Art

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  

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 (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,...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

There are few artists who merit a true pilgrimage - a concerted attempt to walk in the footsteps of greatness - but if there's one luminary worth traveling for, it's David Bowie . With the final stop of the Victoria and Albert Museum's experiential...

Blues and rock ’n’ roll. Flowers and kites. Art, film and food. You’ll find plenty of events for April 26-29. San Diego Floral artists interpret paintings and sculptures in flowers at the 36th Art Alive at the San Diego Museum of Art. Enjoy the scent of...

Wadsworth Atheneum’s 37th annual spring tradition, Fine Art & Flowers is April 27 to 29 at the museum at 600 Main St. in Hartford. More than 60 artworks on exhibit in the museum will be accompanied by floral arrangements inspired by the colors,...

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford closes its 2018 winter-spring film program April 26 with a screening of a movie about an art museum. “The Square” stars Elisabeth Moss in a story about a Swedish museum curator dealing with personal and...

Connecticut’s newest museum isn’t where one would expect to find a museum. It’s in the first floor of an office building on a quiet stretch of the Litchfield Turnpike in Woodbridge. The 4,000-square-foot exhibit space is open just four hours a week from 1...

David Allen describes his work in the most basic terms: “I’m a tattooer,” he says. “I tattoo.” It’s a bit of intentional understatement — Allen is a highly sought-after tattoo artist with a specialty in mastectomy tattoos — and a declaration about how he...

WHS Blood Drive WINDSOR — Windsor High School is continuing its commitment to the American Red Cross Blood Services. The recent blood drive, held on Wednesday, Feb. 28, included a total of 46 student and faculty members registered to...

Show House 2018 WEST HARTFORD — The Junior League of Hartford, a women's volunteer organization dedicated to improving the lives and communities in which it serves, is offering its largest fundraising event, the Decorator Show House. Show House...

A Home Called New England WETHERSFIELD — The Wethersfield Historical Society and Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum present a lecture and book signing with Duo Dickinson and Steve Culpepper at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 8 in the Keeney Ballroom at the Keeney...

Health Fair, Day Of Giving SOUTH WINDSOR — THE MAX Challenge of South Windsor is sponsoring a health and wellness fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 21, at Nevers Park. All proceeds of the event will go directly to the South Windsor...

AOT Juried Art Show TOLLAND — Arts of Tolland announces the gallery hours for its 15th annual juried art show. The show will run through April 29. The gallery at the Arts Center, 22 Tolland Green, will be open from 1 to 4 p.m. on Fridays,...

Drug Take Back Event HEBRON — On Saturday, April 28, the AHM CHEC Coalition will participate in National Take Back Day. On Saturday, April 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the CHEC Coalition will host a take back event on the grounds of RHAM High...

The Music Man ENFIELD — The Enfield High School Lamplighters will present Meredith Willson's "The Music Man" on Friday, April 27, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, April 28, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 general admission and $5 for students and...