| E-Buzz September 24, 2019 Your Weekly Top Picks from FCBuzz Events
The best guide to arts and culture in Fairfield County |
| | | 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. |
| | American Lighthouses and the Restoration of Fayerweather Light
Wed. Sept. 25, 12:30pm
Fairfield Museum & History Center
Historian and president of the American Lighthouse Foundation, Jeremy d'Entremont will give an illustrated talk, featuring highlights from the history of Bridgeport area lighthouses: Black Rock Harbor Light, Penfield Reef Light, Tongue Point Light, and the now lost Bridgeport Harbor Light. More... |
| | Artists Collective of Westport Fall Pop-Up Show
Wed. Sept. 25, 6pm Westport Country Playhouse Gallery Opening Reception |
| | Mary Ellen Lemay &
Mary Hogue
Pollinator Pathways
Wed. Sept. 25, 7pm
Connecticut Audubon Society Birdcraft Museum & Sanctuary
Fairfield
The two speakers will discuss this collaborative community partnership to create sustainable habitats for pollinating insects, birds and other wildlife, and how you can join this habitat restoration initiative. More... |
| | Manhattan Short Film Festival: Opening Night
Thurs. Sept. 26, 7:30pm
The Palace, Danbury
Ten short films selected by global audiences are shown simultaneously across the globe in this film festival. Attendees join a global audience in voting for the top film. More... |
| | | SAUGATUCK STORYFEST
Thurs. - Sat. Sept. 26 - 28 Westport Library
In collaboration with over 60 authors, community partners, and a teen board made up of students from Fairfield County schools, The Westport Library has created a major literary event. |
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At 6pm, Gravity: Balam Soto creates an interactive visual art installation using the Forum’s video wall. Then at 7pm, Ray Bradbury biographer Sam Weller discusses Bradbury’s science fiction legacy and Kate Howells ( Space is Cool as F**k) takes the audience on an interplanetary adventure to worlds across our galaxy. More... |
| | Imagining Monsters & Monstersongs
Mallory O’Meara discusses her bestselling book, The Lady from the Black Lagoon, followed by Broadway’s Rob Rokicki (The Lightning Thief) and illustrator Dave O’Neill with a cast of Broadway performers for Rokicki’s Monstersongs, a rock musical song cycle celebrating an array of literary monsters. More... |
| | R.L. Stine, Panels & Book Signings
Saturday is a full day of panels and author signings, with the highlight of R. L. Stine as keynote speaker. More... |
| | | We Are Artists Every One: The Bridgeport Cultural Art Center in Action, 1970-1986
Fri. Sept. 27, 5pm
Bridgeport History Center Bridgeport Public Library Opening Reception + Talk
This exhibit explores a place for young people that was not only about learning visual, literary and musical arts but also about improving reading skills, getting a meal, and gaining exposure to burgeoning cultural, artistic, social, and political ideas. Curated by Michelle Black Smith and with a lecture at 6:30 on The Bridgeport Cultural Arts Center and the National Black Arts Movement by Dr. Yohuru Williams, University of St. Thomas, MN. More... |
| | Storm Large
Fri. Sept. 27, 7pm
Norwalk
Storm Large (of Pink Martini) is a musician, actor, playwright, and author, known for her one-woman autobiographical musical memoir Crazy Enough. Storm has appeared with members of the Chicago, Seattle, and Maryland Symphonies and with the Louisville Orchestra, with whom she recorded her 2017 album All In. More... |
| | Ragtime - The Musical
Fri.-Sun. Sept 27-29
Through Oct 13 Music Theatre of Connecticut Norwalk
Set in the volatile melting pot of turn-of-the-century New York, three distinctly American tales are woven together – that of a stifled upper-class wife, a determined Jewish immigrant and a daring young Harlem musician – all united by their courage and their belief in the future. More... |
| | Norwalk Film Festival
Sat. Sept. 28
Bow Tie Cinemas
Maritime Aquarium
Norwalk Community College
Norwalk Main Public Library
Troupe 429 Bar & Performance Space
The inaugural Norwalk Film Festival takes place across five venues all day, featuring a wide range of diverse screenings, filmmaker Q&A’s, interactive workshops, and the NFF's "Standing Ovation Award" to Norwalk native & 3-time Tony Award nominee: Robin De Jesús. More... |
| | A Music for Youth Concert
Sat. Sept. 28, 2pm
Pequot Library
Southport
Members of this quartet, in residence at the Curtis Institute, will guide a young audience, ages 5-18, on a journey through the string repertoire, listening and learning about the age of Haydn, Beethoven Bartok and Ravel. Free, but registration recommended. More... |
| | Through Oct. 6 The MAC Milford
Milford Arts Council's Eastbound Theatre opens its season with David Auburn’s 2001 Pulitzer Prize & Tony Award-winning drama about Catherine, a young woman who has inherited her father’s mathematical brilliance and who battles to discover whether she has also inherited his debilitating mental illness. More... |
| | Greenwich Opening Reception
Influenced by the patterns, rhythms and scenes of domestic life, Cultural Alliance artist member Lori Glavin collects visual memories and incorporates them in a variety of media to make abstract images -often working across many mediums. More... |
| | Kristin Chenoweth Fall Gala 2019
Sat. Sept. 28 Ridgefield Playhouse Gala: 5:30pm Performance: 8pm
A night of Broadway classics, standards and pop hits from Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth. She recently received critical acclaim for her performance as Heiress Lavinia Peck-Foster in NBC’s hit comedy series Trial & Error. Chenoweth has performed to sold-out audiences across the world; her most recent album is The Art of Elegance. More... |
| | A Night at The Museum: A Benefit for the Westport Historical Society
Sat. Sept. 28, 6pm Westport Historical Society
Celebrate the many achievements of the WHS over the last year and launch its new future with specialty cocktails, live music, gourmet food, a Westport-experience themed silent auction and a VIP sneak preview of a brand new exhibit. More... |
| | Symphonic Journeys
Sat. Sept. 28, 7:30pm Norwalk Concert Hall The Norwalk Symphony opens its 80th anniversary season with "Symphonic Journeys" featuring new Concertmaster Krzysztof Kuznik. More... |
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Sat. Sept. 28, 5pm
Loft Artists Association Stamford
This show of new works by the LAA artists includes watercolor, oil, acrylic, mixed media and three-dimensional pieces. The influences vary from urban to rural, from portraiture to interior reflection. The variety of styles and subject matter highlight the diversity of the Loft Artists while also reinforcing the positive aspects associated with working together in adjacent studios and sharing ideas and inspirations. More... |
| | Stamford Symphony Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch
Sat. Sept. 28, 7pm The Palace Theatre Stamford
This is the only official birthday event celebrating the legendary composer Marvin Hamlisch, featuring music from A Chorus Line to Sophie’s Choice with iconic songs like "The Way We Were" "What I Did for Love," and more!" More... |
| | Originally from Austin, the Kennedys have been based in the East Village for the last 20 years. Their most recent CD, Safe Until Tomorrow includes several anthemic, rocking songs of social consciousness conveying a strong message best summed up in one of their titles: “Be Silent No More.” More... |
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Sun. Sept. 29, 3pm Quick Center for the Arts
Tabarnak is a rock music celebration of Heaven and Hell, and everything in between, by Cirque Alfonse, a young Canadian company, blending the techniques of “nouveau cirque” with traditional Quebec folklore, and making their US debut. More...
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| | Angel Voices – A Musical Feast of All Angels
Sun. Sept. 29, 5pm
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Fairfield
Celebrating the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels, the Choir of St. Paul's Church, Fairfield, is accompanied by organ, brass quintet and timpani, as they sing anthems by Bairstow, Victoria, Elgar, and Tchaikovsky. The program also includes hymns, readings, and multimedia imagery. A reception follows. More... |
| | A Conversation with Lynn Nottage
Sun. Sept. 29, 4pm
Westport Country Playhouse
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Mlima’s Tale, a theatrical fable about a magnificent Kenyan elephant hunted for his coveted ivory tusks, opening at The Playhouse on Tuesday, in conversation with artistic director. Reservations required. More... |
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