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SUMMARY:CT Sea Music Festival
DESCRIPTION:Essex\, CT – The 5th Annual CT Sea Music Festival will sail into historic downtown Essex on June 12-15\, 2026. \nThis family-friendly weekend includes a Symposium on the Music of the Sea\, free day-time workshops and concerts featuring local and regional maritime performers\, a family stage\, CT River sails\, demonstrations of sailor skills and Irish currach rowing\, a Revolutionary War reenactment and fife and drum parade\, honoring America’s Semi-Quincentennial celebration\, a hymn sing\, and late night pub sings. Evening concerts at the CT River Museum are ticketed events. Ticket sales begin April 11. \nFor more information\, visit the Festival website at https://ctseamusicfest.org\, Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CTSeaMusicFest\, Instagram @ct_sea_music_festival\, or contact@ctseamusicfest.org. \nThe CT Sea Music Festival is a project of the Maritime Music & Tradition Society Corp.\, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. It receives sponsorships from The Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA)\, The Folk Music Society of New York\, Inc.\, The Paul Foundation\, and support from The Griswold Inn and The Essex Corinthian Yacht Club.
URL:https://cthumanities.org/event/ct-sea-music-festival/
LOCATION:Essex\, CT\, P.O. Box 611\, Essex\, CT\, 06426
CATEGORIES:America 250 CT,Conferences, Workshops & Seminars,Demonstration,Family Activity,June 2026,Performances,Special Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Maritime Music &amp%3B Tradition Society":MAILTO:sdmurtha@sbcglobal.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260607T170000
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SUMMARY:Connecticut Early Music Festival: Baroque Remix – Reimagining Bach and Pergolesi
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, June 7 | 5:00 PM | Harkness Chapel\, Connecticut College\, New London\n Baroque Remix – Reimagining Bach and Pergolesi\n J.S. Bach’s Peasant Cantata and G.B. Pergolesi’s La Serva Padrona are reimagined for modern audiences\, featuring overbearing bosses and frazzled assistants\, and performed by soprano Sonja Tengblad and baritone David McFerrin. Tickets are $40 in advance ($45 at the door). $20 for under 40 years.  FREE for students of any age.  Discounts and packages available on our website.  \n  \nBAROQUE REMIX \nReimagining Bach and Pergolesi \nJ.S. Bach\, Peasant Cantata\, BWV 212 \nG.B. Pergolesi\, La Serva Padrona \nSonja Tengblad\, soprano and David McFerrin\, baritone \nBaroque Remix recreates a performance in Leipzig’s Cafe Zimmermann. While retaining the bones of the original libretti\, the subject matter has been reimagined to resonate for a 21st century audience\, featuring overbearing bosses\, frazzled administrative assistants\, and…Alexa! \nDoors will open at 4:30 PM.
URL:https://cthumanities.org/event/connecticut-early-music-festival-baroque-remix-reimagining-bach-and-pergolesi/
LOCATION:Harkness Chapel\, Connecticut College\, New London\, CT\, 06320\, United States
CATEGORIES:Demonstration,June 2026
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ORGANIZER;CN="Connecticut Early Music Society":MAILTO:earlymusicct@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260606T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260606T183000
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SUMMARY:Connecticut Early Music Festival: Ensemble Origo – Saravanda! Dances of New Spain
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, June 6 | 5:00 PM | Chester Meeting House\, 4 Liberty Street\, Chester\n Ensemble Origo – Saravanda! Dances of New Spain\n Tracing the origins of the sarabande and chaconne\, Ensemble Origo explores the vibrant cross-cultural roots of these iconic Baroque dances\, from New Spain’s indigenous and African communities to the European courts. A dancer joins the ensemble to demonstrate the 17th-century forms. A reception follows the concert. Tickets are $40 in advance ($45 at the door). $20 for under 40s. and FREE for students of any age.  For discounts on multiple concerts\, please visit our website.  \nThough the sarabande and the chaconne were stylized sections of courtly suites by Baroque composers such as Scarlatti and Bach\, their origins are far removed from any European court\, stemming instead from New Spain. In a book about the Spanish colony in 1579\, a Dominican friar described the sarabande as a lascivious dance and identified it with the indigenous population. However\, at least one surviving song — a villancico for Christmas — links it with enslaved Africans\, suggesting that both populations were involved in the creation of the genre. A dancer joins the ensemble’s instrumentalists to demonstrate both of these 17-century courtly dances in relation to early dances from New Spain. The concert sketches the printing history of both genres (which were related at one time) from simple guitar strumming patterns to the stylized instrumental works adopted by hundreds of European composers in the centuries that followed. The program aims to bring what is known of the genres’ lost—or suppressed—histories to light\, thus rethinking Eurocentric notions of these distinctive musical genres\, their history\, and their trajectory.
URL:https://cthumanities.org/event/connecticut-early-music-festival-ensemble-origo-saravanda-dances-of-new-spain/
LOCATION:Chester Meeting House\, 4 Liberty Street\, Chester\, CT\, 06412\, United States
CATEGORIES:Demonstration,June 2026
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ORGANIZER;CN="Connecticut Early Music Society":MAILTO:earlymusicct@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Gravestone Cleaning & Learning
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the history of the Ancient Burying Ground\, gravestone art and iconography\, and how to conduct basic cleaning of colonial gravestones. Training and supplies provided. Mini tours offered at 10am\, 11am & 12pm. \nCo-sponsored with the Daughters of the American Revolution\, Ruth Wyllys Chapter. \nFREE; please register online: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/gravestone-cleaning-workshop-and-mini-tours
URL:https://cthumanities.org/event/gravestone-cleaning-learning-2/
LOCATION:ancient burying ground association\, 60 Gold Street\, Hartford\, 06141
CATEGORIES:Activity,Conferences, Workshops & Seminars,Demonstration,June 2026,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ancient Burying Ground Association":MAILTO:marydonohue@comcast.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T100000
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SUMMARY:Gravestone Cleaning & Learning
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the history of the Ancient Burying Ground\, gravestone art and iconography\, and how to conduct basic cleaning of colonial gravestones. Training and supplies provided\, participants are welcome to bring additional supplies listed on the registration page. Co-sponsored with the Daughters of the American Revolution\, Ruth Wyllys Chapter. \nFREE; please register online: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/gravestone-cleaning-workshop-and-mini-tours
URL:https://cthumanities.org/event/gravestone-cleaning-learning/
LOCATION:ancient burying ground association\, 60 Gold Street\, Hartford\, 06141
CATEGORIES:Activity,Demonstration,Exhibitions, Tours & Openings,May 2026,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ancient Burying Ground Association":MAILTO:marydonohue@comcast.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260221T100000
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SUMMARY:Lunarfest 2026 – Year of the Horse
DESCRIPTION:The Yale-China Association is proud to present the 15th annual Lunarfest in New Haven\, Connecticut\, on Saturday\, February 21\, 2026. As the largest celebration of Lunar New Year in Connecticut\, Lunarfest serves as a premiere cultural event\, promoting cross-cultural understanding through vibrant community collaborations. Lunarfest 2026 celebrates the Year of the Horse. The day’s festivities will begin at 10 am with a parade down Whitney Avenue between Grove and Trumbull Streets featuring a lion dance\, a traditional Chinese dance performance\, martial arts demonstrations\, and speeches from local community leaders. Following the parade will be various events and activities that are free and open to the public. Please visit our website for the complete schedule: https://www.yalechina.org/lunarfest. \nBring your family\, friends\, and festive spirit! Join us in welcoming the Year of the Horse!
URL:https://cthumanities.org/event/lunarfest-2026-year-of-the-horse/
LOCATION:CT
CATEGORIES:Activity,Demonstration,Family Activity,February 2026,Performances,Special Events,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Yale-China Association":MAILTO:arts@yalechina.org
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