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On His Way
Owen Bland, center, a senior at The Woodstock Academy, will represent American Legion Post #111 of Woodstock and District #4 at the Department of Connecticut Constitutional Oratorical Contest on March 4 at the State Police Academy auditorium in Meriden. Pictured with Bland are Charles Crowley, left, District Oratorical chairman, and District #4 Commander John Barry. Bland was presented an American Legion certificate in recognition for Representing District #4 in the Department competition Courtesy photo.
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Girl on a Train'
Above: Michael Pray (Tom Watson) and Robyn Spain (Rachel Watson). Top right: Robyn Spain (Rachel Watson) and Samantha Romero (Anna Watson). Right: Robyn Spain (Rachel Watson) and Sonya Richards (D.I. Gaskill). Photos by Ty Collige.
PUTNAM — In a change of pace, The Theatre of Northeastern Connecticut at the Bradley Playhouse presents the trilling murder mystery The Girl on the Train. It will keep you on the edge of your seat, as a young woman who watches life pass by on a train, finds her fantasy come alive in a way she never expected. The show opens Feb. 24 and runs for two weekends.
This show continues the 2023 season theme “Stage and Screen”; a celebration of plays that were also made into motion pictures.
Performances are: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24, 25 and March 3. 4 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 26 and March 5. Tickets are $23 for adults and $20 for seniors, students, veterans and first responders.
Due to content and language, The Girl on the Train is recommended for mature audiences.
Tickets: www.thebradleyplayhouse.org or 860-928-7887.
The TNECT production is directed by Joshua Raymond. Robyn Spain appears as Rachel Watson. Elizabeth Decasse is Megan Hipwell, the woman who disappears, and Greg Glanville is her husband, Scott Hipwell. Rachel’s ex-husband, Tom Watson, is played by Michael Pray and his new wife, Anna Watson, is portrayed by Samantha Romero.
The cast is completed by Sonya Richards as D.I. Gaskill and Joseph Sawyer as Kamal Abdic.
The script for The Girl on the Train is adapted by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel. It is based on the best-selling novel by Paula Hawkins and the Dream Works film.
Rachel Watson longs for a different life. Her only escape is the perfect couple she watches through the train window every day, happy and in love. Or so it appears. When Rachel learns that the woman she’s been secretly watching has suddenly disappeared, she finds herself as a witness and even a suspect in a thrilling mystery in which she will face bigger revelations than she could ever have anticipated.
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Helping Out
The Woodstock Academy girls’ basketball team took advantage of a week-off between games to help the Woodstock Recreation Department. The Recreation Department sponsored a day full of youth basketball clinics for different age groups at the Woodstock Middle School Feb. 18 and the Centaurs girls’ basketball team volunteered their time to help. It was a homecoming of sorts for Woodstock Academy freshman guard Kaylee Saucier. It wasn’t all that long ago, right, when Kaylee was a participant in the youth basketball clinic at the Middle School. Photos by Will Fleeton/Woodstock Academy
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Wed. Feb. 22
Outdoor Program
POMFRET --- Ragged Hill Woods “Basket Weaving” outdoor program at 10 a.m. and at 4:30 p.m. at Windham Tolland 4-H Camp, Taft Pond Road for children from PK – Grade 8. $20 per child. Register: 860-974-1122.
Art Exhibit
DANIELSON --- An art exhibit by John Ros will be held in the QVCC Spirol Gallery to Feb. 23.
Exhibit
THOMPSON --- The Friends of the Thompson Public Library will present, as part of its Art @ the Library series, “Stories in Paint” by Ann C. Rosebrooks. In the display case will be: Celebrating 120 Years: The People of the Library, both through Feb. 27. 860-923-9779.
Art Exhibit
WILLIMANTIC --- Eastern Connecticut State University's Art Gallery is debuting its first exhibit of the semester, "Chinatown Chronicles," in collaboration with Eastern's 2023 NEA Big Read book selection, Charles Yu's "Interior Chinatown” through March 9. Reception set for 4 to 7 p.m. March 3.
Art Exhibit
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society of Pomfret at the Grassland Bird Conservation Center on Day Road will present “Trail Wood Reflections,” an Edwin Way Teale Artists & Writers In-Residence 10th Anniversary Exhibition through March 18. Snow date March 18. 860-928-4948.
Fri. Feb. 24
‘Girl on Train’
PUTNAM --- The Bradley Playhouse on Street will present “The Girl on the Train” at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24, 25 and March 3. 4 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 26 and March 5. $23 for adults; $20 for seniors, students, veterans and first responders. Mature audiences. www.thebradleyplayhouse.org or 860-928-7887.
Sat. Feb. 25
‘Girl on Train’
PUTNAM --- The Bradley Playhouse on Street will present “The Girl on the Train” at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25 and March 3 and 4 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 26 and March 5. $23 for adults; $20 for seniors, students, veterans and first responders. Mature audiences. www.thebradleyplayhouse.org or 860-928-7887.
Sun. Feb. 26
‘Girl on Train’
PUTNAM --- The Bradley Playhouse on Street will present “The Girl on the Train” at 7:30 p.m. March 3 and 4 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 26 and March 5. $23 for adults; $20 for seniors, students, veterans and first responders. Mature audiences. www.thebradleyplayhouse.org or 860-928-7887.
Fri. March 3
‘Girl on Train’
PUTNAM --- The Bradley Playhouse on Street will present “The Girl on the Train” at 7:30 p.m. March 3 and 4 and at 2 p.m. March 5. $23 for adults; $20 for seniors, students, veterans and first responders. Mature audiences. www.thebradleyplayhouse.org or 860-928-7887.
Sat. March 4
‘Girl on Train’
PUTNAM --- The Bradley Playhouse on Street will present “The Girl on the Train” at 7:30 p.m. March 4 and at 2 p.m. March 5. $23 for adults; $20 for seniors, students, veterans and first responders. Mature audiences. www.thebradleyplayhouse.org or 860-928-7887.
Sun. March 5
‘Girl on Train’
PUTNAM --- The Bradley Playhouse on Street will present “The Girl on the Train” at 2 p.m. March 5. $23 for adults; $20 for seniors, students, veterans and first responders. Mature audiences. www.thebradleyplayhouse.org or 860-928-7887.
Sat. March 18
Comedy Fund-raiser
PUTNAM --- The Putnam Elks Lodge 574 is hosting a Scott Higgins All Star Comedy Show. For tickets or info: 860-457-8446.
Irish Dancing
PUTNAM --- For St. Patrick’s Day an Irish Dance Performance, will be held from 12:15 to 1 p.m. in the Municipal Complex Community Room.
Tues. April 4
Art Show
THOMPSON --- The 19th Annual Thompson CT Community Art Show, Resilient by Nature, will open at the Thompson Public Library and run through April 29. To register to take part, go to: www.thompsonrec.org. An opening reception will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. April 4.
Sat. May 6
Maker Fair
THOMPSON --- The Thompson Maker Fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Riverside Park.
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