For picnic fare to eat among the roses at Elizabeth Park, the Congress Rotisserie is a wholesome deli with creative sandwiches, soups and salads. Connecticut Hartford 383 Entertainment The Hartford Civic Center Coliseum is the venue for big shows; historic Bushnell Memorial Hall Capitol Ave) is where you go for most ballet, symphony and chamber music performances. For the rundown on current performances, contact the Hartford Downtown Council or the Greater Hartford Arts Council. For events in Bushnell Park. The Hartford Symphony and Hartford Ballet have full winter performance seasons with very reasonable ticket prices. Contemporary as well as classic plays are presented by the Hartford Stage Company 50 Church Sty from September through June. The theater building is striking, designed by Venturi & Rauch of red brick with darker red zigzag details.
A gallery that combines contemporary works on paper and canvas with works on video, poetry and musical events, Real Art Ways Arbor Sty is consistently offbeat and adventurous. Admission is free; performances usually cost $5 to $10. The gallery is open 10 am to 5 pm weekdays, noon to 5 pm Saturday. If you want to catch a movie, the gorgeous, velvet-seated Cinestudio for show limes, for office, 300 Summit SI), at Trinity College, shows first-run and art films at lower-than-average prices. For casual live music, check out the cafe culture at Reader's Feast near Whitney St.It's a cozy environment to grab a book, sip latte, munch vegetarian food and see a band. The Voodoo Lounge Ann SI), at Allyn St on the west side of the Civic Center, is the cool place to go for dancing and drinking, with music supplied by the in-house DJ. Getting There & Away See this chapter's introductory Getting There & Around section for more information on transport options.
Around Hartford Air Bradley International Airport about 12 miles north of Hartford in Windsor Locks, is central Connecticut's regional airport, with service by Air Tran, American, Continental, Della, Delta Express, Metro Jet, Mid- way, Mid- west Express, Northwest, Shuttle America, TWA, United, US Airways and eight regional airlines. Bus Greyhound Peter Pan T railways provide bus links from Hartford's Union Station to other Northeast cities. See the beginning of this chapter for details. Train Amtrak trains connect Hartford to New York and Boston at Union Station Car Driving details for Hartford are as follows: destination mileage Boston.MA Litchneld, cr Mystic, cr New Haven, cr New London, cr NewYork, NY Providence, R I 102 miles 34 miles 54 miles 36 miles 52 miles 117 miles 71 miles Getting Around The bus service within the city is by Connecticut Transit which has an information booth at State House Square and Market St. Taxis are available outside Union Station downtown, or call Yellow Cab Co AROUND HARTFORD The environs of Hartford hold many things to see and do. here are several of the best.
Old Wethersfield The historic town of Wethersfield, 5 miles south of hartford off 1-91 exit 26, boasts that George Washington stayed here while planning the final victorious campaign of the Revolutionary War. The town's historic district, known as Old Wethersfield, has many fine colonial and Revolutionary-era houses. Three 18th-century houses comprise the Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum. Exhibits in all the houses bring to life the America of more than two centuries ago. In the Webb House, grand murals commissioned in 1916 depict the strategy conference between Generals Washington and Rochambcau, held right here to plan what became the victorious American campaign against the British-held Yorktown.
The museum is open 10 am to 4 pm daily except Tuesday from May through October; in winter, it's open weekends only. Admission costs $8 for adults, $7 for seniors, and $4 for students and children five or older. Dinosaur State Park Two hundred million years ago, dinosaurs traipsed across mudflats near Rocky Hill, 10 miles due south of Hartford along 1-9l. Their tracks hardened in the mud and remained safely buried until the 20th century when road-building crews serendipitously uncovered them. Connecticut's answer to Jurassic Park is Dinosaur State Park West St (1-91 exit 23, then I mile east), where you can view the hundreds of footprints preserved beneath a geodesic dome, tour an 80-foot-long diorama that shows how and by what the tracks were made, and view other dino saurrelated exhibits. The park also has a picnic area and 2 miles of nature trails. If you're driving along 1-91 and you have children and a spare hour, this makes a great detour.
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