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The Courant's arts picks for July 23-29 include Broadway favorite "Into the Woods," classic '60s acts at the Oakdale, Snoop Dogg at Xfinity Theater and big local folk and jazz festivals.
The Noah Webster House & West Hartford History Society has announced Jeffrey J. Mainville as its new executive director.
Connecticut Ballet is doing five outdoor "Ballet Under the Stars" performances, including one in Elizabeth Park on July 22.
The Yale Summer Cabaret changes like the seasons. This year's Development Studio 49 theme offers new works and community involvement.
The Courant's arts picks for July 16-22 include a Salsa Meets Jazz Festival, rockers Peter Frampton, Jenny Lewis and Counting Crows and some MMMBop with Hanson.
The new piece from Deborah Goffe's Scapegoat Garden company will reflect spirituality and community through dance, movement and fashion this weekend at Christ Church Cathedral.
The Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz returns to Bushnell Park from July 13-16 with a range of national headliners and local artists including Eddie Palmieri and Take 6.
Connecticut gallery exhibits, live painting demos and more will line Main Street in Old Wethersfield for the new Art Walk
This year the festival offered a new way to experience the music: from a new "tent city" area. All 40 places in the tent city have been sold. The festival grew out of a Monday night concert …
The Long Wharf Theatre will bring "The Year of Magical Thinking" to New Haven this fall, while the Shubert Theatre offers touring dance and concert acts.
Michael Chenevert had just returned to New York after a successful run of "The Rembrandt" at the TheaterWorks Hartford when it lured him back to star in "Clyde's" July 7-30.
Peruvian artist Romina Chuls talks about her work and its feminist themes at Real Arts Ways on July 8.
This week's things to do and see include legends and laughs with Elvis Costello, Chubby Checker, Colin Quinn and Michael Blackstone.
The inaugural House Head City Summer Festival '23 happens four times this summer, starting Saturday on Pratt Street in downtown Hartford.
Richard Thomas stars as Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin's version of "To Kill a Mockingbird," June 27 through July 2 at The Bushnell.
The new exhibit of Kenneth A. Larson charcoal drawings at the New Britain Museum of American Art celebrate the legacy of Black women in the community.
The Courant's arts picks this week include concerts by James Taylor, Jay Wheeler and Big Time Rush and "The Sound of Music" at Ivoryton Playhouse.
New London singer/songwriter Frank Colmenares is making a therapy session part of his "Group Therapy" show featuring new songs on Sunday at the Garde Arts Center and July 9 at SailFest.
The multi-sensory video and sound installation "Electric Jungle" by local artists Ryan Glista and Mercury is back by popular demand at the RiseUP studio space this weekend.
A 40-year-old community arts institution, is closing its gallery but will remain a non-profit arts organization, even without a space.
Brian Regan brings his observational and self-deprecating humor to the Garde Arts Center in New London on June 23 and the Warner Theatre in Torrington on June 24.
The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at UConn will hold its family-friendly and free Summertime Saturday Puppet Show Series on Saturdays in July.
The "Embodied Knowledge" exhibit at the Ely Center of Contemporary Art utilizes all areas of the building to explore the connections between mind and body.
The Hartford Courant's guide to the best theater, concerts and comedy happening in Connecticut this summer.
The Courant's arts picks for June 18-24 include classic pop acts from Herman's Hermits to Tears for Fears to Jon Secada, plus a Bob Seger tribute band.