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BRIDGEPORT Comedy
Michael Rapaport, Bridgeport Stress Factory Comedy Club, 167 State St. July 22, 7:30 p.m.; July 23, 24, 7 & 9 p.m. $180-$60. Shows will follow all State guidelines. bridgeport.stressfactory.com
Films
Bridgeport Film Fest, Klein Memorial Auditorium, 910 Fairfield Ave. July 23-25. Features over 50 films, guest speakers, workshops, and panel discussions. For schedule and tickets visit theklein.org
Music
St. Ann Black Rock Summer Concerts, 481 Brewster St. Lineup: Fingersleeve, July 27; Gunsmoke, Aug. 3. All these concerts 6:30-8:30 p.m. Stratford Orchestra, Aug. 10; Get Lit, Aug. 17; Tangled Vine, Aug. 24. All these concerts 6-8 p.m. $5 age 12 and up. No pets. BYOB snacks, dinner, beverages, chairs, blankets. Italian Ice, water for sale
Terrapin-Greatful Dead Experience, Bijou Theatre, 275 Fairfield Ave. July 23. Live show, 8 p.m. Live stream, 7 p.m. In-Person tickets: $42; Livestream tickets: $15-$100. Above show livestream tickets are Pay What You Can. bijoutheatrect.net
Spirit of the South TourCelebration of Southern Rock & Roll Music with Blackberry Smoke, The Allman-Betts Band, Hartford Healthcare Amphitheatre, 500 Broad St. July 30. Tickets at livenation.com. hartfordhealthcareamp.com
REO Speedwagon and Styx headline the opening of the Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater as part of the We Are Back Tour 2021, July 28, 7:30 p.m. Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater, 500 Broad St. Tickets now on sale at LiveNation.com.
OFT Fest with Lil Durk & Coi Lerey, Hartford Healthcare Amphitheatre, 500 Broad St. Aug. 7. Tickets at ticketmaster.com hartfordhealthcareamp.com
Visual Arts
Arcade Mall, City Lights Gallery, and Ursa Gallery. City Lights and Ursa Gallery offer companion exhibits: City Lights exhibit, “Pandemic Art;” and “Here Comes the Sun” at Ursa Gallery. citylightsgallery.org, bridgeportart-trail.org
“Photorealism: Fixing the Fleeting Moment,” Housatonic Museum of Art on the Housatonic Community College Campus, 900 Lafayette Blvd. New exhibit on view through Dec. 2021; “The Roots of Abstraction,” exhibit on view through Aug. 31. housatonicmuseum.org
DANBURY Specials
“Pop-Up & Play,” CityCenter Danbury, 250 Main St. In collaboration with Blue Haus Group, “Pop-Up & Play” event series will run along Main St. every Friday, through Aug. fairfieldafterdark.com
“Godspell,” Musicals at Richter, 100 Aunt Hack Road. July 23-Aug. 7. musicalsatrichter.org
FAIRFIELD Music
North County Duo, The Castle on Post, 222 Post Road. July 28, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
Audubon Summer Concerts at Farm Pond, Connecticut Audubon Society Center, 2325 Burr St. Through Aug. 7. 203-259-6305, ext. 109, jguenther@ctaudubon.org
Summer Concerts at Sherman Green Gazebo, corner of Post & Reef Road. Through Sept. 4. fairfieldrecreation.com
Peanut Butter Jam Concert at Sherman Green Gazebo, corner of Post & Reef Road: Steve Alci & Friends, July 28; Al DeCant & Jill Kubeck, Aug. 4. fairfieldrecreation.com
Stage
New Paradigm Theatre Company Inc. presents “Footloose, The Musical,” Black Rock Church, 3685 Black Rock Tpke. Aug. 20, 7 p.m.; Aug. 21, 2 & 7 p.m. norwalksymphony.org
“The Spongebob Musical” presented by Pantochino
Teen Theatre, SHU Community Theatre, Aug. 6, 7:30 p.m.; Aug. 7, 1 & 5:30 p.m. Information online at pantochino.com
Visual Arts
“Reunion: A Group Exhibition,” Hollis Taggart Gallery, 330 Pequot Ave. Through Sept. 4. Masks required and all COVID protocols followed. Gallery hours: Wed-Sat 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. or by appointment. info@hollistaggart.com, 212-628-4000.
“Another Opening, Another Show” Member show, Art/ Place Gallery in the Fairfield Theater Company building, 70 Sanford St. Show can be seen through Aug. 29. artplacegallery.org or call 203374-9720 or 646-258-6912.
“Photo Exhibit by Harrison Gordon,” Pequot Library Perkin Gallery, 720 Pequot Ave. Through Sept. 18.pequotlibrary.org
GREENWICH Music
Summer Concert Series, Roger Sherman Baldwin Park, Arch St. Through Aug. 18. Lineup: Echoes of Sinatra, July 28; LP’s-70’s & 80’s music, Aug. 4; Cynthia Sayer & Her Joyride Band, Aug. 11; Billy & The Showman, Aug. 18. All concerts 7:15 p.m. fairfieldafterdark.com
Summer Concert Series hosted by Parish of St. Catherine of Siena and St. Agnes. Lineup: The Chaplet of Divine Mercy in Song, July 22, 7 p.m.; Our Heritage, Aug. 8, 2 p.m. Concerts take place under the Tent on St. Agnes Church campus lawn, 247 Stanwich Road. Free. Donations welcome. Information or questions e-mail music.director@stc-sta.or
BackCountry Jazz Summer Concert Series, BackCountry Jazz, 15 E. Putnam Ave. Through Sept. 26, 4:30-6 p.m. Join the email list to receive information about performance dates and venue locations. 203-561-3111, jeanette@backcountryjazz.org
Summer Concert Series, Binney Park, 51 Arch St. Lineup: Sound Beach Community Band, July 25 & Aug. 29, 7 p.m. both dates. fairfieldafterdark.com
Visual arts
“Summer Show,” GR Art Gallery, 1086 Long Ridge Road. Through Sept. 1. 203274-7497, grartgalleries.com
“Layers Of Life” Collection of works By Derek Gores, Sandra Morgan Interiors & Art Prive Gallery, 135 E. Putnam Ave. Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and by appointment. 203-629-8121, sandramorganinteriors.com
“Greenwich Gardens & Landscapes, Past & Present,” Greenwich Historical Society, 47 Strickland Road. Through Sept. 5. greenwichhistory.org
Greenwich Art Society Presents “104th Annual Juried Exhibit,” Greenwich Art Society Bendheim Gallery, 299 Greenwich Ave. Through Sept. 9. greenwichartsociety.org.
“Chain Reaction: The Photography of Patrick Nagatani,” Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Dr. Through Oct. 10. Related event: Bruce Experiences: Curator’s Talk: Chain Reaction: The Photography of Patrick Nagatani, July 29, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Reservations required; “Amazon Rainforest: Beauty, Destruction, Hope,” exhibit on view through Oct. 10. brucemuseum.org
NORWALK
Comedy
Carlos Mencia, Wall Street Theater, 71 Wall St. July 30 & 31. wallstreettheater.com
Music
SoNo Music Fest, SoNo Collection Mall, Garden Roof Terrace, 10 N. Water St. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Lineup: School of Rock, Kung Fu, July 24; School of Rock, Eggy, Aug. 7; Paul Green Academy, The Breakers, Sept. 18. thesonocollection.com
Wall Street Theater presents A Night of Music Under the Stars with Max Creek, Art Park at Wall Street, 23 Isaacs St. July 23 & 24. wallstreettheater.com
Rowayton Summer Music
Festival, Bayley Beach, 11 Pine Point Road. Through Sept. 5. rowaytoncivicassociation.org/summer-musicfestival
Leonid and Friends, Wall Street Theater, 71 Wall St. July 30, 7 p.m. Satisfaction-International Rolling Stones Show, July 31. wallstreettheater.com
Hot Summer Nights Series, Music Theatre of Connecticut, 509 Westport Ave. Lineup: “Can’t Help Singing: The Music of Jerome Kern,” July 31; and “It’s DeLovely: Jeff Harnar Sings Cole Porter, Aug. 7. musictheatreofct.com
Visual Arts
“A Dialogue in Styles, Jahmane and Adger Cowans,” The Norwalk ArtSpace, 455 West Ave. Exhibit opens July 22.thenorwalkartspace.org
“13th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibit,” Center For Contemporary Printmaking Grace Ross Shanley Gallery, 299 West Ave. Through Aug. 29. contemprints.org
“A Slug’s Life: Facing the Climate Endgame,” Maritime Aquarium, 10 N. Water St. Through Labor Day . maritimeaquarium.org
“Health, Healing & Addiction in 19th Century America,” Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, 295 West Ave. Through Oct. 17. “Socially Distant Art: Creativity in Lockdown,” through Aug. 29lockwoodmathewsmansion.com
“Community Sponsored Awards,” Rowayton Arts Center, 145 Rowayton Ave. Exhibit runs through July 25. “Photography and Sculpture,” Exhibit will run Aug. 1-29. rowaytonarts.org
STAMFORD
Dance
“Shen Yun,” Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St. July 24, 2 & 7:30 p.m.; July 25, 1 p.m. $165-$80. palacestamford.org.
Festivals
Art Festival, Harbor Point, July 24 & 25, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. stamfordartfestival.org
Music
Music @ The Bartlett Summer Concert Series, Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens Great Lawn, 151 Brookdale Road. Through Aug. 29. Lineup: Abbie Gardner, July 25; Cookie Thomas, Aug. 1; Sun Kings, Aug. 8; Maria Tiscia & Rio Bound, Aug. 15; Sister Sun, Aug. 22; Bluewater, Aug. 29. bartlettarboretum.org
Drive-In Concerts: Stella Blues Band, Museum & Nature Center, 151 Scofieldtown Road,July 23, 8-11 p.m. stamfordmuseum.org
Live Entertainment, Stamford Town Center, 100 Greyrock Place. Through Aug. 12. Lineup: Casey Carle's Bubblemania Bubble Show, July 22; Cardboard Explosion Puppet Show, July 29; Yo-Yo Guy! John Higby, Aug. 5; Magic & Beyond featuring Illusionist David Garrity, Aug. 12.
Street Beats Live Music Downtown Stamford through Aug. 26. stamford-downtown.com
Stage
Curtain Call’s Shakespeare on the Green with “Romeo & Juliet,” Curtain Call’s Sterling Farms, 1349 Newfield Ave. July 23, 24 & 25. curtaincallinc.com
Visual Arts
Stamford Art Association and the Stamford History Center present an in-person Art Exhibit, “History Through the Artist’s Eye,” Stamford History Center, 1508 High Ridge Road. Through Aug. 15. stamfordartassociation.org
“Piano Project,” through Sept. 19. Stamford Downtown hosts an outdoor sculpture exhibit designed to attract both local and regional audiences. Exhibit map will be available to download or download the Otocast App for a mobile tour with audio. bit.ly/3ulc2pP
“Unite and PersevereJuried Exhibit Celebrating The Artistic Voices of Black Artists,” Stamford Art Association, 575 Pacific St. Exhibit will run Aug. 6-29. stamfordartassociation.org