Jorgensen Center 2132 Hillside Rd, Mansfield, CT, 06268

Legendary Las Vegas headliner Terry Fator has created a new road show and it’s coming to Storrs for UConn Family Weekend.Pure Imagination: Once Upon a Voice is a 90-minute spectacular, featuring the incredible impressions, comedy and ventriloquism that has made Terry and his characters a must-see show for fans across the nation. The show features the classic characters Terry has made famous over the years: Winston the Impersonating Turtle; Country Star Walter T. Airdale; Apollo Theater legend Julius; perpetual slacker and stoner Duggie; Vikki the Cougar and the world’s greatest Elvis impersonator, Maynard Tompkins.

Local Event: Terry Fator: Pure Imagination

Tolland County

Mansfield-Storrs

Connecticut

Terry Fator: Pure Imagination

Legendary Las Vegas headliner Terry Fator has created a new road show and it’s coming to Storrs for UConn Family Weekend.Pure...

Franco-American Civic & Social

THE BBQ HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO PREDICTED SEVERE STORM. THE NEEDS OF ECOLE&nbsp;AGAPE ARE ONGOING IN&nbsp;THESE&nbsp;PERILOUS&nbsp;TIMES IN&nbsp;HAITI, HOWEVER, SO PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING AT <a href="https://www.friendsofecoleagape.org/?page_id=1695" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">friendsofecoleagape.org/</a>. THANK&nbsp;YOU Enjoy the Food, Fun &amp; Games, Live Music , and Cash Bar while supporting Ecole Agape, the only free girls' school in Haiti! Five hours of food and fun! Free will donation.

Local Event: Annual BBQ and Concert

Windham County

Windham

Annual BBQ and Concert

THE BBQ HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO PREDICTED SEVERE STORM. THE NEEDS OF ECOLE AGAPE ARE ONGOING IN THESE PERILOUS TIMES IN HAITI,...

Fine Arts Instructional Center 

Join us for this open studio class presented by members of the voice studio. This performance is FREE and open to the public and will be held in the&nbsp;Concert Hall.

Local Event:  Voice Performance Class: Art Song

 Voice Performance Class: Art Song

Join us for this open studio class presented by members of the voice studio. This performance is FREE and open to the public...

Earl W. Smith Senior Center

Folks looking for a high-value, low-stress mind-body exercise will enjoy these&nbsp;classical Chinese health movements, adapted to an easy seated format.
Numerous studies show that Qigong improves flexibility, vital breathing&nbsp;&amp; circulation, cognitive connection, mood and general well-being. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;“the root is centered, the trunk is supple, the branches float”

led by Joe Pandolfo, American Tai Chi &amp; Qigong Association certified instructor.&nbsp; &nbsp;
THIS IS A FREE EVENT.&nbsp; Questions? call the Center at (860) 487-5122

Local Event: Chair Qigong - Intro session 

Chair Qigong - Intro session 

Folks looking for a high-value, low-stress mind-body exercise will enjoy these classical Chinese health movements, adapted to...

Fine Arts Instructional Center (FAIC)

Join members of the Eastern choirs as we explore the living American tradition of shape note music! We’ll learn a bit about the history of this music and the people who still make it and then have a chance to experience it together. This performance is FREE and open to the public and will be held in FAIC Rm 110.

Local Event: America 250: Shape Note Music

America 250: Shape Note Music

Join members of the Eastern choirs as we explore the living American tradition of shape note music! We’ll learn a bit about the...

The Mill Museum, Dugan Hall, 157 Union St, Willimantic, CT, 06226

Join author and Distinguished Professor Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann for an engaging conversation about the surprising history and evolution of Polish cuisine in America. This book talk explores how the iconic pierogi became a staple within the multiethnic landscape of the United States. Admission is free to the public.

Local Event: Pierogi: An American Story Of Polish Food

Pierogi: An American Story Of Polish Food

Join author and Distinguished Professor Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann for an engaging conversation about the surprising history...

“Five male college seniors and their housemates have no purpose in their lives. They march against the staus quo and taunt the “pigs”. One feels genuine emotion at his mother’s death from cancer, one romance dies and another is aborted. Ultimately, they realize their lives are as empty as the establishment they protest so vehemently against.” For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit the link.&nbsp;The event will be held in the Proscenium Theater.

Local Event: Moonchildren

Moonchildren

“Five male college seniors and their housemates have no purpose in their lives. They march against the staus quo and taunt the...

“Five male college seniors and their housemates have no purpose in their lives. They march against the staus quo and taunt the “pigs”. One feels genuine emotion at his mother’s death from cancer, one romance dies and another is aborted. Ultimately, they realize their lives are as empty as the establishment they protest so vehemently against.”

Local Event: Moonchildren: Show #2

Moonchildren: Show #2

Friends Meeting House

Uncover your soul's beauty at this restorative retreat for centering, featuring meditation sessions and a yoga workshop. Participants can enjoy creating their own mandala and a provided vegetarian lunch; all are welcome and no experience is necessary.

Local Event: The Light Within

Storrs

The Light Within

Uncover your soul's beauty at this restorative retreat for centering, featuring meditation sessions and a yoga workshop....

Uncover your soul's beauty at this restorative centering retreat featuring meditation sessions, a yoga workshop, and a mandala-making activity. This all-inclusive experience is open to everyone regardless of experience level and includes a vegetarian lunch.

Uncover your soul's beauty at this restorative centering retreat featuring meditation sessions, a yoga workshop, and a...

Loos Center for the Arts

Join us for the inaugural Layālaya Global Arts Festival – a world-premiere event uniting Grammy-winning and renowned artists from six countries on one stage. Global musicians from Argentina, China, India, Japan, Mali, and the USA will come together to co-create and debut brand-new collaborative masterpieces, showing how different worlds can harmonize when we truly listen.
This spirit of connection is elevated by riveting spotlight conversations on teamwork and peak success, featuring the president of The Juilliard School alongside the Director of Sports Performance for the championship UConn Women’s Basketball team; student performances, a group of student artists with disabilities traveling from Korea, and a poetess creating an exclusive poem for the festival. Their voices embody why this event matters, proving that true artistic expression transcends discipline, ability, language, and geography to reveal our shared humanity.

Local Event: A World Unboxed - Global Arts Festival

Woodstock

A World Unboxed - Global Arts Festival

Join us for the inaugural Layālaya Global Arts Festival – a world-premiere event uniting Grammy-winning and renowned artists...

“Five male college seniors and their housemates have no purpose in their lives. They march against the staus quo and taunt the “pigs”. One feels genuine emotion at his mother’s death from cancer, one romance dies and another is aborted. Ultimately, they realize their lives are as empty as the establishment they protest so vehemently against.” 
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Local Event: Moonchildren: Show #5

Moonchildren: Show #5

Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts

The world-renowned ukulele virtuoso returns to Storrs with his groundbreaking artistry, masterful technique, and innovative spirit. Born and raised in Honolulu, Jake began playing the ukulele at age four, then quickly developed a unique style that pushed the instrument far beyond its traditional boundaries. He first gained international recognition after his jaw-dropping rendition of George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” went viral. The video introduced millions to the ukulele’s untapped potential. Shimabukuro has since released numerous acclaimed albums, collaborating with legendary artists including Bette Midler, Yo-Yo Ma, and Jimmy Buffett.

Local Event: Jake Shimabukuro

Jake Shimabukuro

The world-renowned ukulele virtuoso returns to Storrs with his groundbreaking artistry, masterful technique, and innovative...

Local Event: Moonchildren: Show #6

Moonchildren: Show #6

The Grammy®-nominated British vocal ensemble presents Lead Me Home, a program that journeys through the rich and varied landscape of American choral music, tracing a path through faith, folk tradition, poetry, and popular song. The program moves from the timeless devotion of Virgil Thomson’s “My Shepherd Will Supply My Need” and the spiritual “My Lord What a Morning” to the visionary sound-worlds of Caroline Shaw, Morten Lauridsen and Eric Whitacre. Alongside these sacred and contemplative works sit songs of beauty, longing, and place: Samuel Barber’s shimmering “To Be Sung on the Water,” and the timeless folk melody “Shenandoah.” The program closes with affectionate musical portraits of two iconic cities in “April in Paris” and “I Get a Kick Out of New York.”

Local Event: Voces8

Voces8

The Grammy®-nominated British vocal ensemble presents Lead Me Home, a program that journeys through the rich and varied...

“Five male college seniors and their housemates have no purpose in their lives. They march against the staus quo and taunt the “pigs”. One feels genuine emotion at his mother’s death from cancer, one romance dies and another is aborted. Ultimately, they realize their lives are as empty as the establishment they protest so vehemently against.”&nbsp;

Local Event: Moonchildren: Show #3

Moonchildren: Show #3

Local Event: Moonchildren: Show #4

Moonchildren: Show #4

Nafe Katter Theater

<h2>TWELFTH NIGHT</h2>
By William Shakespeare Directed by Daniela Varon

October 15 – 25, 2026 Nafe Katter Theatre


Shipwrecked and cast upon the shores of Illyria, Viola – believing her twin brother lost – disguises herself as a boy, Cesario, and enters the service of Duke Orsino. When Orsino sends Cesario as his intermediary to woo Countess Olivia, the fair lady falls for the messenger instead, and Viola finds herself entwined in a mess of mishaps, misunderstandings, and mistaken identities, where nothing is as it seems. Add a steward with delusions of grandeur, and a healthy dose of shenanigans, and the stage is set for mayhem and merriment. CRT guest artist Daniela Varon directs this classic, beloved comedy.

“Lyrical, lovely, riotous fun”&nbsp; – The Standard

Local Event: Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

TWELFTH NIGHT
By William Shakespeare Directed by Daniela Varon

October 15 – 25, 2026 Nafe Katter Theatre


Shipwrecked and...

James L. Goodwin State Forest

Join the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History and professional forager Karen Monger for an instructional foray through Goodwin Forest covering the basics of mushroom identification. In case of inclement weather, a lecture covering the fundamentals will take place under cover.

Local Event: Walktober: Mushrooms at Goodwin State Forest

Walktober: Mushrooms at Goodwin State Forest

Join the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History and professional forager Karen Monger for an instructional foray through...

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12:00 PM

Franco-American Civic & Social, 116 Club Rd, Windham, CT

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The Light Within

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10:30 AM

Friends Meeting House, 57 Hunting Lodge Rd, Mansfield, CT

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