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What's On For the Weekend: Feb. 11 - Feb. 13
Here's what is on tap on for the weekend: Linkin Park live, a pair of anniversaries at Cheney Hall, a winter family fun day, Whalers Hockey Fest and comedy at The Funny Bone.
Update, 9:45 p.m.
The scheduled for Friday at Mohegan Sun has been cancelled. The singer Chester Bennington is sick. Refunds are available at the point of purchase.
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Where/When: The at Cheney Hall starting at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8.
Why Go: It's the popular folk-rock duo's 40th anniversary and their celebrating it at Cheney Hall. It also marks the Little Theatre of Manchester's 20th anniversary at Cheney Hall, so it's a night of two celebrations in one.
Price: $40 VIP, $30 General seating
Where/When: inside the Buckland Hills Shopping Mall in Manchester on Sunday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m.
Why Go: Raised by hippies in California, where he lay awake to his mother’s samba band…isn’t that perfect material from which a comedian to build? Mandel won Comedy Central’s “Open Mic Fight” in 2007 and starred in all eight episodes of the cult hit show, “Reality Bites Back.” He was also chosen to play one of the leads in a new sitcom pilot for FOX by the creators of “Will and Grace.”
Price: $15
Where/When: Rentschler Field, 615 Silver Lane, East Hartford on Sunday, Feb. 13 at 1 p.m.
Why Go: Now that the NFL season is officially over, come show support for your local colleges by watching UConn Men’s Hockey face off against Sacred Heart University.
Price: $25-$95.50, including fees.
Where/When: XL Center, Hartford, Saturday, Feb. 12 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 13 at 2 p.m.
Why Go: Because you'll get to watch twelve-feet-tall, ten-thousand-pound machines racing and ripping up a custom-designed track full of obstacles to soar over OR smash through.
Pricing: Gold Circle-$35 All Seats; Level 2-$30 Adults/$10 Kids; Level 3-$20 Adults/$10 Kids.
Where/When: Outside of , on Saturday, Feb. 12, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Why Go: Ice skating, horse-drawn carriage, storytelling, crafts, ice sculptures and a cappella—need we say more?
Price: Free, though visitors are asked to bring a non-perishable food item or a household necessity for the Town of Mansfield Human Services' Food Pantry.
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