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Hartford Stage will host the second year of its interactive Spanish reading of "A Christmas Carol" on Dec. 20.
Hartford Library's 2021 Baby Grand Jazz Series will remain online, with 16 shows planned from January through April on Facebook Live and YouTube.
TheaterWorks Hartford has remade its holiday hit "Christmas on the Rocks" for the streaming era, offering fresh and much-needed laughs in a new format. The show is available on demand throug…
Despite the shutdowns, precautions and regulations, there are still plenty of events and activities (mainly virtual) this holiday season.
Unable to stage its holiday staple "A Christmas Carol" for the first time in 24 years, Hartford Stage has created a new virtual adaptation of the Dickens story, "A Community Carol," streamin…
A new fund from the Roberts Foundation will offer residencies to Black artists at three major Hartford arts institutions: Hartford Stage, Hartford Symphony and the Amistad Center. The fund w…
Over 150 Connecticut arts organizations, from grand theaters like The Bushnell and Shubert to small community arts groups, are divvying up $9 million in COVID relief funds administered by th…
HartBeat Ensemble is premiering the local history dramas "Up and Down the River," a series of short audio plays co-written by Mohegan tribe members Madeline Sayet and Melissa Tantaquidgeon Z…
Hartford Symphony Orchestra has upped its online programming, including concerts recorded live around the city, discussion series, and screenings of new music documentaries.
Ayad Akhtar's "The Who & the What," about a provocative novelist whose religious-themed book upsets her father and sister, is streaming via TheaterWorks Hartford through Nov, 28.
Ten shows -- all kinds, from comedies to musings on death and depression -- coming to a Connecticut theater (or computer) near you.
Fun fact about a show made up of fun facts: The Hartford Courant has been the subject of at least 15 questions (or answers) on "Jeopardy."
Local schools, libraries and others remember Kristallnacht, the "Nights of Broken Glass" in November 1938 when Nazis terrorized German and Austrian Jewish communities. Events range from scho…
The Guerilla Girls, those masked and anonymous art activists who issue broadsides condemning sexism and patriarchical attitudes major art institutions, are part of the "Some Day is Now: Wome…
"Building a Brave New Theater: Exploring Shakespeare & Race in 2020″ is a new free online discussion series devoted to issues facing black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC). …
Where can Connecticut kids go trick-or-treating while keeping safe from coronavirus contamination? Businesses throughout the Hartford area are stepping up to the challenge, providing alterna…
Connecticut bands scare up some spooky tunes for Halloween, including some creative classical riffs and a couple of online live events.
The Consonare Choral Community in Storrs has created a series "Ballads for Ballots" of song videos leading up to Election. The final video is inviting singers from outside the group to parti…
Folk hero Tom Rush returns to New England, playing an outdoor 1 p.m. show Nov. 7 at Bridge St. Live in Collinsville.
"American Dreams" is an interactive political comedy about immigration, structured like a game show, with the play's audience deciding who wins. The online production is being brought to Con…
Online arts galas take many forms: a multi-star concert at the Goodspeed, an array of bestselling writers at the Mark Twain House, a Steve Turre sextet for the Hartford Jazz Society and star…
Sarah Gancher's brash, multi-styled social satire about Russian internet misinformation campaigns of 2016 is spun with all sorts of creative online tricks. It's full of visual surprises and …
Pre-election shows from TheaterWorks, HartBeat Ensemble and other Connecticut theaters touch on such topics as immigration, disinformation campaigns and Donald Trump.
TheaterWorks Hartford has partnered with Hartford Public Library to offer passes to its latest online attraction, the political comedy "Russian Troll Farm."
UConn's Jorgensen Center has announced a four show fall season of Pilobolus, Kelli O'Hara, a chamber concert and a kids show about the Day of the Dead.
