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NBMAA Art Party Of The Year!
The NBMAA’s 17th annual Spring Gala, the Art Party of the Year! was held Saturday, May 6, and featured live and silent auctions, dinner, and dancing at Gala After Dark party.
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CT's 5th Annual Marijuana March
Hundreds of supporters for the legalization of marijuana participated in Connecticut's 5th annual Marijuana March on Saturday, May 6, in Bushnell Park in Hartford. The event was organized by HempCT.
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A Chat With 'Ask Amy' Before Her Visit To The Twain House
"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, well, anything, and to promote Dickinson's new book, "Strangers Tend to Tell Me Things: A Memoir of Love, Loss,...
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Goodspeed Finds A Real-Life 'Thoroughly Modern Millie'
"It's kind of a crazy story." No, it's actually very much like the story of the musical you're starring in. "Thoroughly Modern Millie," which opens Goodspeed Musicals' 2017 season, is the story of a woman from a small town who finds sudden success and grand adventure in the big city. In a phone...
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Hartford Stage Takes On Challenge Of Steering Shaw's 'Heartbreak House'
Darko Tresnjak is looking forward to taking a break this summer. Hartford Stage's much-lauded artistic director spent the winter crafting his knockabout version of Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors," then spent the next several months in New York readying "Anastasia" — a hit at Hartford Stage last...
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Artists Take On 'Flight' At MCC On Main
Jane Rainwater, curator of MCC on Main in Manchester, put out a call for artists to depict the concept of flight. She got a range of responses. The theme was familiar to Tim Murphy of West Hartford, who submitted "Beginner," an oil on canvas of three women flying into a fiery sunset. "I've been...
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Google 'Street Ghosts' Exhibit To Be Installed In Downtown Hartford
An outdoor photo exhibit is going up on Saturday, May 13, in downtown Hartford, and the people pictured have no idea they will be part of an art installation. They may not like it. But that's a risk the artist, Paolo Cirio, is willing to take. The photos are on the internet anyway, so those images...
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Artists Take On Global Warming In 'One Planet, One Home'
In January, Kehler Liddell was the first gallery in the state to present an exhibit of protest art stemming from the inauguration of the current president. That show focused on a myriad of human-rights and philosophical concerns. The New Haven art space is doing it again, this time zeroing in on...
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Ridgefield Independent Film Fest Features 55 Films
The second annual Ridgefield Independent Film Festival returns May 19 to 21, showing 55 short and feature-length films from 19 countries, as well as student programs, parties, master classes and meet-and-greets, at five locations in this Fairfield County town. Festivities begin at 2:30 p.m. on...
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'Rebel Rossa' At Quinnipiac
"Rebel Rossa," a documentary about Irish rebel Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, will be shown May 18 at 6 p.m. in the Center for Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Quinnipiac University, 370 Bassett Road in Hamden. The screening is presented by Ireland's Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University....
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'3 Idiots' Is Next 'Science On Screen' At Real Art Ways
The next film in Real Art Ways' "Science on Screen" series doesn't sound very scientific, but it is the basis of a discussion on "Is Laughter the Best Medicine?" The movie "3 Idiots" is Rajkumar Hirani's 2009 Bollywood comedy about two men looking for their lost buddy, whose journey is fraught...
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Kids-Friendly Hikes: Inviting, Easy-Going Destinations For The Family
Ah, hiking with the kids in tow. "I'm bored." "I have to go to the bathroom." "Are we there yet?" "Can we catch a frog?" Here are some hikes that are sure to keep their interest, make them realize it is the journey and not the destination, and maybe offer them the chance to catch a critter or two....
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Zip Lining In CT: Treetop Adventures To Thrill Your Inner Tarzan
Looking for a different type of summer fun? More people are learning the ropes at aerial adventure parks — destinations featuring zip lines, high wires, ropes courses and other adrenaline-rush-producing experiences. Recreational zip lining originally gained popularity with tourists seeking unique...
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Popular Swimming Holes: Four Places To Hike And Take A Dip
It's a hot and humid summer day. You've spent the day hiking for miles in the woods fending off mosquitoes and ticks and now you just want to jump into a lake or river to cool off. Here are a few places where you can combine hiking and swimming. Salmon River/Day Pond, Colchester — Few things are...
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'King And I' At The Bushnell For A Week
Rodgers and Hammerstein are busier in Connecticut now than they were 60 or 70 years ago, when their musicals routinely had out-of-town try-outs at the Shubert in New Haven. Tours of "Cinderella" and "The Sound of Music" have visited the state in recent months, and "Oklahoma" will be at the Goodspeed...
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Cyrille Aimee At Infinity Hall
French singer Cyrille Aimee can move from gypsy jazz to Tin Pan Alley to pop. She has a gentle lilt to her voice paired with a careful enunciation. Aimee grew up in the village outside of Paris where Django Reinhardt spent the last years of his life. The guitarist's music permeates the place, with...
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A Confident Russ Comes To The Oakdale
There are rappers who aren't from Atlanta, but Russ isn't one of them. Aside from being from the reigning capital of hip-hop, Russ's main claim to fame is that his music is "produced, mixed, mastered, engineered, written" by him, as he mentions. "My goals are more and more tangible," raps Russ...
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Cape Cod Shopping, Dining, Trips For When You're Not At The Beach
For nearly 50 years our family has been making the annual summer pilgrimage to the breathtaking National Seashore in Cape Cod, home of the freshest seafood, miles of (hopefully and usually) sunny beaches and high end boutiques and shops that promise to break any wallet. The trouble is I am allergic...
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10 Cape Cod Experiences Easy On Your Budget
A Cape Cod vacation can mean salt air, pretty-as-a-postcard villages, and some of the world's most beautiful beaches. It can also mean some big-ticket expenses. A week of lobster dinners, whale watches and souvenir shopping and suddenly your budget is melting faster than a hand-scooped cone at...
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Navigating Spirit's 'Bare Fares' Requires Some Homework On 'Extras'
Flying doesn't get much love these days, and that's especially true for Spirit Airlines. Passengers complain about delayed and canceled flights, poor service, uncomfortable seats and extra fees for nearly everything including a cup of water. The airline ranked last, for the third year in a row,...