Little things (like one vote) can have a BIG impact on an election. Connecticut’s Old State House brings you a season full of little things - like cartoons, conversations and cake - to help you make a BIG impact locally this election season. The “Go Big. Vote Local.” Series includes an exhibit focused on the […]
Little things (like one vote) can have a BIG impact on an election. Connecticut’s Old State House brings you a season full of little things - like cartoons, conversations and cake - to help you make a BIG impact locally this election season. The center piece of the “Go Big. Vote Local.” series is a […]
Connecticut’s Old State House will host “Running for Office: Candidates, Campaigns, and Cartoons of Clifford Berryman.” Election season in the modern era elicits a barrage of amusing and pointed memes – but historically, editorial cartoons have swayed opinions and helped shape elections for generations! Clifford Berryman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist with The Washington Star and […]
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (NR) Special Four-Week Engagement Showtimes10/13 - : https://bit.ly/3PkSCz6 ️ http://bit.ly/37KJsok Trailer: https://youtu.be/KudedLV0tP0?si=7rTn7kcI0jusqzZb Fri. Oct. 13 at 7:30pm Sat. Oct.14 at 12:30pm 4pm 7:30pm Sun. Oct. 15 at 12:30pm 4pm 7:30pm Thu. Oct. 19 at 7:30pm Fri. Oct. 20 at 7:30pm Sat. Oct. 21 at 7:30pm Sun. Oct. 22 at 7:30pm […]
Special One-Week Engagement! The Origin of Evil (NR) ️ https://bit.ly/3M82VV4 In French with English subtitles Fri. 10/27 at 2:40 pm Sat. 10/28 at 2:40 pm Sun. 10/29 at 11:10 am Mon. 10/30 at 7:30 pm Ticket Prices: Avon Members $9 General Public $14.50 Students & Seniors (Mon. - Thu.) $11 Trailer: https://youtu.be/-81pAPmPQUo?si=yiZ3mh9nzbYDIiEc Winner of the […]
Pedro Almodóvar Short Film Double Feature Strange Way of Life & The Human Voice ️ https://bit.ly/3S53q67 Fri. 10/27 at 5:20 pm Sat. 10/28 at 12 pm 5:20 pm Sun. 10/29 at 5:20 pm Mon. 10/30 at 5:20 pm Tue. 10/31 at 5:20 pm Ticket Prices: Avon Members $9 General Public $14.50 Students & Seniors (Mon. […]
AI – it’s on the news and in countless articles. Commentaries and opinions seem to appear every day. What is Artificial Intelligence? Are we already using it? And the big questions…where is it headed and what should we know? Deciphering myth from legend from everyday reality can be overwhelming and confusing. Well, no more! Join […]
Explore Black Political Representation in Windsor Over Lunch at Windsor Historical Society With insight into local politics from current and former elected officials, you won’t want to miss this timely conversation on Black political representation in Windsor. Join us and friends from both sides of the political aisle on Wednesday, November 1, from noon to […]
Join artist Ellen Carey and John Reuter for a virtual lecture on the current special exhibition Ellen Carey: Struck by Light.
SPECIAL EVENT ONE-NIGHT ONLY! The Stones And Brian Jones (NR) Tue. Nov. 7 at 7:30 pm ️ https://bit.ly/46FHV0w Ticket Prices: Avon Members $11 General Public $16 Senior & Students $13 (Mon. - Thu.) Trailer: https://youtu.be/3MtS2t1KQ7c?si=lm62JEB7Cc7er8RI THE STONES AND BRIAN JONES comes from director Nick Broomfield (KURT AND COURTNEY, MARIANNE AND LEONARD: WORDS OF LOVE) and […]
ONE-NIGHT ONLY! Tue. Nov. 7 at 7:30 pm ️ https://bit.ly/46FHV0w Ticket Prices: Avon Members $11 General Public $16 Senior & Students $13 (Mon. - Thu.) Trailer: https://youtu.be/3MtS2t1KQ7c?si=c2WsppZtC6iR6OY0 THE STONES AND BRIAN JONES comes from director Nick Broomfield (KURT AND COURTNEY, MARIANNE AND LEONARD: WORDS OF LOVE) and profiles the founder and lost creative genius of […]
Jim Lenn will discuss the Connecticut made Ovation guitar and the role it played during the singer/songwriter development of the '70s. Jim will also be performing some songs from the era that typify the Ovation sound. The Ovation guitar, built in New Hartford Connecticut, played a significant role in the foundation and flourishing of the singer/songwriter […]
The Holdovers (R) ️ http://bit.ly/37KJsok Thu. 11/9 at 7:45 pm Fri. 11/10 at 4:45 pm 7:45 pm Sat. 11/11 and Sun. 11/12 at 11:05 am 1:55 pm 4:45 pm 7:45 pm Mon. 11/13 – Thu. 11/16 at 4:45 pm 7:45 pm From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at […]
Special One-Week Engagement! Anatomy of a Fall (R) ️ https://bit.ly/3FC6WOa In English French and German with English Subtitles! Fri. 11/10 at 4:25 pm 7:25 pm Sat. 11/11 and Sun. 11/12 at 10:25 am 1:25 pm 4:25 pm 7:25 pm Mon. 11/13 – Tue. 11/14 at 4:25 pm 7:25 pm Wed. 11/15 at 4:25 pm Thu. […]
Fourth installment of the Eucharistic Revival lecture series Father Pierre Toussaint Guiteau CFR is a Freeport, Long Island, native who entered the Community of the Friars of the Renewal in 2008. He was ordained to the priesthood in 2018. Father PT, as he is commonly known, graduated from Kellenberg Memorial High School on Long Island […]
Eleven percent of women live in poverty in Connecticut. Eviction levels, which disproportionately affect women, are higher than they were pre-pandemic. The number of spaces available in daycare centers decreased from 2019 to 2022, forcing some women to reduce their work hours or drop out of the workforce altogether. At this live event, Disrupted host Khalilah […]
While educational success is often tied to well-resourced school districts, other factors impact a child’s trajectory including their access to safe housing, affordable healthcare and healthy food. Connecticut Public and the CT Black and Brown Student Union (CT BBSU) are partnering to host a series of one-hour conversations that explore what communities and policymakers can […]
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. […]
Join us for a panel discussion with the curators of Women Reframe American Landscape—Amanda Malmstrom; Kate Menconeri; Nancy Siegel, Ph.D.—moderated by Lisa Williams, NBMAA Curator and Head of Exhibitions.
The Holdovers (R) ️ http://bit.ly/37KJsok Thu. 11/9 at 7:45 pm Fri. 11/10 at 4:45 pm 7:45 pm Sat. 11/11 and Sun. 11/12 at 11:05 am 1:55 pm 4:45 pm 7:45 pm Mon. 11/13 – Thu. 11/16 at 4:45 pm 7:45 pm Fri. 11/17 at/ 4:45 pm 7:45 pm Sat. 11/18 - Sun. 11/19 at 11:05 […]
Maestro (R) ️ https://bit.ly/3G3Z7kg Wed. 11/22 at 2:10 pm 5 pm 7:50 pm Thu. 11/23 - Sun. 11/26 at 11:20 am 2:10 pm 5 pm 7:50 pm Mon. 11/27 - Thu. 11/30 at 5 pm 7:50 pm Fri. 12/1 at 2:10 pm 5 pm 7:50 pm Sat. 12/2 - Sun. 12/3 at 11:20 am 2:10 […]
The Avon Theatre is proud to host the exclusive CT engagement of Maestro, the new film from actor and director Bradley Cooper, opening on Nov. 22nd! Maestro (R) ️ https://bit.ly/3G3Z7kg Wed. 11/22 at 2:10 pm 5 pm 7:50 pm Thu. 11/23 - Sun. 11/26 at 11:20 am 2:10 pm 5 pm 7:50 pm Mon. […]
The Holdovers (R) ️ http://bit.ly/37KJsok Thu. 11/9 at 7:45 pm Fri. 11/10 at 4:45 pm 7:45 pm Sat. 11/11 and Sun. 11/12 at 11:05 am 1:55 pm 4:45 pm 7:45 pm Mon. 11/13 – Thu. 11/16 at 4:45 pm 7:45 pm Fri. 11/17 at/ 4:45 pm 7:45 pm Sat. 11/18 - Sun. 11/19 at 11:05 […]
Katie Heidsiek, curator of the exhibit Connecticut’s Bookshelf on view at the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, will discuss aspects of the exhibit followed by an audience Q &A and/or conversation with Cat White of the Stowe Center. The exhibit explores the many authors and literary forms to come out of Connecticut, including not […]
Author Mark Borton will be giving an illustrated lecture on his new book, Moondoggle, at the Public Library of New London. Moondoggle unravels the mystery of why a project that could have brought cheap electric power to all of New England ended as an inglorious failure. It tells the story of the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power […]