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‘Secret Mall Apartment’ Director Q&A’s at Bantam Cinema
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Read more: ‘Secret Mall Apartment’ Director Q&A’s at Bantam CinemaThe online entertainment and pop culture magazine Vulture praises “Secret Mall Apartment” as “one of the best movies of 2025 (so far)” and guests at the 4:20 and 7:10 screenings at Bantam Cinema & Arts Center this Saturday, May 3, will be treated to a Q&A with director Jeremy Workman. Tickets for the film and Q&A…
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2025 Plein Air Litchfield Artists Chosen
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Read more: 2025 Plein Air Litchfield Artists ChosenThe 30 artists who will participate in the second Plein Air Litchfield painting festival this fall have been chosen and include many of the finest landscape painters in the Northeast and beyond. See who they are and a selection of their works on this page. (Shown here: “Aged to Perfection” by Manon Sander.) The inaugural event last…
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Guido reni Painting at Litchfield County auctions
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Read more: Guido reni Painting at Litchfield County auctionsAn unsigned oil painting of two women playing musical instruments attributed to Italian Baroque painter Guido Reni (1575-1642) is featured in the April 30 auction at Litchfield County Auctions. Purchased at Parke-Bernet Galleries circa 1956, it has an estimate of $25,000 to $35,000. The sale also features property from the collection of the late Jeff…
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New Exhibits at Litchfield Historical Society
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Read more: New Exhibits at Litchfield Historical SocietyThe Litchfield Historical Society‘s museums, the Litchfield History Museum and Tapping Reeve House and Litchfield Law School, open for the new season this Saturday, April 19. Hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and admission is free. An opening event for the new exhibit, “Litchfield Through a Lens: The Photography of Neal…
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Oliver Wolcott Library Welcomes Art Submissions
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Read more: Oliver Wolcott Library Welcomes Art SubmissionsThe Oliver Wolcott Library is welcoming submissions through April 30 from artists who would like to exhibit their work in the library’s Jamie Gagarin Gallery, a showcase for displaying fine art in a range of styles and media. The gallery offers a unique opportunity for artists to share and sell their work to a broad…
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Renée Jaworski of Pilobolus to Be Honored as a Connecticut Arts Hero
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Read more: Renée Jaworski of Pilobolus to Be Honored as a Connecticut Arts HeroRenée Jaworski, a leader of the modern dance company Pilobolus and a resident of Litchfield, will be honored April 2 with a Connecticut Arts Hero Award. The Connecticut Arts Awards event celebrates the courageous creativity of extraordinary Connecticut residents who are engaged in and supporting the arts. The celebration honoring nine Connecticut Arts Heroes and four Emerging Creatives will be…
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Tagline contest for America’s 250th in Litchfield, CT
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Read more: Tagline contest for America’s 250th in Litchfield, CTThe committee coordinating for Litchfield’s 2026 celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, America’s 250th in Litchfield, CT, is looking for the perfect tagline to go with its logo … and it’s holding a Tagline Competition! The deadline for submissions is Feb. 15 at 11:59 pm and ideas can be submitted via…
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Plein Air Litchfield Returning as 6-Day Painting Festival
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Read more: Plein Air Litchfield Returning as 6-Day Painting FestivalThe first Plein Air Litchfield, a one-day event in October 2024 featuring 25 accomplished landscape painters, was so successful that it’s growing to become a six-day festival. This year’s dates are Sept. 30 through Oct. 5. The call for artists to apply for inclusion in the juried festival has just been posted and applications will…
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Litchfield Montessori Art Exhibit at Oliver Wolcott Library
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Read more: Litchfield Montessori Art Exhibit at Oliver Wolcott LibraryEach year, Litchfield Montessori School presents an exhibit of students’ artwork in the gallery at the Oliver Wolcott Library, with an opening the first week students are back from winter break. The art on exhibit revolves around a central theme students learned and practiced during the previous semester. This year’s exhibit of mixed media works, “Expressions…