Subject: Click...Pick...and Go! Your E-Buzz Events for the Week April 25 - May 1, 2018

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Our Weekly E-Buzz selection from FCBuzz.org
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The list below is a small selection of the many cultural events happening across our region this coming week. We recommend you click the link above for our complete listing for this period.
Annie

April 25-28, 7:30pm
April 27-28, 2pm
Kweskin Theatre
Curtain Call

This Tony Award-winning family musical brings to life the extraordinary story of an orphan who ends up in the lap of luxury. Determined to find the parents who abandoned her on the steps of a New York City Orphanage, Annie, driven by her eternal optimism and spunky demeanor, meets President Roosevelt, and finds a new home with billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary Grace and a lovable mutt named Sandy.   More...

Zachary Keeting
Artist Asking Questions

Thurs. April 26, 6pm
Greenwich Art Society

In 2010, artists Christopher Joy and
Zachary Keeting created Gorky's Granddaughter, an online documentary art project of more than 400 artist interviews, notable not only for its size and depth but also for its unscripted, improvisational approach Keeting discusses this endeavor through a video presentation and his own painting practice. RSVP required.  More...

Cabaret

April 27-29
Through May 12
Darien Arts Center 

In collaboration with The Lipstick Project, an all-female theatre group with the mission of empowering women through artistic opportunity, the Darien Arts Center presents the first all-female cast of Kander and Ebb’s musical. Set in a Berlin nightclub, Cabaret explores the dark, heady, and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.  More...
Welcome BACC!

Fri. April 27, 5:30pm
Blends Gallery
Bridgeport

A new downtown Bridgeport gallery opens Saturday with an exhibition of 16 local artists in celebration of the revived Bridgeport Arts & Cultural Council (BACC). Artists include Cultural Alliance members Adger Cowans, Herm Freeman, Jahmane, Lesley Koenig, Ruben Marroquin, Aisha Nailah, and Liz Squillace. Enjoy local food, drink, music and art, and discover more about BACC and its new "Celebrate Bridgeport," program. More...
Music on the Hill
Music of Scandinavia

Fri. April 27, 8pm
Wilton Presbyterian Church

Music on the Hill presents performances of  music ranging from Grieg and Sibelius to folk melodies and a choral Sakkijarven Polkka, including new works by the Norwegian Kim André Arnesen, and the Swedish composer Mårten Jansson. The concert is presented free of charge as a gift to the community, with sponsorship from the Danish American Club of Greenwich. More...
Benjamin Franklin Dinner (BFD)
On Being Fired Up

Fri. April 27
Beechwood Arts
Westport

Beechwood's BFDs ignite passions and engagement and create community connections between people who would most likely never have met anywhere else. This BFD theme is "On Being Fired Up!"  At each table of 16, 4 seats are reserved for working artists who can bring an alternative Benjamin in the form of a 5”x7” artwork or a short performance. More...
Fun Home

April 27-29
Through May 6
Music Theatre of Connecticut
Norwalk

5-time Tony® Award winner, with book and lyrics by Lisa Kron and music by Jeanine Tesori based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel, this musical tells the story of the volatile, brilliant, one-of-a-kind man whose temperament and secrets defined her family and her life. It has been described as "a refreshingly honest, wholly original musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes." More...
Alliance Française of Greenwich
Focus on French Cinema

April 27 - May 1
Bow Tie Cinemas, Greenwich
Avon Theatre, Stamford

A five-day festival of more than 20 French-language films (all with English subtitles) returns to Greenwich and Stamford. This, the 14th Festival, honors "extraordinary women in cinema, brilliant visionaries and fearless new voices driven by a sense of freedom and independence!"   More...
Norwalk Now
Norwalk City Hunt

Sat. April 28, 10:30am-3pm
Starting at:
O'Neill's Irish Pub & Restaurant

This fun and interactive city-wide race through Norwalk will have participants solving clues, stepping up to challenges, and exploring Norwalk’s many restaurants, shops and attractions. More...
SavorCity

Sat April 28, 12 and 1:30pm
Ruuthai's Kitchen
Bridgeport

SavorCity Bridgeport, a new group assembled to encourage the exploration and discovery of the amazing culinary and cultural delights of Connecticut's most diverse city, launches its series of monthly tours of restaurants, art and music, with lunch at Ruuthai's Kitchen, 648 Beechwood Avenue, in Bridgeport's West End, on Saturday April 28. More...
Ballet Etudes
Sleeping Beauty

Sat. April 28, 1 & 4pm
Westport Country Playhouse

Jillian Barrell and Nayon Iovino, principal dancers with Ballet Arizona, will be leading over 60 Ballet Etudes Company dancers as Princess Aurora and Prince Desire in this production, conceived by Company Director and Founder Nanette Vallas, and choreographed by Associate Director Christina Fagundes, showcasing beautiful sets, amazingly lavish costumes and lighting design, all set to Tchaikovsky’s brilliant score. More...
browngrotta arts
Blue/Green: Color/code/context

Sat April 28, 1-6pm
browngrotta arts
Wilton
Opening Reception

Internationally renowned browngrotta arts in Wilton opens its annual 9-day Art in the Barn exhibit of exquisite fiber art with a public reception. This year: Blue/Green: Color/code/context - has 50 artists from around the world interpreting the theme, using sustainable materials, like bamboo and silk, and innovative techniques, like weaving with LED fibers. More...
Life in the Sixties

Sat April 28, 2pm
Weston Historical Society
Opening Reception

This exhibition captures the creativity, and rapid change of this period, with images covering politics, music, personalities and trends,  iconic fashion items, rock posters, and memorabilia and a special, rare display of Sixties Fashion from the design archive of designer Tommy Hilfiger.   More...
Greater Bridgeport Symphony
Harding High School Choir
Stars and Stripes

Sat April 28, 8pm
The Klein
Bridgeport

A program of diverse American compositions: Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring, George Gershwin's brawny and rhythmic Cuban Overture and an arrangement from Scott Joplin's opera Treemonisha, a true American masterpiece, sung by Bridgeport’s Harding High School Choir, under the direction of Sheena Graham.   More...
Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)
En Masse

Sun April 29, 12pm
Quick Center
Fairfield University

DBR's grand work, performed by hundreds of musicians stretched across the campus of Fairfield University, is something between a flash mob and a processional. Audience members can follow groups of musicians on their path and stay for an hour, or experience the entire musical marathon. More...
Cullen Murphy
Cartoon County

Sun April 29, 3pm
Mark Twain Library
Redding

Fairfield County has long been known as home to leading cartoonists. In the 1950s and 60s, Mort Walker, Bud Sagendorf, Stan Drake, Dik Browne, Charles Saxon and John Cullen Murphy lived in our towns. Murphy's son, Cullen (formerly at Vanity Fair and The Atlantic) will discuss his recent book and include a slideshow of his father's drawings. More...
FUNDRAISER OF THE WEEK
Westport Woman's Club
Art Show

Sat April 28, 5-8pm
Sun. April 29, 12-5pm
Westport Woman's Club

To celebrate local artists, and raise scholarship funds for need-based college scholarships for Staples High School seniors, this popular show, curated by Miggs Burroughs, returns, honoring the late artist Bobbie Friedman, wife of Drew Friedman. The artists, whose work is on display and for sale, include Cultural Alliance artist members Sue BentonCarlos Davila Jen Greely,  Nancy Moore, and Dale Najarian, as well as other artists.  More...
WORKSHOP OF THE WEEK
Kristen Ambrosi
Shift Into Spring:
Art & Yoga Workshop for Women

Sun. April 29, 1pm
The NEST Arts Factory
Bridgeport

Guided by artist and yoga instructor Kristen Ambrosi, use color and contemplation to transition into Spring with renewed energy and optimism. Using paint, words, and yoga, we will set intentions for this shift in the year through various materials and methods. More...
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