http://www.hartford.com/ Hartford Connecticut information on restaurants, bars, the arts scene, employment opportunities and other helpful details for living, working and visiting CT's capital city. Pulled straight from the Wadsworth's website (must give credit where credit is due):  Phoenix Art After Hours provides a stimulating setting for mingling with friends after work. Sip a cocktail, enjoy music and other live performances, attend a gallery talk, and even see a classic movie or art film. The Wadsworth Atheneum is open until 8 pm the first http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=507 Creative Cocktail Hour (CCH if you're one of the cool kids, or a little lazy with the typing) should be megasuperextra cool this time.  In addition to all the usual, already fun, cocktail-wine-beer-art-chat action they have consistently great music and art for you too. Admission $10 / $5 for RAW Members Photo: Steve Laschever http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=258 EVERY Monday Night, the Hartford Jazz Society does this Monday Night Jazz Jam at Sally's.  Have the waitress bring you a side of Smoked Cheddar Cheese Grits and an order or Burnt End, start using words like "cat" to describe the musicians, and enjoy your evening. http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=224 On Mondays, all the bottles on the wine list at Bin 228 are half price.  Let's do some wine math... If a half-priced bottle of (originally $50) wine holding 750ml, and yielding 6 servings of the recommended 4 oz. pour, is traveling west at 30 miles per hour, and most restaurants travel east while pouring about 6 oz. in each glass at 10 miles per hour, http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=132 This is Nationals people.  You actually get to see both the established stars in gymnastics, and the new talent on their way to the 2012 Olympics.  Right here in downtown Hartford.  SO cool. The roster of former U.S. all-around champions includes many of the best-known and well-loved names in gymnastics including Nastia Liukin, Shawn Johnson, Carly http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=356 The Gem Show is truly outrageous.  Truly, truly, truly outrageous.  It's glamour and glitter, fashion and fame - and an almost overwhelming amount of gemstones, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, pearls, diamonds, beads, beading supplies...  http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=561 A modern-day warrior, mean mean stride, Today's Tom Sawyer, mean mean pride. Though his mind is not for rent, don't put him down as arrogant.  His reserve, a quiet defense, riding out the day's events. What you say about his company is what you say about society. Catch the mist, catch the myth, catch the mystery, catch the drift. Wait...  no, that's http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=474 This show is supposed to be unbelievably funny. Here's the description from the Bushnell and a promo for your viewing pleasure. Dixie Longate, the fast-talking Tupperware Lady, packed up her catalogues, left her children in an Alabama trailer park and took Off-Broadway by storm!  Now join Dixie as she travels the country throwing good ol' fashioned http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=362 Well this is completely awesome.  The Farmers Market at Billings Forge is going to continue, indoors, straight through the winter.  They rule. They've got a rockin good selection of seasonal foods from local vendors, breads and prepared meals from the Kitchen at Billings Forge (DELICIOUS), and a whole selection of dry goods too. Thursdays from 3:30 http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=291 The Awesomest Art Thing Ever 9 ARTISTS.  12 STOREFRONTS.  AND YOU JUST DON'T STOP.... NOW THROUGH SPRING 2010 MAIN STREET, PRATT STREET AND TRUMBULL STREET Storefront Art has never been cooler than it is right this very second in Downtown Hartford. Nine Hartford artists were specially chosen to create installations in these storefronts based on the http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=418 The Latino Expo is Hartford's Festival of Hispanic Culture, Business and Entertainment.  There's tons of entertainment - salsa, bachatta, reggaeton, merengue, hip hop, pop and comedy.  Education and Career areas to tell you all about financial planning, insurance, franchising, taxes and health care.  All that aside, please take a moment and look at http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=560 A whole bunch of women writers from theatre, television, fiction and non-fiction collaborated to write this play about stepmoms, single moms, immigrant moms, grandmothers, new moms and empty nesters.  The show follows a similar format to the Vagina Monologues, but with, you know, moms instead of vaginas. AMY IRVING has been cast in the show and will be http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=473 For 5 days every year the average height of women in Hartford is raised by a foot and a half...  You'll see players and fans all over the place.  The Cincinnati Bearcats, DePaul Blue Demons, Georgetown Hoyas, Louisville Cardinals, Marquette Golden Eagles, Norte Dame Fighting Irish, Pitt Panthers, Providence Friars, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, St. John's http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=491 The CT Home and Remodeling Show is HUGE. It's locally produced by the Home Builders Association of Hartford County and the show should be packed with local members representing every single facet of home remodeling.  Even if you don't own your own home - you can still come down to the Convention Center and just look at home and remodeling stuff, http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=546 There are over 500 vendors at the Spring Home Show.  You can learn everything you ever wanted to know about remodeling, homebuilding, custom cabinets, kitchens and baths, wood stoves, sunrooms, awnings, riding mowers, decks, storage buildings, windows, doors and siding, home theater systems, security systems, insulation, energy management and chim http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=556 Nude housekeeping, sex in a motorcycle helmet, the proper way to hang toilet paper, addiction, religion and wandering spouses - no topic was off limits for "Dear Ann Landers."  For decades, Ann Landers answered countless letters from lovelorn teens, confused couples and countless others. This show is all about the wise, funny, no-nonsense http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=442 If you are a hunter or fisher, the 13th Annual Northeast Hunting and Fishing Show will be as good as, well, hunting and fishing...  For a non-fisher or hunter, it still looks like a pretty freaking good time.  There's a 9,000-gallon Shark Tank Show, the Forever Locked Moose Display, the Lumberjack Show of Champions, a catch and relase trout pond, http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=544 First of all, Duncan Sheik wrote the music for Spring Awakening, which is extremely cool. Second, the show takes its inspiration from a work so daring in its depiction of teenage self-discovery, it was banned from the stage and not performed in its complete form in English for nearly 100 years. Forth, it won 8 Tony Awards® including BEST MUSICAL.  http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=549 This Flower and Garden Show is the perfect chance to pretend it’s not the middle of winter in New England and stand around in three acres of flowers, pretending that it’s spring instead.  There are 25 different gardens inside the convention center, and they’re doing tons of seminars – Mar Jennings (from the Fine Living Network) is even giving a http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=541 Deny it if you want - you've seen at least part of Bring It On.  You've rooted for The Clovers of East Compton High.  Some of you may have even been heard chanting "Brrrr.  It's cold in here.  There must be some Toros in the atmosphere..." Now you can actually go and witness it live in person.  Or you could wait until "Bring It On: http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=444 Pony rides, a petting zoo, roving clowns and magicians, a stage area featuring events like Diaper Derby (seriously) and Baby Boogie Dancing, mural and placemat coloring stations, a kids fashion show, seedling planting station, a play area and amusement rides... VEGAS!  Wait... no, that's not right...  Big Y Kids Fair. Saturday, February 13 from 10am to http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=555 The Hartford Symphony Orchestra got you a Valentine's Day gift.  No, it's not a Whitman's Sampler or a puppy.  No, they did not go to Jared.  But they did pick these out, just for you: Sibelius Symphony No. 7 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9 “Jeunehomme”* Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24* Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5 *performed on alternating http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=478 Here is the most concise synopsis of the show, from Tim Rice & Elton John's Circle of Life: "Nants ingonyama bagithi baba, Sithi uhhmm ingonyama, Nants ingonyama bagithi baba Sithi uhhmm ingonyama, Ingonyama.  Siyo Nqoba, Ingonyama Ingonyama nengw' enamabala..."  which roughly translates to "There comes a lion, oh yes, it's a http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=446 Jara is a shy and lonely 35-year-old security guard at a supermarket on the outskirts of Montevideo. He works the night shift, monitoring the surveillance cameras of the entire building. One night Jara discovers Julia, a 25-year-old cleaning woman, through one of the cameras and is immediately attracted to her. Night after night, he watches her on the http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=522 This is a theatrical production to introduce you to the women of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, who sing hauntingly beautiful gospel melodies as they create magnificent handmade quilts. The story of the women of Gee’s Bend, who quilted their way to economic freedom, already has touched millions of people who witnessed their stunning quilt work through a http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=436 Here are all of the Arts and Heritage listings in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD... ok... that might be a slight exaggeration.  But there are a ton of them, brought you by the fine folks at the Greater Hartford Arts Council.  This is all of the ongoing stuff.  Plays at the theaters, exhibits at the museums and galleries, concerts at the concert venues and a http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=348 P.V. could be the newest Batman Super Villain:  The Fiddler.  Like the Riddler, but older and with a fiddle. He could run around McKinnon's every Wednesday night causing mayhem while bellowing "Fiddle me this..." And then Robin would say "Holy strawberries Batman, we're in a jam!"  Actually he'd probably use a more Irish fruit, http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=160 Tapas are amazing. Usually the food arrives in rotation and you eat these little plates of food one at a time, so you never really know how much food you've consumed until the top button of your pants pops off and flings across the room. Also amazing: Tapas Tuesdays menu at Costa del Sol: You're looking at Spanish sausage in Roja red wine sauce, http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=112 You know - the first dictionary definition of crafty is skillful in underhanded or evil schemes..  On second thought, that's probably not the kind of crafty that they're talking about...  The Sugarloaf Craft Festival is much more the blown glass, fine art, jewelry, baby stuff, baskets, leather, pottery, photography, tile art, wood carving, weaving, http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=390 The Springfield Falcons are the AHL affiliate for the Edmonton Oilers... Get ready to heckle some Canadian Boosters...  This game falls on Fan Appreciation Night, so there will be all sorts of prizes and give-aways all throughout the game.  Plus, there are $3 domestic drafts and snacks in the atrium during the game all night. Bonus.CLICK HERE for Wolf http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=462 Real Art Ways goes inside-out and flips expectations upside down at The Odd Ball, a costume ball for all. The Odd Ball will be filled to the brim with immersive experiences, musical transformations, and innovative delicacies. Low-tech will meet high-tech, the outside will move inside, and the people, in all their costumed glory, will make the http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=506 No, watching the Wolf Pack play the Sharks is nothing like what happens on Shark Week.  For starters, the water is frozen; second, it's not really educational; third, and most important - they're not real sharks.  There are $3 domestic drafts and snacks in the Atrium all night.  Bonus.CLICK HERE for Wolf Pack Tickets http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=461 Lowell was one of the best characters on Wings.  Not that the TV show Wings has anything to do with the Wolf Pack, or Hockey at all for that matter...  But it's true.  Want to know what else is true?  It's Guida's Family Fun night so everything is WAY cheaper with the kids.  $45 bucks gets you three tickets, sodas, pizza or hot dogs and a http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=467 National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day should not to be confused with plain old National Peanut Butter Day...  There is an article on ehow.com about how to celebrate National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day.  It is terrifying to think that there is a part of the population who needs directions on how to celebrate a holiday called National Peanut Butter and http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=547 No, watching the Wolf Pack play the Sharks is nothing like what happens on Shark Week.  For starters, the water is frozen; second, it's not really educational; third, and most important - they're not real sharks.  There are $3 domestic drafts and snacks in the Atrium all night.  Bonus.CLICK HERE for Wolf Pack Tickets http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=460 If you are a high school student, you know all about the Bunsen burner and its potential to teach you about science/get you detention.  If its been a while since high school chemistry class, your memory of the Bunsen burner is probably isolated to lighting your pencil on fire, melting your pens or melting the pen of your lab partner.  Take a few http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=543 The Bridgeport Sound Tigers are the AHL affiliate for the NY Islanders.  So you know what that means...  Serious rivalry.  This is one of the best match-ups to watch.  Actually, that depends on what kind of Hockey you like, but if it's boxing on ice, a Wolf Pack v. Bridgeport game is a solid bet. The first 3,000 fans get a free Wolf Pack lunch box.  http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=452 The Phantom of the Hockey Game is there, inside your mind... Wouldn't it be awesome if the Adirondack Phantoms wore half hockey masks and capes and sang opera songs?  Too much?  Maybe it would be better if they just slapped the puck around and got into a few fights...  It's Player Bobblehead Night - the first 3,000 fans in attendance will get a free http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=468 Just in case you weren't already planning on going to see the Wolf Pack beat the Bruins, this quote should help you remember why hockey is so much fun...  "High sticking, tripping, slashing, spearing, charging, hooking, fighting, unsportsmanlike conduct, interference, roughing... everything else is just figure skating."  - Author http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=469 The Springfield Falcons are the AHL affiliate for the Edmonton Oilers... Get ready to heckle some Canadian Boosters... Plus, there are $3 domestic drafts and snacks in the atrium during the game all night. Bonus.  CLICK HERE for Wolf Pack Tickets http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=459 Please sing along to Globetrotters theme song:  Dat dat da da da da da da da dat dat dah.  Dat dat da da da da da da da dat dat dah. Sweet Harlem Globetrotters. Dat dat da da da da da da da dat dat dah. Da da da dat da dah, da da da.    Now cross your fingers and hope they win... CLICK HERE for details and tickets. http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=492 Just in case you weren't already planning on going to see the Wolf Pack beat the Bruins, this quote should help you remember why hockey is so much fun...  "High sticking, tripping, slashing, spearing, charging, hooking, fighting, unsportsmanlike conduct, interference, roughing... everything else is just figure skating."  - Author http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=458 Lowell was one of the best characters on Wings.  Not that the TV show Wings has anything to do with the Wolf Pack, or Hockey at all for that matter...  But it's true.  Want to know what else is true?  They've got $3 domestic drafts and snacks in the Atrium during the game.  Bonus.CLICK HERE for Wolf Pack Tickets http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=457 This is not the Bill Cosby who sang about chocolate cake. This is not Rudy, Vanessa and Theo's dad.  It's not the Bill Cosby who sold you delicious pudding pops (which are still around by the way, and still very delicious).  This is a much more serious Bill Cosby and this concert looks to starting conversations in families, circles of friends, http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=518 R&B Singer JOE wants to do all of the things your man won't do. He'll do them for you (whoa). Baby, he wants to do (hey) all of (all of) the things your man won't do (every little thing). He'll do them for you. He'll take you out on a night cruise, on a yacht, you just can't lose. Because you've got a lot to look forward to 1-2, what ya gonna do? http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=517 It might not be instantly clear why a movie like The Proposal is showing at one of the finest and most respected public art museums in the country, but the answer is simple.  Ryan Reynolds is awesome. 2009. USA. 108 min. Rated PG-13.CLICK HERE for details and prices. http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=534 The CT Forum constantly brings really, really amazing speakers to Hartford. Bob Woodward became world famous in 1972 when he and Carl Bernstein broke the story of the Watergate break in, which ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. And it's not like he's just been sitting around watching TV since then.  And Tina Brown?  Tina may http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=550 What exactly is Motet Madness you ask? Well, you have come to the right place. Motet Madness is the incurable and insatiable urge to perform all six of J.S. Bach’s motets in one afternoon. With the Hartford Symphony Orchestra.  Now, the better question might be, what's a motet? $45 preferred seating, $25 general admission, $10 students CLICK HERE for http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=516 This is like one of those weird "who would win in a fight" things.  Like, who would win in a battle on ice; a pirate or a pack of wolves?  Duh.  A pack of wolves.  There's a whole pack of them.  Plus, pirates are widely known for being terrible skaters.  True story.CLICK HERE for Wolf Pack Tickets http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=466 Were you under the impression that a Hoya was some kind of a dog because of the mascot?  Says here it's any shrubby climbing plant of the genus Hoya, of the milkweed family.  Huh. They're right about one thing - a milkweed makes an awful mascot.  The bulldog was a much better choice. Watch UCONN play the Georgetown Milkweeds... CLICK HERE for tickets http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=499 Could you use a day away with your friends, talking, laughing, taking classes, shopping and scrapbooking? No? Hm. If it's because you're overwhelmed by the vast world of scapbooking then Creative Memories is a great place to start. You can take Scrapbooking 101 for Beginers, learn about digital scrapbooking, try your hand at card making, study fun and http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=558 The Springfield Falcons are the AHL affiliate for the Edmonton Oilers... Get ready to heckle some Canadian Boosters...  This game falls on a Guida's Family Value Night so it's way cheaper with the kids.  $45 bucks for three tickets, sodas, pizza or hot dogs and a souvenir.  Bonus.CLICK HERE for Wolf Pack Tickets http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=465 Did you know that more records are released per capita in Jamaica than any other nation in the world? It's true. It's on the internet.  RiseUp is a documentary about three artists trying to make themselves heard in a country that's overflowing with talent. Here's the run down:Turbulence is a Rastafarian dancehall toaster whose lyrical skills, charisma http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=531 You might not know a lot about West Virginia, or the Mountaineers.  Please enjoy the following tutorial:  It's almost heaven, West Virginia.  The Blue Ridge Mountains, the Shenandoah River.  Life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze.  And apparently, there are a great many country roads available to http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=497 The music that the Hartford Symphony's chamber group is playing is inspired by the Wad's exhibition Reunited Masterpieces: From Adam and Eve to George and Martha. Here's who's playing what: Leonid Sigal, Violin Patricia Daly Vance, Viola Peter Zay, Cello Hanns Eisler – Prelude and Fugue on B-A-C-H, Op. 46 Handel-Halvorsen – Passacaglia, Duo for http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=514 If you're a fan of Broadway music and the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, boy are you in luck.  You'll laugh, you'll cry, it'll be better than Cats.  It's not just the perfect meld of Broadway and Symphony.  It's better.  It's Brophony.* Here's who is in it: 1.) Hartford Symphony Orchestra 2.) Jeff Tyzik: Principal pops conductor of the Rochester http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=479 No, watching the Wolf Pack play the Sharks is nothing like what happens on Shark Week.  For starters, the water is frozen; second, it's not really educational; third, and most important - they're not real sharks.  There are $3 domestic drafts and snacks in the Atrium all night AND it's Mouse Pad Give-away night for the first 3,000 fans through the http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=454 The UCONN Huskies take on the Providence Friars at the XL Center. Friar [frahy-er]  - noun 1.  a member of a religious order, esp. the mendicant orders of Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites and Augustinians. 2.  a blank or light area on a printed page caused by uneven inking of the plate or type. Oooooh. Intimidating.CLICK HERE for details or http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=498 The Mark Twain House is offering FREE tours (courtesy of The Hartford) to Hartford residents.  The Mark Twain House and The Hartford are officially awesome.  Proof of residency required / space on tours subject to availability. http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=548 The Bridgeport Sound Tigers are the AHL affiliate for the NY Islanders.  So you know what that means...  Serious rivalry.  This is one of the best match-ups to watch.  Actually, that depends on what kind of Hockey you like, but if it's boxing on ice, a Wolf Pack v. Bridgeport game is a solid bet. CLICK HERE for Wolf Pack Tickets http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=464 If Sawyer from LOST was a violinist and not a survivor of Oceanic flight 815, he'd be David Garrett.  He's pretty much the coolest voilinist on the planet. He's classically trained and completely accomplished so playing Motzart and then doing a rocking version of Smooth Criminal seems like no big deal. He has a knack for bringing out the classical http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=519 Great Guiness Toast Trivia: The bar that started the toast in the first place, Mullaney's Harp & Fiddle Pub is in Pittsburgh, PA.  So when you settle in for your toast, you can raise your glass not only towards Ireland, but to Pittsburgh as well. Slainte. They're serving $4 20oz imperial pints. WCCC will be at Vaughan's with free prizes and http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=542 First, find out just how Norfolk is pronounced by the people who live there.  Then begin practicing this chant immediately: YOU DON'T DRINK! YOU DON'T SMOKE! NORFOLK!  NORFOLK! There are also $3 domestic drafts and snacks in the atrium during the game all night. Bonus.  CLICK HERE for Wolf Pack tickets. http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=453 Mmmmm... Costa Del Sol. The World Affairs Council Young Professionals put together this cool party at this amazing Spanish restaurant for you, so you can meet new people that you might have something in common with and actually have something to talk to them about. This get together is being thrown with the Young Connecticut Venture Group, an http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=482 This is the movie everybody in Sleepless in Seattle get all gooey about. More than likely, you already know exactly what this movie is about and may or may not be quoting it in your head.  You may be deciding right this very minute that you're going to try to be as cool as Cary Grant from now on, or as ladylike and refinded as Deborah Kerr. Give up now, http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=528 This should help you to remember why this movie is awesome. It's not the stuff that's on all of the top 10 lists, although that stuff is hilarious. It's the other little bits from the movie. The stuff you forget about until you're watching it again... Sally: Well, if you must know, it was because he was very jealous, and I had these days of the week http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=529 If you love a good clasic tale of love and missunderstanding, you'll go bonkers for Pride and Prejudice. Lizzie is all independent and defiant, and Mr. Darcy is all dashing and rich and stuff.  It's the story where the one person she can't stand is the one person she could never live without.  That's the classic tale part.  Romantic hilarity ensues.  http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=530 The Bridgeport Sound Tigers are the AHL affiliate for the NY Islanders.  So you know what that means...  Serious rivalry.  This is one of the best match-ups to watch.  Actually, that depends on what kind of Hockey you like, but if it's boxing on ice, a Wolf Pack v. Bridgeport game is a solid bet. The first 3,000 fans get a free Wolf Pack lunch box.  http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=451 Did you know that a Bearcat is a real thing?  Seriously.  It may not actually be part bear and part cat, but it's pretty funky looking. Here - SEE? And I bet you didn't know that a Bearcat eats shoots and leaves, did you?  It also eats rodents and small animals, but that's not traditionally part of the shoots and leaves joke.  And have you ever had http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=496 Get a head start on Valentine's Day at WINCE: Love Hurts, a night of YOUR stories, love letters, photographs, and other artifacts of love gone wrong. WINCE began last April as an experiment in collective humiliation and multimedia storytelling. Previously, WINCE has featured stories of adolescent embarrassment. The second WINCE asked for stores about http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=505 Introducing, Nick Rice. Nick is focused. Focused focused. And is offering you drawings. Drawings and installations. Wintery & wonderful.  Nick builds and draws. He does these things often, and the value of his processes is in the objects. Nick builds and draws diligently, and his products are calm. But the drawings aren't noun-ish, they're more http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=562 Thank you, Connecticut Science Center, for opening your place up for everybody to run around like 9 year olds on a school field trip and have a few science related adult beverages.  Be sure to check out the very loungy couch/mini planetaruim-esque are in the back of the Space Gallery.  Excellent dark corners... This Liquid Lounge is all LOVE themed. If http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=353 When the party ends over at the Science Center, it keeps going at Crush, conveniently located right next door at the Hartford Marriott. Your Liquid Lounge wristband gets you a specially priced Anti-Gravity Martini, which sounds delicious and messy. BONUS: you can enter to win a complimentary suite with champagne & chocolates at the Hartford http://www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=552