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Best of the arts in the weeks ahead
ANSONIA
Nature Center: Fairy Houses and Tea Party, May 23, 2 p.m. Facebook video on how to design a tiny home for fairies and gnomes from bark, moss, stones, and other natural decorations. Materials for the fairy houses will be provided. ansonianaturecenter.org
ASHFORD
Horizon Wings Raptor Rehabilitation and Education Center offers live videos on its Facebook page. horizonwings.org
BEDFORD, N.Y.
Bedford Playhouse offers virtual movie trivia for ages 5-9 weekly on Facebook and Instagram. Every Monday, 2 p.m., trivia questions are posted for the week and the winner from the previous week is announced. Winner receives a free popcorn voucher when playhouse reopens. 914-234-6704, bedfordplayhouse.org
BETHEL
Byrd’s Books invites kids, adults to design a bookmark. Winners receive $25 gift certificate to Byrd’s and bookmarks printed, distributed to customers. $10 gift certificate for Honorable Mentions. One submission per person. May 31 deadline. bit.ly/3apuUKy
Library Story Time through Facebook Live with songs, stories, simple games, Mon-Fri, 10 a.m. bethellibrary.org
BRIDGEPORT
Library North Branch story reading videos with Miss Bina. bportlibrary.org
Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo’s “Do You Have a Zoo at Your House?” asks children to draw pictures, write letters for their favorite zoo animals or take photos of how they’ve created a zoo of their own at home. Facebook Live events every Tue-Thu, 2 p.m. Watch the Spider Monkey and the Red Panda on the live “zoo cam.” beardsleyzoo.org
Housatonic Community College Virtual Student Art Exhibit. housatonic.edu
BRISTOL
Revolutionary Youth Theater online acting classes for children, teens via Zoom. revolutionaryyouththeatre.org
Environmental Learning Centers of Connecticut live videos of farm animals on Facebook page. elcct.org
New England Carousel Museum video tour. thecarouselmuseum.org
BROOKFIELD
Brookfield Theatre for the Arts Virtual Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Pre-recorded performances, live staged readings and live Studio B open studio performances. brookfieldtheatre.org
DANBURY
Vitti’s Dance Studio dance lessons on Facebook Live Mondays or Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Learn Salsa, Merengue, Bachata. Free. vittis@vittisdancestudio.com
Library offers “Seuss on the Loose,” Mondays, 2 p.m.; Stories Mon-Fri 11 a.m.; and Storytime Live on Facebook every Friday, 11 a..m. danburylibrary.org
Gallery at Still River Editions online exhibit “Three Generations: Vito Gesualdi, David Gesualdi, and Daisy Gesualdi,” through May 29. Paintings, prints, sculpture from three generations of the Bethel family. stillrivereditions.com
Western Connecticut State University’s Senior Portfolio Virtual Exhibit on view on the Visual and Performing Arts Center Gallery Exhibit web page. wcsu.edu
DERBY
Historical Society offers “Tuesday Tours at Ten” of society’s headquarters, General David Humphreys House in Ansonia, Tuesdays, 1010:30 a.m., on Facebook page. 203735-1908, derbyhistorical.org
EAST GRANBY
Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine offers virtual tour of the first chartered copper mine in North America. CTvisit.com
EAST HADDAM
Goodspeed Musicals’ “I’ll Drink to That” Instagram live Mondays 5 p.m.; “Greatspeed,” relive some of the theater’s greatest moments with special guests, Tuesdays, 5 p.m., on Zoom; “In the Spotlight” podcast every other Wednesday; “Home Office,” for fans of new musicals, Thursdays, 5 p.m., on Zoom. gooodspeed.org
EAST WINDSOR
Connecticut Trolley Museum has Storytime Trolley live, Mondays, 11 a.m. on Facebook.
ESSEX
Spectrum Art Gallery’s online exhibit “Shadow Dance.” spectrumartgallery.org
FAIRFIELD
Fairfield Theatre Company Facebook page offers live streaming events. fairfieldtheatre.org
Fairfield University’s Quick Sessions: “Gershwin with Orin Grossman,” through May 26, Tuesdays, 4-4:30 p.m. thequicklive.com
Fairfield University’s Quick Sessions: “Marti Talks Theatre” through May 21, 4-4:30 p.m.; #UNLOAD: Our goal is to use the arts to illuminate, educate, and engage a broader coalition of people so we can end gun violence, through May 27, Wednesdays, 1:30-2 p.m.; Jackie DeLise: Finding Calm in the Tempest through Meditation & Mindfulness, through May 27, Wednesdays, 4-4:30 p.m. thequicklive.com
Pequot Library offer activities for children and adults on Facebook. Activities include storytime, books clubs, special concerts and more.
Fairfield Museum’s Where’s Walt? Tuesdays, 3:30 p.m. Live streams from a different Fairfield location on Museum’s Facebook page; Storytime Live! Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m.; History Bites! Wednesdays, 12:30 p.m. Lunchtime Chat; This Old Thing, Thursdays, 3:30 p.m. Stories behind objects from museum’s collection, live on Facebook. “Weekly Art Challenge,” Mondays, 9:30 a.m.; “Who’s this/What’s this?, Mondays, 12:30 p.m.; “Union Coffee Break, Fun Fairfield FAQs,” Tuesdays, Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.; “Way Back When,” Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.; “Flashback Friday,” Fridays, 9:30 a.m. fairfieldhistory.org
Public Libary digital resources available through Digital Resources page with Fairfield Public Library card. Virtual programs via Zoom includes Book Clubs, Story times and more. Visit fplct.librarymarket.com
Fairfield University’s Quick Sessions: Movers & Shakers in South African Theatre With Megan Lewis, PhD, Associate Professor of Theatre History & Performance Studies at UMASS-Amherst, through May 28, 2-2:30 p.m. thequicklive.com
Fairfield University offers a series of videos relating to the current exhibit “Archives of Consciousness: Six Cuban Artists.” fairfield.edu
GREENWICH
Bruce Museum’s Virtual Tour of the Museum’s Annual Crafts Festival, online through Dec 31, all day. Bruce Museum’s exhibits online: “On the Edge of the World: Masterworks by Laurits Andersen Ring from SMK-the National Gallery of Denmark,” “Under the Skin,” and “House on the Hill: The Changing Face of the Bruce Museum.” brucemuseum.org
Greenwich Historical Society archives, collections online. greenwichhistory.org
Creating Art from Nature: Beginner and Intermediate with Kathie Miranda via Zoom, through June 18, Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $340 nonmembers, $315 members. greenwichartsociety.org
GUILFORD
Art Center offers a variety of experiences including Creative Check-In via Zoom and discussions on different topics through the Center’s Facebook page. guilfordartcenter.org
HAMDEN
Whitney Workshop at Eli Whitney Museum offer weekly Creative Challenges on Facebook. eliwhitney.org
Department of Arts and Culture seeks creative-minded Hamden residents for “Hamden Has H-Art” virtual exhibit. Submissions through May 31. hamden.com
“Artist in Residence: A Pandemic Series,” photography by Lisa and Tom from Hamden studio. photographybylisaandtom.com
Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University exhibit “Coming Home: Art and the Great Hunger.” collections.ighm.org
HARTFORD
Connecticut Science Center’s activities on its blog, and Facebook videos, including Animal Encounters every Tuesday, Thursday noon. ctsciencecenter.org
Connecticut Historical Society’s
Facebook Live tour of 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
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum’s live conversations with curator Brandy Culp, produced in collaboration with #UNLOAD, an arts-based initiative that seeks to reduce gun violence; video series titled “Creative Connections;” do-it-from-home Second Saturdays for Families; and audio tours of the collection and exhibits. thewadsworth.org
LEDYARD
Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center online with “Neetôpáwees: Dolls as Ambassadors of Native Culture.” pequotmuseum.org
LITCHFIELD
White Memorial Conservation Center live streaming nature program on Facebook. Link at whitememorialcc.org
MADISON
Historical Society’s “Archive of Pandemic Stories,” with residents contributing personal experiences during pandemic. madisonhistory.org
Meigs Point Nature Center’s live, animal-filled programs via Facebook Live Tue-Fri, 11 a.m. from the Woods Room, 2 p.m. from the Water Room. meigspointnaturecenter.org
Susan Powell Fine Art exhibit “Bridging Realism to Abstraction,” online through May 31. 203-318-0616, email susanpowellfineart@gmail.com susanpowellfineart.com
MIDDLEBURY
Quassy Amusement & Waterpark offers stay-at-home projects for kids, including worksheet on designing an amusement ride. quassy.com
MIDDLETOWN
Wadsworth Mansion offers virtual history tours every Wednesday, 2-3 p.m. on Facebook. wadsworthmansion.com
MILFORD
Library Zoom Room chats with Library staff to discuss books, movies, and TV shows. Next Topic: TV shows-Share some of your favs again, May 26, 7 p.m. nabbey@milfordct.gov to join the Zoom session
Pantochino Productions online series “Let’s Learn Stuff” with Victoria Sautee on Facebook Live Tuesday, Thursday 2 p.m. Pantochino Podcasts with original, mini-musicals voiced by company members. pantochino.com
Arts Council Milford Photo Expo Virtual Gallery, through May 28; Color Exhibit: “Red,” virtual exhibit June 11-July 30. Accepting digital submissions through May 21. visualarts@milfordarts.org
MYSTIC
Seaside Shadows Haunted History Tours with Spooky Story Sundays, and Witchy Wednesdays. Cemetery Saturdays, 4 p.m. All on Facebook.
Mystic Aquarium hosts Facebook Live broadcasts daily 11 a.m., featuring animal care professionals and variety of species. mysticaquarium.org
Mystified Escape Rooms’ Family Frolic Special Car Edition Scavenger Hunt downtown Mystic. Can be completed from the car, but also offers opportunities to visit local trails, open spaces. mystifiedct.com
Mystic Seaport online exhibits: “Adventurous Use of the Sea: The Cruising Club of America” and “The 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan.” mysticseaport.org
NEW CANAAN
Silvermine Online Art Studio Program: “Creating the 15 Minute Play,” through May 28, 10:30 a.m.-noon. $130. Register. 203-966-6668, ext.2; silvermineart.org
Silvermine Galleries Virtual Exhibit, “Fiber 2020,” through June 13. gallery@silvermineart.org
Heather Gaudio Fine Art Studio’ “Kathleen Kucka: Slow Burn” online exhibit extended through June 20. heathergaudiofineart.com
Philip Johnson’s Glass House offers a selection of content online including a virtual look at the structure. theglasshouse.org
NEW HAVEN
Norfolk Chamber Museum Festival at Yale Museum School of Music with virtual postings of performances from the Music Shed.
RE-DO International Festival of Arts & Ideas virtual programming entitled “Democracy: We the People” will continue through June 26. Livestreamed content available. Additional programming to be announced. For the kids, Festival Coloring Pages. artidea.org
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History offers Peabody@Home digital resources, educational tools, curiosities of the museum’s collections. peabody.yale.edu
New Haven Museum: “Documenting the COVID-19 Crisis,” an effort to collect stories and photos of life in New Haven during the coronavirus quarantine. Also virtual offerings. newhavenmuseum.org
Beinecke Library at Yale University digital exhibits: “Carl Van Vechten’s Harlem Renaissance Portraits,” “America and the Utopian Dream,” “Making the Medieval English Manuscript.” beinecke.library.yale.edu
NORWALK
Library announces a Local Author Contest Submissions of adult, young adult fiction through May 31. norwalkpl.org
Flamenco class through Zoom, Sundays 10-11 a.m. $10. Registration required. yohannaescamilla@hotmail.com
Rowayton Arts Center offers two new weekly art classes for children in K-5, via Zoom taught by Muffy Pendergast, May 18, 1-2 p.m. for K-2 grades, and 4:30-5:30 p.m. Register at rowaytonarts.org
Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk offers Live Q&A sessions daily on Facebook with staff as well as streaming IMAX movies. maritimeaquarium.org
“Norwalk Strong: Life During Covid-19 Photo Exhibit,” planned for the Library website. clahey@norwalkpl.org
Rowayton Arts Center accepting submissions for “Focus Under Forty” online exhibit June 14-July 5. If RAC allowed to reopen by June 1, exhibit will be in gallery. Deadline May 22. “Shutdown Throwdown” online exhibit through June 30; “Spring Juried Show” online through May 30. rowaytonarts.org
OLD LYME
Florence Griswold Museum featuring five exhibits. florencegriswoldmuseum.org
Lyme Art Association’s springthemed online exhibit “Birds and Bees”; pastel artist Karen Israel’s 5-part demonstration is available on YouTube and view the online exhibit “Yin and Yang Study in ExtremesRealism and Abstraction.” lymeartassociation.org
ORANGE
Specials
PEZ Visitor Center offers a 3-D virtual visit to see the center’s interior and get up close to exhibits. us.pez.com
PORT CHESTER, N.Y.
Visual arts
Clay Art Center’s Adults Virtual Clay on Zoom offers clay lessons, demos, lectures. Guest artist talks with demos; Tech Talks: Kiln & Equipment Q&A; also offered via Zoom are Virtual Clay Youth Classes for ages 7 and up. Virtual clay offerings will be added regularly. clayartcenter.org
RIDGEFIELD
Ridgefield Playhouse Facebook page offers live streaming events. Each Thursday 8 p.m. Tedeschi Trucks Band’s weekly webcast series, “Swamp Family TV.” ridgefieldplayhouse.org
Ridgefield Guild of Artists’ “Not Cancelled!,” online show of inspiration, through June 8. rgoa.org
Ridgefield Playhouse offer classes via Zoom: Performance and Songwriting Workshop with Samantha Cole and A.J. Gundell, through June 3, Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m. Register; Christine O’Leary’s Stand Up Comedy Workshop, every other week through Aug. 5. Classes will meet in person Aug. 12, and Aug. 19. Graduation Showcase: Aug. 24. Register; Jeffrey Tambor’s Creative Workshop “Writing and Performance” through June 23, Tuesdays, 7-10 p.m. $495 new students, $450 returning students. 203-438-5795, ridgefieldplayhouse.org
A Contemporary Theatre of Connecticut livestreams storytime for children and hosts a Happy Hour for adults. actofct.org
Aldrich Museum online exhibits: Eva LeWitt’s “Untitled (Mesh A-J),” “Weather Report,” Zoe Sheehan Saldana’s “There Must Be Some Way Out of Here.” aldrichart.org
RPAC Art Center & Academy online creative design workshops. 415-2155740, rpacartcenter.com
SHERMAN
JCC of Sherman present “Say Goodnight, Stacy,” A Burns & Allen type Radio Zoom Broadcast, May 24, 31, 8 p.m. jccinsherman.org
STAMFORD
Avon Theatre Exhibit on Screen online: “I, Claude Monet,” May 22; “Rembrandt.” Each film is $12 for a 48-hour streaming period, and available for one week from their start date. Other titles continue online: “Beyond the Visible: Hilma A.F. Klint;” “Best of Cat Video Fest;” “The Booksellers;” “The Times of Bill Cunningham;” “Beanpole;”“Fantastic Fungi;” “Saint Frances;” “And Then We Danced;” “The Woman
Who Loves Giraffes;” “The Whistlers.” avontheatre.org
Palace Theatre Facebook page offers live streaming events. palacestamford.org
Stamford Symphony Channel offering variety of online events. stamfordsymphony.org
Virtual Walk to End Epilepsy through June 15. Walkers can register at epilepsyct.com/walk. epilepsyfoundationct
Danger Gallery’s Living Room Lounge through June 27, Wednesday and Saturday only, 8-9 p.m. facebook.com/hollydanger
Stamford Museum & Nature Center Facebook Live classes daily 10 a.m., and 2 p.m.; remote animal visits for families through Zoom. stamfordmuseum.org
Loft Artists Association “Sketchbook Project” exhibit through May 31. loftartists.org
STORRS
William Benton Museum of Art at UConn in Storrs visitors can see highlights from five exhibits: “Molas, Textile Designs of the Kuna Indians of Panama,” “The Work of Ellen Emmet Rand,” “Arpillera” and two exhibits of work by Reginald Marsh. Also, a video of the appearance at the museum of the femininst art activists The Guerrilla Girls is posted. benton.uconn.edu
Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at UConn in Storrs: “Living Objects: African American Puppetry,” exhibit is online at bimp-exhibitions.org
STRATFORD
Library Reference Department’s reading program for adults “Stay Put and Read.” To particiapte, e-mail slaask@stratfordlibrary
Library Children’s Department offers storytimes, programs via Zoom. Online book club will the first book in the “Artemis Fowl” series. Book club members receive, via email, optional discussion questions and fun extras such as codes & ciphers, trivia questions, word searches, information about the author, and ideas for activities and crafts to go along with the story. Register. Stay-at-Home Bingo during May. stratfordlibrary.org
Library offers online music for downloading from Freegal Music, Hoopla, and Music from the Birds-using eBird to celebrate the birds around you. slaask@stratfordlibrayr.org
Career Reboot Workshop, via Zoom, May 27, 7-8 p.m. Register by e-mail slaask#stratfordlibrary.org. 203385-4164, stratfordlibrary.org
UNCASVILLE
Mohegan Sun offers to binge watch its digital TV series “Back of House,” view happenings from cake showdowns to celebrity red carpet rollouts. mohegansun.com
WASHINGTON DEPOT
Art Association exhibit “Monoprint 2020: Printers and Presses” on view. washingtonartassociation.org
WESTPORT
Library offers virtual storytimes including Chapter-a-Day Harry Potter and virtual bedtime stories. westportlibrary.org
Specials
Westport Weston Chamber of Commerce and the Westport Library offer a reformatted Supper & Soul downtown dinner and concert series, May 15. Curbside pick-up dinners from Westport restaurants and an online live stream concert by the folk and roots rock band David Wax Museum. $35 per person dinner and concert, $11 concert only. $1 of every ticket sold will be donated to the Gillespie food pantry to aid those who are hungry during this crisis. westportweston chamber.com/supper
Westport Garden Club launches its “Friday Flowers (#FridayFlowers),” campaign to brighten the spirits of fellow residents with flowers placed at various locations around town each Friday. Photos of each week’s display will be posted on the Club’s Facebook and Instagram pages. The public can post their own photos with the tag, #FridayFlowers
Westport Writers’ Workshop hosts workshops via Zoom, daily through June 5, beginning at 10 a.m. Beth at info@westportwriters.org
Westport Library offers an online exhibit, “Westport’s Suffragists-Our Neighbors, Our Crusaders.” westportlibrary.org
Museum for History and Culture Celebrates Women’s History as it commemorates the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, with readings related to women, both notable and unknown, from our past, May 14, 6:30 p.m. Share a women’s history story of your own online. westporthistory.org
Beechwood Arts and Innovation exhibit “Do or Die-The Artwork and the Stories” online through May 25. beechwoodarts.org
“Westport In Focus,” online exhibit collaboration between the Westport Museum for History & Culture and Westport photographer Jerri Graham. The exhibit on social media platforms allows Westporters to tell their own stories about living in the town considered “ground zero” for the coronavirus epidemic in the state.
WILTON
Library offers a Foodies Delight with The Cookbook Connection: A Virtual Recipe Swap, May 19 , 5-6 p.m. wiltonlibrary.org
Children’s Library offer videos and live online story times. Registration required. wiltonlibrary.org
Woodcock Nature Center offers self-led nature activities and educational videos. woodcocknaturecenter.org
Library offers online webinar series: “Orpheus: Metamorphose of a Myth,” with Judson Scruton and Gerald Weiss, May 14, 21, 10:30—11:30 a.m. Free. Advance registration required. 203-762-3950, wiltonlibrary.org
Virtual New Yorker Shorts: Short Stories from The New Yorker, May 14, 21 5-6:30 p.m. wiltonlibrary.org
Explore Weir Farm National Historic site virtually with online galleries of artwork created by impressionist J. Alden Weir and other Weir Farm artists. nps.gov/wefa
Happy Hands virtual pottery classes for kids through Zoom. Next class: Spring Plate, May 18, 3-3:45 p.m. $45. Includes pottery, all supplies needed to complete the project, and instuctor leading virtual class. Registration required. hhpottery.com