| E-Buzz June 11, 2019 Your Weekly Top Picks from FCBuzz Events
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| | The E-Buzz is published each Tuesday by The Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County. It contains a select number of events posted on the FCBuzz Events section of our website for the coming week. We recommend you click the link in the date above for a complete review of this week's arts and cultural events. |
| | Connecticut’s African American Heroines
Wed. June 12, 6:30pm Westport Historical Society This interactive multi-media program is presented by the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame. Learn about Connecticut’s most remarkable African American heroines - from women’s rights advocate Maria Miller Stewart, and legendary contralto and Civil Rights catalyst Marian Anderson, to pioneering journalist Adrianne Baughns-Wallace, and our former State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier. More... |
| | Barbara Paul Robinson: Heroes of Horticulture
Thurs. June 13, 7pm Greenwich Historical Society
The accomplished gardener, and author of Heroes of Horticulture: Americans Who Transformed the Landscape, will give a lecture based on her book, telling the vibrant stories of 18 contemporary heroes of horticulture: institution builders, plant explorers, and garden creators, who have had a major impact on the American landscape. More... |
| | | Mad Hatter Tea Party
Thurs. June 13, 5:30pm
Wilton Historical Society There's an all-call from Wilton Historical Society to first-to-fifth-graders to a magical Mad Hatter Tea Party to celebrate the end of the school year! There will be plenty of lawn games - sack races, a teacup relay, flamingo croquet - and, of course, Mad Hatter-style tea with tea sandwiches, teacakes and cookies (nut free)! More... |
| | | A Night Out with Jane Green The Friends We Keep
Thurs. June 13, 6:30pm
Southport Celebrate the Connecticut launch of New York Times bestselling author, and Fairfield County resident, Jane Green’s latest novel, The Friends We Keep. Jane will discuss this captivating novel centered on friendship, with her friend Lisa Lampanelli — storyteller, workshop leader, life coach — in Pequot’s historic Auditorium, followed by a reception and book signing on the Great Lawn — with dazzling drinks and tasty hors d’oeuvres. VIP tickets available. More... |
| | A Place at the Table: Community, Cuisine, and Culture
Fri. June 14, 7pm
The Aldrich Museum
This bi-annual farm-to-table locally sourced 3-course dinner is set in the sculpture garden of The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art. Come together, share a meal, engage in conversation, and celebrate local flavors. More... |
| | Corey Boutilier P.T. Barnum: The Lost Legend
Housatonic Community College Performing Arts Center Bridgeport
FilmFest52 presents a free showing of this documentary by Corey Boutilier about a man ahead of his time who saw great value in education and museums that were accessible to the public. Featuring Kathy Maher, director of Barnum’s Museum in his hometown of Bridgeport, and David Gesualdi, sculptor of the recent Barnum statue in his birthplace of Bethel. Meet-and-Greet at 6pm with the director, Kathy Maher, and David Gesualdi, followed by the film and then Q&A with cast members. More... |
| | Fairfield
Independent singer/songwriter Jeff LeBlanc has netted three top-twenty albums on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter chart and has been touring the country with a wide range of artists such as Tori Kelly, Chris Stapleton, Boz Scaggs, Chris Isaak & more. More... |
| | Stamford
This acclaimed singer, author and Puerto Rican producer, is mostly identified with salsa romantica, and has sold numerous multi-platinum, platinum and gold albums. More... |
| | Brookfield Craft Center Opening Reception
This ceramicist, fascinated by the fragments of ancient cultures, distills in her own clay sculpture, reliefs, mixed media, and collages, the beauty and lessons of antiquity, as they also explore how fragments of a culture embody its aesthetic and philosophical underpinnings. More... |
| | Let your hair down and enjoy this fundraiser that transforms the DAC's Weatherstone Studio into a 1970’s disco, complete with disco ball and a DJ playing all of the biggest hits of the era. Prizes awarded for the best outfits. More... |
| | Opus & More Acoustic Tour
Sat. June 15, 8pm
Ridgefield Playhouse
This celebrated jazz guitarist is revered for his dazzling, complex fretwork -- playing jazz fusion, Latin fusion, acoustic style and world music. Di Meola has worked with many jazz greats, such as Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke. More... |
| | Sat.-Sun. June 15-16
One River School of Art + Design Westport
Enjoy the festive opening of Westport's new art school by taking free art and digital workshops, touring state-of-the-art studios and digital suites, meeting the founder, staff, and instructors and exploring opening specials on classes and summer camps! More... |
| | Roya Hakakian Seeking Justice and Protecting Human Rights in a Perilous World
The Jewish Historical Society of Fairfield County presents this lecture, by the author of Assassins of the Turquoise Palace, who is also a fellow at Yale's Davenport College and a featured producer for CBS 60 Minutes and ABC Documentary Specials, on the assassination of four Kurdish and Iranian dissidents in Berlin, the investigation and trial that followed, and its political impact. More... |
| | Sustainne The Pollinator Plate
Weston
Sustainne presents an afternoon that begins with a short tour of the Red Bee Honey Barn apiary, and a talk about honeybees, flowers, pollinators and wine grapes. Afterwards, gather at communal tables inside the barn for a guided, interactive and educational tasting of four single-origin honeys and four clean-crafted natural wines, paired with seasonal local foods. More... |
| | | Julie Sarkissian Rough Writers: Finish Your Rough Draft in One Week
Westport Writers' Workshop
Turn your messy manuscripts, inchoate chapters, and nascent novels into full, completed (sometimes very) rough drafts. Under the guidance of Julie Sarkissian, the class will support, challenge and guide each other to reach the first-draft finish line. More... |
| | | Olivier Assayas Non-Fiction
Avon Theatre Film Center Stamford
A French Cinematheque screening of the new film reuniting Juliette Binoche, Guillaume Canet and director Olivier Assayas in a wry, slyly seductive tale of sex, lies, and literature, set amidst the bohemian intelligentsia of the Parisian publishing world. More...
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