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Online destinations to visit from the comfort of home
ANSONIA
Nature Center: Art of Fire Making, a Facebook video series. Learn the basics on how to identify trees and resources used to construct a bow drill set; May 2: Construction of bow drill fire making set; May 9: Collection of plant materials used to make tinder bundles and construction of a teepee fire; and May 16: Techniques and skills using bow drill set to create a fire. facebook.com/ Ansonia-Nature-andRecreation-Center
“Tuesday Tours at Ten” on-site live feature on the Derby Historical Society’s Facebook page, Tuesdays, 10-10:30 a.m. Virtual guests can tune in for a brief presentation on a variety of local history topics, from sneakpeeks of rooms inside the General David Humphreys House to artifacts in the extensive collection of the DHS.
BRIDGEPORT
Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo offers variety of events at beardsleyzoo.org, YouTube channel and its Facebook page. Facebook Live events every Tue, Wed, Thu, 2 p.m. Watch the Spider Monkey and the Red Panda on the live “zoo cam.” beardsleyzoo.org/zoo-cams.html. facebook.com/Connecticuts BeardsleyZoo
BRISTOL
New England Carousel Museum has a video tour of the museum at thecarouselmuseum.org/ online-content
DANBURY
Western Connecticut State University’s Master of Fine Arts Thesis Virtual Exhibit is on view on the Visual and Performing Arts Center Gallery Exhibit web page, wcsu.edu/art DARIEN
Geary Gallery offers “Richard Danzig: Abstract Seascapes,” exhibit online through April 30; gearygallery.com EAST HADDAM
Goodspeed presents the musical theatre podcast “In The Spotlight” hosted by Goodspeed’s Artistic Assistant Michael Fling and Artistic Associate Anika Chapin. Bi-weekly episodes drop Wednesdays on Apple iTunes, Spotify and at gooodspeed.org
FAIRFIELD
Quick Center for the Performing Arts offers Quick Sessions: “Pilobolus Dance Company Connecting with Balance,” April 28 and May 12, 11-11:30 a.m. thequicklive.com
Fairfield University’s Quick Center for the Performing Arts offers Quick Sessions: “Gershwin with Orin Grossman,” through May 26, Tuesdays only, 4-4:30 p.m. thequicklive.com
Quick Center for the Performing Arts offers Quick Sessions: “Opera and Performance with Nora Chipaumire,” Mondays through May 4, 2-2:30 p.m.; “Theatre in the Time of Crisis” with Cheryl Wiesenfeld, through May 8, 2-2:30 p.m.; Gain insight into the history of the Fairfield University Art Museum with Carey Weber and preview the upcoming exhibit schedule through next year, April 27, 6 p.m.; #UNLOAD: addresses gun violence, through May 27, Wednesdays only, 1:30-2 p.m.; composer and violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain performs April 29, 5:30-6 p.m.; Marti Talks Theatre with Danny Williams, senior director of finance and administration at The Public Theater, NYC, on “The Business of Show Business,” April 29, 4 p.m.; thequicklive.com
Fairfield Museum takes history online through live events, exhibits and educational content at fairfieldhistory.org
Public Libary goes virtual with ancestry library edition and HeritageQuest at fairfieldpubliclibrary.org
Fairfield University offers a series of videos relating to the current exhibit “Archives of Consciousness: Six Cuban Artists.” fairfield.edu GREENWICH
Virtual Greenwich International Film Festival May 1-3. The event includes a selection of narrative and documentary features, the Connecticut Shorts program and interviews with film talent. To purchase a package, visit greenwichfilm.org.
Greenwich Historical Society brings the Best of Greenwich history — its stories, landmarks, archives and collections online. Highlights of the offerings: Daily Stories for Appreciating Greenwich’s Rich History; History Happening Now: Sharing Experiences for Posterity; Online Archives Showcase the History of Greenwich; Virtual Education: Sarah & Her Town and Resources for Teacher; greenwichhistory.org
Stay connected and engaged with the Bruce Museum’s many online programs. Also view the exhibits “Under the Skin,” and “House on the Hill: The Changing Face of the Bruce Museum,” at brucemuseum.org
Greenwich Art Society Studio School offers classes online via tele-classes. Registration: admin@ greenwichartsociety.org. 203-6291533.
HAMDEN
Visual Arts
“Artist in Residence: A Pandemic Series.” Photography by Lisa and Tom from their Hamden studio. They undertook a pandemic series in order to add a little levity to the situation. photographybylisaandtom.com
Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University is showing highlights from the permanent collection, as well as pieces from the exhibit “Coming Home: Art and the Great Hunger” at collections.ighm.org. HARTFORD
Connecticut Science Center has engaging science activities on its blog, and Facebook videos, including Animal Encounters every Tuesday and Thursday at noon. ctsciencecenter.org
Connecticut Historical Society is offering a Facebook Live tour of its latest exhibit “Pieces of American History: Connecticut Quilts,” as well as other online exhibits including “Connecticut: 50 Objects/50 Stories;” and “Historic Timeline of Connecticut’s LGBTQ Community;” chs.org/online-exhibition/
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art offers an audio tour of the new exhibit “Savor: A Revolution in Food Culture” at thewadsworth.org/savor. Also explore the collection on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @thewadsworth. thewadsworth.org/ connect
KATONAH, N.Y.
Katonah Museum of Art is hosting a virtual conversation via Zoom with Michele Oka Doner. She will speak about her nature-inspired work, April 28, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $15 members, $20 nonmembers, $10 seniors, students. “Bisa Butler Portraits.” Virtual offerings include a slideshow overview of the works in artist Butler’s first solo museum exhibit. katonahmuseum.org
MADISON
Madison Historical Society launchs an online Archive of Pandemic Stories. Madison citizens of all ages may be creating a record of their daily lives and personal experiences in these “Covid Days,” so the Society invites all residents to help preserve these written reflections, images, and other artworks for future generations. madisonhistory.org
Meigs Point Nature Center is offering live, animal-filled programs via Facebook Live, Tue-Fri, 11 a.m. from the Woods Room, and 2 p.m. from the Water Room. meigspointnaturecenter.org
Susan Powell Fine Art has one page dedicated to each of its represented artists, with several examples of that artist’s work at susanpowellfineart.com
MILFORD
Arts Council virtual offerings: Milford Photo Expo Virtual Gallery, through May 28; Color Exhibit: Red, virtual exhibit runs June 11-July 30. Accepting digital submissions through May 21, at visualarts@milfordarts.org
Pantochino Productions offers an online series called “Let’s Learn Stuff” with Victoria Sautee. The series, which streams on Facebook Live Tuesday and Thursday at 2 p.m., gives cheeky lessons, odd bits of knowledge, crafts and always includes a wacky take on story time. Pantochino Podcasts — a series of original, mini-musicals voiced by long time Pantochino company members. Accessible via Spotify and Apple Podcasts; pantochino.com MYSTIC
Facebook live broadcasts are held daily at 11 a.m. from Mystic Aquarium, featuring different animal care professionals and a variety of species. With more than 4,000 animals in their care, there’s plenty to cover. mysticaquarium.org
Mystic Seaport offers online programs, including two historical exhibits online: “Adventurous Use of the Sea: The Cruising Club of America” and “The 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan.” mysticseaport.org/explore/exhibits/
NEW CANAAN
Carriage Barn Arts Center’s Virtual
Exhibit, “SPECTRUM: Visions 2020,” online through May 17. Watch virtual interviews between the jurors and artists, hear from artists at work in their studios, and follow daily instagram and facebook posts about the artists and artwork. hwittmann@carriagebarn.org, 203-5943638
NEW HAVEN
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival offers: “Rondeau” from Mozart’s Oboe Quartet, performed by Festival Artist James Austin Smith, and members of the Thalea String Quartet; Choral Festival concert performance of Craig Hella Johnson’s “We Tell Each Other Stories.” Look for more on Facebook and Instagram; music.yale.edu/norfolk
Beinecke Library’s digital library has more than one million images to explore, enjoy and download; digital exhibits include “Carl Van Vechten’s Harlem Renaissance Portraits,” “America and the Utopian Dream,” “Making the Medieval English Manuscript.” Watch videos of collections highlights, recent and past special exhibits, and much more on the Beinecke Library YouTube channel; Practice your paleography with puzzles posted every weekday. beinecke.library.yale.edu
Elm Shakespeare Company offers Elm Education Online, a portal for all things Shakespeare with streaming performances, online classes, books and home learning activities adapted from Elm’s curricula. Elm Shakespeare Company is also holding an Artist Relief Fund Campaign for out-of-work Elm Artists; elmshakespeare.org
NXTHVN, a new gallery on Henry Street, is going virtual with “JRNL,” a growing ecosystem of posts made by NXTHVN fellows, alumni and staff as well as external visitors; nxthvn.com/jrnl/
Artspace offers digital flatfile exhibitions of “An Alternative Love Story,” “Folded,” “Lovestruck,” “Seeing the Structure,” “Lovestruck,” “individual vs. crowd,” “HAND in rotation,” “Into and out of” and “Brightly” at artspacenewhaven.org
Ely Center of Contemporary Art’s page elycenter.org/digital-grace “pays homage to the spirit of Grace T. Ely, who left her New Haven mansion in trust for a public art center focused on emerging contemporary practices.”
The Urban Collective features Nasty Women Connecticut feminist art collective’s Facebook live overview of thee xhibit “Rituals of Resistance” at facebook.com/luciana.
Yale University Art Gallery hosts “Robert Adams: The Place We Live”; and “Dura-Europos: Excavating Antiquity,” featuring photos of an archaeological dig in Syria where items in museum’s collection were found, at artgallery.yale.edu. Hightlights from past exhibits can be on YouTube.
Yale Center for British Art’s offerings over the next few weeks will consist of online collections that span more than 5,500 artists/creators; app tours with collections, architecture, and featured objects; and visit social media channels where content is being developed to activate the
museum’s collections and exhibitis for audience viewing; britishart.yale.edu
NEWTOWN
EverWonder Children’s Museum offerings help families learn together, including themed challenges, experiments and videos. everwonder museum.org/blog-1
NORWALK
Virtual LitCrawl “Celebrate Poetry: Share, Contemplate, Enjoy,” April 30, 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Participate by reading your own poem or watch the event live-streamed by Wall Street Theater, on Facebook @WallStreetTheater. Register to read at cbradley@norwalkpl.org by April 27. Zoom info to join LitCrawl will be emailed to readers prior to the event; norwalkpl.org
Open level online Flamenco Class is offered through Zoom, Sundays 10-11 a.m. $10. Registration required. yohannaescamilla@hotmail.com
Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk offers Live Q&A sessions daily on Facebook with staff as well as streaming IMAX movies. maritimeaquarium.org
Rowayton Arts Center’s online “Spring Juried Show” through May 30. rowaytonarts.org
OLD LYME
Florence Griswold Museum is featuring five exhibits at florencegriswoldmuseum.org. The museum also has a YouTube channel and also encourages visitors to its outdoor Artists Trail.
Lyme Art Association’s Springthemed exhibit “Birds and Bees” will be online beginning April 24; pastel artist Karen Israel’s five-part demonstration is available on YouTube and view the online exhibit “Yin and Yang Study in Extremes-Realism and Abstraction.” lymeartassociation.org
PAWLING, N.Y.
Daryl’s House Restaurant & Live Music Club is streaming music events. facebook.com/darylshouseclub
RIDGEFIELD
Ridgefield Playhouse Facebook page offers live streaming of some its musicians and performers. Each
Thursday night at 8 p.m. stream Tedeschi Trucks Band’s weekly webcast series, “Swamp Family TV,” that highlights the band’s archived performances. Check out ridgefieldplayhouse.org or follow its Facebook page.
A Contemporary Theatre of Connecticut and Books On The Common offers an online series called “Story Time,” focusing on storytelling for young friends. This week: Morgan Billings-Smith reads “The Day the Crayons Quit!,” A new episode will be released weekly and can be found on the ACT of CT Facebook, YouTube and Livestream pages
RPAC Art Center & Academy Zoom workshops: “InDesign-How To Build a 3-panel Brochure,” through June 22, Mondays, 1-3 p.m.; “InDesignHow To Create Effective Publications Part I,” Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-noon, Part II, 1-3 p.m. through June 23; “Photoshop: Landscapes,” through May 26, 10 a.m.-noon; “Photoshop: How To Make Pop Art,” through May 27, 1-3 p.m.; “Digital Design General Instruction,” through May 27, 3-5 p.m.; info@rpacartcenter.com or 415-2155740
Ridgefield Theater Barn Launches Ghost Light Sessions on Facebook through April 29, 8:45-9 p.m. Do you have a favorite theater memory, experience or performance at the RTB? Video must be taken in the dark, with an exposed, single-light bulb that mimics a traditional ghost light. Submissions should be recorded on a phone or on single-camera device, stay under five minutes. Send video to ghostlight@ridgefieldtheaterbarn.org or share on social media using hashtags #RTBghostlightsessions and #RTBstealingtheghostlight. The Theater Barn will share their favorites online.
STAMFORD
Avon Theatre offers a film line-up with Avon Online: “Beanpole,” and “The Times of Bill Cunningham,” both of these April 23, last day; “Best of Video Cat Fest,” April 24, last day. “Saint Frances;” “And Then We Danced;” “The Woman Who Loves Giraffes;” “Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band,” and “The Whistlers” continue to be available. Starting at $12 to screen. avontheatre.org
Free virtual hub of classical music and entertainment provided by the Stamford Symphony on their new Stamford Symphony Channel. Upcoming: “Amazing Grace” as a layered video, through April 28, all day; and “Beethoven’s Sonatas: By Request,” May 3, 4 p.m. Channel access can be found on the website. stamfordsymphony.org
Stamford Museum & Nature Center offers Facebook Live Classes daily 10 a.m., and 2 p.m.; Remote Animal Visits for Families through Zoom. For scheduling and fees: 203-977-6568 or lmonachelli@stamfordmuseum.org. Enjoy a virtual tour of the museum and nature center’s extensive grounds. stamfordmuseum.org/ virtual-tour/
STRATFORD
Library Children’s Department offers storytimes and programs for children and their families via Zoom: The Secret Garden Book Club. Read the book, then via email, receive discussion questions, information about the author, trivia questions, and ideas for activities and crafts to go along with the story. Register for programs at stratfordlibrary.org/ Events page, and a Zoom invitation will be sent to join the program; Stay-at-Home Bingo during April. Complete the challenges at home, color in squares on the BINGO card, and email pictures of completed cards to: childrens@stratfordlibrary.org. There will be a new game for May. To view and print the bingo card visit: stratfordlibrary.org/Kids page
WESTPORT
Museum for History & Culture and CTBites present vintage cocktail videos, “The History Happy Hour, vintage cocktails presented by local bartenders along with a sidecar of history,” Saturdays, 5 p.m, on Facebook @westporthistory, @ctbites and at virtualhistorywestport.org, ctbites.com.
Westport Writers’ Workshop will hold their workshops via Zoom, daily through June 5, beginning at 10 a.m. To join e-mail Beth at info@westportwriters.org
Westport Library offers a new exhibit, “Westport’s Suffragists-Our Neighbors, Our Crusaders,” at westportlibrary.org/services/gallery/
Amy Simon Fine Art online exhibit “Unfolding Dialogue: Four Voices” through May 2; amysimonfineart.com
The Museum for History and Culture offers its “Virtual Museum” for interactive content from reviews to video demonstrations and Facebook live author talks; westporthistory.org
“Westport In Focus,” online exhibit collaboration between the Westport Museum for History & Culture and Westport photographer Jerri Graham. Instagram @WestportFocus, Facebook: @WestportInFocus
WILTON
Explore Weir Farm National Historic site at nps.gov/wefa
Virtual Pottery Classes for Kids through Zoom. Next class: April 27, 3-3:45 p.m. $35. Includes pottery, all supplies needed to complete the project, and the instuctor who will facilitate the virtual class. Registration required at hhpottery.com