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Area Entertainment Guide

BRIDGEPORT Comedy

TK Kirkland, Bridgeport Stress Factory Comedy Club, 167 State St. March 3, 7:30 p.m.; March 4-5, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m.; March 6, 7:30 p.m. bridgeport.stressfactory.com

Music

The The Band Band, Bijou Theatre, 275 Fairfield Ave. March 5, 8 p.m. $42-$27. Also live streamed at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $10. bijoutheatrect.net

Greater Connecticut Youth Orchestra’s Winter Concerts, Klein Memorial Auditorium, 910 Fairfield Ave. March 6. Concert I, 1-3 p.m.; Concert II, 4-6 p.m. Livestream option available. Tickets at theklein.org.

Park City Music Hall, 2926 Fairfield Ave. Lineup: Color Fields, March 4, 9 p.m. $18; Canopy, March 5, 9 p.m. $12; Runaway Gin, March 6, 8 p.m. $18. parkcitymusichall.com

Stage

Afternoon of Short Comic Plays by local Playwrites, Bijou Theatre, 275 Fairfield Ave. March 6, 2 p.m. $6. bijoutheatrect.net

Rapunzel,” Downtown Cabaret Theatre, 263 Golden Hill St. Through March 20. Sat, Sun only noon & 2:30 p.m. 203-576-1636, dtcab.com

Visual Arts

“Opus ad Vivifica Art Show,” The Schelfhaudt Gallery at Paier College, 491 University Ave. Through March 3. paier.edu

“SHIM Eco: The Coral Reef Principle,” Ursa Gallery in the Arcade Mall, 1001 Main St. Through March 12. ursa.gallery

“Absorption and Reflection” featuring artist and guest curator Larry Morse with Adger Cowans and Iyaba Ibo Mandingo,” City Lights Gallery, 265 Golden Hill St. Through March 17. citylightsgallery.org

“Making Your Mark: Prints and Drawings from the Hechinger Collection,” Housatonic Museum of Art Burt Chernow Galleries in Lafayette Hall, Housatonic Community College Campus, 900 Lafayette Blvd. Through March 25. Tickets must be reserved in advance. housatonicmuseum.org

DANBURY Stage

WCSU Dept. of Theatre Arts presents “Sweeney Todd-The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” Visual and Performing Arts Center Mainstage Theatre on WCSU’s Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. ext. Through March 6. $25-$10. Tickets at bit.ly/3GfML6u

Visual Arts

“Scratching the Surface: David Haislip,” Gallery at Still River Editions, 128 E. Liberty St. stillrivereditions.com

“Mohamad Hafez: Unsettled Nostalgia,” Western Connecticut State University Gallery at the Visual & Performing Arts Center Gallery, 43 Lake Ave. ext. on the Westside Campus. Through March 7. Closing Celebration: No Place Like Home: Exploring the sights, sounds, and tastes of the Middle East with artist Mohamad Hafez and guests, Veronica Hagman Concert Hall, March 3, 6-8 p.m. wcsu.edu/art/gallery/ exhibitions/

FAIRFIELD Comedy

Fairfield Comedy Club, Fairfield Circle Inn, 417 Post Road. Lineup: Ashely Austin Morris, March 5, 7 p.m. $25. fairfieldcomedyclub.com

Lectures

“How Drawing and Painting Can Help You Get In Touch With the Bird World,” virtual presentation hosted by Connecticut Audubon Society Center on Zoom, March 3, 7-8 p.m. $8 CAS members, $10 nonmembers. 203-259-6305, ext. 109, jguenther@ctaudubon.org

Open Vision Forum: “Race, Liberty & Justice: Diverging Perspectives with Eyes on the Prize” by Michael Eric Dyson, PhD and John H. McWhorter, PhD, Quick Center for the Performing Arts at Fairfield University, 1073 N. Benson Road. March 8, 7:30 p.m. $30, $5 Fairfield University students, $15 Quick Center members. Registration required. quickcenter.fairfield.edu

Annual Peace and Justice Lecture Series: “On the Role of Anger in Anti-Racist Struggle” by Myisha Cherry, PhD, virtual event hosted by Quick Center for the Performing Arts at Fairfield University, March 7, 3:30 p.m. Register at quickcenter.fairfield.edu.

“Virtual Art in Focus: Josiah Wedgewood, Anti-Slavery Seal, ca. 1790-1800,” hosted by Fairfield University Art Museum at the Quick Center for the Performing Arts, March 3, 11 a.m. fairfield.edu/ museum

“Collecting Black Art,” Quick Center for the Performing Arts Kelley Theater at Fairfield University, 1073 N. Benson Road. March 9, 5-6 p.m. In-person on campus event. Event will also be live streamed at thequicklive.com

Music

Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St. Lineup: Midnight North with Mikaela Davis, StageOne, March 5, 7:45 p.m. $28; Big-Eyed Phish-Dave Matthew Tribute, Warehouse, March 5, 8 p.m. $28; Son Volt, Warehouse, March 8, 8 p.m. $28, $32 day of show. fairfieldtheatre.org

Soundwaves Concert Series with Lion’s Gate Trio, Fairfield Public Library Memorial Room, 1080 Old Post Road. March 5, 2-4 p.m. Registration required at fairfieldpubliclibrary.org.

Visual Arts

“Color Play: Earl Grenville Killeen, Donna Pia, Emily Teall,” Fairfield Public Library Bruce S. Kershner Gallery, 1080 Old Post Road. Through April 2. fairfieldpubliclibrary.org

“Assemblage,” Art/Place Gallery, located in Fairfield Theater Company, 70 Sanford St. Through March 27, noon-5 p.m. artplacegallery.org

“Beyond the Surface” by Edward Holland, Will Hutnick, Emily Kiacz, Lizbeth Mitty, Erika Ranee, Hollis Taggart, 330 Pequot Ave. March 5-April 30. Reception March 5, 5-8 p.m. hollistaggart.com

“Color Play” art by Earl Grenville Killeen, Dionne Pia, and Emily Teall, Fairfield Public Library Bruce S. Kershner Gallery, 1080 Old Post Road. Through April 2. fairfieldpubliclibrary.org

Fairfield Museum & History Center, 370 Beach Road. Exhibits: “Visiting John Taylor Arms: A Master Printmaker and His Circle,” through April 24; “Topping the Charts: The Rise of Bridgeport’s Columbia Records,” through April 3. Free Museum members, $5 nonmember adults, $3 students and seniors, and kids under 5 are free. fairfieldhistory.org

“[Her]story: Women’s Roles Through History,” Pequot Library, 720 Pequot Ave. Through May 5. Related events: Book Group: “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” by Truman Capote, March 23; Meet the Author: Susan Ware, March 24; Book Group: “Norah Webster” by Colm Tóibín, April 20. pequotlibrary.org

Fairfield University Art Museum: “Ink/Stone,” presented in the Walsh Gallery in the Quick Center for the Performing Arts, 1073 N. Benson Road. Through March 5. fairfield.edu/museum

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. Related event: Conversation with Deborah Willis, PhD and Adger Cowans, Dogwood Room of the Barone Campus, March 30, 5 p.m. Register o the Eventbrite page. fairfield.edu/ museum

GREENWICH Lectures

“The Impact Of Sneaker Culture,” Greenwich Library, 101 W. Putnam Ave. March 7, 7-8 p.m. greenwichlibrary.org

Music

Chamber Players of the Greenwich Symphony: “Blow, Ye Winds, Round Hill Community Church, 395 Round Hill Road. March 6, 4 p.m.; and at Greenwich Arts Council, 299 Greenwich Ave. March 7, 7:30 p.m. $30 adults, $5 students. chamberplayersofthegso.org

Visual arts

“Not Your Usual Alphabet,” Greenwich Arts Council Bendheim Gallery, 299 Greenwich Ave. Unique, unusual spin on letters, and/or numbers, presenting them in a new and expressive way. Now on view. greenwichartsociety.org

“Just Shoes: Where Art, Craft and Fantasy Meet,” Greenwich Library Flinn Gallery, 101 W. Putnam Ave. Through March 16. Registration required. flinngallery.com

Celebrate Black History Month with prominent Afro Americans who lived in Connecticut and made a mark in history with their excellence, like Opera Singer Marion Anderson, novelist Ann Petry and inventor Lewis Howard Latimar, Gertrude White Gallery, YWCA at Greenwich, 259 E. Putnam Ave. Through March 15. Call 203-869-6501, ext. 100 for viewing times.

NORWALK Lectures

“The Harlem Art Explosion: From Innovation to Mainstream,” virtual event hosted by Norwalk Library on Zoom, March 9, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Register at clahey@norwalkpl.org.

Music

Norwalk Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Concerto Competition winner will play their piece with the full orchestra at our Music for All Ages concert, March 20. norwalksymphony.org

Doyle-Abominate the World As We Die Tour, Wall Street Theater, 71 Wall St. March 5, 8 & 11 p.m.; Al Jardine of the Beach Boys, with Carnie and Wendy Wilson of Wilson Phillips, March 6, 7 p.m. Tickets at wallstreettheater.com

Billy G, Ponza Italian Kitchen & Pizza, 690 Connecticut Ave. March 7, 6-9 p.m. Reserve at ponzaitaliankitchen.com

Visual Arts

“A Look at the World From a Different Perspective” by Miniaturist Vance Alexander, Norwalk Public Library, 1 Beldon Ave. On display through April. norwalkpl.org

“Think You Know Goldfish,” Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, 10 N. Water St. New exhibit now on display through Spring 2022. maritimeaquarium.org

Center For Contemporary Printmaking, 299 West Ave. Exhibit: “A Day In The Life,” Grace Ross Shanley Gallery, March 6-April 17. 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.

“Collecting, Indexing and Reshaping,” The Norwalk Art Space, 455 West Ave. March 17-April 28. Opening Reception March 17, 6-9 p.m. with performances by comedienne Michelle Lee and Latin Jazz Ensemble Sculptet. “Art Quilts and Original Book Illustrations” by Lizzy Rockwell and her friends and family, through March 10. thenorwalkartspace.org

“Fragments of Light, Impressions of Color,” Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, 295 West Ave. Exhibit opens April 7 and run through Aug. 28. Visit the museum website for entry details. lockwoodmathewsmansion.com.

“Abstraction,” Rowayton Arts Center, 145 Rowayton Ave. March 13-April 9. Opening reception March 13, 4-6 p.m.; “In the Garden,” through March 5. Gallery hours: Tue-Fri noon-5 p.m.; Sat 10 a.m.-1 p.m. rowaytonarts.org.

RIDGEFIELD Music

Hank Milligan, Bernard’s, 20 West Lane. March 4 & 5 6-9:30 p.m.; March 6, noon-3 p.m. bernardsridgefield.com

Pepsi Rock Series: “It Was Fifty Years Ago Today-Tribute to the Beatles,” Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 E. Ridge. March 3, 7:30 p.m. $125$150.Tickets at ridgefieldplayhouse.org.

Bruce Cockburn, Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 E. Ridge. March 4, 8 p.m. $75-$45; Classical Series: Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra presents “Joy” featuring cellist Nico Olarte-Hayes, March 5, 7:30 p.m. $60-$10. Tickets at ridgefieldplayhouse.org.

Stage

Shanghai Acrobats-The New Shanghai Circus, Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 E. Ridge. March 6, 4 p.m. $35. ridgefieldplayhouse.org

Visual Arts

Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main St. Exhibits: “Duane Slick: The Coyote Makes The Sunset Better,” through May 8; “Prima Facie” by Milano Chow, through May 8; Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski: Portal Pieces, through May 29; and Karla Knight “Navigator,” through May 1. aldrichart.org

“Feathers: Animals + Birds + Flowers” by Erin Nazzaro, Ridgefield Library, 472 Main St. Through March 14. aldrichart.org

STAMFORD Comedy

Laughtrax: Colleens of Comedy, Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St. March 11, 8 p.m. $19. palacestamford.org

Music

Frank Mastrone and Family, Curtain Call’s Kweskin Theatre at The Sterling Farms Theatre Complex, 1349 Newfield Ave. March 12, 8 p.m. curtaincallinc.com

Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St. Lineup: Stairway to Zeppelin, March 5, 8 p.m. $50-$25; Marisa Monte, March 17, 8 p.m. $129-$55. palacestamford.org

Stage

“Blippi-The Musical,” Palace Theatre Main Stage, 61 Atlantic St. March 4, 6 p.m. $67-$37. Photo Experience, 7:30 p.m. $50. palacestamford.org

“Happy Birthday,” Curtain Call’s Dressing Room Theatre at The Sterling Farms Theatre Complex, 1349 Newfield Ave. March 3-20. curtaincallinc.com