Cultural Connections- Directory
Your Directory to arts and culture in Southeastern CT
Smith-Harris House
Essex Steam Train & Riverboat
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The Essex Steam Train & Riverboat is a unique historic attraction in the Connecticut River Valley. Taking people on exciting excursions through the Connecticut River Valley, the steam locomotive pulls vintage coaches through New England towns and the riverboat takes visitors past historic landmarks.
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
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The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center is the nation's preeminent theater development center. The O'Neill is dedicated to the creation of innovative new works and support of artists, enriching the lives of artists, students, teachers, and audiences.
Florence Griswold Museum
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Called “Giverny in Connecticut” by the Wall Street Journal and a “must-see” by the Boston Globe, the Museum features the restored Florence Griswold House, a gallery for changing exhibitions, education and landscape centers, a restored artist’s studio, thirteen acres along the Lieutenant River, and gardens.
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Gotta Travel Solo
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Sharing the Art of Experience through Travel, Storytelling and Community Music.
Talks and workshops on Travel for empowerment and self discovery. Storytelling Workshops and Performances for Adults. Accelerated Learning Beginner Ukulele Workshops for Adults to build community and to inspire practicing in public spaces..
Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce
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The Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce serves as the business voice for Groton, Stonington and Mystic. We sponsor and facilitate community events, promote local business and the regional tourism industry, are a resource for small business owners, and provide opportunities for community involvement.
Greater Norwich Area Chamber of Commerce
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GNACC takes a leadership role to support, promote, enhance and advance the general welfare and prosperity of the greater Norwich area so that its citizens, and its business and professional community, prosper.
Historic Stonington
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The Stonington Historical Society was founded in 1895 and operates three historic museums/libraries: Old Lighthouse Museum (1840), Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer House (1851), and the Woolworth Library & Research Center. Our mission is to preserve, interpret, and celebrate the history of all of Stonington. Historic Stonington is dedicated to illuminating the more than 350 years of history of the Town of Stonington, located in the southeastern corner of Connecticut. We offer records of the lives and fortunes of colonial settlers, blockade runners, ship captains, whale hunters, patriots, explorers, artists, and writers.
Ignite Thames River
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Ignite, a program of Thames River Innovation Place, fosters educational initiatives and community outreach to promote talent cultivation, job creation and economic growth in the region. Partnering with CURE Innovation Commons (Groton) and Spark Makerspace (New London), Ignite stimulates creativity, entrepreneurship, connectivity and innovation.
Isiah Allgood-artist
A creative with a diverse range of skills, including graphic design, minimalistic futuristic art, and live vocal drag performances. My goal is to educate and enlighten people through my LGBTQIA+ art
Jennifer Holmes
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Artist, Painter in Oils, Watercolor, Pastel, including Landscape, Seascape, Still Life and more. Classes and Workshops are available as well as private instruction and collaboration. National Plein Air Events. My Studio/Gallery in Chester also includes several local Fine Artist's work.
Jessica Cerullo
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Jessica is a theater based social practice artist. Her socially and civically engaged art is grounded in somatic and contemplative practices that seek to build community connections and capacities for empathy. Original projects such as The Ships in the Night, Hear Here Walla Walla, Performing the Archive, and Miracle Tomato amplify community voices and intersect with oral and written histories.
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