Connecticut’s Office of Tourism unveils new campaign and video.
Connecticut. Still Revolutionary. Yesterday the Connecticut ‘s Office of Tourism unveiled its first video and accompanying ad campaign. You may have seen some of it during the ball game or online. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out, take a peek. Recognize any Mystic Country places? For more on this campaign and all there is to do in Connecticut,...
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YANKEE Magazine’s Best of New England 2012 Mystic Country choices:
YANKEE Magazine’s May/June 2012 Travel Guide to New England includes their 2012 Best of New England Picks. Congratulations to the Connecticut section winners in Mystic Country: Food & Dining Best Bowl of Noodles; Morning Glory Cafe, Old Lyme Lodging Best Vineyard B&B; Fitch Claremont Vineyard B&B, Bozrah Best Country Comfort; Stonecroft Inn,...
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Stroll New London. Eat. Stroll more; Enter to win 2 free buttons to the Food Stroll May 16!
Foodies will crowd the streets of downtown New London for the eighth year in a row for the Spring Food Stroll on Wednesday, May 16. Hungry strollers can take in the waterfront, whet their appetites and enjoy the city’s culture all at once. Read on to find out how to win 2 stroll buttons for you and a friend. Join nearly 50 of the city’s best eateries and...
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Taste wine, stamp your passport and win prizes. Passport to Connecticut Farm Wineries.
The Passport to Connecticut Farm Wineries is a great way to visit our state’s wineries, admire bucolic scenery AND win cool prizes. This year’s program gets underway May 1. Participants in the 2012 Passport program must get their passport stamped at 16 of the 32 participating wineries in the state by November 11 to be eligible to win prizes that include...
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Curtain Up: The creative process behind favorite Broadway shows. At Lyman Allyn now.
Theater buffs will love the new exhibit at New London’s Lyman Allyn Art Museum, especially if you’re interested in the creative process behind the curtain. Curtain Up: Broadway Behind the Scenes: Costume, Set, and Lighting Designs from the Broadway shows The Producers, Young Frankenstein, Memphis, Hairspray, FELA, Avenue Q, and the Eugene O’Neill...
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Explore the Titanic one hundred years later. Now open at the Mystic Aquarium.
One hundred years later, people are still fascinated by the HMS Titanic and its doomed journey across the Atlantic. I confess I am one who is thrilled that the Mystic Aquarium has opened its newest exhibit. On April 15, 1912 the luxurious ship’s maiden voyage ended abruptly taking with it the lives and memories of a bygone era. Titanic–12,450 Feet...
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The Indian & Colonial Research Center re-opens. One-stop information shop on Native American and colonial times.
An excellent resource for Native American and colonial artifacts has re-opened. The Indian & Colonial Research Center in Old Mystic, a victim of the 2010 floods, has been completely restored and is now open Tuesdays and Thursdays for exploration. The research center exhibits the extensive collection of historian, teacher and anthropologist Eva Lutz Butler....
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Touring retro in Eastern Connecticut’s Mystic Country.
To some retro is a hot trend, to others, it’s the way things used to be. Whatever your take you can taste from a bygone era here in Mystic Country. We are certainly well known for our coastline, wineries, Mystic Seaport, Mystic Aquarium, and the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos. Less known are small, classic American businesses that have been going strong through...
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Easter eggs, dino eggs or pet-friendly eggs. Hunt for them all this weekend!
The Easter Bunny is visiting eastern Connecticut next weekend to celebrate his trademark holiday and hide eggs for hunts. Well, in the case of the Dinosaur Place at Nature’s Art, Monty the Dino helped out and hid Dino eggs instead. Whichever kind of eggs you’re looking for, Easter weekend is the time to head out and hunt. Friday , April 6 the Denison...
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Mystic Seaport’s “Treasures from the Collections” tells maritime stories like never before.
Ditty Box, 1877, panbone, wood, ivory, baleen, and horn, 6 1/2 x 8 5/8. Capt. Frederick Howland Smith (1840-1924) rose through the whaling ranks to command a number of vessels, inclusing the OHIO and JOHN P. WEST, in the 1870s and 1880s. His wife, Sarah G. "Sallie" Wordell Smith (1840-1896), accompanied him on several voyages and recorded some of his...
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