![[menu]](/themes/custom/tempest/images/hamburger.png)
Content Marketing
Connecticut’s Favorite Towns for Arts and Culture
The state of Connecticut is filled with picturesque towns. That’s why so many artists, musicians, photographers and authors are drawn to them. And that’s exactly what makes them a great place to visit. Here are a few towns where you can explore galleries, studios, gardens, theaters and more, as well as great places to stay, eat and shop!
Featuring: B&B at Bartlett Farm | Carriage Barn Arts Center | Connecticut Art Trail | Connecticut River Artisans | Cooley Gallery | Cooper & Smith Gallery | Copper Beech Inn | Essex Art Association Gallery | Florence Griswold Museum | Grace Farms | Guilford Art Center | Guilford Walking Tours | Ivoryton Playhouse | Lyme Academy of Fine Arts | Lyme Art Association | Old Lyme Arts District | Old Lyme Inn | Ridgefield Guild of Artists | Ridgefield Playhouse | Ridgefield Theater Barn | Roger Sherman Inn | Silvermine Arts Center | Studio 80 + Sculpture Grounds | The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum | The Bird Nest Salon & Gallery | The Glass House | The West Lane Inn | Town of Essex | Town of Guilford | Town of New Canaan | Town of Old Lyme | Town of Ridgefield | Weir Farm National Historic Site
Great Stages of Connecticut
Connecticut is home to six of the best regional theaters in the country — together producing an amazing array of fresh interpretations of the classics as well as new plays and musicals. It also boasts many other inviting venues that present touring shows. So you'll never be far from a night (or a day) out at the theater when you're in Connecticut.
Featuring: Eugene O'Neill Theater Center | Goodspeed Opera House Tour | Hartford Stage | Ivoryton Playhouse | Long Wharf Theatre | Shubert Theatre | Westport Country Playhouse | Yale Repertory Theatre
Coastal Central Connecticut
Coastal Central Connecticut takes you everywhere from the Thimble Islands to elegant seaside resorts, walkable beach towns and more. Below, discover a few of Central Connecticut's coastal towns and ways to enjoy them.
Featuring: Ashley's Ice Cream (Branford) | Ashley's Ice Cream (Madison) | Audubon Guilford Salt Meadow Sanctuary | B&B at Bartlett Farm | Bear's Smokehouse (New Haven) | Bishop's Orchards Farm Market & Winery | Black Rock Fort and Fort Nathan Hale | Black Seal Seafood Grille | Blazing Fresh Donuts | Branford Point Beach | Branford River Paddlesports, Kayaks and Tours | Carlson's Landing | Chaffinch Island Park | City Point Kitchen | City of New Haven | Connecticut River Museum | Connecticut Shoreline Bike/Boat Tour | East Wharf Beach | Essex Art Association Gallery | Essex Clipper Dinner Train | Essex Paint & Sip | Essex Steam Train & Riverboat | Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana - New Haven | Goodspeed Opera House Tour | Griswold Inn | Guilford Lobster Pound | Hammonasset Beach State Park | Harvey's Beach | Henry Whitfield State Museum | Ivoryton Playhouse | Jacob's Beach | Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center and Museum | La Luna Ristorante | Lenny & Joe's Fish Tale Restaurant (Madison) | Lenny's Indian Head | Lighthouse Point Park | Liv's Shack - Old Saybrook | M&J Beach Grille & Seafood | Nightjack Sportsfishing | Old Saybrook Town Beach | Pine & Iron Axe Throwing - New Haven | R.J. Julia Booksellers | Real Escape | Saybrook Point Miniature Golf | Saybrook Point Resort & Marina | Scotch Plains Tavern | Scranton Seahorse Inn | Sea Mist Thimble Island Cruise, LLC | Shell & Bones Oyster Bar & Grill | Shoreline Segway | Stony Creek Beach | Stony Creek Brewery | Taste of New Haven Tours | The Antiques Depot | The Blake Hotel | The Cottage | The Essex Public Market & Food Hall | The Homestead Madison | The Place | The Sculpture Mile | The Village Chocolatier | The Wharf Restaurant | Thimble Island Brewing Company | Thimble Islands Bed & Breakfast | Town of Branford | Town of Essex | Town of Guilford | Town of Madison | Town of Old Saybrook | Victorian on the Village Green | Volsunga IV Thimble Island Cruise | Yale Center for British Art | Yale University Art Gallery
Email Marketing
Fall Adventures: The Many Colors of Connecticut
Overview: Discover beautiful covered bridges, ride a chocolate-lover’s train, thrill to Halloween happenings or laugh at playful puppets … Our fall is filled with seasonal surprises.
Audience: Consumer
Sent: 2019-10-11
Featuring: Abigail's Grille & Wine Bar | Ancient Burying Ground of Hartford | Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry | Bruce Museum | Captain Daniel Packer Inne | Captain Grant's, 1754 | Cedar Hill Cemetery | City of Bristol | City of Milford | City of New Haven | City of New London | Comstock Covered Bridge | Connecticut Trolley Museum | Downtown Cabaret Theatre | Glebe House Museum & Gertrude Jekyll Garden | Goodspeed Musicals - The Goodspeed | Goodspeed Musicals - The Terris Theatre | Grace Farms | Grove Street Cemetery | Harriet Beecher Stowe Center | Hartford Stage | Ivoryton Playhouse | Lake Compounce Theme Park | Little Theatre of Manchester at Cheney Hall | Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum (c.1864) | Long Wharf Theatre | Manor House Inn | Milford Historical Society | Mystic Seaport Museum | Nathan Hale Homestead | New England Motorcycle Museum | New Haven Crypt at Center Church on the Green | Palace Theater | Powder Ridge Mountain Park & Resort | Railroad Museum of New England/Naugatuck Railroad Company | Sachem Farmhouse B&B | Sheffield Island Lighthouse and Harbor Tour | Shubert Theatre | Sleeping Giant State Park | Sunset Meadow Vineyards | Tarrywile Park & Mansion | The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts | The Litchfield Inn | The Mark Twain House & Museum | The Vanilla Bean Café | Thorncrest Farm, LLC & Milk House Chocolates | Town of Lebanon | Town of Putnam | Town of South Windsor | Town of Stratford | Town of Wallingford | Warner Theatre | Webb Deane Stevens Museum | Westport Country Playhouse | Yale Repertory Theatre
Recent Press
Middlesex County organizations join Open House Day activities
New Haven Register
Online article highlighting attractions from Middlesex County participating in Connecticut Open House Day.
Published Date: 2018-06-05
Featuring: Black Hall Outfitters - Westbrook | Brownstone Adventure Sports Park | Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts Center | Captain Elisha White House (1750), Buell Tool Museum & George Flynn Library | Connecticut River Museum | East Haddam Historical Society & Museum | Essex Steam Train & Riverboat | Goodspeed Musicals - The Goodspeed | Ireland's Great Hunger Museum | Ivoryton Playhouse | Jonathan Dickerman House Museum (c. 1792) | Museum of Fife & Drum | Powder Ridge Mountain Park & Resort | Pratt House (c.1732) | RiverQuest | Ruth Callander Museum | Town of Chester | Town of Clinton | Town of Clinton
Middlesex County organizations join Open House Day activities
Middletown Press
Online article highlighting attractions in Middlesex County participating in Connecticut Open House Day.
Published Date: 2018-06-06
Featuring: Black Hall Outfitters - Old Lyme | Brownstone Adventure Sports Park | Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts Center | Captain Elisha White House (1750), Buell Tool Museum & George Flynn Library | Connecticut River Museum | Essex Steam Train & Riverboat | Goodspeed Musicals - The Goodspeed | Ireland's Great Hunger Museum | Ivoryton Playhouse | Museum of Fife & Drum | Powder Ridge Mountain Park & Resort | Pratt House (c.1732) | RiverQuest | Ruth Callander Museum | Town of Clinton
Shop 'til You Drop, Lounge By the Pool, Play Like a Puritan
The Day
Online article highlighting shoreline attractions participating in Connecticut Open House Day.
Published Date: 2018-06-06
Featuring: Captain Elisha White House (1750), Buell Tool Museum & George Flynn Library | Guilford Art Center | Henry Whitfield State Museum | Hyland House Museum (1713) | Ivoryton Playhouse | Medad Stone Tavern Museum | North Haven Historical Society | Pardee-Morris House | Saybrook Point Resort & Marina | Spectrum Art Gallery | The Dudley Farm Museum | Thomas Griswold House | Town of Clinton | Town of Essex | Yale Center for British Art
50 things to do this weekend in Connecticut, July 6-8
Middletown Press
Online article that highlights many things to do throughout Connecticut.
Published Date: 2018-07-05
Featuring: Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens | Bruce Museum | City of Norwalk | Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo | Fairfield Museum & History Center | Fairfield University Art Museum | Foxwoods Resort Casino | Gallery at Kent Art Association | Gallery at Still River Editions | Goodspeed Musicals - The Goodspeed | Greenwich Audubon Center | HighFlyer Zipline at Foxwoods Resort Casino | Infinity Music Hall & Bistro (Norfolk) | Ivoryton Playhouse | Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center and Museum | Knights of Columbus Museum | Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts | Loft Artists Association | Mohegan Sun | Musicals at Richter | Railroad Museum of New England/Naugatuck Railroad Company | The Irons | Xfinity Theatre
50 things to do this weekend in Connecticut, July 13-15
Middletown Press
Online article highlighting thing to do throughout Connecticut.
Published Date: 2018-07-13
Featuring: Bruce Museum | City of Norwalk | Fairfield Museum & History Center | Foxwoods Resort Casino | Gallery at Kent Art Association | Gallery at Still River Editions | Goodspeed Musicals - The Goodspeed | Greenwich Point Park | HighFlyer Zipline at Foxwoods Resort Casino | Ivoryton Playhouse | Knights of Columbus Museum | Musicals at Richter | Ridgefield Playhouse | Town of Derby | Town of Derby | Town of East Hampton | Town of Fairfield | Town of Greenwich | Town of Guilford | Town of New Canaan | Urban Air Adventure Park
Connecticut River Valley day trip: Where to go, what to see
Newsday
Online article highlighting things to do in the Connecticut River Valley.
Published Date: 2018-07-20
Featuring: Chester/Hadlyme Ferry | Connecticut River Museum | Essex Steam Train & Riverboat | Florence Griswold Museum | Gillette Castle State Park | Goodspeed Musicals - The Goodspeed | Griswold Inn | Ivoryton Playhouse | Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center and Museum | Town of Old Saybrook
Middlesex County attractions taking part in Connecticut Open House Day
The Middletown Press
Online article highlighting Middlesex County attractions taking part in the 2019 Connecticut Open House Day.
Published Date: 2019-04-26
Featuring: Captain Elisha White House (1750), Buell Tool Museum & George Flynn Library | Chakana Sky Alpacas | Connecticut River Museum | Goodspeed Musicals - The Goodspeed | Ivoryton Playhouse | Museum of Fife & Drum | Ruth Callander Museum | Thankful Arnold House | Town of Westbrook | Wesleyan Potters
Tell Me Something Good About Connecticut: Spring/Summer Theater
WRCH Lite 100.5
Weekly radio and online spot highlighting things to do and see in Connecticut.
Published Date: 2019-05-14
Featuring: Elm City Party Bike | Fields of Fire Adventure Park | Goodspeed Musicals - The Goodspeed | Hartford Stage | Ivoryton Playhouse | The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
Tell Me Something Good About Connecticut: Theater
WRCH-FM, WRCH-FM Online
Weekly radio spot highlighting things to do and see in Connecticut.
Published Date: 2021-11-02
Featuring: Goodspeed Musicals - The Goodspeed | Ivoryton Playhouse | The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts | Warner Theatre
Weekend happenings around Connecticut this weekend, April 15-17
Fox 61
Online article highlighting things to do the weekend of April 15-17.
Published Date: 2022-04-14
Featuring: Adventure Park at Storrs | Adventure Park at the Discovery Museum | Delamar West Hartford | Ivoryton Playhouse | New Britain Museum of American Art | Olde Mistick Village | Shore Line Trolley Museum