NEW BRITAIN and BERLIN, CT
Super Bowl: Roma Sports Bar & Grill Your not going to want to miss Super Bowl Sunday at Roma’s this year! We’ll have live blogging, Hartford Courant webcams, tweeting, you name it!! Definitely Super Bowl central!!. T.G.I.F.!! Don’t forget to place your Super Bowl wing orders!! 30 wings + fixings for $17.50!!! Call 860-225-7947
Arts:
NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: 56 Lexington St., nbmaa.org, 860-229-0257
Searching the Horizon: The Real American West 1830-1920, Art from the Bank of America Collection. 1830-1920 explores the vastness and variety of the West through the numerous ways artists chose to depict it, whether to chronicle current events, or to capture the culture and traditions of the regionís native inhabitants, the American Indians. The people of the 18th and 19th century American West, their work, their lifestyles, and cultures, hold a prominent place in the American imagination.
NEW/NOW: Carson Fox: Bi-Polar: Comfort/Peril, Nature/Artifice, Fantasy/Reality, Warmth/Frigidness, Permanence/Disappearance. These dichotomies coexist within the work of the next NEW/NOW artist, Carson Fox. Bi-Polar is an installation that transports the viewer into a surround of related, yet opposing elements.
SKETCHING WITH THE MASTERS: 10:30 a.m.-noon, Free with Museum admission. Sharpen your pencil and learn from the masters! This class will benefit all skill levels and interest, whether you are an accomplished artist or just like to push a pencil.
HOLE IN THE WALL THEATER: www.hitw.org, 860.229.3049, 116 Main Street, New Britain, CT
“Life X 3″: When Hubert and his wife Inez show up for dinner a day early at the home of Henry and Sonia, what starts as an awkward evening turns into a major disaster. Hole in the Wall’s production of “Life X 3″ highlights playwright Yasmina Reza’s sharp wit as two couples act out three different interpretations of the dinner party from hell. Performances are Friday and Saturday, January 20 – February 11 at 8:00 pm; Sunday matinees are January 29 and February 5 at 2:00 pm. Tickets are $20, $12 for seniors/students with ID. Reservations can be made at www.hitw.org or by calling 860.229.3049.
DOWNTOWN GALLERY, 66 West Main Street New Britain, www.NewBritainArts.org, 860-832-8299, Free, M-F 9-5, Th 8pm, Sa.
Natural Dynamism: Works on Paper by Susan Spaniol: Susan Spaniol chronicles her experience of the beaching of a whale at Herring Cove, MA, in artwork that is profoundly contemplative and emotionally charged. Artwork for sale. The Downtown Gallery is open M-F 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and, during exhibitions, Thursdays until 8 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., or by appointment. Parking on the Street and in the City Garages is free after 5 p.m. and on weekends.
Sunday:
New Britain Symphony, Mooreland Hill School, 166 Lincoln St. Kensington, 860-826-6344, www.newbritainsymphony.org
The Many LoveS(ongs) of Frank Sinatra: 3 pm, Free Will Offering, For the second year the New Britain Symphony offers a special program to celebrate Valentineís Day. Gilbert Gigliotti, New Britain Symphony Board member, CCSU professor of English and Latin, and noted Sinatra expert, author and lecturer, will examine the music of the man who is considered the greatest interpreter of popular song ever. The presentation of “ol’ blue eyes” will be through the lens of his most significant and popular recordings about romance and heartbreak. From “All or Nothing At All” to (Love is) The Tender Trap, you will get a kick out of learning how Frank’s songs became the soundtrack of 20th century romance. Valentine’s Day reception to follow. Free will offering for the benefit of the Symphony and the Mooreland Hill School program.
At the Library:
NEW BRITAIN PUBLIC LIBRARY, www.nbpl.info, To register, please call the Reference Desk at (860) 224-3155 ext. 125.
FIRST FRIDAY FILM: For title information, please call the Reference Desk at (860) 224-3155 ext. 125.
Saturday:
INTRO TO COMPUTERS: 9:30AM, For the absolute beginner! Come and learn how to use your computer. To register, please call the Reference Desk at (860) 224-3155 ext. 125
OPEN MIC POETRY: 2:00PM, free: Poets age 16 to 100 are invited to bring their poetry to share.
CHILDREN:
TAKE YOUR CHILD TO THE LIBRARY DAY: Main Branch, free, all day
Join us for this day for the whole family! Register your child for a library card, enjoy activities, share some stories, and check out some books. Free giveaways. Everyone welcome!
BERLIN, CT
Friday and Saturday, February 3
CONNECTICUT CABARET THEATRE: 31-33 Webster Mill Plaza, Berlin, CT, 860-829-1248, 8 pm
BLITHE SPIRIT: By Noel Coward – The smash comedy hit of the London and Broadway stages, this much-revived classic from the playwright of Private Lives offers up fussy, cantakerous novelist Charles Condomine, re-married but haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, the clever and insistent Elvira who is called up by a visiting “happy medium”, one Madame Arcati. As the (worldly and un-) personalities clash, Charles’ current wife Ruth is accidentally killed, “passes over”, joins Elvira and the two “blithe spirits” haunt the hapless Charles into perpetuity.
