Community
City Meetings and Community Events, Week of July 16th to July 22nd
City meetings and community events coming up during the week from Monday, July 16, 2018 to July 22nd include: Mon, Jul 16 Commission on Persons with Disabilities 5:00pm to 6:30pm City Hall, 27 West Main Street, Room 305 CANCELLED – Historic Preservation Commission 6:30pm to 7:30pm City Hall, 27 West Main Street, Room 202 Walnut […]
2018 Osgood Shootout Basketball Tournament to Be Aug 18th and 19th
The 2018 Osgood Shootout Basketball Tournament will be held on August 18th and 19th, the Tournament’s Director, Coach Darwin Shaw, has announced. Related Article: Osgood Shootout 2018 Game Times, Brackets and Scholarship Recipients The 2018 Tournament marks the 26th anniversary of the venerable New Britain event. “Thank you to Our Lord,” said Shaw, “Back by […]
City Meetings and Community Events, Week of July 9th to July 15th
City meetings and community events coming up during the week from Monday, July 2 2018 to July 8th include: Mon, July 9th Commission on Persons with Disabilities 5:00pm to 6:00pm City Hall, 27 West Main Street, Room 202 Common Council Public Hearing – Sale of Property 6:45pm to 7:00pm City Hall, 27 West Main Street, […]
NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner to Be October 19th
The NAACP New Britain Branch has announced that its 2018 Freedom Fund Membership Dinner will be held on October 19th. The theme of the 2018 Freedom Fund event will be “Defeat Hate – Vote.” The annual membership dinner supports the mission of the NAACP New Britain Branch to organize in New Britain and empower its residents […]
Auditions for Teen Theatrical Production of “The Laramie Project” at NBYT Jul 30 and Aug 1
NBYT has announced upcoming auditions for its Teen Company presentation of The Laramie Project, the highly acclaimed play by Moisés Kaufman and the Members of Tectonic Theater Project. Darren Farrington, Executive and Artistic Director of the No Boundaries Youth Theater (NBYT), formerly called the New Britain Youth Theater, said that, “The Laramie Project is the most serious drama that […]
New Britain Celebrates the 4th of July
As New Britain prepares to celebrate the 2018 Independence Day, here is a look back at New Britain’s 2017 fireworks. New Britain’s 2018 Independence Day “Great American Boom” will begin at around 9:15pm. The fireworks will be in Stanley Quarter Park and will be visible from much of the city in the vicinity of the […]
“Our House” at the Hole in the Wall Theater Jul 13 to Aug 4
In July and August, the Hole in the Wall Theater will present Theresa Rebeck’s “scathing comedy”, Our House. The play opens at the Theater on July 13, 2018. “Are news and entertainment interchangeable?”, the Hole in the Wall Theater asks, in introducing the play. “Our House is a deliciously scathing comedy that takes on a media-obsessed culture intent […]
Holy Cross Church 2018 Bazaar Jul 12th, 13th, 14th
The Holy Cross Church will celebrate its Sixty-Fourth Annual Bazaar and Carnival on July 12th, 13th and 14th. The Holy Cross Bazaar and Carnival is a traditional event in the city, with carnival rides, games and delicious food. The church festival is an annual favorite for families, where children have fun on rides and people enjoy […]
City Meetings and Community Events, Week of July 2nd to July 8th
City meetings and community events coming up during the week from Monday, July 2 2018 to July 8th include: Mon, Jul 2 Energy and Innovation Park Project Open House 12:00pm to 2:00pm 100 Curtis Street Arch Area NRZ NO JULY MEETING City Plan Commission 6:30pm to 7:00pm City Hall, 27 West Main Street, Room 201 […]
“The Color Purple” at Connecticut Theater Company Jul 13 to Aug 5th
The Connecticut Theater Company will open its musical presentation of “The Color Purple” on July 13, 2018. A review by Anna Foca say Alice Walker’s novel, The Color Purple, “documents the traumas and gradual triumph of Celie, a young African-American woman raised in rural isolation in Georgia, as she comes to resist the paralyzing self-concept […]