Mystic Seaport Museum invites visitors to enjoy the timeless thrill of being their own captain with its seasonal small craft program, Get Out On The Water. From May 1 through October 31, 2025, guests can take the helm aboard traditional small boats and experience the scenic beauty and maritime heritage of Mystic from the water. ... Read more
Celebrate the wonder of bird migration during Migration Magic, a month-long festival taking place throughout May 2025. This statewide event features bird walks, interactive family activities, and engaging experiences for all ages, all centered around the seasonal marvel of bird migration. A highlight of the festival is the Birdathon—a friendly bird-spotting competition where participants aim ... Read more
Yale Schwarzman Center will present The View from Here: Accessing Art Through Photography from April 7, 2025, through January 4, 2026. This exhibition showcases the work of thirteen student-photographers from Greater New Haven who participated in a collaborative photography program with the Yale Center for British Art, the Lens Media Lab at the Institute for ... Read more
Ridgefield Playhouse will host a private event on May 14, 2025. This date is reserved for a facility rental and is not open to the public. Those interested in renting the Ridgefield Playhouse for their own private function are encouraged to contact the venue directly to inquire about availability, pricing, and planning details. The event ... Read more
The Cromwell Community Craft Fair & Marketplace will take place on Tuesday, May 14, 2025, from 10 am to 2 pm at the Courtyard by Marriott in Cromwell. This lively event showcases the creativity of young adult entrepreneurs from across Connecticut, featuring handmade goods, art, jewelry, crafts, and more. Local small businesses and vendors will ... Read more
The Bruce Museum in Greenwich will present Isamu Noguchi: Metal the Mirror from April 2 through November 16, 2025. This exhibition explores the work of renowned Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi, highlighting a series of galvanized steel sculptures created in the early 1980s in collaboration with Gemini G.E.L. in Los Angeles. Known for his work ... Read more
The Bruce Museum in Greenwich presents The William L. Richter Collection, on view through August 3, 2025. This installation celebrates the exceptional collection of Greenwich resident William L. Richter, showcasing French and European art from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Featuring works by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, and ... Read more
Heather Gaudio Fine Art presents Martin Kline: The World In All Its Plenitude, a comprehensive solo exhibition featuring thirty-nine works by renowned painter and sculptor Martin Kline. On view from May 3 through June 14, 2025, the show highlights Kline’s decades-long engagement with encaustic painting, drawing, and sculpture, unified by the evocative use of the ... Read more
The Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury presents The Art of Leisure, on view in the Noonan Gallery from April 12 through June 15, 2025. This wide-ranging exhibition spans more than 125 years of American history, highlighting how artists and the public have captured and celebrated the themes of travel, relaxation, and recreation. Beginning in the mid-nineteenth ... Read more
The Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury presents The Art of Elizabeth Catlett: From the Collection of Samella Lewis, on view from April 6 through June 15, 2025. This compelling exhibition features 38 works by Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012), one of the most influential Black artists of the 20th century. Known for her evocative prints and sculptures, Catlett ... Read more
A gallery talk at the Yale University Art Gallery will explore the cultural and economic significance of Amazigh (Berber) jewelry from Morocco, focusing on the use of coins as adornment. Presented by Georgia LaMacchia, Ph.D. candidate in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and Graduate Curatorial Intern in the Departments of African Art and Numismatics, the ... Read more
Spencer Tracy stars in the 1958 film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s classic novella The Old Man and the Sea, screening on May 14, 2025. This moving tale follows an aging Cuban fisherman who, after 84 days without a catch, hooks a massive marlin and embarks on a solitary battle to bring it home. Determined to ... Read more
The Beer'd Run Club returns to Beer'd Brewing – The Silo in Groton, taking place every Wednesday at 5:30 pm from April 2 through October 29, 2025. Hosted in collaboration with the Mohegan Striders, this weekly event welcomes runners of all abilities for a scenic 3–5 mile route around Groton. After the run, participants are ... Read more
The Shubert Theatre in New Haven will host the fifth installment of the Indie Lens Pop-Up film screening series on May 14, 2025. This free community event includes a film screening, complimentary pizza, and a post-film discussion. This installment features a powerful documentary that follows three families whose lives are transformed by Alzheimer’s disease as ... Read more
The hit live show UPDATING is bringing its unique blend of comedy, dating, and unscripted reality to the Hartford Funny Bone Comedy Club in Manchester on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at 6:00 pm. Hosted by comedian Brandon Berman and co-hosted by producer Harrison Forman, this one-of-a-kind event offers 90 minutes of unfiltered entertainment featuring real ... Read more
As part of the Trouble Begins Series, the Mark Twain House & Museum presents TWAIN’TS with Kevin Mac Donnell on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at 7:00 pm. This in-person event explores how Mark Twain’s image, style, and characters have been reimagined, appropriated, or parodied in works not actually authored by Twain himself—what Mac Donnell calls ... Read more
Irish post-punk band Fontaines D.C. brings their highly anticipated USA Tour 2025 to College Street Music Hall in New Haven on Wednesday, May 14 at 7:00 pm. The tour supports their fourth studio album, ROMANCE, which explores themes of love, identity, and alienation through a bold fusion of grunge, shoegaze, hip-hop, and electronic influences. Praised ... Read more
