FRIDAY:
This Friday! Our final Happy Hour Fundraiser Sicily Coal Fired Pizza in Middletown with iHeartCommunities! All proceeds from this event benefit the Middletown Police Cadet Program! Meet Cadets, Advisors, and learn about what they do!
Major League Baseball's Home Run Derby is coming to Dunkin' Park, and we want YOU to be a part of the fun! Home Run Derby X will take place at Dunkin' Park Friday, August 11th, marking the first time the event has EVER been held in the United States. Major League Baseball introduced Home Run Derby X last year in London, Mexico City and Seoul. American League All-Star and New York Yankees World Series Champion Nick Swisher, and Boston Red Sox World Series Champion Jonny Gomes, will participate in the event along with other legends yet to be named.
In this electrifying new format, co-ed teams of four go head-to-head to hit home runs and make epic catches in a three-inning game built for quick fire, non-stop action:
Rules of the Game:
Each team will include one PRO (Nick Swisher, Jonny Gomes, etc)
Each co-ed team has 3 hitters and 1 pitcher
Each hitter will have one at bat of 2 minutes 30 seconds; the opposing team will be in the outfield
A home run scores one point for the offense
A catch by an outfielder scores one point for the defense
Extra points can be earned through hitting hot streaks, target strikes, and in-game boosters
A Tag in/Tag out option is available for each at-bat
The team with the most total points after all at bats wins the game.
Join iHeartCommunities Saturday! Woofstock on the Branford Green is the largest annual fund raiser benefiting animals rescued by the Dan Cosgrove Animal Shelter.
Woofstock was created back in 2013 to give the community some happiness, music, and fun while only asking for a $5 donation or for attendees to bring some supplies the shelter needs (rawhide chews, large dog beds, clay kitty litter, etc.).
Beyond King Tut - The Immersive Experience at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford!
August 11 - October 15
National Geographic’s Beyond King Tut brings a groundbreaking immersive exhibition to Hartford. Join in the discovery of a story through nine distinct multi-sensory galleries, 3,300 years in the making.
All weekend! - Mystic Outdoor Art Festival - August 12 - 13
Planned and executed by the Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce, the Mystic Outdoor Art Festival is the oldest of its kind in the Northeast region, drawing thousands of people from around New England and beyond during this two-day event (Aug. 12 & 13). Mystic Seaport Museum is proud to hold this year's Children's Art Park in the Shipyard, offer paid parking in the South Parking Lot, and host the second annual Performing Arts Stage on Saturday evening.
Made in CT Expo-Berlin Fairgrounds 8/12-8/13 - 8/12/2023 9:00 am - 8/13/2023 5:00 pm
Join us at The Berlin Fairgrounds 8/12-8/13 for all things CT! Support Local!
We are beyond thrilled to come back bigger and better in 2023 for another Made in Ct Expo.
We're bringing over 150 amazing booths all from right here in Connecticut in every category imaginable.
Food companies, drink companies, handcrafted products, manufacturers, apparel and fashion designers, artists and artisans, farm producers, local authors doing book signings, health and beauty product companies, pet companies, top local gourmet food trucks, furniture makers, upcyclers and so much more!!!
A show where it can truely be said "There is something for every member of the family".
Please come and support local businesses and new entrepreneurs large and small producing goods, creating jobs and supporting the local economy right here at home.
Admission is only $8 for adults, children under 12 are free admission
For booth space, sponsorship and media information contact:
madeinconnecticutexpo@gmail.com
Movie theaters are enjoying a boost thanks to Barbie!
RECAP of last weekends total:
“Barbie” ruled the North American box office for a third weekend in a row, the film has officially passed $1 Billion globally. Greta Gerwig is now the first solo female director in history to have a film reach $1 Billion. That big shark took second place, “Meg 2: The Trench,” with $30 million in its debut weekend domestically and globally, $142 million.. “Oppenheimer” is in third with $28.7 million. The historical drama nhas earned $552 million total sales. In fourth place with $28 million our green friends, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” and in fifth spot with a disappointing result for Disney’s “Haunted Mansion” earning only $9 million.
This weekend one of many new releases hopes to break the top 5! Based on a single chilling chapter from Bram Stoker’s classic novel 'Dracula,' 'The Last Voyage of the Demeter' tells the terrifying story of the merchant ship Demeter, which was chartered to carry private cargo—fifty unmarked wooden crates—from Carpathia to London.
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