Comedy wedding

EAST HARTFORD - Protectors of Animals’ 2013 fundraising season begins with Fur Better & Fur Worse Comedy Italian Wedding on March 16 at 7 p.m. at Mt. Carmel Banquet Hall, 30 Old Roberts St., East Hartford. The event will feature a professional entertainment company that composes, develops, and produces live, interactive performances for audiences throughout Connecticut and Massachusetts. The evening includes hors d’oeuvres; buffet dinner; dessert and coffee; cash bar; silent auction; raffle; and more. Tickets are $55 per person for open seating; $800 reserved seating for 12. To purchase tickets, call 860-430-1958. Protectors of Animals, Inc., is a non-profit, volunteer-run, no-kill organization whose mission is to rescue stray, abused and abandoned domestic cats and dogs while promoting spaying and neutering.