WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - New England's No. 1 can't-miss museum road trip this summer is at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass. Until Sept. 13, two blockbuster attractions will be on …
At any given museum, the artists at the museum aren't just the ones whose work is on the walls. Many artists work behind the scenes, in the museum office as preparators, education directors,…
Mark Bradford said he doesn't have any "grand narratives" about himself. "What I make doesn't have to go on for 1,000 years after I die," Bradford said. "Something will go on for 1,000 years…
For years, Manchester's Art in the Park was the first Sunday of June, and operated along the same lines: Artist, crafters and antique dealers who wanted to participate would register in adva…
The Harriet Beecher Stowe Prize for Writing to Advance Social Justice is awarded biennially to an author whose work "makes an impact on a critical social issue in the tradition of Stowe's 'U…
When Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa in 1994, he set in motion the adoption of a new constitution, with an emphasis on equality of rights and opportunities. This opennes…
In 1921, Greenwood, Okla., was a successful, predominantly black community in Tulsa, with 600 businesses and about 10,000 residents, living and thriving together alongside a few other minori…
A festival will be held Saturday, May 9, at Harbor Park in Middletown with music, crafts, art, food and other family-friendly attractions. A map of the festival grounds shows 19 different ev…
The "light bulb" moment that turned Elizabeth Gage into an artist happened a lifetime ago at the British Museum.
Amy Merli founded Trashion Fashion in 2010. This weekend will mark the fifth celebration of couture made from garbage. She likes everything about the annual event, but is particularly fond o…
Connecticut Ballet is presenting its new version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" April 18 and 19 in Stamford and April 26 in Hartford. For the first time the ballet is offering free admission…
Connecticut Ballet is presenting its new version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"Â on April 26 in Hartford. For the first time the ballet is offering free admission to the Sunday matinees t…
Mariette Monpierre grew up in Paris not knowing her father. When she was an adult she went to her native country, Guadeloupe, to try to find him. "I really yearned to see his eyes, feel his …
Mariette Monpierre grew up in Paris not knowing her father. When she was an adult she went to her native country, Guadeloupe, to try to find him. "I really yearned to see his eyes, feel his …
Since 2009, the Sea Tea Improv comedy troupe has entertained Hartford audiences with shows at City Steam Brewery, HartBeat Ensemble's Carriage House Theater, Billings Forge, Real Art Ways an…
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquire…
Sophie Tucker didn't have a wild streak. Tucker was a wild streak. The chubby, plain, sexy Last of the Red Hot Mamas was a fearlessly brazen jazz singer, as well as the most famous person ev…
Eighty-four years ago, on March 3, 1931, President Herbert Hoover made "The Star-Spangled Banner" the national anthem of the United States. Hoover's signature on the congressional decree mad…
Eighty-four years ago, on March 3, 1931, President Herbert Hoover made "The Star-Spangled Banner" the national anthem of the United States. Hoover's signature on the congressional decree mad…
Charlie and Irene Hamm of Mystic are in their late 70s now, and they don't go boating anymore. They've given their boats away. But in past years, they sailed a lot and saw many aspects of li…
Selfie sticks are the talk of the museum world. Those extender poles used to widen the panoramic range of a selfie have become popular with the general public and museum visitors, who want t…
Selfie sticks are the talk of the museum world. Those extender poles used to widen the panoramic range of a selfie have become popular with the general public and museum visitors, who want t…
A new art event at Wesleyan University in Middletown consists of a series of still photographs of Professor Eiko Otake dancing, freeform, elegantly, draped in a variety of handsome fabrics. …
A new art event at Wesleyan University in Middletown consists of a series of still photographs of Professor Eiko Otake dancing, freeform, elegantly, draped in a variety of handsome fabrics. …
Sidney Poitier became a major movie star in the 1950s. But by 1967 - when he starred in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," "In the Heat of the Night" and "To Sir With Love" and was the country'…