| E-Buzz October 2, 2019 Your Weekly Top Picks from FCBuzz Events
The best guide to arts and culture in Fairfield County |
| CORRECTED VERSION In the version sent out yesterday the CT Audubon Evening Celebration of Conservation with James Prosek was indicated as happening Saturday night, Oct. 5. In fact it takes place Friday night Oct. 4. The correction has been made below. We apologize for the error. |
| | | 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. |
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Wed. - Sun. Oct. 2 - 8
Through Oct. 19 Westport Country Playhouse
This play by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ruined and Sweat tells the story of a magnificent Kenyan elephant, hunted for his coveted ivory tusks. As traffickers maneuver the illicit ivory market, the animal’s invincible spirit follows their path of desire, greed, crime, and corruption. More... |
| | Wed. Oct. 2, 7:30pm Avon Theatre Film Center Stamford
Roger Waters' film of the Us + Them tour featuring songs from his legendary Pink Floyd albums and from his last album, Is This The Life We Really Want? Waters collaborates again with Sean Evans, visionary director of the highly acclaimed movie, Roger Waters The Wall. More... |
| | Prints from the Age of Rodin + Sculptured Ornament: The Jewelry of David Hayes
Thurs. Oct. 3, 6pm
Fairfield University Art Museum - Bellarmine Hall Opening Reception + Gallery Talk
Opening reception for a companion exhibit to Rodin: Truth, Form, Life, featuring lithographs and etchings by Rodin’s contemporaries, preceded by a Gallery Talk by Michelle DiMarzoe. at 5pm Reception Talk |
| | From the Bottom of the World: The Art and Science of Antarctica
Thurs. Oct. 3, 6pm
Bruce Museum Greenwich
Second in its series, Bruce Museum Presents, is a panel discussion by experts in the art and science of Antarctica, including a live 15-minute Q&A Skype discussion with Oregon State University’s Dr. Kim Bernard (above), from her base at Antarctica's Palmer Station. More... |
| | From the Ground Up: Fairfield's Foods
Thurs. Oct. 3, 6pm Fairfield Museum & History Center Opening Reception
This exhibition explores how local foods have shaped Fairfield and the region’s identity over time, examining ingredients from farm, ocean and forest. Opening reception includes local hard cider and snacks. More...
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| | Katie Settel (un)Forgotten Armstrong Gallery 305 Knowlton Street Bridgeport Opening Reception
Cultural Alliance member artist Katie Settel is getting national attention for this body of work in which she journeys to find her lost brother. The journey took her to the Mansfield Training School, a mental institution on the Storrs Campus, closed in 1993 due to neglect and overcrowding. Her brother was found - one of the lucky ones, but Katie's work is helping to give a much needed voice to those that are still “lost” in the system. More... |
| | Helen Klisser During: ArtCafé
Fri. Oct. 4, 10am
Wien Experimental Theatre The Quick Center for the Arts Fairfield University
Fresh coffee, hot croissants, and hot news from around the art world by this doyenne of the field: art advisor, curator, and photojournalist. More... |
| | James Prosek Fall Nature Festival: Celebration of Conservation
Fri. Oct 4, 6:30pm CORRECTED
Fairfield Center
Celebrating a century of conservation, The Connecticut Audubon Society, Fairfield, begins its Fall Nature Festival with an evening fundraiser reception, featuring artist, author and naturalist, James Prosek , as well as an exhibition and sale of Audubon limited edition prints. More... |
| | Max Weinberg's Jukebox
Fri. Oct. 4, 8pm
Ridgefield Playhouse
Weinberg, the driving rhythmic force propelling The E Street Band for 43 years, is also known to millions of fans for his 17 year stint as the bandleader and comedic foil to talk show host Conan O’Brien and is the only musician in history to make the leap from a starring role in one of the world’s iconic rock groups to leading his eponymous band on NBC’s “Late Night” and "The Tonight Show." More... |
| | Caroline Harman Principles of Uncertainty
Sat. Oct 5, 2pm
The Gallery at Still River Editions, Danbury Opening Reception
Caroline Harman’s multi-layered paintings, drawings, and prints are rhythmic, complex, and organic. In her paintings, she builds up layers of polychromatic paint and mylar, adding random disruptors like ink stains, paint pours, sprays and drips to create tension in the carefully-created abstract compositions: "I try to explore how living organisms, and the complex systems within which they exist, adapt to random events and adverse conditions. More...
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| | Gala of Lights
Sat. Oct 5, 6pm
Discovery Museum Bridgeport
The Discovery Museum invites you to a celestial celebration with festive cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, raw bar, and a live & silent auction! More... |
| | International Observe The Moon Night
Sat. Oct 5, 8pm
Westport Astronomical Society
Join the Westport Astronomical Society in this worldwide celebration of lunar science and exploration, celestial observation, and our cultural and personal connections to the Moon. Or create one yourself! More... |
| | Susan Tabachnick Artifacts: Sculpture and Collage
Sat. Oct 5, 5:30pm
Wilton
Susan Tabachnick makes things out of found objects, both sculptural and functional. Her work is about connections and the partnering of disparate objects. Attracted to the idea that everything has a history, she might not know what an object is or how it was used, yet it brings a patina, a fingerprint of its past life to her work table. When the histories of these objects are joined, an unexpected piece of work comes forth. More...
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| | Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra Medley
Sat. Oct 5, 8pm
Anne S. Richardson Auditorium Ridgefield High School
The RSO opens its season with a concert program featuring Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Disquiet, Ginastera’s Variaciones Concertantes, and Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 - From the New World. More... |
| | The Quick Center for the Arts Fairfield University
One of the leading performers of the Great American Songbook, blending jazz and traditional pop, sings from her new album Jazz Goes to the Movies that fulfills her longtime dream of recording great songs from classic films. More... |
| | MOCA Westport
This Grammy Award-winning quartet kicks off the season, at the new MoCA Westport performance space, with quartets by Beethoven, Shostakovich and Mendelssohn. More... |
| | 38th Annual Bruce Museum Outdoor Arts Festival
Sat-Sun. Oct. 5 - 6
Grounds of The Bruce Museum
More than 80 new and returning artists will showcase their work at this festival, recognized as one of the top 25 fine arts festivals nationally, organized by Sue Gordon Brown. More...
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| | Ridgefield Opening Reception
The Aldrich opens two new exhibits: Weather Report reveals the sky as a site where the aesthetic, the romantic, the political, the social, and the scientific co-exist and inform one another, as explored by 21 artists; and Eva LeWitt will debut a new site-specific installation, exploring the visual interconnection of color, matter, shape, light, - and gravity. More... |
| | Chamber Players Of The Greenwich Symphony From Two Worlds
Sun. Oct. 6, 4pm
Round Hill Community Church
Mon. Oct. 7, 7:30pm
Greenwich Historical Society
From Two Worlds is a program of string quartets from two hemispheres: Gabriela Lena Frank’s Leyendas, an Andean Walkabout, and Mendelssohn’s final quartet, Opus 80 in F minor, together with E.J. Moeran’s Phantasy Quartet for oboe and strings. More... |
| | U.S. Senator Chris Murphy Roundtable on Arts Impact on the Economy
Mon. Oct. 7, 11:45am
Ferguson Library
Stamford
Hear U.S. Senator Chris Murphy and guests discuss the economic impact of the arts. Registration Required. More... |
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