Cultural Connections- Directory
Your Directory to arts and culture in Southeastern CT
Essex Library Association
WebsitePublic library for the town of Essex and villages of Essex, Centerbrook and Ivoryton.
Essex Steam Train & Riverboat
WebsiteThe 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
WebsiteThe 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
Creative Ground WebsiteCalled “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.
Friends of Samuel Smith House and Property, Inc.
WebsiteTo sponsor, promote, encourage and ensure the preservation of the Samuel Smith Farmstead (i.e. the Samuel Smith House and Property) as interpretation of 17th and 18th Century farm life, the history of the property and those families that lived there.
Groton Public Library
WebsiteThe Groton Public Library brings people, information and ideas together to enrich lives and strengthen our community. Area residents have access to materials in a wide variety of formats, research assistance, programs and partnerships providing instructive and cultural experiences.
Hempsted Houses
WebsiteThis landmark property tells the stories of three great populations whose paths collided in early New London: the Native Americans, the Europeans who arrived in the 1600s, and the enslaved Africans who were brought here about the same time.
Historic Stonington
WebsiteThe 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.
Horses Healing Humans, Inc.
WebsiteHorses Healing Humans CT is now The Light House Homestead & Stables. 340 New London Turnpike, Stonington, CT 06378
860-445-7626 ext. 106 info@lhcampus.com See website for information.
Interdistrict School for Arts and Communication
WebsiteISAAC is an independent, non-profit, public charter school located in New London, Connecticut since 1997. ISAAC serves 270 middle school students from 13 towns throughout Southeastern Connecticut. ISAAC inspires students through the arts, communication and exploration to be courageous citizens who are difference makers.
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
Jessica Cerullo
WebsiteJessica 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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