Entertainment
Area Schools Joined Main Street Singers for Spring Concert
By Editor at May 10, 2013 | 10:15 am |
The Main Street Singers, a community of children’s voices in grades two through eight, presented their Spring Concert on Saturday, May 4. The Singers were joined by young people from six area schools to perform a variety of folk, popular, and classical songs and spirituals, from an aria by G. F. Handel to “Fix You” by Coldplay. It was presented at The Main Street more...
NBYT Summer Performances, Programs and Classes
By Editor at May 3, 2013 | 9:30 am |
The New Britain Youth Theater will offer programs for children and teens ages 5 through 18 this summer. Registration has begun for all programs. For children ages 7 through 14, New Britain Youth Theater’s summer production will be Once on This Island Jr. Rehearsals will be held over a four-week half-day program on Mondays through Fridays from July 1 through 26 more...
New Britain’s ‘Good Old Boys’ to Host Charity Dance
By Editor at April 19, 2013 | 8:45 am |
The ‘Good Old Boys’ will host the 4th Annual Remember When Dance to benefit Prudence Crandall Center at Saint George Greek Hall, 301 West Main Street in New Britain, on Saturday, April 20th from 7 p.m. -midnight. Last year’s dance raised over $6,500 to directly benefit Prudence Crandall Center’s free and confidential services for victims of domestic more...
NBYT Teen Company To Perform “Comic Shorts”
By Editor at March 29, 2013 | 9:45 am |
The New Britain Youth Theater Teen Company will perform Comic Shorts, a collection of short comedies, on April 12 and 13 at Trinity-on-Main Performance Center in downtown New Britain. With wordplay, sight gags and side-splitting laughs, there’s a bit for every sense of humor in Comic Shorts. The six sketches being performed were selected by NBYT Artistic Director more...
Adult Comedy/Hypnosis Fundraiser for NBHS All Night Grad Party
By Editor at March 22, 2013 | 10:00 am |
There will be a fund raiser for the New Britain High School All Night Grad Party on Saturday, April 6 at the Elks Lodge on 30 Washington St. The total cost of the All Night Grad Party may be close to $19,000. Donations are needed now as the graduating class is around 500. Usually over 300 attend the party. Tickets for the fundraiser are $20 per person. Bring your own more...
Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem
By Editor at March 15, 2013 | 9:30 am |
10th Anniversary of the Connecticut Lyric Opera Gala Concert Featuring The New Britain Chorale, Polonia - Paderewski Choir, CT Lyric Opera Chorus and members of the Cappella Cantorum on Saturday, March 23 at 6 p.m. Holy Cross Church, 31 Biruta St. on Sunday, March 24, 4 p.m. Garde Arts Center, New London, CT, 25 State Street) Soloists: Radiant Lithuanian more...
“Godspell” Coming to New Britain in March
By Frank E. Bradley | Special to the City Journal at February 22, 2013 | 9:45 am |
Phoenix Theater Company of New Britain, CT will present the musical “Godspell” in March at Trinity-On-Main in New Britain, CT. The musical will be presented on two weekends, March 7—16. Thursday, Friday and Saturday shows will be at 8 p.m., and there will be one Sunday show on March 10 at 2 p.m. “Godspell” is a modern-day version of the gospels, opening with more...
CCSU Lecture Series features Novelist/Singer-Song Writer
By Joe LaRosa | Correspondent at February 22, 2013 | 9:30 am |
The SUBOG Living Room Lecture Series presents “an evening with the multi-talented Wesley Stace (aka John Wesley Harding) Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m., at Alumni Hall in the CCSU Student Center. The program includes songs by the British musician as well as a discussion about his 17 albums and three well-received novels is free and open to the public. Stace/Harding is also more...
Conrad Gozzo, New Britain’s Legendary Musical Gem
By Joe LaRosa | Correspondent at February 8, 2013 | 8:45 am |
Ninety years ago this week, Conrad Gozzo was born in New Britain, CT. He died all too soon of a heart attack in 1963 at the age of 42. Who was Conrad Gozzo? The greatest trumpet player and arguably the best musician ever produced by The Hardware City. At the time of his death he was a member of the NBC staff orchestra in Hollywood and considered to be the recording more...
Artist Tries to Give Back To The Community
By Joe LaRosa | Correspondent at February 1, 2013 | 9:00 am |
Artistic inspiration can happen in many places. For Gerald Filyaw, his inspiration arrived while he was behind prison walls. Today, home for the 55-year-old painter is New Britain’s New Beginning Ministry. “When I came out of prison seven months ago, I came straight here,” said Filyaw. “I want to give back. I want my artwork to help the ministry’s work to more...
