PLAN ON IT
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