Ongoing
"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 Athe- neum, 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.
Sunday, September 20
Ginga Brasileira, an Afro-Brazilian performance troupe, part
of the Fun for Families progra,m at 3pm, Connecticut Historical
Society, One Elizabeth Street, Hartford. Free. Info at 236-5621.
Monday, September 21
Community Renewal Team annual art exhibit opens in various
locations in Hartford and East Hartford. Exhibit runs through
Oct. 9. CRT's Craftery Gallery, 1445 Main Street, Hartford is
open for viewing Tues.-Fri., noon to 4pm. & Sat. 1-4pm. Youth
works on exhibit at East Hartford Cultural Center, 50 Chapman
Place, E. Hartford. Opening exhibit for photography on Oct. 1
from 5-7pm at Conrad L. Mallett Sr. Art Gallery, Capital Community
Technical College, 61 Woodland St., Hartford. A lecture entitled,
"An Artist's Perspective on Modern Art," follows the
reception at 7pm until 9pm in the community room of CCTC. Info
at 527-3305.
Saturday, September 26
Musical Friends presents a 7pm baroque chamber music concert
at Grace Episcopal Church, 55 New Park Avenue, Hartford. Reception
follows performance. Free and open to public. Info at 521-5252.
Sunday, September 27
Dos Alas/Two Wings at 4pm at the Charter Oak Cultural Center,
21 Charter Oak Avenue, Hartford. $15 tix, $20 at door. Members
of Charter Oak, Artists Collective, Guakia pay $12.50. Info at
527-3205.
October 1 - November 7
Shona, a premier exhibition of contemporary art and sculpture
from Zimbabwe. 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.
Thursday, October 1
Vocalists Brian Patton and David Dalena presented in "To
Broadway and Back," a noon Repertoire concert series at
First Church of Christ in Hartford, (Center Church), corner Main
and Gold Streets. Physically challenged accessible. The 1/2 hour
concert begins at 12:10pm. Free and open to public. Info at 525-1854.
Thursday, October 1
Lunch...Plus! presents the Hot Cat Jazz Band performing from
12:05 to 12:35pm in the Cathedral Theater, 45 Church Street,
directly across from Hartford Stage. $5 includes concert and
lunch. info at 527-7231.
Friday, October 2
"Viva Quetzal," a multicultural group from Northampton,
MA performs at 7:30pm in the Hartford auditorium of the University
of Connecticut, 1800 Asylum Avenue, West Hartford. Free and recommended
for all audiences. Part of a traditional Latin Evening annual
event. Includes a 6:30pm art exhibit reception in the Art Gallery
in the undergrad building, 85 Lawler Road, West Hartford. Free.
Info at 527-3139.
Friday, October 2
James Naughton in concert for "An Evening of Song,"
in Woodland Concert Series at 8pm in the Immanuel Congregational
Church, 10 Woodland Street, (corner Farmington Avenue & Woodland
St.) $20, general admission, $30 perferred seating; students
$8. Tix may be purchased in advance. Info and tix at 527-8121.
Friday, October 2
Painting in Poetry/Poetry in Painting, brings together the
paintings of William Burney and the poetry of Wallace Stevens
in an art exhibit running through October 31 in the Reading Room
of the Hartford Public Library, 500 Main Street, Hartford. 6:30pm
Annual Wallace Stevens Birthday Bash with critic J.D. McClatchy
as featured speaker. Tix available at the door and include, hors
d'oeuves, wine and champagne, birthday cake and performance of
Broadway show tunes. The event commemorates the 119th anniversary
of the birth of Wallace Stevens, renowned Hartford poet. Library
hours are Monday-Thursday, 9am to 8pm, Friday & Saturday,
9am to 5pm and Sunday, 1pm - 5pm. Info at 543-8652.
Friday, October 16
"Jazz at the Wilde," at 7pm with Nicki Mathis in
which "Nicki Sings a Tribute to Sarah Vaughan." University
of Hartford, Wilde Auditorium. $10 for Students, Seniors, $15
gen. ad., Tix available at U of H box office, 768-4228 or Integrity
"N" Music at 563-4005.
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.
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.
Thursday, October 29 & Saturday, October 31
Romeo & Juliette at the Connecticut Opera-season opener
at The Bushnell, 166 Capitol Ave. Line-by-line English translations
projected onto screen above stage. 8pm. 2-3, and 4-event subscriptions
from $26-$229. Individual tix from $18.50-$75. Call Box office
at 527-0713. Following selections for the season are: Rigoletto,
Dec. 3 & 5., Madame Butterfly, March 5 & 6., The Barber
of Seville, Apr. 8 & 10.
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.
