"Hartford Seen," a book of photography by Trinity College Prof. Pablo Delano, shows a collection of photos of Hartford, foregoing the usual images of pretty classical architecture in favor o…
An online exhibit and archive at Connecticut Historical is collecting, and displaying, stories of Black Connecticut women who fought for the right to vote, because white suffragists didn't l…
Terrence Bogan, a recent graduate of Mark T. Sheehan High School in Wallingford, won the high school division of Broadway World's Next on Stage singing competition.
"The Simpsons" writer Mike Reiss, "The Onion" editor Scott Dickers and Soraya Nadia McDonald, a 2020 Pulitzer Prize finalist for criticism, are among the writers who will participate in the …
Real Art Ways in Hartford has announced the six recipients of the 2020 Real Art Awards, an annual recognition of emerging contemporary artists. Each artist will receive $2,500 and a solo sho…
West Hartford Art League has put out a call for proposals for public art projects to be put on 10 bus shelters throughout town.
An exhibit at Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London, "Stories of Resilience: Encountering Racism," tells the stories of five Black people who live in the New London are who have dealt with ra…
Franco Tomaino, a 17-year-old incoming senior at Wethersfield High School, is one of the five finalists in Broadway World's Next on Stage singing competition.
Hartford's L.I.T., an arts/poetry/entrepreneurship collective, is hosting Brothas Be Heard, a platform for Black men to speak their truths, on June 20.
National Endowment for the Arts has announced a new round of grants, and 11 Connecticut organizations got a total of more than $1 million.
Essential Voices of the Pandemic is an initiative by West Hartford-based Poetry in the Streets, challenging anyone who wants to participate to write a poem to describe their coronavirus expe…
Kim Hinds Jr., a Black artist from Hartford, has added to the artwork at Heaven Skate Park in Hartford with an image that reads "born a target," memorializing George Floyd, who was killed by…
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving establishes Artists of Color Advisory Group, to help creatives struggling from lack of support
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art of Hartford has received a $50,000 grant to restore and upgrade the bronze statue of Nathan Hale that has stood outside the 600 Main St. museum since 1894.
Drive-in movies in Barkhamsted and Mansfield are reopening this month after being shuttered due to coronavirus pandemic restrictions on large gatherings.
The 23rd annual ArtWalk in the Westville neighborhood of New Haven has gone virtual, with musical performances, improv comedy, an art exhibit, live art-making, visits to artists' studios, a …
Artists are struggling nationwide, as venues have closed, and performances and exhibits are canceled, due to the coronavirus lockdown. But help is out there for individual artists who have r…
Online exhibits, virtual tours and Facebook live events in Connecticut
Artist Stewart Wilson of New Hartford, who is known for his tiny Persona sculptures, created personaland.com to give those Personas a place to live and be magical.
Camp Getaway, the raucous, boozy summer camp for adults in Kent, Connecticut, is the site of a new reality show on Bravo, which will premiere on May 4.
Ocean Vuong, the poet and novelist who was born in Vietnam and raised in Hartford and Glastonbury, is the winner of the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award, in recognition of Vuong…
Keep track of art and history exhibits opening in galleries and museums around Connecticut by local and visiting artists.
Mamma mia, it's high school spring production season again, and the auditoriums are alive with the sound of music. Dozens of Capitol Region high schools have musicals and non-musical plays s…
The new exhibit at Wadsworth Atheneum, "Savor: A Revolution in Food Culture," is as much a historical overview as it is an art exhibit. The show chronicles radical changes in the way food wa…
The Greater Hartford Arts Council has announced a new round of funding, totaling $41,975 for 10 upcoming arts events in the capitol region. The grants were supported by the Hartford Foundati…