Gather as many people as possible at a variety of ski areas throughout the country. Invite them all to take a lesson, on the same day, at the same time. What happens? The World's Largest Ski Lesson — an effort to earn a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. In honor of Learn to Ski and Snowboard...
Concerts, theater, movies, music, exhibits: a few entertainment options, big and small, you might want to know about.More
Hundreds of runners participated in the Go Far Jingle All the Way 5K road race at Powder Ridge Mountain Park and Resort in Middlefield Sunday, Dec. 20. It was the first event of its kind for the Go Far volunteer organization that promotes health, wellness and achievement in the schools of Middlefield...
Trains were filled to capacity for Saturday night's North Pole Express run of the Essex Steam Train. Hot chocolate was provided along with singing elves and a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus.
Already as comfortable at coffeehouse open mike nights as he is in concert halls, singer-songwriter Benjamin Scheuer has conquered a new set of stages — regional and off-Broadway theaters — with his one-man show "The Lion." New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre will host "The Lion" for five weeks starting...
Jonathan Tolins' comedy "Buyer and Cellar" concerns a down-on-his-luck L.A. actor who gets a job tidying up the treasures in the basement of Barbra Streisand's Malibu house. The one-man show, which won a Drama Desk Award for its New York production and has been a hit at numerous regional theaters,...
The steampunk movement brings a hip fashion sense and sensibility to the historical Industrial Age, and so does the New England Carousel Museum at 95 Riverside Ave. in Bristol. The Brass Ring Academy and Cabaret, which holds fundraising events for the museum, is making its Saturday, Jan. 9, happening...
Photographic self-portraitist Kate O'Donovan Cook, who has an exhibit on the walls now at New Britain Museum of American Art, was shaped artistically by two very different forces: gender and ballet. She grew up in San Francisco, raised by progressive parents. Then she moved on, into the wider world:...
"Metanoia" means a spiritual conversion that leads to a change in the way a person lives. Elizabeth Phelps Meyer believes that such a change comes gradually, the result of a constant daily turning away from the old way of thinking and shifting toward the new way of thinking. To help her move herself...
Christmas week is the best time of the year to visit the Knights of Columbus Museum in New Haven, which annually presents an exhibit of creches of historical or artistic interest. This year, the emphasis is on Central Europe, with Nativity scenes distinctive of the cultures of Austria, Germany,...
The Masterpiece Theater hit "Sherlock" will return on Jan. 1 on PBS with the episode "The Abominable Bride." But fans who would rather see the two-hour "The Abominable Bride" on the big screen can see it in cinemas on Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 5 and 6. The theater presentation will include a...
New Britain Museum of American Art has a Robert Motherwell polyptych — "The Blue Painting Lesson: A Study in Painterly Logic" — on exhibit in its Huntington Gallery. A documentary showing at the museum on Thursday, Dec. 31, is a good accompaniment to that piece. "Robert Motherwell and the New York...
The Wadsworth Atheneum will close out its 2015 film program with a classic family film that has Hartford ties. "Little Women," made in 1933, starred Hartford's own Katharine Hepburn as Jo March, the most headstrong of four sisters whose father is away during the Civil War. The ladies and their...
Cosplayers, artists, panels, vendors and special guests are all part of YourMiniCon Connecticut on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 9 and 10, at the Four Points by Sheraton Meriden, 275 Research Parkway. Guests include Tyler Green, Bobby Ocean, Adria Kyne, Hector David Jr., The Nintendo Fan Girl, Tee...
Put on your helmets, turn on the heaters and start your engines. Lime Rock Park in Salisbury hosts its Winter Autocross Days at the race track in January and February, when any licensed driver can drive hard and get "slideways" in the snow in any vehicle (all-wheel, rear-wheel or front-wheel drive)....
Can’t get to Florida? CoCo Key Water Resort in Waterbury, a 55,000-square-foot indoor water park featuring tube rides and water slides in a tropical 84-degree environment, has some great winter daycation deals in January and February. Full-day passes are $34 for adults and children 2 and older,...
Stanley Maxwell, the four-piece local jazz combo that's stretched out in recent years to cover whole albums by Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Bob Dylan, marks its 15th anniversary with a 9:30 p.m. gig Saturday, Jan. 9, at The Main Pub, 306 Main St., Manchester. The show will reunite Stanley Maxwell's...
Moon Hooch, the New York subway buskers who became a nationally touring party band, brings its two-saxes-plus-percussion attack to the Acoustic Bar and Music Hall, 2926 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport, on Friday, Jan. 8, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10. Information: 203-335-3655, theacoustic.rocks.
The experimental Boston pop band Bent Knee, which features a violinist and a sound designer among the more conventional guitars/bass/drums/keyboards instrumentation, will release its latest album on the avant-garde-friendly Cuneiform Records label in May. On Wednesday, Jan. 13, Bent Knee is at...
If you're looking to combine holiday gift hunting with a fun outing, shop one of Connecticut's Main Streets. In towns throughout the state, picturesque greens, holiday lights and cozy cafés combine to create a Christmas card environment without the crowds. Today's profile is the last in this holiday...
Flying for the holidays? Expect crowds and extra security. The Transportation Security Administration screens nearly 2 million passengers daily nationwide and during peak travel periods that number can increase by as much 40 percent — which means long lines of folks anxious to make flights and...
If you're looking to combine holiday gift hunting with a fun outing, shop one of Connecticut's Main Streets. In towns throughout the state, picturesque greens, holiday lights and cozy cafes combine to create a Christmas card environment without the crowds. We'll be profiling one town each Wednesday...