Your FCBuzz Events Selection for the Week Dec. 5

Subject: Your FCBuzz Events Selection for the Week Dec. 5 - 11, 2018

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This is a small selection of events posted on the FCBuzz Events section of our website for the coming week. We recommend you click the link above for a complete review of this week's arts and cultural events.

Cherish the Ladies

A Celtic Christmas

Wed. Dec. 5

Edgerton Performing Arts Center, Sacred Heart University

These performers have shared Irish traditions with audiences worldwide for more than thirty years. In their Celtic Christmas program, they put their signature mark on classic carols in arrangements that highlight the group’s unique Celtic instrumentation, beautiful harmonies and spectacular step dancing. More...

Soweto Gospel Choir

Songs of the Free

Wed. Dec. 5

The Quick Center

Fairfield University

Direct from South Africa, the Oscar-nominated and two-time Grammy Award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir celebrates the centenary of the birth of Nelson Mandela, with the program “Songs of the Free” - South African classics, as well as freedom songs and gospel music much-loved by Mandela. More...

A Whale of a Tale

Wed. Dec. 5

Avon Theatre Film Center

Stamford

A Documentary Night screening revealing the complex story behind the conflict between the 400-year-old Japanese whaling tradition and modern animal-rights activism. Post screening Q&A with director Megumi Sasaki. More...

Mona Golabek

The Pianist of Willesden Lane

From Thurs. Dec. 6

Westport Country Playhouse

Grammy-nominated pianist and story-teller Mona Golabek shares the gripping story of her mother’s escape from Vienna in 1938, interwoven with her playing the music of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, and Gershwin. More...

Igor and Tatyana Pikayzen

Sounds for a Starry Night

Fri. Dec. 7

Westport Woman's Club

One of the most promising young artists of his generation, Igor was a graduate of Staples High School, Juilliard and the Yale School of Music, and proceeds from the concert will benefit need-based scholarships for Staples High School seniors. More...

New England Academy of Dance + Norwalk Symphony Orchestra

The Nutcracker

Fri. Dec. 7 - Sun. Dec. 9

New Canaan High School Theater

Academy dancers will perform the full length Nutcracker ballet to live music by the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra, led by Music Director Johnathan Yates. More...

The Alternate Routes

Fri. Dec. 7 - Sat. Dec. 8

The Warehouse, FTC

This Bridgeport alt-rock band, founded at Fairfield U. in 2002, returns to FTC for a seated and intimate-acoustic performance. With an overall message that “we are how we treat each other, and nothing more,” The Alternate Routes take pride in all that they do. More...

Form, Function & Family: Silver from the Norwalk Historical Society & City of Norwalk

Sat. Dec. 8

Norwalk Historical Society Museum

Open House & Reception

From a Colonial tankard to a Federal-period tea set, to an Edwardian trophy, 85 unique pieces of silver, representing 250 years of history, have been curated in this show by Elizabeth Pratt Fox. Also enjoy holiday cheer, shopping and discounts during this open house. More...

Moby

A Concert to Benefit the Aldrich Museum

Sat. Dec. 8

Ridgefield Playhouse

Moby will perform an acoustic set of his own music, favorites and new songs to benefit the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. He will be joined on stage by singers Mindy Jones and Julie Mintz, and violinist Claudia Chopek. More...

Rupert Wates

Sat. Dec. 8

Voices Café

Westport

Wates' music is an eclectic mix of acoustic, melodic art/folk, with flavors of jazz, vaudeville and cabaret. Since arriving in the US in 2006, he has won more than 40 songwriting and performing awards, has released released eight CDs and in 2015-2016 alone, has had more than twenty of his songs recorded by other performers. More...

Brass & Organ Christmas Concert

Sun. Dec. 9

First Congregational Church

Stamford

Immerse yourself in the Christmas sound of 4 trumpets, 2 French horns, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 2 percussionists, and a 4,026 piped organ. Featuring the New York Symphonic Brass and Jennifer Pascual - Organist at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York. More...

Marcia Brooks Various Works

Wintery Mix Dance Festival

Sun. Dec. 9

Greenwich Academy

Come with the whole family to this festival of dance classes, activities, informal performances by professional dancers, and treats for the children. Proceeds go towards Marcia Brooks' mission to connect Connecticut dancers with the most innovative and talented dancers and choreographers from New York, and beyond. More...

KEYS Holiday Concert

Sun. Dec. 9

The Klein Auditorium

Bridgeport

This is the Annual Holiday Concert to benefit the KEYS Music Programs in Bridgeport, featuring performances bythe KEYS Orchestra, KEYS Concert Bands, KEYS Chorus, and other guest performers. More...

Meet the Author: Duncan Hannah interviewed by Chris Frantz

Sun. Dec. 9

Pequot Library

Chris Frantz, record producer, and drummer for both The Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, facilitates a conversation with celebrated visual artist Duncan Hannah as he discusses his memoir, 20th Century Boy: Notebooks of the Seventies, a vivid memoir of his life in 1970s New York. More...

Finding Leah Tickotsky: A Discovery of Heritage in Poland

Mon. Dec. 10

Westport Country Playhouse

Lucille Lortel White Barn

The Westport Library co-presents with the Playhouse this documentary about Sarah Golabek-Goldman’s excursion to Poland to teach English in the village of Zakliczyn. Visiting other towns where her family lived before World War II, she discovered the gravestone of her great-great-grandmother Leah Tickotsky. The film provides a perspective on pre-World War II history and serves as a reminder of the extraordinary contributions Jews made to Poland over nine centuries. Followed by a short Q&A with Mona Golabek. More...

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Subject: Your FCBuzz Events Selection for the Week Dec. 5 - 11, 2018