| E-Buzz October 6, 2020 Your Weekly Top Picks from Oct. 7-13, 2020 The best guide to arts and culture in Fairfield County |
| | | | | Ann Nicholson Brown Postcards to an Island: Photographic Collages Through Dec. 18, M-F The Gallery At Still River Editions
The images in this new exhibit combine photographs captured by the artist in traditional and alternative photographic printmaking processes, and juxtapose natural elements in fresh combinations that awaken the senses and evoke memories. More... |
| | Suzanne Vega Jazz from the Blue Note:
Wed. Oct. 7, 8pm Ridgefield Playhouse Online
Presenting Grammy Award-winning Suzanne Vega, celebrating the release of her new, career-spanning live album, An Evening of New York Songs and Stories. Vega has partnered with more than 80 independent venues and promoters in support of the independent live music industry, currently facing the existential threat of the pandemic crisis. More... |
| | Meet the Masters: Plein-Air
Wednesdays through Nov. 4 Stamford Museum & Nature Center
A four-week art study, for ages 7 to 12, to get to know some of the masters of the art world, including sculptors Andy Goldsworthy and Augusta Savage, and complete projects based on their work. More... |
| | The Art of Pandemics: Ancient Athens to Modern Manhattan.
Wed. Oct. 7, 1pm The Quick Center for the ArtsFairfield UniversityOnline
As part of the Quick Center's Open MINDS Institute, Gayle Alberda presents The Art of Pandemics: Ancient Athens to Modern Manhattan. Participants will actively engage in real political discourse navigating beyond passionate positions toward civil conversation, reflection, and analyses. More... |
| | MoCA Westport Opening Reception
Reflecting the culture of identity, and the divided and fractured political climate of America’s past and present, this multimedia show features both local and renowned, global artists. This is a members opening, but you can join on site. More... |
| | Diversity Film Series: Jinn
Wed. Oct. 7, 7pm Ridgefield Playhouse
In collaboration with the Aldrich Teen Fellows, a program designed to give teens an active voice in the Aldrich Museum, this week's film in this continuing series, is about Summer, a 17-year old carefree Black girl, whose world is turned upside down when her mother, a popular meteorologist, abruptly converts to Islam, prompting Summer to reevaluate her identity. Following the screening, Cheryl Washington will speak with Jinn’s producer Maya Emelle; also available live on YouTube. More... |
| | SoNo Arts Festival: The Gallery Walk
Thurs. Oct. 8, 4pm Washington Street South Norwalk
This safe-space Arts Festival will take place this weekend and next with a Gallery Walk in available retail properties along Norwalk’s Washington Street, with more than 50 juried artists who will house, display, and sell their works inside these unique retail and restaurant spaces. More... |
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Thurs. Oct. 8, 5pm
Sorelle Gallery Westport
An opening reception for a Commemorative Show honoring artist Kiyoshi Otsuka, who recently passed away. This exhibit of abstract, black and white paintings will be on view for the next three weeks. More... |
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Thurs. Oct. 8, 5pm Remarkable Theater Drive-In Westport Also Online
Returning for two evenings (one in October and one in November) featuring outstanding international short films curated from the Tribeca Film Festival and South by Southwest, SHORT CUTS can be viewed at Westport's Drive-In big screen with 70 other socially distanced cars, or online. More... |
| | Nicholas Paige: French New Wave Cinema
Thurs. Oct. 8, 7pm New Canaan Library Online
Professor Paige has been teaching in the Department of French at the University of California, Berkeley, for about 25 years, including a class on the New Wave. He will first give a brief introduction to French New Wave Cinema, then point to select examples to explore the theoretical, technological, and cultural currents that converged to produce this remarkable source of talent that began around 1959. More... |
| | The Intersection of Art & Design
Thurs. Oct. 8, 6:30pm Carriage Barn Arts Center Online
The virtual annual meeting feature member artists, including Donna Benedetto, Miggs Burroughs, Yvonne Claveloux, Thomas Healy, Emily Kelting, and Kelly Rosetti, all of them professional designers, will discuss with special guest Amy Vischio, creative director at Moffly Media, how their art is influenced by their professional work and vice versa. More... |
| | Fri. Oct. 9 through Oct. 30 Downtown New Canaan
A month-long celebration of New Canaan’s architecture, art, design and community, continues with a three-week scavenger hunt: Find Architect Philip Johnson’s Glasses. Children can pick up their Find Philip Johnson’s Glasses passport at the Glass House Visitor Center that lists some 30 participating retailers. When they visit the stores and spot the glasses, they collect signatures or stamps and, for a completed passport, will receive a small prize and be entered into a drawing to win one of three architectural gifts. More... |
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Fri. Oct. 9, 5pm Westport Women's Club
Coogan has performed with locals Paul Newman and James Naughton, as well as Bette Midler, Donna Summer, Gene Wilder, Ronnie Spector, among many, and plays straight-ahead jazz, fusion jazz, and boogie-woogie. Food Truck available; bring chairs and masks. More... |
| | Fri. Oct. 9, 5pm Wall Street Theater Drive-In Norwalk
A new series of Drive-In Concerts behind the theater, kicking off with The Breakers, the country’s premier Tom Petty & the Heart-breakers tribute band. No other band comes close to capturing the sound and emotions of Tom Petty’s songs quite like the Breakers. More... |
| | Friday Night Flicks: Nothing Changes: Art for Hank’s Sake
Fri. Oct. 9, 7pm Housatonic Museum of Art Online
The documentary chronicles the daily life of Hank Virgona, an 87-year-old NY artist, grappling with age, change, and capturing the real faces of New York City life. His work can be seen in the New York Transit Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Smithsonian, and he earned a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators. More... |
| | Curtain Call Theatre Stamford
Another outdoor, 90-minute live musical cabaret, featuring a three-piece combo and some 20 singers, with songs from Broadway, popular standards and contemporary hits - all new from past cabaret events. A full meal program is also available. More... |
| | Old Post Road Historic Walking Tour
Sat. Oct. 10, 10am Fairfield Museum & History Center
Take a walking tour down Fairfield's Old Post Road. Learn about the road’s fascinating history, as it served as the primary thoroughfare through Fairfield for hundreds of years and the many historic sites along its path including the Rowland and Smedley lots, the Unquowa Hotel, the Fairfield Public Library, and the home of Ely S. Parker. More... |
| | Outdoor Concert Series: The Zambonis and Sgt. Scag
Sat. Oct. 10, 2pm The Klein Main Stage Bridgeport
The Klein's latest Socially Distanced Outdoor Concert Series presents The Zambonis, a Connecticut-based indie rock band formed in 1991 by Dave Schneider, Peter Katis, Jon Aley, and Tarquin Katis, and Sgt. Scag (aka Sgt. Scagnetti), a fixture on the Northeast ska/punk scene since the late 1990’s and who won the 2020 “Oskar” for New England. More... |
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Sat. Oct. 10, 4pm Milford Arts Council (MAC)
The first live outdoor music festival in Eisenhower Park, Milford, featuring The Bargain, DynaMojo, and head-liners Hitch & The Giddyup, on an outdoor stage for an experience that is meant to raise critical funds for the preservation of the MAC. More... |
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Sat. Oct. 10, 4pm The Ridgefield Playhouse
With four Grammy Awards and 22 nominations, internationally renowned mandolin virtuoso, composer and vocalist Thile has been wowing audiences for nearly 20 years. As a MacArthur Fellow, a member of Goat Rodeo, Punch Brothers, Nickel Creek, and the host of the radio program, Live from Here, Thile’s broad outlook encompasses classi-cal, rock, jazz, and bluegrass. Thile’s most recent album, Thanks for Listening, is a col-ection of recordings, produced by Thomas Bartlett, originally written as Songs of the Week for A Prairie Home Companion. More... |
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Sat. Oct. 10, 8pm The Quick Center for the ArtsFairfield UniversityOnline
A virtual performance, written by Stan Zimmerman and performed by four storytellers Vanessa Williams, Blair Underwood, Hari Nef, and Wilson Cruz on the topic of suicide prevention in these days where anxiety, depression, mental illness, and desperation are front and center in our everyday lives. More... |
| | The Suzuki Music School Online
Opening a new series of concerts with a performance by widely acclaimed cellist Matt Haimovitz, described by The New York Times as a “ferociously talented cellist who brings his megawatt sound and uncommon expressive gifts to a vast variety of styles.” Free, but registration required. More... |
| | Inside/Out Outdoor Concert
Sun. Oct. 11, 3pm and 5pm Norwalk Symphony
Presenting two outdoor concerts: 3-4pm a string quartet and 5-6pm a brass quintet. Bring chairs and masks. More... |
| | Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
The opening of a new exhibition that will be developed over the course of several months, featuring the work of seven artists whose work is based on photographic imagery. Conceived of in 2019 to document and respond to the 2020 election season, it was originally scheduled to open in June 2020. More... |
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| | | | Hear six electoral candidates discuss how they will strengthen the arts and culture sector in CT in this online forum Wed. Oct 14, 5:30-6:30pm, in answer to a questionnaire sent to them by the CT Arts Alliance as part of the Create the Vote campaign. Candidates in the Forum are: Will Haskell (D-Sen.26), Thony Hwang (R-Sen.28), Alex Kasser (D-Sen.36), Michelle Lapin McCabe (D-Sen.28), David Rutigliano (R-H. 123), & M. Patrizia Zucaro (R-H.143). Register here. |
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