Anamanaguchi is a boy band made up of hackers and producers, born and raised on the Internet, currently living in New York City. On May 14, they released Endless Fantasy through their own brand new label, dream.hax – their first album since soundtracking… Read more »
21-year old New York City “soulstress” Summer Williams comes to Bethel, Connecticut’s Pizzeria Lauretano (an advertiser on The Mercurial) on Thursday, May 16 as part of the Pizzeria’s new monthly “Soul Music Series.” Unlike most vocalists her age, Williams combines the influence of legendary vocalists such… Read more »
Audio recorded by Alec Jordan As a part of The Mercurial Gallery’s ‘re·la·tion’ exhibition, on display through May 17, the gallery held an artist talk with featured artist Jana Ireijo, a painter from Westport, Connecticut. Ireijo, a mother and triathlete, is originally from Hawaii and creates bright,… Read more »
EBK Gallery in West Hartford will be presenting a show of work by six artists featured in the CT ArtList image bank. These young and very accomplished artists have produced some great pieces which are quite affordable for the art collector, or soon to… Read more »
Renowned French paper cut artist Béatrice Coron will premiere her new work, “Etched in Stone,” an intricate interpretation of the story of Ridgefield, Connecticut, during her solo exhibition, ‘Stories by a Thousand Cuts,’ at Watershed Gallery in Ridgefield beginning Saturday, May 11. Coron,… Read more »
The Big Wedding, the newest marriage comedy written and directed by Justin Zackham and starring Robert De Niro, Susan Sarandon, and Diane Keaton, is getting walloped by reviewers, but it’s really not a bad film if you arrive at the theater with reasonable expectations. … Read more »
Singer-songwriter Arum Rae is performing at BAR, 254 Crown Street in New Haven, Connecticut on Wednesday, May 8. “Arum Rae, formerly know as White Dress, is a modern-day siren. Industry standards cannot harness Arum’s sonic expression into a singular genre. Her ability to… Read more »
Joseph Battaglia, otherwise known as Joey Batts, is an underground hip hop artist based out of Hartford, Connecticut. A self-proclaimed “walking subcategory,” Batts’ original sound spans many genres. With several serious mix tapes and a full album with his band “& Them,” the MC… Read more »
Reynolds Fine Art in New Haven, Connecticut is presenting new work by gallery owner and namesake Robert Reynolds from May 3 to June 4, with an opening reception at the gallery from 5 to 8pm on Friday, May 3. Stemming from numerous visits to… Read more »
real adjective actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact; not imagined or supposed : Julius Caesar was a real person | a story drawing on real events | her many illnesses, real and imaginary. • used to emphasize the significance or… Read more »
It’s a wrap: Marmalade Sky got to take home the title of BandJam 2013 Middle School Winner in Sunday’s ‘American Idol’ -esque showdown at The Ridgefield Playhouse – for the second year in a row. Infinity Project of West Haven won this year’s BandJam… Read more »
Ghostly, heavenly self-portraits, abandoned buildings captured at night, stop motion projection, an installation of transparencies: True talent and innovation is showcased in the photography room at the Department of Art’s Bachelor of Arts Senior Thesis Exhibition at Western Connecticut State University (WestConn), on display through… Read more »
The two titans of the “found” universe, Found Footage Festival (FFF) and Found Magazine, will go toe to toe at Heirloom Arts Theatre in Danbury, Connecticut on Saturday, April 27 in a battle royale of found stuff. The show kicks off at 8pm, and both camps—Joe… Read more »
Norwalk, Connecticut’s Get Ink Tattoo will be holding an opening reception for its in-shop exhibition ‘Art by Artists’ on Friday, April 26 at 7pm. Blurring the lines between traditional art and tattooing, the exhibit aims to span the gap between the two canvases with… Read more »
Trumpet virtuoso Wallace Roney, guitar legend and bandleader John Scofield, and a constellation of jazz luminaries from across the continent will converge in Danbury from April 25 through 27 to perform in three public concerts during the 18th annual Western Connecticut State University Jazz… Read more »
On April 23, 25,000 volunteers from Berkeley to Boston and Sitka to Sarasota will give away half a million free books in more than 6,000 towns and cities across the country. World Book Night U.S. is an ambitious campaign to give thousands of… Read more »
The Western Connecticut State University Department of Art will host the annual Bachelor of Arts Senior Thesis Exhibition from April 24 through May 6, Monday through Thursday from noon to 4pm in The Gallery at Higgins Hall on the WCSU Midtown campus, located at… Read more »
The New England Carousel Museum, located at 95 Riverside Avenue in the heart of Bristol, Connecticut, is on a mission: this museum has one of the largest collections of carousel art in the country and wants to welcome a new horse to their magnificent… Read more »
Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey, screening at The Palace Danbury Saturday, April 20, follows the real life rock and roll fairy tale of Arnel Pineda. Arnel grew up in poverty; his mother died when he was 12 years old, and he ended up on the… Read more »
Newtown pianist Jeff McGill, Director of the Music Learning Center in Danbury, returns to Pizzeria Lauretano’s jazz series in Bethel, Connecticut this Sunday, April 21. He brings a great group of Connecticut musicians, including Lou Pappas on bass and Tom Devino on drums. Special… Read more »
The Trailer Box Gallery at Jim Felice Studios in Danbury, Connecticut opened this past weekend, showcasing six Connecticut artists working “on the canvas and beyond.” Felice and fellow artists were hard at work the month of March clearing out a trailer in the yard… Read more »
Grammy nominated trumpeter and vocalist Hugh Masekela is touring the United States this month, and this Friday, he and his band are making a stop in Middletown, Connecticut at Wesleyan University in celebration of Masekala’s new album, Jabulani. Some of Masekela’s earliest memories are… Read more »
The fifteenth annual edition of the The New England Metal & Hardcore Festival (NEMHF XV) kicks off this Thursday, set to overthrow Worcester, Massachusetts from April 18 through 21 with almost ninety of today’s most underground and elite acts. With the most expansive… Read more »
Rachel Robinson, the widow of baseball great Jackie Robinson, appeared Sunday on ‘Meet the Press’ as the new movie about her husband, 42, was wrapping up its opening weekend (“Jackie Robinson Day” is Monday all across baseball). She told host David Gregory she was… Read more »