Weekends in Connecticut! It’s a new year to explore our great state!!! From winter farmers markets to winter sports, live music, movies events and more!!! I also have a link to all the Connecticut Mountains for your Skiing and Snowboarding fun, if mother nature helps out a bit! Just follow my blog!
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- Check out Renee DiNino's Blog for interviews, stories and events HERE
- iHeartCommunities events, concerts and more HERE
- Visit CT has a great listing of events HERE
- SUPPORT LOCAL here is a great listing of farmers winter markets HERE
- Looking for the best CT mountain resorts, skiing or snowboarding? CLICK HERE
- For all the new movie releases in theaters and streaming CLICK here and be sure to scroll below for my movie pick of the weekend!
Friday at the New Britain Museum of Art don’t miss their signature social event, featuring live music, art, food, spirits, and good friends. New Britain’s Best Happy Hour, since 1995! Cash bar available; access to Museum galleries is included with your ticket. Event doors will open at 5:30 p.m.
Take the family to the XL Center this weekend to see Disney on Ice Presents Let's Celebrate through Sunday! Hosted by Mickey and Minnie, as they go on an adventure through 14 of the greatest Disney stories ever told. For tickets and showtimes visit www.xlcenter.com
Saturday the Newtown Police Department has challenged UConn Police Department to a hockey showdown - the Bender Classic. Plus it’s Tildy’s birthday! K9 Officer Tildy for the UConn Police turns 7 and she will be dropping the puck!! Doors open at 4:30! Help us raise funds for Special Olympics CT! Saturday, January 7 at UConn Storrs - Freitas Ice Forum. The two police departments will compete to show their hockey skills all while supporting Special Olympics Connecticut.
At the movies this weekend A Man Called Otto with Tom Hanks in wide release, M3GAN about a demonic creepy life like doll that terrorizes everyone, think Chucky only now it’s M3gan…NO THANK YOU – in theaters only, The Old Way with Nicolas Cage about a gunslinger in the old west who has to answer to a murder – in theaters and available for streaming January 13th, The Pale Blue Eye with Christian Bale, Robert Duvall, Gillian Anderson, set in 1830 A world-weary detective is hired to investigate the murder of a West Point cadet is on Netflix only and Women Talking with an all star female cast according to critics is an important, timely movie that address how women are treated in society – in theaters.
My pick for the weekend goes to Tom Hanks! A Man Called Otto has everything you want in a movie. Recognizable names, a story line, heartbreak, joy and humanity at its best.
Take a look!