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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Woven Snowflakes Class

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

Instructor: Sue Muldoon Register online Need something different to decorate your home this holiday season? Come to the Arts Center and make woven snowflakes! These Carolina Snowflakes are perfect for the winter in any color. Hang in your home, on your door, or as a tree-topper!

$75.00

Danbury Community Orchestra in Concert

Visual and Performing Arts Center 43 Lake Avenue Extension, Danbury, CT, United States

Join us on Friday, December 15th at 7:30 pm when the Danbury Community Orchestra, led by Music Director and Conductor, Stephen Michael Smith, will perform and evening of charming music. The concert will feature Ralph Vaughan Williams’ "Serenade in A minor" and Robert Schumann’s "Overture, Scherzo and Finale in E major, Op. 52." Admission to […]

‘El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered’ by the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC*)

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

On December 15, YSC presents the AMOC* production of contemporary composer John Adams’s El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered with libretto by Peter Sellars and concept by Julia Bullock, “one of opera’s fastest-rising stars” (Vanity Fair). El Niño is a chamber music arrangement created and conducted by Christian Reif and was first performed at The Met Cloisters in 2018. The New York Times calls it “intimate, […]

Free

A Sliver of Light, Original Music, Improv and Words for the Winter Solstice

Whitneyville Cultural Commons 1253 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CT, United States

A Sliver of Light Original Music, Improvisations and Words in Celebration of The Winter Solstice Luke Hendon-Guitar, Jamie Doris-Bass, Avery Collins-Drums Please join us at The Whitneyville Cultural Commons for a unique performance as we mix words and music into variations on the theme of the Winter Solstice. Don't miss out on this special one of […]

$20

Felted Landscape Class

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

Create your own felted landscape! Participants will work from an image of a landscape, brought from home or provided by the teacher, and use the softest of materials, wool roving, and a special barbed needle, to create an original felted work of art on a backing of raw silk. Instructor: Diane Cadrain  Register online or […]

$125

Connecticut Ballet presents THE NUTCRACKER

Palace Theatre Stamford 61 Atlantic Street, Stamford, CT, United States

Brett Raphael’s breathtaking production of the Tchaikovsky classic returns to The Palace Theatre in Stamford for Connecticut Ballet’s annual engagement, December 16-17. Guest stars from American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet and Pennsylvania Ballet. Meet-and-greet with the guest stars follow each performance. For tickets, visit www.palacestamford.org.

$50 – $75

Author Presentation from Lisa Franco

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

Join us for a discussion and reading with award-winning author and journalist Lisa Franco, whose book, My Dearest Darling: Letters of Love in Wartime, is a true account of the love story of U.S. Naval officer Donald Storey and his sweetheart Margery, told through the letters they sent to each other while Donald served in […]

Free

Nutcracker

Main Street Ballet presents is 35th Anniversary performance. Be a part of the magic as Clara travels through the enchanted “Snow Kingdom” and  “Land of the Sweets”.  Beautiful sets, lavish costumes and a host of talented dancers, actors and community members set the stage for one of the areas most treasured holiday events.

$8 – $65

The BIG Bash for your little office party

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

Let us take the stress of planning an amazing holiday party off your plate!  Save on time, stress, and costs when booking your Big Little Holiday Party at Hilton Mystic.     We do it all, from food, to entertainment to ambience- setting the mood from holiday stress to a night of success.  All you'll need […]