Behind The Curtain - Hartford Courant

Jennifer Aniston has entered the 2024 election news cycle to call out former President Donald Trump's running mate — "Hillbilly Elegy" author and Ohio Sen. JD Vance — over his remarks about p...

https://www.courant.com/2024/07/26/jennifer-aniston-blasts-jd-vance-over-childless-cat-ladies-view-on-kamala-harris/

The 2024 Great Hartford Shakespeare Festival's presentations of "Hamlet" and "The Taming of the Shrew" mixes enthusiastic amateurs with some striking performances in the lead roles.

https://www.courant.com/2024/07/24/theater-review-greater-hartford-shakespeare-festival-offers-entertaining-comedy-or-tragedy/

The Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz returned this past weekend with a massive crowd of over 100,000 attendees and performances by a bevvy of talented artists.

https://www.courant.com/2024/07/22/photos-2024-greater-hartford-festival-of-jazz/

Customer Kate Noonan said, "It's just a really tranquil, peaceful place. It's so welcoming and the product is really great."

https://www.courant.com/2024/07/22/a-ct-woman-opened-a-business-that-lets-customers-create-its-inspiring-many-guests-to-linger/

By JOHN MARSHALL PHOENIX (AP) — Caitlin Clark sauntered across the orange carpet in a tan Armani dress and white Versace slingback pumps, an understated-but-elegant look for the kickoff event o...

https://www.courant.com/2024/07/21/wnba-players-step-up-their-clothes-game-garnering-attention-for-their-pregame-fashion-choices/

As the Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz ends, half a dozen other big Connecticut music festivals are ready to go from Black-Eyed & Bluesfest to Jam at the Dam to the Charles Ives Music Festival.

https://www.courant.com/2024/07/21/get-in-the-groove-with-a-flurry-of-outdoor-summer-music-festivals-to-close-out-july/

"The One Who," a spiritual, socially conscious outdoor theater experience from Marcella Trowbridge, has two performances at The Sanctuary in East Haddam on July 27.

https://www.courant.com/2024/07/21/the-one-who-offers-a-transformative-outdoor-theater-experience-that-wants-to-soothe-your-soul/

By JOCELYN NOVECK PARIS (AP) — Sure, they call it the City of Light. But Paris is also the City of Fashion, one of most influential fashion capitals of the world for decades, no, centuries (rem...

https://www.courant.com/2024/07/21/the-olympics-are-coming-to-the-capital-of-fashion-expect-uniforms-befitting-a-paris-runway-2/

The Courant's arts picks for July 21-27 include comedians Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Maher, Vicki Lawrence and Brett Goldstein, blink-182, Sammy Hagar and Loverboy and Phish.

https://www.courant.com/2024/07/20/its-all-the-big-things-this-week-in-ct-from-blink-182-to-phish-to-jerry-seinfeld/

LOS ANGELES — The Sundance Institute has announced six finalist cities in its search for a host site for the Sundance Film Festival beginning in 2027. Along with the festival's longtime home in...

https://www.courant.com/2024/07/20/here-are-the-final-6-cities-sundance-could-move-to-in-2027/