Events

Check out the Connecticut Public Community Calendar for events in your local community. If you have an event you would like to add, submit it through the calendar below and it will go through our approval process.

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Special Piano Bar…n Fundraiser September 23rd

Ridgefield Theater Barn 37 Halpin Lane, Ridgefield, CT, United States

The Ridgefield Theater Barn is throwing a Piano Bar…n fundraiser, Saturday, September 23rd.  This special installment of their ever-popular cabaret night is co-chaired by Marilyn and Mykl Macri and hosted by Pamme Jones, with fabulous accompaniment by Rodney Loren. For those who have not attended previous shows, this night of musical performances is unscripted and […]

Mystic Harvest Festival at Hilton

Hilton Mystic Hotel 20 Coogan Blvd, Mystic, CT, United States

Located at 20 Coogan Blvd, Mystic, CT 06355, please join us for our Fall Harvest Marketplace featuring local artisans, crafters, and producers. This event is FREE and open to the public. Food & Beverage Available for Sale. No outside food and beverages may be brought on the property. PARKING: Free Parking is available. ARTISANS, CRAFTERS, PRODUCERS […]

The Elderly Brothers: Oldies Rock ‘n’ Roll of the 50’s and 60’s

Milford Public Library 57 New Haven Avenue, Milford, CT, United States

LIVE MUSIC AT THE LIBRARY! Please join us as we welcome long-time popular solo artists, T-Bone Stankus (guitar) and Brian Gillie (keyboards), known together as “The Elderly Brothers”, as they serve up mint-condition “oldies” rock ‘n’ roll with pitch-perfect harmonies and soulful improvisations as fresh as the originals. A musical celebration of some good old-fashioned […]

Free

Lady Jaydee in conversation with Nigerian novelist Chigozie Obioma at Yale Schwarzman Center

Yale Schwarzman Center 168 Grove St, New Haven, CT, United States

The music of Tanzania’s “Queen of Bongo Flava,” Lady Jaydee has long inspired the literary work of Nigerian writer Chigozie Obioma In this inaugural Humanities Now event, we bring together in conversation the novelist and the singer—Chigozie and Jide—to reflect on the landscape of African music and literature.

Free

Reentry Resource Fair

Greater Hartford Reentry Welcome Center, 716 Windsor Street, Hartford, CT 06120 716 Windsor Street, Hartford, CT, United States

If you or someone you know is justice-involved and needs help with connections to career and training programs, recovery support and financial literacy resources, come to the next community reentry resource fair at the Greater Hartford Reentry Welcome Center. There is no cost to attend. Over forty partner organizations will be present, many of which […]

Free

How to Become an Author | Write With Purpose

Mark Twain House 385 Farmington Ave, Hartford, CT, United States

Do you want to write a book, or do you have a manuscript ready to publish? Is something holding you back from taking the next step?   We invite you to attend our 5th annual How to Become an Author Event on September 27th!   Join Publish Your Purpose and 20+ aspiring (and published) authors […]

The Black Lens: The Five Demands (NR) with Q&A

Avon Theatre Film Center 272 Bedford Street, Stamford, CT, United States

The Black Lens: The Five Demands (NR) ️ https://bit.ly/47WEfYZ Wed. 9/27 at 7 pm Post-screening Q&A with film subject Rosalind McLymont. Ticket Prices: Avon Members $9 General Public $14.50 Students & Seniors (Mon. - Thu.) $11 In April 1969, a small group of Black and Puerto Rican students shut down the City College of New […]

$9 – $14.50

COMPLETE WORKS OF JANE AUSTEN (ABRIDGED)

Playhouse on Park 244 Park Road, West Hartford, CT, United States

Three actors, one newbie, and two self-professed Janeites, tackle the entire canon of Jane Austen’s works – in just 80 minutes. A fun, funny, and fast-paced romp that will delight fans of Austen and newcomers alike. Fall in love with Emma, Elinor, Mr. Darcy, and more. It is a truth universally acknowledged that an audience […]

$45.00 – $55.00

Creative Nonfiction: The Personal Essay

Arts Center East 709 Hartford Turnpike, Vernon, CT, United States

This is a six-week writing seminar focused on crafting a short story or personal essay based on an actual event. The course consists of six 90-minute sessions, once a week for six weeks. Attendees will have the freedom to choose, within the framework of the course, what genre, short story or personal essay to write, […]

$97.20 – $108