Things To Do This Week

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Hartford Flavor Company and Real Art play double hosts Sunday.
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The Holiday Train Show in Essex runs through Feb. 19.
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Hartford Ballroom, a dance studio on Arbor Street, holds regular monthly tango and salsa nights, with instruction and dancing, and parties that follow. Full story here
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The auto show runs three days at the Connecticut Convention Center.
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The Stamford Parade is a November tradition.
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The Lock Museum of America in Terryville has opened an adventure room with the goal of finding the prize. Adventurers are free to roam the five upstairs rooms — totaling about 2,000 square feet — and find six clues that will open a chest. More information here.
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Chion Wolf, a Connecticut Public Radio personality, hosts a monthly live advice show at the Sea Tea Comedy Theater in Hartford, where she and panelists discuss people's problems and how to solve them. Read story here.
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HAPPY HOUR UPWARD HARTFORD Hartford's co-working space hosts a complimentary happy hour on Wednesdays from 4 to 6 p.m. A great opportunity to network, drink some beer and play some ping pong. Free. upwardhartford.com.
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Tickets are on sale now for the 2018-19 season of Met Live in HD, the ongoing series of live and recorded performances by New York's Metropolitan Opera, shown in cinemas nationwide. Among the offerings is the Met directing debut of Hartford Stage artistic director Darko Tresnjak: Saint-Saëns' "Samson et Dalila," showing in October. Full story here.

PUBLISHED: November 13, 2017 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: December 31, 2018 at 1:44 p.m.

‘Laughter, Anyone?’

The Connecticut Forum gathers comedians Marc Maron, Tig Notaro and Fred Armisen for a discussion titled “Laughter, Anyone?” at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts Nov. 18 at 8 p.m. WNPR radio host Colin McEnroe moderates. $15 to $100. bushnell.org.

Comedian Tig Notaro will be part of a comedy forum at The Bushnell this month, then performs in New Haven in December.

Disney Live!

Mickey & Minnie’s Doorway To Magic comes to the XL Center in Hartford for two shows Friday, Nov 17, at 4 and 7 p.m. Expect all the regulars, Donald and Goofy, Mickey and Minnie, Cinderella and her Fairy Godmother, even the Toy Story gang. Tickets start at $25, plus ticket fees. xlcenter.com

Indigo Girl, Singular

Indigo Girl Emily Saliers, whose album, “Murmuration Nation,” came out this past August, performs at Infinity Hall in Hartford on Sunday at 8 p.m., with Becky Warren opening. Tickets are $39 to $59. infinityhall.com.

Emily Saliers plays a solo show at Infinity Hall Hartford.

‘A Connecticut Christmas Carol’

The latest “Christmas Carol” in Connecticut transports Dickens’ holiday story across the ocean, setting it in the East Haddam home of famed early 20th actor William Gillette. The 90-minute, family-friendly “A Connecticut Christmas Carol” runs Nov. 17 to Dec. 24 at Goodspeed Musicals’ Norma Terris Theatre, 33 N. Main St., Chester. $54 to $59. 860-873-8668, goodspeed.org.

Holiday Train Show

Steve Cryan’s famous, family-friendly train show returns for its 24th year to the Connecticut River Museum in Essex Nov. 16 and runs through Feb. 19. Train enthusiasts can expect more trains, new scenery and a few surprises in the fully operational 26-foot model train layout. Visitors are challenged to find a scavenger list of various objects hidden within the settings, and kids can get hands-on at an American Flyer layout designed for toddler-size viewing. Open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Included in museum admission. 860-767-8269 and ctrivermuseum.org

Fantasy of Lights

This holiday display lights up New Haven’s Lighthouse Point Park with more than 100,000 bulbs beginning Nov. 17 through the end of the year. A pair of 3D glasses enhances the more than 60 animated light displays, which blink to a radio broadcast. Hours are Sunday to Thursday 5 to 9 p.m.; and Friday and Saturday 5 to 10 p.m. Vehicles are $10, a minibus is $25, large buses $50. 203-777-2000 and eastersealsgoodwill.org

You can see the light show in New Haven through Dec. 31.

Crafted

Support Hartford’s finest in food, art, beauty, design and alcohol at this craft show located at Real Art Ways and Hartford Flavor Company on Sunday, Nov. 19, from noon to 5 p.m. Free admission. 860-916-3282, facebook.com/HartfordFlavorCompany and realartways.org.

Hartford Flavor Company and Real Art play double hosts Sunday.

Connecticut International Auto Show

Check out the features and stylings of the 2018 models of 24 different car lines, along with classic cars, on Friday to Sunday, Nov. 17 to 19, at the CT Convention Center. Friday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $12 adults, $5 ages 6-15, under 6 free. 800-251-1563 and connautoshow.com.

The auto show runs three days at the Connecticut Convention Center.

Parade Spectacular

One of the largest helium balloon parades in the United States, the Stamford Downtown Parade Spectacular steps off Sunday, Nov. 19, at noon and travels Summer to Broad to Atlantic streets. More information: stamford-downtown.com

The Stamford Parade is a November tradition.

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