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Great Things to Do in New Haven/South Central

From fine art to outlet shopping, New Haven and South Central Connecticut have something for every taste

Art and architecture are not the only pleasures offered by the New Haven region on the south-central coast of Connecticut, but if those are your interests, get thee to Yale University, where visitors can find art and architecture on an Ivy League scale. The Yale University Art Gallery presents works by van Gogh, Manet, and Picasso, while the Yale Center for British Art offers the largest collection of this kind in the United States. For art of a more comical bent, 60,000 pieces of cartoon art and a cartoon theater are waiting at the Barker Character, Comic & Cartoon Museum in Cheshire. And the Shubert Performing Arts Center in New Haven is a center of lively theater.

Children and families can luxuriate in summer fun at the Hammonasset Beach State Park, Connecticut’s longest saltwater beach. Birdwatchers can enjoy themselves any time of the year at the Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center in Milford. Moving indoors, kids will find themselves goggle-eyed at the 67-foot brontosaurus at the Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven. For a very unusual exploration, make your way to The First Church of Christ, also known as Center Church or Church on the Green, in New Haven, where a crypt with tombstones dating back to 1687 is located beneath the church. Or for peaceful beauty on Long Island Sound, it is hard to improve on a cruise around the Thimble Islands off of Branford. If you live to shop, or just like to shop, the town of Clinton is home to the Clinton Crossing Premium Outlets, where shoppers can find a large variety of brand-name merchandise. Surely, the New Haven region is a place of variety, indoors or out.

Great Things to Do in New Haven/South Central

Fourth of July Fireworks
-- Lakeville, Connecticut
July 4, 2009
Lions Club July 4th Parade – Columbia, Connecticut
July 4, 2009
Sounds of Liberty
– Hartford, Connecticut
July 4, 2009
Outdoor Arts & Crafts Show & Lobster Festival --Niantic
July 4, 2009 to July 5, 2009
Turn of the Century Fest
-- Litchfield, Connecticut
July 4, 2009
Fireworks Under the Stars -- New Haven, Connecticut
July 4, 2009
3-D Fireworks – Middlebury, Connecticut
July 4, 2009
Independence Day Parade
-- Madison, Connecticut
July 4, 2009
July 4th Parade & Picnic
-- Lyme, Connecticut
July 4, 2009
Turn of the Century Fest
-- Litchfield, Connecticut
July 4, 2009
Independence Day
-- Mystic, Connecticut
July 4, 2009
Great American Boom
-- New Britain, Connecticut
July 4, 2009
Independence Day Fireworks
-- Norwich, Connecticut
July 4, 2009
WILI Boom Box Parade
-- Willimantic, Connecticut
July 4, 2009
Fourth of July Celebration
-- Woodstock, Connecticut
July 4, 2009
United States Coast Guard Band in Concert -- New London
July 5, 2009
Semiseptcentennial Parade
-- Norwich, Connecticut
July 5, 2009
Powwow Festival -- Ledyard
July 8, 2009 to July 9, 2009
Carnival and Fireworks -- Windsor Locks
July 9, 2009 to July 11, 2009
Abbamania at Talcott Mountain Music Festival – Simsbury
July 10, 2009
Fourth of July Town Celebration
Enfield, Connecticut
July 10, 2009 to July 12, 2009
Antiques Show – Madison
July 11, 2009
New England Arts and Crafts Festival – Milford
July 11, 2009 to July 12, 2009
Vintage Base Ball Game - Riverfest 2009 Festival Games – Hartford
July 11, 2009 to July 12, 2009
Peter Rockwell Day -- Stockbridge
July 11, 2009
Michael Cavanaugh at Talcott Mountain Musical Festival – Simsbury
July 15, 2009
Craft Expo – Guilford
July 16, 2009 to July 18, 2009
Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz -- Hartford
July 17, 2009 to July 19, 2009
Deep River Ancient Muster of Fife & Drum – Deep River
July 17, 2009 to July 18, 2009
Circus Smirkus – Wellesley
July 17, 2009 to July 19, 2009
Mitchell Farm Summer Music Festival -- Salem
July 18, 2009
Nature’s Fireworks – West Hartford
July 25, 2009
Fireworks Display
-- Branford, Connecticut
July 27, 2009
Connecticut Wine Festival – Goshen
August 1, 2009 to August 2, 2009
David Cook -- Ledyard / Mashantucket
August 1, 2009
The Mystic Outdoor Art Festival -- Mystic
August 8, 2009 to August 9, 2009
Milford Oyster Festival -- Miford
August 14, 2009 to August 15, 2009
Shoreline Wine Festival -- Guilford
August 15, 2009 to August 16, 2009
Bethel Garden Fair -- Bethel
August 15, 2009
Cirque Du Soleil: Alegria -- Bridgeport
August 20, 2009 to August 23, 2009
David Copperfield’s Grand Illusion -- Ledyard
October 23, 2009 to October 24, 2009
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