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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..isms at the Florence Griswold Museum. Art 101 in one visit.
Art 101 is a college course that should be required for anyone who enjoys art. The class complete with full screen imagery, lectures and visits to galleries is a must for truly understanding all that fine art has to offer. Closest thing to a good art educating right now (outside of college) is the new exhibit “…isms: Unlocking Art’s Mysteries”...
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Holiday 2011. Mystic Country events that turn spirit ON.
Insure your holiday spirit with one of these events in Mystic Country. MANY are FREE so no excuses wherever you are. Follow the links for detailed info on hours, locations, times and tickets if needed. Have fun and be very jolly: Saturday, November 5- Saturday, December 13 Holiday Cabaret at Cornerstone Playhouse, Mystic. Lively song and dance show sizzles...
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It’s fiesta time for the Thread City frogs. Explore history, enjoy art, music and great local food Sunday, October 9.
This little fellow? He’s actually friend to one of the four 11′ bronze frogs that sit atop Willimantic’s Thread City Bridge (aka The Frog Bridge). The hat? Senor frog is ready for a party. This Sunday, October 9, 2011 11 am-4 pm, Windham, CT is celebrating its 2nd Annual Eastern CT Arts Fiesta. Open galleries, performances, historic...
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Puppets on Parade. Come build ‘em big BIG with the Ballard Museum of Puppetry.
The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry in Storrs is offering its expertise for a really fun community project that’s FREE. September 17 and 18, 2011 Dr. John Bell of the Ballard Institute and Sara Peattie, Director of Boston’s famed Puppeteer’s Cooperative will lead a community puppet building workshop at the Mansfield Community Center. You...
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A day of Luna’s Sea is really good for a kid.
Luna’s Sea is Cornerstone Theater, Mystic’s new live musical “puppet show” for kids. It’s really not lunacy but a fun new program that combines top-notch children’s theater with a visit to the Mystic Aquarium. Now, don’t think small upright stage with hand-held puppets because this is nothing like that. These puppets...
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Mystic Arts Center kicks-off 2011′s monthly “Art After Dark” series.
A great way to while away an evening, Mystic Arts Center kicks-off its 2011 season of “Art After Dark” beginning on Tuesday April 19. The program brings musicians and artists together in a fun summer festival atmosphere. It runs from 6 pm – 8:30 pm monthly (on the 3rd Tuesday) from April – October, excepting July. Guests can enjoy refreshments...
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Face Off. Portraiture today at Lyman Allyn Art Museum.
Face Off: Portraits by Contemporary Artists opens Sunday April 10, 2011 at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London. The exhibit features portraits by a broad range of artists and demonstrates the current vitality of the genre of portraiture. Once considered retrograde, portraiture has recently assumed a central role in the art world. Artists are increasingly...
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Garde Arts Holds New London’s Winter Film Festival with Screens of 10 Academy Award Contenders.
If you’d like to watch the February 27 OSCAR awards having seen more than one or two of the nominated films here’s your chance. The Garde Arts Center’s annual New London Winter Film Festival will feature ten 2011 Academy Award-nominated films on this movie palace’s 32-foot wide screen from February 16 to 26, 2011. Here’s the line...
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February vacation week. Here’s what to do with the kids in Mystic Country.
Not that the kids really need any vacation time; honestly I think they went to school 8 days in January. Whether we want it or not, however, February vacation is on the calendar and if you’re looking for something to prevent cabin fever here’s a list of ideas in Mystic Country: Sat/Sun 19, 20 and 26, 27: Bush Meadow Farm, Union Maple Syrup Month...
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