| | | This is a selection from the events posted by our members onto the FCBuzz Events section of our website for the coming week. |
| | Divine Knowing: Group Exhibit
Through April 17, Wed. - Sat. Bridgeport City Lights Gallery Zoom
Presenting a group exhibit, in recognition of Women’s History Month, of sculpture, painting, photography, digital collage, drawing, performance, musical composition, and more, celebrating intuition, empathy, and emotional intelligence. Guest curated by Natasha Kuranko. More... |
| | Meadows and Monarchs
Wed. March 31, 7pm New Canaan Library Online
A live discussion on pollinators, with Lepidopterist Victor DeMasi. Through images and conversation, he will transport viewers to his pollinator meadow in Redding, and along the way they will see some of the rare and common species he has seen in 40 years of stewardship. More... |
| | Book Talk: The Genius of Birds
Wed. March 31, 7pm Westport Library Online In collaboration with Earthplace, Jennifer Ackerman hosts an environmental book discussion, in which she tells the story of the recently uncovered "genius" of birds, delving into the latest findings about the bird brain itself that are shifting our view of what it means to be intelligent. More... |
| | Observations in Abstract
Opening Thurs. April 1, 9:30am Geary Gallery Darien
Showing the work of New York artist, Caroline O’Callaghan, featuring her acrylic abstract paintings inspired by nature and rooted in her strong sense of spatial design. Opening April 1; on view Wednesdays - Saturdays through April 30. More... |
| | Judson Scruton on Natasha Trethewy
Thurs. April 1, 10:30am Wilton Library Online
Presenting the first of four online discussions by Fairfield University Professor Scruton on the poetry of Nastasha Trethewy, the 2007 Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and 2020 author of the widely-acclaimed memoir — Memorial Drive. In her five poetry collections, she explores her own mixed-race experiences growing up in Mississippi and Georgia, as well as other mixed-race women’s experiences in earlier times. More... |
| | Conversations: Truth, Myth & Democracy
Thurs. April 1, 7:30pm Mark Twain Library Online
Partnering with the Redding League of Women Voters the Library presents the second talk in a series with Dr. Ty Seidule, of Hamilton College, and Dr. Charles Dew of Williams College, moderated by Western Connecticut State University’s Dr. Daniel Barrett. This virtual discussion is between two Civil War historians who grew up in the South and whose research took them both to some very personal revelations about their own beliefs. More... |
| | SMASH: Marilyn Minter
Opening Fri. April 2, 12pm MoCA Westport
An exhibition devoted exclusively to the videos of contemporary artist Marilyn Minter. Presented in both grandiose and intimate scales and settings throughout MoCA Westport’s galleries, Minter’s videos will be exhibited together for the first time in a public institution. Seeped in lush imagery oscillating between figuration and abstraction, her works encapsulate feminism, pleasure, voyeurism and notions of beauty, desire and chance. Opening April 2; on view Wednesdays - Sundays through June 13. More... |
| | Oscar-Nominated Films: Animated Shorts
Fri. April 2, 7:30pm Fairfield Theatre Company Warehouse
The first program of Oscar Nominated Short Films, over three weeks. This week it's Animated Shorts. More... |
| | Oscar-Nominated Shorts
April 2 - April 8 Avon Theatre Film Center Stamford
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| | MET Stars in Concert
Sat. April 3, 4pm Ridgefield Playhouse
A special Encore presentation in HD of Renée Fleming and Jonas Kaufmann in concert. This two-hour special screening will feature Renée Fleming’s August 1st live broadcast from the Dumbarton Oaks estate in Washington, DC, and Jonas Kaufmann‘s July 18th concert from Germany. More... |
| | Unique Expressions: Group Exhibition
Opening Sat. April 3, 5pm Hollis Taggart Gallery Southport
Featuring recent paintings by four contemporary artists, Gaby Collins-Fernandez, Gary Petersen, Kelsey Shwetz, and Yorgos Stamkopoulos. In a spectrum of techniques, materials, and approaches, subtle links emerge. Each painter uses addition and subtraction in their process, visual presentation, or theme. More... |
| | GospelFest: Hope for a Brighter Tomorrow
Sat. April 3, 7:30pm Sacred Heart University Online
The SHU Choral Program presents an online, inspirational, energetic and uplifting Gospel program featuring the SHU Choral Program and guests. More... |
| | Irina Simeonova: The Future of Your Creative Child
Sun. April 4, 10:30am NE Fashion and Design Association Online
Join the founder of the New England Fashion And Design Association for a Virtual Breakfast. She has an MFA in Stage and Costume Design, 22 years of design experience in Europe and the USA, as well as 100% success in spotting, developing and helping creative children learn about the world of design, creativity, and the future. More... |
| | Two Sisters and a Piano
Sunday through May 4 New Normal Rep Online
Presenting its second online production: A Pulitzer Prize winner Nilo Cruz, starring Jimmy Smits and Daphne Rubin-Vega. Set in 1991, during the Pan American Games in Havana, while the Russians are pulling out of Cuba, the play portrays two sisters, Maria Celia, a novelist, and Sophia, a pianist, serving time under house arrest. Passion infiltrates politics when a lieutenant assigned to their case becomes infatuated with Maria Celia, whose literature he has been reading. More... |
| | Open VISIONS Forum Espresso: Sabine Nikolay
Tues. April 6, 3pm Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Quick Center Online
Presenting “From Vienna to Woodstock: A European Look at Rock Culture Myths & History.” Live from Vienna, join this broadcast with one of Austria's leading public radio personalities, celebrating the publication of her new book, Playground of the Millionaires: Woodstock Revisited. More... |
| | Gregory Nobles: John James Audubon
Tues. April 6, 6pm Pequot Library Online
A live virtual conversation and Q&A with author and historian, on his book "John James Audubon: The Nature of the American Woodsman.” More... |
| | Tracy Sugarman: Art, Civil Rights and Social Justice
Tues. April 6, 7pm Westport Library Online
Presenting a conversation between Dr. Redell Hearn and Kathleen Motes Bennewitz on the Art of Tracy Sugarman. In 1964, Westport’s renowned artist, writer and civil rights activist participated in the Freedom Summer project in Mississippi, chronicling the drive to register Black voters. Sugarman’s illustrations are currently on exhibit at Westport Town Hall. Join this virtual discussion on the impacts of Sugarman’s drawings on the 1960s Civil Rights Movement and the current social justice resurgence. More... |
| | | | Painting Lessons: Basic Level Critique
Thurs. April 1, 11am Jill Nichols Online
Enhance your painting practice in these real-time painting critiques. Join Jill for these monthly critiques on the first Thursday of each month. Other ways to learn painting with Jill are One Day Workshops, personal lessons and free/premium videos. More... |
| | The Art of Improve Comedy
Thurs. April 1, 12pm Arts Alliance of Straford Zoom
The first of five weekly sessions. Do you ever feel like your funny bone is broken? Terminally serious? In need of a good belly laugh? If so, we have the remedy and the cure! Join an adventure into the unknown where you’ll rediscover your funny bone and deeper facets of yourself while just having some plain ol’ fun. More... |
| | Ukrainian Egg Decorating Workshop
Sat. April 3, 1pm Wilton Historical Society
Hosted by Pysanky expert egg decorator Susan Clark in a workshop for adults and children. This ancient craft uses symbols and motifs to create a jewel-like egg, using a kistka, a pointed im-plement like a pen, filled with beeswax and heated, to draw designs on the eggs between bathing them in colored dye. Limited to 15 participants. More... |
| | Online Creative Writing Classes
Through April 6 Westport Writer's Workshop Online
Registration is now open! The spring session runs from March 29 thru the end of May. We offer over 35 small workshops -- from fiction, short story writing, and screenwriting to memoirs, children’s fiction, classes for children, “Finding Your Story” and many more. More... |
| | Theater Workshops for Children
April 5 - June 5 Ridgfield Theater Barn for Kids Online
Three classes starting the week of April 5. 45 Minutes from Broadway, celebrates the show tunes of George M. Cohan: Grades 6-9: Tuesdays OR Thursdays 3:45 – 5:15; Grades 3-5: Tuesdays OR Thursdays 5:30 – 7pm 20 Plays in 20 Minutes, Grades 6-9: Mondays 3:45 – 4:45; Grades 3-5: Mondays 5:00 – 6:00pm The Best of Broadway For Middle School Students Saturdays 10:30am – 11:30am. More... |
| | | | Keep the Arts Blooming
Through April 1 Jamie Hulley Arts Foundation Online
A virtual raffle campaign. 100% of the proceeds will be dedicated to local educational programs, scholarships, and community projects particularly focused on artistic recovery, rebuilding & renewal after the devastating effects of the pandemic. The Foundation is focused on supporting young artists through the pandemic, granting scholarships to middle & high school-age youth whose families were financially hurt by the pandemic, making it possible for them to continue their training in the arts. The Foundation also provided special project support to unemployed early career visual and performing artists. TEN GREAT PRIZES - WINNER's CHOICE or either an AMAZON gift card or a VISA gift card. More... |
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