HartBeat Ensemble announced today their upcoming production of My Children! My Africa!, a gripping drama about the collision of education, idealism and politics by preeminent South African dramatist Athol Fugard. The play will run September 29 through October 9 at HartBeat Ensemble's Carriage House Theater (360 Farmington Avenue) in Hartford, CT.
Texas-based composer Quinn Mason is the first recipient of a new artist-in-residency grant to work with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. The symphony will premiere a new Mason composition at the end of its 2022-23 season.
Hartford Stage has announced director Christopher D. Betts as the Joyce C. Willis Fellow through the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 seasons, made possible through a generous grant from The Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation.
A new statue honoring women's suffrage and titled “The Art of Perseverance” by Canton-based artist Marilyn Parkinson Thrall was unveiled March 29. This strong, unyielding female figure now stands proudly at the door of the Hartford History Center on the third floor of the Hartford Public Library.