Irish Jam with P.V. O'Donnell at McKinnon's, Hartford CT

Irish Jam with P.V. O'Donnell at McKinnon's (Wednesday, Nov 25th 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM)
Address: 114 Asylum Street, Hartford, CT 06103
P.V. could be the newest Batman Super Villain:  The Fiddler.  Like the Riddler, but older and with a fiddle. He could run around McKinnon's every Wednesday night causing mayhem while bellowing "Fiddle me this..."

And then Robin would say "Holy strawberries Batman, we're in a jam!"  Actually h...
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Greater Hartford Arts Council, Hartford CT

Arts and Culture Stuff to Do (Thursday, Nov 26th)
Address: Arts in , Hartford, CT 06103
Here are all of the Arts and Heritage listings in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD... ok... that might be a slight exaggeration.  But there are a ton of them, brought you by the fine folks at the Greater Hartford Arts Council.  This is all of the ongoing stuff.  Plays at the theaters, exhibits at the muse...
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Billings Forge Farmers' Market, Hartford CT

Winter Farmers' Market at Billings Forge (Thursday, Nov 26th 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM)
Address: 563 Broad Street, Hartford, CT 06106
Well this is completely awesome.  The Farmers Market at Billings Forge is going to continue, indoors, straight through the winter.  They rule.

They've got a rockin good selection of seasonal foods from local vendors, breads and prepared meals from the Kitchen at Billings Forge (DELICIOUS), and ...
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Greater Hartford Arts Council, Hartford CT

Arts and Culture Stuff to Do (Friday, Nov 27th)
Address: Arts in , Hartford, CT 06103
Here are all of the Arts and Heritage listings in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD... ok... that might be a slight exaggeration.  But there are a ton of them, brought you by the fine folks at the Greater Hartford Arts Council.  This is all of the ongoing stuff.  Plays at the theaters, exhibits at the muse...
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Hartford Wolf Pack, Hartford, CT

Hartford Wolf Pack vs. the Portland Pirates at the XL Center (Friday, Nov 27th 7:00 PM)
Address: 1 Civic Center Plaza, Hartford, CT 06103
This is like one of those weird "who would win in a fight" things.  Like, who would win in a battle on ice; a pirate or a pack of wolves?  Duh.  A pack of wolves.  There's a whole pack of them.  Plus, pirates are widely known for being terrible skaters.  True story.

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Amahl and the Night Visitors, Hartford CT

Amahl and the Night Visitors at the Bushnell (Saturday, Nov 28th 8:00 PM)
Address: 166 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06103
Amahal and the Night Visitors is a great, inspirational story, but how the Christmas themed opera came about is also a great story.

Samuel Chotzinoff, music director at NBC, commissioned Gian Carlo Menotti to compose an opera for television broadcast at Christmas time in 1951.  The first opera w...
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