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Best of the arts in the weeks ahead
BRIDGEPORT
Comedy
Joe Matarese, Bridgeport Stress Factory Comedy Club, 167 State St. June 16, 7:30 p.m.; June 17 & 18, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m. bridgeport.stressfactory.com
Dance
Klein Memorial Auditorium, 910 Fairfield Ave. Lineup: Rockwell Dance Center Recital, June 18, 1 & 7 p.m. $25; CSPA Presents: Dance the Night Away, June 19. Oxford Show, 11 a.m., Shelton show, 3 p.m. $20. theklein.org
Music
Brubeck Brothers Quartet, Bijou Theatre, 275 Fairfield Ave. June 16, 8 p.m. $50-$35. bijoutheatrect.net
Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater, 500 Broad St. Lineup: Big Time Rush, June 24. 7:30 p.m.; The Black Crowes, June 27, 8 p.m. hartfordhealthcareamp.com
Park City Music Hall, 2926 Fairfield Ave. Lineup: Paradise Vendors, June 16, 8 p.m. $11; Funky Dawgz, June 17, 9 p.m. $10; Steve Kimock & Friends, June 18, 9 p.m. $41; Alex Cano with Rebecca Haviland & Whiskey Heart, June 22, 8 p.m. $10. parkcitymusichall.com
Captain’s Cove Seaport, 1 Bostwick Ave. Lineup: Bobby Wheeler, June 16, 6 p.m.; Flashback Friday Dance Party, June 17, 9 p.m.; Low Darts, June 18, 4 p.m.; Just Below Me, June 18, 9 p.m.; The Bernadettes, June 19, 3 p.m.; Acoustic Mafia, June 22, 5 p.m. captainscoveseaport.com
Lost Rebel, Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo Peacock Pavilion, 1875 Noble Ave. June 25, noon-1:30 p.m. beardsleyzoo.org
Visual Arts
“18 Artists, 18 Years,” City Lights Gallery, 265 Golden Hill St. Through July 15. citylightsgallery.org
“Vanishing Wildlife Exhibit,” and “Charles Douthat Art Exhibit,” Metro Art Studios, 345 Railroad Ave. Through July 2. metroartstudios.com
“Koalaberation: Exhibit of American Fabrics Arts Building artists and the Schelfhaudt Gallery,” The Schelfhaudt Gallery at Paier College, 491 University Ave. Through June 27. paier.edu
“Vincent Baldassano: To Be Continued,” Housatonic Museum of Art Burt Chernow Galleries in Lafayette Hall, Housatonic Community College Campus, 900 Lafayette Blvd. June 16-July 22. Reception, June 16, 5:30-7:30 p.m. housatonicmuseum.org.
DANBURY Juneteenth
Juneteenth Celebration: “Honoring our Heritage: Forging the Future,” Western Connecticut State University, Midtown Campus, 181 White St. June 19, noon-5 p.m. Free. wcsu.edu/tickets
Music
Musical celebration of Father’s Day, Flag Day and Juneteenth with the Danbury Brass Band, Immanuel Lutheran Church, 18 Clapboard Road. June 19, 2-3:15 p.m.
Visual Arts
“Scratching the Surface: David Haislip,” Gallery at Still River Editions, 128 E. Liberty St. Through June 30. stillrivereditions.com
FAIRFIELD
Comedy
Unhinged Entertainment hosts the Summer Comedy Series at Penfield Pavilion at Penfield Beach, 323 Fairfield Beach Road. Lineup: Matthew Broussard, June 23. Tickets at unhingedent.com
Nick Griffin, Fairfield Theatre Company StageOne, 70 Sanford St. June 18, 7:45 p.m. $29. fairfieldtheatre.org
Fairfield Comedy Club, Fairfield Circle Inn, 417 Post Road. Lineup: James Mattern, June 18, 9 p.m. $25; Rick Younger, June 25, 9 p.m. $25. fairfieldcomedyclub.com
Music
Lisa Fischer, Sacred Heart University
Community Theatre, 1420 Post Road. June 18, 7:30 p.m.; Jim Messina, June 23. Tickets at shucommunitytheatre.org.
Summer Concerts at Sherman Green Gazebo, corner of Post & Reef Road. Through Sept. 3. Lineup: Sachuest Beach, June 16; Silver Steele, June 18; Three Way Street, June 19. All concerts 6:30-8 p.m. fairfieldrecreation.com
Peanut Butter Jam Concerts at Sherman Green Gazebo, corner of Post & Reef Road. June 22-Aug. 3. Lineup: T-Bone, June 22; Tom Weber, June 29. All concerts 10:15 a.m. fairfieldrecreation.com
Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St. Lineup: Johnny A., StageOne, June 17, 7:45 p.m.; Quinn Sullivan, Warehouse, June 17, 8 p.m.; Sons of Levin Play The Who: Benefit Concert for Multiple Sclerosis Research with the band Colosus and Friends, Warehouse, June 18, 7 p.m.; Oz Noy, Dennis Chambers, & Jim Haslip, StageOne, June 19, 7:45 p.m.; Gaelic Storm, StageOne, June 22, 7:45 p.m. fairfieldtheatre.org
Stage
Fairfield Center Stage presents “The SpongeBob Musical,” Fairfield Ludlowe High School, 785 Unquowa Road. June 17-25. Tickets start at $15 and available at bit.ly/3PH4E4e
Visual Arts
“Structural Dimensions” fabric art by Alan Neider, Louise Cadoux, and Sooo-z Mastropietro, Fairfield Public Library Bruce S. Kershner Gallery, 1080 Old Post Road. Through Aug. 6. Reception June 16, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Artist talk, 6:15 p.m. fairfieldpubliclibrary.org
“Life Force” solo show of micro paintings by Dave Pressler, Art/Place Gallery, located in Fairfield Theater Company, 70 Sanford St., Through June 17. artplacegallery.org
“IMAGES 2022,” Fairfield Museum & History Center Jackie Durell Meeting Hall, 370 Beach Road. Through July 24. fairfieldhistory.org
“Abstract Ascension,” Hollis Taggart, 330 Pequot Ave. June 18-Aug. 31. Opening June 18, 5-8 p.m. hollistaggart.com
Fairfield Museum & History Center, 370 Beach Road. Exhibits: “Family/ History: Exploring the Randolph-Ward Photographic Collection,” through Aug. 28. fairfieldhistory.org
Fairfield University Art Museum:
“Adger Cowans: Sense and Sensibility,” presented in Bellermine Hall Galleries in the Quick Center for the Performing Arts, 1073 N. Benson Road. Through June 18. fairfield.edu/museum
“13 Ways of Looking at Landscape: Larry Silver’s Connecticut Photographs,” Fairfield University Art Museum Walsh Gallery in the Quick Center for the Performing Arts, 1073 N. Benson Road. Through June 18. fairfield.edu/museum
GREENWICH
Music
Old Greenwich Social Club, 148 Sound Beach Ave. Lineup: The Deegans, June 18; Mantra, June 25. All concerts 9 p.m. ogsocialclub.com/live-music
Arpeggio Music Festival “100 Years of American Music” sponsored by First Congregational Church of Greenwich, BackCountry Jazz and The Greenwich Arts Council. Concerts run through June 19. $20 per concert. arpeggiofestival.org/concerts
Music on the Great Lawn Series, Greenwich Historical Society, 47 Strickland Road. Lineup: Sun Kings-Beatles Tribute, June 16; Billy & The Showmen, June 30. Concert 6:30-8 p.m. Registration and tickets at greenwichhistory.org.
Stage
Play With Your Food, Greenwich Arts Council, 299 Greenwich Ave. June 16, noon-1:30 p.m. $60 theater and boxed lunch. Tickets at jibproductions.org/playwith-your-food.
Visual Arts
Collection of Marines, Local Seascapes and Harbors, Portraits, and Animals by Peter Layne Arguimbau, Red Barn Gallery, 121 East Middle Patent Road. Call 203-274-6176 for viewing information.
“American Summer” by Camilla Webster, Sorokin Gallery, 96 Greenwich Ave. Through July 7. sorokingallery.com
“iCreate,” Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Dr. Through Aug. 28. brucemuseum.org
Jean-Marc Bara Exhibit, Greenwich Hospital Garden Cafe, 5 Perryridge Road. Through Dec. 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. daily. All works for sale by contacting Greenwich Art society at 203-629-1533 or by e-mail admin@greenwichartsociety.org
NORWALK
Father’s Day
Blue Teapot Cafe & Bakery’s Gentleman’s style Afternoon Tea, Norwalk Library, 1 Belden Ave. June 17, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; June 18, 11 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. $15 per person, $10 children under 10 years. “Manly” sandwiches, pastries, tea and coffee. Contact blueteapot@optonline.net.
Music
SoNo Music Fest, The SoNo Collection, 100 N. Water St. Through Sept. 24, 4-8 p.m. Lineup: Tracy Jo & The Toads and Light Warriors, June 18; Cosmic Dust Bunnies & Honeydew Band, June 25. Free ticket at bit.ly/sonomusicfest
Americares and Wall Street Theater host “An Evening for Ukraine,” Wall Street Theater, 71 Wall St. June 25, 8 p.m. Tickets at AnEveningForUkraine.eventbrite.com. Learn more at americares.org/HelpUkraine.
Wall Street Theater, 71 Wall St. Lineup: First Ladies of Disco-Retro Music Box, June 30, 8 p.m. Tickets at wallstreettheater.com.
Ponza Italian Kitchen & Pizza, 690 Connecticut Ave. Lineup: Chris Coogan, June 16, 6 p.m.; Destiny Band, June 17, 7 p.m.; E Band, June 18, 7 p.m.; Soulful Sounds, June 22, 6 p.m. Reserve at ponzaitaliankitchen.com
Hot Summer Nights Series, Music Theatre of Connecticut, 509 Westport Ave. Lineup: Frank Mastrone: A Tribute to Broadway, June 18, 8 p.m. $55, $45. musictheatreofct.com
Stage
Shakespeare on the Sound with “King John,” Pinkney Park, through July 3. shakespeareonthesound.org
Visual Arts
“Biennial FOOTPRINT International Exhibit,” Center For Contemporary Printmaking Grace Ross Shanley Gallery, 299 West Ave. Through Aug. 28. contemprints.org
“Norwalk’s Changing Communities 13,000BC-1835,” Norwalk Historical Society, Mill Hill Historic Park Old Town Meeting House, 2 East Wall St. New exhibit open. Register for a self-guided tour time slot at norwalkhistoricalsociety.org.
“2022-23 Group Exhibit,” The Norwalk Art Space, 455 West Ave. June 18-Aug. 11. Reception, June 18, 5-8 p.m. thenorwalkartspace.org
The Sono Collection and The Norwalk
Art Space Community Partnership Celebrates local artists with the “Inaugural Journey” Exhibit, SoNo Collection, 100 N. Water St. Through Aug. 11.
New Costume Exhibit, “Making It Last: Sustainable Fashion in Victorian America,” Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, 295 West Ave. Through Nov. 6. “Fragments of Light, Impressions of Color,” through Aug. 28. lockwoodmathewsmansion.com
“RAC Spotlight: Dana Goodfellow,” Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, 165 Rowayton Ave. On view. goodfellowart.com
“Community Sponsored Awards features artwork by RAC Exhibiting Members,” Rowayton Arts Center, 145 Rowayton Ave. Through June 19. rowaytonarts.org.
Art Annex CT Presents “Shadowboxing: Mixed Media Art” Solo Show by Amy Schott, 132A Washington St. Through June 26. artannexct.com
STAMFORD Music
Summer Concert Series, Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens, 151 Brookdale Road. June 26-Aug. 28. 5-7 p.m. Lineup: The Barons, June 26. fairfieldafterdark.com
Street Beats Concert Series. Through June 30, 6-8 p.m. Lineup: Rich Meyers & Eumir Abela, Ferguson Library Plaza, June 16, Sean O’Reilly, Columbus Park, June 16; Chris Kinsley & Pro O’Brien “Eventide,” Lower Summer St., June 23, Alex2e, Bedford St., June 23; Plane Station, Ferguson Library Plaza, June 30, Dudley Music, Columbus Park, June 30. stamford-downtown.com
Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St. Lineup: Yellowjackets, June 17, 8 p.m. $45-$25. palacestamford.org
Stage
“Disaster, The Musical,” Curtain Call’s Kweskin Theatre at Sterling Farms Theatre Complex, 1349 Newfield Ave. Through June 18. curtaincallinc.com
Visual Arts
“Interiors: Colorfully off-kilter” by Mari Gyorgey, Mayor’s Gallery 10th fl. Government Center, 888 Washington Blvd. Through July 8.
“Discovering Color: Two Decades of Abstraction,” Stamford Museum & Nature Center, 39 Scofieldtown Road. June 30-Sept. 11. 203-322-1646, stamfordmuseum.org/dash
Stamford Photography Club Member’s Show, “The Power of the Picture,” Palace Theater, 61 Atlantic St. Through June 24. stamfordphotographyclub.com
HedgeFun, outdoor sculpture exhibit features 16 topiaries on display throughout Downtown Stamford on sidewalks and in parks. June-Sept. stamforddowntown.com
STRATFORD
Lectures
Virtual presentation hosted by Stratford Library on Zoom: “Dr. William Reszelbach-Child of the Holocaust,” June 16, 7 p.m. Free. Register at stratfordlibrary.libcal.com/event/8993528
Music
Sunset Concert Series, Paradise Green, Huntington Road. June 21-Aug. 30. 7 p.m. Lineup: Community Concert Band, June 21; Round Two, June 28. fairfieldafterdark.com
Make Music Day, Shakespeare Park. June 21, 4-9 p.m. Music, workshops, food trucks, Artisan’s Market. makemusicday.org/stratford/
Live Music at Outriggers, 555 Broad St. Lineup: Dawn & Greg, June 16 & 17; Mike LoGGuidice, June 18; Al Leone, June 19. 203-377-8815, outriggersrestaurant.com
Visual Arts
“Stuff I See” by Nicole Irene, Stratford Library Main Lobby, 2203 Main St. Through July 30. stratfordlibrary.org