HARTFORD — Black-Eyed Sally’s Southern Kitchen & Bar announces that it will be welcoming Texas music legend Augie Meyers & The Bandoleros on Sunday, Sept. 15 at 4 p.m. The downtown Hartford venue, located at 350 Asylum Ave. is charging $20 for tickets which can be reserved at www.Bla…

WEST HARTFORD — First Church, West Hartford announces its first two concerts in the Arts in the Center Series for 2019-20. Concerts take place at First Church, West Hartford, 12 South Main Street and are open to the public. Parking is free in the lot accessible from Farmington Ave.

HARTFORD — The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art is partnering with Breakfast Lunch & Dinner and Cafeteria Radio to present Alive! at the Atheneum, a two-part music series. Each event — August 18, and Sept. 15 from 3 to 7 p.m. — will be held in the Wadsworth’s outdoor courtyard where a te…

WEST HARTFORD — Select guests and friends of Playhouse on Park were invited for an exclusive night recently, in which Executive Director Tracy Flater and Co-Artistic Directors Sean Harris and Darlene Zoller announced their 2019-2020 Season.

HARTFORD — Papermania Plus, the Northeast’s largest vintage advertising and ephemera show, returns to the XL Center Saturday, August 24. The show has been running continuously in Hartford since 1975 and is one of the biggest shows for advertising, photography, paper and memorabilia collector…

HARTFORD — Hartford Symphony Orchestra Executive Director Steve Collins and HSO Music Director Carolyn Kuan announce the programming for the HSO’s 2019-2020 POPS! Series, to be presented in Mortensen Hall at The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, 166 Capitol Ave., in Hartford.

After my recent column about gelato published, a reader asked whether frozen treats can be made without an ice cream maker. Those recipes are somewhat complex for many people, time consuming and require a machine. The question becomes, “Do I want or need another bulky kitchen gadget taking u…

LEBANON — The 21st annual Connecticut Renaissance Faire returns to the Lebanon Country Fairgrounds at 122 Mack Road every Saturday and Sunday from August 31 to Oct. 14, plus Labor Day and Columbus Day.

WEST HARTFORD — The Noah Webster Library, 20 South Main Street, West Hartford, will have a new artist in residence within their art gallery for the months of August and September.

FOUND: Rose De Matteo of New Haven wrote, “Could you request the recipe for the cheese filling used in the danish at Marjolaine Pastry Shop on State Street in New Haven?”

WEST HARTFORD — This week’s recipes from bartaco and Barcelona Wine Bar are refreshing and cooling for a hot summer day. bartaco’s grapefruit cocktail is a light finish to the day, and Barcelona offers a fresh, cold octopus salad, a perfect complement for any cocktail. bartaco and Barcelona …

HARTFORD — Pink Talking Fish will rock Infinity Hall, 32 Front Street, Hartford at 8 p.m., August 2.

In 1969, tens of thousands of young people from across the country gathered on Max Yasgur’s farm in Bethel, N.Y., host to the legendary Woodstock music festival.

HARTFORD — A new exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art features 27 major artists who have used portraiture to challenge, subvert, and play with societal norms of gender and sexuality since the 1969 Stonewall Riots — an important turning point in the LGBTQ+ rights movement. Lever…

WEST HARTFORD — Folks of all ages are invited to “take to the streets” for a care-free and car-free summer morning in West Hartford Center on Sunday August 25, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The fourth annual free family-friendly event expects to surpass last year’s estimated crowd of 2,000 participants.

WEST HARTFORD — Witness the magic of theater as it comes to fruition in just 24 hours with Playhouse on Park’s “Play in a Day” final performance on Sunday, August 11 at 7 p.m.

At the farmers market I overheard a customer ask a vendor, “What can I do with this?” while holding up some leafy greens. Another benefit of shopping at these markets, besides the freshness of the produce and supporting local farmers, is the education and ideas on how to turn vegetables into…

What’s quick, easy and is sure to please the whole family? Fajitas! When you want a flavorful meal that won’t heat up the whole house, but provides a nutritionally packed meal, consider fajitas.

HARTFORD — TheaterWorks Producing Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero recently announced the cast and creative team for “Fully Committed.” Audience favorite Jamison Stern, (”Georgia Mcbride’s” Miss Tracy Mills) returns as Sam an out of work actor manning the reservation line in New York’s hottest…

HARTFORD — Enjoy an evening of modern Americana music at Cedar Hill Cemetery on Friday, July 26, 2019 at 6 p.m. The free concert will feature The Meadows Brothers.

HARTFORD — The Talcott Mountain Music Festival concludes on July 26 at 7:30 p.m. with The Music of Elton John at Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center in Simsbury. This performance will be led by HSO Assistant Conductor, Adam Boyles. Single tickets are on sale at www.hartfordsymphony.org. …

I had a double whammy the other night: a late board meeting at Old Lyme Country Club (which for some reason doesn’t mitigate at all my obligation to shop for, and make dinner), and a chunk of leftover ham I wanted to use because, well, I am loath to throw away any kind of animal protein beca…

Personally, I can’t go through cherry season without making a clafoutis another simple, but terribly impressive dessert. I use Julia Child’s recipe. But I think she said you only get to make it if you can pronounce it correctly — cla-foo-tee, accent on the tee.

WEST HARTFORD — Capital Classics Theatre Company will stage “The Merry Wives of Windsor” for the 28th Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival, outdoors on the grounds of the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, from July 11 to 28.

In 1931, when nine teenage African-American boys, ages 13 to 20, hop in a boxcar in Alabama, and travel North for freedom, adventure and employment, their lives are permanently and irrevocably changed. They are falsely accused of raping two white women, who lie to get out of being arrested t…

HARTFORD — The Talcott Mountain Music Festival continues on July 12 at 7:30 p.m. with “Come Fly With Me: Celebrating the Music of Frank Sinatra” at Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center in Simsbury. This performance will be led by HSO Assistant Conductor, Adam Boyles. Single tickets are on…

Summertime is for celebration and relaxation. I find something inherently relaxing about a porch or deck, where you can chill out with friends, family or on your own and watch the world go by while sipping a cool drink, nibbling on delicious snacks or enjoying a frozen treat such as ice crea…

What began as an evening of dinner, drinks, and Brazilian jazz at Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center, 10 Columbus Circle in New York City, led me three weeks later to Katchkie Farm in Kinderhook, N.Y., where Liz Neumark, CEO/founder of Great Performances (the operator for Dizzy’s), Jason…

Hershey Felder, a uniquely gifted actor, pianist, composer, producer, director and storyteller, has the musical ability few others can attain. He can become great composers of the past, creating the stories and music for the world to enjoy once again. In his original performances, he can con…

HARTFORD — Trinity College’s Summer Music Series will run weekly on Wednesdays throughout the summer, rain or shine, from July 3 to August 7. The series combines two of Hartford’s summer treasures: the Trinity College Summer Chamber Music Series and the Plumb Memorial Carillon Recital Series…

BERLIN — Connecticut Cabaret Theatre presents “Calendar Girls,” a comedy by Tim Firth, directed by Kris McMurray, playing from June 28 to August 3.

HARTFORD — Stephen Antonakos’s Untitled Neon Canvas (for Michael Krichman), 1986, has been acquired by the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art from Stephen Antonakos Studio. This 7-foot-high abstract work is part of Antonakos’s Neon Canvas series — a group of approximately 26 untitled canvases,…

HARTFORD — Hartford Symphony Orchestra Executive Director Steve Collins and HSO Music Director Carolyn Kuan announce the HSO 2019-2020 Masterworks Series, to be presented at The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, 166 Capitol Ave., Hartford. Concerts will take place on Fridays and Satur…

What is the name of the protein-rich paste made from toasted, ground, hulled sesame seeds and is a star ingredient in hummus, baba ghanoush and Middle Eastern cuisine, where it is known as “white gold”? It’s a common ingredient in Mediterranean cooking and has become a more mainstream ingred…

HARTFORD — If you have traveled on near the I-84 and I-91 merger in Hartford lately you may have noticed a that a large, whimsical, white canvas tent has sprung up in the area of Market Street. Looking a bit like it belongs in a Moroccan souk, the tent, with its multiple spires, is the home …

When I wrote my first column about a summer vacation in Florida a few years ago, I thought you might think I was a bit crazy. It was just the opposite, receiving positive comments about summer visits to the Sunshine state. A suggestion I received was to publish the feature earlier, so that p…

HARTFORD — TheaterWorks and the Wadsworth Museum of Art are joining forces to present drag superstar Varla Jean Merman in her one-woman comedy cabaret “Under a Big Top” on Sunday, June 23 at 7 p.m. The performance, co-written by Hartford-area playwright Jacques Lamarre and directed by Michae…

WEST HARTFORD — The state’s largest and longest-running contemporary dance festival, 5x5 CT Contemporary Dance Festival, is now accepting applications from professional and collegiate dance companies — juried and competitive. Accepted companies will perform in the showcase and receive video,…