Cinema

Held Over!

Playing Seven Days a Week!

Barbie
Including Monday (7/31) & Tuesday (8/1)!

Come on Barbie, let's go party!

Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.

Directed by Greta Gerwig.

Starring Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Will Ferrell, Simu Liu, Michael Cera, and Helen Mirren.

90% on Rotten Tomatoes

"A summer movie that has more depth than you might expect, and demands to be seen on the big screen to take in every ounce of all the incredible craftsmanship in front of and behind the camera." - Mashable

"It's a Barbie world you'll be more than happy to have visited." - NPR

"One of the smartest, funniest, sweetest, most insightful and just plain flat-out entertaining movies of the year." - Chicago Sun-Times

"Barbie is really an insightful exploration of humanity, the meaning of life and the cognitive dissonance of a woman living in the patriarchy, all with a really big heart and style to spare." - USA Today

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Thank you for donating to our Spring Appeal!

It is because of your support that we can continue to serve our community through visual arts, live events, music, and more!

Thank you!

Mark Your Calendars!

Allen Lanz in Concert

Wednesday, September 13 7:30pm!

Kris Allen and Benjamin Lanz

Free Admission

Allen Lanz, a group made up of West Hartford natives Kris Allen (Triangle Offense) and Benjamin Lanz (The National, Beirut, LNZNDRF) will perform a concert at Real Art Ways. Their upcoming album, Ballard, is named after the street that they both grew up on in West Hartford!

Funding for this performance is provided by the Evelyn Preston Fund.

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Hartford Brass Band Bonanza

Saturday, September 23 12-6pm

Free Admission!

Featuring:

The Hartford Hot Several

Hartford Proud's Drill Drum and Dance Corp.

Rara Bel Poze

Fiesta Del Norte

Extra Syrup

This performance is free to the public with performances starting at 12:00pm. We will have food from Samba's Cuisine Food Truck!

Support for this event comes from the Evelyn W. Preston Memorial Fund.

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Save the Date!

Get on Board

Real Art Ways' Fall Fundraiser!

Tuesday, September 26 from 6-9pm!

Enjoy live music, great food, and a presentation of our 2023 Realie Awards!

Presenting Sponsor: The Hartford

Gold Sponsor: Bank of America

Bronze Sponsors:

Barbara Sokoloff and Associates
DBVW
M&T Bank

Underwriters:

Marketing Solutions
Smith Brothers, Inc.
MacDermid, Reynolds, and Glissman

For interest in sponsorship, please contact our Director of Development,
Tricia Haggerty Wenz!

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In Our Galleries:

Burn the Midnight Oil
Ying Ye

Ying Ye is an interdisciplinary artist who immigrated from China to the United States with her family when she was 18 years old. As a Chinese citizen and immigrant to America, Ye redefines her Chinese-American identity through her painting, scultpure, and performance. This installation incorporates ingredients from her family's restaurant called China Eagle located in Ellington, such as soy sauce, soy bean paper, tofu skin, soy beans, and a bike sculpture.

Ying Ye is the recipient of a 2022 Real Art Award.

A Temporary Weight
Roni Aviv

Curated by Cody Boyce

A photographic installation that comments on the invisibility of experiences in everyday life.

Speaking Sentences Backwards

Featuring Paloma Izquierdo, Miguel Gaydosh, Matthew Schreiber, Laura Henriksen, Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste, and Dylan Hausthor

Curated by Cody Boyce

How do we know what we know?

The featured artists look to broaden thresholds of perception, receiving signals through environment, radio waves, sub-bass frequencies, interference patterns—the infra- and ultra- ranges of experience.

Barricade
Jim Whitten

Curated by David Borawski

BARRICADE

Who's on one side?
Who's on the other side?
What does one of them want?
What does the other one want?
Will the barricade hold? If not, how long does it hold for?
Does this extra time provide an opportunity?

Is everyone safe?

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Connecticut Summer at the Museum!

Children under the age of 18 and one accompanying adult receive free admission to our cinema and galleries! Through Monday, 9/4.

Real Art Ways was recently awarded a grant from Connecticut Humanities to support our participation in the CT Summer at the Museum initiative!

Funding for the initiative is provided by the CT General Assembly, with the support of Connecticut Humanities and the Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts, which also receives support from the federal ARPA.

We're Hiring!

Real Art Ways is seeking a Front of House and Events Manager to join our team!

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