Connecticut Travel 2011 : Page 6
THE GO -TO GUIDE Here’s just a sampler of the many delights to be found in Connecticut. Mystic Seaport, Mystic. Travelers Championship, Cromwell. TEE TIME The world’s best golfers and tens of thousands of fans will come together for a week of pro golf action at the Travelers Championship , to be held June 20-26 at Cromwell’s TPC River Highlands. Over 150 PGA Tour professionals, including defending champ Bubba Watson, are ex-pected to tee up at the par-70, 6,844-yard course. For more info, call (860) 502-6800 or visit travelerschampionship.com. Yo-Yo Ma at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas, New Haven. AYE FOR AN AYE Mystic Seaport’s 32nd annual Sea Music Festival , one of the world’s premier sea events, will be held June 9-12. Come hear Mystic Seaport’s Chantey Staff—along with theatrical performers—present clas-sic musical traditions from the Golden Age of Sail. Also featured will be music from far-flung maritime cultures, includ-ing the U.K., Italy, Portugal, Australia, Iceland, Poland, the Netherlands, France, Canada and Africa. For more info, call (860) 572-5315 or visit mysticseaport.org. ART’S DESIRE Now in its 16th year, the renowned International Festival of Arts & Ideas takes center stage June 11-25 in New Ha-ven. Stunning music and dance and bril-liant performers from around the world are featured at this family-fun event, which also includes award-winning din-ing and eclectic shopping. From the New Haven Green to the courtyards of Yale, there will be hundreds of events held throughout the city (over 80 percent of them are free). This year, don’t miss The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma, The Bang on a Can All-Stars, guitarist Lionel Loueke or Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company’s productions of “Body Against Body” and “Serenade/The Proposition.” For more info, call (888) ART-IDEA or visit artidea.org. LOVE MATCH Aug. 19-27, international tennis greats will go head to head in the newly launched New Haven Open at Yale , held at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale in New Haven. The exciting tourna-ment—which may feature three-time defending champion and World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki—is a women’s-only Olympus US Open Series tournament on the WTA Tour. For more info, call (203) 776-7331 or visit newhavenopen.com. DINOS FOR A DAY The kids will love traveling back to the Age of Dinosaurs at Dinosaur State Park’s 45th annual Dinosaur State Park Day on Aug. 20. The event, a celebration of when dino tracks were first discovered in Rocky Hill, will feature games, arts and crafts, live music, animal shows and plenty of good food. For more info, call (860) 257-7601 or visit dinosaurstatepark.org. 6 Connecticut Travel 2011
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