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"Tom Sachs: Cameras" |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
June 21-Sept. 16, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Ridgefield |
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Venue: |
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum |
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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. |
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"Built It" |
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Category: |
Especially For Kids, Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
August 15-Aug. 1, 2010 |
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Region: |
Fairfield County |
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City: |
Norwalk |
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Venue: |
Stepping Stones Museum for Children |
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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. |
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"Wild Ocean 3D" |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
December 26-July 30 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Hartford |
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Venue: |
Connecticut Science Center |
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Description: |
An explosive, symphonic giant screen film about man and nature that captures one of the world's greatest spectacles: a massive feeding frenzy that takes place in the oceans off of South Africa as billions of fish migrate up the coast. |
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"Pictures for Victorian America: Prints by Hartford's Kellogg Brothers" |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
January 26-July 17, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Hartford |
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Venue: |
Connecticut Historical Society |
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Description: |
This exhibit will showcase the activities, fashions and interests of ordinary people in 19th-century Connecticut through the colorful images of everyday life that were mass-produced and sold by one of Hartford's most successful printing firms runs by the Kellogg Brothers. |
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"Play/Things: Toys and the Invention of Modern Childhood" |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
March 27-Sept. 12, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
New London |
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Venue: |
Lyman Allyn Art Museum |
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Description: |
Appealing to visitors of all ages, this exhibition highlights the toys and dolls in the permanent collection with a special focus on dollhouses. |
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"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
March 31-July 1, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Hartford |
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Venue: |
Mark Twain House & Museum |
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Description: |
This exhibit features popular culture artifacts related to Tom Sawyer, and include fun family-friendly activities. Participants can dress up as characters in the book, "paint" a fence like Tom, and enjoy puzzles and games, reading area for both children and adults. Part of 2010 Mark Twain Centennial Celebration. |
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"Annie Get Your Gun" |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
April 16-July 3, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
East Haddam |
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Venue: |
Goodspeed Opera House |
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Description: |
Saddle up for a Wild West adventure. Ride along with Annie Oakley, a backwoods gal with a sure-shot and quick wit, as she challenges dashing marksman Frank Butler to be the star of Buffalo Bill's traveling show. Sparks fly faster than bullets as the competition and romance heat up. |
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"Family Connections" |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
May 1-Oct. 31, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Canterbury |
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Venue: |
Prudence Crandall Museum |
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Description: |
Exhibit features some of the local African-American families who supported Prudence Crandall and learn about their lives as free African-Americans. |
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"Guilford Goes Global" |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
May 1-Oct. 31, 2010 |
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Region: |
Greater New Haven |
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City: |
Guilford |
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Venue: |
Henry Whitfield State Museum |
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Description: |
Visitor photographs show museum's magnet in locations all over the world. |
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"Tugs!" |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
May 8-May 8, 2011 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Mystic |
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Venue: |
Mystic Seaport |
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Description: |
A colorful, inviting exhibit designed for visitors of all ages, "Tugs!" details the fascinating story of American tugboats and features hands-on activities as well as material drawn from Mystic Seaport's rich collections. |
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"The Dressmaker's Art: Highlights of the Bruce Museum's Costume Collection" |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
May 15-Sept. 5, 2010 |
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Region: |
Fairfield County |
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City: |
Greenwich |
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Venue: |
Bruce Museum |
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Description: |
This exhibition examines a revolution in textile manufacture through two dozen elegant gowns along with lavishly decorative accessories dating from the Romantic through Victorian and Edwardian eras of the 19th and early 20th centuries, and ending with simpler but sparkling beaded dresses of the 1920s flapper era. |
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"Life on Lake Waramaug: Past, Present, Future" |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
May 16-Oct. 10, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Washington |
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Venue: |
Gunn Memorial Museum |
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Description: |
Through pictures, stories and artifacts this exhibit takes visitors on a journey, starting 10,000 years ago with the first inhabitants of the Lake, the Native Americans and Chief Waramaug, to its rise as a 19th century summer resort, showcasing the hay day of inns and summer fun.Opening reception May 16 from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. |
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"Art for All: British Posters for Transport" |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
May 27-Aug. 15, 2010 |
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Region: |
Greater New Haven |
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City: |
New Haven |
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Venue: |
Yale Center for British Art |
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Description: |
An exhibition tracing the evolution of transport posters in 20th century Britain, featuring more than 100 posters designed for the London Underground and British railways. Major designers who created posters for the Underground under the leadership of Frank Pick include Edward McKnight Kauffer, Frederick Herrick, Hans Schlegar and Anna Zinkeisen. |
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"Dinosaur Revolution" |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit, Especially For Kids |
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Date(s): |
May 28-Sept. 8, 2010 |
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Region: |
Fairfield County |
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City: |
Bridgeport |
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Venue: |
Discovery Museum |
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Description: |
Exhibit includes fossils, informational displays, and interactive activities. The exhibit challenges visitors' knowledge, presents cutting-edge discoveries and debunks popular myths. |
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Italian Paintings from the Richard L. Feign Collection |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
May 28-Sept. 12, 2010 |
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Region: |
Greater New Haven |
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City: |
New Haven |
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Venue: |
Yale University Art Gallery |
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Description: |
Featuring over 50 paintings from one of the finest private collections of Italian art in existence. The exhibition includes major works from the 14th through the 16th century by celebrated artists such as Fra Angelico, Lorenzo Monaco, Annibale and Ludovico Carracci, Domenichino, Guercino and Orazion Gentileschi. |
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"Andy Warhol's Flower Prints" |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
May 29-Aug. 22, 2010 |
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Region: |
Fairfield County |
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City: |
Greenwich |
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Venue: |
Bruce Museum |
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Description: |
This exhibition features two series of ten "Flower Prints" by Andy Warhol. Executed in two different styles, the work includes one set in black and white, which is a new acquisition that was recently donated to the Museum's permanent collection by Reba and Dave Williams, and a hand-colored set from 1974 that was given to the Museum by Peter Brant. |
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"Portraits and Places" |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
May 29-July 30, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Salisbury |
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Venue: |
Joie de Livres Gallery |
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Description: |
Exhibition showcasing Berenice Abbott's portraits of James Joyce, Djuna Barnes, and Edna St. Vincent Millay as well as cityscapes from her Changing New York project. |
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Wetherfield's Farmers' Market |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
June 3-Oct. 28, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Wethersfield |
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Venue: |
Keeney Memorial Center |
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Description: |
Outdoor market offers baked goods, vegetables, plants, cheeses, honey, soaps, crafts and more. |
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Riverton Summer Music Series |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
June 6-Sept. 19, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Riverton |
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Venue: |
Town Green (or) |
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Description: |
Each week brings a different artist. Bring your lawn chair and a picnic or grab a box lunch from one of the local merchants and enjoy the music. |
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Nights With Shakespeare |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
June 8-July 24, 2010 |
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Region: |
Fairfield County |
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City: |
Shelton |
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Venue: |
Auditorium at Shelton Corporate Park |
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Description: |
One-hour exploration of Shakespeare's masterwork "Romeo and Juliet," with Bob Smith. Smith explores the complete text line-by-line, challenging the participants to through-provoking give-and-take discussions about the play, its history, its characters and its relationships. |
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"Ambassadors of Folk: Connecticut Master Traditional Artist" |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
June 10-Oct. 31, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Hartford |
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Venue: |
Institute for Community Research Gallery |
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Description: |
An exhibition showcasing Connecticut folk and traditional artist who have achieved recognition on a national or international scale. Eight visual artists and two performers will be featured, representing a wide variety of artistic genres and ethnicities and linked by their high degree of technical skill and sophistication. |
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"CHANGE: A Juried Exhibition of Visual Art" |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
June 11-Aug. 20, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Hartford |
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Venue: |
Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism Gallery |
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Description: |
Created by artists with disabilities. Opening reception, Thu., June 17, 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. |
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"Has a Few New Lessons for You" |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
June 12-Aug. 28, 2010 |
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Region: |
Greater New Haven |
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City: |
Madison |
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Venue: |
Lee's Academy |
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Description: |
Who was Captain Frederick Lee? And how did this school produce so many remarkably successful students like the founders of Scranton, Pennsylvania and Daniel Hand's brothers? Come see its recreated classroom, sit in period desks and discover what both boys and girls read and studied. And learn. |
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"Nonn'a Summer Wine Party" |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
June 12-Sept. 13, 2010 |
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Region: |
Greater New Haven |
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City: |
New Haven |
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Venue: |
Consiglia's Restaurant |
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Description: |
Outdoor dinner theater. A musical comedy which Nonna takes you back to her Italian winery to tell a zany tale about her delightfully wacky twin daughters. |
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Strawberry Festival |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
June 12-July 10, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Sharon |
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Venue: |
Ellsworth Hill Orchard & Berry Farm |
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Description: |
Pick-your-own strawberries. |
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Members Show II |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
June 13-July 18, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Kent |
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Venue: |
Kent Art Association |
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Description: |
Giving an award for excellence this year to celebrate Connecticut's 375th anniversary. Award reception on June 19. |
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"Flower (em) Power" |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
June 10-July 23, 2010 |
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Region: |
Fairfield County |
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City: |
Bridgeport |
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Venue: |
Housatonic Museum of Art |
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Description: |
Featuring over 50 paintings from one of the finest private collections of Italian art in existence. The exhibition includes major works from the 14th through the 16th century by celebrated artists such as Fra Angelico, Lorenzo Monaco, Annibale and Ludovico Carracci, Domenichino, Guercino and Orazion Gentileschi. |
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Cirque du Soleil's "Ovo" |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
June 17-July 4, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Hartford |
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Venue: |
Grand Chapiteau |
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Description: |
A headlong rush into a colorful ecosystem teeming with life, where insects work, eat, crawl, flutter, play, fight and look for love in a non-stop riot of energy and movement. The insects' home is a world of biodiversity and beauty filled with noisy action and moments of quiet emotion.
When a mysterious egg appears in their midst, the insects are awestruck and intensely curious about this iconic object that represents the enigma and cycles of their lives. It's love at first sight when a gawky, |
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Visit the Outhouse |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
June 18-Oct. 31, 2010 |
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Region: |
Greater New Haven |
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City: |
Guilford |
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Venue: |
Henry Whitfield State Museum |
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Description: |
Learn about sanitation before flush toilets and view a newly restored outhouse. |
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"Evolution of the Natural World: Highlights of the Bruce Museum Collection" |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
June 19-Oct. 17, 2010 |
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Region: |
Fairfield County |
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City: |
Greenwich |
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Venue: |
Bruce Museum |
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Description: |
Mineral, fossil and animal specimens from the Museum's own collection highlight the development of novelty and complexity in the evolution of the planet and its living things. |
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"It's a Hit! A Hometown View of Our National Pastime" |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit, Especially For Kids |
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Date(s): |
June 20-Jan. 2, 2011 |
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Region: |
Fairfield County |
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City: |
Fairfield |
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Venue: |
Fairfield Museum & History Center |
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Description: |
Opening on Father's Day with a special celebration. Exhibit features photographs, memorabilia, equipment, uniforms and more from the collection of fans and players around Connecticut, as well as the Fairfield Museum and History Center, the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the Library of Congress and the Bridgeport Bluefish. |
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"Seeing Double: Portraits, Copies & Exhibitions in 1820s London" |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
June 24-Sept. 29, 2010 |
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Region: |
Greater New Haven |
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City: |
New Haven |
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Venue: |
Yale Center for British Art |
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Description: |
This exhibition invites viewers to explore the relationship between display and replication in early-19th century Britain by examining the John Scarlett Davis painting "Interior of the British Institution" (1829). Davis's ambitious canvas contains no fewer than 28 references to other works of art aimed at attracting the interest of some of Britain's most influential (and affluent) patrons. Today's viewers are challenged with decoding the puzzle. |
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"Structured Elegance: Bookbindings & Jewelry" |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
June 24-Sept. 29, 2010 |
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Region: |
Greater New Haven |
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City: |
New Haven |
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Venue: |
Yale Center for British Art |
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Description: |
A passion for both materials and process fueled by Tomilly Saumarez Smith's 25 year career as one of Britain's most highly acclaimed bookbinders. In the 1990s she began to use metal more frequently in her binding, gradually turning her attention to making jewelry. "Structured Elegance," which features a selection of her elegantly bound books along with a number of her subtle and intricate brooches, rings and necklaces, is the first exhibition to feature both facets of Saumarez Smith's distinctiv |
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"Smokey Joe's Cafe" |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
June 24-July 4, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Storrs |
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Venue: |
Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre |
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Description: |
The Nutmeg Summer Series revives one of its most popular productions and one of Broadway's smash hits featuring the legendary songs of Leiber and Stoller. |
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"Visions and Contradictions: The Foreign Mission School (1817-1826)" |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
June 25-Oct. 12, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Cornwall |
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Venue: |
Cornwall Historical Society |
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Description: |
The exhibit explores the contradiction between the vision of the School's founders and that of its students, and its impact on local and national events. |
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Cherry Festival |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
June 25-July 10, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Sharon |
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Venue: |
Ellsworth Hill Orchard & Berry Farm |
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Description: |
Pick-your-own cherries. |
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Vito's by the Park Summer Wine Dinner Series |
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Category: |
Culinary |
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Date(s): |
June 26, July 10, 24, Aug. 7, 21, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Colchester |
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Venue: |
Priam Vineyards |
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Description: |
Each evening begins with a wine tasting then onto a five course gourmet meal prepared and served on the outdoor winery patio. Call for reservations. |
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"Buddy's Tavern" |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
June 26-27, 20, July 2, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Waterford |
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Venue: |
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center |
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Description: |
Based upon the film "Two Family House," set in the 1950s, "Buddy's Tavern," tells the story of an Italian-American factory worker on Staten Island, and his quest to run his own business, a bar where he can sing his heart out to his customers. Family pressures, race relations, unexpected love, and the struggle to achieve one's dreams, come alive in this new romantic comedy. A 2010 National Music Theater Conference selections. |
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Creative Nonsense |
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Category: |
Especially For Kids |
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Date(s): |
June 28-July 2, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Niantic |
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Venue: |
Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut |
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Description: |
Drop-in activities, designed for both the young and the young at heart, are held daily. Topics include making packing-peanut art, newspaper hats and sailing ships, building pasta towers and a box city, and jump rope games. |
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"Greenbrier Ghost" |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
June 20-Aug. 1, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Norwich |
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Venue: |
Spirit of Broadway Theater |
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Description: |
A new musical based on a true story of the circumstances surrounding the 1897 death of Zona Heaster Shue who's ghost appears to Mary Jane Heaster and recounts how she died. |
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Wonders of Wildlife |
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Category: |
Especially For Kids |
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Date(s): |
July 1-4, 7-11, 14-18, 21-25, 28-31, 2010 |
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Region: |
Fairfield County |
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City: |
Bridgeport |
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Venue: |
Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo |
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Description: |
Come on over and meet some of the world's most fascinating animals. Explore exotic places like deserts, rain forests, wetlands and even Connecticut's backyard forests while learning about the amazing adaptation that allow animals to call these places home, |
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July Fourth Summer Sale |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 1-5, 2010 |
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Region: |
Greater New Haven |
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City: |
Clinton |
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Venue: |
Clinton Crossing Premium Outlets |
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Description: |
Save even more this holiday weekend while enjoying the charming village-like setting, featuring 70 designers and name brand outlets. |
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John Nemeth |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 1, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Norfolk |
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Venue: |
Infinity Hall |
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Description: |
John Nemeth featuring Blues/Roots/Soul. |
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Marine Life Study Cruises |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 1-Aug. 31, 2010 |
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Region: |
Fairfield County |
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City: |
Norwalk |
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Venue: |
The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk |
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Description: |
Participants are put to work in collecting and examining animals from all levels of the water column: tiny wriggly plankton gathered at the surface, little crabs and worms grabbed from the muddy bottom, and an always-unique variety of fish, crabs, lobsters and other surprises. |
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July unWINEd Concert Series |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 2, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Colchester |
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Venue: |
Priam Vineyards |
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Description: |
Listen to great music, bring a picnic or enjoy grilled foods being offered at the vineyard, kick back with VILLAGE JAMMERS and enjoy your favorite Priam wines and spend quality time with your family and friends. |
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Mohegan Sun NASCAR 200 |
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Category: |
Sport Events |
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Date(s): |
July 2-3, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Lakeville |
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Venue: |
Lime Rock Park |
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Description: |
One of the highlights of the NASCAR Camping World Series, East season. NASCAR made this its main driver-development series in 2007. See tomorrow's Spring Cup stars today. |
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First Friday |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 2, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
New Britain |
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Venue: |
New Britain Museum of American Art |
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Description: |
Live jazz, open galleries, a selection of light hors d'oeuvres and beverages. |
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Talcott Mountain Music Festival |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 2, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Simsbury |
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Venue: |
Performing Arts Center at Simsbury Meadows |
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Description: |
Pack a picnic dinner, sit under the stars and enjoy "Celebrate America!" - the annual red, white and blue tradition with fireworks. |
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Fireworks Spectacular |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 2, 2010 |
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Region: |
Fairfield County |
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City: |
Trumbull |
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Venue: |
Westfield Trumbull |
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Description: |
Celebrate Independence Day, bring your friends and family and enjoy live entertainment, giveaways, food and a fantastic fireworks show. |
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Story Time & Scavenger Hunt |
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Category: |
Special Community, Especially For Kids |
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Date(s): |
July 3, 2010 |
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Region: |
Greater New Haven |
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City: |
Guilford |
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Venue: |
Henry Whitfield State Museum |
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Description: |
Enjoy reading of an historical tale or two and hunt for unique artifacts in the museum. |
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Rendezvous with Treason |
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Category: |
Historic Events |
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Date(s): |
July 3, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
New London |
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Venue: |
Custom House Maritime Museum |
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Description: |
America loves its heroes. Why not spend July 3 with the country's most-intriguing anti-hero? Watch a dramatic interpretation of the lives of Benedict Arnold, our nation's most notorious traitor, and his accomplice in treason, Major John Andre, the man who tried to bring down the cause for American independence. |
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Outdoor Arts & Crafts Show & Lobster Festival |
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Category: |
Arts and Crafts, Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 3-4, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Niantic |
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Venue: |
Town Hall Grounds |
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Description: |
Juried fine arts and crafts exhibited by more than 190 vendors, held in conjunction with a lobster festival and chicken barbecue. |
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Major Motion Dance Party |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 3, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Norfolk |
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Venue: |
Infinity Hall |
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Description: |
Major Motion Dance Party featuring R&B/Dance. |
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"Connecticut Treasures: Works from Private Collections" |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
July 3-Sept. 19, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Old Lyme |
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Venue: |
Florence Griswold Museum |
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Description: |
This exhibition unearths gems from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries that would otherwise not be available to the public. |
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2010 RAV Jam |
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Category: |
Agricultural Fairs |
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Date(s): |
July 3-4, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Portland |
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Venue: |
Brownstone Exploratin & Discovery Park |
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Description: |
Kick off summer with great adventure, great music and great summer fun while Wakeboard Competition - All levels welcome-head to head compettions from the Pros, live bands and give aways. |
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"Clear" |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 3-4, 7, 9, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Waterford |
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Venue: |
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center |
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Description: |
Sings a tale of destiny, luck, and the commonality of the human experience. From the slave castles of Ghana to a rooftop in Sweden; from the shores of Lake Michigan to the streets of Seoul, the storytellers continue to find that change is inevitable ... and (r)evolutionary. A spiritual quest in our decidedly computerized times, "Clear" fuses music and pure love to remind us how best to live life. A 2010 National Music Theater Conference selections. |
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Celebrate Independence Day |
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Category: |
Seasonal/Holiday Delight |
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Date(s): |
July 4, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Kent |
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Venue: |
Sloane-Stanley Museum |
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Description: |
Hands-on activities including a craft project for children and patriotic decorations. Bell ringing ceremony at 2 p.m. |
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3-D Fireworks Spectacular |
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Category: |
Festivals |
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Date(s): |
July 4, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Middlebury |
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Venue: |
Quassy Amusement Park |
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Description: |
Purchase special viewing glasses to enhance the giant display over Lake Quassapaug. |
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Cirque Equinox |
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Category: |
Especially For Kids |
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Date(s): |
July 4-Aug. 1, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Middlebury |
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Venue: |
Quassy Amusement Park |
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Description: |
Incredible troupe of world champion thrill performers from Bern, Switzerland with more than seven generations of entertainment expertise. Show filled with daredevil acrobatics. |
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Independence Day |
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Category: |
Seasonal/Holiday Delight |
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Date(s): |
July 4, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Mystic |
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Venue: |
Mystic Seaport |
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Description: |
Events include a noontime picnic on the Village Green, a children's parade through the Museum's village at 1 p.m., an 1876 Independence Day ceremony and concert by the Silver Cornet Band. |
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Summer Sunday Evenings |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 4, 11, 18, 25, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Mystic |
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Venue: |
Mystic Seaport |
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Description: |
Stroll through the Museum's historic ground and 19th century village, walk along the picturesque waterfront and listen to live music performed by local musicians. Outdoor dining available at Schaefer's Spouter Tavern. All exhibits are closed. |
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Great American Boom |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 4, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
New Britain |
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Venue: |
Stanley Quarter Park |
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Description: |
Live concert, attractions and inflatables, carnival games, petting zoo, roaming clowns, different rides on the pond and a magnificent fireworks display. |
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Raspberry Festival |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 4-Aug. 10, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Sharon |
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Venue: |
Ellsworth Hill Orchard & Berry Farm |
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Description: |
Pick-your-own raspberries. |
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WILI Boom Box Parade |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 4, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Willimantic |
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Venue: |
Begins Jillson Square & proceeds to Memorial Park |
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Description: |
Connecticut's unique people's parade with no "real" bands only marchers and spectators bring radios and play them while local radio station broadcasts the marching band music. Live music played on WILI AM (1400). |
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Animal Tales |
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Category: |
Especially For Kids |
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Date(s): |
July 5-9, 12-16, 19-23, 26-30, 2010 |
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Region: |
Fairfield County |
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City: |
Bridgeport |
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Venue: |
Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo |
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Description: |
Story time, make a special craft and even have an animal encounter each day. |
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Barnum's Birthday Bash: A Celebration 200 Years in the Making |
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Category: |
Especially For Kids |
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Date(s): |
July 5, 2010 |
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Region: |
Fairfield County |
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City: |
Bridgeport |
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Venue: |
Barnum Museum |
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Description: |
The party features on-going craft activities, face painting and balloon creations plus an historic hilarious stage performance at 1 p.m. The show educates and entertains while telling the story of how P.T. Barnum changed the face of entertainment. A birthday cake will be served after the show. |
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Summer Enrichment Program |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 5-Aug. 13, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Danbury |
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Venue: |
Danbury Music Centre and Rogers Park Middle School |
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Description: |
Offer summer programs open to the pubic - Chorus (Mon.-Fri., 6 p.m.), bands (Tue. and Thu., time varies), strings (Mon. and Wed., time varies), Afrikan drumming (Tue. and Fri., 4 p.m.). |
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Summer Band Concerts |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Thomaston |
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Venue: |
Seth Thomas Park |
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Description: |
Spend an evening of music under the stars, bring your lawn chair and blanket and enjoy the sounds of live music. |
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The Hartford Circus Fire |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 6, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Hartford |
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Venue: |
Mark Twain House & Museum |
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Description: |
Marking the anniversary of Hartford's famous circus disaster with an airing of the CPTV documentary followed by a panel discussion with the authors of "A Matter of Degree," Barnum Museum executive director and curator Kathy Maher and circus fire survivors. An exhibition of circus fire artifacts will be in the Great Hall. |
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Summer Music Festival |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 6, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Naugatuck |
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Venue: |
Town Green |
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Description: |
Featuring Hot Cat Jazz Band. |
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An Evening with Ben Vereen |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 6-11, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
West Hartford |
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Venue: |
Hartford Stage at the Roberts Theatre |
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Description: |
A unique blend of artistry combining a tribute to Broadway, Frank Sinatra and a very special homage to Sammy Davis Jr., "An Evening with Ben Vereen" is a contemporary and timeless journey through the Broadway songbook. |
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"Happy Days" |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 6-24, 2010 |
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Region: |
Fairfield County |
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City: |
Westport |
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Venue: |
Westport Country Playhouse |
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Description: |
Story of a woman's cheerful optimism in the face of a trifling universe, is among the most inspiring and exhilarating explorations of what it means to be alive. |
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The Burning of Fairfield Walking Tour |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 7, 2010 |
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Region: |
Fairfield County |
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City: |
Fairfield |
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Venue: |
Fairfield Museum & History Center |
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Description: |
Learn more about the events leading up to the British attack on Fairfield during the American Revolution and how the people of Fairfield dealt with its aftermath. |
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Sunken Garden Poetry Festival |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 7, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Farmington |
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Venue: |
Hill-Stead Museum |
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Description: |
Enjoy two hours of world-class poetry and music. State Poet of New York Jean Valentine will read, as well as First and Second Place winner of the prestigious Sunken Garden Poetry Prize Ginny Lowe Connors, from West Hartford, and Kate Lebo from Seattle. |
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"Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story" |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 7-Aug. 1, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Ivoryton |
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Venue: |
Ivoryton Playhouse |
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Description: |
A celebration of youth and lust for life in a recreation of his last concert at Clear Lake. Experience the ups and downs of Holly's budding musical career as he strive to fulfill his potential genius. |
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Music at the Mansion |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 7, 14, 21, 28, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Middletown |
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Venue: |
Wadsworth Mansion |
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Description: |
Outdoor concerts on the south lawn of this restored golden-age mansion. |
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Beau Bolero - Steely Dan Tribute |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 7, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Norfolk |
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Venue: |
Infinity Hall |
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Description: |
Beau Bolero's tribute to Steely Dan. |
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"The Parkville Project" |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 7-11, 14-18, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
West Hartford |
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Venue: |
Playhouse On Park |
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Description: |
In 2008, Baked Breath Theatre Company embarked on a journey of anthropological proportions to Parkville, Hartford. The company interviewed local residents, business owners and seniors. Their words are brought to life in this moving portrayal of the immigrant experience from 1930 to the present day. This production tells the story of an undocumented worker caught up in an Immigration Customs Enforcement raid in Hartford. As her life is thrown into relief, she is faced with tough choices, comic ch |
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"Once on This Island" |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 9-10, 15-18, 22-25, 29-31, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Brookfield |
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Venue: |
Brookfield Theatre for the Arts |
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Description: |
This energetic musical is a retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's "Little Mermaid" set in the Caribbean with elements of "Romeo and Juliet." |
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50th Anniversary Show |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
July 8-Aug. 8, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Canton |
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Venue: |
Gallery on the Green |
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Description: |
Celebrating 50 years of art, artists and community. Opening reception and summer party, July 10, 6 p.m.-9 p.m. |
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NewAlliance Bank Concert Series |
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Category: |
Performing Art, Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 8, 2010 |
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Region: |
Greater New Haven |
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City: |
Clinton |
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Venue: |
Vece Gazebo |
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Description: |
Featuring music of Long Island Sound playing music from the 1940s through the present. |
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"Carnival!" |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 9-Sept. 18, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
East Haddam |
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Venue: |
Goodspeed Opera House |
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Description: |
The magical and heart-warming tale of a naive young woman who eagerly joins a traveling circus. Surrounded by a riot of acrobats and jugglers, music maker and clowns, she is dazzled at first by the troupe's manipulative magician. In the end she finds happiness with a disillusioned puppeteer who can only express himself through his delightful puppets. |
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Old Home Days Glorious Celebration |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 8-10, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
East Hampton |
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Venue: |
Town Center |
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Description: |
Event include the largest parade in the Middlesex County, 5K Glorious Gallop road race, carnival, great food, raffles and giveaways, entertainment. |
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Family Campfire |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 8, 2009 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Franklin |
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Venue: |
Blue Slope Country Museum |
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Description: |
Toast marshmallows, drink lemonade, listen to a tale or two, and participate in sing-alongs. |
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Shakespeare in the Grove "As You Like It" |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 8-11, 15-18, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Middletown |
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Venue: |
Cedar Grove at Middlesex Community College |
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Description: |
ARTFARM presents an outdoor professional production of Shakespeare's comedy, preceded each evening by musical performers, Bring a picnic. |
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Cocktails with the Whales |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 8 & 22, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Mystic |
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Venue: |
Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration |
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Description: |
Includes cash bar, hors d'oeuvres available for purchase and live music in front of the underwater viewing windows of the Arctic Coast exhibit, home to the Aquarium's three beluga whales. |
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Art Happy Hour with Dalton Ghetti |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 8, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
New Britain |
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Venue: |
New Britain Museum of American Art |
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Description: |
Join us on the second Thursday of every month for an evening of art and conversation in the galleries. Gallery talk with Dalton Ghetti about Meticulous Mastepieces and his process of using a variety of simple razors and needles to carve incredibly detailed miniature sculptures out of the lead core of pencils without the aid of technology or even a magnifying glass. |
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Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 8, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Norfolk |
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Venue: |
Infinity Hall |
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Description: |
Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Funk/Rock. |
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North Stonington Agricultural Fair |
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Category: |
Agricultural Fairs |
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Date(s): |
July 8-11, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
North Stonington |
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Venue: |
Wyassup Rd. |
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Description: |
Old-time country fair with entertainment, food and wholesome fun for the entire family. Enjoy and learn about farm life, see tractor and oxen pulls, animal competitions, arts and crafts, and awarding-winning vegetables, fruits and baked goods. |
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July unWINEd Concert Series |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 9, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Colchester |
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Venue: |
Priam Vineyards |
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Description: |
Listen to great music, bring a picnic or enjoy grilled foods being offered at the vineyard, kick back with Band of Humans and enjoy your favorite Priam wines and spend quality time with your family and friends. |
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CityCenter Summer Concerts Series |
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Category: |
Performing Art, Festivals |
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Date(s): |
July 9-Aug. 28, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Danbury |
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Venue: |
CityCenter Danbury Green |
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Description: |
Variety of live music ranging from 50s and 60s and Southern Rock tribute bands all the way to Afrikan Drumming and the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra. |
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Fourth of July Town Celebration |
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Category: |
Seasonal/Holiday Delight |
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Date(s): |
July 9-11, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Enfield |
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Venue: |
Town Green |
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Description: |
Old-fashioned July 4th celebration with live entertainment, arts and crafts show, Taste of Enfield, parade, concerts, children activities, 5K road race, fireworks on Sun. |
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Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 9, 2010 |
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Region: |
Fairfield County |
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City: |
Fairfield |
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Venue: |
Stage One |
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Description: |
Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews has the raw talent of a budding jazz great and the spirit of a lead guitarists, drawing from the rich funk hisotryTremA. Rapidly turning heads on an international level. |
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"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" |
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Category: |
Museum/Gallery Exhibit |
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Date(s): |
August 9-Jan. 1, 2011 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Hartford |
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Venue: |
Mark Twain House & Museum |
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Description: |
Commonly recognized as one of the greatest American novels, this epic journey of Huck and his friend Jim along the Mississippi River is one of the most enduring images of escape. Explore this often controversial work and its impact on our culture through rare artifacts and children's programming. |
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"High" |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 9-Aug. 22, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Hartford |
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Venue: |
TheaterWorks |
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Description: |
When Sister Jamison Connelly (Kathleen Turner) agrees to sponsor a 19 year-old drug user in an effort to help him combat his addiction, her own faith is ultimately tested. Struggling between the knowledge she possesses as a rehabilitation counselor and a woman of religious conviction, she begins to question the belief in miracles and whether people can find the courage to change. "High" explores the universal themes of truth, forgiveness, redemption and human fallibility. |
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Sailfest |
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Category: |
Major, Festivals |
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Date(s): |
July 9-11, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
New London |
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Venue: |
Waterfront Park and Piers |
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Description: |
Street and harbor festival featuring amusement rides, tall ships, Sat. evening fireworks extravaganza, car show and parade, food court, museum village, continuous entertainment, craft exhibitors. |
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Smithereens |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 9, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Norfolk |
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Venue: |
Infinity Hall |
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Description: |
Smithereens tribute to Rock/Alternative. |
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Family Fun Night with Winnie the Pooh |
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Category: |
Especially For Kids |
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Date(s): |
July 9, 2010 |
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Region: |
Fairfield County |
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City: |
Norwalk |
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Venue: |
Stepping Stones Museum for Children |
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Description: |
A fun night for the entire family. The evening includes dinner, art activities, storytime and photo with Winnie the Pooh. |
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"The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 9-31, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Sherman |
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Venue: |
Sherman Playhouse |
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Description: |
Story of a headstrong, passionate, eccentric teacher in a private school for girls. Jean Brodie ignores the curriculum of the staid school and influences her impressionable charges with her over-romanticized world view. Dismissing the more mundane subjects, she teaches them of love, politics and art. Her pupils are "la creme de la creme." She is a teacher who cares deeply for her girls. The problem is she cares about all the wrong things. |
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Talcott Mountain Music Festival |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 9, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Simsbury |
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Venue: |
Performing Arts Center at Simsbury Meadows |
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Description: |
Pack a picnic dinner, sit under the stars and enjoy the sounds of "Spectrum," a tribute to Motown and rhythm and blues. |
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"Creation" |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 9-10, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Waterford |
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Venue: |
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center |
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Description: |
When a renowned evolutionary biologist suddenly develops an obsession for music, four lives become unexpectedly entwined, in this play about the mysteries of the human mind, the alchemy of the creative process, and the spark that changes everything. A 2010 National Playwrights Conference selections. |
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Antique & Classic Boat Show |
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Category: |
Vehicle Shows |
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Date(s): |
July 10, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Essex |
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Venue: |
Connecticut River Museum |
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Description: |
Beautifully preserved and restored wooden boats displayed in the water and on land. Riverside setting with displays, book sales, other activities. |
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Third Sisiter |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 10, 2010 |
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Region: |
Fairfield County |
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City: |
Fairfield |
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Venue: |
Stage One |
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Description: |
Very special night as Third Sister reunites for an evening full of evocative music and sister-humor. Songs and stories convey their journey as a band juggling suburbia, sisterhood, jobs and men while pursuing their passion for singing and performing. |
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The Hartford Circus Fire: Presentation & Tour |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 10, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Hartford |
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Venue: |
Cedar Hill Cemetery |
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Description: |
This year marks 66 years since the Hartford Circus Fire. This catastrophic event changed the lives of many residents throughout Hartford and beyond. Presentation includes a commentary from a gentleman who attend the circus that day. Followed by a tour to visit the graves of some of the people who lost their lives to the circus fire. |
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Vintage Base Ball Game |
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Category: |
Sport Events, Historic Events |
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Date(s): |
July 10, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Hartford |
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Venue: |
Hartford Base Ball Grounds at Colt Meadows |
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Description: |
19th century rules base ball games. Family fun for all ages with living history, educational activities, demonstrations. Blue Boys versus the Charter Oaks. |
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Open House Day Tour of Litchfield |
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Category: |
Major |
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Date(s): |
July 10, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Litchfield |
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Venue: |
Begins on the Green |
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Description: |
A house tour featuring a selection of homes in Litchfield, a quintessential New England town. Additional attractions of historic and architectural interest are included. |
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Sizzling Summer Sounds |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 10, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Mashantucket |
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Venue: |
Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center |
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Description: |
Presenting Native musicians Jana Mashonee (Lumbee), award-winning R&B; Tara-Louise Montour (Mohawk), classical violinist; Try Rez Crew, hip-hop group; Laughing Woman (Mashantucket Pequot) and Eagle's Wings (Ojibwe), traditional music; and the Pappy Johns Band, blues. Kick off your shoes, have lunch outside and enjoy great music during this rare opportunity to hear world-famous performers. |
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Guided Canoe Tours |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 10, 17, 24, 25, 31, 2010 |
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Region: |
Greater New Haven |
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City: |
Milford |
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Venue: |
Connecticut Audubon Society Coastal Center |
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Description: |
Enjoy a guided canoe trip of the Charles Wheeler Salt Marsh led by an experienced naturalist. The tours explore the birds, wildlife, scenery and local history of the marsh. Registration is required. |
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New England Arts & Crafts Festival |
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Category: |
Arts and Crafts |
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Date(s): |
July 10-11, 2010 |
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Region: |
Greater New Haven |
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City: |
Milford |
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Venue: |
Milford Green |
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Description: |
More than 150 fine art and craft exhibitors, food court, live music, theater, theater and children's activities, Sidewalk Chalk Contest (Sat.). |
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2010 Nutmeg State Games Figure Skating Competition |
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Category: |
Sport Events |
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Date(s): |
July 10, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Newington |
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Venue: |
Newington Arena |
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Description: |
Support fellow Connecticut figure skaters in this year's competitive competition. |
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Shawn Colvin |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 10, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Norfolk |
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Venue: |
Infinity Hall |
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Description: |
Shawn Colvin performs Pop/Acoustic. |
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Americana Celebration |
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Category: |
Especially For Kids |
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Date(s): |
July 10, 2010 |
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Region: |
Fairfield County |
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City: |
Norwalk |
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Venue: |
Stepping Stones Museum for Children |
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Description: |
Celebrate America with special performances and activities all day long. Boogie Chillun' will take children on a musical journey through America's rich music history at 2:30 p.m. |
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Pickin’ n Fiddlin’ Contest |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 10, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Roxbury |
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Venue: |
Hurlburt Park |
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Description: |
Bring lawn chairs and blanket and enjoy good music from talented players from all over the Northeast. Food, crafts, vendors, playground. |
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Blueberry Festival |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 10-Oct. 20, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Sharon |
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Venue: |
Ellsworth Hill Orchard & Berry Farm |
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Description: |
Pick-your-own blueberries. |
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Artist in the Garden |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 10, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Somers |
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Venue: |
Various locations. |
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Description: |
Tour 12 exceptional gardens with visiting Connecticut plein air painters. Sale of unframed, original art. Optional boxed lunches available ($10.). |
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WNBA All-Star 2010 |
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Category: |
Sport Events |
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Date(s): |
July 10, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Uncasville |
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Venue: |
Mohegan Sun |
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Description: |
Watch the best in women's basketball. |
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"Eden" |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 10-11, 14, 16, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Waterford |
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Venue: |
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center |
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Description: |
A musical of chaos in two acts, a story of natural and unnatural disaster. Ranging between the Scylla of Hurricane Katrina and the Charybdis of the War in Iraq. The story follows six characters in search of survival, who bump up against one another and come away with varying degrees of triumphs and bruises. A 2010 National Music Theater Conference selections. |
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Family Fun Day |
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Category: |
Especially For Kids |
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Date(s): |
July 11, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Brooklyn |
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Venue: |
Creamery Brook Bison |
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Description: |
Make your butter and ice cream, visit the petting area, make a craft, wagon ride to see the bison at 12:30 p.m. Free surprise for paid participants 12 years of age and under. |
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Games on the Lawn |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 11, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Canterbury |
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Venue: |
Prudence Crandall Museum |
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Description: |
Enjoy the same games and activities played by the students at the Canterbury Female Boarding School. |
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Farmers Market |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 11-Oct. 24, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Farmington |
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Venue: |
Hill-Stead Museum |
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Description: |
Browse an array of vendors offering locally grown fruits and vegetables, fresh meats and cheeses, fresh flowers, goat milk soaps and lotions, baked goods, fresh fish, Angora yarn and more. Enjoy live music and the Museum's breathtaking grounds. Each week includes a new visiting vendor. |
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Riverfest |
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Category: |
Major |
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Date(s): |
July 11, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Hartford |
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Venue: |
Mortensen Riverfront Plaza (Hartford) |
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Description: |
Rescheduled to July 11! Riverfront tradition with exciting musical entertainment, children's activities, food concessions and the grand finale of spectacular fireworks shot from a barge on the river. |
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New England Volkswagon Meet |
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Category: |
Vehicle Shows |
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Date(s): |
July 11, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Lebanon |
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Venue: |
Lion's Fairground |
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Description: |
Spectator's choice, German car show and swap meet. A fun filled day for the entire family. |
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Sunday Music Series with DC James |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 11, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
New Britain |
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Venue: |
New Britain Museum of American Art |
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Description: |
On second Sunday of each month for a concert featuring nationally acclaimed musicians. DC James is a singer, guitarist and composer. DC will present a program featuring World Music/Contemporary Folk, DC James was born on the Island of Jamaica and has moved here to CT recently. |
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Sailfest 5K Road Race |
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Category: |
Sport Events |
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Date(s): |
July 11, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
New London |
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Venue: |
Downtown |
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Description: |
More than 200 runners compete in this race. |
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Blue Oyster Cult |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 11, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Norfolk |
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Venue: |
Infinity Hall |
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Description: |
Blue Oyster Cult performs Rock. |
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Eco-Evening Garden Party |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 13, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Mystic |
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Venue: |
Enders Island |
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Description: |
The intriguing rock gardens and colorful flower beds of this 11-acre island situated in Fisher's Island Sound provide a unique and wonderful setting for this event. Featuring fresh local grown vegetables and fruits of land and sea. Presented by the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center. |
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Summer Music Festival |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 13, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Naugatuck |
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Venue: |
Town Green |
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Description: |
Featuring Mac Talla Mo'r performing Celtic fusion. rock, blues and jazz. |
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Keeney Koolers Concert Series |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 13, 20, 27, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Wethersfield |
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Venue: |
Keeney Memorial Cultural Center |
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Description: |
Outdoor concerts with local and regional bands. |
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Renaissance |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 14, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Norfolk |
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Venue: |
Infinity Hall |
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Description: |
Renaissance performs Classic Rock. |
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"The Dream of the Burning Boy" |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 14-15, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Waterford |
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Venue: |
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center |
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Description: |
In a high school classroom, a poster on the wall reads: "Everything will be all right." The poster offers little comfort to English teacher Larry Morrow, who is trying to move on after the sudden death of a popular student, but finds himself haunted by a troubling dream. A 2010 National Playwrights Conference selections. |
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Ladies Night Out |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 14, 2010 |
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Region: |
Fairfield County |
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City: |
Westport |
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Venue: |
Westport Country Playhouse |
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Description: |
Ladies Night Out, an evening of food, wine, a custom perfume experience and a performance of Sajuel Beckett's "Happy Days." Food will be provided by Cafe Madeline of Fairfield, wine is by Horseneck wines of Greenwich. |
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NewAlliance Bank Concert Series |
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Category: |
Performing Art, Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 15, 2010 |
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Region: |
Greater New Haven |
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City: |
Clinton |
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Venue: |
Vece Gazebo |
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Description: |
Featuring music Shaded Soul, performing jazz, swing, rhythm and blues and Motown. |
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The Jill & Julia Story |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 15, 2010 |
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Region: |
Fairfield County |
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City: |
Fairfield |
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Venue: |
Stage One |
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Description: |
Julia Sweeny is best know for sparse but hilarious television appearance, her dramatic monologues about topics like autism and surviving cancer and now, her career as a traveling musician with field Jill Sobule. The show features acoustic folk guitar and singing from Jill and finely crafted stories and some occasional singing from Julia. |
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Craft Expo |
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Category: |
Major, Arts and Crafts |
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Date(s): |
July 15-17, 2010 |
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Region: |
Greater New Haven |
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City: |
Guilford |
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Venue: |
Town Green |
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Description: |
One of Connecticut's oldest and finest outdoor juried shows. Features handmade works by more than 170 artists from across the country, including ceramics, glass, jewelry, fiber, metal and more. |
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Sunset Notables Tour |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 15, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Hartford |
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Venue: |
Cedar Hill Cemetery |
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Description: |
Learn about the lives and accomplishments of some Cedar Hill's notable residents as the sun sets over Cedar Mountain. |
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Sierra Leone's Refugee Allstars |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 15, 2010 |
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Region: |
Litchfield Hills |
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City: |
Norfolk |
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Venue: |
Infinity Hall |
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Description: |
Sierra Leone's Refugee Allstars performs Reggae. |
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Chef to Farm Dinner |
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Category: |
Culinary |
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Date(s): |
July 15, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Simsbury |
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Venue: |
Rosedale Farms & Vineyards |
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Description: |
Dinner series showcases the finest foods and wines produced by Rosedale Farm and the incredible culinary creativity of Max Restaurant Group. Tonight's dinner "Sustainable Fisher Dinner." Call for reservations. |
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Talcott Mountain Music Festival |
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Category: |
Performing Art |
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Date(s): |
July 15, 2010 |
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Region: |
River Valley |
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City: |
Simsbury |
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Venue: |
Performing Arts Center at Simsbury Meadows |
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Description: |
Pack a picnic dinner, sit under the stars and enjoy the sounds of "Time to Rock," from doo wop to hip hop. Event has been rescheduled to the rain date July 15, was originally July 14. |
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Third Thursday Street Festival |
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Category: |
Special Community |
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Date(s): |
July 15, 2010 |
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Region: |
Mystic Country |
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City: |
Willimantic |
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Venue: |
Main St. |
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Description: |
Celebrate the diversity of Willimantic through its music, food and culture. Local crafters and vendors showcase their talents. |
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