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The Art of Susan Grisell
Southbury Library 100 Poverty Road, Southybury, CTSusan 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, CTFree 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, CTReception: 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…
Piano Duet: Rebecca Eng and Florence Liu
Danbury Museum 43 Main Street, Danbury, CTPiano Duet, including Poulenc's Sonata, Debussy's Petite Suite, Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals, Gershwin's Preludes and I Got Rhythm. All Richter Arts events are free and no tickets or reservations are required for attendance. Free will offering.
David Merrill’s Lifetime of Painting Exhibit
Newtown Municipal Art Gallery 6 Primrose Street, Newtown, CT, United StatesDavid 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.
Demonstration: Heidi Harrington: painting a portrait in oil
Newtown Meeting House 33 Main Street, Newtown, CT, United StatesFree event; public invited; Portrait Artist and Painting Instructor ; Faculty at Silvermine School of Art, Talking Heads, Portraits in Oil.
WCSU Jazz fest: Combos, Vocal & Jazz Ensemble
Western CT Visual & Performing Arts Center, Veronica Hagman Concert Hall 43 Lake Avenue Extension,, Danbury, CT27thy 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, CTWCSU 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, CTTickets: $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 StatesAn 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, CTThe 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, CTDanton Boller, Will Gorman, Haneef Nelson, Carmen Staff & Jeff Siegel
David Merrill Reception /book signing
Newtown Municipal Art Gallery 6 Primrose Street, Newtown, CT, United StatesDavid Merrill's Lifetime of Painting; exhibition and book signing. By the artist who painted the mural in Edmund Town Hall. Sunday, April 28, 2-4 pom. Public welcome
Roger Post Jazz Quartet
Danbury Museum 43 Main Street, Danbury, CTIndoor 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, CTAni Aznavoorian, cello; Andrew Armstrong, piano
Art of Sandra Cointreau
Southbury Library 100 Poverty Road, Southybury, CTThis 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
Frog Frolic Family Festival
Redding Community Center 37 Lonetown Road, Redding, CT, United StatesLive music, food trucks, crafts, games, more; to benefit mark Twain Library
Danbury Concert Chorus “Credo; I Believe”
First Congregational Church of Danbury 164 Deer Hill Ave., Danbury, CTMusic by Bonds, Vivaldi, Kodaly and Shubert; free admission
Tobias Steymans – Violin and Victoria Schwartzman – Piano
Danbury Museum 43 Main Street, Danbury, CTMusic of Beethoven, Brahms and Poulenc; no reservations or tickets require; free will offering; at Danbury Museum.
Natasha Brofsky, cello & Alissa Leiser, piano
Roxbury Senior Center 7 South Street, Roxbury, CTLudwig 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 StatesThe 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…
“Madama Butterfly” opera simulcast
AMC 16 Movie Theater 61 Eagle Road, Danbury, CT, United StatesMetropolitan opera simulcast of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly." Madam Butterfly (in Italian Madama Butterfly) is one of opera’s most enduring tales of unrequited love. Puccini’s poignant score follows the tragic tale of Cio Cio San, a young Japanese girl who falls in love with American naval officer Pinkerton, with devastating consequences. In Italian with subtitles. Tickets at: https://www.amctheatres.com/movies/met-opera-madama-butterfly-2024-73952
Danbury Music Center Community Band
Free event. At the Charles Ives Birthplace; on the lawn. bring chairs