WEST HARTFORD — Playhouse on Park will present its summer musical “The Scottsboro Boys,” running June 26 to August 4. Our Main Stage seasons always end with shows that are a tour de force, and this is no exception.

HARTFORD — The 41st annual Prison Arts Program Show runs through 28, at Capital Community College, 950 Main St, Hartford.

Accusations can be devastating to both the accuser and the accused, no matter what the verdict of guilt or innocence on the claim. Just ask two college freshmen at Princeton who reach out for a relationship and discover that alcohol is an unwelcome third partner on their second date, a parti…

HARTFORD — The International Society for Krishna Consciousness of Connecticut announces the Chariot Festival of India is coming to Bushnell Park in Downtown Hartford on Saturday June 15, from noon to 6 p.m. There is no charge for admission and the public is cordially invited to attend. The e…

WEST HARTFORD — International Make Music Day is celebrated yearly on Friday, June 21. This year, West Hartford will host three performances outdoors on the Blue Back Square Plaza, behind the Noah Webster Library, 20 S. Main Street, starting at 4 p.m. All shows are free.

HARTFORD — The Hartford Symphony Orchestra announces its programming for the 2019 Talcott Mountain Music Festival, scheduled June 28 through July 26 at Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center in Simsbury.

FARMINGTON — Hill-Stead Museum’s Sunken Garden Poetry Festival 2019 features a roster of nationally-acclaimed poets, defining the five-event series as New England’s premiere poetry festival.

Jerome Zerbe has been called the first paparazzo, but don’t think of him in the modern sense, says Timothy Young, curator of modern books at Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library on Jerome Zerbe has been called the first paparazzo, but don’t think of him in the modern sense, say…

FARMINGTON — “The Movie Music of John Williams” will be featured at the annual Lawn Concert of the Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra, Sunday, June 9, 6 p.m. on the grounds of First Church, Farmington, 75 Main Street, Farmington.

WEST HARTFORD — The West Hartford Art League will be holding its first ARTFair / Sale on its grounds, Saturday, June 22 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Food will be available from Iron and Grain food truck from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

WEST HARTFORD — Join Flora on Wednesday, June 12, for an unforgettable evening of music with Connecticut’s former State Troubadour, Kate Callahan, with special appearances by Kate’s Vocal Empowerment students. The concert will take place at Flora, 45 Raymond Road, Floor 2, West Hartford.

HARTFORD — The Connecticut Historical Society will present its fourth annual outdoor concert series on the third Thursdays in June, July, and August 2019. The concerts will take place on the lawns of the CHS at 1 Elizabeth Street, Hartford. Grounds are open for seating and picnicking startin…

The other day, I was thinking, the gas grill needs to be brought out from winter’s hibernation and the propane tank filled so it is ready for dad’s arrival from Florida. For three months a year, he enjoys grilling, especially those juicy burgers he makes by hand.

HARTFORD — Connecticut-born sculptor Tom Burr’s expansive body of portraiture takes a different approach to the relationship between the built environment, material, subjectivity, and historical personalities. Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots and the museum’s prese…

WEST HARTFORD — Tickets are now on sale for Playhouse on Park’s Comedy Series continuing on June 1, at 8 p.m. Leighann Lord is scheduled to headline, with support from comedian Irwin Loring.

WEST HARTFORD — This spring the West Hartford Women’s Chorale marks its 15th Anniversary with a very special concert. A new arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi’s “Gloria” will be one of the highlights of the West Hartford Women’s Chorale Spring Concert on Friday, May 31 at Trinity Episcopal Churc…

WEST HARTFORD — The shows that comprise Playhouse on Park’s 11th Season were chosen to provide a platform for women. Individual tickets for the 2019/20 Season go on sale Saturday, June 1, and to help kick off the Playhouse season, it has invited the incredibly talented Latanya Farrell to hel…

WEST HARTFORD — Come to Park Road for open mic night and strut your stuff on our stage on Saturday, July 13 and Saturday August 3, immediately following the evening performances of “The Scottsboro Boys” (approximately 10:15 p.m.).

COLLINSVILLE — Artist Anna Zatorski is on exhibit at the Underground Gallery, 122 Main Street, lower level, in Collinsville. The show runs through June 2. Gallery hours are Friday, 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

FOUND: Phil Goldstein of Bethany wrote, “Is it possible to get the recipe for Lender’s salmon chowder you wrote about in 2008?” His wife grew up in New Haven and the Lender’s chowder was a favorite childhood memory. He also requested the “Babkaman’s” babka recipe.

HARTFORD — Seventy-five years ago, while America was in the midst of the Great Depression, The Hartford Symphony Orchestra was born, proving to be a bright spot in a bleak economic environment. The story of how the HSO grew from humble beginnings to become a vibrant regional treasure is the …

Broadway powerhouses Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh are known as sticklers for quality and brand, of course. And they have to be for massive shows like “Phantom of the Opera,” which arrives in 20 trucks at Oakdale Theater in Wallingford for eight shows Wednesday through Sunday, M…

BERLIN — Connecticut Cabaret Theatre, 31 Webster Square Road Berlin, presents “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,” directed by Kris McMurray, from May 10 to June 15.

HARTFORD — Giorgione’s startling allegory “La Vecchia” (known as “The Old Woman”) will be on view at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art from May 15 to August 4. Despite the mystery of his biography and the few paintings that can be attributed to him, Giorgione (1474/6-1510) is considered o…

West Hartford’s Playhouse on Park is asking you to take a leap of faith and enter a world that is likely foreign to you. Please take that leap for there are many rewards to be gained. This is a story of art wrapped in religion, where the conflict is great, a mixture that is not kosher in the…

WEST HARTFORD — The WeHa Artists Emporium’s Spring Art Hunt, Words & Wishes will lead you on a word search — but not the kind you find in the newspaper. The 18 local artists participating in this community event were asked to create art featuring the written language.

COLLINSVILLE — Music Tribute Productions presents a Jackson Browne Tribute performed by Running On Empty on Saturday, May 11 at 8 p.m. at Bridge Street Live.

WEST HARTFORD — Reservations are now available for Northwest Catholic’s 12th Annual Jazz Cabaret Night. This special event will be held Saturday, May 4 at 7pm at the school and will feature performances by Northwest Catholic’s Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Singers, and Big Band, as well as gourmet ref…

WEST HARTFORD — Congregation Beth Israel will host Josh Nelson, one of the most popular performers in modern Jewish music, for a live concert on concert on Saturday, May 11 at 7:30 p.m.

HARTFORD — Musicals have uncharacteristically been created to mark the strangest events, like the sinking of the Titanic, the men and women who have tried and often succeeded in assassinating presidents, spelling bees, flying cars, elves, groundhogs, missionaries for the Mormons, Superman an…

WEST HARTFORD — The Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra will feature Farmington High School’s Lillian Yim as cello soloist in its concert “Celebrating Orchestral Favorites,” Saturday, May 11, 7:30 p.m. at the University of St. Joseph’s Hoffman Auditorium, 1678 Asylum Ave., West Hartford. Th…

WEST HARTFORD — The West Hartford Symphony Orchestra invites audiences to spend an evening enjoying the 17th annual Pops concert at West Hartford Town Hall, 50 South Main Street, West Hartford on Saturday, May 18 beginning at 7 p.m.

WEST HARTFORD — Ballet Theatre Company, West Hartford’s Ballet Company, will present the classic fairytale, “Sleeping Beauty,” May 4 and 5 at the University of Saint Joseph Hoffman Auditorium, 1678 Asylum Ave., West Hartford. Since its founding in 1999, BTC has trained young aspiring dancers…

Earlier in the year I wrote about food trends. I said, my “crystal ball” showed cauliflower, the humble vegetable I have enjoyed since childhood, will take center stage, and will become a healthful substitute for rice and other gluten-based foods. Perhaps it will become the new kale. It seem…