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7-Day Arts & Entertainment Forecast
Receiving the 7-Day Arts & Entertainment Forecast each week is the most effective way to keep a pulse on the fast-paced arts and entertainment world of Greater Hartford. Gallery exhibition openings, rock concerts, comedy shows, family festivals—it’s got you covered. Plus, the 7-Day will tell you where you can save money as a Let*s GO Arts! Member!
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7-DAY ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FORECAST
Wed 3/10/10 – Tues 3/16/10
last cast/the fly's graceful arc ending/at the rainbow trout. (Spring haiku by Nora Wood). Fly fish for this week’s best events - including those for St. Paddy’s Day - on LetsGoArts.org/Calendar.
 INFREQUENT FLYERS
Wed Mar 10, 7:30pm, Saint Joseph College, 1678 Asylum Ave, Hartford. “Updraft: A Conspiracy of Movement” is an aerial modern dance company directed by dancer and trapeze artist Therese Keegan. Don’t miss their unique energetic style. $12-$25 (advance)/$12-$27 (door). 860-231-5555, sjc.edu/arts
 SIRENA THE YOUNG SIREN
Thu Mar 11, 10am, Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2080 Blvd, West Hartford. Sirena Huang is a 15-year-old, internationally known violin superstar from Greater Hartford. Huang, who has played for the French President and for the Dalai Lama, will play works by Brahms and Grieg. $10 at door. 2-for-1 tickets 2/ Let*s GO Arts! 860-573-3501, musical-club-of-hartford.org
 DUKE IT OUT IN THE PARLOR [UA]
Thu Mar 11, 5-7pm, Katharine Day House at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, 77 Forest St, Hartford. This month’s Salon at Stowe focuses on how the Spiritualism movement of the 19th century provided a platform for women leaders. Featured guests include historian Dawn C. Adiletta and the Stowe Center's former curator Elizabeth White. Free. 860-522-9258 ext. 317, HarrietBeecherStowe.org
 SHAKE IT UP [UA]
Thu Mar 11, 5:30-7pm, New Britain Museum of American Art, 56 Lexington St, New Britain. The Second Thursday of every month marks Art Happy Hour, featuring complimentary light refreshments and an art program at 6pm. This month, learn about “The Market for Shaker Furniture and Furnishings” with John Keith Russell, a dealer in Shaker artifacts. $7-$9. 2-for-1 w/Let*s GO Arts! 860-229-0257, nbmaa.org
 THE SKY IS FALLING! OR IS IT?
Thu Mar 11, 7-9pm, Connecticut Science Center, 250 Columbus Blvd, Hartford. The museum presents “Hoax, Hype, and Hollywood: The 2012 Hysteria.” If cable TV and Hollywood blockbusters are to be believed, in just a few scant years our planet will be ravaged by natural disasters. Join Dr. Larsen, Professor of Astronomy & Physics at CCSU as she separates fact from fiction. RSVP. $5-$12. 860-520-2150, ctsciencecenter.org
 ON THE RIGHT PATH
Thu-Sat Mar 11-13, 7:30pm, & Sat Mar 13, 2:30pm, Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Pkwy, Hartford. Full Force Dance Theatre premiers “Pathless Journey,” by Artistic Director Katie Stevinson-Nollet with composer Robert Carl and local artist Anne Cubberly. Guests Tim Melady and Mary Cochran perform, plus see repertory work “Common Ground,” with Hartt faculty member David Macbride performing to live music. $10-$20. 2 tickets for $20 w/ Let*s GO Arts! 860-768-4228, hartford.edu/hartt
 ‘SWANS’ LANDS IN HARTFORD [UA]
Thu Mar 11, 6-8pm, West Hartford Art League Gallery at Blue Back Square, 69 Raymond Rd, West Hartford. New artwork, collectively called “The Black Swans: of Necessary Poetic Realities,” by Ellen Carey, Her Poloroid “pulls” include feather-blended colors, swirls and elongated shapes and Carey’s signature conical black loop. Through Apr 11. Free. 860-231-8019, westhartfordart.org
 A VIRTUAL WIND BLOWS THROUGH HARTFORD
Fri Mar 12, 7:30pm, Lincoln Theater, 200 Bloomfield Ave, West Hartford. Enjoy Steven Bryant in concert accompanied by wind ensemble Ecstatic Waters with a suite of electronics, including acoustic sounds that are processed in real time through a computer and electronic sounds generated by the computer. $20. 2-for-1 w/ Let*s GO Arts! 860-768-4862, hartford.edu/hartt
 UPTOWN SATURDAY NIGHT [UA]
Sat Mar 13, 5pm & 8pm, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, 166 Capitol Ave, Hartford. “Why do I have to feed the kids? They just ate twelve hours ago!” Iconic American comedian Bill Cosby is in town for two shows this Saturday. $49.50-$71.50. 860-987-5900, bushnell.org
 WOMEN ARE SUCH DRAMATISTS
Sat Mar 13, 6:30-11pm, Carol Autorino Center, Saint Joseph College, 1678 Asylum Ave, West Hartford. Capital Classics Theatre Company presents professionally staged readings of two new plays by local women writers: The Woman Behind the Man Behind the Podium Making the Apology, by Laura Sheehan and Code Red or The Last Day at Dick High, by Jeanne Zaino. Audience members are invited to contribute to the development of the plays; refreshments follow. Free. 860-218-0300, capitalclassics.org
 A TRIBUTE TO TED [UA]
Sat Mar 13, 7-11pm, Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Ave, Hartford. The Ted Hershey Dance & Music Marathon celebrates the life and work of Ted Hershey, who died of AIDS in 1998. As a principal dancer with the Hartford Ballet and co-founder of Works Contemporary Dance, his vision was to make the arts a vital part of the life of his city. Also: an evening of jazz at Charter Oak Cultural Center with the Gabriela Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet on Fri 3/19 at 8pm. Full schedule: tedhershey.com. 3/13 event: $10-$25. $10 w/ Let*s GO Arts! 860-249-1207, charteroakcenter.org
 A SWORDFIGHT OF WORDS [UA]
Sat Mar 13, 7:30pm, The Mark Twain House & Museum, 351 Farmington Ave, Hartford. “A pen warmed up in Hell” is the phrase Mark Twain used to describe his more acerbic writing on social and political matters. Join The Rolling Stone’s acerbic political columnist Matt Taibbi and “Idiot America” author Charles P. Pierce for an evening of discourse between these two topical writers. $25. $20 w/ Let*s GO Arts! 860-280-3130, MarkTwainHouse.org
 CINEMATASTIC
Sat-Tue Mar 13-23, times and locations throughout Greater Hartford. Mandell JCC’s 14th Annual Hartford Jewish Film Festival raises the curtain on a week of film that will appeal to Jews and non-Jews alike. This year a record 30 flicks from 8 countries will be shown over 10 days. Sat Mar 13: Opening Night includes reception at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: $50. Tue Mar 23: Closing Reception at MJCC: 70 musicians from The Hartt School perform a movie score: $25. Most films: $10. 860-231-6316, hjff.org
 IT’S A BIRD…IT’S A PLANE…IT’S AEXEOUS! [UA]
Sun Mar 14, 10am-5pm, New England Air Museum, Bradley Intl. Airport, 36 Perimeter Rd, Windsor Locks. Six times throughout the day, visitors will have a chance to meet an amazing interactive robot named “AEXEOUS.” At 12’ tall, he towers over the crowd as he moves and talks with visitors and is the brainchild of the Silvacross Company of Rhode Island. $6-$9. Children 3 and under free. One free child admission per adult admission w/ Let*s GO Arts! 860-623-3305, neam.org
 THEY MIGHT BE [ROMANTIC] GIANTS [UA]
Sun Mar 14, 3-4pm, New Britain Museum of American Art, 56 Lexington St, New Britain. This Second Sunday features the Connecticut Trio, “Giants of the Romantic” includes 200th Birthday tributes to Mendelssohn (Piano Trio in D Minor) and Schumann (Piano Quartet in E-flat Major). $7-$9. 2-for-1 w/Let*s GO Arts! Children under 12 admitted free. 860-229-0257, nbmaa.org
 THE CROAK OF THE ANCIENTS
Sun Mar 14, 4pm, The Studio @ Billings Forge, 563 Broad Street, Hartford. Hear The Speckled Bull, a traditional Irish folklore with ancient roots, told by storyteller, Tom Lee, who has been featured on NPR, BBC-TV, and Yale Center for British Art. Appropriate for ages 15+. Donations accepted. 860-548-9877, billingsforgeworks.org
LET*S GO SAVE & SUPPORT THE ARTS [UA]
The Let*s GO Arts! card saves you money on all the things you already love to do, like 2-for-1 tickets to concerts and award-winning plays, 2-for-1 museum admission, 10%-20% off at area restaurants, and discounts at area retailers. Your tax deductible donation of $50 or more for the membership helps support more than 150 arts & heritage organizations that keep our community’s culture thriving. 525-8629, LetsGoArts.org. When you see [UA] in the heading, it means the organization is supported by the contributions made to the Arts Council’s Annual United Arts Campaign.
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Sneak Peek
Sometimes a 7-Day Forecast simply isn't enough. Here's a look ahead to highlights from next week's calendar. Stay tuned for more detailed information in next Tuesday's 7-Day.
Sneak Peak: Wed Mar 17 – Tue Mar 23
Wed Mar 17: The Harriett Beecher Stowe Center’s episode on the SyFy channel’s Ghost Hunters series has been scheduled for Wednesday, March 17 at 9 p.m.
Wed Mar 17: Free Saint Patrick’s Day Lunchtime Concert @ Connecticut’s Old State House
Wed Mar 17: Winter Brown Bag Lunch: “A Boston Tankard” @ Stanley-Whitman House
Wed Mar 17: Preschool Adventures @ Hill-Stead Museum
Wed Mar 17: Lecture: Gardening Down and Dirty @ Elizabeth Park
Wed Mar 17: Lecture: "Mary Cassatt: A Woman of Our Time" @ New Britain Museum of American Art
Wed Mar 17-Sat Mar 20: Cinema: A Single Man @ Cinestudio
Thu Mar 18: "Home Is Where ♥ford Is" Gallery Exhibit @ La Paloma Sabanera Coffee House
Thu Mar 18: Salman Ahmad @ Saint Joseph College
Thu Mar 18: Lecture: Renaissance Mythologies as Escape from Reality@ The Wadsworth
Thu Mar 18-Sun Mar 21: Hartford Symphony Masterworks: Beethoven Violin Concerto & Dvořák New World Symphony @ The Bushnell Center for Performing Arts
Thu Mar 18: Book Talk: Maid as Muse: How Servants Changed Emily Dickinson’s Life and Language @ Connecticut Historical Society
Thu Mar 18: Creative Cocktail Hour @ Real Art Ways
Thu Mar 18: EQuilibrium Dance Theatre @ Playhouse on Park
Fri Mar 19-Sat Mar 20: Cinema: Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 @ Cinestudio
Fri Mar 19: Ruthie Davis Shoes: Exhibit Opening @ New Britain Museum of American Art
Fri Mar 19: Up Til Dawn Performs @ New England Carousel Museum
Fri Mar 19: Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Jazz Sextet @ Charter Oak Cultural Center
Fri Mar 19 and Sat Mar 20: Masters of the Fiddle: Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy @ Jorgensen
Fri Mar 19: Jazz Series: Carol August Band @ Trinity-on-Main
Sat Mar 20: Black Holes @ The Children's Museum
Sat Mar 20: Welcome to Bohemia @ Studio @ Billings Forge
Sat Mar 20: Rolling With Robotics @ Connecticut Science Center
Sat Mar 20: Story and Fun Hour @ NCTC Performing Arts Theatre
Sat Mar 20: Spring Flower Sale @ Elizabeth Park Greenhouse
Sat Mar 20: Michael Cooper: Masked Marvels & Wondertales @ Saint Joseph College
Sun Mar 21: Free Screening: After the Storm @ Amistad Center for Art and Culture
Sun Mar 21: Music Series: Morris Robinson, Bass @ South Church
Sun Mar 21: Baby Grand Series @ Hartford Public Library
Sun Mar 21: New Britain Symphony Orchestra @ New Britain Museum of American Art
Sun Mar 21: "LTM Takes the Cake – 50th Anniversary!" @ Little Theatre of Manchester-Cheney Hall
Tue Mar 23: FRESH the movie @ Studio @ Billings Forge
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Visual artists: hone your business smarts during one of three workshops hosted by the Greater Hartford Arts Council, the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism, and several local arts agencies.
Sharpen your business management skills specific to the visual arts industry. Register now for the second workshop on Sat April 10.
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LET*S GO ARTS! DISCOUNT PACKAGE OF THE WEEK:
Although warm, it’s likely to be a bit rainy this weekend. We say, skip raking your lawn and instead treat yourself to a lunch at Grant’s in West Hartford. Start with an artisanal, domestic salumi platter, munch like a spring bunny on a crispy apple salad drizzled with local honey, and peak with the pistachio encrusted Idaho trout. Spring on a fork! Enjoy 10% off your lunch tab with your LGA card. 977 Farmington Ave, West Hartford, 860-236-1930, billygrant.com.
You save $2-$3 when you pull out your Let*s GO Arts! card.
The earliest known sound recording device was the phonautograph, patented in 1857 by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville. This Friday at 7:30pm, hear how far electronic music production has come in a performance in the Univ. of Hartford’s Lincoln Theater, 200 Bloomfield Ave, West Hartford. Enjoy Steven Bryant in concert accompanied by wind ensemble Ecstatic Waters with a suite of electronics, including acoustic sounds that are processed in real time through a computer and electronic sounds generated by the computer. $20. 2-for-1 w/ Let*s GO Arts! 860-768-4862, hartford.edu/hartt. Learn more about Bryant here: stevenbryant.com.
As a Let*s GO Arts! member, you save $20!
Total savings for members: $23+
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY SPECIAL EVENTS
• Tavern Night: A Taste of Ireland [UA], Fri Mar 12, 6 & 8pm and Sat Mar 13, 5:30 & 7:30pm, Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society, 227 S. Main St, West Hartford. Rollicking tunes, a hearty meal, ciders, ale, wine and temperance beverages and a variety of colonial tavern games. $30 includes dinner, 2 drinks. 860-521-5362 ext. 10, noahwebsterhouse.org
• St. Patrick’s Day Concert [UA] Sat Mar 13, 7-8:30pm, Stanley-Whitman House, 37 High St, Farmington. A celebration of Celtic heritage through joyous music with musicians Michael McDermott, Susan Mazer, and John DiNicola. Includes one drink; RSVP required. $12. 860-677-9222, stanleywhitman.org
• Celebrate St. Patty's with POGEY, Sat Mar 13, 8pm, East Hartford Cultural Center, 50 Chapman Pl, East Hartford. Hailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia, POGEY combine original Celtic/Rock tunes with stellar instrumentals to produce their trademark "Nova Scotia Sound.” Advance $12-$23. At door $15-$25. $5 off w/ Let*s GO Arts! 860-291-7166, ehccc.com
• 39th Annual Greater Hartford St. Patrick's Day Parade [UA], Sat Mar 13, 11am start. The parade begins at Capitol Ave. by the State Capitol, takes a left on Main St., a left on Asylum, a left on Ford St., and then ends by the Memorial Arch. Rain or shine. Watch a live broadcast at 11am on FOX61. irishamericanparade.com
• O'Hartford 5K & Wee Mile in Downtown Hartford, Sun Mar 14, Wee Mile at 12:30pm, 5K at 1pm. Start is on Trumbull St., in front of the XL Center. Along the route, bagpipers and fiddlers will entertain. At the finish line on Pearl, Max's chefs will reward you with corned beef and Thomas Hooker's Irish Red Ale. USAT&F certified. 860-652-8866, hartfordmarathon.com
• Poetry on the Line: A Guinness Of Verse [UA], Sun Mar 14, 2pm, Windsor Art Center, 40 Mechanic St, Windsor. Poets Ginny Connors & Jim Kelleher read “A Guinness Of Verse,” plus Celtic music by the Village Fair Duo. Free; refreshments follow. 860-688-2528, windsorartcenter.org
• P.V. O’Donnell St. Patrick’s Day Celebration, Sun Mar 14, 3pm, Saint Joseph College, 1678 Asylum Ave, Hartford. This fifth annual concert presented by the “fiddler from Donegal” and his Irish musicians, singers, and dancers. Advance: $12-$25. At door: $17-$30. 860-231-5555, sjc.edu/arts
• St. Patrick’s Day Concert of Fiddle and Harp Music [UA], Tue Mar 16, 7-8pm, Windsor Historical Society, 96 Palisado Ave, Windsor. A special concert of traditional and contemporary Irish music with fiddler Kate O’Brien and harpist Wendy Kerner Lucas. $4-$6. Anyone wearing green gets a $1 discount. 860-688-3813, windsorhistoricalsociety.org
• Free Lunchtime Concert, Wed Mar 17, 11-1:30pm, CT Old State House, 800 Main St, Hartford. Vocalist Katie Harden performs Irish tunes. Then the Jolly Beggers from the Hartt School of Music perform folk music. Free. 860-522-6766, ctoldstatehouse.org.
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Evenings @ 7, Tue Mar 16, 7pm, Cheney Hall, 177 Hartford Rd, Manchester. Jacques Lamarre's original play "Gray Matters" will be performed as a play reading at Little Theatre of Manchester.
Actress Sarah Gray is at the top of her game until a surprising event turns her world upside down. Sarah finds herself at a crossroads when she finds that she can no longer do what she loves most. With complications provided by her tough theatrical agent and two self-centered actors, will Sarah be able to re-boot her life and career and get back to what matters?
Contains some strong language. Free & open to the public.
860-647-9824, cheneyhall.org
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There are lots of events we can’t fit in the "7-Day A&E Forecast" each week.
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It’s the region’s most comprehensive cultural calendar, with no advertising or log-on procedures — just thousands of performances, exhibitions, sporting events, workshops, galas, and other events. You can search by date, venue, event type, town, and keyword. You'll find all the event details you need,plus helpful links and money-saving ideas.
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