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| E-Buzz January 14, 2020 Your Weekly Top Picks from FCBuzz Events
January 15-20, 2020 The best guide to arts and culture in Fairfield County |
| | | | | Eric D Lehman & Amy Nawrocki: History of Connecticut Food
Wed. Jan. 15, 12:30pm Fairfield Museum & History Center
This week's History Bites Lunchtime Chat features the authors of A History of CT Food: A Proud Tradition of Puddings, Clambakes & Steamed Cheeseburgers, who will answer the question: “Which crops, livestock and seafood have shaped the complex cuisines that CT’s people have cherished for more than four centuries?” More... |
| | Award-winning documentary: This is Home
Wed. Jan. 15, 7pm Pequot Library Southport
Screening of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival award-winning documentary by Alexandra Shiva, about four Syrian families arriving in Maryland and struggling to find their footing. Following the screening, join in a conversation with the filmmaker and Martine Dherte, Refugee Services Program Manager for the Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants (CIRI). More... |
| | Gifts of Gold: The Art of Japanese Lacquer Boxes
Thurs. Jan. 16 Fairfield University Art Museum Lecture, 5pm Reception, 6pm
Fairfield University Professor Ive Covaci gives a lecture on the exhibition that she curated and that opens with a reception at 6pm, following her lecture. More... |
| | Contemporary Art Network Showcase 2020
Mon. - Fri. 10am - 5pm
Greenwich Art Society Gallery
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| | Linda Ronstadt The Sound of My Voice
Thurs. Jan. 16, 7pm Bijou Theatre Bridgeport
As part of WPKN’s Music on Film series, a musical biography of one of the most successful female singers and recording artists, that traces her story from a childhood in Tucson through her decades-long career and her retirement in 2011, due to Parkinson's Disease. More... |
| | Book Talk: Julia Phillips
Disappearing Earth
Thurs. Jan. 16, 7pm Westport Library
Sybil Steinberg sits down with National Book Award Finalist Julia Phillips to discuss her debut novel, Disappearing Earth, set in a remote peninsula of Russia. Her novel is being published in 14 countries. More... |
| | The Kevin Saint James Band
Thurs. and Fri. at 8pm Center Stage Theatre
Shelton
Hear this all-star collective of New Haven area jazz musicians, featuring the Elm City's premier "saloon-singer" Kevin Saint James, performing timeless classic selections from the Great American Songbook in a variety of artistic styles. More... |
| | David Lindsay-Abaire Rabbit Hole
Thurs. - Sat. 8pm Quick Center for the Arts
Fairfield
Fairfield University’s resident production company produces a play filled with humor and thought-provoking dialog, about a family beset with grief. The production is made possible by the local Jamie Hulley Arts Foundation which gives advanced theatre students the opportunity to produce an entirely student-run production. More... |
| | 'I Have a Dream' Childrens Workshop
Sat. Jan. 18, 11am
Wilton Historical Society
Day Workshop for kids. Museum educator Katherine Karlik will have the children listen to an excerpt from King’s famous speech, and talk about his vision – and their dreams for a better world. Also includes making a small canvas banner, personalized with their dreams. More... |
| | Ridgefield Guild of Artists Compassion
Sat. Jan. 18, 4pm
Ridgefield Guild of Artists Opening Reception
For their annual members show, the Ridgefield Guild of Artists asked members to start off 2020 with a new attitude and to share their “compassion” through their artwork. On view through Feb. 16. More... |
| | Winter Celebration of the Arts
Sat. Jan. 18, 7pm
Easton Library
Easton Arts Council presents its annual Winter Celebration of the Arts with food, entertainment and viewing of its member Art Show. More... |
| | The Duane & Dany Cabaret Show
Sat. Jan. 18, 8pm
The Ridgefield Theater Barn
The Barn kicks off its new cabaret series, the RTB Lounge, taking advantage of local cabaret talent, opening with Duane Lanham and Dany Rousseau. More... |
| | Kevin Chen - Around the World: China
Sun. Jan. 19, 2pm
Shelton Intermediate School
The New Haven Symphony orchestra begins its around-the-world journey across the music and instruments of the world in China with virtuoso Kevin Chen playing the erhu (a 2-stringed bowed instrument popular in China and those East Asian countries influenced by Chinese culture). More... |
| | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
Sun. Jan. 19, 3pm
Westport Country Playhouse
Celebrate MLK Jr. Day with Carol Anderson, Professor of African American Studies at Emory University, author of many award winning books, together with performances by soprano Helena Brown, along with students from Trumbull's Regional Center for the Arts. Registration required. More... |
| | Mon. Jan. 20 1:30pm
The Klein Bridgeport
Connect-Us presents C-U Onstage, a talent show program where young people aged 5 to 25 take full responsibility for producing their shows. More... |
| | Lunar New Year Celebration for Children
Mon. Jan. 20, 1:30pm
Ferguson Library - Main Branch Stamford
Celebrate the Year of the Rat with a program featuring performances by a Chinese acrobat, Korean drummers and dancers, a Tae Kwon Do demonstration and arts & crafts for children. More... |
| | Dragon Lady: The Life of Sigrid Schulz
Mon. Jan. 20, 4:30pm
Westport Museum for History and Culture
An opening reception for a new exhibit highlighting Chicago Tribune war correspondent and Central Europe bureau chief. Nazi party leader Herman Göring, called her “the dragon lady of Chicago” and attempted to eliminate her more than once. After the war, she moved to Westport, where she lived for 40 years until her death. Light refreshments will be served. More... |
| | Meet Author Lauren Acampora
Tues. Jan. 21, 7pm
Pequot Library
Southport
A Book Talk on "The Paper Wasp," published by Grove Atlantic in June 2019. A riveting knife-edge story of two women’s dark friendship of twisted ambition set against the backdrop of contemporary Hollywood. More... |
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| | Figure Drawing in Stratford
Wed. Jan. 15, 6:30pm
Sterling House Community Center
Stratford
The Coastal Arts Guild of CT opens its series of free figure drawing workshops at Sterling House this Wednesday. No instructor - but a live model. More... |
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