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Garde Arts Center

★★★★★ 4.5 · 4 reviews📍 325 State St, New London, CT 06320

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About Garde Arts Center

As a non-profit organization, the Garde Arts Center is dedicated to preserving and celebrating the historic Garde Theatre and providing the community with a wide variety of educational and entertainment programs. In 1985, a non-profit performing arts organization saved the historic Garde Theatre, one of the few remaining movie palaces in Connecticut, from demolition. The newly restored Garde Theatre, with its Moroccan interior and modern seating and stage equipment, creates a beautiful and comfortable setting for its audiences. The Garde Arts Center is making a name for itself, offering entertainment and educational programs to the community. Its distinctive architecture and programming have been acknowledged and celebrated locally and nationally. With its commitment to preserving the Garde Theatre and enriching the community, the Garde Arts Center will continue to thrive for years to come.

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Performing Arts and Cinema

The Garde presents the best in performing arts including national Broadway musical tours, headliner entertainment, dance, opera, family, special events, and authors. Contemporary, classic, and independent films, as well as movie premieres, are featured on a giant screen with state-of-the-art digital projection.

Community and Education

The P: ACE initiative– Partners: Arts, Community & Education – strategically links Garde programs and services with artists, students, and community and social service organizations. Programs include a school-time performing arts series, Summer on Stage, Passport to Literacy, New London Talent Show, and various school and community partnerships

Schooltime Performance Series

The Schooltime Performance Series presents shows by some of the nation’s finest education-based touring theater and dance companies. With support from Dominion Energy, the series brings thousands of students in grades K-12 to the Garde for curriculum-based professional theater and art performances during the school day. The Schooltime Performance Series is a part of The Garde Arts Center’s comprehensive arts education programming for children and students.

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🗺️ 325 State St, New London, CT 06320 — open in Maps

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★ 4.5 · New London, CT