Saturday, September 16, 2023
This week's Courant arts picks include Samantha Bee at The Bushnell, Willie Nelson in Bridgeport, animatronic dinosaurs at Mohegan Sun and Pigeons Playing Ping Pong outside the Old State Hou…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, September 15, 2023
Bob Dylan's upcoming show at the Waterbury Palace is Nov. 11, the same date that he played the same venue in 1975 on his Rolling Thunder Revue tour.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:30PMNetflix has acquired worldwide rights to a new documentary about the record-breaking West Hartford woman who has been to the summit of Mount Everest 10 times.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:48PMTuesday, September 12, 2023
After days of thunderstorms, the skies magically parted in Hartford on Tuesday afternoon for a special visitor. Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet who represents a 10-year-old Syrian refugee, was…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:14PMNat Reeves' Jazz on the Patio series returns to Parkville Market in Hartford for free biweekly concerts Sept. 25 through Dec. 4.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:47AMSunday, September 10, 2023
Taylor Swift's music and record-breaking Eras Tour has inspired a slew of events happening around Connecticut in the next few weeks.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe 2023 Big E runs Sept. 15 through Oct. 1, with concerts, agriculture competitions, food, exhibits and more. Here’s a handy guide to some of the most exciting things the fair offers.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, September 9, 2023
The Courant's arts picks for Sept. 10-16 include numerous comedy acts, a free reggae concert at the Old State House in Hartford and horror rock icons Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, September 6, 2023
Walk With Little Amal, a global art/performance project spotlighting the plight of refugees, is coming to Hartford on Sept. 12.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, September 4, 2023
A Hero's Legacy, which has sold comics in Manchester for a decade (and for 18 years before that as Buried Under Comics), will close at the end of September.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMHartford Pride holds its annual street party on Sept. 9 with headlining acts CeCe Peniston, Thelma Houston and Willie Gomez.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, September 3, 2023
"The 12," a new musical about how the apostles behaved in the days following Jesus' death, is by Robert Schenkkan and Neil Berg and directed by John Doyle. It runs at the Goodspeed Opera Hou…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWork Space in Manchester is currently exhibiting Manchester-themed work by members of the MARC Inc. community as well as winning photos from a "Week in the Life of Manchester" competition.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, September 2, 2023
The Courant's arts picks for Sept. 3-9 include Machine Gun Kelly, the Hartbeat Music Festival, a concert with Broadway stars at Westport Playhouse and a ukulele festival in Simsbury.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, August 30, 2023
The Beat movement lives on at the National and International Beat Poetry Festival in Collinsville and Barkhamsted this weekend.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:26AMMonday, August 28, 2023
The Connecticut Renaissance Faire takes place every weekend from Sept. 2 through Oct. 15 outdoors in Lebanon.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, August 27, 2023
The new graphic novel "Three Rocks" is an insightful look at the creator of "Nancy," by the creator of "Zippy the Pinhead," both Connecticut legends
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe Courant's arts picks for Aug. 27 through Sept. 2 include the clown duo Bill and Fred, "SNL" veteran Tim Meadows at the Hartford Funny Bone and well-loved musical acts Foreigner, Cheap Tr…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, August 26, 2023
Dozens of hit pop, rock and R&B acts from the 1980s and '90s, from 98 Degrees to Men Without Hats to Toad the Wet Sprocket to Tool, are back on Connecticut concert stages this fall.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, August 21, 2023
A new outdoor gospel festival co-sponsored by the Conference of Churches will take place on Friday at Mortensen Riverfront Plaza, featuring Kymberli Joye of "The Voice."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:17PMSunday, August 20, 2023
Journalist and theater critic Patti Hartigan will discuss her new biography of August Wilson in a virtual event sponsored by the Mark Twain House & Museum on Aug. 24.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, August 19, 2023
The Courant's arts picks for Aug. 20-26 include the Mashantucket Schemitzun ceremony, the Plainville Hot Air Balloon Festival and a lot of cool rock acts from the '90s.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, August 17, 2023
Jesús I. Valles performs "(Un)Documented" on Friday and Saturday at HartBeat Ensemble's Carriage House in Hartford. Saturday's performance is preceded by the Just Kin Arts Festival.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:00PMMonday, August 14, 2023
Two of the contestants on the new show "Superfan" are from Connecticut: a Shania Twain fan from Middlebury and a Gloria Estefan fan originally from Middletown.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, August 13, 2023
Some major comedy acts are hitting Connecticut in the coming weeks and months. Here's a quick guide.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTwo exhibits — one of Andy Warhol prints of endangered animals, the other of women in the American Abstract Artists group — are on display at the Mattatuck Museum into September.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, August 11, 2023
"Honoring the Presence of Trees: A Dance Film Experience” is a reworking footage of a Justice Dance Performance Project piece on Aug. 22 at Hartford International University for Religion a…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, August 9, 2023
The 25th anniversary tour of "Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance" will play Mohegan Sun in November. Tickets go on sale Friday.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, July 30, 2023
"Here You Come Again," a new musical scored with Dolly Parton songs, is at Goodspeed Musicals' Norma Terris Theatre through Aug. 27.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe New Britain Museum of American Art has a multi-room display of works by "I Spy" children's book creator Walter Wicks on view through Sept. 3.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, July 29, 2023
The Courant's arts picks for July 30 through Aug. 5 include controversial country star Jason Alden and the hard-to-categorize acts The Lalas, Orthodox and Death Grips.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM 
