Free Hartford (October 19 - 24)

Artist Anne Cubberly has sent out her weekly email updating residents in and around Hartford of FREE happenings in our city. And she does this while getting ready for her upcoming big production at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art at the end of the month! List after the jump.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 19

Red Rock Tavern : 365 Capitol Ave

"Tame the Brain" trivia! MONDAY & EVERY MONDAY! Prizes for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place! Shot specials! Ryan Smart & Craig B. host every week!
8:00pm - 10:30pm

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20

La Paloma Sabanera Coffeehouse : 405 Capitol Ave
A reception and Art show featuring the photography of Marian L. Leyman
4:30- 7:30 pm

Hartford Stage: Studio 1, 942 Main St.
Join the winners of the Stage's youth play writing competition and see professional
actors bring their scripts to life.
7 pm

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21

Billings Forge: 539 Broad St. jlamotta@billingsforgeworks.org
Artists Residency : Tour the studios of artists Miguel Carter Fisher,
Kimberly Gill, Robert Charles Hudson & Greg Russell
some studios will be open from 6 - 9pm

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22

Trinity College: 300 Summit St. 860-297-2568
A.K. Smith Reading Series: Award winning poet Kevin Young will read with
a reception following. Located in Mather Hall.
4:30 pm

City Hall: 500 Main St. www.charteroakcenter.org
Murals by Carlos Hernandez Chavez
Opening reception: 5:30 pm

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: 600 Main St.
Screening: The Rape of the Sabine Women with an Artist Talk
by Eve Sussman. In the Aetna Theatre
6:30 pm

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23

Theater of the Performing Arts: 359 Washington St.
Community Spelling Bee: Cheer on our local youth as they spell their
way to the top.
7 - 9 pm

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24

Hartford Public Library: 500 Main St.
Join us for a conversation on president Franklin D. Roosevelt's establishment
of the WPA and it's impact on Hartford-area artists.
11 am- 1 pm Hartford History Center

Hooker Day Parade: Allyn St.
"This is hands down the weirdest Parade in Hartford". Join your neighbors
in the parade or cheer them from the sidewalk !
3:00pm - 4:30pm


For More Free Events go to www.letsgoarts.org and look under " Fill your Social Calendar". The Greater Hartford Arts council has put together this great resource to find events. You can even do a "free" search !

CALL TO ARTISTS..............................

La Paloma Sabanera Coffee House is looking for artists interested
in displaying their work and /or writers interested in starting a writer's group
or book club. Contact Virginia Iacobucci 956-5003, viacobucci@snet.net


VOLUNTEERING..................................

Foodshare: Volunteer for Foodshare at Hartford Regional Market on Tuesdays, Fridays
or Saturdays. Contact john or Krista @ 860-286-9999

Hands On Hartford: 40 Pratt St. www.handsonhartford.org
Volunteer ! Check out there website and see all the ways you can connect with your community.

Hartford Stage: 50 Church St. www.hartfordstage.org
Ushers see the shows for free, go to the website to find out more.