playing Ping Pong outside the Old State Hou…
Bob Dylan's upcoming show at the Waterbury Palace is Nov. 11, the same date that he played the same venue in 1975 on his Rolling Thunder Revue tour.
Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to a new documentary about the record-breaking West Hartford woman who has been to the summit of Mount Everest 10 times.
After days of thunderstorms, the skies magically parted in Hartford on Tuesday afternoon for a special visitor. Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet who represents a 10-year-old Syrian refugee, was…
Nat Reeves' Jazz on the Patio series returns to Parkville Market in Hartford for free biweekly concerts Sept. 25 through Dec. 4.
Taylor Swift's music and record-breaking Eras Tour has inspired a slew of events happening around Connecticut in the next few weeks.
The 2023 Big E runs Sept. 15 through Oct. 1, with concerts, agriculture competitions, food, exhibits and more. Here's a handy guide to some of the most exciting things the fair offers.
The Courant's arts picks for Sept. 10-16 include numerous comedy acts, a free reggae concert at the Old State House in Hartford and horror rock icons Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie.