North East Digital Village

Community Events 2008

Hi! We hope you find our events listing helpful. We update almost daily and include events for children & their families as well as those strictly for adults. Events are listed chronologically. Although we can't guarantee all the dates/times etc, we do provide you with links to event web sites or phone numbers so you can check with event creators whenever you wish. You'll find what's happenning today and the rest of the month here and events that began before today, but are still going on here.

August 2008

August 13 - August 31, 2008
Evita
Ivoryton Playhouse, 103 Main Street, Ivoryton, Connecticut
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Book and lyrics by Tim Rice. A Broadway smash hit that traces the rise of Argentina's most famous first lady - Eva Peron.

August 22, 2008, 11 AM
Crabgrass Puppet Theatre presents
The Last Dragon On Earth
Ivoryton Playhouse, 103 Main Street, Ivoryton, Connecticut
Summer Children's Theatre.
All Seats $10. Please call the box office at 860-767-7318 for additional information.

Saturday August 23, 2008, 8 PM
Chris Thompson & Carl Cacho
The Vanilla Bean Cafe, 450 Deerfield Road, Pomfret CT
Contact: 860-928-1562 or thevanillabeancafe.com

Carl Cacho has firmly established himself as one of the most talented and respected singer/songwriters in New England. Boston Music Award Nominee for Outstanding New Singer/Songwriter, winner of the Rose Garden Coffeehouse Singer/Songwriter Competition and finalist in both the Telluride Troubadour and Sierra Songwriter's Festival songwriting contests, his songs and disarming performing style have made him a favorite at venues across the Northeast. Tom Rush personally selected Carl to perform with him at Harvard University's Sanders Theater.

Chris Thompson is the guitar and lead vocalist for the duo Chris and Meredith Thompson. Together the Thompsons have released 6 albums and played festivals such as the Clearwater Hudson Revival, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, and the Boston Folk Festival. The Thompsons are best known for their close sibling harmony, and as Chris now steps out on her own, she demonstrates her powerful clear vocals and percussive, riff driven guitar work.

Saturday August 30, 2008, 8 PM
Jason Spooner
The Vanilla Bean Cafe, 450 Deerfield Road, Pomfret CT
Contact: 860-928-1562 or thevanillabeancafe.com

This multi-award winning New England-based songwriter discovered his father’s collection of eight-track tapes as a child and never looked back. After early exposure to legends like Neil Young, Paul Simon, Jim Croce and Van Morrison along with Motown heavies, Jason Spooner was inspired to start making the rounds on coffee house stages in his teens. He then spent time in Europe performing in folk & blues clubs and on the streets of London and Spain. Before long, Jason jumped head-first into the Northeast's burgeoning songwriter scene. Jason's writing style continues to emerge as a crucial strength that sets this ME based artist apart. Admittedly far from content with the majority of songs dominating today’s radio charts, Jason hovers in a unique space between the literal and the psychological. As a writer, he often provides enough detail to ignite the listener's imagination while enabling them to deliver some personal experience to the equation.Whether you're a fan of great songwriting or power-house live performance, Jason Spooner is an emerging songwriter to watch closely.

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September 2008

Tuesday & Wednesday, September 2nd & 3rd, 2008, 7 PM
The Windham Theatre Guild Auditions
Windham Theatre Guild will hold open auditions for the hilarious, high-energy comedy in classic British Farce tradition, Leading Ladies by Ken Ludwig. The show is extremely fast-paced and loaded with much physical humor, sight gags, slap-stick, and split-second timing. Shakespearean overtones.
The Burton Leavitt Theatre, 779 Main Street, Willimantic, CT O6226
Director/Jim Hetrick
There are 8 roles: 3 females (age range mid-twenties to mid-nineties) & 5 males (age range mid-twenties to mid-forties).
Character descriptions and production info will be available at windhamtheatreguild.org. Show Dates: November 7th -22nd, 2008
For more information: Call the Windham Theatre Guild at 860-423-2245.

September 17 - October 5, 2008
Steel Magnolias
Ivoryton Playhouse, 103 Main Street, Ivoryton, Connecticut
By Robert Harling. This tender portrait of eccentricity in small town Louisiana is set in Truvy's Beauty Parlor.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008
GOODWIN COLLEGE FOUNDATION THIRD ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
Topstone Golf Course, South Windsor CT
The Goodwin College Foundation is proud to host its Third Annual Golf Tournament at Topstone Golf Course.

The event will include scramble format golf, raffle drawings, lunch, and dinner. Registration begins at 10:00 a.m., and the Shotgun Start is at 11:00 a.m. The cost is $200 per golfer, which includes green fees, cart, lunch, and dinner.

Funds raised at this year's tournament will be added to the Foundation's endowed scholarship fund. Scholarships will be awarded to students with financial need to help them complete their studies at Goodwin College.

If you would like to play in the golf event, participate as a sponsor, or donate a gift or gift certificate for the raffle, please contact Sonya Richmond, development coordinator, at 860-291-9934 or send an email to srichmond@goodwin.edu. To register online, please visit Goodwin College's website at goodwin.edu.

September 26, 2008 - November 30, 2008
BIG RIVER
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Goodspeed, Route 82, East Haddam, CT
Come along for the adventure of a lifetime! Join Huck Finn and runaway slave Jim on a musical trip down the Mississippi River in Mark Twain's classic tale. Along the way you'll meet a rascally pair of river grifters, a grieving heiress and of course, Tom Sawyer. A slice of pure Americana - adventurous, humorous, perilous and mythic. Winner of 7 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Recommended for ages 12+.
For more information: Call 860.873.8668 or visit goodspeed.org.

Sunday, September 28, 2008
Pilgrimage for Peace
New London CT
A group of pilgrims, people of faith from Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Unitarian Universalist and other traditions, will be "praying with their feet" for peace as they walk. The 2008 Pilgrimage for Peace will begin in New London on September 28 and make a circuit through RI & MA to Manchester, NH. The pilgrims will split up in Boston, with half going north to Manchester and half west to Springfield, MA. The groups will reunite in Hartford and continue through Connecticut to New Haven and finish up back in New London on Sunday, November 9.

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