March 18 - May 3 Wesleyan Potters, Inc. is a non-profit school and cooperative guild that offers courses, workshops, and demonstration in pottery, jewelry, weaving and sewing.  It was founded in 1948 to promote crafts education in Middletown and is the oldest school for crafts in Connecticut. Wesleyan Potters is located at 350 South…

March 18 - May 3 Opening Reception on Thursday March 28, 12:30-2:00pm. Landi Hou practices papercutting, the traditional art form of meticulous cutting images from paper with scissors or a knife.   The craft of papercutting is practiced by diverse cultures globally and ranges from simple designs to intricate and detailed patterns and scenery. Hou’s approach…

DRIVE A SUPERCAR ON A RACETRACK NEAR YOU! It’s YOUR turn to get behind the wheel of our fleet of exotic cars in Connecticut. Book your driving or riding Xperience on a world-class racetrack in supercars like Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches and more! No experience necessary. Our Professional Instructors will teach you how to drive the…

Halfinger Farms, located in Higganum, welcomes visitors to experience Dancing Daffodils — one of the few pick-your-own daffodil farms in the country. The daffodil farm’s Opening Day is slated for March 28, 2024 and the season will run through the month of April. A quarter million daffodils will be in bloom, ready to pick your…

The Santa Express is an afternoon train giving parents and kids alike the opportunity to visit with Santa Claus. As the train travels through the cold winter wilderness, passengers can meet with Santa and play with his Elves. Each child gets a special gift and a bell from Santa. Departures at noon and 2:15 p.m.…

What's got a love triangle, jealous soldiers, and lovesick maidens hooked on terrible poetry?  Gilbert & Sullivan’s Patience.  A rollicking satire on aestheticism, Patience shows us that starry-eyed fans of today’s heartthrobs aren’t much different from the poet-groupies in Victorian England. In Victorian England, a group of women have become swept up in the aesthetic…

An art exhibit to raise awareness for Survivors of sexual violence, gender-based violence, and human trafficking through art and poetry. The Art Summit is about giving voices to the experiences of Survivors through an artist’s  personal creative style to tell the stories of  Survivors. This year's focus is Reclamation: healing through the arts. The exhibit…

Join the Ledyard Public Library in welcoming Jeremy K. Farrell as he speaks about ways for Autistic adults to be successful in their workplaces. Jeremy K. Farrell is a passionate Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Advocate and a proud person on the spectrum himself and graduate of Southern Connecticut State University. He has worked as a Certified…

  March 18 - May 3 Wesleyan Potters, Inc. is a non-profit school and cooperative guild that offers courses, workshops, and demonstration in pottery, jewelry, weaving and sewing.  It was founded in 1948 to promote crafts education in Middletown and is the oldest school for crafts in Connecticut. Wesleyan Potters is located at 350 South…

March 18 - May 3 Opening Reception on Thursday March 28, 12:30-2:00pm. Landi Hou practices papercutting, the traditional art form of meticulous cutting images from paper with scissors or a knife.   The craft of papercutting is practiced by diverse cultures globally and ranges from simple designs to intricate and detailed patterns and scenery. Hou’s approach…

DRIVE A SUPERCAR ON A RACETRACK NEAR YOU! It’s YOUR turn to get behind the wheel of our fleet of exotic cars in Connecticut. Book your driving or riding Xperience on a world-class racetrack in supercars like Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches and more! No experience necessary. Our Professional Instructors will teach you how to drive the…

Halfinger Farms, located in Higganum, welcomes visitors to experience Dancing Daffodils — one of the few pick-your-own daffodil farms in the country. The daffodil farm’s Opening Day is slated for March 28, 2024 and the season will run through the month of April. A quarter million daffodils will be in bloom, ready to pick your…

The Santa Express is an afternoon train giving parents and kids alike the opportunity to visit with Santa Claus. As the train travels through the cold winter wilderness, passengers can meet with Santa and play with his Elves. Each child gets a special gift and a bell from Santa. Departures at noon and 2:15 p.m.…

  March 18 - May 3 Wesleyan Potters, Inc. is a non-profit school and cooperative guild that offers courses, workshops, and demonstration in pottery, jewelry, weaving and sewing.  It was founded in 1948 to promote crafts education in Middletown and is the oldest school for crafts in Connecticut. Wesleyan Potters is located at 350 South…

March 18 - May 3 Opening Reception on Thursday March 28, 12:30-2:00pm. Landi Hou practices papercutting, the traditional art form of meticulous cutting images from paper with scissors or a knife.   The craft of papercutting is practiced by diverse cultures globally and ranges from simple designs to intricate and detailed patterns and scenery. Hou’s approach…

DRIVE A SUPERCAR ON A RACETRACK NEAR YOU! It’s YOUR turn to get behind the wheel of our fleet of exotic cars in Connecticut. Book your driving or riding Xperience on a world-class racetrack in supercars like Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches and more! No experience necessary. Our Professional Instructors will teach you how to drive the…

March 23 - September 8, 2024 Open Wednesday – Sunday from 10am to 4pm with free parking & admission except Good Friday (Friday, March 29), Holy Saturday (Saturday, March 30), Easter (Sunday, March 31), and Independence Day (Thursday, July 4). True Presence: The Eucharist in History and Art is a celebration of Christ’s promise of…

Halfinger Farms, located in Higganum, welcomes visitors to experience Dancing Daffodils — one of the few pick-your-own daffodil farms in the country. The daffodil farm’s Opening Day is slated for March 28, 2024 and the season will run through the month of April. A quarter million daffodils will be in bloom, ready to pick your…

The Santa Express is an afternoon train giving parents and kids alike the opportunity to visit with Santa Claus. As the train travels through the cold winter wilderness, passengers can meet with Santa and play with his Elves. Each child gets a special gift and a bell from Santa. Departures at noon and 2:15 p.m.…

What's got a love triangle, jealous soldiers, and lovesick maidens hooked on terrible poetry?  Gilbert & Sullivan’s Patience.  A rollicking satire on aestheticism, Patience shows us that starry-eyed fans of today’s heartthrobs aren’t much different from the poet-groupies in Victorian England. In Victorian England, a group of women have become swept up in the aesthetic…

  March 18 - May 3 Wesleyan Potters, Inc. is a non-profit school and cooperative guild that offers courses, workshops, and demonstration in pottery, jewelry, weaving and sewing.  It was founded in 1948 to promote crafts education in Middletown and is the oldest school for crafts in Connecticut. Wesleyan Potters is located at 350 South…

March 18 - May 3 Opening Reception on Thursday March 28, 12:30-2:00pm. Landi Hou practices papercutting, the traditional art form of meticulous cutting images from paper with scissors or a knife.   The craft of papercutting is practiced by diverse cultures globally and ranges from simple designs to intricate and detailed patterns and scenery. Hou’s approach…

DRIVE A SUPERCAR ON A RACETRACK NEAR YOU! It’s YOUR turn to get behind the wheel of our fleet of exotic cars in Connecticut. Book your driving or riding Xperience on a world-class racetrack in supercars like Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches and more! No experience necessary. Our Professional Instructors will teach you how to drive the…

March 23 - September 8, 2024 Open Wednesday – Sunday from 10am to 4pm with free parking & admission except Good Friday (Friday, March 29), Holy Saturday (Saturday, March 30), Easter (Sunday, March 31), and Independence Day (Thursday, July 4). True Presence: The Eucharist in History and Art is a celebration of Christ’s promise of…

Halfinger Farms, located in Higganum, welcomes visitors to experience Dancing Daffodils — one of the few pick-your-own daffodil farms in the country. The daffodil farm’s Opening Day is slated for March 28, 2024 and the season will run through the month of April. A quarter million daffodils will be in bloom, ready to pick your…

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and fun for ages 3 - 5 and their caregivers. Play stations at the end of each storytime actively engage, entertain, and build the skills of the children who participate. We meet in the children’s room of Gales Ferry Library before storytime begins. Registration is not required. However, space is limited to…

The Santa Express is an afternoon train giving parents and kids alike the opportunity to visit with Santa Claus. As the train travels through the cold winter wilderness, passengers can meet with Santa and play with his Elves. Each child gets a special gift and a bell from Santa. Departures at noon and 2:15 p.m.…

Film by Anna Moot-Levin and Laura Green Three people—a political cartoonist, a mother-turned-boxing coach, and an optician—navigate their lives with resourcefulness and determination in the face of a degenerative illness, Parkinson’s disease. All films are closed captioned.

March 18 - May 3 Opening Reception on Thursday March 28, 12:30-2:00pm. Landi Hou practices papercutting, the traditional art form of meticulous cutting images from paper with scissors or a knife.   The craft of papercutting is practiced by diverse cultures globally and ranges from simple designs to intricate and detailed patterns and scenery. Hou’s approach…

DRIVE A SUPERCAR ON A RACETRACK NEAR YOU! It’s YOUR turn to get behind the wheel of our fleet of exotic cars in Connecticut. Book your driving or riding Xperience on a world-class racetrack in supercars like Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches and more! No experience necessary. Our Professional Instructors will teach you how to drive the…

Halfinger Farms, located in Higganum, welcomes visitors to experience Dancing Daffodils — one of the few pick-your-own daffodil farms in the country. The daffodil farm’s Opening Day is slated for March 28, 2024 and the season will run through the month of April. A quarter million daffodils will be in bloom, ready to pick your…

March 23 - September 8, 2024 Open Wednesday – Sunday from 10am to 4pm with free parking & admission except Good Friday (Friday, March 29), Holy Saturday (Saturday, March 30), Easter (Sunday, March 31), and Independence Day (Thursday, July 4). True Presence: The Eucharist in History and Art is a celebration of Christ’s promise of…

Hollister House Garden opens for the season today. We hope you will plan a visit soon! Opening hours: Wednesday 1-4, Friday 1-4 and Saturday 10-4

What's got a love triangle, jealous soldiers, and lovesick maidens hooked on terrible poetry?  Gilbert & Sullivan’s Patience.  A rollicking satire on aestheticism, Patience shows us that starry-eyed fans of today’s heartthrobs aren’t much different from the poet-groupies in Victorian England. In Victorian England, a group of women have become swept up in the aesthetic…

From the author of Moon Over Buffalo and Lend Me A Tenor, Ken Ludwig’s Shakespeare In Hollywood is a celebration of stage and screen! The show is directed by Jane Farnol. It’s 1934, and Shakespeare’s most famous fairies, Oberon and Puck, have magically materialized on the Warner Bros. Hollywood set of Max Reinhardt’s A Midsummer…

DRIVE A SUPERCAR ON A RACETRACK NEAR YOU! It’s YOUR turn to get behind the wheel of our fleet of exotic cars in Connecticut. Book your driving or riding Xperience on a world-class racetrack in supercars like Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches and more! No experience necessary. Our Professional Instructors will teach you how to drive the…

March 23 - September 8, 2024 Open Wednesday – Sunday from 10am to 4pm with free parking & admission except Good Friday (Friday, March 29), Holy Saturday (Saturday, March 30), Easter (Sunday, March 31), and Independence Day (Thursday, July 4). True Presence: The Eucharist in History and Art is a celebration of Christ’s promise of…

Halfinger Farms, located in Higganum, welcomes visitors to experience Dancing Daffodils — one of the few pick-your-own daffodil farms in the country. The daffodil farm’s Opening Day is slated for March 28, 2024 and the season will run through the month of April. A quarter million daffodils will be in bloom, ready to pick your…

Daffodils and tulips are the traditional spring stunners, but beyond them lies a dazzling array of untapped spring bulbs. Grecian windflowers, wild hyacinth, starflowers and Roman squills are just some of the potential performers that add excitement and variety to a garden. Learn how to create stunning borders by mixing a variety of bulbs with…

Join us for Samba Fest 2024 on April 20, 11am-6pm Trinity College: Gates Quad/Austin Arts Center SAMBA FEST 2024 LIVE STREAM: https://trincoll.zoom.us/j/96237493541 Samba Fest 2024 Schedule 11:00-11:45: Afrovibe Live; Trinity Jazz Club; Hartford’s Proud 11:45-12:30 Big Bang Open Rehearsal and Bicentennial Big Bang – gathering 200 people playing together!  Come join us!  Instruments provided! 12:30-1:00 Friendz World Music…

FREE Antique Appraisals - Who knew it was so valuable - thank goodness I didn't throw it away! ANTIQ'S "free" verbal antique appraisal service can provide a total solution when you need it the most. Whether you are moving, downsizing, dealing with the passing of a loved one, getting divorced or getting ready to retire,…

Dive into highlights of the NBMAA's permanent collection on this hour-long Docent-led tour. Saturdays at 1 p.m.

The quality of smartphone cameras is improving rapidly. In many situations, they can replace the need for traditional digital SLRs. It therefore is no longer necessary to constantly drag around a large, heavy camera because you're afraid of missing that great photo opportunity. A good quality smartphone camera can often work equally well. This is…

Whether you’re interested in knowing more about your ancestor’s past or in joining the Daughters of the American Revolution, the first stop for many is the records of the Army – yet the sea played an active role in the American Revolution. This program will discuss how to identify and access the records of the…

Immerse yourself in the romantic Regency world of Bridgerton to benefit a great cause! On Saturday, April 20th from 6:00 - 10:00 pm, join the “ton” at a period costume ball, with all proceeds to benefit the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.  Held at The Coffee Spot at 750 Hopmeadow St in Simsbury, this charming event will…

From the author of Moon Over Buffalo and Lend Me A Tenor, Ken Ludwig’s Shakespeare In Hollywood is a celebration of stage and screen! The show is directed by Jane Farnol. It’s 1934, and Shakespeare’s most famous fairies, Oberon and Puck, have magically materialized on the Warner Bros. Hollywood set of Max Reinhardt’s A Midsummer…

DRIVE A SUPERCAR ON A RACETRACK NEAR YOU! It’s YOUR turn to get behind the wheel of our fleet of exotic cars in Connecticut. Book your driving or riding Xperience on a world-class racetrack in supercars like Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches and more! No experience necessary. Our Professional Instructors will teach you how to drive the…

Halfinger Farms, located in Higganum, welcomes visitors to experience Dancing Daffodils — one of the few pick-your-own daffodil farms in the country. The daffodil farm’s Opening Day is slated for March 28, 2024 and the season will run through the month of April. A quarter million daffodils will be in bloom, ready to pick your…

March 23 - September 8, 2024 Open Wednesday – Sunday from 10am to 4pm with free parking & admission except Good Friday (Friday, March 29), Holy Saturday (Saturday, March 30), Easter (Sunday, March 31), and Independence Day (Thursday, July 4). True Presence: The Eucharist in History and Art is a celebration of Christ’s promise of…

For beginners to advanced artists. This workshop will go over the basics of painting outdoors. Including composition, values, and color theory. It will cover the importance of proper observation, lighting, and learning to identify key elements in a landscape. Color mixing, application, and personal expression will also be discussed. There will be plenty of one…

FREE Antique Appraisals - Who knew it was so valuable - thank goodness I didn't throw it away! ANTIQ'S "free" verbal antique appraisal service can provide a total solution when you need it the most. Whether you are moving, downsizing, dealing with the passing of a loved one, getting divorced or getting ready to retire,…

Join a Docent-led tour through the NBMAA's exhibition From the Vault: Contemporary Highlights from the NBMAA Collection. Sundays at 1 p.m. | May 7 – June 25, 2023 Image: Peter Waite, Bridge, 2006, Acrylic on panels, 96 x 120 in., Berkshire Taconic Foundation and Stephen B. Lawrence Fund, 2006.127

What's got a love triangle, jealous soldiers, and lovesick maidens hooked on terrible poetry?  Gilbert & Sullivan’s Patience.  A rollicking satire on aestheticism, Patience shows us that starry-eyed fans of today’s heartthrobs aren’t much different from the poet-groupies in Victorian England. In Victorian England, a group of women have become swept up in the aesthetic…

Enjoy a musical journey through many countries with Judy Handler & Mark Levesque at 3 pm Sunday, April 21, at Unitarian Universalist Society East, 153 Vernon St. West, Manchester. Suggested donation $15. They perform their own inspiring arrangements on guitars and mandolin and will include music from the U.S., Europe, Eastern Europe, Brazil, Latin America…