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Arts and Culture
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Día de Muertos springs to life at the Wadsworth
A multi-part Day of the Dead installation from artist Helena Martinez is on display in the Wadsworth Athenaeum through Nov. 8.
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‘Not an easy decision’ — CT Arts Alliance closes, moves mission to CT Humanities
The Connecticut Arts Alliance has closed its doors after 21 years due to financial strain, but will move its work to CT Humanities.
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Westport Museum for History and Culture sends out funding SOS
The Westport Museum needs to raise $750,000 by the end of the year to stay in the 1795 home where it’s operated since 1985.
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Open Studios fosters cultural community in New Haven
The artist-led, grassroots effort is a celebration of artists and art making in New Haven and West Haven throughout the month of October.
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During Banned Books Week, librarians weigh threat of ‘soft censorship’
Connecticut libraries are seeing an uptick in “soft censorship” of books that receive complaints or informal challenges from patrons.
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How this CT ceramic artist applies AI to an ancient art form
Adam Chau uses AI to apply imagery to porcelain, creating traditional-looking work that couldn’t have existed in ancient times—but does now.
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In Bristol, these ‘Old Cranks’ keep CT’s clockmaking history ticking
The American Clock and Watch Museum in Bristol harkens back to a time when Connecticut was known as the “Clock Capital of the World.”
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UConn’s puppetry program is famous. John Bell played a big part in that
For nearly two decades, the professor and museum director has introduced students and visitors to the idea that anything can be a puppet.
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How a CT filmmaker’s first feature won at Sundance
Filmmaker Rashad Frett won an award for Best Directing at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the film “Ricky,” which is based in Hartford.
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Muskets and pickling: Fifth Regiment brings CT’s Revolutionary War era to life
Last week, members of the 54-year-old regiment gathered in Greenwich where they made camp and prepared for battle in front of the yacht club.
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CT exhibition presents unexpected stories of the Revolutionary War
“Connecticut’s Revolution” is the largest exhibition the Museum of Connecticut History has installed in decades.
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A CT artist takes on COVID (and the world) one drawing at a time
During COVID, Connecticut artist Pamela Sztybel began drawing small satirical takes on Donald Trump and the news. And then she kept at it.
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CT exhibition showcases artwork of people in prison
This year, 161 artists, all of whom are incarcerated, submitted more than 600 pieces for the annual exhibition of the Prison Arts Program.
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A common thread: Ukrainians in CT keep ties with culture, home through embroidery
The current war, and the hardships that came with it, elevated the art’s significance. For members of the diaspora, each piece is personal.