Manchester Area Events: See What's Coming Up This Week

Manchester CT

02 August, 2021

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MANCHESTER, CT — Want for a family outing? Your Manchester Patch community calendar is a great way to stay in the loop on what's happening near you and discover local events that fit your interests. Here's a roundup of local events coming up in the area this week. If you're hosting an event and want to see it in the next roundup, you can add it to the calendar using this form. You can also spread the word in nearby communities by promoting your event. The cost is $1 per day per community. Here are all of this week's events in and around Manchester: A Quiet American Hero: The Life and Time of Ebenezer D. Bassett When: Monday, August 2nd at 7:00 p.m. Where: Manchester Public Library, 586 Main St, Manchester, CT, 06040 What: Historian Carolyn Ivanoff returns to talk about Derby, CT resident Ebenezer D. Bassett, the United States' first African American ambassador and diplomat. This program will be held in person; Ivaonoff will Zoom in from a remote location. No registration is required for this fr... Learn More Featured Event: Free Concert: Goza Latin Band When: Thursday, August 5th at 6:00 p.m. Where: Center Memorial Park What: GOZA (Spanish for Joy) performs exciting music and dance rhythms from Latin America, Brazil and Spain with guitar, violin, horns, Latin percussion and beautiful, and romantic vocals. Bring your lawn chair and enjoy the evenings in Manchester's lovely Center Memorial Park. Unfortun... Learn More Featured Event: Free Concert: Goza Latin Band (Beller's DuBaldo) Featured Event: Soule Monde at the Broad Brook Opera House! When: Friday, August 6th at 7:00 p.m. Where: Broad Brook Opera House What: Soule Monde is avant funk born of the syncopated minds of power drummer Russ Lawton and organ wizard Ray Paczkowski. The "duo" is cemented into an indestructible unit and where bold improvisational leaps are interpreted telepathically and reciprocated effortlessly. Paczkowski has... Learn More Featured Event: Soule Monde at the Broad Brook Opera House! (Broad Brook Opera House) Featured Event: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) When: Friday, August 6th at 7:30 p.m. Where: Little Theatre of Manchester at Cheney Hall What: THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (abridged) by Adam Long, Daniel Singer & Jess Winfield August 6 - 22 Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm & Sun at 2 pm97 MINUTES WITH NO INTERMISSION All 37 plays in 97 minutes! Three madcap men weave their wicked way through all of Shakespeare... Learn More Featured Event: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (Debra Polikaitis) Summer Concert Series: Justin Chan & the Vices When: Friday, August 6th at 12:00 p.m. Where: Connecticut's Old State House What: Join us for our annual FREE Summer Concert Series! This year, the Summer Concerts at the Farmers Market at Connecticut's Old State House are held on the East Lawn beginning at noon. Concerts will also be live-streamed on our Facebook page and YouTube. No tickets or reservation... Learn More Rock Painting Craft When: Friday, August 6th at 7:00 p.m. Where: Manchester Public Library, 586 Main St, Manchester, CT, 06040 What: Channel your creative energy and paint a rock. We'll provide the supplies. Limited to the first 20 adults who register for this free program by calling the Reference Room at 860-645-0821. This program will be held on the Howroyd Room Patio; in the case of poor weather it will ... Learn More Featured Event: Hillstown Grange Small Business/Artist Pop-up Shop When: Saturday, August 7th at 9:00 a.m. Where: 617 Hills St What: Hillstown Grange will be holding a Small Business Pop-Up Shop Event featuring the creations and products of local artists and entrepreneurs. This event will be held on Saturday, August 7th from 9:00am to 4:00pm. The Hillstown Grange is located at 617 Hills Street, East Hartfo... Learn More Featured Event: Hillstown Grange Small Business/Artist Pop-up Shop (Dan Gallagher) Featured Event: Psychic & Beyond EXPO When: Saturday, August 7th at 11:00 a.m. Where: 85 Glastonbury Blvd What: 9th Annual Psychic & Beyond EXPO featuring Connecticut's best local Psychics, Healers, Metaphysical Vendors, Mediums & Authors.Psychics - This event is a great time to begin the healing and positive paths to the New Normal Spiritually. For all the info on the EXPO this... Learn More Featured Event: Psychic & Beyond EXPO (Rebecca Anne LoCicero) Check out more local events, or add your own, on the Manchester Patch community calendar. Editor's note: This article was automatically generated based on event information mainly provided by community members. Patch has not independently verified most of this information, always check with organizers to confirm posted events are proceeding as planned. Click on any event in the list for more details. You can also reach out to [email protected] with any questions or other feedback about this article.