If you live in Connecticut and love electronic music, you might want to check out an emerging talent tonight, June 14, at The Space in Hamden. Boltcutter, real name Riley Bradway, began djing and producing in 2010, and since then has garnered a worldwide… Read more »
Artists can explore, reflect, extrapolate, or rearrange in any number of ways the barrage of endless data we all must navigate each day. In Bridgeport, Connecticut, the Housatonic Museum of Art’s ‘Eye on the Storm’ exhibition, curated by D. Dominick Lombardi, showcases many artists’… Read more »
The Motown sound is alive and thriving – and not just on your classic vinyl records. On Saturday, June 8, ‘Mostly Motown’ takes the stage at The Palace Danbury and gives the music its own spin, covering some of the most renowned Motown groups… Read more »
Fresh from her first year in Western Connecticut State University’s Master of Fine Arts program, Bethel, Connecticut artist Katie Bassett will be showing a solo exhibition of her mixed media installation work at Danbury’s Trailer Box Gallery at Jim Felice Studios from June 8… Read more »
‘Nearly Forgotten,’a solo exhibition of black and white photographs by Catherine Vanaria, opens at The Gallery at Still River Editions in Danbury, Connecticut on Saturday, June 8. Vanaria has been photographing hats in the collection of the Danbury Museum and Historical Society since 2011,… Read more »
Summertime starts early in southwestern Connecticut as Ives Concert Park kicks off its celebrity concert series with back-to-back shows on Saturday, June 1, and Sunday, June 2, at the outdoor venue located on the Western Connecticut State University Westside campus at 43 Lake Ave…. Read more »
Here in New England, we’ve been robbed of a proper Halloween twice in a row due to the clockwork October timing of hurricanes and superstorms. Costumes have hung solemnly in the closet, unwrinkled; trick or treating has been cancelled, and decorated houses have lost… Read more »
What the hell makes Ghost so appealing? The band has gathered quite an eclectic fan base in a very short span of time, so what’s the deal? The songwriting isn’t complex, the music is easy to digest and covers a lot of familiar territory, and the… Read more »
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 (Pizzeria Lauretano is 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… 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »