| E-Buzz April 2, 2019 Your Weekly Top Picks from FCBuzz Events
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| | This is a small selection of events posted on the FCBuzz Events section of our website for the coming week. We recommend you click the link above for a complete review of this week's arts and cultural events. |
| | Kusama Infinity: Get Your Dots On
Wed. April 3, 6pm Bethel Cinema The Connecticut Film Festival presents “ Kusama Infinity”: Get Your Dots On. The evening includes a showing of the 2018 film by Heather Lenz on Yayoi Kusama, the top-selling female artist in the world, best known for her polka dot designs, and her mirrored Infinity Rooms, and preceding the screening a reception to which patrons are invited to wear their loudest Polka Dot patterns. Following the film there will be a panel discussion with Joe Meyers and guest artists. More... |
| | Jimi Hendrix Electric Church
Wed. April 3, 7:30pm Avon Theatre Film Center Stamford This new critically acclaimed film combines historical footage of the unforgettable July 4, 1970 concert in Atlanta, with a documentary tracing Hendrix’s journey to the festival amidst the dark shadow of civil rights unrest, the toll of the Vietnam War and a burgeoning festival culture that drew young people together across the country. Features interviews with Paul McCartney, and other contemporaries. More... |
| | Symphony Uncorked
Wed. April 3, 6:30pm
Flinders Lane Kitchen & Bar Stamford Experience the Stamford Symphony up close and personal; world-class musicians play great music while you enjoy selected beer and wine; all you can drink + appetizers and small plates for purchase. More... |
| | Robin Jaffee Frank America Calls: Mobilizing Artists During the Great War
Thurs. April 4, 7:30pm
Darien Historical Society
As part of its exhibit program for Over Here: Darien's World War I, art historian Robin Jaffee Frank will speak on " America Calls: Mobilizing Artists During the Great War," about the persuasive power of artists during World War I. Registration required. More... |
| | Live Fundraising Art Auction
Thurs. April 4, 6pm
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| | Tanya Tucker
Thurs. April 4, 8pm
Ridgefield Playhouse
A defining voice of country music, and a modern day legend, Country Music Hall of Famer Tanya Tucker inspired many female artists who still top the charts today. Her sultry voice and vivacious stage presence makes her one of the most admired and respected female vocalists in the country music genre. More... |
| | Thurs. - Sun., April 4 - 7
Edgerton Center for the Arts Sacred Heart University
SHU's Theatre Arts Department presents the musical that above all others celebrates 1960s counterculture in all its barefooted, long-haired, bell-bottomed, beaded and fringed glory, with an infectiously energetic rock beat, and songs like “Aquarius,” “Good Morning, Starshine,” “Hair,” “I Got Life,” and “Let the Sun Shine.” More... |
| | Clyde Theophilus McLaughlin & Meighan Morrison
Shades of Black & Blue
Fri. April 5, 5pm
Blends Gallery Bridgeport Opening Reception
Meighan Morrison reports that McLaughlin suggested they do a show together at Blends Gallery with the theme of blue. Meighan, however, "can’t seem to get away from black," so a few weeks later the show became Black and Blue. More...
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| | Tête-a-Tête: Winning Designers Prototype Presentation.
Fri. April 5, 6pm
Westport Arts Center Opening Reception
The juried design competition that asked artists to reinvent the concept of a Victorian-era conversation bench, now presents the sculptural prototypes of the winning designs in the 3 categories: fantastical, functional and collaborative. More... |
| | Yves Dharamraj, cellist
Sat. April 6, 4pm
Pequot Library Southport
A Music for Youth Free Young Persons’ Concert by this young cellist who has earned a worldwide reputation as a dynamic performer, blending command of the instrument with deep musical understanding. He is also praised as a teacher, committed to inspiring young people. More... |
| | Rusted Relics: Photographs by Lisa Berger and Tara Tomaselli
Sat. April 6, 2pm
Gallery at Still River Editions Danbury Opening Reception
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| | Spectrum Contemporary Art Show: DITTO
Sat. April 6, 5pm
Carriage Barn Arts Center New Canaan Opening Reception
The theme of this year's annual Spectrum show at the Carriage Barn is DITTO: where artists can showcase multiples – a pair, diptych, triptych or group that relate to each other. Reception co-hosted by Blair Clarke and Sarah Tortorich of Voltz Clarke Gallery, the jurors of the show. More... |
| | Members Invite Artists: Part 2
Sun. April 7, 3pm
Art/Place Gallery Fairfield Reception & Artists Talks
Nine members of the Art/Place collective each chose one other artist to show with. The artists will talk about their work throughout the reception. Click for artists names and more... |
| | New York Philharmonic String Quartet
Sun. April 7, 3pm The Quick Center for the Arts Fairfield University
A performance by this quartet formed in 2017 by four multiple prize-winning principal musicians from the New York Philharmonic. More... |
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Sun. April 7, 2pm Silvermine Arts Center New Canaan Opening Reception
The first iteration of a new annual show at Silvermine focusing on a specific material in the broadest terms. Juried by Metropolitan Museum curator Jennifer Farrell, it highlights the vitality, diversity, experimentation and skillful execution of artists working in paper. More... |
| | El Sistema Concert
Sun. April 7, 4:30pm King School Stamford
This concert features students and Teaching Artists of several El Sistema USA programs including the BSO OrchKids, Paterson Music Project, ROCmusic Collaborative, ESYO CHIME, and Archipelago Project. A combined ensemble of the King bands and visiting El Sistema programs will perform new arrangements from the classical/pop mash-up work by acclaimed guest artist Steve Hackman. More... |
| | Christopher Wigren Connecticut Architecture: Stories of 100 Places
Mon. April 8, 6pm Norwalk Historical Society Mill Hill Historic Park
Christopher Wigren, author, architectural historian, and deputy director of the CT Trust for Historic Preservation discusses his well-received new book Connecticut Architecture: Stories of 100 Places. After his talk, based on decades of research by the CT Trust and by himself, he will be signing copies of his book, which will be for sale, courtesy of the Fairfield University Bookstore. This meeting is organized by the Fairfield County Preservation Network. More... |
| | Did you see our Summer Camp Special Issue of the E-Buzz, containing summer camp offerings of organizations that are members of the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County? (Second Edition here)
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