WESTON, CT – The band Accidental Breakdown will perform at the Weston History and Culture Center’s (formerly the Weston Historical Society) Music at the Barn Outdoor Concert Series on Sunday, August 15, 2021 from 5:30pm – 7:00pm. Purchase tickets at: www.westonhistoricalsociety.org Members: $15 per person, Member Family (2 adults, 2 kids ages 10+ ): $50,…
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The Drowsy Chaperone now playing at Stamford’s Curtain Call
Curtain Call’s 31st annual Summer Youth Theatre production – The Drowsy Chaperone – is the winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score. Playing in the Kweskin Theatre, Stamford, August 5 through 14, this show is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number…
Free Shakespeare returns to Stamford
One of the best-known pieces of literature in the world – Romeo and Juliet – and likely William Shakespeare’s most-produced tragedy, marks Curtain Call’s 18th summer of Shakespeare on the Green playing outdoors in Stamford, July 15 through August 1. Performances will be held nightly at 7:30pm on the great lawn alongside The Royal Green…
Connecticut children can enjoy many museums in the state free of charge this summer
Starting this Thursday, July 1 and until September 6 of this year, Connecticut children, age 18 and under, along with one accompanying adult, will be able to receive free admission at more than 90 museums across the state. Governor Ned Lamont announced this new program earlier this week as part of his plan to “use…
Westport Country Playhouse’s “Story Hour with Jenny” Presents In-Person, Interactive Reading of “Wings”
Westport Country Playhouse’s “Story Hour with Jenny,” a live, in-person series to engage children, grades K-3, will present an interactive reading of the picture book, “Wings,” about a boy whose appearance makes him the target for school bullies, on Sunday, July 11 , at 11 a.m., on the Playhouse campus. The book is written and…
Maritime Aquarium opens new seal habitat; the largest display in its 33-year history
NORWALK, CT – Cheer on the harbor seals of The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk as they explore an enormous new habitat that, upon its June 8 opening, becomes the Aquarium’s largest aquatic display. The 160,000-gallon seal exhibit – as well as a 4D movie theater and redesigned main entrance, which both opened in January –…
Pequot Library’s Southport Garden Stroll returns June 4
Southport, CT – Pequot Library’s Southport Garden Stroll is back! After having to cancel it last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pequot Library is thrilled to revive this signature event supporting the library’s services, programs, and other offerings. The Southport Garden Stroll will be held on June 4, 2021, with morning and afternoon tour blocks…
First indoor musical since lockdown comes to Curtain Call
Hallelujah, the nuns are coming! Now, more than a year after Nunsense should have played at Curtain Call, this laugh-filled tuner about a group of nuns raising money to bury their dead sisters, is finally able to open in The Kweskin Theatre, Stamford, on June 3. Unapologetically silly as ever, and strewn with groaners and…
Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum to open new exhibition on 19th century American Medicine, with rare and never-before-seen artifacts, instruments and photographs
Norwalk, CT – The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum will explore the birth of modern medicine and its scientific breakthroughs with a new exhibition titled, Health, Healing & Addiction in 19th Century America. The exhibition will open on April 8 and run through Oct. 17, 2021. This exploration will feature rare artifacts, instruments, costumes and photographs, drawn…
Exploring Witchcraft and Witch Persecution in Early New England Virtual Lecture Hosted by the Norwalk Historical Society
NORWALK, CT – In honor of Women’s History Month the Norwalk Historical Society is hosting the virtual lecture, ” ‘Giving Entertainment to Satan’: Witchcraft and Witch Persecution in Early New England” with guest presenter Dr. Leslie Lindenauer of Western CT State University on Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 5:30pm (Eastern Time) via Zoom. Mention Salem…