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Best of the arts in the weeks ahead
BRIDGEPORT Comedy
Casey Frey, Bridgeport Stress Factory Comedy Club, 167 State St. March 13, 7 & 9 p.m. bridgeport.stressfactory.com
Elizardi Castro-All Grown Up, Klein Memorial Auditorium, 910 Fairfield Ave. March 19, 7:30 p.m. $35, $28, $22. theklein.org
Music
Louie Zayas & Blaze-A New Year to Care, Bijou Theatre, 275 Fairfield Ave. March 11, 8 p.m. $41-$26. Also live streamed at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $10. bijoutheatrect.net
Park City Music Hall, 2926 Fairfield Ave. Lineup: Mad Cats, March 11, 9 p.m. $10; Baked Shrimp & Residual Grove, March 12, 9 p.m. $12; Dirty Dozen Brass Band, March 13, 8 p.m. $33. parkcitymusichall.com
Stage
“Rapunzel,” Downtown Cabaret Theatre, 263 Golden Hill St. Through March 20. Sat, Sun only noon & 2:30 p.m. dtcab.com
Visual Arts
“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. Visit housatonicmuseum.org to sign up.
DANBURY Music
Western Connecticut State University Department of Music live events at Veronica Hagman Concert Hall in the WCSU Visual and Performing Arts Center, 43 Lake Ave. ext. Lineup: 3-Concert Series with Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner, piano, March 20, 3 p.m.; Borealis Wind Quintet, April 10, 3 p.m.; and A Far Cry, with mezzo-soprano Krista River, May 15, 3 p.m. Concerts are $25 each. wcsuvpac.eventbrite.com.
Memories of Patsy Kline-Patsy Kline Tribute Show, The Palace Danbury, 165 Main St. March 13, 2 p.m. $40. thepalacedanbury.com
Visual Arts
“Scratching the Surface: David Haislip,” Gallery at Still River Editions, 128 E. Liberty St. Viewing in-person and virtually. stillrivereditions.com
FAIRFIELD Comedy
Fairfield Comedy Club, Fairfield Circle Inn, 417 Post Road. Lineup: Nore Davis, March 12, 9 p.m. $25. fairfieldcomedyclub.com
Dance
ConnectFairfield 80’s Dance Party FUNRaiser, Penfield Pavilion, 323 Fairfield Beach Road. April 8, 7:30-10:30 p.m. $65, $80 after March 18. Tickets at bit.ly/3oJRtmT
Music
Tom Sandoval & The Most Extras, Sacred Heart University Community Theatre, 1420 Post Road. March 11, 7:30 p.m. $35 general, $25 balcony. Tickets at shucommunitytheatre.org
Fairfield University’s Quick Center for the Performing Arts presents Organist Cameron Carpenter, performing “Goldberg Variations,” along with other pieces from the Bach repertoire, Saugatuck Congregational Church, 245 Post Road E., Westport, March 11, 7 p.m. $30, $5 FFLU students, $15 Quick Center members. quickcenter.com
Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St. Lineup: Caroline House Benefit featuring Mr. Know It All, StageOne, March 10, 8 p.m. $35; $85 VIP; Tower of Power, Warehouse, March 11, 8 p.m. $95, $85 reserved; Moody Blues-John Lodge,Warehouse, March 12, 8 p.m. $64; Galactic with Nane, Warehouse, March 13, 8 p.m. $35, $38; Jamestown Revival with James Ellis, Warehouse, March 15, 8 p.m. $25. fairfieldtheatre.org
Music in the Meetinghouse’s Lenten Organ Recital Series: Dr. Frank Martignetti, organist, First Church Congregational, 148 Beach Road. March 16, 12:15-12:45 p.m.
Stage
“Sweat,” Sacred Heart University’s Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts Little Theatre, 5151 Park Ave. March 17-19, 8 p.m.; March 20, 3 p.m.; March 24-26, 8 p.m.; March 27, 3 p.m. $22, $15 senior citizen, alumni, $10 students. Tickets at edgertoncenter.org
Jib Productions Play With Your Food presents a new season of One Act Plays, Fairfield Theatre Company StageOne, 70 Sanford St. March 15, noon. $60 with lunch. jibproductions.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. Through April 30. 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: “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
“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. March 25-June 18. Exhibit opens with a lecture by guest curator Leslie K. Brown, PhD, March 24. fairfield.edu/ museum
GREENWICH Music
Firey String Sistas, Greenwich Library’s Berkley Theater, 101 W. Putnam Ave. March 12, 3 p.m. greenwichlibrary.org
Stage
Play With Your Food” lunchtime play reading series produced by JIB Productions, Greenwich Arts Council, 299 Greenwich Ave. March 17, noon-1:30 p.m. $60 theater and a boxed lunch. Tickets at jibproductions.org/play-with-your-food
Visual Arts
“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.
MILFORD Music
Almost Queen, Milford Performance Center, Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium/ Parson’s Government Center, 53 West Main St. March 11, 7 p.m. $65-$42; Eagles Experience, March 12, 7 p.m. $40-$29. milfordperformancecenter.org
MAC Live presents Blac Rabbit, Milford Arts Council, 40 Railroad Ave. March 10, 8 p.m. milfordarts.org
New England Guitar Society presents Argentine Guitar Duo, Saldaña/Bravo, Milford Arts Council, 40 Railroad Ave. March 12, 8 p.m. milfordarts.org
Stage
Milford Arts Council’s Eastbound Theater is offering an 8 week Intro to Improv course, beginning March 22. It will run every Tuesday through May 10, 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the Firehouse Gallery. milfordarts.org.
Visual Arts
Shelton Art League’s Members Art Exhibit, Milford Public Library, 57 New Haven Ave. Through March 31.
“Figurative,” Firehouse Gallery, 81 Naugatuck Ave. March 19-27. Opening reception, March 17, 6-8 p.m. milfordarts.org
“MAC Member Exhibit,” Milford Arts Center, 40 Railroad Ave. Through March 11. milfordarts.org
NEWTOWN Music
Gold Roots, Aquila’s Nest Vineyard, 56 Pole Bridge Road. March 10, 7 p.m.; Piano Soiree with Oliver Charles, March 11, 7:30 p.m.; On The Road Again, March 12, 2:30 p.m.; Round Two Acoustical Duo, March 13, 2:30 p.m. Reservations requested. aquilasnestvineyards.com
Stage
Town Players present “Good People,” Little Theater, 18 Orchard Hill Road. Through March 26. newtownplayers.org
NORWALK Music
American Chamber Orchestra Winter Concert, Norwalk Concert Hall, 125 East Ave. March 12, 7:30 p.m. $25 adults, $10 students and children up to 18. Tickets at americanchamberorchestra.org
Iron Maidens, Wall Street Theater, 71 Wall St. March 10, 8 p.m.; Wishbone Ash, March 18, 8 p.m. wallstreettheater.com
Stage
“Buddy Holly-The Buddy Holly Story,” Music Theatre of Connecticut MainStage, 509 Westport Ave. March 18-April 10. musictheatreofct.com
“New Voices-A Reading Series of New Plays by Contemporary Playwrights,” Music Theatre of Connecticut MainStage, 509 Westport Ave. Lineup: “Mulatto Boy,” March 21. Showtime: 7 p.m. $20. musictheatreofct.com.
St. Patrick’s Day
St. Baldrick’s Head Shaving, O’Neil’s Irish Pub, 93 N. Main St. March 12, 3-7 p.m. fairfieldafterdark.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
“A Day In The Life,” Center For Contemporary Printmaking Grace Ross Shanley Gallery, 299 West Ave. Through 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. Artist Talk, March 27, 1-3 p.m. “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. lockwoodmathewsmansion.com.
“Abstraction,” Rowayton Arts Center, 145 Rowayton Ave. March 13-April 9. Opening reception March 13, 4-6 p.m. rowaytonarts.org.
RIDGEFIELD Music
Pepsi Rock Series: Tower of Power, Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 E. Ridge. March 10, 8 p.m. $90; Warren Hayes Solo, March 11 &12, 8 p.m. $90-$80. ridgefieldplayhouse.org
Trio Della Corde, Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center, 152 Main St. March 13, 4-5 p.m. $20. ridgefieldsymphony.org/ music-at-the-museum
Specials
Hearst Media Entertaining Conversations Series with “An Evening with Harvey Fierstein,” Interviewed by Roz Chast, Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 E. Ridge. March 15, 7:30 p.m. $59:50. ridgefieldplayhouse.org
Stage
Broadway & Cabaret Series: “Mike Super Magic & Illusion-2.OH!,” Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 E. Ridge. March 13, 4 p.m. $45. ridgefieldplayhouse.org
Evening Of One Acts, Ridgefield Theater Barn, 37 Halpin Lane. March 11-April 2. ridgefieldtheaterbarn.org
Visual Arts
“Picturing Our Past Exhibit,” Ridgefield Guild of Artists, 34 Halpin Lane. March 12-April 2. Opening reception, March 12, 4-6 p.m. rgoa.org
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
Lectures
Civility in America Series: Lessons From Business, virtual conversation with Cyrus Freidheim hosted by Ferguson Library, March 10, 6 p.m. Registration required at fergusonlibrary.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: Marisa Monte, March 17, 8 p.m. $129-$55. palacestamford.org
Stage
“Happy Birthday,” Curtain Call’s Dressing Room Theatre at The Sterling Farms Theatre Complex, 1349 Newfield Ave. Through March 20. curtaincallinc.com
Visual Arts
“The Enjoyable Landscape” by Robert Selkowitz, Mayor’s Gallery 10th fl. Government Center, 888 Washington Blvd. Through April 28. Reception March 17, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Robert Dash: “Food For Thought Micro Views of Sustenance: Threats & Prospects,” Stamford Museum & Nature Center, 39 Scofieldtown Road. Through June 5. Reception and Earth Week Artist Talk with Robert Dash, April 21, 5-7 p.m. Advance register. stamfordmuseum.org/dash
“Changing Seasons,” Ferguson Library Main Branch, 1 Public Library Plaza. March 16-May 18. Opening Reception March 16, 6-7:30 p.m. fergusonlibrary.org.
“Lost & Found,” Loft Artists Gallery, 575 Pacific St. Through March 13. Sat & Sun 1-4 p.m. Free. loftartists.org
STRATFORD Visual Arts
Exhibit of original paintings by Trumbull artist Sabine Bonnar, Stratford Library Main Lobby, 2203 Main St. Through March 31. stratfordlibrary.org
WESTPORT Comedy
“Sandra Bernhard: An Evening of Comedy and Music,” Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court. March 12, 8 p.m. $75, $50. Tickets at westportplayhouse.org.
Dance
CT Dance School’s Spring Benefit Performance & Online Silent Auction, Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court. March 11, 7-8 p.m. $45 adult, $15 child, student or senior. Tickets at westportplayhouse.org.
Music
Music at MoCA Concert Series, MoCA Westport, 19 Newtown Tpke. Concerts will be held both inside the Museum and on MoCA Westport’s outdoor stage, MarchNov. 2022. All concerts 7 p.m. Lineup begins March 25 with Alturas Duo. mocawestport.org
Suzuki Music Schools Connecticut Guitar Festival, March 11-13. All events can be viewed via a series of free links or live in-person at the Westport Library all weekend long. Events: Kickoff Concert; the CGF Guitar Expo; GuitART; and performances and events. connecticutguitarfestival.com
Music of Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, and Bob Dylan performed by Suzanne Sheridan and her band, Voices Café at the Unitarian Church, 10 Lyons Plains Road. March 12, 8-10 p.m. $25. voicescafe.org
Stage
Play With Your Food Lunchtime Series of One Act plays, MoCA Westport, 19 Newtown Tpke. March 16, noon. $60 includes show & catered lunch. Tickets at jibproductions.org
Visual Arts
Paintings by Connecticut-based artist Shilo Ratner, Sorelle Gallery Fine Art, 19 Church Lane. Through March 20. sorellegallery.com
“Not Dior's New Look III-Group Exhibit in Collaboration with Fashion Fights Cancer,” The Contemporary Art Modern Project Camp Gallery, 190 Main St. Through March 22.
“The Westport Idea + Identity Exhibit,” MoCA Westport, 19 Newtown Tpke. Through March 12. pmmocawestport.org
Miniture of Westport Depicting the Town in 1900, Westport Museum for History & Culture’s Main Museum building, 25 Avery Place. Now on view. westporthistory.org
MoCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) Westport’s 2022 High School Student Art Exhibit, on view at the Museum, through March 12. mocawestport.org.