The Arts

FV Chorale 

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Chorale and Emerson Theater mark Civil War anniversary  Twelve Granby area residents will perform with the Farmington Valley Chorale, Ellen Gilson Voth, artistic director, in Farmington Valley’s Freedom Trail: A Choral Tribute, on May 1 and May 3. For this exciting event, the chorale will partner with the Emerson Theater Collaborative of Mystic, to mark the 150th anniversary of the end of the American Civil War. The program will feature Harriet2 (Harriet Squared), two one-act plays about […]

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EG Windy Hill Ensembles at EGPL

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Renaissance and Baroque Music at East Granby Public Library The Windy Hill Guitar Ensemble and the Windy Hill Baroque Ensemble will present a concert of Renaissance and Baroque music at the East Granby Library, 24 Center Street, East Granby, on Saturday, May 16, at 1 p.m. The students of the Windy Hill Guitar Studio, both school-age and adult, will be performing music written between 1550 and 1750 in England, Germany, France and Italy arranged for two, three and four guitars as well as solo re […]

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BPMMS Concert

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Courtly Music from Paris and London in the 17th and 18th Century at South Church in April By Laura Mazza-Dixon The Bruce Porter Memorial Music Series will conclude the 2014-15 Season with a concert of Baroque Music from 17th and 18th Century Paris and London performed on Sunday April 26, at 4 p.m. in the sanctuary of South Congregational Church. The concert is free and open to the public. A suggested donation of $10 may be made at the door to support the continuation of the series. The churc […]

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Peter Mulvey to perform in Granby

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Peter Mulvey to perform in Granby By Carole Bernard Listening to Peter Mulvey’s music draws you in and leaves you wanting more. His incredibly smooth and silky voice reaches into the depths of your soul and echo there, much like his songs did when he sang in Boston’s subways. A native of Milwaukee, Wis., Mulvey brings the well-grounded sensibility of America’s heartland together with musical skills honed in Dublin, Ireland, to create real magic. Throughout the years and […]

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Chorale and Emerson Theater

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Chorale and Emerson Theater mark Civil War anniversary  Twelve Granby area residents will perform with the Farmington Valley Chorale, Ellen Gilson Voth, artistic director, in Farmington Valley’s Freedom Trail: A Choral Tribute, on May 1 and May 3. For this exciting event, the chorale will partner with the Emerson Theater Collaborative of Mystic, to mark the 150th anniversary of the end of the American Civil War. The program will feature Harriet2 (Harriet Squared), two one-act plays about H […]

The Arts

Peter Mulvey to perform in Granby

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Peter Mulvey to perform in Granby By Carole Bernard Listening to Peter Mulvey’s music draws you in and leaves you wanting more. His incredibly smooth and silky voice reaches into the depths of your soul and echo there, much like his songs did when he sang in Boston’s subways. A native of Milwaukee, Wis., Mulvey brings the well-grounded sensibility of America’s heartland together with musical skills honed in Dublin, Ireland, to create real magic. Throughout the years and h […]

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Granby Public Library Events

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Granby Public Library HOURS: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday – 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Saturday – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays thru March 29 – 1 to 4 p.m. Cossitt Public Library HOURS: Tuesday, Thursday – 10 a.m. to Noon; and 3 – 8 p.m. Saturday – Noon to 5 p.m. Cossitt Library Are you enjoying the Elementary Nutmeg Book Nominees? Would you like to talk about them? Join us on Saturday, March 21 at 3 p.m. We will read  […]

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Poet and Humorist, Andy Weil

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Poet and humorist, Andy Weil, promises to Leave ‘Em Laughing Do you think obituaries have to be serious? Come and find out by joining the Civic Engagement Education Team at the Granby Senior Center on Wednesday, March 11, at 12:30 p.m. for the Lunch for the Mind lecture, Leave ‘Em Laughing, with humorist Andy Weil. As Weil says, “Would it be so awful if we expounded, in our obituaries, our phobias with sushi? Or how we would travel an hour to save 35 cents on a can of peas? O […]

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Granby Musician in Baroque Concert

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Granby musician in Baroque concert Granby resident Laura Mazza-Dixon will play in a concert of Baroque Music for Lent in the Christ Church Cathedral Auditorium, 45 Church Street, Hartford, on Sunday, March 15, at 3 p.m. Music director Joshua Anand Slater will conduct a program of works of Bach, Händel, Tunder, Graun and Purcell featuring the Christ Church Cathedral Choir and the Cathedral Viol Consort with Dana Campbell, Carrie Crompton, Monika Kinstler, Mazza-Dixon and Leland Tolo. Harp […]

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Marquis of Granby Open House

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Marquis of Granby to hold open house By Lori Catlin Garcia The Marquis of Granby Ancient Fyfe and Drum Corps will hold an open house on Wednesday, March 18 at First Congregational Church of Granby on Route 189. Membership in the corps is open to interested youth, typically age 9 and up, from Granby and surrounding towns. At the March recruitment event, prospective members will be introduced to marching and the musket drill, and will learn about playing the fyfe and the snare or bass drum. Tho […]