By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR Artist Astrid Toha is playing with reality. And she hopes her work coaxes the viewer into questioning what is and what is not real. Astrid, along with artist Evan Mann, is the subject of a…
Plainville Choral Society will present Vivaldi’s Gloria, directed by Peter Peluso, on March 15 and 16 at 7:30 at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church. “The theme for PCS this year is ‘The Classics’,” according to Peter Peluso, “and this show will…
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR 106.9 WCCC is going Hollywood this Sunday with its Rock’n and Reel’n Short Film Fest. And a local filmmaker, Neal Thomassen, a Southington High School alum, is up there on the marquee. The event is…
If you’re looking for good, clean fun on stage for the entire family, Southington Community Theatre has just what you’re looking for, said director Heidi Bass Lamberto. On Feb. 21, the local theater group opens the 1956 musical, “L’il Abner,”…
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR 3 Doors Down has been hitting the road hard with fellow rockers Daughtry. And the tour hits the Mohegan Sun and Connecticut on Sunday. The band from Mississippi is currently touring behind its latest release,…
Jon Bon Jovi and crew have decided to let their fans stay off the roads tonight. The Mohegan Sun announced the show for tonight, Feb. 9, has been postponed. The release said: Mohegan Sun has just announced that tonight’s Bon Jovi…
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR It’s not a bad gig if you can get it. And Adam Young, better known as Owl City, has one of the sweetest gigs around this winter as he sets out on tour for two…
The owners of Paris In Plantsville have announced that it’s juried show will be postponed a week due to the storm: “Hello all! “With the blizzard getting ready to look down on us and cover us in mayhem and snowball…
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR Pull out your colorful masks, don a flamboyant costume, fill your plate with food, grab your favorite beverage, and get ready to revel in the Louisiana style on Feb. 9. That’s when the New England…
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR Henri Toulouse-Lautrec was a 19th century, French artist who captured in his work the social life of a bustling, peaceful, prosperous Paris. So what is an exhibit about this European artistic icon doing in Connecticut…