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Arts & Entertainment

Science Camp, Wine, Dance and Song

Enrich your life, April 14 – 20, 2011

Wondering what to do with your pint-size Poindexter during school break? Scientific investigation, experiments, crafts, and educational games are all on the roster of activities at the Children's Museum in West Hartford. You can sign your child up for one day or several. Workshop titles are Buggin' Out, Beakers and Broomsticks, Growing Up Wilds, RoboKids, and It's Easy Being Green. 

For workshop details and more information, visit thechildrensmuseumct.org or call 860-231-2830 ext 44. The Children's Museum is at 950 Trout Brook Drive, West Hartford.

Hill-Stead Wines: A Prohibition Peek

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Private-label Hill-Stead wines, presented in conjunction with Jonathan Edwards Winery; savory hors d'oeuvres; the sounds of Majk Jazz; and tours of the Farmington museum and its newly restored wine cellar all promise a corking good time at the Hill-Stead Museum. 

The event is the April 15 Ambassadors Wine Launch Event, which runs from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to dress in 1920s style. Tickets cost $33 in honor of 1933, the year Prohibition was repealed.

The Hill-Stead is at 35 Mountain Road, Farmington. For more information, visit www.hillstead.org. To purchase tickets, phone Mem Legros at 860-677-4787 ext. 180. 

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Harvey Reid Returns to Roaring Brook

Singer-songwriter and National Fingerpicking Guitar and Autoharp champion Harvey Reid returns to Canton's Roaring Brook Nature Center for an April 16 show. The Maine resident's discography includes Steel Drivin' Man, Guitar Voyages, and Blues & Branches. His cd/book set The Wreck of the Isidore is a 100-page, 13-song maritime music project.

Concert time is 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $20. Roaring Brook Nature Center is at 70 Gracey Road, Canton. Visit www.roaringbrookconcerts.org

A Rootin' Tootin' Script Readin'

The Suffield Players presents a Page to Stage event April 20. The staged reading features Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage by Jane Martin. The script features two rootin’-tootin’ sisters, a pink-haired “She-Devil,” and a crazed biker.  Admission is free. 

The reading is at Mapleton Hall, 1305 Mapleton Ave., Suffield. For more information including a starting time, visit www.suffieldplayers.org or phone 800-289-6148.

School Vacation Activities at Air Museum

Build a model airplane; take the pilot's seat in an aircraft and imagine what it would be like to fly it; enjoy stories of famous aviators and astronauts; build parachutes and design and test paper planes. These activities and more are on offer as the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks welcomes all ages during school vacation week from April 18 through April 22. The special programs are billed under the heading Explore the History of Science and Flight.

For a complete list of activities, dates and times, visit www.neam.org. The New England Air Museum is at 36 Perimeter Road, Windsor Locks. Phone 860-623-3305

The Tourist and Narnia on Screen at Kent Memorial

Looking for something free and entertaining? Suffield's Kent Memorial Library presents The Tourist with Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie on April 15. Depp plays an American tourist who is wandering Italy in an attempt to mend his broken heart. Jolie is the lovely distraction who leads him into deep trouble. Matinee time is 2 p.m. The film is rated PG-13.

April 21 brings the third installment of The Chronicles of Narnia films, based on the children's classics by C.S. Lewis. The Chroncles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader finds kids sailing for adventure. The family film is rated PG. 

No registration required. No food or drink allowed. Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult. English subtitles available upon request.

Kent Memorial Library is at 50 North Main St., Suffield. For more information, visit www.suffield-library.org or call 860-668-3896.

Cambodian Dancers at Watkinson School

Young adult dancers from Phnom Penh in Cambodia perform at Hartford's Watkinson School on April 17. Featured in the Children of Bassac Cambodian Dance Troupe performance are 10 dancers led by master artist leng Sithul. The dancers perform a combination of ancient classical and folk dances in full costume with studied traditional technique. The troupe has previously performed to acclaim at venues including the Edinburgh Arts Festival. 

Performance time is 7 p.m. Tickets cost $30 and $75. Ticket sales benefit the non-profit Cambodian Living Arts in its efforts to improve the daily lives of students and masters, many living in poverty, by providing opportunities for education, employment and travel.

For tickets and more information, phone 508-748-0816. Watkinson School is at 180 Bloomfield Ave., Hartford.

Winning?

Entertainment or implosion? You decide. Erratic but "winning" actor Charlie Sheen brings his latest stunt, My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat Is Not an Option tour to Foxwoods on April 17. The 8 p.m. show is in the MGM Grand Theater.

Ticket range from $82.50 to $150. Foxwoods Casino is at 350 Trolley Line Boulevard, Mashantucket. Visit www.foxwoods.com or call 860-312-3000 or, toll-free, 800-369-9663.

Kids Activities at Old Sturbridge Village

School vacation week at Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, MA, brings a host of activities and events that were all part of life in 1830s America. The village re-enacts Patriot's Day, which commemorates the start of the Revolutionary War and "the shot heard 'round the world." Visitors can meet soldiers from both sides of the conflict – a loyalist and a Minuteman, and compare beliefs about the American revolutionary movement. Children can drill and march with muskets, and hear stories from blacksmiths whose skills were utilized during the war. Visitors can meet newborn lambs and piglets, ride in the village stagecoach, and participate in games and demonstrations from tug-of-war and 1830s baseball to butter churning. Demonstrations include soap making, sewing, plowing and other farm activities. 

Admission prices are $20 adults; $18 seniors; $7 children ages 3 to 17; and free to children under 3. For more details, visit www.osv.org or call 800-SEE-1830. Old Sturbridge Village is at 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge, MA

Bergman Adaptation at Yale

Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven presents the U.S. premiere Autumn Sonata, the theatrical adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's psychological study concerning the complicated relationships between mothers and daughters. The production is directed by Robert Woodruff, whose Yale Rep credits include Notes from the Underground and Battle of Black and Dogs. Candy Buckley plays Charlotte, the classical pianist whose career takes precedence over family life. Rebecca Henderson makes her Yale debut as Charlotte's daughter, Eva, who has not seen her mother in seven years.

Autumn Sonata runs from April 15 through May 7. Yale Rep is at 1120 Chapel St., New Haven. For tickets and more information, visit www.yalerep.org or call 203-432-1234.

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