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Featured Restaurant: Greenhouse Tavern

When Burlington's Greenhouse Café and Frozen Gnome ice cream shop reopen in April, guests may be surprised to see a third option on the well-manicured grounds — a full-service restaurant and bar. The casual seasonal eateries now have a year-round sibling, Greenhouse Tavern.

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  • St. Patrick's Day Pub Crawl On Main Street Middletown

    St. Patrick's Day Pub Crawl On Main Street Middletown

    The Middletown Police Benefit Association Bagpipe Band hosted a pub crawl on Main Street  performing at bars around the town including Eli Cannon’s and Tuscany Grill.

  • March Madness At Thomas Hooker

    March Madness At Thomas Hooker

    Camp Courant hosted a March Madness and St. Patrick's Day celebration at the Thomas Hooker Brewery in Bloomfield on March 17. Visitors enjoyed beers and Bear's Smokehouse barbecue. The fundraiser for Camp Courant also included door prizes and a tour of the brewery.

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  • 'Motown the Musical' Packs In 50 Years Of Classics

    'Motown the Musical' Packs In 50 Years Of Classics

    Much has been made of how "Motown the Musical" crams more than 50 R&B, soul and rock classics into a single two-and-a-half-hour show. But that's just the half of it. The show also encapsulates a half-century of musical history. The show's supporting characters are a cavalcade of pop celebrities,...

      • Laura Eason's Erotic Drama 'Sex With Strangers' At TheaterWorks

        Laura Eason's Erotic Drama 'Sex With Strangers' At TheaterWorks

        Laura Eason has written one of the most-produced plays in the country right now, "Sex With Strangers." She's a writer and producer on one of the most-talked-about TV series of the last few years, "House of Cards." She's achieved that success the hard way, by writing deep and meaningful characters...

        • 'Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart' Returns To Elm City

          'Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart' Returns To Elm City

          I have strong memories of the National Theatre of Scotland performing the U.S. premiere of "The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart" at New Haven's Wicked Wolf Tavern for the International Festival of Arts and Ideas in 2012. In this narrative-driven, intimate, yet rowdy and crowded performance piece,...

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            • A Polished 'Kiss' At Lyman Allyn

              A Polished 'Kiss' At Lyman Allyn

              About 13 years ago, New London resident Michael Peery painted an oil-on-canvas of a couple kissing in a bar, surrounded by other bar patrons. He used no references, no models, just his imagination to see how he'd like it. He didn't like it. "The perspective, the windows, what's under the bar, the...

                • Syrian Refugees' Suffering Reflected In Real Art Ways Exhibits

                  Syrian Refugees' Suffering Reflected In Real Art Ways Exhibits

                  Since 2011, the internal conflict in Syria has killed more than a quarter of a million people and forced more than 11 million from their homes, according to United Nations estimates. Millions fled the country, at first into Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey. Later, hundreds of thousands fled farther west....

                • Salvador Dalí's 'Alice's Adventures In Wonderland' At NBMAA

                  Salvador Dalí's 'Alice's Adventures In Wonderland' At NBMAA

                  When Alice fell down the rabbit hole in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," she landed in a world that in the 20th century might be referred to as Dalí-esque. Alice shrinks and grows and shrinks and grows. She almost drowns in her own tears. A baby turns out to be a pig. It is always 6 p.m., so...

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                    • Ethnographic Classic 'Kapauku' At Yale

                      Ethnographic Classic 'Kapauku' At Yale

                      On Sunday, March 27, Yale University will show a landmark of ethnographic cinema, footage of a New Guinea tribe making contact with Westerners for the first time. The screening is free and open to the public. It will be shown at 7 p.m. at Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St. in New Haven. "Kapauku"...

                        • Italian-Language 'Cloro' At Atheneum

                          Italian-Language 'Cloro' At Atheneum

                          An exhibit at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, "The End of Innocence: Childhood Torments in the Contemporary Art Collection," features artworks that tell stories about traumatic incidents in the lives of juveniles. A film screening at the Atheneum this weekend will tell a story about a teen girl...

                            • Tuskegee Airmen Documentary In Manchester, Danbury

                              Tuskegee Airmen Documentary In Manchester, Danbury

                              The legendary Tuskegee Airmen was activated 75 years ago this year. A documentary showing this week in Manchester and Danbury profiles the pioneering African-American World War II fighter pilots and features interviews with surviving members. "In Their Own Words: The Tuskegee Airmen — The 75 Anniversary"...

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                                • Easter Bunny Photo Opps, Egg Hunts, Breakfasts In CT

                                  Easter Bunny Photo Opps, Egg Hunts, Breakfasts In CT

                                  Here comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the trails to pretty much every corner of the state. Here's a list of where you and your family can get your picture snapped or have breakfast with the famous furry big guy, and perhaps nab a few candy-filled eggs and chocolates. >> Lyman Orchards, Middlefield:...

                                  • Premiere Of Multimedia Puppet Spectacle 'Echo' At Ballard

                                    Premiere Of Multimedia Puppet Spectacle 'Echo' At Ballard

                                    The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry in Storrs presents the world premiere of "Echo," a multimedia, audience-immersive spectacle featuring puppets, digital projection and original music, from March 24 through April 3. It is recommended for ages 12 and older. "Echo" performances, in the...

                                      • Discover the Dinosaurs Unleashed at the CT Convention Center

                                        Discover the Dinosaurs Unleashed at the CT Convention Center

                                        Go back in time — wayyy back in time — to when dinosaurs roamed the earth during "Discover the Dinosaurs Unleashed" Saturday and Sunday, March 12 and 13, at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. Experience up-close encounters with a lifelike stegosaurus, velociraptor and the king T-Rex...

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                                          • 'Spotlight,' With Boston Globe Journalist, At Cinestudio

                                            'Spotlight,' With Boston Globe Journalist, At Cinestudio

                                            Cinestudio, at 300 Summit St. on the campus of Trinity College in Hartford, will screen the 2015 Oscar-winning film "Spotlight" on Thursday, March 24, and then host a Q&A with a journalist who worked on stories for the Boston Globe. "Spotlight" tells the story of the Globe's Spotlight team of investigative...

                                          • 'The F Word' Doc About Female Artists In Stamford

                                            'The F Word' Doc About Female Artists In Stamford

                                            Stamford Innovation Center will present a screening of a documentary about contemporary female artists on March 26 at 7 p.m. "The F Word" chronicles the work of "radical fourth wave feminist performance artists" who use their bodies to discuss themes of female identity and gender exploration. These...

                                          • 'Downton Abbey' Jewelry Lecture, Trunk Show At Atheneum

                                            'Downton Abbey' Jewelry Lecture, Trunk Show At Atheneum

                                            Andrew Prince, designer of some of the jewelry worn on the popular British series "Downton Abbey," comes to Hartford Thursday, March 31, for a lecture and trunk show at the Aetna Theater at the Wadsworth Atheneum. As part of the lecture, titled "From Downton to Gatsby: Jewelry and Fashion from...

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                                          • CT Wildlife Fans Travel To Tanzania For A Taste Of Old Africa

                                            CT Wildlife Fans Travel To Tanzania For A Taste Of Old Africa

                                            TANZANIA — Milan "Miley" Bull of Fairfield has been taking people to Africa since the early 1980s, and each trip unwraps new wonders. This January day, in Ndutu, Tanzania, besides seeing a huge pride of lions, 17 strong, we see a male cheetah feasting on a zebra. Nearby, two more cheetahs, bellies...

                                          • Website Teaches Travelers How To Maximize Rewards Points

                                            Website Teaches Travelers How To Maximize Rewards Points

                                            I'm pretty good at saving money when I travel. I vacation off-season whenever I can, check for cheap flights on Priceline.com Travelocity.com and TheFlightDeal.com (and get price drop alerts on my favorite routes from AirfareWatchDog.com, BookingBuddy.com, and Yapta.com.) I never book a full-price...

                                          • A Few Good Reasons To Visit New England Beaches In Winter

                                            A Few Good Reasons To Visit New England Beaches In Winter

                                            I love Cape Cod. Hardly a summer goes by that I don't brave the traffic backed up at the bridges at least once to visit the beaches, eat fried clams and explore the shops lining Provincetown's Commercial Street. But one of my favorite visits was a weekend I spent at the Cape in January. Crowds...

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