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Area Entertainment Guide
CRAFTS
STAMFORD The Center Women Gift Show, Jewish Community Center, 1035 Newfield Ave. 5:309:30 p.m. Tuesday. 203-4870965, sjacobs@stamfordjcc.org
FILMS
GREENWICH ReTooled Film Series: “Paradise Garden,” Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Drive. 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Free with museum admission. Registration required. 203-869-0376, brucemuseum.org. NORWALK Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi masterpiece, “2001: A Space Odyssey,” Maritime Aquarium’s IMAX Theater, 10 N. Water St. Friday, Saturday, Sunday 7 p.m. $15, $12.50 for aquarium members. 203-8520700, ext. 2206, maritimeaquarium.org/imax STAMFORD Jewish Arts & Film Festival of Fairfield County, Jewish Community Center, 1035 Newfield Ave. Festival encore, Sunday. For full festival lineup, visit stamfordjcc.org. 203-4870941, nschiffman@stamfordjcc.org.
KIDS
GREENWICH Science Sundays: Connecticut Forests, Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Drive. 1-3 p.m. Sunday. Free with museum admission. 203-869-0376, brucemuseum.org HARTFORD “Sesame Street Live, Let’s Party,” XL Center, One Civic Center Plaza. 2, 6 p.m. Friday. Tickets start at $23.50. 860-249-6333 xlcenter.com NORWALK Klutz’s “Amazingly Immature Exhibit,” Stepping Stones Museum for Children, 303 West Ave. Through Jan. 6. 203-899-0606, ext 0, steppingstonesmuseum.org STAMFORD “Peppa Pig,” Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St. 2, 6 p.m. Friday. $139.50-$29.50. Call or visit website for tickets. 203-325-4466, palacestamford.org STAMFORD Pizza Palooza, Stamford Jewish Community Center, 1035 Newfield Ave. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday. Register by calling 203-322-7900, ggroloff@stamfordjcc.org
LECTURES
FAIRFIELD Open Vision Forum with “Khizr Khan: Defending ‘Human Dignities,” Fairfield University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Performing Arts, 1073 N. Benson Road. 8 p.m. Wednesday. $35, $5 Fairfield University students. $27 Quick members. 203-254-4010, quickcenter.fairfield.edu. STAMFORD “Stamford: An American Town and the Vietnam War,” Library Harry Bennett Branch, 115 Vine Road. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. 203-356-0340, fergusonlibrary.org. STAMFORD Ambassadors’ Roundtable Dinner: “Information Apocalypse,” with Major General Ret.. Mari K. Eder, Stamford Yacht Club, 97 Ocean Drive. 6:15-9 p.m. Wednesday. Ambassadors Roundtable members are free; $100 AR guests; $100 public. 203-356-0340, worldaffairsforum.org
MUSIC
NORWALK Band & Brew Night with Blue Alien Mystic The Rights Off, The Magnetic, Wall Street Theater, 71 Wall St. 8 p.m. Friday. $10; Lucinda Williams and Her Band Buick 6, 8 p.m. Saturday. $65-$35. wallstreettheater.com STAMFORD The Doobie Brothers, Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. $375-$54. 203-325-4466, palacestam- ford.org STAMFORD “Vivaldi Four Seasons,” Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St. 8 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. $76-$25. Related events: Behind the Baton lecture one hour pre-concert with our conductor. Free; and Just For Kids: Interactive MusiKids program on Sundays at 2 p.m. Free. 203-325-4466, stamfordsymphony.org
OUTDOORS
STAMFORD Observatory Visitors Night at Stamford Observatory, Museum and Nature Center, 39 Scofieldtown Road. 8 p.m. Friday. Free members, $5 adults, $3 children ages 5-17 for nonmembers. 203-322-1646, stamfordmuseum.org
SPECIALS
STAMFORD “False Flag: The Space Between Paranoia and Reason,” Franklin Street Works, 41 Franklin St. On view through Jan. 6. 203-253-0404, tcamillesmith@gmail.com STAMFORDWine & Art: Blue Like Me Art by Siona Benjamin, Jewish Community Center’s Gallery @ The J, 1035 Newfield Ave. Through Nov. 25. 203-4870941, nschiffman@stamfordjcc.org STAMFORD “Holiday Triptych: N.C. Wyeth: Poems & Paintings of American Patriotism,” Stamford Museum & Nature Center, 39 Scofieldtown Road. Saturday to Jan. 27. Opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Friday. “Exquisite Miniatures,” through Jan.1. 203-9776538, sklein@stamfordmuseum.org