Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut Media The Buttonwood Tree will present a community meditation for world peace Sunday from 2 to 3 p.m. at Union Park (on the South Green) in Middletown. The ...

MIDDLETOWN -- From the thinly lit office behind the book racks, she emerges and greets visitors with a wide smile, welcoming them in. Looking comfortable in green sweater, she fits in nicely with the ...

Written by Edward “Teddy” Hall and directed by Tim Howard, "Cal and Johnny - A Queer Love Story" tells the tale of two gay men who meet on a hook-up app, a few days before Christmas. As they drive ...

Educator, pianist, composer and arranger Jen Allen stays pretty busy. Allen teaches jazz history, music business and leads the Jazz Ensemble at Trinity College in Hartford. She was also the music ...

“South of the Buttonwood Tree” by Heather Webber is set in the charming small town of Buttonwood, Alabama. It’s a quiet little southern town where everyone knows everyone else. South of the Buttonwood ...

MIDDLETOWN >> The Eric Mintel Quartet will bring jazz music to The Buttonwood Tree on Saturday, Dec. 1, starting at 8 p.m. This friendly and engaging band plays favorite jazz tunes and originals. The ...

The Secondary Messengers play at the Buttonwood Tree Performing Art and Cultural Center, 605 Main St., Middletown, on Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. $15, buttonwoodtree.org Art Blakey started out as a piano player ...

MIDDLETOWN >> The Buttonwood Tree’s cultural arts offerings this month include live concert appearances by Connecticut State Troubadour Kristen Graves and Davey O this weekend, followed by ...