Online arts and leisure in the week ahead

Here are some online destinations to visit from the comfort of home.

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

DERBY

Historical Society offers “Tuesday Tours at Ten” of society’s headquarters, General David Humphreys House in Ansonia, Tuesdays, 10-10:30 a.m., on Facebook page. 203-735-1908, derbyhistorical.org

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

ESSEX

Visual Arts

Spectrum Art Gallery’s online exhibit “Shadow Dance.” spectrumartgallery.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

Henry Whitfield State Museum offers a virtual tour of Connecticut's oldest house. ctvisit.com

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

Goodspeed Musicals has an online “I’ll Drink to That” event on Instagram Live Monday at 5 p.m.

Series,” photography by Lisa and Tom from Hamden studio. photographyby lisaandtom.com

Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University exhibit “Coming Home: Art and the Great Hunger.” collections.ighm.org

KILLINGWORTH

Spectrum Gallery’s “Community Spotlight,” select artists who are creating new work in photography, video. spectrumartgallery.org

MADISON

R.J. Julia Booksellers Virtual TAG Meeting via Zoom, May 21, 7 p.m. Registration required. 203245-3959, rjjulia.com

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, e-mail susanpowellfineart@gmail.com susanpowellfineart.com

MIDDLETOWN

Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore Zoom Event: Virtual Book Club Event: Sue Monk Kidd, author of “The Book of Longings,” May 22, 3 p.m. Free. Registration required. 860-685-3939, wesleyanrjjulia.com

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

NEW HAVEN

Norfolk Chamber Museum Festival at Yale Museum School of Music with virtual postings of performances from the Music Shed.

International Festival of Arts & Ideas virtual programming entitled “Democracy: We the People” will continue through June 26. “Cultivating Hope: The Role of Artists in Democracy,” May 26, 7 p.m. Live-streamed 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

Yale University offeris a virtual tour of the historic university, including its campus, athletics and residential life. ctvisit.com

Shubert Theater offering activities to create art at home with a backstage tour, Pinkalicious story time, a playwriting challenge, learn how to make puppets, puppet theater. shubert.com

Kehler Liddel Gallery has mulitply exhibits that can be viewed virtually. kehlerliddellgallery.com

Homewatch CareGivers of New Haven in partnership with J. Mane Gallery launches “The Art of Aging,” virtual Art Exhibit and Contest. The exhibit and contest invite artists with a creative spirit to share their vision of aging for a chance to win cash prizes. Contest runs through July 11. Winners announced and the online exhibit opens, July 18. jmanegallery.com

NXTHVN Gallery with “JRNL,” a growing ecosystem of online posts. nxthvn.com

Artspace digital exhibits: “An Alternative Love Story,” “Folded,” “Lovestruck,” “Seeing the Structure,” “individual vs. crowd,” “HAND in rotation,” “Into and out of,” “Brightly.” artspacenewhaven.org

Ely Center of Contemporary Art exhibits online: “to (be) scare,” “Ashley Pelletier Dissembling the Self,” Brooks Dierdorff Ballistics & Blindsight,” and Tony Saunders elucidating,” elycenter.org

Yale University Art Gallery: “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. artgallery.yale.edu

Yale Center for British Art’s online collections span more than 5,500 artists/creators. britishart.yale.edu

OLD LYME

Florence Griswold Museum presents “Sanctuary,” juried online photography exhibit. FloGrisPhotoContest.ArtCall.org. 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 Extremes-Realism and Abstraction.” lymeartassociation.org

ORANGE

PEZ Visitor Center offers a 3-D virtual visit to see the center's interior and get up close to exhibits. us.pez.com

WATERBURY

Mindfulness Practice: Exploring the Spectrum of Mind, Heart, and Body Awareness, via Zoom, Sundays in May, 9-10 a.m. Register; Community Cookbook Club: Digital Dining, via Zoom, May 28, 1:00-3:30 pm. Register. mattmuseum.org

Mattatuck Museum exhibits “Edward Balthazar: Urban Artist;” and “Women’s Sphere: Selections from the Collection” online until the end of the year. mattmuseum.org

WOODBRIDGE

Paleestine Museum US offers an online tour of the museum, recorded on March 8 at the opening ceremony of “Telling the Palestinian Story-50 Women Artists-200 Works of Art.” palestinemuseum.us

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