PLAN ON IT
Best of the arts in the weeks ahead
BRIDGEPORT Comedy
Mike Vecchione, Bridgeport Stress Factory Comedy Club, 167 State St. Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 11-12, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m.; Rodney Laney, Feb. 14, 7:30 p.m. bridgeport.stressfactory.com
Dance
Dance to Live Music & Sound Healing, The Boathouse, 305 Knowlton St. Feb. 13, 1-3 p.m. $30. 203-994-2824, keane.jojo@gmail.com
Lectures
“Beyond the Amistad: Black History,” Bridgeport Public Library hosts the Connecticut Historical Society for a virtual program on Zoom, Feb 10, 6:30-7:30 p.m. RSVP for Zoom link at bit.ly/3euLCMK
Music
Terrapin-Greatful Dead Experience, Bijou Theatre, 275 Fairfield Ave. Feb. 12, 8 p.m. $42-$27. bijoutheatrect.net
Fairfield County Children’s Choir with “Back to Broadway,” Klein Memorial Auditorium, 910 Fairfield Ave. Feb. 12, 4:15, 6:15, & 8:15 p.m. $20 tickets for in-person or livestream at theklein.org
Park City Music Hall, 2926 Fairfield Ave. Lineup: RCA-Rob Compa from Dopapod + Chris DeAngelis & Adrian Tramontano from Kung Fu and The Breakfast, Feb. 11, 9 p.m. $16; Jacob Jolliff Band with G. Rockwell, Feb. 18, 9 p.m. $16. parkcitymusichall.com
Stage
“Rapunzel,” Downtown Cabaret Theatre, 263 Golden Hill St. Feb. 12-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
“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. Visit housatonicmuseum.org.
BROOKFIELD
Music
Valley Music Series with Jane Yoo on harp,Valley Presbyterian Church, 21 W. Whisconier Road. Feb. 13, 3 p.m. Free. Reception to follow. valleypresct.org/valley-musicseries.html or 203-775-2624.
Stage
“Night of the Assassins,” Brookfield Theatre for the Arts, 184 Whisconier Road. Through Feb. 19. $25, $20 seniors, students. brookfieldtheatre.org
DANBURY Music
Rock n’ Roll DJ Dance Party, Sugar Hollow Taproom, 66 Sugar Hollow Road. Suite 8. Feb. 11, 7 p.m. fairfieldafterdark.com
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. Opening Reception: Feb 10, 6-8 p.m. wcsu.edu/art/gallery/exhibitions/
FAIRFIELD
Comedy
Fairfield Comedy Club, Fairfield Circle Inn, 417 Post Road. Lineup: Jay Nog, Feb. 12, 7 p.m. $25; Andy Fiori, Feb. 26, 9 p.m. $25. fairfieldcomedyclub.com
Lectures
“History Bites: Now it Can Be Told-the Founding of Little Wonder Records” with Merle Sprinzen Tessier, Fairfield Museum & History Center, 370 Beach Road. Feb. 23, noon-1:30 p.m. fairfieldhistory.org
Fredrickson Family Innovation Lab Lecture Series Presented by the Fairfield University College of Arts and Sciences Innovation Lab: Eva Lee, “Hearing a Who: Dr. Seuss, the Nature of Mind, and Intelligent Technology,” free virtual event, Feb. 16, 7-8 p.m. Register at bit.ly/31TSCjS
Music
Reneé Anne Louprette, Organist, First Church Congregational, 148 Beach Road. Feb. 13, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Freewill offering to benefit the Miller-Knox Scholarship Fund of the Greater Bridgeport Chapter, American Guild of Organists. 203-2598396, ext. 102, fmartignetti@firstchurchfairfield.org
Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St. Lineup: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Warehouse, Feb. 10, 8 p.m. $58; The James Hunter Six, StageOne, Feb. 14, 7:45 p.m. $ 45. fairfieldtheatre.org
Stage
“The Mad Ones,” Sacred Heart University’s Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts Little Theatre, 5151 Park Ave. Feb. 10-20. $22, $15 senior citizen, alumni, $10 students. edgertoncenter.org
Play With Your Food presents a new season of One Act Plays, Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St. Feb. 15, noon. $60 with lunch. jibproductions.org.
Visual Arts
“Assemblage,” Art/Place Gallery, located in Fairfield Theater Company, 70 Sanford St. Through March 27, noon-5 p.m. Reception Feb. 6, 2-5 p.m. artplacegallery.org
“Parallels: Chloë Lamb and Bill Scott” a two-person exhibit of British artist Chloë Lamb and American artist Bill Scott, Hollis Taggart, 330 Pequot Ave. Through Feb. 26. 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
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. fairfield.edu/museum
GREENWICH Music
Greenwich Symphony Orchestra “Listen Boldly,” Greenwich High School Performing Arts Center, 10 Hillside Road. Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 27, 3 p.m. $40 adult individual tickets, $10 students. greenwichsymphony.org
Stage
Play With Your Food” lunchtime play reading series produced by JIB Productions, Greenwich Arts Council, 299 Greenwich Ave. Feb. 17, noon-1:30 p.m. $60 theater and a boxed lunch. Tickets at jibproductions.org/play-with-your-food
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. greenwichartscouncil.org
“Just Shoes: Where Art, Craft and Fantasy Meet,” Greenwich Library Flinn Gallery, 101 W. Putnam Ave. Through March 16. Related
Event: Shoes: In Conversation with Jane Gershon Weitzman and Christina Chiu, Library’s Berkley Theater, Feb. 26, 2-3 p.m. Registration required. flinngallery.com
Curator’s talk and gallery tour based on the recently acquired painting “The Red Mill, Cos Cob” by artist Childe Hassam titled “Cos Cob’s Lower Landing Through Artists’ Eyes,” Greenwich Historical Society, 47 Strickland Road. Feb. 23, noon. $15 members, $20 nonmembers. Registration recommended. greenwichhistory.org
Greenwich Art Society presents “Paintings by Julie Tehrani,” Greenwich Hospital Garden Cafe, 5 Perryridge Road. Through Feb. 28.
MILFORD Stage
Eastbound Theatre presents “One Slight Hitch,” Milford Arts Center, 40 Railroad Ave. Through Feb. 20. milfordarts.org
Pantochino Teen Theatre presents “Bat Boy, The Musical,” Milford Arts Center, 40 Railroad Ave. Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 26, 5:30 p.m.; Feb. 27, 2 p.m. Tickets at pantochino.com
Visual Arts
Call for Artists for the upcoming juried exhibit “Figurative,” Firehouse Gallery, 81 Naugatuck Ave. milfordarts.org/exhibits
“MAC Member Exhibit,” Milford Arts Center, 40 Railroad Ave. Feb. 11-March 11. Reception, Feb. 17, 6-8 p.m. 203-878-6674, milfordarts.org
NEWTOWN Stage
Town Players present “Love Letters,” Little Theater, 18 Orchard Hill Road. Feb. 11-13.203-2709144, newtownplayers.org
Valentine’s Day
Wine Lovers Celebration, Aquila's Nest Vineyards, 56 Pole Ridge Road. Feb. 12, 3-9 p.m. $99. Live music by Frank Louis Pisani and Pat Matto, 3-6 p.m. or DJ Lupo, 6-9 p.m. Aquila’s Nest Vineyards wines paired with desserts, and Baked Brie. 203-518-4352, aquilasnestvineyards.com
NORWALK Music
Greenwich Choral Society presents “Beethovan 2020+2,” Norwalk Concert Hall, 125 East Ave. Feb. 26, 4 p.m. $50, $40, $25, students K-12 free. Order online at gcs-ct.org or call 203-622-5136.
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
Ruben Studdard Sings Luther Vandross, Wall Street Theater, 71 Wall St. Feb. 12, 7:30 p.m.; Howard Jones Acoustic Trio, Feb. 15, 8 p.m. Tickets at wallstreettheater.com
Jim Mola & RBR, Ponza Italian Kitchen & Pizza, 690 Connecticut Ave. Feb. 10, 6 p.m. fairfieldafterdark.com
Stage
“The Mountaintop,” Music Theatre of Connecticut MainStage, 509 Westport Ave. Through Feb. 20. musictheatreofct.com
“New Voices-A Reading Series of New Plays by Contemporary Playwrights,” Music Theatre of Connecticut
MainStage, 509 Westport Ave. Feb. 21. Showtime: 7 p.m. $20.musictheatreofct.com.
Valentine’s Day
Norwalk Symphony Orchestra and The Norwalk Conservatory of the Arts present “Something Wonderful” Broadway concert featuring the best of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s love songs, Norwalk Concert Hall, 125 East Ave. Feb. 12, 5 & 8 p.m. thenorwalkconservatory.org
Visual Arts
Center For Contemporary Printmaking, 299 West Ave. Exhibits: “Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler! Members Exhibit,” Grace Ross Shanley Gallery, through Feb. 20; “A Show of Hands,” Lithography Room Gallery, through Feb. 20. 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.
“Art Quilts and Original Book Illustrations” by Lizzy Rockwell and her friends and family, The Norwalk Art Space ADK House, 455 West Ave. Through March 10. thenorwalkartspace.org
RIDGEFIELD
Music
Pepsi Rock Series: The Genesis Show Three Sides Live, Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 E. Ridge. Feb. 12, 8 p.m. $45. ridgefieldplayhouse.org
Harmonia V Wind Quintet, Keeler Tavern Music & History Center
Garden House, 152 Main St. Feb. 13, 4-5 p.m. $20. ridgefieldsymphony.org/music-at-the-museum
Stage
“The Divas,” Ridgefield Theater Barn, 37 Halpin Lane. Through Feb. 26. Cabaret-style seating. Tickets sold by the table. ridgefieldtheaterbarn.org
Valentine’s Day
Darlene Love, Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 E. Ridge. Feb. 14. Festivities begin 6:30 p.m. with a free glass of bubbly for every ticket holder, chocolates and the chance to purchase raffle tickets to win jewelry, and spa package. Concert to follow. $85-$75. ridgefieldplayhouse.org
Valentine’s Day with Pete Wikul Band, Ridgefield Theater Barn, 37 Halpin Lane. Feb. 14, 7 p.m. Tickets sold by the table. ridgefieldtheaterbarn.org
Visual Arts
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main St. Exhibits: “Duane Slick: The Coyote Makes The Sunset Better,” and “Prima Facie” by Milano Chow, through May 8; Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski: Portal Pieces, through May 29; and Karla Knight “Navigator,” through May 8. aldrichart.org
“Feathers: Animals + Birds + Flowers” by Erin Nazzaro, Ridgefield Library, 472 Main St. Through March 14. aldrichart.org
STAMFORD Music
Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St. Lineup: “Roy Orbison & Buddy Holly,” Feb. 10, 8 p.m. $60-$27; Marisela in Concert, Feb. 11, 8 p.m. Tickets start at $79. palacestamford.org
Stage
“Into the Woods,” Curtain Call’s Kweskin Theatre at Sterling Farms Theatre Complex, 1349 Newfield Ave. Through Feb. 22. curtaincallinc.com
Visual Arts
Robert Dash: “Food For Thought Micro Views of Sustenance: Threats & Prospects,” Stamford Museum & Nature Center, 39 Scofieldtown Road. Feb. 18-June 5. stamfordmuseum.org/dash