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Hartford-area Entertainment & Restaurants
Overnight accommodations
To request disability accommodations, please contact Jane Thierfeld Brown 860-570-5130.
Note: We've set aside a block of rooms at the Goodwin Hotel for Thursday, April 20 to Saturday, April 22. The rate is $119 plus city and state taxes (currently 12%). Please call 1-800-922-5006 or 1-860-246-7500 to make your reservations. Parking is $20 per car for overnight guests. The cut-off date to make reservations is Monday, April 3, 2006.
Other nearby hotels include:
- Crowne Plaza, 50 Morgan Street, Hartford, 860.549.2400;
- Hartford Hilton Hotel, 315 Trumbull St., Hartford, CT 06103 860.728.5151
- Hartford Marriott Downtown, 200 Columbus Blvd., Hartford, CT 860.249.8000
- Holiday Inn Express, 185 Brainard Road, Hartford, CT 06114, 860.525.1000
- West Hartford Inn, 900 Farmington Ave., West Hartford, CT 877.782.2777
Entertainment, Restaurants and Bars, Hartford Area
On Stage
- Aetna Theater at the Wadsworth Atheneum, 600 Main Street, Hartford, 860.278.2670 for general information, can be transferred to the theater.
- Austin Arts Center, Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, 860.297.2199.
- Broadway at the Bushnell, Bushnell Memorial Hall, 166 Capitol Avenue, Hartford,
860.987.5900; professional theater, five to six plays over the academic year.
Connecticut River, 860.873.8668. - Hartford Stage Company, 50 Church Street, Hartford, 860.527.5151, group and student rates are available
- Lincoln Theater, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, 860.768.4228
- Meadows Music Theatre, 61 Savitt Way, Hartford, 860.548.7370.
- Yale Repertory Theatre, 1120 Chapel Street, New Haven, 203.432.1570, box office 203.432.1234.
Music
- Hartford Symphony at the Bushnell, relatively inexpensive guest series available, 860.987.5906.
- Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, concerts, tickets available at box office or Ticketron. 860.525.4500
- Meadows Music Theatre, 61 Savitt Way, Hartford, 860.548.7370.
Museums
- Connecticut Historical Society, One Elizabeth Street, Hartford, 860.236.5621.
- Hill-Stead Museum, 35 Mountain Road, Farmington, 860.677.9064.
- Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, 860.247.0998.
- Mystic Marinelife Aquarium, 55 Coogan Boulevard, Mystic, 860.572.5955.
- Mystic Seaport, 75 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic, 860.572.0711.
- Old State House, 800 Main Street, Hartford, 860.522.6766.
- Science Center of Connecticut, 950 Trout Brook Drive, West Hartford, 860.231.2824.
- Wadsworth Atheneum, 600 Main Street, Hartford, 860.278.2670.
Films
The Hartford area has many movie theaters. Most of them show first run films. Please check the Hartford Advocate and The Hartford Courant for showings and times.
- Bushnell Theater, P.O. Box 26848, 166 Capitol Ave., Hartford, 860.987.5900
- Cinema City, 235 Brainard Rd., Hartford, 860.549.0030.
- Cinestudio, Trinity College, Summit St., 860.297.2463, new shows every two or three days, best films in Hartford.