Wednesday, December 27, 2023
The 35th annual First Night Hartford celebration will take place in Bushnell Park and numerous other locations in Hartford from 2 p.m. until midnight on New Year's Eve.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:31PMTuesday, December 26, 2023
Comedy sensation Ms. Pat, star of "The Ms. Pat Show" and "Ms. Pat Settles It," does her stand-up act at the Funny Bone in Manchester Dec. 29 and 30.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, December 24, 2023
Connecticut theater brought new works, tricky topics and technical innovations this year. Here are 10 of the Courant's most indelible memories from 2023.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMJoe Gatto of "Impractical Jokers" and "The Misery Index" brings his comedy show to College Street Music Hall on Dec. 28 and The Bushnell on Dec. 30.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, December 23, 2023
The Courant's arts picks for Dec. 24-30 include a post-Christmas visit from "The Hip Hop Nutcracker" and a pre-New Year's cirque celebration at Mohegan Sun.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, December 22, 2023
Marlena Haddad, who grew up in Waterbury and attended the University of Connecticut, will be one of the 32 bachelorettes on the upcoming 28th season of "The Bachelor."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:57PMConnecticut is the theme of many Christmas songs, and a lot of Connecticut musicians have written holiday songs. Here are some of our favorites.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, December 19, 2023
A new monthly letter subscription service from the Elm Shakespeare Company shares handwritten letters in the voice of Shakespearean heroines.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:00AMMonday, December 18, 2023
Audiences are back as two long-running holiday traditions, "A Christmas Carol" at Hartford Stage and "Christmas on the Rocks" at TheaterWorks have sold out their runs.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:36AMSunday, December 17, 2023
There are over a dozen big holiday events you can still hit this week in Connecticut, from theater shows to music concerts, to Nutcracker ballets and immersive outdoor activities.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, December 16, 2023
Can't take another Christmas carol? This week's Courant's arts picks include a Pogues tribute, comedy from TJ and alternative rock band Big Something.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, December 14, 2023
Hartford Public Library's Baby Grand Jazz series returns to the Center for Contemporary Culture for its 20th season. The 13-concert series starts Jan. 7, 2024.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, December 12, 2023
"Featherweight," a feature film about Connecticut prizefighter Willie Pep, will be shown Jan. 20 as part of the 2024 Norwalk Film Festival.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:48AMMonday, December 11, 2023
Nicki Minaj has announced the dates for her 2024 world tour, which includes Hartford's XL Center on April 5. Her new album, "Pink Friday 2," was released Dec. 8.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:32PMThe latest iteration of TheaterWorks Hartford's wacky holiday show welcomes "Three's Company" star Richard Kline as the new bartender and a new sketch inspired by the "Barbie" movie.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, December 10, 2023
Steve Young bring his expertise on the bizarre theatrical genres of corporate-friendly Broadway-styled musicals about dog food, toilets and other products to Playhouse on Park.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMAllen Gilmore shines as Ebenezer Scrooge as "A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas" returns to Hartford Stage with a bang.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, December 9, 2023
"Business or Pleasure?: Mark Twain's Summer Sojourns," an outdoor-focused exhibit, continues through the end of December at the Mark Twain House & Museum.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThere are still plenty of Christmas shows around but also everything from a musical based on the life of Gloria Estefan to Poison frontman Bret Michaels' latest solo tour.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, December 8, 2023
The New England premier of "The Pin-Up Girls," running at Playhouse on Park in West Hartford through Dec. 23, fails on many levels.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:54AMWednesday, December 6, 2023
"War of the Worlds 2023: A Servant of Two Networks" takes aim at modern media, the military, alien cultures and more at UConn's Connecticut Repertory Theatre through Dec. 10.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, December 4, 2023
Harrison David Rivers' new play at the Yale Repertory Theatre through Dec. 16 highlights the importance of communication and understanding.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:43AMSunday, December 3, 2023
The Hartford Symphony Orchestra entrusts internationally renowned conductor Gerard Schwarz with two Beethoven classics for their upcoming Masterworks concert.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe "Love Overflowing: Home and the Décor of Freedom" exhibit at the Amistad Center demonstrates how cultural circumstances can influence how homes look and function.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe new production of the '70s R&B/soul musical "Dreamgirls," at the Goodspeed Opera House through Dec. 30, is full of heartwarming and life-affirming moments.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, December 2, 2023
The Courant's arts picks for Dec. 3-9 include pianist/composer John Tesh, the touring musical "Chicago," Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox and several holiday shows.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, November 29, 2023
Local rapper Joey Batts will host nine concerts and a web event in December to raise funds for emergency shelters at clubs in Hartford, New Haven, New London, Manchester and elsewhere.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMA local filmmaker is planning a documentary about legendary New Haven rock club Toad's Place. The project is still in the early stages, with a Kickstarter page hoping to raise $61,000 by mid…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, November 28, 2023
Bleachers, the band led by pop producer and Taylor Swift collaborator Jack Antonoff, will perform at Westville Music Bowl in New Haven on June 7, 2024, with opening act Samia.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:05PMCornelius Uliano, an Emmy-nominated producer and writer who was involved with the resurgence of Peanuts movies and TV specials, hails from Connecticut.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:30AMSunday, November 26, 2023
Clara is the queen this month as a slew of Nutcrackers take the stage throughout Connecticut.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM 
