The Weekend According to Mike November 7th - 9th!

Some great shopping opportunities and lots of sports!
Gift Shopping
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Music:                                          

The John Legend 20th Anniversary Get Lifted Tour stops by the Premier Theater at Foxwoods Saturday at 8pm. Tickets are $107-$343.  www.foxwoods.com

Events:                                         

Catch UConn Football Saturday at 3:30pm at Pratt and Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field in East Hartford as they battle the Duke Blue Devils.  Tailgating starts about 4 hours prior to kick-off!

How about Basketball? UConn Men battle UMass Lowell River Hawks Friday 7:30pm at the People'sBank Arena (Hartford Civic Center). Tickets are $20-$275. www.peoplesbankarena.com

The UConn Women face the Florida State Seminoles at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs Sunday at 4:30pm.  Tickets at www.uconnhuskies.com

The Basketball Hall of Fame Men's Tip-Off Tournament is at Mohegan Sun Arena this weekend including George Washington, South Florida, Providence and Virginia Tech.  Game 1 Saturday at 1:30p and Game 2 at 4p.  Tickets are $45-$191.  www.mohegansun.com

The 39th Annual New England Christmas Festival is Friday through Sunday in the Earth Expo Center at Mohegan Sun.  Over 400 Juried American Craft and Specialty Food Artisans with gifts for every price range!  www.mohegansun.com

The 42nd Annual Christmas Cottage is Friday 9am-6pm and Saturday 9am-3pm at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 224 Lovely St, Avon.  Come and enjoy a beautiful showcase of crafts and fine art by 30 juried local artisans.  Cash and checks (no cards, please) For more information visit Facebook and search ChristmasCottage/CT

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HAMILTON is back at the Bushnell in Hartford through Sunday the 16th.
Tickets are $44.50-$109.50. Don’t forget about the HAM 4 HAM Lottery for each performance. You could win the lottery and get access for up to 2 last minute tickets for just $10 each. Details for the Ham 4 Ham are here: https://hamiltonmusical.com/us-tour/lottery/ or for run of show tickets, www.bushnell.org

Flea Market Sundays continue at Mansfield Drive-In 8am-2pm through November 24th. www.mansfielddrivein.com

The Farmer’s Market is Saturday in Stonington at the Velvet Mill.

The Bushnell Park Carousel is waiting to greet your family!  Bring your kids, or don't. You definitely don't need an excuse to ride the historic 1914 Stein & Goldstein Carousel because it is beautiful! The best seat in the house is on a horse named Freedom.  Open weather permitting noon to 5pm.

Farmington Miniature Golf on Route 4 in Farmington is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11am til dark.  The Ice Cream Parlor is closed for the season.
 www.farmingtonminiaturegolf.com

“Eight Days a Week: An Illustrated Record of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” an exhibition of rock music memorabilia, is now on display in Jorgensen Gallery at Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on the UConn Storrs campus throughout Jorgensen’s fall season of events.  This unique exhibition of rock music memorabilia with more than 100 items, including more than 40 photos of members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that were taken by Connecticut photographer Joseph Sia, including his famous image of Jimi Hendrix at Woolsey Hall in New Haven, known as “The Shadow.”  www.jorgensen.uconn.edu

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