*****Join Lite 100.5 WRCH’s Joe Furey TODAY 4-6pm for a Yeah It’s a Snow Day event at Big Y in West Hartford. Bring your coloring sheet (or color when you get there!) and get a free goodie bag. You can enter to win a Smart TV and win UConn Men’s and Women’s Basketball tickets!*****
MUSIC:
Mohegan Sun Wolf Den all FREE SHOWS Foghat Friday at 8pm Lettuce Saturday at 8pm and on Sunday Joel Crouse at 7:00P. 860-226-7711 or go to www.mohegansun.com
Gin Blossoms Saturday night 8PM at The Ridgefield Playhouse 203.438.5795 www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org
THEATER:
Bill Cosby at The Bushnell Saturday TWO SHOWS at 5 & 8 PM www.bushnell.org
Steve Martin’s The Underpants! runs through Sunday at The Hartford Stage 50 Church Street, Hartford, CT 06103 Box Office 860.527.5151
The Consultant runs now through Sunday at The Long Wharf Theatre, Stage II 222 Sargent Dr. New Haven, CT 06511 PRICE: $40-$70 www.longwharf.org
Connecticut Ballet presents Be My Valentine February 8 at 7:30 at The Maxwell and Ruth Belding Theater at The Bushnell. Artistic Director Brett Raphael presents an evening of romantic duets to inspire and tickle your fantasies! A one-night-only program just in time for Valentine’s Day. Onstage after-party featuring ‘Eight to the Bar,’ a champagne toast, delectable finger food, chocolate desserts, and dancing with the dancers. Call Connecticut Ballet at 860-293-1039 or visit www.connecticutballet.com for more info
EVENTS:
MONSTER JAM Saturday shows at 2 & 7:30 and Sunday at 2PM The show includes Quad wars and a Pit Party at The XL Center 877.522.8499 www.xlcenter.com
The Babies Behind the Beasts Yale Peabody museum of Natural History 170 Whitney AVe New Haven 203.432.5050 www.peabody.yale.edu
Ellington Friends of Music & Cabaret Ellington Friends of Music will be holding its fourth annual Pancake Breakfast and Cabaret on Saturday, February 8, 2014 in the Ellington High School cafeteria 37 Maple Street, Ellington. The breakfast will be served from 8 am-11 am and will include: pancakes, sausage, orange juice, real maple syrup, strawberries, coffee, and tea. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for children at the door. Musical performances by local students and staff of the Ellington school system will be featured throughout the morning. Come for the breakfast, stay for the music! All profits go to support Music in the Ellington Schools grades K-12. They are also collecting gently used and new musical instruments that they will donate to the Ellington school system. For more information, please call Bridget at 860-462-1563.
Elmo’s First Friday Family Festival! admission is $6 Children 1 and younger are FREE and Imagine Nation Museum members are free. Wear Elmo’s favorite color and get a prize! Imagine Nation Museum Bristol 860.314.1400 www.imaginemuseum.org
Our Companions Olympic Adoption Event- This Saturday! Take a break from cheering on our Olympic hopefuls and meet some loving, furry adoption hopefuls! Saturday, February 8th 10:00 a.m. – Noon Our Companions’ Valerie Friedman Program Center 34 Sanrico Drive, Manchester, CT 06042 860.242.9999 x. 302
Jiggle a Jelly Exhibit at Maritime Aquarium10 N. Water St. Norwalk, CT 06850 203.852.0700 The special “hands-on” exhibit of jellies will be open near the Aquarium’s Jellyfish Culture Lab on weekends and holidays through April 20 – and also daily during school vacation weeks Feb. 17-21 and April 14-18. www.maritimeaquarium.org
Ben Bailey at The Hartford Funnybone Friday through Sunday 860.432.8600 www.hartfordfunnybone.com
The 20th Annual Holiday Train Show at the Connecticut River Museum, 67 Main St., Essex. The show includes a 26-foot model train layout, “I SPY” scavenger hunts and a train layout made for toddler-size viewing. The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults, $7 for seniors, $5 for children 6 to 12. Information: 860-767-8269 and www.ctrivermuseum.org.
Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah, an exhibit showcasing more than 200 artifacts recovered from the wreck site of the world’s first authenticated pirate ship discovered off the coast of Cape Cod, is on display at Foxwoods Resort Casino through Feb. 28. Admission is $20, $16 seniors, $15 ages 3 to 13. Hours are Sunday to Thursday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Information: www.foxwoods.com.
Once in a Lifetime at The Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery New Haven 203.772.2788 www.lifetime.wordpress.com
Lend Me A Tenor runs now through Sunday at Playhouse on Park West Hartford 860.523.5900 www.playhouseonpark.org