An Evening of Jazz at Cedar Hill

Purchase your tickets today to join us for An Evening of Jazz at Cedar Hill featuring The Tony Allen Quintet and The Steve Lord Quintet on Saturday, August 23 from 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm. Tony Allen has performed alongside the likes of Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. In 2003, he put Front Street in Hartford on the map with his second album and title track I Remember Front Street. Steve Lord has over 35 years of performing experience and has opened for many celebrities, including Ray Charles, Slide Hampton and Sammy Davis Jr. These two groups are sure to provide an incomparable evening of entertainment at Hartford's historic and incomparable Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Join us for this unique evening of music at Cedar Hill under the August evening sky. Attendees are invited to bring chairs, blankets and picnic baskets and to find the perfect spot on the open lawn to partake in this fabulous evening of jazz.

Tickets are available for $10 for Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation members and $15 for nonmembers. The rain date for this event will be Sunday, August 24. To purchase your tickets or for more information, please call 860-956-3311, ext. 13.

3rd Tuesday Notables Tour - This Tuesday!

Join us for Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation's 3rd Tuesday Notables Tour on Tuesday, June 17 at 10:00 am. Led by our expert tour guide Doris Griffith, you will learn about some of Cedar Hill's notable residents who helped to shape the world in which we live. For instance, do you know for what Dr. Horace Wells is famous? Do you know what J.P. Morgan's monument represents? Do you know from where the Hepburn memorial came? Join us to find the answers to these questions and many more.

If you are planning to join us, please RSVP by noon on Monday, June 16 by calling 860-956-3311. We look forward to seeing you there!

Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation's 2008 Tours and Events Season is sponsored in part by Aetna.

They Called me Lizzy is Simply Remarkable

The East Haddam Stage Company's performance of They Called me Lizzy. . .from slavery to the White House was simply remarkable. Stephanie Jackson, who played Elizabeth Keckly in this one-person performance, was amazing. While it was a smaller turnout than we had hoped, those who did attend raved about Stephanie's performance and this truly heart-felt story about a woman who was a slave for 30 years and, after buying her and her son's freedom, became First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln's dressmaker and confidante. We hope to continue to bring East Haddam Stage Company performances to Cedar Hill in the future.

Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation's next event is the 3rd Tuesday Notables Tour, which will be held at Cedar Hill Cemetery on Tuesday, June 17 at 10:00 am. Learn about Hartford's history and the people who contributed to the world in which we live, including Dr. Horace Wells, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Samuel and Elizabeth Colt, J.P. Morgan and Katharine Hepburn. This event is free for CHCF members and $5.00 for nonmembers. If you plan to attend, please RSVP by Monday, June 16 at noon by calling 860-956-3311.

East Haddam Stage Company to Perform at Cedar Hill

Join us Saturday, June 7 at Cedar Hill Cemetery as the East Haddam Stage Company performs They Called me Lizzy. . .from Slavery to the White House. This one-person show tells the story of Elizabeth Keckly, Mary Todd Lincoln's dressmaker and author of Behind the Scenes, 30 years a slave and four years in the White House.

This event will take place on the Colt lot at the top of Section 2 and will begin at 10:00am. Admission is $5.00 for Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation members and $8.00 for nonmembers.