Winter’s aweigh at Mystic Seaport in two weeks Mystic Seaport celebrates its reopening with Winter’s Aweigh, a day of special activities on Saturday, Feb. 18. Kids will be admitted free (ages 17 and under). Winter’s Aweigh will feature ice sculpting demonstrations, games of long ago on the village green (weather permitting), free horse and carriage rides, special music performances and merrymaking, storytelling, and working dog demonstrations by the Newfoundland Dog Club of New England. More Feb 3, 2012 - 3:57 AM
Lumina String Quartet to perform at the Ferguson in Stamford Enjoy a classical concert at The Ferguson Library Sunday, February 19 at 2 p.m. when the Lumina String Quartet performs works by Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Admission is free. More Feb 2, 2012 - 7:50 PM
Titanic starts this weekend at the Warner Theatre On an April morning in 1912 over two thousand dreams set sail for America on the notorious liner dubbed “unsinkable”. Now, in honor of the 100th Anniversary of the sailing of the Titanic, the Warner Stage Company will bring the Tony Award winning musical to the Warner Stage in a poignant and awe-inspiring theater spectacle February 4 -11. More Feb 2, 2012 - 6:22 AM
Mystic Aquarium's African Penguins spread the love for Valentine's Day As the ultimate tribute to Valentine’s Day, Mystic Aquarium African penguins have created 50 original paintings to benefit the aquarium’s penguin conservation efforts. These paintings ($169.99) are available for purchase beginning today in the Aquarium Store and at mysticaquarium.org. More Feb 2, 2012 - 5:56 AM
School vacation week programs at Dinosaur State Park The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) announced today that Dinosaur State Park in Rocky Hill will sponsor a series of programs for families during February school vacation week. More Feb 1, 2012 - 9:39 AM
Metrosexual men share “love” stories at Fairfield museum It’s a whole new metrosexual gender equality society as vulnerable men will share their heartfelt stories of breakups, bad dates and relationship calamities in MouseMuse Production, "Love Hurts,” on February 9th at Fairfield Museum and History Center’s (www.fairfieldhistory.org) last Stories on the Green show. The program, which begins at 7 p.m. and will include food and a cash bar for the ticket price of $20 ($15 for Museum members). More Jan 30, 2012 - 5:45 AM
Authors have been known to use people, places and facts from their own lives to create a deeper and more complete story for their readers to enjoy. In “TeamWork” (ISBN 146622195X), Bob Robustelli does the same, using his own life as the back story for an international spy novel during the end of the Cold War. More Jan 27, 2012 - 11:44 AM
Encore Performance of The Met at the Warner On Saturday, January 28 The Met: Live in HD series will continue with an encore performance of Donizetti’s Anna Bolena at the Warner’s Nancy Marine Studio Theatre at 1pm. More Jan 27, 2012 - 10:38 AM
A new Winter Carnival Weekend January 28th and 29th will be a festive prelude to the annual Jumpfest Ski Jumping Championships in Salisbury, the town in Connecticut’s Litchfield Hills that has been a mecca for ski jumping for nearly a century. More Jan 27, 2012 - 10:06 AM
The Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts at Sacred Heart University continues its Retro Series with Melissa Manchester, singer, songwriter, composer, recording artist and actor, who is best known for her songs “Don’t Cry Out Loud” and the theme song “Through the Eyes of Love” from the film “Ice Castles.” Melissa won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “You Should Hear How She Talks About You.” More Jan 27, 2012 - 9:50 AM
WTC announces first of its 2012 master classes The Warner Theatre Center for Arts Education has announced the first of its 2012 Master Class Series with Best-Selling Magic Tree House Series authors, Mary Pope Osborne and Will Osborne. The class will be held in the Carole and Ray Neag Performing Arts Center Studio Theatre Lobby on Saturday, March 10 from 2-3:30pm. More Jan 27, 2012 - 9:23 AM
DEEP announces sixth annual Winter Festival The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s (DEEP) No Child Left Inside® initiative continues this winter with the sixth annual “Winter Festival” at Black Rock State Park, Watertown. More Jan 27, 2012 - 8:43 AM
Westport Youth Film Festival calls for entries The Westport Youth Film Festival announces a call for entries for high school filmmakers for its 2012 Festival, to be held on Saturday, June 2 at The Bijou Theatre in Bridgeport, CT. Entries are due by Saturday, March 10. More Jan 27, 2012 - 5:16 AM
