…Age is a dynamic public art collaboration between Greater Hartford cultural organizations.  Created under the banner of the national Age in America project, the exhibition represents a conversation between generations of artists, poets, and community members and showcases the unique contributions of participating organizations working together with the theme of age and aging in our region.    

Main Street walkway between Hartford Public Library and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Thursday, May 14 through Friday, August 28

Opening Reception, 5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Hartford Public Library, Hartford History Center, 3^rd Floor

Plant Clinic Open for the Season

Monday, May 11, 9:00am- 12 noon and 12:30- 3:30pm

Having a plant or gardening dilemma? Bring any questions or plant samples to the UCONN Master Gardeners for help. The Plant Clinic is open Monday through Friday throughout the growing season.  This is a FREE service. Call 203-322-6971 for questions, visit www.bartlettarboretum.org or email visitorservices@bartlettarboretum.org

Opening Reception:  Sunday, July 26 from 2-4 PM

GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday – Saturday: 11 am – 5 pm; Sunday: 1 – 5 pm

 Opening Reception: Friday May 15, 6-8pm & Film and Multimedia Project Screenings begin 7pm

The annual Arts and Media Festival showcases projects produced by MxCC’s Broadcast Communications, Fine Arts, Graphic Design and Multimedia students.  In addition to the student film and multimedia projects screening, student works are displayed throughout the Jean Burr Smith Library, Pegasus Gallery and the Niche.  This exhibition allows each instructor to share the most accomplished examples of student skill, ingenuity and creativity with our entire campus and local community.

The Jean Burr Smith Library is located on the first floor of Chapman Hall,Hours: Monday - Thursday 8:30am-8:00pm Friday 8:30am-4:30pm & Saturday 8:30am-1:30pm when classes are in session.

Pegasus Gallery, Hours: Monday & Wednesday 5pm-8pm & Saturday 9:30-1:30pm when classes are in session.

The Niche is located on the first floor of Founders Hall and open: Mondays through Thursdays 8:30am-6:00pm, Fridays & Saturdays 8:30am-4:30pm when classes are in session.

Begins Wednesday, June 24, and operate every Wednesday from 10:00am-2:00pm ending on September 9th. Our market will be held on the Great Lawn area and features local, grown products from CT. Have lunch at the Bartlett. Buy a sandwich made with fresh, local produce. Collection D'Objets D'Art. A special market addition featuring a table of gently used, new and surplus items with 50% of the proceeds being donated to the Bartlett. Call 203-322-6971 for questions, visit www.bartlettarboretum.org or email visitorservices@bartlettarboretum.org for information.

Trinity College will host the 60th Annual Plumb Memorial Carillion Concerts and the 35th Annual Chamber Music Series as part of the 2009 Summer Music Series.  The music series, held annually at the College, features performances every Wednesday during the summer, over a nine-week period.  The performances are free and open to the public and will be held rain or shine.  Attendees are encouraged to bring a picnic.  For a complete schedule, please visit: www.trincoll.edu.  

The Stevens-Frisbie House in Cromwell Connecticut is open each Sunday afternoon for visitors. The House is a museum of Cromwell history and features exhibits about the Frisbie and Ranney families.  Admission is Free.

The XL Center, the center of Hartford, welcomes WALKING WITH DINOSAURS – The Arena Spectacular, for 8 performances August 5-9, 2009. Ticketmaster is the official source of tickets.
The show originated in Australia, where after years of planning, WALKING WITH DINOSAURS came to life at Sydney’s Acer Arena in January 2007. The show proved itself such a sensation that this North American tour was fast-tracked. It began a short three months after completing its sold out engagements in Australia.

Showtimes: W-F 7pm; Sat 11am, 3pm, 7pm; Sun 1pm, 5pm

Community Health Services Hartford, a Federally Qualified Health Center in the North End of Hartford is opening a Farmer's Market in conjunction with its Food share distribution program.  The Farmer's Market, slated to open July 10, 2009 and stay open weekly Friday mornings from 8 - 11 AM will feature health improvement programs with the Farmer's Market, programs to utilize the produce in healthy ways to improve diets and reduce obesity, and additional programming to reduce the trash loads, understand and connect people with the food they eat and demonstrate healthy lifestyle and food choices.

Fresh produce is difficult to find in the North End, often stores carry limited produce and there are transportation and safety issues as well. Increasingly city dwellers have become disconnected from their food sources and chose high fat/highly processed foods instead. Endemic to this area, often seen as the thirdd poorest in the nation for a city of its size, are diabetes, hypertension and obesity, all thieves of quality of life.

We hope you will help us to celebrate this innovative program.

This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to explore the process of fine arts conservation, uncovering the relationship between curators and conservators and the objects entrusted to their care. Each of the works in the exhibition, which includes Asian ceramics, African ritual objects, ancient statues and mosaics, and American and European paintings and decorative arts from the Gallery’s collection, illustrates a different conservation dilemma. What does cleaning a painting’s surface reveal? Should fragmented objects be displayed as pieces or reassembled into a convincing pastiche? Should damaged objects be repaired for aesthetic reasons? The passage of time impacts not only the physical state of an object but also the techniques used to preserve it. Time Will Tell examines the evolving science of conservation and the questions that arise in preserving works of art while staying faithful to the artists’ intentions.

Chestnut Hill Concerts 40th Summer Series featuring: Haydn: Piano Trio in G minor, Hob. XV:19; Brahms: Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 100; Schumann: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 63

On August 5^th, 2009, Neil Simon’s classic comedy The Odd Couple rounds off the summer season at the Ivoryton Playhouse. Originally conceived by Neil Simon, who based the play on his brother Danny's true-life experience, The Odd Couple concept is best described in the one-sentence treatment Simon submitted to Paramount, who financed the stage play sight-unseen. "Two men--one divorced and one estranged and neither quite sure why their marriages fell apart--move in together to save money for alimony and suddenly discover they're having the same conflicts and fights they had in their marriages."

The Odd Couple, in all forms, is truly a popular culture phenomenon. Simon's wildly successful play ran from 1965 to 1967. In the summer of 1967, the play opened at the Ivoryton Playhouse starring the controversial radio and TV comedian Henry Morgan. In 1968, the play was made into a successful film starring Walter Matthau as unkempt sports writer Oscar Madison and Jack Lemmon as anal-retentive commercial photographer Felix Unger. Today, Felix and Oscar are known to millions from the 1970-75 ABC TV series based on the play which starred Tony Randall and Jack Klugman and can still be seen in syndication.

The Odd Couple is directed by Larry Thelen and stars R. Bruce Connelly as Felix and Tony Rossi as Oscar. The set design is by Dan Nischan, lighting design by Tate Burmeister and costumes by Delari Johnston

The Odd Couple opens on August 5^th and runs thru August 30^th for 4 weeks.

Performance times are Wednesday and Sunday matinees at 2pm. Evening performances are Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30pm, Friday and Saturday at 8pm.

July 10 - September 19
Experience “one brief shining moment" that was Camelot.  Relive the enduring legend of King Arthur, Guenevere, Lancelot, and the Knights of the Round Table in an enchanting fable of chivalry, honor and brotherhood. Dazzling and spellbinding with sweeping romance and historic grandeur, this classic musical speaks to our time and for all time.  The celebrated score includes the classics “If Ever I Would Leave You,” “The Simple Joys of Maidenhood,” and “Camelot.”  Winner of 4 Tony Awards.
CURTAIN TIMES:
Wednesdays at 2 pm and 7:30 pm
Thursdays at *2 pm and 7:30 pm
Fridays at 8 pm
Saturdays at 3 pm and 8 pm
Sundays at 2 pm and *6:30 pm

860.873.8668
goodspeed.org

 
SPECIAL EVENTS & OFFERS
Girls’ Night Out: Friday, July 10, 7 pm.  Come celebrate Opening Night in style! Gather the girls for glitz and glamour Broadway-style with our Ticket ‘n’ ‘Tini special Package includes one ticket to Camelot and a specialty martini – a hot deal at $44 per person.

Wine Tasting: Sunday, July 12, 5 pm.  Treat yourself to a sampling of fine wines hosted by Shore Discount Liquors of Deep River with complimentary hors d’oeuvres from the Gelston House of East Haddam.  Only $10 with your ticket to the 6:30 pm performance. Reserve in advance through the Box Office. 
Teen Nights: July 15 & 16, 7:30 pm; July 17, 8 pm.  Introduce your favorite young person to the magic of musical theatre.  Each adult who buys a regular-priced ticket on the specified dates may purchase a $15 ticket for a child ages 10 to 18.  Meet the cast after the July 17 performance for autographs.

First Friday Happy Hour: July 17, 7 pm.  Mingle at our Friday night Happy Hour.  Enjoy an introductory talk by a member of our creative staff, appetizers courtesy of La Vita Gustosa of East Haddam, and specially priced beverages.  Free with your ticket to the performance.

Backstage at Goodspeed: A lively audience discussion with the cast is offered after the Thursday evening performances on Aug 6 & 20 and Sept 3.
 

"Far from Ordinary” presented by the group ArtAndStruggle is a six day series of events featuring art, live performances and film honoring these anniversaries:

August 7 – Transgender International Rights and Education Day, Main art opening performances

August 8 – film, art and performance

August 9 – International Day of Indigenous People, film and art

August 12 – International Youth Day

Art exhibit will be open daily August 7 through 12, 5-9 pm

Admission: Donation at the door

The Clare Gallery is pleased to present "Silence Speaks – Paying Homage to Gentle Giants of New England," an exhibition by painter Aleta Gudelski.   Silence Speaks pays tribute to the vanishing farms and barns throughout New England.  The paintings focus on the haunting stillness of these majestic structures as they are being slowly reclaimed by the earth.  Ms. Gudelski’s work continues to be a journey of letting go and allowing the Divine to work through her and her brush to capture images that reflect peace, at times tension and frequently subtle challenges.  

The exhibition will take place from August 6, 2009 - October 4, 2009.  There will be a free reception on Tuesday, September 29 from 6 to 8 p.m., with an artist talk at 6:30 p.m.  All are

welcome.  Free Parking is available across from the Franciscan Center for Urban Ministry.  

Gallery Hours: Monday – Thursday 9am - 7pm, Friday 9 - 4pm,

Saturday 10am - 3pm, Sunday 10am - Noon