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April 19 Thru April 26
VISUAL ARTS
Lecture:
Did Donatello Draw? Designing Sculpture In The Renaissance

April 20
Bellarmine Museum at
Fairfield University


Thi
s lecture By Professor Michael Cole will look at three of the most famous and controversial drawings believed to have been made by early Italian sculptors. (Read More)
Bridgeport EarthFest 2016

April 21
Maggie Daly Arts Coop
McLevy Green
Bijou Theatre

The Kennedy Center’s Maggie Daly Arts Coop and the Bijou Theatre host the first annual Bridgeport EarthFest on April 21, 2016. This celebration will bring all sectors of the community together to learn, experience and celebrate Earth Day through the arts. (Read More)
All Byte:
Feminist Intersections In Video Art


Now on View At
Franklin Street Works


Franklin Street Works, UConn-Stamford’s Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, and Sacred Heart University’s Masters of Film and Television Program have collaborated to co-curate this exhibition of video works informed by intersectional feminist approaches.  
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VIVID: New Works
By Teodora Guererra And Carol Young


Opens April 22
Sorelle Gallery


Shed winter’s gray’s by viewing colorful paintings by painters who ‘pay homage’ to their artistic influences, enthralling patrons with ingenuity and evolution. (Read More)

HISTORY, LITERATURE & LECTURES
Rennie McQuilkin
Poet Laureate of Connecticut
Poetry Reading

April 21
Art Gallery
Sacred Heart University

As part of its annual Literary Spring reading series that has been a tradition at Sacred Heart University for the past six years, Connecticut Poet Laureate Rennie McQuilkin will read from his latest poetry book. (More Here)
Tarek Osman On His Book
Islamism: What It Means For The Middle East And The World

April 21
Westport Library

 
Tarek Osman is an author, essayist, documentary maker, and political economist. His work focuses on Islamism and Arab politics, and his new book is an analysis of Islamist movements in the Middle East. (More Here)

 The Titanic For Dummies:
 With Professor Stephen Spignesi


April 21
Black Rock Branch Library


Join Titanic for Dummies author and University of New Haven Professor Stephen Spignesi for a talk about the most famous shipwreck in world history.

Open Sesame: The Story Of Seeds
Film Screening With the Filmmaker 


April 20
Fairfield Public Library


This timely and emotionally moving documentary illuminates what is at stake and what can be done to protect the source of nearly all our food.
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MUSIC & DANCE
The Renowned Rudy Pensa

April 24
Pequot Library

Rudy Pensa, guitar player, maker, collector, owner of NYC's Rudy's Music Stop, and author comes to Pequot Library to talk about his extensive collection and to play.
 (More Here)
Cinderella

April 23 & 24
Connecticut Ballet at 
Stamford's Palace Theatre

Connecticut Ballet's 34th season closes with Brett Raphael's production of 'Cinderella' set to the Prokofiev score.(More)
Jeff LeBlanc 

April 23
Fairfield Theatre Company


This is LeBlanc's fifth appearance at StageOne and his new album, Vision, elevates his signature blend of smooth pop to a higher level. (Read More)

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We are honored to announce the Awardees for the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County's Inaugural ACE (Arts & Culture Empowerment) Awards!

The Awardees, listed below, will be honored at a business breakfast on May 19th at Norwalk's Shore and Country Club. The keynote speaker for the ACE Awards Breakfast will be Arthur Levitt, 25th Chairman of the SEC. Mr. Levitt will be introduced by Karen Brooks Hopkins, President Emeritus of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Tony Award winning actor James Naughton will be the Master of Ceremonies.

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