Join us for a guided tour of our newest exhibition, Common Struggle, Individual Experience: An Exhibition About Mental Health. Tours will last approximately 45 minutes and be led by museum staff. Pre-registration is strongly recommended. Walk-in guests are not guaranteed spots on the tour. $12 for general public; free for CHS members and those with […]

Beth Sholom B’nai Israel (BSBI) of Manchester is proud to present the 6th Manchester CT Jazz Festival on Saturday evening, December 4th at Cheney Hall, 177 Hartford Rd, Manchester. This year’s lineup includes young, up-and-coming talents as well as internationally recognized performers. “Last year we presented our festival only via live stream. This year it […]

Join us from home to hear storytellers from around the world tell true stories about lived experiences around the theme “Mental Health.” 45-time Moth StorySLAM champion and 6-time GrandSLAM champion Matthew Dicks, Speak Up co-founder, will cap the evening with a story of his own. The program will be hosted by Speak Up co-founder, Elysha […]

Please join us for a virtual presentation by Dr. Caylin Carbonell. Dr. Carbonell is a New England Regional Fellowship Consortium (NERFC) fellow who conducted research at the CHS this past summer. In seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Connecticut, the household was the primary site of the economy. Although we often think of white male household heads as […]

Ballet Theatre Company returns to the stage as it celebrates its 20th Anniversary production of The Nutcracker, on December 11 at 1pm and 6pm and December 12 at 2pm at The Bushnell’s Maxwell M. & Ruth R. Belding Theater. We are thrilled to announce that Lauren Lovette will be performing as the exquisite Sugar Plum […]

Join us for a unique series of poetry readings and community dialogues! The Asian and Asian American Studies Institute at UConn and the Connecticut Historical Society, along with Make Us Visible CT, invite you to listen to Connecticut’s Asian American poets and explore personal stories and local histories. The third event in the series features […]

The West Hartford Symphony Orchestra will present its 19th Holiday Concert on Sunday December 12th at 3pm in the Roberts Theater on the campus of Kingswood Oxford School. The hall will be filled with the “Waltz of the Flowers” from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, “Sleigh Ride” by Leroy Anderson, Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Christmas Eve Suite,” and others. The featured […]

Visit the CHS for a special tour of Making Connecticut followed by a related craft! Through close-looking and hands-on activities, explore how clothing was made and how fashion has changed throughout history. Families will have the opportunity to card wool, “work” in a textile factory, and more! Each tour is limited to 20 people. Pre-registration […]

Curl up with some hot cocoa at the CHS! Join us for a morning of crafts, hot chocolate, and readings of Anna Llenas’ The Color Monster. After the story, make your own felt monster to take home! Story times will be at 10:15 am and 11:15 am. This program is included with admission to the […]

Curl up with some hot cocoa at the CHS! Join us for a morning of a morning of hot chocolate, crafts, and readings of Stella Blackstone’s Bear at Work. After the story, make a toy bear of your own and design it a special work uniform! Story times will be at 10:15 am and 11:15 […]

Every other week, we get together to chat about short stories. Anyone can join in, no commitment required! This week’s selection is “Kiddie Pool” by Connecticut author Cindy House. You can find the story through our events page. The club meets online using Zoom. After registering online you’ll receive a confirmation email containing the Zoom […]