It's shaping up to be a good fall for beer lovers, with no shortage of festivals in Connecticut this season. Find local beer celebrations, tastings and Oktoberfest parties near you: The annual Tapping into Twain beer festival on Sept. 30 from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Hartford's Mark Twain House features...
Concerts, theater, movies, music, exhibits: a few entertainment options, big and small, you might want to know about.More
The Hartford Business Journal recognized 40 local entrepreneurs Wednesday evening, Sept. 14, during its 40 Under Forty awards ceremony at the Connecticut Convention Center. The awards recognize young professionals in the Greater Hartford area who are excelling in their industries through their...
St. Francis hosted its Miracles fundraiser gala Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Connecticut Convention Center. Read story here.
"Everybody knows what happens to Judy Garland after 'The Wizard of Oz.' But nobody knows what happened before," says Tina Marie Casamento Libby. That kind of questioning spirit is right up there with: "If happy little bluebirds fly across the rainbow, why oh why can't I?" Wanting to share the story...
Ginny Lowe Connors is the author of four poetry collections, editor of several anthologies, winner of the Sunken Garden Poetry Prize, and initiator of Poetry in the Parks. Named Poet of the Year by the New England Association of Teachers of English, she founded the CT Coalition of Poets Laureate...
Yale Poetry Prof. Claudia Rankine and artist-writer Lauren Redniss, who grew up in Stamford, are among this year's recipients of John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellowships. Announced Sept. 22, the fellowships, nicknamed "genius grants," are no-strings-attached grants of $625,000,...
This fall, if you don't have time to go to Yosemite National Park, you can get a glimpse of it at an exhibit at Yale University Art Gallery. If you don't have any way to go to outer space, an exhibit at Wadsworth Atheneum will blast you into orbit. Those are just two of the museum shows coming...
The fourth season of Exhibition on Screen, the series of art-museum documentaries shown in theaters worldwide, will include a film about Florence Griswold Museum's recent exhibit "The Artist's Garden: American Impressionism and the Garden Movement." This is the first time Exhibition on Screen has...
In 1979, someone in Indiana tried to have Sylvia Plath's "The Bell Jar" banned, saying the book "openly rejects traditional marriage and motherhood." In 1998, a Californian tried to ban J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," complaining it "opens a doorway that will put untold...
Sacred Heart University in Fairfield will host its third annual FTMA Film Festival, named for its Film and Television Masters of Arts program, from Thursday to Sunday, Sept. 22 to 25. This year's honorees are writer-director Rebecca Miller, who will show her latest film, "Maggie's Plan," and actor...
Real Art Ways, at 56 Arbor St. in Hartford, is holding an "Art House Theater Day" on Saturday, Sept. 24, with two screenings, one for the whole family, the other for adults only. Two animated shorts, "The Christmas Log" and "Back to School," will be shown at 1 p.m. A screening of "Phantasm" will...
A documentary filmed in a Syrian refugee camp and co-directed by Fairfield County native Chris Temple will be shown on Monday, Sept. 26, at Fairfield University. "Salam Neighbor" has Temple and his co-director, Zach Ingrasci, living among 80,000 refugees in the Za'atari camp in Jordan, getting...
Jousting, armored combat, magic, comedy, feasting and music fill the streets and stages of a 16th century village every weekend in October for the 18th annual Connecticut Renaissance Faire on the North Haven fairgrounds. Every weekend brings new themes, shows and music; a Medieval Marketplace;...
Shucks, mateys! Fans of pirates and oysters should head to Mystic, where the Seaport plays host to the first-ever Mystic River Oyster Festival on Saturday, Oct. 1, and pirates invade the town Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 1 and 2. The oyster fest — from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Mystic Seaport museum...
Wee Faerie Village, the charming annual tradition at the Florence Griswold Museum where local artists create tiny fairy houses all over the museum's scenic riverfront property, returns Oct. 1 to 30 at the art space at 96 Lyme St. in Old Lyme. This year's theme is "A Flutter in Time," and the 32...
Playhouse on Park is on key, in harmony. When it does musicals, the West Hartford theater knows how to hit just the right notes and reverberate the right tone. Last season, the playhouse brought a disaffected, lightly druggy vibe to "Passing Strange" and an eager earnestness to "A Chorus Line."...
Southington celebrates all things apple at its annual Apple Harvest Festival, held each year on the town green, featuring two weekends of music, contests, crafts, children's activities, a parade, arts and crafts show and fireworks — along with the festival's famous apple fritters. This year's event...
TheaterWorks has announced which two women will offer equal and opposite reactions to Richard Dreyfuss' portrayal of Albert Einstein in the play "Relativity" at TheaterWorks Oct. 7 through Nov. 13. Christa Scott Reed ("The Great Divorce" Off Broadway and on tour) will play the young woman who interviews...
If the new Aer Lingus non-stop service between Bradley International Airport and Dublin has you considering a trip to Ireland, you're not alone. Dennis Hobbs of D&D Travel Services LLC (ddtvl.com), a travel agency based in Bloomfield, says he expects to see increased interest in visits to the Emerald...
Hate making vacation arrangements? A new Pittsburgh-based travel company will plan your vacation, book your tickets, make your hotel reservations and set up a detailed itinerary for your time away, but there's just one catch. You won't know where you're going. Pack Up + Go creates weekend trips...
The Northeast's fall foliage dazzles locals and draws millions of tourists, but many flock to the same tired vantage points. Those willing to venture off the beaten path will be rewarded with stunning and comparatively uncrowded autumn vistas — and some killer selfies. Here's a guide from staffers...