The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)
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VISUAL ARTS Branford: Calling all artists, May 3-5, noon-2 p.m., bring 6-inchby-6-inch canvas gallery wraps (no frames) to display at Summer Small Works Show at Branford Art Center Gallery and Workshop, 1229 Main St., $10 per piece, priced $100 or less with a 10 percent commission, opening reception May 20, 860-334-4642, 1229bacgallery@gmail.com, branfordartcenterct.com. Chester: Spring exhibit, through June 18, free, wine tasting, refreshments, works by 48 painters and sculptors for sale, HaddamKillingworth High School students, through April 30, Stone Gallery, Maple and Main Gallery, 1 Maple St., 860-526-6065, mapleandmain@att.net, mapleandmaingallery.com. Clinton: Art of Watercolors with Paul Loescher, Thursdays, 6 p.m., free, Henry Carter Hull Library, 10 Killingworth Tpke., 860-6692342, hchlibrary.org. East Haven: “Circle in a Square,” mandala collages by Alan Bisbort, through April 30, Hagaman Memorial East Haven Library, 227 Main St., 203-387-4933, azothgallery@ comcast.net, azothgallery.com. Fairfield: Fairfield University Art Museum exhibit, “Michael Gallagher — Sketching the Landscape: A Plein Air Journal,” through Sept. 8, free, Ballarmine Hall Galleries’ Great Hall. Guilford: Mother-and-son Nina Rossi and Jon Bander exhibit, through May 9, free. Guilford: “The Artists of Gallery One & Friends,” through May 7, closing reception May 7, 2-4 p.m., with guest speaker Julia Pavone, Mill Gallery, Guilford Art Center, 411 Church St., Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday noon-4 p.m., 203-453-5947, guilfordartcenter. org, galleryonect.com, facebook. com/galleryonect. Madison: Madison Art Society’s 42nd annual juried exhibition and sale, May 1-26, art lecture “The Birth of the Baroque: The Legacies of Caravaggio and Annibale Carracci in 17th-century Art” May 7, 1:30-3:30 p.m., free, opening reception and awards ceremony May 11, 5-7 p.m., poetry reading by members of the Guilford Poets Guild May 24, 6:30 p.m., Scranton Memorial Library, 801 Boston Post Road. Madison: 11th annual Still Life Invitational, through May 13, free, Susan Powell Fine Art, 679 Boston Post Road, Tue.-Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m., 203-318-0616, susanpowellfineart.com. Madison: Mary Lesser, “Refugee Stories Immigrant Stories,” through May 21, Mercy by the Sea’s Mary C. Daly RSM Art Gallery, 167 Neck Road, Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 203-245-0401, mercybythesea.org. Madison: Madison Art Society’s Town Hall artists Patty Meglio of Northford and Judy Perry of Old Saybrook, through April, Madison Town Hall, 8 Campus Drive, open to the public during regular business hours, 860-399-6116. Madison: Madison Art Society’s Town Hall artists Hilary Griffin of Madison and Daniel Dahlstrom of Chester, May and June, Madison Town Hall, 8 Campus Drive, open to the public during regular business hours, 860-399-6116. Middletown: Featured Key Member Show, through May 14, free, Wesleyan Potters Gallery Shop, 350 S. Main St., 860-347-5925, wesleyanpotters.com. Middletown: Seeing the Unseen: Connecting to Creation, works of art by Phoebe Legere, through May, The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts & Cultural Center, 605 Main St., 860-347-4957, buttonwood. org. Milford: Milford Arts Council’s “Springtime Showcase” invitational group show, through May 5, Firehouse Gallery, 81 Naugatuck Ave., 203-306-0016, 203-878-6647, milfordarts.org/firehouse-artgallery/exhibits. New Haven: Arista Alanis, “Luck,” closing reception April 30, 1-2:30 p.m., Moira Fitzsimmons Arons Art Gallery, Hamden Hall Country Day School, 1108 Whitney Ave., Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 203752-2609. New Haven: “Light: Observations and Response,” paintings by Sarah Warda and Juan Luis Andreu Latorre, through April 30, Lyric Hall, 827 Whalley Ave., 203-3898885, 203-387-4933, azothgallery.com, azothgallery@comcast. net. New Haven: “Enlightened Princesses: Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World,” through April 30, free, Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St., britishart.yale.edu. New Haven: “Two-Fold” by Jane Harris and Sheila Kaczmarek, May 4-28, Thu.-Sun., noon-4 p.m. or by appointment, opening reception May 6, 2-5 p.m., City Gallery, 994 State St., 203-782-2489, info@ city-gallery.org, city-gallery.org. New Haven: “Mincing Words: The Tactile Language of Unrest,” through May 21, Gallery Upstairs at the Institute Library, 847 Chapel St., 203-562-4045. New Haven: Looking Then Reading: Local Art in the Library, art exhibitions at the Institute Library and Gallery, through May 25, free, Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Second Floor Gallery, Institute Library, 847 Chapel St., 203-562-4045, institutelibrary.org. New Haven: “Lumia: Thomas Wilfred and the Art of Light,” through July 23, Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel St., artgallery.yale.edu. Old Saybrook: The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism, April 30, 1 p.m., $15, Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main St., 877-503-1286, thekate.org. Old Saybrook: Paintings and drawings by Bernard McTigue, Karen Lipeika, Jennifer Holmes, through April, Acton Public Library, 60 Old Boston Post Road, 860395-3184. Old Saybrook: Paintings by Beverly Schirmeier, through April, free, refreshments, Estuary Council of Seniors, Marshview Gallery, 220 Main St., 860-388-1611, ecsenior. org. Southington: Artistic Impressions, paintings by Maria Mongillo Bednarz and Angela Orsene, through April, Gallery at the Orchards, Community Room, second floor, 860-628-5656, southingtonartsandcrafts.com, southingtonorchards.org. Westbrook: Zahn Gallery presents Local Vision II with 38 local artists, through May 20, free, Middlesex Hospital Shoreline Medical Center, 250 Flat Rock Place, 860-3586200, info@midhosp.org. THEATER Bridgeport: “In the Heights,” through May 21, Fridays, 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays, 5 and 8:15 p.m., Sundays, 5 p.m., Downtown Cabaret Theatre’s Main Stage Theatre, 203-576-1636, Opt. 0, mycabaret. org. Essex: “Biloxi Blues,” through May 14, varying times, $50/$45/$22/$17, Ivoryton Playhouse, 103 Main St., Ivoryton, 860767-7318, ivorytonplayhouse.org. Madison: Madison Lyric Stage, “Blithe Spirit,” through April 30, Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Society, 297 Boston Post Road, 203-215-6329, madisonlyricstage. org. New Haven: Yale Repertory Theatre, world premiere of “Mary Jane” by Amy Herzog, through May 20, $12-$99, Yale Repertory Theatre, 1120 Chapel St., 203-432-1234, yalerep.org. New Haven: Yale Baroque Opera Project presents “La Didone,” an opera by Francesco Cavalli, April 30, 3 p.m., free, University Theatre, 222 York St., ybop.yale.edu. New Haven: World premiere, “The Most Beautiful Room in New York,” May 3-28, $29 and up, Long Wharf Theatre, Claire Tow Stage, C. Newton Schenck III Theatre, 222 Sargent Drive, 203-787-4282, longwharf.org. Shelton: Center Stage Theatre presents “Moon Over Buffalo,” April 30, 2 p.m., $25 adults/$10 students and deaf patrons, 203-2256079, centerstageshelton.org. Storrs: Connecticut Repertory Theatre presents “Shrek The Musical,” through April 30, Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre, 860-4862113, crt.uconn.edu. Stratford: Square One Theatre presents “Becoming Dr. Ruth,” May 4-21, $20, Stratford Academy,
Albertus Magnus College professor and published poet Charles Rafferty will read from his work and talk about the writing process, the unpredictability of inspiration, the need for a schedule and the absolute necessity for revision at a free event Wednesday in the Tagliatela Academic Center at AMC at 5:15 p.m. Afterward, there will be a Q&A session focused on poetry and publishing. This lecture is free and open to the public. To register, email alumni@albertus.edu or call 203-773-8502.
719 Birdseye St., 203-375-8778, squareonetheatre.com.
NATURE, OUTDOORS Haddam: Spring osprey/eagle cruises, April 30, $40, no children under 10, leave from Eagle Landing State Park, 860-662-0577, ctriverquest.com. Madison: The Audubon Shop’s 31st annual Spring Bird Walks at Hammonasset Beach State Park, through June 10 (Saturdays), 8-10:30 a.m., $5, meet at 7:50 at The Audubon Shop, 907 Boston Post Road, 203-245-9056, birdshop@sbcglobal.net, theaudubonshop.com. New Haven: First Wednesday Walk: East Rock Park, May 3, 7:30 a.m., free, meet at Eli Whitney Museum, 915 Whitney Ave., Hamden, birdshop@sbcglobal.net, 203-4214128, 203-710-2011, john.oshlic@ yahoo.com, 203-584-1955, william.batsford@yale.edu, 203-7871542, 203-494-4325. MUSIC Branford: Branford Compassion Club feline rescue and adoption nonprofit celebrates 20th anniversary with Swing Cats Cocktail Party ’40s-them 6:30-9:30 p by The Survi d’oeuvres sta Pine Orchard 2 Club Parkw brownpapert cialevents32 Guilford: Je dinale, Matt Sands, April 2279 Boston 2988. Hamden: Ha Orchestra, “S 30, 3 p.m., $ tion at the d and seniors), Town Hall, ha 203-507-20 Hamden: At Main Discon 30, 7 p.m., $ Treadwell St manicpresen Hamden: Mi tic), Zombii, $12, 21-plus Outer Space 203-288-64 com. Hamden: Qu students’ an May 2, 7-9 p Buckman Th 275 Mount C 8652. Hamden:
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