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Breakfast at Tiffany’s free
Breakfast at Tiffany’s free
Part of the Ridgefield Playhouse Movies for seniors. No age requirement for free admission. This 1961 classic stars Audrey Hepburn as Manhattan socialite, Holly Golightly. She heads a cast that includes George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Mickey Rooney and Buddy Ebsen.
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Roots Oscura concert
Roots Oscura concert
Event Details Roots Oscura is an Americana and Indie-rock inspired band playing lesser known covers from great contemporary songwriters. They bring together a blend of acoustic and electric instrumentalists with rich three-part harmonies; reghistaratioi9n at https://brookfieldlib.librarycalendar.com/event/roots-oscura-concert; registration required: ends 9/30, 2 pm; Brookfield Library, 182 Whisconier Road, Brookfield
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Opera and Musical Theater
Opera and Musical Theater
Callie Sorrento, Sergio Mandujano and Andrew Gordon; (free will contribution $20 suggested)
Piano, violin & cello Concert
Piano, violin & cello Concert
Clara Schumann: Piano Trio Florence Price: Fantasie No. 1 for Violin and Piano Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet In A Major Roxbury Cong Church; tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chamber-music-concert-tickets-705560539567?aff=oddtdtcreator $33.85
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“First Monday in October” free movie
“First Monday in October” free movie
Part of the Ridgefield Playhouse Movies for seniors. No age requirement for free admission. The U.S. Supreme Court, mired in its traditions, begins each new year on the first Monday in October. Jill Clayburg, Walter Mattheau and Barnard Hughes star in this 1981 dramatic comedy which breaks with one of the Court’s longest standing customs…
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Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer
showtimes: October 6-8; 1 pm & 7:30; all tickets $3.50. for tickets: https://edmondtownhall.ticketleap.com/oppenheimer-r/dates During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. appoints physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer and a team of scientists spend years developing and designing the atomic bomb. Their work comes to fruition on July…
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Aldrich After Hours
Aldrich After Hours
We’re back with Aldrich After Hours in October featuring wine and beer, mini interactive tours, and more inspired by the current exhibition, 52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone. Enjoy a drink outdoors in the Sculpture Garden and meet new friends in the Museum galleries during these bi-monthly social gatherings. Tickets: Member: Free; Adult: $15; Student/Senior: $9;…
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Roarin’ Ramblers Dixieland Jazz Free Concert
Roarin’ Ramblers Dixieland Jazz Free Concert
The Ramblers is a group of seasoned musicians who love to play Dixieland Jazz. At the Danbury Museum, 43 Main Street, Danbury, CT. 3 pm. All donations gratefully accepted.
Hat City Flute Choir concert
Hat City Flute Choir concert
Free concert. Free will offering. Founded in 2014 the Hat City Flute Choir will present a concert of popular and classical works written and arranged specifically for the flute. The nine member group has performed at venues throughout the area and at local music festivals. .
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Demonstration: Painting flowers in Watercolor
Demonstration: Painting flowers in Watercolor
Liz Rosiello will be demonstrating painting watercolor of flowers. This event will be at The Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street in Newtown, CT (lower Level). All are welcome and admission is free. Artist website: https://www.lizrosiello.art/
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Open Studio Day; Brookfield Craft Center
Open Studio Day; Brookfield Craft Center
Free event. Brookfield Craft Center: All eight teaching studios will be open with Demonstrations conducted by talented faculty artists working in the areas of blacksmithing, jewelry making, glass arts, ceramics, weaving and fiber arts, woodturning, and more.
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Music and The Arts
Music and The Arts
Free event; donation requested. Concert by Hat City Flutes band Sara Vokes singer/songwriter Rosa and Vito father/daughter duo Charlotte James singer Charlotte Camillos actress with reception.
Piano Trio
Piano Trio
A Piano Trio with Michael Ferri, violin, Miriam Liske-Doorandish, cello and Anthony Ratinov, piano. Winners of the 2022 Yale School of Music Chamber Music Competition, the Gold and Audience Prizewinner of the 2023 Chamber Music Yellow Springs Competition and finalists in the 2023 Astral Artists National Competition. Their performance includes compositions by Lera Auerbach, Reena…
Victoria Schwartzman (pianist, free concert)
Victoria Schwartzman (pianist, free concert)
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Victoria Schwartzman ( formerly Mazin) performs regularly as a soloist and chamber musician. Free will offering. 3 pm, Danbury Museum, 43 Main Street, Danbury, CT.
Great Necks Guitar trio w/ mandolin
Great Necks Guitar trio w/ mandolin
"The trio enchants audiences everywhere with its daring performances and wide-ranging repertoire, from classical to contemporary." Tickets: $25 per concert; $80 for four concert subscription; under 18 free with advance reservation.
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“A Star is Born” free movie
“A Star is Born” free movie
A musician helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral. Free admission.
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“Flowers and Other Beautiful Things” Art Show
“Flowers and Other Beautiful Things,” an exhibition of work by Bonilla, is on view at The Newtown Municipal Art Gallery through October 31.
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SCAN Fall Art Show & Sale
On Friday October 20 through Sunday October 22, 2023 from 10AM to4PM, SCAN Members Show will be on Exhibit. This event will be at The Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street in Newtown, CT (lower Level). All are welcome and admission is free.
Dracula, a play
October 20-November 4, Fridays through Sundays, 8 pm. Matinees Sunday, 2 pm. Tickets: https://town-players-of-newtown.square.site/ Professor Van Helsing and his brave comrades must hunt down and destroy the profoundly evil Count Dracula. But the Count is exceedingly resourceful, employing superhuman strength, psychic powers, and shape-changing to confound and frustrate his antagonists. Culminating in a wild and…
Ancestral Voices by A.R. Gurney
Ancestral Voices by A.R. Gurney
Admission is free. Reservation required. All donations benefit the Woodbury Food Bank. Access reservations : ShowTix4U – Free Online Ticketing – Schools, Community, Regional ANCESTRAL VOICES is a bittersweet story, perceived through the eyes of young Eddie, whose family is turned inside out when his grandmother unexpectedly divorces his grandfather in order to marry his…
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Ancestral Voices by A.R. Gurney
Ancestral Voices by A.R. Gurney
Admission is free. Reservation required. All donations benefit the Woodbury Food Bank. Access reservations : ShowTix4U – Free Online Ticketing – Schools, Community, Regional ANCESTRAL VOICES is a bittersweet story, perceived through the eyes of young Eddie, whose family is turned inside out when his grandmother unexpectedly divorces his grandfather in order to marry his…
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Ancestral Voices
Ancestral Voices
Admission is free. Reservation required. All donations benefit the Woodbury Food Bank. Access reservations : ShowTix4U – Free Online Ticketing – Schools, Community, Regional Admission is free. Reservation required. All donations benefit the Woodbury Food Bank. Access reservations : ShowTix4U – Free Online Ticketing – Schools, Community, Regional ANCESTRAL VOICES is a bittersweet story, perceived…
Adam Grabois & Margarita Nuller – Cello & Piano Duo (free concert)
Adam Grabois & Margarita Nuller – Cello & Piano Duo (free concert)
Free concert; Danbury Museum, 43 Main Street, Danbury. Oct. 22, 3 pm. Free will offering. Adam Grabois has a varied career as chamber musician, soloist, teacher and recording artist and is the founder of the record label, Reflex Editions. Ms. Nuller graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory, Russia. Since her arrival in the United States…
Community Band Concert
Community Band Concert
Free admission. Donations are gratefully accepted at the door. Featuring the music of Vaughan Williams, Brubeck and more!. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-seated basis. Doors open at 3:30 pm. Where: Marian Anderson Recital Hall at the Danbury Music Centre. 256 Main Street, Danbury, CT. Parking: On street or in the Bardo Parking…
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Western CT State University Alumni Exhibition
Free art exhibition; hours: Tuesday-Friday, noon-4 pm; Sat-Sun: 1-4 pm. gallery is closed on holidays and when the University is closed. Exhibit showcases fifty talented artists who have graduated from the Bachelors & Masters of Fine Arts in Visual Arts programs at WCSU. The exhibition will feature a vast array of artworks of wide ranging…
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Tickets at: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by William Finn, with a book written by Rachel Sheinkin, conceived by Rebecca Feldman with additional material by Jay Reiss. The show centers on a fictional spelling bee set in a geographically ambiguous Putnam Valley Middle School. Six quirky adolescents compete in the…
“Sneakers” free movie
“Sneakers” free movie
A security pro finds his past returning to haunt him when he and his unique team are tasked with retrieving a particularly important item. Starring: Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, Dan Aykroyd, River Phoenix; free admission
Demonstration: Painting in oil
Demonstration: Painting in oil
On Wednesday Afternoon, October 25th at 1:30PM, SCAN, The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown, invited Frank Bruckmann to demonstrate painting in oil. This program will take place at the Newtown Meeting. All are welcome; free admission.
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Tickets: $10.00. Ample parking. The Importance of Being Earnest is a fun, farcical show by Oscar Wilde. Come join us as the story of two friends, Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff unfold. Mysteriously, both men assume the identity of a fictional man named Ernest, leading them both to fall in love and become entangled in…
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RSO Quartet Chamber Concert
RSO Quartet Chamber Concert
Tickets: $37.50-The RSO is thrilled to present the RSO Quartet concert in collaboration with The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. The concert will feature a program of music inspired by Raven Halfmoon: Flags of Our Mothers – one of the current exhibitions at The Aldrich. Works to be performed include String Quartet in D Major, Op.71 No.2 by Franz…
RSO Quartet Chamber Concert
RSO Quartet Chamber Concert
tickets: General admission: $40; RSO or Aldrich Museum members: $35; Music inspired by the exhibition Raven Halfmoon, Flags of our Fathers. currently at the Aldrich; Works to be performed include String Quartet in D Major, Op.71 No.2 by Franz Joseph Haydn, String Quartet in B Minor, Mvt. II. Andante con larghezza by Teresa Carreño, Quartet No. 4, Mvt. IV. Allegretto…
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Danbury Brass Band
Danbury Brass Band
free concert; donations accepted The annual Pre-Halloween Concert with 3 World premiers (from John Beers, Aron Plude, and Ernes Adam) and 4 First performances. The Danbury Brass Band promotes music for brass instruments to encourage the writing of such music. They always hope to include in their attempt to build a loyal audience. Sponsored, in…
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest
Tickets: $10.00 ample parking. Performances: Friday, October 28 & Saturday, October 29, both at 7 pm. The Importance of Being Earnest is a fun, farcical show by Oscar Wilde. Come join us as the story of two friends, Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff unfold. Mysteriously, both men assume the identity of a fictional man named…
Danbury Symphony Orchestras
Danbury Symphony Orchestras
Free concert; donations gratefully accepts at the door. "Form Spanish Gardens to the Stars." The Danbury Syn\mphony Orchestra will be joined by guitarist Oren Faqder for Joaquin Rodrigo"s Concerto de Aranjuex. Also on the program: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Ballade…