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Get Out: Flower Show, Wine Tasting, Motorcycle Show

It's the end of the week. You're bored. You want something to do. You've come to the right place.

Where/When: Connecticut Convention Center, Hartford, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday ; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Why Go: Award winning landscape exhibits in full bloom ranging from 300 to 2,000 square feet occupy over 45,000 square feet of the Convention Center Exhibit Hall.

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Pricing: $14 adults; $12 seniors, Thursday and Friday only; $2, children ages 7 to 14; and free, children 6 and under.


WGBY Evening of Wine Tasting with Table & Vine Connoisseurs Tasting Room
Where/When: Marriott Hotel, Springfield, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday
Why Go: Western New England's largest benefit wine and food tasting event for WGBY featuring Table & Vine as the main sponsor.  Enjoy sampling more than 350  wines from around the world together with a variety of restaurant and specialty foods from around the region.
Pricing: Non-member, $50; member, $45. Connoisseurs Tasting Room, $40.

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Harlem Globetrotters
Where/When: XL Center, Hartford, 2 p.m. Saturday.
Why Go: Masterful basketball skills exhibition featuring the new 4-point shot as part of  the “4 Times the Fun” North American Tour.
Pricing: $137, $52.25, $42.25, $29.25, $22.25, $16.25

12th Annual Northeast Motorcycle Expo
Where/When: Connecticut Expo Center, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday
Why Go: Motorcycles, Midgets and Mayhem is the rally cry of the 2011 Northeast Motorcycle Shows this winter season. Kev-Marv Productions now in its 15th year presents motorcycle shows. Featuring the Half Pint Brawlers and the Finnegan 10-in-One Circus Sideshow
Pricing: Adults, $15; Childen, $7. Parking at Ct Expo Center, $5 per vehicle.

Rumors by Neil Simon
Where/When: Little Theater of Manchester -Cheney Hall, 177 Hartford Road, 8 p.m. (7 p.m. doors)Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. (1 p.m. doors) Sunday
Why Go: Comedy about four couples gathering at a posh suburban residence to celebrate a tenth wedding anniversary and become involved in attempted suicide mystery.
Pricing: $17-$24


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