This JUST in from Cutler’s and University Properties New Haven, CT, Wednesday, May 16, 2012 – Cutler’s Record Shop and University Properties announced today that after 64 years in business, Cutler’s Record Shop will retire at the end of June. Cutler’s, located at 27...
Sure, things like dentist appointments, graduations and anniversary dinners are important. But with so many great bands venturing to Connecticut in the coming months, it is vital to have your priorities in order and for that schedule to be completely clear. Toads Place will be...
It is a testament to the vitality of live theater that a small nonprofit acting company without a permanent home can commission a new play and make magic of it in a back room of a nondescript building in downtown New Haven. It is...
For the record, Cake does not take their name from one of our favorite dishes on the dessert menu, but rather from “like when something insidiously becomes a part of your life…[we] mean it more as something that cakes onto your shoe and is just...
In 2006, Connecticut enacted a 30% tax credit for essentially all forms of media production, including television shows, video games and films. Ever since, the state has been a growing hub for movie making talent. In 2010, MovieMaker magazine ranked Stamford the sixth best place...
Eddie Allen Quartet To Headline Jazz Night Out 2012 “Allen is a talented trumpeter who offers a blend of chops, intuition and the beauty of brashness.” The Village Voice The Arts Center Killingworth presents the annual Jazz NightOut with headliner and New York master trumpeter...
Welcome back film fans. It’s one of my favorite times of the year; playoff football and the Oscars. This is my third year of writing my cine-blog for the on line publication www.ctoutandabout.com and this year I am going to add something new. Along with...
IT’S A “SWING’ THING Getting there. Sometimes that is the most difficult part. Getting there means having the confidence to get up on that dance floor and ‘shake what ya got’. For some, new to dancing, building that confidence can often be a very daunting...
Come beat those freezing temps at your favorite, local music venue by purchasing hoodies at the merch table. Then stay for the show, because there are some solid bands that are on their way to the Nutmeg State. The Menzingers will be at the Webster...
What if Macbeth did not go mad from ambition, but, rather, from post traumatic stress disorder? That is the premise of Macbeth 1969, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy premiering at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven. Directed and adapted by Associate Artistic Director Eric...
I am currently loading any and all events on to the Connecticut Events Calendar, and my...
In the restaurant industry, change of ownership is inevitable. This happens for a variety of reasons,...
Publishers Note: I originally posted this in April of 2011, and this is the second most...