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The Art of Susan Grisell

Southbury Library 100 Poverty Road, Southybury, CT

Susan Grisell has developed a style marked by faithfulness to nature. Her paintings are recognizable for their integrity, with line and color that are true to what she sees, and vigorous brushwork that conveys her response to the subject simply and without affectation. Her work is available at https://susangrisell.com/ During Library Hours: Sun: 12:00pm-5:00pm Mon: 9:30am-5:30pm Tue: 9:30am-9:00pm…

Shakespeare in Hollywood

Brookfield Theatre for the Arts 184 Whisconier Road, Brookfield, CT

Free performance for seniors: Thursday, April 4. Friday & Saturdays: 8  pm. Sundays: 2 pm; tickets: $25; students & seniors: $20; It's 1934, and Shakespeare's most famous fairies, Oberon and Puck, have magically materialized on the Warner Bros. Hollywood set of Max Reinhardt's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Instantly smitten by the glitz and glamour of show…

SCAN 52nd Annual Juried Show

Art & Frame Art Gallery 77 Main Street, Newtown, CT

Reception: Saturday, April 6, 4-6 pm Juried show of SCAN members. Watercolor, Oil, Acrylic, Pastel, Graphics, printmaking, sculpture, Mixed media  

The Art of Kathleen L’Hommedieu

Minor Memorial Library, Roxbury 23 South Street, Roxbury, CT, United States

"I was taking the ferry to Block Island and a stranger who happened to be an art teacher, said to me, “Everyone should paint.” I thought she was crazy.  Thirteen years later and I would say the exact same thing! Painting is freedom, magic, meditative and joyous. I have spent a lifetime gathering beauty while…

David Merrill’s Lifetime of Painting Exhibit

Newtown Municipal Art Gallery 6 Primrose Street, Newtown, CT, United States

David Merrill's Lifetime of Painting; By the artists who painted the mural in Edmund Town Hall. Plus a book with over 100 paintings from his 60+ year career. Open during business hours and late Monday-Thursday.

WCSU Jazz fest: Combos, Vocal & Jazz Ensemble

Western CT Visual & Performing Arts Center, Veronica Hagman Concert Hall 43 Lake Avenue Extension,, Danbury, CT

27thy Annual Jazz Fest; featuring WCSU Jazz Combos, Vocal Jazz & Jazz Ensemble; **Free tickets for Faculty, Staff and WCSU Students are available at the VPAC box office located in the VPAC lobby – a valid WCSU ID is required at the time of purchase** NOTE: Advance ticket purchases made online are $7 plus fees;…

WCSU Jazz fest: Jazz orchestra with special guest (TBA)

The Visual and Performing Arts Center @ WCSU 43 Lake Ave Ext, Danbury, CT

WCSU Jazz fest ; **Free tickets for Faculty, Staff and WCSU Students are available at the VPAC box office located in the VPAC lobby – a valid WCSU ID is required at the time of purchase** NOTE: Advance ticket purchases made online are $7 plus fees; Tickets purchased at the door are $10. No refunds…

Grease

Wilton Playshop 15 Lovers Lane, Wilton, CT

Tickets: $65- $100; access:https://www.wiltonplayshop.org/current-production; Fri-Sat: 8 pm; Sundays: 3 pm With a hip-shaking rock 'n' roll score featuring hits like "Summer Nights," "Greased Lightnin'," and "We Go Together," Grease celebrates Rydell High's class of 1959 in all their duck-tailed, bobby-soxed, gum-snapping glory.

‘Views From a Matrix” printmaking exhibit

Brookfield Craft Center 286 Whisconier Road, Brookfield, CT, United States

An exhibition of various styles of printmaking by CT printmakers. Public invited. Hours: Tuesday-Friday: 12-5 pm Saturday: 11 m- 5 pm Sunday: 12-4 pm

2024 ANNUAL STUDENT CONCERTO COMPETITION; Danbury Symphony Orchestr

Danbury Music Centre 256 Main Street,, Danbury, CT

The Danbury Music Centre will be accepting applications and video submissions for its 2024 Annual Concerto Competition for students until April 13, 2024. The competition will be held at the Marian Anderson Recital…

WCSU Jazz Fest; Jazz Faculty

Western CT Visual & Performing Arts Center, Veronica Hagman Concert Hall 43 Lake Avenue Extension,, Danbury, CT

Danton Boller, Will Gorman, Haneef Nelson, Carmen Staff & Jeff Siegel

David Merrill Book signing and Reception

Newtown Municipal Art Gallery 6 Primrose Street, Newtown, CT, United States

David Merrill's Lifetime of Painting; David Merrill book  Plus a book with over 100 paintings from his 60+ year career. Available for purchase and book signing by artist.  

Roger Post Jazz Quartet

Danbury Museum 43 Main Street, Danbury, CT

Indoor performance . No tickets or reservations required. Free will offering. Percussion, bass, piano & saxophone.

Cello & Piano Concert

First Congregational Church of Woodbury 214 Main Street South, Woodbury, CT

Ani Aznavoorian, cello; Andrew Armstrong, piano

Art of Sandra Cointreau

Southbury Library 100 Poverty Road, Southybury, CT

This exhibit brings together Sandra Cointreau's  view of an evolving environment   and the animals that experience it. Open during library hours: Mon: 9:30am - 5:30pm Tues: 9:30am - 9:00pm Wed: 9:30am - 5:30pm Thurs: 9:30am - 9:00pm Fri: 9:30am - 5:30pm Sat: 9:30am-4:00pm Sun: 12:00pm-5:00pm

“Way Off Broadway”

Woodbury's Historic Old Town Hall 5 Mountain Road, Woodbury, CT, United States

"Directed by Tom Wood, " 'Way off Broadway'  is a look at what auditions for community theater may or may not look like." Friday & Saturday: 7:30 pm. Sundays: 2:00 pm. Tickets at: www.ctaw-ct.org

Natasha Brofsky, cello & Alissa Leiser, piano

Roxbury Senior Center 7 South Street, Roxbury, CT

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano in F Major Op. 5, No. 1 Kaija Saariaho: Dreaming Chaconne (Variation on the Chiacona of Giuseppe Colombi) Franz Liszt: Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth & Liebestraum Francois Poulenc: Sonata for Cello and Piano, FP 143

Media Arts Film Festival

WCSU Midtown Campus 181 White Street, Danbury, CT, United States

The festival showcases the best student works in from the Media Production, Digital & Interactive Media and Art programs at WCSU. At the student center. Sponsored by the BEA Student Media Club, WCSU Alumni Association, and Department of Communication & Media Arts, the event will culminate with awards for best short films, documentaries, news, screenplays, animation, interactive media, soundscapes and…

Danbury Music Center Community Band

Charles Ives Birth Place 5 Mountainville Avenue, Danbury, CT, United States

Free event. At the Charles Ives Birthplace; on the lawn. bring chairs

Flagpole Radio Cafe

Edmond Town Hall 45 Main Street, Newtown, CT

Tickets: $45; Guest artist: Martha Mooke, acclaimed for her electrifying performances and compositions, is a pioneering electric violist/composer, highly regarded for her artistry, music advocacy, and innovative educational programs.

Sophia Agranovich – Piano Solo

Internationally acclaimed virtuoso pianist, Sophia Agranovich, will perform a program Sonata in B minor by Chopin, Brahms-Paganini Variations, Sonetto del Petrarca #104 and Rhapsodie Espagnole by Liszt. No tickets or reservation required. Free will offering.

“Moon Over Buffalo”

Little Theater, Newtown 18 Orchard Hill Road, Newtown, CT

George and Charlotte Hay, a husband-and-wife team of actors, struggle to perform Cyrano de Bergerac and Private Lives in repertory while dealing with family crises and the possibility of a Hollywood director's visit. For tickets: https://www.newtownplayers.org/