Many local activities and shows today

A progressive dinner will take place at several historic Victorian homes from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Event sponsored by the Willimantic Victorian Neighborhood Association.

A progressive dinner will take place at several historic Victorian homes from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Event sponsored by the Willimantic Victorian Neighborhood Association.

The Capuçon-Angelich Trio will appear at Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, January 28, 2010, at 7:30 p.m. The evening’s program will include Beethoven’s Trio No. 11 in G Major, Op. 121a (“Kakadu Variations”); Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor (1942) by Shostakovich, and Brahms’ Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, [...]

There will be a parade of costumes and costume contest.

When attorney Karen Goodrow comes to UConn on Oct. 14 to see the Connecticut Repertory Theatre’s production of The Exonerated, many of the play’s stories of prisoners wrongly accused may sound familiar to her.
As director of the Connecticut Innocence Project, Goodrow routinely reviews the case files of Connecticut prison inmates who insist they are innocent. [...]

On Friday and Saturday, Oct. 9 and 10 at 8 p.m., the “Guthrie family rides again,” as the “first family of American folk music” brings peace, love and social commentary to Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, 2132 Hillside Road on the University Connecticut campus in Storrs. Three generations gather onstage performing favorite songs and [...]

“And Now Mark Twain!” at 7 p.m. Friday, October 9th, enjoy a visit with one of America’s best-loved writers and humorists from a compendium of his life and works. Free. Light refreshments. The Babcock Library, 25 Pompey Hollow Road (RT. 89) , Ashford. Call 487-4420.

Your ticket helps the Lions Club raise money for charity.

The 160th Annual Brooklyn Fair on Rte. 169 in Brooklyn, Connecticut runs through Sunday, August 30th. Gates open at 8 am. The Fair celebrates 200 years of the Windham Agricultural Society and features Midway amusement rides, tractor pulls, livestock contests, agricultural exhibits, great food and lots more. Visit www.brooklynfair.org for more info.

The Nathan Hale Homestead in Coventry will host the 22nd annual Colonial Encampment and Musical Muster Saturday and Sunday, July 25 and 26.