Events

 
She Shoots ... She Scores! Women's Basketball in Connecticut 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): March 1-Jan. 27, 2010 
Region: River Valley 
City: Hartford 
Venue: Connecticut Historical Society 
Description: Learn how women?s changing social roles are paralleled in the game and how the passion to play basketball continues to grow today. Featuring memorabilia from throughout the last century and footage from some of the most exciting moments in the sport. 
 
(What's the) Word : Works from the Permanent Collection 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): March 1-Dec. 31, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: New London 
Venue: Lyman Allyn Art Museum 
Description: Features works that explore artists' relationships to text in their images as well as those who empty text as image. 
 
Coming Home: Building Community in a Changing World 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): March 1-Dec. 31, 2009 
Region: Litchfield Hills 
City: Waterbury 
Venue: Mattatuck Museum Arts & History Center 
Description: Innovation, drive and spirit changed the force of Connecticut and the world. Experience the history of the Waterbury region as you never have before. 
 
"Stories by the Fireside: A Reader's Room" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): April 1-Jan. 1, 2010 
Region: River Valley 
City: Hartford 
Venue: Mark Twain House & Museum 
Description: Family-friendly exhibit and reading room featuring a replica of the House in LEGO, area for children to read, draw and play with Legos. Vintage Twain documentaries. 
 
"Titeres y Mascaras" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): April 26-Nov. 30, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Storrs 
Venue: Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry 
Description: This exhibition traces the development of puppet, mask and object performance as elements of European ritual, indigenous American ritual and their subsequent development after the Spanish Conquest as they hybrid culture of the Americas. 
 
"Toy Theater of the World" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): April 26-Nov. 30, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Storrs 
Venue: Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry 
Description: This exhibition brings together historic toy theaters of the classic tradition, including English, Danish and early 20th century American examples in the Institute's collection, as well as contemporary toy theater works. Features workshop and performances in the form with exciting toy theater creators. 
 
"Mapping the Pacific Coast: Coronado to Lewis and Clark Exhibition" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): May 2-Jan. 4, 2010 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Mystic 
Venue: Mystic Seaport 
Description: Exhibition concentrates on the earliest maps of North America?s western coast. Free audio-guided tours available for visitors. Exhibit includes maps, illustrations, books and Mystic Seaport artifacts. 
 
"If These Walls Could Talk" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): May 19-Dec. 31, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Cos Cob 
Venue: Bush-Holley Historic Site 
Description: Learn how the Cos Cob Harbor and Landing and Bush-Holley House have changed over the last 200 years. This interactive family-oriented exhibit provides a preview to the Bush-Holley House through seldom seen artifacts, photographs, maps, letter and portraits. The back stories of "the old house" and the people who lived there for five generations are revealed through engaging exhibits. 
 
Edward Tufte: Seeing Around 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): June 21-Apr. 1, 2010 
Region: Litchfield Hills 
City: Ridgefield 
Venue: Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 
Description: Sculpture in relationship to landscape to be shown in the Sculpture Garden. 
 
"Gerald Hemsworth: Hidden Agenda" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): June 21-Jan. 3, 2010 
Region: Litchfield Hills 
City: Ridgefield 
Venue: Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 
Description: Presenting 15 works comprising Hemsworth's first solo museum exhibition in the United States. His long career has been devoted to a careful consideration of paintings options, meanings and tactics. Although his paintings are seemingly unproblematic, simple and innocenter, upon closer examination the works become confrontational, disconcerting, and provocative in a slightly uncomfortable way. 
 
"Pretty Tough: Contemporary Storytellling" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): June 21-Jan. 3, 2010 
Region: Litchfield Hills 
City: Ridgefield 
Venue: Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 
Description: Highlights the recent proliferation of women artists who reclaim storytelling as a strategy to address contemporary discussions on warfare, the environment and female struggles in their work. 
 
"Tom Sachs: Cameras" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): June 21-Sept. 16, 2010 
Region: Litchfield Hills 
City: Ridgefield 
Venue: Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 
Description: This exhibition brings together 12 works , from 1972 to the present, that not only explore the camera as both sculptural and functional object, but, perhaps more importantly, chart the course that photography and the globalization of precision manufacturing has taken over the past century. 
 
Paul Lantuch 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): August 14-Dec. 6, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: New Britain 
Venue: New Britain Museum of American Art 
Description:  
 
"Built It" 
Category: Especially For Kids, Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): August 15-Aug. 1, 2010 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Norwalk 
Venue: Stepping Stones Museum for Children 
Description: Join the crew and discover building basics. Lift, load, dump and haul. Learn about the building process and take a sneak peak at Stepping Stones construction plans for 2010. 
 
Corn Maze Adventure 
Category: Special Community 
Date(s): August 22-Nov. 8, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Thompson 
Venue: Quintessential Gardens at Fort Hill Farms 
Description: This year's theme is "Building Awareness About the Nature of Food." The main maze is designed to look like a cow and her calf from the air. For the younger children there is the Mini-Moo-Maze. 
 
Corn Maze 
Category: Special Community 
Date(s): September 1-Nov. 15, 2009 
Region: Litchfield Hills 
City: Sharon 
Venue: Ellsworth Hill Orchard & Berry Farm 
Description: Maze map contains questions, locate certain stations in the maze for the answers. 
 
Corn Maze 
Category: Especially For Kids, Special Community 
Date(s): September 5-Nov. 1, 2009 
Region: Greater New Haven 
City: Middlefield 
Venue: Lyman Orchards 
Description: Explore four acres of towering cornstalks and two miles of winding pathways. 
 
"Remembering Paul Zimmerman" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): September 11-Nov. 1, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Norwich 
Venue: Slater Memorial Museum 
Description: Retrospective of the work of Connecticut artist Paul Zimmerman. 
 
Fall Birdwalks at Hammonasset State Park 
Category: Special Community 
Date(s): September 12-26, Oct. 3-31, Nov. 7-21, 2009 
Region: Greater New Haven 
City: Madison 
Venue: Meet at the Audubon Shop 
Description: See migrating shorebirds, songbirds, hawks and owls at Connecticut’s premier birding destination. 
 
Wendell Minor: "Reaching for the Moon" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): September 12-Dec. 13, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: New Britain 
Venue: New Britain Museum of American Art 
Description:  
 
"Ajiaco: Stirrings of the Cuban Soul" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): September 12-Feb. 21, 2010 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: New London 
Venue: Lyman Allyn Art Museum 
Description: Exhibit explores the rich blend of the current art and artists emerging from the diverse cultures of Cuba. 
 
"Ancestors of the Passage" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): September 12-Feb. 21, 2010 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: New London 
Venue: Lyman Allyn Art Museum 
Description: Imna Arroyo, Professor at Eastern Connecticut State University explores her heritage and ancestors with a compelling 3-dimensional installation. 
 
Apple Harvest Festival 
Category: Special Community 
Date(s): September 12-Nov. 7, 2009 
Region: Litchfield Hills 
City: Sharon 
Venue: Ellsworth Hill Orchard & Berry Farm 
Description: Pick-your-own apples, shop at the store for apples, cider, cider donuts, cheese, and more. 
 
"Art & Human Consciousness" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): September 16-Dec. 6, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Fairfield 
Venue: Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery 
Description: Robert January's figural work includes drawings and paintings, as well as historic art which inspired him to paint. 
 
"Illusory Meeting Places" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): September 17-Nov. 17, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Windsor 
Venue: Windsor Art Center 
Description: Works from both Eastern and Western philosophical and religious myths and traditions. 
 
"Sustainable Choices: Living Today with Tomorrow in Mind" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit, Especially For Kids 
Date(s): September 23-Dec. 31, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Bridgeport 
Venue: Discovery Museum 
Description: An interactive exhibit that shows how the choices we make today impact the environment and the lives of future generations. Seven larger that life, interactive modules show everyday objects, activities and technology. Themes include electricity, water, transportation, shopping and the yard. 
 
"Mrs. Delany and Her Circle" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): September 24-Jan. 3, 2010 
Region: Greater New Haven 
City: New Haven 
Venue: Yale Center for British Art 
Description: Mrs. Delaney, nee Mary Granville, was an amateur botanical artist, woman of fashion and commentator on life and society in18th-century England and Ireland. This exhibition explores the intersection of her worlds and reveals the complexity of her engagement with natural science and design. 
 
"Creative Dialogue: Latin American Printmakers" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): September 24-Nov. 7, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Norwalk 
Venue: Center for Contemporary Printmaking 
Description: An exhibition and series of public programs exploring contemporary Carribean and Latin American prints and printmakers. 
 
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): September 25-Nov. 29, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: East Haddam 
Venue: Goodspeed Opera House 
Description: Comedy reigns when a thoroughly disarming slave named Pseudolus schemes to gain his freedom by helping his master’s son get the girl he desires. It’s an accelerating whirl of mixed identities, swinging doors, double takes, double entendres, outrageous puns and gags that will keep you laughing all the way home. 
 
"The Pull of Experiment: Postwar American Printmaking" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): September 25-Jan. 3, 2010 
Region: Greater New Haven 
City: New Haven 
Venue: Yale University Art Gallery 
Description: More than 40 works on paper explore experimental printmaking techniques and reflecting the creative spirit incited by American and emigre artists following the second World War. 
 
New England Landscape Inviitational 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): September 25-Dec. 5, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Old Lyme 
Venue: Lyme Art Association 
Description: The Lyme Art Association welcomes award-winning landscape artists in a special exhibition and sale. 
 
"Aggregate: Art & Architecture - a Brutalist Remix" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): September 25-Nov. 22, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Westport 
Venue: Westport Arts Center 
Description: An art exhibit inspired by the 20th century architectural style of Brutalism, Inc. explores the impact of the Brutalism architecture on society, exhibiting artworks that reflect, evaluate and expand upon its goals, materials and mixed receptions. 
 
"Alchemy: Magic, Myth or Science?" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): September 26-Jan. 3, 2010 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Greenwich 
Venue: Bruce Museum of Arts & Science 
Description: Offering a multi-faceted introduction to the practice of alchemy from ancient times through its flourishing in the 16th and 17th centuries, this major, interdisciplinary exhibition explores the history of alchemy and both the science and art it inspired. The show features mineral specimens, scientific instruments, paintings and prints, historical documents, and appropriate animal specimens to describe the practice of an alchemical laboratory, as well as a short video film demonstrating chemical 
 
"Bike Rides: The Exhibition" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): September 26-Jan. 3, 2010 
Region: Litchfield Hills 
City: Ridgefield 
Venue: Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 
Description: Featuring approximately 30 works from around the world, including functional cycles, ranging form cutting-edge designs to populist expressions, as well as bicycle-inspired sculpture and video. On Oct. 4, Bike Fest, a celebration of all things bicycle from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. 
 
"International Marine Art" Exhibition & Sale 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): September 27-Nov. 15, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Mystic 
Venue: Mystic Seaport 
Description: The exhibition features the work of artists from around the world and celebrates the timeless beauty of the sea in the most comprehensive exhibit of contemporary marine art in the nation. 
 
"Meridans" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): September 30-Nov. 1, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Chester 
Venue: eo art lab 
Description: Featured artist Elizabeth Gourlay returns with all new work in a mesmerizing exhibit. 
 
Apple Harvest 
Category: Special Community 
Date(s): October 1-Nov. 10, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: East Killingly 
Venue: Palazzi Orchards 
Description: Pick-your-own apples with 24 varieties, and pumpkins, weekend hay rides, fresh sweet cider, Revolutionary-era cemetery with a 200-year-old charter oak tree. 
 
Open Juried Show 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): October 2-Nov. 1, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Canton 
Venue: Gallery on the Green 
Description: Opening reception Oct. 3 from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. 
 
Connecticut Women Artists & Photo Show XXXI 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): October 2-Nov. 14, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Mystic 
Venue: Mystic Arts Center 
Description:  
 
"Geretenish (Harvest): Gershon Camassar and the Jewish Agricultural Presence in Eastern Connecticut" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): October 4-Dec. 4, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Norwich 
Venue: Otis Library 
Description: Jewish farmers? Yes, hundreds of farm were established by Jewish families in eastern Connecticut from the late 1800s through the first half of the 20th century. This exhibit features landscape paintings by Gershon Cammassar (1908-1995), who came from a Jewish farming family in Columbia, Connecticut and whose paintings were motivated partly from a drive to preserve on canvas pastoral locales quickly being lost to development. Many of the paintings show farmlands during autumn, the time of "gerete 
 
Faber Birren National Color Show 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): October 4-Nov. 5, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Stamford 
Venue: Stamford Art Association 
Description: This competitive show is the only artistic event devoted exclusively to the use of color. 
 
"Continuous Present" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): October 6-Jan. 3, 2010 
Region: Greater New Haven 
City: New Haven 
Venue: Yale University Art Gallery 
Description: Eleven compelling contemporary artists working in an array of media reveal the capacity for art to reposition our engagement with the world. 
 
"The Fantasticks" 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): October 7-Nov. 1, 2009 
Region: Greater New Haven 
City: New Haven 
Venue: Long Wharf Theatre 
Description: Musical comedy performance follows the scheming of two neighboring fathers who attempt to spark a romance between their children by faking a feud. When a mysterious carnival of illusions rolls into town, the fathers enlist the aid of its enigmatic impressio, El Gallo, only to add an unexpected tangle to their matchmaking web. 
 
"Halloween High School 2" 
Category: Seasonal/Holiday Delight, Performing Art 
Date(s): October 10-Nov. 1, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Bridgeport 
Venue: Downtown Cabaret Theatre 
Description: It's back to school with the high-energy, totally cool and wicked awesome sequel to last year's sold out show. All of your favorite groovy ghoulies will be there .. wait until you see what happens in the hallowed halls of Halloween High School this time! 
 
"Rembrandt's People" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): October 10-Jan. 24, 2010 
Region: River Valley 
City: Hartford 
Venue: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art 
Description: Exhibition features Rembrandt's powerful figure paintings, which are hailed as his greatest artistic achievement. 
 
"Lyme Art Colony's Wee Faerie Village" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit, Especially For Kids 
Date(s): October 10-Nov. 1, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Old Lyme 
Venue: Florence Griswold Museum 
Description: Two dozen artists and designers construct a creative Faerie Village in the nooks and crannies of the 11-acre estate of the museum. 
 
"Diversity of Three" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): October 10-Nov. 7, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Wilton 
Venue: River Road Gallery 
Description: Exhibit features the works of three Connecticut artists: representational landscapes and abstracts by Valerie Cecire; still life paintings and relief monotypes by Kathy Draper and large scale abstract canvases by Patrick James. Opening reception, Oct. 17, 5 p.m.-8 p.m. 
 
Creative Workshops 
Category: Especially For Kids, Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): October 11, 18, 25, Nov. 1, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Old Lyme 
Venue: Florence Griswold Museum 
Description: Visit the Faerie Village and join in magical hands-on fun. Oct. 11: Magical Wands; Oct. 18: Charms & Amulets; Oct. 25: Crowns and Magical Hats; Nov. 1: Potions in Motion. 
 
Mavis Fenner Memorial Juried All Media Show 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): October 11-Nov. 9, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Rowayton 
Venue: Rowayton Arts Center 
Description:  
 
Horace Walpole's "Strawberry Hill" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): October 15-Jan. 3, 2010 
Region: Greater New Haven 
City: New Haven 
Venue: Yale Center for British Art 
Description: This exhibition analyzes the history and reception of Walpole's collection as he assembled and displayed it in Strawberry Hill, his Gothic house in Twickenham, England. 
 
Haunted Farmyard 
Category: Seasonal/Holiday Delight, Especially For Kids 
Date(s): October 17-Nov. 1, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Bridgeport 
Venue: Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo 
Description: Guaranteed to delight and fright all those who pass through. 
 
"The Allure of Lace" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): October 17-Feb. 28, 2010 
Region: River Valley 
City: Hartford 
Venue: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art 
Description: Exhibit displays flat-mounted laces, lace trimmed dresses and accessories, and will complement "Rembrandt's People" by showing examples of the exquisite lace collars and cuffs fashionable in the 17th century and featured in many of Rembrandt's portraits. 
 
"Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story" 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): October 21-Nov. 22, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Norwich 
Venue: Spirit of Broadway Theater 
Description: Two character musical drama that recounts the chilling true story of the legendary duo who committed one of the most infamous and heinouscrimes of the 20th century. Focusing on their obsessive relationship and utilizing Leopold's 1958 parole hearing as a framework. This production reveals the series of events in 1024 Chicago that led about-to-be law students Leopold and Loeb to be forever remember as "the thrill killers." 
 
Haunted Miniature Golf 
Category: Seasonal/Holiday Delight, Especially For Kids 
Date(s): October 22-25, 29-Nov. 1, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Farmington 
Venue: Farmington Miniature Golf 
Description: 18 ghoulishly fun holes of miniature golf and Halloween excitement, including face painting, stone rubbings, a donut dangle, refreshments and a haunted graveyard. 
 
"Eclipsed" 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): October 23-Nov. 14, 2009 
Region: Greater New Haven 
City: New Haven 
Venue: Yale Repertory Theatre 
Description: Set in 2003, "Eclisped" unearths the wreckage of Liberia's vicious civil war and celebrates women who navigate the most brutal of circumstances. The 'wives" of a rebel commanding office from a community in a hostile warzone. Their world is transformed by the arrival of two newcomers and the unceremonious return of a former "wife" turned rebel soldier. Each woman finds her own means of survival, but at what cost? 
 
"Call of the Coast: Art Colonies of New England" 
Category: Seasonal/Holiday Delight 
Date(s): October 24-Jan. 31, 2010 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Old Lyme 
Venue: Florence Griswold Museum 
Description: Works from the Florence Griswold Museum and the Portland Museum of Art in Maine examine the artistic communities of Cos Cob, Old Lyme, Oquinquit and Monhegan. 
 
Jewish Arts & Film Festival 
Category: Special Community 
Date(s): October 24-Nov. 8, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Stamford 
Venue: Various location throughout the Fairfield County. 
Description: Featuring music, recitals, dancing, fine art, author events, filmography and more. 
 
"Inspired Art" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): October 24-Nov. 22, 2009 
Region: Litchfield Hills 
City: Torrington 
Venue: Artwell Gallery 
Description: Visual and literary artist find inspiration in each other work in this show. 
 
"Jerry's Girls" 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): October 28-Nov. 15, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Ivoryton 
Venue: Ivoryton Playhouse 
Description: This dazzling array of some of Jerry Herman's best known songs from landmark shows such as "Hello Dolly" and "Mame" is a brilliantly lively show. 
 
"Celebrating Our Cultural Legacies: Fairfield's Hungarian Community" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): October 29-Jan. 3, 2010 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Fairfield 
Venue: Fairfield Museum & History Center 
Description: Exhibit features bold and colorful Hungarian posters from 1920-1980 with dramatic graphics and powerful messages relating to subjects such as the break-up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the idyllic vision of life promoted by the post-World War II Communist government. The history of the local Hungarian community will be explored through traditional artifacts loaned by area residents. 
 
“Mistakes Were Made" 
Category: Seasonal/Holiday Delight, Performing Art 
Date(s): October 29-Nov. 22, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Hartford 
Venue: Hartford Stage 
Description: Legendary Broadway producer Felix Artifex gets in way over his fast-talking head when he takes on the first world premiere of his long and checkered career. "Mistakes" is a gargantuan epic of the French Revolution which Felix thinks is going to be his ticket to professional and persona redemption - turns out it is a croissant-lined highway to disaster. 
 
"MacBeth" 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): October 29-Nov. 1, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: New London 
Venue: Flock Theatre 
Description: Shakespeare's classic tragedy of ambition is brought to visceral life. An annual production, the perfect Halloween treat. 
 
"Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party" 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): October 29-Nov. 8, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Storrs 
Venue: Studio Theatre 
Description: A small town elementary school teacher outs Abraham Lincoln in the fourth grade Christmas pageant. The hilarious anarchy, marked by interludes of campy dances, is cleverly contained in a spontaneous structure wherein the audience votes each night on how the play will unfold. 
 
NEW/NOW: Sandra Allen 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): October 30-Jan. 24, 2010 
Region: River Valley 
City: New Britain 
Venue: New Britain Museum of American Art 
Description:  
 
"Die Fledermaus" 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): October 30 & Nov. 1, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Old Saybrook 
Venue: Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center 
Description: "Die Fledermaus" (The Bat) is a comic opera with a plot based on intrigue and deception. The opera is presented with full orchestra, staging and costume. 
 
Holiday Show 
Category: Seasonal/Holiday Delight 
Date(s): October 30-Nov. 15, 2009 
Region: Litchfield Hills 
City: Sherman 
Venue: White Silo Winery 
Description: Holiday exhibition featuring Connecticut artists. 
 
Holiday Craft Exhibition & Sale 
Category: Major 
Date(s): October 31-Dec. 31, 2009 
Region: Litchfield Hills 
City: Brookfield 
Venue: Brookfield Craft Center 
Description: Event showcases the work of more than 200 artists from across the country. Shoppers will find unique handmade gifts of lasting value, made exclusively by American artists. Explore three floors of a charming, Colonial-vintage restored grist mill overlooking a river and waterfall. 
 
"Andrew Calder: Printmaker" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): October 31-Jan. 31, 2010 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Greenwich 
Venue: Bruce Museum of Arts & Science 
Description: Alexander Calder's many scuplture inventions - including his famed "Cirque Calder," his imposing stabiles and, most importantly, his graceful mobiles - have secured his place among America's most celebrated artists. Yet critical and public praise of Calder's sculpture has drawn attention away from his career-long devotion to other media. In an effort to uncover one of the artist's lesser-known artistic talents, this new exhibition brings together 28 prints made throughout Calder's career, affirm 
 
Celebration of American Crafts 
Category: Seasonal/Holiday Delight, Major 
Date(s): October 31-Dec. 24, 2009 
Region: Greater New Haven 
City: New Haven 
Venue: Creative Arts Workshop 
Description: More than 300 artists from across America will be featured, representing the finest in glass, ceramics, jewelry, wearable and decorative fiber, handcrafted furniture and much more. 
 
"Both Side of the Pond: Ives & Elgar" 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 1, 2009 
Region: Litchfield Hills 
City: Danbury 
Venue: Ives Concert Hall at Western Connecticut State University 
Description: The Danbury Symphony Orchestra perform pieces by Charles Ives, from Danbury, Connecticut and Edward Elgar from England; in an exciting juxtaposition of music from both sides of the "pond." 
 
"Seussical" 
Category: Especially For Kids, Performing Art 
Date(s): November 1, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Fairfield 
Venue: Quick Center for the Arts 
Description: Dr. Seuss's tales hit the stage in this unforgettable musical adventure by Broadway veterans Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens. 
 
Pumpkins, Pumpkins and More Pumpkins 
Category: Historic Events 
Date(s): November 1, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Meriden 
Venue: Solomon Goffe House 
Description: The ladies of the house will be baking on the hearth a variety of pumpkin dishes. 
 
Monothon Party 2009 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): November 1-7, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Norwalk 
Venue: Center for Contemporary Printmaking 
Description: A marathon of monotype printmaking providing artists the opportunity to work with master printers. Auction and party, Sat. Nov. 21 from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. 
 
The Alpenland Tanzer 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 1, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Trumbull 
Venue: The Center 
Description: A program of Bavarian dances, songs and sing-alongs. Cabaret style seating, bring your own refreshments. 
 
Jazz Lab Band 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 2, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Storrs 
Venue: von der Mehden Recital Hall at University of Connecticut 
Description: Conducted by John Mastroianni. 
 
"Suffield's Old Bridge Neighborhood" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): November 2-28, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Suffield 
Venue: Kent Memorial Library 
Description: A photo-documentary exhibit about an old East Suffield, Connecticut neighborhood and its connections to the carpet mill town Thompsonville. Created by artist and Suffield native, Laurie Tavino, it is comprised of historical facts, oral history and rarely seen photographs. Opening reception Nov. 7 from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. 
 
Noelle Carr: "The Veterans Memorial Gardens" 
Category: Special Community, Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): November 3-29, 2009 
Region: Litchfield Hills 
City: Ridgefield 
Venue: Ridgefield Library 
Description: An installation by Noelle Carr to honor American veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and the global war on terrorism. 
 
Jazz Ensemble 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 3, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Storrs 
Venue: von der Mehden Recital Hall at University of Connecticut 
Description: Conducted by Earl MacDonald. 
 
"Hudded Masses" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): November 4-Dec. 6, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Chester 
Venue: eo art lab 
Description: New work by Charlie Goodwin, experience the colorful, circular forms as they huddle, coerce and comingle with one another. 
 
The Science of Time Travel ... It's About Time 
Category: Special Community 
Date(s): November 4, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Hartford 
Venue: Connecticut Science Center 
Description: Dr. Ronald Mallett, Professor of Theoretical Relativity at the University of Connecticut believes he has discovered the basic equations for a working time machine. His book "Time Traveler: A Scientist's Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality" is now being made into a movie. Time travel has been a dream for humankind for a long time. Dr. Mallett presents his intriguing theory and open the discussion of traveling in time to all. 
 
Mitch Albom: Have a Little Faith 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): October 25, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Old Saybrook 
Venue: Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center 
Description: 92nd St Y live simulcast of Mitch Albom, author of "Tuesdays with Morrie" and "The Five People You Meet in Heaven." 
 
"This Is My Country" 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 4, 6-8, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: West Hartford 
Venue: Mandell Jewish Community Center 
Description: A musical story of American warriors from Colonial days through Vietnam, presented by the Veterans Memorial Theatre Company. The show is a history pageant, with poignant moments, that chronicles the experiences of soldiers and their families during this period of time. 
 
"Seniors Haven Dreams Too" 
Category: Arts and Crafts 
Date(s): November 5, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Meriden 
Venue: Augusta Curtis Cultural Center 
Description: Seniors art exhibit and sale, featuring art by those who are 55 and above. 
 
"Get Rhythm: The Man in Black" 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 6-22, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Bridgeport 
Venue: Downtown Cabaret Theatre 
Description: A celebration of the music of Johnny Cash. 
 
Deborah Wing-Sproul: "Water, Alge, Ice" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): November 6-Dec. 4, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Bridgeport 
Venue: Housatonic Museum of Art 
Description: Solo exhibition, encompassing the full range of her "Tidal Culture" series, including video, photography and objects made of algae. 
 
"Little Shop of Horrors" 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 6-7, 13-15, 20-21, 2009 
Region: Litchfield Hills 
City: Brookfield 
Venue: Brookfield Theatre for the Arts 
Description: Charming, tuneful and hilarious, with tongue firmly planted in cheek, this musical never fails to entertain. 
 
Holiday Show 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): November 6-Dec. 13, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Canton 
Venue: Gallery on the Green 
Description: Opening reception Nov. 7 from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Holiday party Dec. 12, 6 p.m.-9 p.m. 
 
Evidence Dance Company 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 6, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Fairfield 
Venue: Quick Center for the Arts 
Description: Combines elements of dance from West Africa and the Caribbean. Its newest work, "Two-Year Old Gentlemen," is a highlight of the evening. 
 
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 6, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Hartford 
Venue: Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts 
Description: The 14-time Grammy Award winner continues to do his part to lead the recent roots revival in music. Known affectionately today as bluegrass music's official ambassador. 
 
"The Sound of Music" 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 6-8, 12-15, 20-22, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Manchester 
Venue: Cheney Hall 
Description: The classic story of the Von Trapp family as the widower Captain Von Trapp hires Maria, straight from the convent, to be the governess of his seven children. She brings love and music back to the family, and together they dare to escape the Nazi invasion of their lives and their Austria. 
 
First Friday 
Category: Special Community 
Date(s): November 6, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: New Britain 
Venue: New Britain Museum of American Art 
Description: Live jazz, open galleries, a selection of light hors d'oeuvres and beverages. 
 
Christmas Bazaar 
Category: Seasonal/Holiday Delight, Especially For Kids 
Date(s): November 6-7, 2009 
Region: Greater New Haven 
City: New Haven 
Venue: St. Francis Church 
Description: Features handcrafts, knitting and crochet items, Country Store, white elephant and seasonal items. Face painting, children's games, penny auction and good food. 
 
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 6, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: New London 
Venue: John C. Evans Hall at Connecticut College 
Description:  
 
First-Friday-Free Family Night 
Category: Especially For Kids 
Date(s): November 6, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Niantic 
Venue: Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut 
Description: Family fun hands-on activities for everyone to enjoy. 
 
The Edgar Winter Band 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 6, 2009 
Region: Litchfield Hills 
City: Norfolk 
Venue: Infinity Hall 
Description: A prolific writer, Edgar's music encompasses many different genres, including rock, jazz, blues and pop. 
 
First Friday Live Sounds 
Category: Performing Art, Special Community 
Date(s): November 6, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Norwich 
Venue: Donald L. Oat Theatre 
Description: Outstanding live music events. 
 
Gallery Opening 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit, Special Community 
Date(s): November 6, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Norwich 
Venue: Norwich Arts Council 
Description: Featuring Norwich Arts Councils' artists and guest artists. 
 
Cheryl Wheeler 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 6, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Old Saybrook 
Venue: Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center 
Description: A gifted songwriter with a beautiful voice must share the stage with the savagely funny social critic and it is the audience that reaps the hilarious rewards of this arrangement. 
 
“The Fantasticks” 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 6-7, 13-15, 19-21, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Windham 
Venue: Burton Levitt Theatre 
Description: Timeless theatrical fable about falling in love, growing up and coming home again will warm your heart. Spend a magical evening with this musical classic and smiles are sure to "follow, follow ..." 
 
Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society Exhibition 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): November 7-Jan. 31, 2010 
Region: River Valley 
City: East Hartford 
Venue: Hartford Fine Art Gallery 
Description: Juried art exhibition featuring plein air landscapes by Connecticut artists. Opening reception and award presentation on Fri., Nov. 7. 
 
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 7, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Fairfield 
Venue: Quick Center for the Arts 
Description: Featuring Christopher Maltman, baritone, Inon Barnata, piano, and Liza Ferschtman, violin. The ensemble performs an all Schubert program. 
 
New England Film & Telelvision Expo 
Category: Consumer Shows 
Date(s): November 7, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Hartford 
Venue: Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts 
Description: Event is designed for those people who have always wanted to be on the big or small screen as well as those who have always wanted to work behind the scenes in film or television. 
 
Bruckner Orchesrra of Linz 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 7, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Mansfield 
Venue: Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts 
Description: The Bruckner Orchestra, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, has become one of Central Europe's leading orchestras. 
 
Discovery Day 
Category: Special Community, Especially For Kids 
Date(s): November 7, 2009 
Region: Greater New Haven 
City: New Haven 
Venue: Long Wharf Theatre 
Description: A community outreach event that introduces children and families to the fantastical work of theatre. This year's event has a carnival theme with backstage tours and hands-on workshops in mask making, audio-visual experiments, juggling, prop making and storytelling. There will also be face painting, food and music. 
 
A Home Town Holiday 
Category: Seasonal/Holiday Delight 
Date(s): November 7-Jan. 4, 2010 
Region: Litchfield Hills 
City: New Milford 
Venue: Hunt Hill Farm 
Description: View the 27-foot towering tree decorated with handcrafted wooden ornament. Adorning the tree are 21 well-known New Milford buildings, more than 40 snow-capped pine trees and a moon with the silhouette of Santa and his eight reindeer. 
 
End of the Year Tag Sale 
Category: Special Community 
Date(s): November 7, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Norwich 
Venue: Holy New Martyrs Church 
Description: Collectibles, household items and home furnishings; Slavic foods available. 
 
Gem, Mineral, Jewelry & Fossil Show 
Category: Consumer Shows 
Date(s): November 7-8, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Old Greenwich 
Venue: Eastern Greenwich Civic Center 
Description: Show with exhibitors of gems, minerals, fossils, and jewelry, demonstrations, door prizes, food available. Hosted by the Stamford Mineralogical Society Club. 
 
"Turandot" 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 7, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Old Saybrook 
Venue: Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center 
Description: Breathtaking production of Puccini's last opera is a favorite of the Metropolitan Opera. 
 
Arts & Crafts Show 
Category: Arts and Crafts 
Date(s): November 7, 2009 
Region: Litchfield Hills 
City: Oxford 
Venue: Oxford Center School 
Description: Juried show featuring all original and handmade, refreshments. 
 
Upclose & Personal with Kenny Vance & The Planotones 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 7, 2009 
Region: Litchfield Hills 
City: Torrington 
Venue: Warner Theatre 
Description: Former Jay and the American founder, Kenny Vance brings all of your favorite Doo Wop tunes to life in one intimate concert. 
 
Introduction to Herbal Medicine; Family Immunity for Winter Months 
Category: Special Community 
Date(s): November 7, 2009 
Region: Litchfield Hills 
City: Washington 
Venue: Institute for American Indian Studies 
Description: Learn a variety of safe and natural remedies to help support your family's immune system for the upcoming winter months. Demonstrations on how to make herbal syrups and healing herbal teas. 
 
Red Rose Tea Fair 
Category: Special Community 
Date(s): November 7-8, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Windsor 
Venue: Hilton Garden Inn 
Description: Collectors from all over the country come to buy, sell and trade Wade Figurines and enjoy related items at the fair. Dinner, tea cup auction and tea party 
 
Tea with Prudence & Sarah 
Category: Historic Events 
Date(s): November 8, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Canterbury 
Venue: Prudence Crandall Museum 
Description: Actors Donna Dufresne and Gwendolyn Quezaire-Presutti become Prudence Crandall and Sarah Harris Fayerweather in this compelling dialogue based on historical facts. Followed by tea, scones, tea sandwiches and cookies. 
 
'Turandot" 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 8, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Fairfield 
Venue: Quick Center for the Arts 
Description: Director Franco Zeffirelli's breathtaking production of Puccini's last opera is Metropolitan Opera favorite. Maria Guleghina is the ruthless Chinese princess and Marcello Giodani sings Calaf. 
 
Wreath Ramble 
Category: Special Community 
Date(s): November 8, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Farmington 
Venue: Hill-Stead Museum 
Description: Gather nature's bounty along the estate's woodland trails, then create your own seasonal wreath with the help of experts. 
 
Fall Hikers’ Hike 
Category: Special Community 
Date(s): November 8, 2009 
Region: Greater New Haven 
City: Hamden 
Venue: Sleeping Giant State Park 
Description: A strenuous hike over rough terrain, suggested for experience hikers only. 
 
Connecticut Veterans Day Parade 
Category: Special Community 
Date(s): November 8, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Hartford 
Venue: Kicks off Buckingham & Washington Sts. 
Description: U.S. veterans from all over Connecticut will march in the largest veterans event in the state, including marching bands, floats, and a moment of silence. 
 
Second City Steam 
Category: Special Community 
Date(s): November 8, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Hartford 
Venue: City Steam Brewery Cafe 
Description: Local improvisational theater troop Sea Tea Improv presents off-the-cuff theatrical comedy. 
 
Sunday Music Series 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 8, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: New Britain 
Venue: New Britain Museum of American Art 
Description: Concert in the Stanley Works Center. 
 
New Haven Restaurant Week 
Category: Culinary, Special Community 
Date(s): November 8-13, 2009 
Region: Greater New Haven 
City: New Haven 
Venue: * 
Description: More than 25 restaurants are participating with a $16.38 for Priz Fixe lunch and $29 for Prix Fixe dinner. 
 
Museum's Birthday Celebration 
Category: Especially For Kids 
Date(s): November 8, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Niantic 
Venue: Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut 
Description: Activities include pin the tongue on Rictor and a scavenger hunt with special prizes. 
 
Youth Monothon 2009 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit, Especially For Kids 
Date(s): November 8, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Norwalk 
Venue: Center for Contemporary Printmaking 
Description: A marathon of monotype printmaking providing artists the opportunity to work with master printers open to children. Auction and party, Sat. Nov. 21 from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. 
 
Women Take Flight 
Category: Special Community, Especially For Kids 
Date(s): November 8, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Windsor Locks 
Venue: New England Air Museum 
Description: Meet women in all fields of aviation. Presentations, short films and spend time talking with women who work in the aviation industry. Food vendors on site all day. 
 
The Road to Appomatox 
Category: Special Community 
Date(s): November 9, 2009 
Region: Litchfield Hills 
City: Newtown 
Venue: C.H. Booth Library 
Description: The Civil War ended at Appomatox (Virginia), but many battles, maneuvers and deaths preceded this fateful day of surrender. A presentation by David Montgomery who will fascinate you with his stories of the events that led to Appomoatox. 
 
Dinosaur Dig 
Category: Especially For Kids 
Date(s): November 10, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Mystic 
Venue: Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center 
Description: Learn all about dinosaurs that used to roam through New England with a special "dinosaur dig" looking for fossils of their bones and footprints. Pre-registration is required. 
 
Community Day 
Category: Special Community 
Date(s): November 11, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Fairfield 
Venue: Fairfield Museum & History Center 
Description: Enjoy a scavenger hunt in the museum's galleries to learn about the many different people who lived and settled in Fairfield. 
 
An American Collector's Christmas 
Category: Seasonal/Holiday Delight 
Date(s): November 17-Jan. 3 
Region: River Valley 
City: Farmington 
Venue: Hill-Stead Museum 
Description: Enjoy a rare glimpse into the holiday environment of a well-to-do New England family at the turn of the 20th century. 
 
Vietnam Oral Histories 
Category: Special Community 
Date(s): November 11, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Hartford 
Venue: Connecticut Historical Society 
Description: Hartford native and Plainville resident, John Puzzo, who is a veteran of the Vietnam War and Iraq War, will talk about his two new books "K/75th Rangeers, 'The Highlanders' In the Vietnam War" and "Vietnam And Hollywood." 
 
Holiday Open House 
Category: Seasonal/Holiday Delight 
Date(s): November 11-30, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Mystic 
Venue: Prescient Studios - The Gallery 
Description: An impressive gallery and working studio of master glass artist Jeffrey P'an who specializes in the design and production of distinctive glass objects. Offering discounts on his works. 
 
"Altelier VI" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): October 11-Nov. 29, 2009 
Region: Litchfield Hills 
City: New Fairfield 
Venue: Sculpture Barn 
Description: Annual member artist exhibition is an anticipated tradition celebrating contemporary works created on site. 
 
Holiday Open House 
Category: Seasonal/Holiday Delight 
Date(s): November 11-30, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Stonington 
Venue: Prescient Studios 
Description: An impressive gallery and working studio of master glass artist Jeffrey P'an who specializes in the design and production of distinctive glass objects. Offering discounts on his works with daily glassblowing demonstrations. 
 
"Letters Home" 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 11, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Westport 
Venue: Westport Country Playhouse 
Description: A dramatic presentation of actual letters written by soldiers serving in the Middle East. This presentation gives audiences a powerful portrait of the soldier experience in the ongoing war, and without politicizing, gives voice to the people who are still fighting and dying far away from home. 
 
Literary Lights: A Book Festival 
Category: Special Community 
Date(s): November 12, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Greenwich 
Venue: Greenwich Arts Council 
Description: Featured author is world-renowned architecture and design critic Paul Goldberger, who will speak at a luncheon at Chelmsford, a historic McKim, Mead, and White designed home in Greenwich. Literary Lights continues in the evening when over twenty nationally prominent authors are brought together for literary discussion, book signings, sales and refreshments. 
 
"Shakespeare's R&J" 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 12-Dec. 20, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Hartford 
Venue: TheaterWorks 
Description: The classic story of history's most famous romance in a modern tale of teenage awakening. This production explores youthful desires, vulnerability and burgeoning sexuality as four schoolboys at a repressive preparatory school discover William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" and find themselves suddenly immersed in the tragic story of forbidden love. As the boys assume the roles of all the play's characters, the classic tale begins to blur with the students' own lives and Shakespeare's verse is  
 
Hartford Symphony Orchestra 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 12-15, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Hartford 
Venue: Bushnell Center for Performing Arts 
Description: The Hartford Symphony Orchestra performs Brahms "Requiem" with the Hartford Chorale. 
 
Liquid Lounge 
Category: Special Community 
Date(s): November 12, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Hartford 
Venue: Connecticut Science Center 
Description: Experience live science, inspired liquid delights and cash bar, live music, select movie showing, more than 150 exhibits, cafe specials and more. 
 
"Less is More for the Holidays" Selection of Small Works" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit, Seasonal/Holiday Delight 
Date(s): November 12-Dec. 12, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: New Britain 
Venue: Downtown Gallery 
Description: Original works of art suitable for purchase as gifts. 
 
"Wild Black Yonder" 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 12-14, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Old Saybrook 
Venue: Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center 
Description: The Margreta Stage Company presents the world premiere production of a new play by Connecticut's Larry Bloom. 
 
Artistry - Holiday Sale of Fine Craft & Art 
Category: Seasonal/Holiday Delight, Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): November 13-Jan. 3, 2010 
Region: Greater New Haven 
City: Guilford 
Venue: Guilford Art Center 
Description: More than 350 artists from across the country present one-of-a-kind crafts in a wide variety of media and in many ranges. 
 
"Dixie's Tupperware Party" 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 13-15, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Hartford 
Venue: Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts 
Description: Dixie Longate, the fast-taking Tupperware Lady, will pack up her catalogues, leave her children in an Alabama trailer park, and take New London by storm for a weeklong Tupperware Party filled with outrageous tales, free giveaways, audience participation and the most fabulous assortment of Tupperware ever sold on a theater stage. 
 
Sugarloaf Crafts Festival 
Category: Arts and Crafts 
Date(s): November 13-15, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: Hartford 
Venue: Connecticut Expo Center 
Description: More than 200 of the nation's most accomplished craftspeople, as well as renowned artisans from Connecticut, will display and sell their handmade works. Dozens of food vendors offer delectable confections and gourmet creations for sample and purchase. 
 
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 13-14, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: Mansfield 
Venue: Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts 
Description: America's favorite contemporary little big band, the award-winning, jumping jazz, retro swing band, recreates the sound of swing from the 1940s and 50s. 
 
Friday Nights in The District 
Category: Seasonal/Holiday Delight 
Date(s): November 13-Dec. 18, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: New London 
Venue: Downtown 
Description: Downtown New London is keeping its doors open late with hands-on activities, music and demonstrations. Come and experience everything "The District" has to offer. 
 
The Calder Quartet 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): November 13, 2009 
Region: Mystic Country 
City: New London 
Venue: John C. Evans Hall at Connecticut College 
Description:  
 
"small works, BIG ART" - Holiday Show 
Category: Seasonal/Holiday Delight 
Date(s): November 13-Dec. 27, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Stamford 
Venue: Loft Artist Association Gallery 
Description: Show displays the works of 30 talented artists and promises to delight the eyes of art connoisseurs, admirers and casual viewers. 
 
Nature Mania - Wolves 
Category: Especially For Kids 
Date(s): November 13, 2009 
Region: River Valley 
City: West Hartford 
Venue: The Children's Museum 
Description: Events include an up-close encounter with Atka, a live Artic Grey Wolf and a fascinating and informative presentation about the lives, history and predatory roles of wolves. 
 
"The Knight Before Christmas" 
Category: Seasonal/Holiday Delight, Especially For Kids 
Date(s): November 14-Dec. 30, 2009 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Bridgeport 
Venue: Downtown Cabaret Theatre 
Description: Brand new musical features dashing Knights, trolls, damsels in distress, dungeons, Kings, Queens and more. the medieval mansion is under a curse and the holidays are forbidden. It is up to a clever jester named Chester to summon a brave Knight, rescue the Princess and defeat the wicked sorceress and bring Christmas to the castle once more.