Instantiations – Mar 15 at Real Art Ways

March 15, 2026 - March 15, 2026

Experience music imagined and created in real-time. This series runs from September 2025 to May 2026. Check out the full schedule here!Performances from February through May 2026 will take place inside Hartford Ballroom, 56 Arbor Street, #411, Hartford CT. To get inside 56 Arbor Street, please use the building door accessible from our parking lot that is closest to Orange Street. Enter this door next to Jumping Frog Bookstore (one of our colleagues will be onsite to let you into the building):Follow the… Find out more

April 8, 2026 - April 8, 2026

 Riverwood Poetry Series will host Mark Doty and Nadia Sims on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at 7 PM, in The Avery Theater at the Wadsworth Atheneum, 29 Atheneum Square North, Hartford, Connecticut. Mark Doty has published ten books of poems, including Fire to Fire: New & Selected Poems, which won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2008. He is the author of six books of nonfiction prose, most recently What is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life. His work… Find out more

April 12, 2026 - April 12, 2026

Experience music imagined and created in real-time. This series runs from September 2025 to May 2026. Check out the full schedule here!Performances from February through May 2026 will take place inside Hartford Ballroom, 56 Arbor Street, #411, Hartford CT. To get inside 56 Arbor Street, please use the building door accessible from our parking lot that is closest to Orange Street. Enter this door next to Jumping Frog Bookstore (one of our colleagues will be onsite to let you into the building):Follow the… Find out more

May 3, 2026 - May 3, 2026

Experience music imagined and created in real-time. This series runs from September 2025 to May 2026. Check out the full schedule here!Performances from February through May 2026 will take place inside Hartford Ballroom, 56 Arbor Street, #411, Hartford CT. To get inside 56 Arbor Street, please use the building door accessible from our parking lot that is closest to Orange Street. Enter this door next to Jumping Frog Bookstore (one of our colleagues will be onsite to let you into the building):Follow the… Find out more

December 30, 2116 - December 30, 2116

I want to tell you something remarkable. Something you probably aren’t aware of. You may already know that Real Art Ways is pretty good at what we do. But did you know Real Art Ways has presented the work of (drum roll, please)… 48…(!) MacArthur Genius Grant Awardees? We’re going to share a bit about them in coming weeks. – Will K. Wilkins KEN VANDERMARK Ken Vandermark has performed at Real Art Ways in 2013, 2014, and most recently last… Find out more

December 30, 2116 - December 30, 2116

Synopsis: Do you like wine?! This documentary follows the journeys of natural winemakers in Northern California, during the largest wildfire season on record. Equal parts farmer, winemaker, and artist, they stay true to their ideals of creating exceptional wines made through innovative sustainable and regenerative farming and without chemical additives. Eschewing the industrial agricultural practices of the corporate wine industry – our winemakers are healing the very environment they are surviving, i.e., a changing climate marked by rising temperatures, shorter… Find out more

December 30, 2116 - December 30, 2116

Synopsis: GRATITUDE REVEALED: An epic journey forty years in the making. This film from acclaimed filmmaker, Louie Schwartzberg, the director of cult hit Fantastic Fungi, takes us on a transformational, cinematic experience of how to live a more meaningful life full of Gratitude through his intimate conversations with everyday people, thought leaders, and personalities revealing Gratitude is a proven pathway back from the disconnection we feel in our lives; disconnection from ourselves, our planet, and each other.     Find out more

December 30, 2116 - December 30, 2116

“A spectacular piece of blended storytelling.” – Collider.com 96% on Rotten Tomatoes Synopsis: When a research scientist makes national news proving she can track people into the afterlife, Rose sees a way out and Teddy sees his chance to finally make it. These two strangers, both harboring dark secrets, race to join the doctor’s contentious study and leave this life behind. While Rose is haunted by a ghostly presence that she can’t outrun, Teddy is forced to confront his past.… Find out more

December 30, 2116 - December 30, 2116

“A damming exposé of a nation unwilling to admit its primordial sins.” – Los Angeles Times  “A disturbing portrait of how very human impulses can shape the writing of history.” – New York Times  “Infuriating and jaw dropping.” – RogerEbert.com  96% on Rotten Tomatoes Synopsis: The tape-recorded words “erase it” take on new weight in the context of history and war. When the State of Israel was established in 1948, war broke out and hundreds of Palestinian villages were depopulated in its aftermath.… Find out more

December 30, 2116 - December 30, 2116

“Gorgeous. A tender story of broken families.” – AwardsWatch “One of the year’s most delightful films.” BBC News “Wonderful. A lovely, intensely human film.” – Vogue Synopsis: The film follows two brokers who sell orphaned infants, circumventing the bureaucracy of legal adoption, to affluent couples who can’t have children of their own. After an infant’s mother surprises the duo by returning to ensure her child finds a good home, the three embark on a journey to find the right couple, building an… Find out more