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The 18th annual West Hartford Mayor’s Charity Ball was held Saturday night, May 13, on the town green as a fundraiser for The Playhouse on Park and The Town That Cares.
New Britain High School held its 2017 senior prom Friday, May 12, at The Aqua Turf in Southington.
In 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 21st-century gay rights activists, who worked in atmospheres of suppression and intolerance. "Before Homosexuals"...
"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...
"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,...
In 1778, Connecticut Gov. John Trumbull and his wife, Faith, sat for a formal portrait by his son, painter John Trumbull. In the painting, he wears a deep blue banyan, a loose-fitting, Asian-inspired damask dressing gown. That portrait is now hanging at the Wadsworth Atheneum, as part of its new...
HARTFORD — The Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford has appointed Pieter Nicholson Roos as its new executive director, it was announced Thursday. The appointment comes six months after Cindy Lovell resigned as the director of the historic home of the legendary writer. Roos will begin at the Twain...
When Charles M. Schulz was in art school, he had a crush on a red-headed classmate. She didn't feel the same way. Years later, when Schulz was the world-famous creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip, he remembered his youthful heartthrob and created a little red-haired girl to captivate, and repeatedly...
Southington Drive-In, the town-owned movie theater at 995 Meriden Waterbury Turnpike, begins begin its fifth season of film screenings of classic family-friendly films. Each Saturday from June 3 to Sept. 2, the gates will open at 6 p.m. and the movies will begin when it gets dark. Southington residents...
The fourth annual New Haven Documentary Film Festival runs June 1 to 8, with screenings of short and feature films at Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St.; the New Haven Free Public Library, 133 Elm St.; and Cafe Nine, 250 State St. After June 8, the documentary film festival run by the International...
Michel Gondry, who made "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "The Science of Sleep," is back with another romantic fantasy. "Mood Indigo" tells the story of Colin, a Frenchman who invents strange things. He is in love with the fetching Chloe. When a flower starts growing inside her lung,...
Take a hike under the canopy of white pines within an old growth forest in Cornwall. Ride your horse through miles of the Natchaug State Forest and camp under the stars. Paddle along the Connecticut River and Selden Creek to explore Selden Neck Island. More than 200 hikes, rides and paddling events...
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....
Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury gets the summer season started with special deals. First, 50-Cent Fabulous Fridays run through Sept. 2, when after 5 p.m., tickets for rides, hot dogs and soft drinks are 50 cents each. (Some rides require two tickets.) Parking is $7. On Saturdays, from 5 to...
The 3rd annual Greenwich International Film Festival will be held June 1 to 4, with short and feature-length films, panel discussions, a concert and an awards ceremony at various locations in Greenwich. Celebrities scheduled to appear include Flo Rida, Sophia Bush, Mark Teixeira, Christy Turlington...
The village of Ivoryton will play host to actress/artist Kathrine Narducci this week with a screening of a short film and an exhibit of her artworks. "A Whole New Day," released in 1999, stars Narducci and James Gandolfini, with whom she appeared in the show "The Sopranos." The comic short tells...
In the Middle East, nothing is more unchanging than conflict, but many in that region are looking forward to a more harmonious future. On Thursday, June 1, Real Art Ways in Hartford is holding a one-time-only screening of a documentary about a group of would-be peacemakers. "Disturbing the Peace"...
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...
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...
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,...