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Connecticut Ballet

Connecticut Ballet 99 Pratt Street, Suite 209 Hartford, CT 06103 Connecticut’s professional ballet company counts Hartford as its home. You can see them dance the classics at The Bushnell and perform one-act works at their free annual Riverfront appearance. They also do amazing outreach classes, educational residencies and assembly programs.

Hartford History Center

Hartford History Center Hartford Public Library 500 Main Street Hartford, CT 06103 There is a huge amount of extremely cool stuff on Hartford’s History in here – more than 50,000 books, trade publications, postcards, photographs and memorabilia. They’ve got revolving exhibits and guest speakers that rotate monthly. Keep checking their site for new events…

The Gallery at Constitution Plaza

The Gallery at Constitution Plaza 1 Constitution Plaza, 2nd Floor Hartford, CT 06103 The Commission’s Gallery is dedicated to promoting cultural enrichment and visual understanding of Art, Film, Historic Preservation and Tourism. The Gallery features changing exhibitions that support the mission of CCT and directly relate to programs within the agency.

Amistad Center

Amistad Center for Art & Culture 600 Main Street Hartford, CT 06103 Located within the Wadsworth Atheneum building, the Amistad Center has a huge collection of art, artifacts and popular culture objects that documment the experience, expressions and hustory of people of African American Heritage.

Real Art Ways

Real Art Ways 56 Arbor Street Hartford, CT 06106 This place is great. They consistently have extremely interesting, cutting edge contemporary art in addition to an awesome staff, a cafe to grab a coffee or a cocktail, and a place to sit around and do nothing but chill for a while…

Connecticut State Capitol Tours

Connecticut State Capitol Tours State Capitol, 210 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106 Monday – Friday, take a guided or a self guided tour of the Capitol Building. It’s an unbelievably impressive structure. The dome is 200 feet high The top of the Superman ride at Six Flags New England is 220…

Spice Venue

← Restaurants Spice Venue Mange on some chicken tikka misala, vindaloo, and the samosas.. oh my, the samosas. Thoughtful packaging because they know you need to get right to the point, and generous portions make Spice Venue a must-have in your take out game. VISIT THEM 81 Asylum StreetHartford, CT 06103 (860) 244-0000 Facebook-f Instagram […]

Joseloff Gallery

Joseloff Gallery at the University of Hartford University of Hartford 200 Bloomfield Avenue West Hartford, CT 06117 The Joseloff Gallery is gorgeous. Sometimes the shows feature heavy hitters in the art world, sometimes it’s spectacular student exhibitions. It’s easy to get to (Hartford Art School, Lot K, walk down the hill towards the brick building, […]