Posts by Connecticut Arts Alliance
“The Fantasticks” to Feature Props from New York Theatre
“The Fantasticks”, directed by CAA member Lois Fiftal, will feature the actual stage props from the New York revival of this show. To read the full press release about this exciting production, click below! Fantasticks Press Release Submitted by Community Theatre at Woodbury
Read MoreFasten your seat belts. It’s going to be a bumpy ride.
By Sen. Cathy Osten Posted in The Day April 7, 2023 On the first weekend of spring, when temperatures reached into the mid-50s at my home in Sprague, I spent the day working outside, filling a roll-off container with yard waste. I’m on a bit of a spring-cleaning streak, having also recently gone through my closet…
Read MoreIts session three-fifths gone, CT legislature begins a crucial time
The 2023 session of the Connecticut General Assembly entered a quiet and crucial phase this week. All but the tax and budget committees have reached their deadlines for reporting bills to the floors of the House and Senate. Complicated and contentious bills on wage and workplace standards, energy regulation, gun control, affordable housing, climate change…
Read MoreSigns of a rebound at Hartford venues
A reluctance to attend live shows appears to be easing a bit this spring in Hartford as the pandemic winds down, but the push to coax people off their couches and away from the television still has months, possibly even a year or more, ahead of it. Even so, at Sea Tea Improv, downtown’s underground…
Read MoreRiseUP’s ART maniFESTation event in May expected to draw thousands to Hartford
Several thousand people are expected to attend the third annual ART maniFESTation – a combination of public art viewing, musical performances and interactive activities – on Bartholomew Avenue in Hartford on May 13. Organizer Matt Conway, executive director of sponsor RiseUP, said the 2023 event is expected to far surpass attendance of the first two…
Read MoreGovernor Lamont Announces $11.5 Million To Continue Connecticut’s Popular Summer Enrichment Program in 2023 and 2024
Launched in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic, Program Keeps Students Engaged in Learning During Summer Months (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont and Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker today announced that the Connecticut State Department of Education is releasing $11.5 million from its share of federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to continue its highly successful Summer…
Read MoreIn Hartford And Online, 100+ Testify For Arts Funding Booster Bill
When Waterbury’s Afro Caribbean Cultural Center launched in 2021, co-founder Rafael Feliciano-Roman didn’t know how it was going to survive. Then it received state funding—and he watched it soar. Now, he’s asking legislators “to take a leap of faith,” and fund Connecticut’s artists and cultural organizations at an unprecedented $58.5 million, so that they can continue to…
Read MoreIn new alliance, arts and tourism industries team up to lobby for major state funding increase
Still looking to fully recover from the pandemic’s negative impacts, Connecticut’s tourism and arts organizations have teamed up to make an aggressive push for more state funding. Their request — outlined in a two-page memo put together by the CT Arts Alliance, CT Humanities and CT Tourism Coalition — is for $58.5 million annually, more…
Read MoreIntroducing UConn Health’s New Art Curator
Andre Rochester says he wasn’t quite sure what to expect when someone he knew from the Greater Hartford Arts Council encouraged him to look into UConn Health’s open art curator position. “I’m glad that I did, because I see an opportunity to exercise this curation muscle that I’ve been building for these last 15 years…
Read MoreHartford Art Exhibit To Honor Black Culture
The 224 EcoSpace, a Hartford-based, minority-run small business focused on community, entrepreneurship, the arts and health and wellness, presents “Interpretations of Black Excellence.” The community is invited to the opening reception Thursday, Jan. 12, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Collaboration Centre at The 224 EcoSpace, 224 Farmington Ave., Hartford. The exhibit will be…
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