| | | This is a selection from the events posted by our members onto the FCBuzz Events section of our website for the coming week. |
| | Two Sisters and a Piano
Wednesday through May 21 New Normal Rep Westport
NNR is edicated to presenting new and underproduced plays online, maintaining the essential dramatic spirit and nature of both the works and the theatrical experience. By Pulitzer Prize winner Nilo Cruz, starring Jimmy Smits and Daphne Rubin-Vega, the play is set in 1991 in Havana, and 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... |
| | Spring Fling Book Sale
Wed. through Mon. Pequot Library Southport
Under the tent at the library, find great deals on gently used books and media: new fiction, fiction, mystery, biography, history, children’s books, cookbooks, DVDs, and CDs. All shoppers must schedule an appointment in advance. More... |
| | Stamford Museum & Nature Center
Open only to families of students with disabilities, these programs are designed for kids, adults, and families for whom traditional program environments may not work best but still would like an after-hours experience! Move throughout the farm at your own pace and in an order of your own design. Small, controlled attendance provides a relaxed, sensory-friendly atmosphere. More... |
| | Workshop Wednesdays: Wearable Art
Wed. April 21, 6:30pm MAD Lab Norwalk
First in a series of three workshops.
Create your own wearable work of art exploring different techniques and mediums. Session One will engage participants in learning how to transfer an image to a T-shirt, using fabric markers and paint. More... |
| | Russell Banks, Forgone
Wed. April 21, 7pm New Canaan Library Online
This Pulitzer Prize finalist will speak about his latest novel, “Foregone.” In the story, famed, Canadian-American documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife, one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam, is now in his late seventies, dying of cancer in Montreal and has agreed to a final interview in which he is determined to bare all his secrets at last. More... |
| | Swing du Jour
Wed. April 21, 7pm La Zingara Restaurant Bethel
Presenting Gypsy Jazz. Fronted by Bethel violin star Howie Bujese, Swing du Jour plays the irrepressible music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. Norman Plankey and Luke Hendon on guitar, and Erik Van Laer on stand-up bass. More... |
| | Kay Cosgrove: Painters and Poets: Unity of Nature Past and Present
Wed. April 21, 7:30pm Quick Center for the Arts Online
Poet and professor Kay Cosgrove, takes us on a journey from America’s earliest poets, who used the landscape to emphasize the bond between land and language, to the 20th century, where the eco-poetic movement arose. More... |
| | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Thurs. April 22, 7:45pm Remarkable Theatre Drive-In Westport
Wyoming, early 1900s. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid are the leaders of a band of outlaws. After a train robbery goes wrong they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. Their solution - escape to Bolivia. Directed by George Roy Hill; starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katherine Ross.Doors open at 6:45 for tailgating. More... |
| | Virtual Discussion: Jeffery Immelt
Thurs. April 22, 7pm Westport Library Live Streamed
Join Westport resident Steve Parrish of the Steve Parrish Consulting Group as he talks about the life of the former Chairman and CEO for GE, named one of the "World's Best CEOs" three times by Barron’s. Immelt’s new book, Hot Seat, a gripping story of American and global business over the past 20 years, with lessons on how to handle crises with integrity in the face of uncertainty. More... |
| | Write for Climate on Earth Day
Thurs. April 22, 10am Westport Writers Workshop
Zoom Celebrate Earth Day by writing together with Westport Writers Workshop. Share ideas, then get to work! Write a letter to our state legislators/representatives asking them to support climate issues. Write letters to the editors honing in on specific, relevant issues. Write a personal pieces (poems, short essays or stories) about why you care about protecting this earth. More... |
| | Sentinels of the Boreal
Thurs. - Fri. Tomas Koeck YouTube
Cultural Alliance member artist Tomas Koeck premieres his video online in celebration of Earth Day. The boreal forest is the world's largest piece of forested wilderness, stretching from Maine to Alaska in the Americas and reaching across Asia and Europe. Home to many species from moose and warblers, to wolves, perhaps none captures its mystery as much as the great gray owl, one of the most elusive creatures in the Americas. More... |
| | The Biggest Little Farm
Thurs. - Sat. Housatonic Museum of Art Online
Celebrating Earth Day with an award-winning film. With breathtaking cinematography, captivating animals, and an urgent message to heed Mother Nature’s call, the film chronicles the 8-year quest of John and Molly Chester as they trade city living for 200 acres of barren farmland and a dream to harvest in harmony with nature. More... |
| | Supper & Soul: Sophie B. Hawkins
Fri. April 23, 7pm Westport Chamber of Commerce Westport Library Imperial Parking Lot
Resuming their series of drive-in concerts, presenting the Grammy-nominated singer, with two top-100 hits, performing with a five-piece band. The concert is also a fundraiser for suicide awareness with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. More... |
| | TRU
Fri. - Sun. through May 9 Music Theatre of Connecticut Online and In Person
Finishing its 34th season with a witty and down-to-earth, one-man play about one of America’s most brilliant writers, Truman Capote, adapted from the words and works of the writer, and set in his New York City apartment during the week before Christmas 1975. More... |
| | Spring Back Downtown Party
Sat. April 24, 12pm Downtown Bridgeport
Art, design, vintage - and music to shop by, mingle and meander. Three galleries, City Lights, Ursa and The Firm, kick-off a collaboration with artists and businesses in the Bridgeport Arcade to produce an indoor/outdoor ARTcade event. City Lights is opening Pandemic Art, an exhibit of work made during the pandemic by 19 artists. Ursa Gallery, in the Arcade, is opening Here Comes the Sun, an illuminating exhibition of work by 14 artists, whose visions will uplift and restore perspective. More... |
| | Virtual Conference: Decoding the Weather Machine
Sat. April 24, 11am New Canaan Library Online
In partnership with the New Canaan Land Trust and Planet New Canaan, presenting a Virtual Community Conference. Taking as its departure point, the Nova TV film of the same name, the day will be divided into three parts: lectures from experts featured in the film, a panel of local leaders sharing their data and observations, and breakout community discussion groups. More... |
| | John Scofield
Sat. April 24, 4pm & 7pm Rowayton Arts Center
This solo guitarist is a one-of-a-kind jazz master and three-time Grammy award-winner with more than 40 recordings to his credit. As a principal innovator of modern jazz guitar, he played along-side Miles Davis for more than three years, and his work has influenced guitar greats since the late ’70s. More... |
| | Lisa Lampanelli: Sit Down & Shut Up!
Sat. April 24, 8pm The Warehouse FTC Fairfield
An hilarious evening of stories, insight, and questionable advice from the former Queen of Mean. A left-turn from the insult comedy she’d long been known for, Lisa has created a revealing and revelatory evening by letting it all hang out. In-person and live-streamed tickets available. More... |
| | Pillow Concerts: Zara Lawler
Sun. April 25, 3pm Suzuki Music School Online
For young people of all ages, this concert series continues online with a ground-breaking flutist. A recognized leader in inter-disciplinary performance, Lawler has collaborated with choreographers, composers and stage directors to create new and adventurous concert experiences. More... |
| | Conversations with the Conductor: Mahler Symphony No. 1
Tues. April 27, 5:30pm Norwalk Symphony Online
Continuing it's online series with Maestro Jonathan Yates discussing Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1. Registration is required and a suggested recording is on the Norwalk Symphony’s website. More... |
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