Ongoing
New England Actors' Theater seeks volunteers to help in all
areas of production for 98/99 season. No experience necessary,
just a love of theater and enthusiasm. Call (203) 458-7671.
Through September 6
Musical Play at TheaterWorks, 233 Pearl St., Hartford in
extended run. See "Paul Robeson," with a special return
engagement of "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill."
Tuesday - Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2:30pm. Fri. &
Sat. tix $25, others $20. Free student tix for select performances.
527-7838.
Through September 6
Pipilotti Rist/MATRIX 136 U.S. premiere of "Ever Is Over
All," a video installation by Swiss artist Rist. Known
for fluid imagery, steeped in luscious color with original music
soundtracks. Rist explores conventions of music to play with
themes of female power/authority. Wadsworth Atheneum, 600 Main
St., Hartford, 278-2670. Free on Thursday & before noon Sat.
Through September 18
The Charter Oak Cultural Center presents About Face: An
Exhibition of Masks from Near and Far, 21 Charter Oak Avenue,
249-1207.
Through September 19
Caribbean American Sculptor Elton Brathwaite exhibition hosted
by The West Indian Foundation, Inc., CRT Craftery Gallery, 1445
Main Street, Hartford, 520-1038/1039.
Through October
Designing Women: American Style 1940-1960. Exhibition tells
the story from the inside out-from point of view of influential
buyer Virginia "Jimmie" Wagoner Booth-and explores
factors that influence the way we dress today. Wadsworth Atheneum,
600 Main St., Hartford. 278-2670. Admission free all day on Thursdays
and before noon on Sat.
Wednesday, September 2
Sunken Garden Poetry Festival: Music Set to the Poetry of Lucille
Clifton. Hill-Stead Museum. Includes musical sounds of CONCORA
and compositions by Gwyneth Walker. 35 Mountain Rd., Farmington.
6:30pm. Free. Parking $3 per car. Light supper fare available.
If rain, call 677-9064 after noon for rain location.
Thursday, September 3
Gospel Festival highlights First Thursday in Downtown Hartford.
6-9pm at Christ Church Cathedral(corner of Church & Main)
"Lift Every Voice and Sing," features performances
by Holy Temple Mass Choir, Mount Zion Baptist Church, The Gospel
Sax and more. Free. Discounted parking at certain ProPark lots.
Thursday, September 3
Exciting other First Thursday events include:
Swing Night with a live swing band and free dance lessons
at Bar with No Name, 8pm.
Flutist and Guitarist - Two Duet Better at the Gathering
Place from noon to 1:30pm. Free.
Jazz, Blues and Rock by Saxcetric at the Hartford Public
Library from 6-8pm. Come dance before dark.
The Hartford Conservatory Jazz Ensemble at Pumpkin's from
6-8pm. Free.
Thursday, September 3
The Ray Williams Quartet, Jazz. Pump House Gallery concert
series, noon-1pm in southeast corner of Bushnell Park. If rain,
call 543-8874.
Thursday, September 3
Inishowen performs traditional Irish music in Gengras Court
at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Free. 600 Main St., Hartford. 5-8pm.
Also take gallery tour: "Cultures Around the Globe,"
at 5:30pm. From 6-7 visit the Hartford Courant Room for a creative
exercise in poetry. Led by Bessy Reyna. Explores how poems are
inspired by everyday life.
Tuesday, September 8
Gallery Talk: Wall Drawings by Sol LeWitt at the Wadsworth Atheneum,
600 Main Street, Hartford. Free with general admission. Noon
in the Helen and Harry Gray Court.
Thursday, September 10
Pump House Gallery concert series, noon-1pm in southeast
corner of Bushnell Park. If rain, call 543-8874 before 11am on
day of concert. The Bill Walach Electric Quartet, Jazz.
Thursday, September 10
The Hartford Section of the American Society for Quality
will hold a dinner meeting from 5:30 - 8:30pm at the Adams Mill
Restaurant in Manchester. $21. John Nolan will speak. 658-9331
to register or contact Jeanne Dube at dube.j@juno.com.
Friday, September 11
Opening Gala Celebration features concert at First Church,
250 Main Street, Wethersfield. 7pm. Program includes, "Confitemini
Domino," for Brass and organ by Carlyle Sharpe. Choir presents
"He Comes to Us." Free-will offering accepted. 563-7759.
Friday, September 11, Saturday, September 12
"Bible Institute: Understanding the Bible," from
6-9pm. $25 for two sessions. Register by sending your name, address,
phone # and check payable to Hartford Seminary to: Hartford Seminary,
77 Sherman St., Hartford, CT 06105-2260 or call 509-9511.
Thursday, September 17
Open House for New England Actors' Theater Education, 7-9pm
at West Hartford Art League Club House Gallery, 37 Buena Vista
Rd., West Hartford. Meet NEAT, register for classes, chat with
instructors, learn about performing arts workshops. Info at 458-7671.
October 1 - November 7
Shona, a premier exhibition of contemporary art and sculpture
from Zimbawbe. Largest and most comprehensive exhibit ever presented
in America. OLD STATE HOUSE, 800 Main St. Free. Hours are M-F
10-4, S 11-4. Handicapped accessible.
Sunday, November 1
First Sunday Gallery Talk: Theodate and the Supernatural
at the Hill-Stead Museum, 35 Mountain Road, Farmington. 1pm &
3pm. Tour main house at your own pace and stay for a talk about
Theodate Pope Riddle's interest in and frustration with spiritualism.
See examples of automatic writing. Learn about her participation
in seances, sittings with mediums & research into thought
transference. Free with museum admission, $6 adults, $5 students,
seniors, $3 children 6-12.
Through November 15
Key developments in contemporary Italian art will be explored
in Recent Art From Italy: Selections From the LeWitt Collection
at the Wadsworth Atheneum.
Saturday, August 29
Schools Days Story Hour, school life exploration, 2:30 pm,
ages 3 & up, Hartford Public Library, 500 Main Street, Hartford.
Sunday, August 30
Marvin Hamlish, performs with The New Haven Symphony Orchestra
at the Bartels Community Concert at 4:30pm at Quinnipiac College
in Hamden. For concert info and/or directions call (203)-281-8652.
Opens Friday, September 11
"New Worlds From Old": 19th Century Australian
& American Landscapes at Wadsworth Atheneum, 600 Main St.,
Hartford. 100 paintings-fifty from each of the two nations. Works
by Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, Albert Bierstadt, William Merritt
Chase, and Winslow Homer.
Opens September 20
Mierle Laderman Ukeles/MATRIX 137 comtemporary art exhibition
at Wadsworth Atheneum, 600 Main St., Hartford. "New genre
public art," is an innovative movement fusing community
organizing and political activism with aesthetic concerns. In
1969, she wrote "Manifesto for Maintenance Art, which calls
for an art integrated with the rituals of everyday life.
Friday, October 2
Greater Hartford NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner, Sheraton Hotel,
Downtown Hartford from 6:30pm - 10pm. Theme for the year is,
"Honoring our Past, Preparing for our Future." Rev.
Norvel Goff will speak. $40 per person. Info on event and ads
at 728-1318, Russell Williams.
Friday, October 2
Folk Singer Jonathan Edwards and Northern Lights at Cheney
Hall in Manchester, $16 tix for !st four rows, $12 general admission,
$10 students, seniors. 8pm. 647-9824.
Friday, October 9
Jazz Great Chick Corea and Origins at Cheney Hall in Manchester,
647-9824.
Saturday, October 10
Adult Workshop: One at a Time by Chet Kempczynski, painter,
monotypes. 11am - 12:30 pm, presentation, 12:30-1:30 bag lunch
and networking session. Hartford Courant Room. Wadsworth Atheneum,600
Main St., Hartford. $20. Registration required. Call 278-2670,
ext. 3049.
Wednesday, October 14
Expertise Clinic at Wadsworth Atheneum, 600 Main St. Hartford.
1-3pm, Free aesthetic appraisals by museum curators, no monetary
value given, on up to three objects, no more than two framed
items out of the three. Info at 278-2670, ext. 3093. Hartford
Courant Room.
Friday,October 23
Robert Hughes, art critic for "Time" magazine and
author lectures at The Bushnell, Hartford at 5pm. In conjunction
with Wadsworth Atheneum exhibition, "New Worlds From Old:
19th Century Australian & American Landscapes." $20
for Wadsworth members & symposium attendees. $25 for nonmembers,
$15 for students. Register early. 246-6807.
November 26 - 29
The Nutcracker at The Bushnell for eight performances. Season
Subscriptions, $40-$70, single tickets go on sale September 1,
1998, 987-5999.
December 16 - January, 17, 1999
The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Harold Prince will
have a return engagement at The Bushnell. Tickets $16.50 - $66.50,
987-5900.
December 17 through February 27, 1999
First Lady Hillary Clinton and Cherie Booth Blair, QC, the
wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair are making an historic
collaboration between the oldest public art museums in England
and the United States. They have agreed to be Honorary Patrons
for the first-ever exhibition devoted to the work of the 17th-century
Dutch master painter Pieter de Hooch.
And In January, 2000
The Bushnell announces that Livent (U.S.) Inc.'s RAGTIME,
the four-time 1998 Tony Award winning new musical based on E.L.
Doctorow's classic novel, will be coming to The Bushnell for
it's exclusive Connecticut engagement in January, 2000, as part
of the Aetna Broadway series.
