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Small Bites: Dining News & Events
The Taste of Greater Hartford runs July 17 to 30, featuring multi-course prix-fixe menus at a selection of restaurants in the city and in surrounding suburbs. Visit ctnow.com/tasteofhartford for updated participants and menus.
Dinners at the Farm, in its 11th season, will host its July schedule at Madison's Barberry Hill Farm with five dinners on July 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30. Menus, inspired by the availability and freshness of ingredients, are designed on the day of the event. Wine and beer are included with the meal.
Dinners at the Farm also hosts a schedule...
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Small Bites: Dining News & Events
The Taste of Greater Hartford runs July 17 to 30, featuring multi-course prix-fixe menus at a selection of restaurants in the city and in surrounding suburbs. Visit ctnow.com/tasteofhartford for updated participants and menus.
Dinners at the Farm, in...
Best Arts Center
1) Real Art Ways
56 Arbor St.Hartford (860) 232-1006
realartways.org
2) The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
3) New Britain Museum of American Art
Contemporary Art From India At The Benton Museum
In what now seems like an amazingly prescient move, the William Benton Museum at the University of Connecticut began seriously collecting contemporary art from India in 2004. That was the year the museum mounted a show called "Masala: Diversity and...
'Harry Holtzman and American Abstraction' on View at the Florence Griswold Museum
Harry Holtzman (1912-1987) was, for a brief window of time in the 1930s, practically the face of abstract art in America. The Brooklyn native, who lived in a converted barn in Lyme for the last 20 years of his life, helped inject the optimism,...
The Rules of Engagement Photos
Not only are engagement photos a great way to personalize your wedding website and other big-day details, the session will also give your wedding photographer time to get to know you, figure out your best angles and most comfortable poses, and find ways...
World's Largest Native American Institute A Short Drive Away
The Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center is the largest Native American institute in the world and it's right here in Connecticut. The state-of-the-art facility features an observation tower, a large recreation of an authentic Pequot village,...
Slater Museum Helps Learning At Norwich Free Academy
Norwich Free Academy is one of two high schools in the United States to have a museum on its campus. The museum, which was donated to NFA in 1886, has given thousands of students as well as community members a little culture that is typically experienced...
Wedding Installations: Art galleries offer a unique venue with its own distinct décor already in place
Galleries are places to celebrate artists and their work. But they can be the perfect creative haven to celebrate a wedding.
The décor is already in place; all you need are the guests, food and drinks, and music.
Most galleries that allow weddings are...
Art League Opens Pop-Up Gallery In West Hartford Center
After a good experience last year, the West Hartford Art League has decided to again open a pop-up art gallery in West Hartford Center.Roxanne Stachelek, the art league's executive director, said by having a temporary gallery space, they hope to gain...
The sorry state of a multimillion-dollar art collection reveals deeper troubles at India's national airline
In the early 1980s, India’s national airline, Air India, commissioned a painting from artist Anjolie Ela Menon to add to a collection of contemporary Indian art that hung in its offices and executive lounges around the world.
Menon created “Inside...
In Europe, shop for memories -- not stuff
With each trip I take, I look for cultural souvenirs -- experiences and memories are the gold nuggets of travel. Shopping is never my priority, but I find the best souvenirs come from local entrepreneurs and craftspeople. These days, Europe's modern...
Israel Idonije's iF Charities event honors Sarah and Kerry Wood
Former Chicago Bear Israel Idonije hosted his fifth annual "An Evening With iF," a fundraiser that supports programs for at-risk young people through his nonprofit, iF Charities. Held at Venue 1420, the event attracted over 200 attendees to the South Loop...
Community News For The Windsor Edition
CPA Society Reappoints Local WomanBLOOMFIELD — The Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants has reappointed CPA Katherine A. Donovan of Bloomfield to serve as a member-at-large of its Advisory Council for the organization's 2017-18...
Community News For The Vernon Edition
Craig's Kitchen OpensVERNON — Craig's Kitchen celebrated its grand opening recently. Pictured is Mayor Daniel Champagne and new owner Craig Wright.Youth Market DayELLINGTON — On Saturday, July 29, the Ellington Farmers' Market will offer...
Community News For The Glastonbury Edition
CPA Society Reappoints Local WomanSOUTH GLASTONBURY — The Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants has reappointed CPA Lany Pfeifer of South Glastonbury to serve as a member-at-large of its Advisory Council for the organization's 2017-18...
Community News For The Enfield Edition
Bountiful Books
SOMERS — With its ongoing Bountiful Books program, the Somers Women's Club collects and redistributes gently-used children's books. Recently, the beneficiaries of this endeavor were the Stafford Elementary School, which received 112...
A Midsummer Fest: Celebrating Old Lyme With Art, Music, Even A Dog Show
Old Lyme is proud of its history as a hive of activity for artists. Florence Griswold hosted an art colony in her home from 1899 until her death in 1937. Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts is just down the street from Miss Florence's house and the Lyme Art...
Pasadena's art, gardens and history make a good LA side trip
Most visitors to Los Angeles head to Hollywood, Venice Beach or Santa Monica. But if you're in the mood for stunning gardens, first-class art and historic architecture without the crowds and traffic, consider Pasadena. Pasadena is located 15 miles (24 km)...
An Exhibit Of Printmaking 'Mistakes' At Real Art Ways
The process of printmaking puts the emphasis on precision. If the print doesn't come out the way the artist or client wants it to, if something goes wrong and images wind up murky, overprinted or the wrong color, the printmaker goes back and does it again...
Eisner Awards showcase comics' diversity with Wonder Woman, Wayne Brady, Sonny Liew and 'Saga'
The message from Eisner Awards voters and winners was simple enough: Comics are for everybody, and can be made by anybody.
But it’s a complicated world.
Actor and comedian Wayne Brady, a surprise guest Friday at the Oscars of comics, recalled a...