The Acting Company, renowned for its productions of classic plays, joins the award-winning Guthrie Theater in production of Shakespeare’s iconic romantic tragedy, “Romeo and Juliet.” Young love has never been so delightful or as dangerous as in this stirring new production.

Note to educators: We will present a school-time performance of the play on Thursday, Feb. 11. Please call 860-439-5069 for details and reservations.

by William Shakespeare, directed by James Kerr

Performance at 8:00 p.m.

This exhibit is ONGOING through Feb. 27, 2010. Museum hours are Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday noon to 5 p.m.

The New Haven Museum announces the opening of a new exhibit, “East Shore Reflections,” a shining review of this neighborhood’s evolution from agrarian farm area, to seaside resort, to modern day family enclave and residential setting.

Treasure Books: Selections from the Caroline M. Hewins Collection of Children’s Literature, is an exhibition developed by guest curator Leonard Marcus, leading historian on American children’s books.  His highly acclaimed books include Golden Legacy: How Golden Books Won Children’s Hearts; Minders of Make-Believe; Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the Moon; Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom; and The Wand in the Word.  Caroline Hewins came to Hartford in 1875 as librarian of the Hartford Young Men’s Institute, the predecessor to Hartford Public Library.  She held this position for 50 years and earned a national reputation as an imaginative, spirited, and dedicated leader, especially well regarded for her library work with children.

Hartford History Center, 3rd Floor

December through May, Tuesday through Saturday, 1:00-5:00 p.m.

Opening Reception

Hartford History Center, 3rd Floor

Sunday, December 6, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

In its very first exhibition in the Pope Riddle house of artworks not from the founding family’s original collection, Hill-Stead Museum is proud to feature a special exhibition of quilts by Gee's Bend artists and other renowned quilters, including Hartford's own Ed Johnetta Miller. The exhibition is a component of Hartford’s Community Health Services’ Community Threads project, a city-wide arts movement involving Hartford Stage, Hill-Stead and select arts & culture organizations to create community quilts and to celebrate the culture of quilting. The museum will display a total of 5 quilts by African American women, ranging in date from 1900 to 2005. In a manner befitting both their function and the deeply personal context of their creation, the quilts are placed on the Pope family master suite and guest room beds.

Free tax assistance to households with annual incomes of $50,000.00 or less.  Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) assistance also is available.

2^nd Floor

Tuesdays, January 19 through April 13

Wednesdays, January 20 through April 14

Thursdays, January 21 through April 15

4:00-7:00 p.m. and

Saturdays, January 23 through April 10

10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Call 211 Infoline or 860-695-6295 to make an appointment, or walk-in – first come, first served.

Appointments recommended.

Opening Reception: Thursday, February 18, 5:00-7:00 pm Jessica Schwind’s mixed media works synthesize animal and vegetal worlds into unexpected juxtapositions that express an existential view of the natural world. Animal imagery, as in “Pigeon,” are transformed to harmoniously dwell within the color infused realm of the backyard garden. Schwind writes that: “Cultivated Castaways” brings focus to the lives of creatures that are commonly regarded as nuisances or irritants in our culture. We sometimes celebrate the death of these creatures as a result of our victory to control nature. This exhibition attempts to highlight their existence as part of our interconnected eco system. Her works have been included in exhibitions at the Fresno Metropolitan Museum, (CA), Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, (VA) The Hudson River Museum, (NY), McDonough Museum, (OH) and The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, (CT). Images of other works and project series can be viewed at www.jessicaschwind.com. The Niche is located on the first floor of Founders Hall

Opening Reception: Thursday, February 18, 5:00-7:00 pm Jorge Costa’s process derived imagery evolves out of a morphological exploration of perception. Paintings and drawings twist, spin and distort imagery to reside indeterminately between the recognizable and the highly abstract. Viewer visual cognition is thoroughly exercised by these works as they propel tangible forms through an intriguing series of fun house mirror effects and mutations. Costa’s work has been included in exhibitions at Westfield State College, (MA), Artists Space. (NY), Real Art Ways, (CT), Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, (Kobe, Japan), and Oporto Foundation for Artists, (Oporto, Portugal). Pegasus Gallery is located within the library on the first floor of Chapman Hall Hours: Monday & Wednesday 5pm-8pm & Saturday 9:30-1:30pm when classes are in session.

Connecticut State Museum of Natural History and Connecticut Archaeology Center present

Winter Escapes & Adventures

The Natural History of Health, Mummy Dearest, Stem Cell Research, Special Tours, Ancient Technologies, The Anthropology of Drug Use, Behind the Scenes with MysteryQuest, Eighteenth Century Medicine, Stories in Stone, Scientific Illustration, Forensic DNA Analysis, and the Mysterious World of Lichens and Mosses are just a few of the program topics being offered this winter and spring by the Museum and Archaeology Center. Don’t miss out on exciting fieldtrips, workshops, family activities, field learning, and notable presentations this season.

For a full listing of programs and registration information, visit http://www.cac.uconn.edu/mnhcurrentcalendar.html or call 860.486.4460

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Play With Your Food, a well-known, popular theatre program including buffet lunch, professional readings of one act-plays and discussion with actors, continues with its 2010 schedule.  

This is an original Yale Peabody Museum exhibition that investigates West Nile virus and Lyme Disease. These two diseases are "vector-borne" -- that is, the pathogen is transmitted to humans by an arthropod, and in both cases a blood-sucking one! Giant models of a mosquito and a tick help explain the puzzle that is the transmission, detection and treatment of these diseases. The exhibition explores the differences between the viral and bacterial pathogens, when they arrived in Connecticut, and how our changing environment is increasing the incidence of both diseases. The exhibition is on view through April 25.

Ages 5 and up. Help us celebrate Black History Month.  Each day, we will share new facts about the lives and achievements of African Americans.

Blue Hills Branch

Mondays-Fridays, February 1-26, 3:30 p.m.

Park Branch

Thursday February 11 and 25, 3:30 p.m.

Ropkins Branch

Mondays-Fridays, February 1-26, 4:00 p.m.

Ages 4-6. Join us for story times that will build children’s interest in and understanding of visual arts. These activities are supported in part by the United Arts Council.

Downtown Library - Children’s Library

Wednesdays, February 10 and 17, 10:00 a.m. and Thursdays, February 4 and 25, 3:45 p.m.

Albany Branch

Tuesdays, February 2, 9, 16, and, 23, 10:00 am.

Camp Field Branch

Mondays, February 1, 8, and 22, 10:00 a.m.

Ropkins Branch

Tuesday, February 2, 9, 16, and 23, 10:00 a.m.

An abstract artist, Frederick Lynch uses repeated geometries and mathematical divisions to create patterns of branching, veining of leaves and molecular systems that explore a multitude of visual possibilities.

Note to educators: We will present a school-time performance of the play on Thursday, Feb. 11. Call 860-439-5069 for details and reservations.

Pulp magazines were a popular form of leisure in America from the 1920's to the 1940's. Their covers were carefully designed with bold colors and dramatic compositions to seduce passers-by with a glimpse into the sensational stories within. This exhibition features over fifty oil paintings on which these flashy covers were based on.

Benton Hours:

Thursday & Friday 10AM-4:30PM

Saturday  & Sunday 1-4:30PM

Show your support for CTFF Best Connecticut Filmmaker Award winner George Eli!  

An insider's look at the secret life of an American Gypsy.
Follow George Eli, an American Gypsy, as he turns his camera on the secret life of his Romani culture. As we see through his 8mm family footage, growing up Gypsy was 'a pretty good life—' carefree and lawless. Eli’s journey begins when his two sons ask 'what does it mean to be a Gypsy?” He has no clear answer beyond what he’s learned from movies and TV. Eli and his sons begin a quest for the truth. City by city, the roots of old ways begin to reveal themselves as an intricate tapestry of tradition – and oppression. Eli’s sons light up the screen with their youthful perspective on very heavy subjects. From the Holocaust Museum to Hollywood, from ancient India to Ellis Island. George and his sons are always fun on screen, although they confront negative stereotypes and uncover a terrible history of persecution, finally realizing that the only way out is the main thing that their Gypsy community avoids: conventional education. The film ends with Eli’s eldest son Alex graduating from elementary school—becoming the first in his community to do so. 52 min.

Q&A after the screening with the Filmmakers

February 9th and 10th at 7pm, contact doverindependentfilm@gmail.com for questions about this event.

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