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Street Level With Lys Guillorn

Taste of Greater Hartford 2017

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Radio 104 Fest

Connecticut Wine Festival 2017

New London Food Truck Festival

Om Street Yoga

Third Thursday: Willimantic Street Festival

Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz 2017

Blues Brews Food Truck Fest

The Hartford County Blues Brews Food Truck Fest at Muzzy Field in Bristol was filled with food trucks, vendors and families enjoying the fun this weekend.

Monday Night Jazz In Bushnell Park

The Paul Brown Legacy Band launched the free Monday-night jazz summer series  at Bushnell Park last night. Remaining performances are by Little Johnny Rivero on July 17; the Joanne Bracken Trio on July 24; Silvia Cuenca Organ Quintet on July 31; Clifton Anderson Aug. 7; and Darius Jones Aug. 14;...

Adults-Only: Booze-Infused Snow Cones, Slushies And Ice Pops

'Everyone Seems Happy' At New Park Brewing

Much-Awaited Cook And Bear Collaboration Opening In Blue Back

Big Mean Sound Machine At Arch Street Tavern

The New Pornographers At College Street Music Hall

The Wild Reeds At Stage One

Goat Yoga In Connecticut

The Adventure Room At Lock Museum

Street Level With Among the Acres

Director Looks For Right Tone For Goodspeed's 'Oklahoma!'

In East Haddam, the wind goes sweeping down the Connecticut River rather than the plain. But Jenn Thompson is feeling right at home, bringing Rodgers and Hammerstein's game-changing 1943 musical "Oklahoma!" to the Goodspeed Opera House. "Oklahoma!" runs through Sept. 23 at the theater. It was just...

• A Peek At Goodspeed's 'Oklahoma!'

A new Maurice Sendak book found in Connecticut will be published in 2018

The 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 "Presto and Zesto in Limboland." After finishing their writing, Sendak put the drawings and text in a drawer...

• New Maurice Sendak Book

A Simple, Unassuming 'Love's Labour's Lost' Outdoors At St. Joseph's

The Capital Classics presentations at the University of St. Joseph are so simple, unassuming and unadorned that they're more about resting on a comfortable lawn than having to get too deeply involved in a Shakespeare play. "Love's Labour's Lost" is ideal for such a leisurely midsummer relaxation....

• Capital Classics' 'Love's Labour's Lost'

Arts Workforce Initiative Places Interns In Cultural Organizations

Maritza Quintuna studies graphic design at Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, and she paints. She knows what it's like to be an artist. Until recently, however, she didn't know what went into running an art gallery. "It's not just having events and sitting in the gallery waiting for people...

• The Arts Workforce Initiative

ArtShapes Stamford's Latest New, Whimiscal Outdoor Sculpture Project

The 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, who died last August, has been installed underneath the marquee of the cinema. Crane's piece is part of ArtShapes,...

• ArtShapes In Stamford

Mystic Exhibit Honors Portraits Of Robert Brackman

Charles Lindbergh became an international idol in 1927 when he flew his plane, The Spirit of St. Louis, from New York to Paris. In 1932, the public shared in his grief when his baby son was kidnapped and murdered. In 1938, when Robert Brackman painted portraits of Lindbergh and his wife, Anne Morrow...

• The Portraits Of Robert Brackman

Movies Opening In Greater Hartford This Week

Here are the movies opening in Greater Hartford theaters this week. Check theaters for times, and find out else is playing at ctnow.com/movies. 

Tunisian Drama 'Hedi' At Wadsworth Atheneum

The conflict between doing what is expected of you and following your dreams is a classic cinema plot. The film showing at Wadsworth Atheneum tells this story, from a contemporary Tunisian perspective. "Hedi" tells the story of a man who is being set up in an arranged marriage to a woman as unenthusiastic...

• Things To Do This Week

'Angels In America' In Area Theaters

"Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia On National Themes" was a critical darling when it premiered in 1991. Tony Kushner's two-part symbolic fantasy tells the stories of several gay men, both out and closeted, as they deal with AIDS and homophobia in 1980s America. The play won a Tony, a Pulitzer...

• Things To Do This Week

A Maine Vacation: From Hiking And Beaches To Adventure And The Arts

For me, summer vacation means spending time on a Maine pond where the sound of loons calling is about the most exciting thing that happens all day. But I do venture occasionally from my little paradise to experience other things the state has to offer, whether it's the coast, a mountain hike, a...

Cirque Eloize's 'iD' Comes To Foxwoods Twice In July

Cirque Eloize's still-newish relationship with Foxwoods Resort Casino is thriving. The Canadian theater troupe staged the world premiere of its Wild West show "Saloon" at the Fox Theater last August, then went industrial for "Cirkopolis" in April. Cirque Eloize returns to Foxwoods July 6 to 12...

• Things To Do This Week

Lock Museum Opens Adventure Room

Escape rooms have been growing in popularity over the last few years. Groups of people visit a location and are locked inside a room. Knowing nothing ahead of time, they must find clues scattered around the room to figure out how to unlock the door and escape. What better place to set up an escape...

• The Adventure Room At Lock Museum

'Finding Neverland' At The Bushnell, John Douglas Thompson At Gunn Library

"Finding Neverland," the Broadway musical about how J.M. Barrie created Peter Pan, has been on a national tour since October 2016. That's long enough for it to have undergone a few cast changes. When the show flies into The Bushnell Aug. 1 to 6 it will star Billy Harrigan Tighe as J.M. Barrie,...

Westport's One-Woman Military Show 'Grounded' Builds With Suspense

"Grounded" is a tough-minded war story told with a minimum of fuss. It swears a bit, but it doesn't drip blood on you. It tells rather than shows. Holding back makes it much more powerful. "Grounded" has been a breakthrough work for George Brant, a prolific playwright who's been active in the regional...

Moose Blood At Ballroom At The Outer Space

Moose Blood's 2016 record "Blush," has 10 one-word song titles, some of which sound like color-swatch names from a twisted clothing catalog: "Pastel," "Honey," "Sulk," "Sway." There's a pink theme to the new record, its second full-length. The band plays a kind of compressed, muscular pop-punk-ish,...

Saratoga Springs Offers Victorian Architecture, 'Health, History, Horses'

If you think wellness vacations are a new phenomenon, a trip to Saratoga Springs will prove you wrong. Travelers have been heading to the charming city in upstate New York for more than 200 years, drawn by the purported healing powers of the area's mineral springs. In the mid-1800s, Saratoga was...

Fairfield Day Trip: Restored Historic Homes And Nearby Beaches

During summer weekends, families may often find themselves wondering, should the kids do something educational today? Or just something fun? Families can do both. Fairfield has two popular public beaches, Jennings and Penfield. Just a few minutes' drive from those Long Island Sound strands is a...

Portsmouth: Where Naval History, Charm Converge

Portsmouth, N.H., is the kind of place that if you've already been, you likely want to go back. And if you haven't, then you need to go. With roots predating the Revolutionary War by more than a hundred years, the seacoast city, an hour's ride north of Boston, is a heady mix of culture, charm and...