Interested in finding out more about the New Milford Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)? Sign up for our free training program that covers basic first aid, search & rescue, emergency preparedness, fire safety and a lot more. Visit our website www.NewMilfordCERT.org
Classes start April 29th.
New Milford CERT Free Training
Call for Art – “Plant Life” and “Plant Life: NYC - Global”
Celebrate Spring by sharing your flora
image, film, music and poetry.
No Entry Fee. Deadline: April 29th
https://personaland.com/submit/plantlife.php
“Plant Life” art show launches online on Friday, May 3rd.
“Plant Life: NYC – Global” is an exhibition and digital event at Prime Produce, 424 West 54th St, New York City, May 17-19 featuring selections from the online show!
Personaland - our online global arts village.
Enriching the internet with an invigorating blend of entertainment, enchantment and culture. Persona Horseback and Dragon rides to our online art shows, showcasing over 625 artists from 60 countries in 25 group and 56 individual art shows, artist profile videos, movies, Art Shop, dancing flowers, wishing well and challenging art games.
For more info:
Stewart Wilson
personaman@snet.net
"Plant Life" online and NYC exhibtion
“Homage”
With Respect to Someone or Something
Enjoy the images, films, music and poetry from global artist.
“Homage” art show launches online on Friday, April 5th
https://personaland.com/hut/exhibitions/
Personaland - our online global arts village.
Enriching the internet with an invigorating blend of entertainment, enchantment and culture. Persona Horseback and Dragon rides to our online art shows, showcasing over 625 artists from 60 countries in 25 group and 56 individual art shows, artist profile videos, movies, Art Shop, dancing flowers, wishing well and challenging art games.
For more info:
Stewart Wilson
personaman@snet.net
"Homage" online art show
Enroll now for an unforgettable summer filled with creativity, learning, and fun at American Mural Project. Your child will thrive in AMP’s small-group programs, guided by their dedicated teaching artist, on AMP's indoor/outdoor campus in Winsted, CT. Scholarships are available!
Programs for Kids 7–11:
STEAM July 8–12
Grow July 15–19
Dabble in Art July 29–August 2
Programs for Teens (12+):
Outdoor Design & Build Full
Theater July 8–11 and 15–19
Teen Art Studio July 22–26
Music July 29–August 2
Registration and Information:
Registration Open: Summer Enrichment Programs for Kids & Teens
This year’s Climate Challenge will run from Earth Day (April 22) through May 31st, and it is part of the State’s effort to meet its emission targets to help prevent further worsening of adverse climate impacts. 2024 Climate Challenge - CTrides
Drive Less CT Climate Challenge
Intro to Printmaking: Lithography with Polyester Plates
You are invited to visit....
A Showing of Liz Rosiello's Floral Watercolor Paintings
Roxbury Senior Center - 7 South St. Roxbury CT
April 1 - May 31
Artist Reception: Saturday May 4th - 2pm to 5pm
The Watercolor Garden
Washington's wonderful restaurants and wineries are partnering with local artists, galleries and cultural businesses to make our restaurant week especially distinctive and memorable. Not only will the restaurants be serving special offerings, but there are also raffles and other swell surprises!
Washington Restaurant Week: Where Food & the Arts Meet!
Join Birder Extraordinaire and Conservation Center favorite, Fran Zygmont on a walk that
can reveal some of our earliest spring arrivals! Keep eyes and ears open for Tree Swallows,
Eastern Phoebe, Oven Bird, Kildeer and more! Spring wildflowers will be popping up with
the possibility of Wild Geranium, Trillium, and Trout Lily! 9:00 a.m., Meet in the Museum,
FREE…donations will be accepted to help defray the Conservation Centers programming
expenses. LIMITED TO 20! Please pre-register: www.whitememorialcc.or
Early Spring Migrants Bird Walk with Fran Zygmont
April 27 – May 3
Museum Children Free Week
In honor of Rebecca and Jeremy Greenwood from Jeff and Zoe Greenwood. Free admission
to children under the age of 12 when accompanied by an adult.
Museum Children Free Week April 27-May 3
Visit www.thesocialchase.org for registration.
THE SOCIAL CHASE, INC. PRESENTS THE 3RD FREE AUTISM EDUCATION AND AWARENESS FORUM IN WATERBURY FOR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS!
SATURDAY, APRIL 27 FROM 9 AM TO 3 PM AT WATERBURY ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL.
HOSTED BY SARAH CODY OF WTNH 8 NEWS
Registration is required. All participants who check in will automatically be added to win a $100 Gift Certificate. The three winners must be present.
Breakfast (The Art of Yum) and Lunch (Housatonic House) is provided.
Sponsored by NEST, Social Equity Council, Sun, Moon & Stars, CT FEAT, Pawlowski Automotive and Housatonic House. Adults only (18+).
Please note: Registration is required. No walk-ins, no children and no pets.
Join us at the Waterbury Arts Magnet School on South Elm Street in Waterbury, CT, USA for an enlightening event. This in-person forum aims to spread awareness and provide education on autism. Come together with experts, parents, caregivers, and individuals to learn, share experiences, and support each other.
Let's make a difference in the autism community together!
Speakers/Workshops (Subject to Change)
- Darlene Borre - Micro-business - Yes, they can do it.
- Dr. Jamie McPartland - Yale - Benefits of Autism Research
- Julie Swanson - The 10 Areas of Life Skills and How to Incorporate in Your Child's IEP
- Steven L .Rubin, Esq - Drazen and Rubin Law - ABLE accounts and Special Needs Trust
- The Autism Mom Coach - Lisa Candera - Taking Care of YOU
- Walt Glomb - Beyond the PPT: Life After High School
- Focus Center for Autism - Self Advocates Autism Unplugged Panel
- Pay it Forward Parent Panel
- Speaker Jamie McPartlan Yale - Benefits of Autism Research
- Dr. Nichole Collins - Self-Advocacy: Helping your loved one find their voice and use it effectively
- Casey Brophy / Transcend ABA - Benefits of ABA therapy for families
Resource Vendors (more to come)
- Sun, Moon & Stars
- Waterbury Police Department: Vulnerable Citizens Registration, Autism ID Cards and Blue Envelopes
- Autism Speaks
- CT Family Support Network
- SPARK at Yale
- CT Parent Advocacy Denter
- Focus Center for Autism
- Ability Beyond
- The Letter Critters
- Speakers and more
Social Chase presents the 3rd Free Autism Education and Awareness Forum
The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens hosts an art exhibit featuring works by AP art students at Shepaug Valley School and The Frederick Gunn School, on view Friday, April 12 through Sunday, April 28.
Throughout the school year, each student has been exploring a theme in art, and their works reflect their year-long study of that theme.
"The students possess this exuberance of youth that keeps them excited about the possibility that their art brings to them. They all approach their art in different ways but their enthusiasm shines through in all that they do," says Andrew Richards, Visual Arts Chair at The Frederick Gunn School.
This show will be open for viewing during scheduled events at the park or by appointment.
Shepaug Valley School and The Frederick Gunn School Student Art Show
Friendly Forest: The Encaustic Art of Lola Baltzell
Looking for an intimate meaningful Prayer experience... At Chabad we don't pray with labels or levels. Every one talks to G‑d on their level and in their language and pace. The service are led in the beautiful traditional manner but are tailored to the individual's needs.
Followed always by a scrumptious Kiddush.
_ All are Welcome
_ NO Membership
_ Spirited, song-filled prayers
_ Warm, Friendly Community
_ User-Friendly Services
_ Relaxed, non-judgemental atmoshpere
\* Hebrew/English Prayer-Books
The Shabbat Experience
“Atmospheric Abstractions”
Presented by: Edward Muszala
Edward Muszala will be sharing his extraordinary collection of oil paintings. His work will be on display from Saturday, March 23rd - Saturday, May 18th 2024.
Pilot and artist, Edward Muszala, finds inspiration in the sky. “As a pilot I was aware of the constantly changing play of air and light in the atmosphere, the warmth of the sun, the speed of the wind, the water in the clouds” he says. Through the lens of a seasoned aviator, he captures the ever-shifting tapestry of light, color, and temperature in the atmosphere, translating this awe-inspiring spectacle onto canvas with his mastery of oil and encaustic techniques bringing these atmospheric scenes to life, evoking feelings of calm and awe in every brushstroke.
https://www.gunnlibrary.org/stairwell-gallery/
Gunn Memorial Library Stairwell Gallery - Artist Edward Muszala
Books for adults, children, and young adults. Fiction, non-fiction, vintage, coffee table books, graphic novels, sci-fi/fantasy, and other categories will be available. In addition, there will be puzzles, games, and an assortment of gift items. Cash, checks, and Venmo accepted.
All proceeds from the sale support library programs.
FRIENDS of the Library Book Sale
Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 27, for our annual Earth Day Cleanup at the Friends of Main Street's green tent on the sidewalk at 372-378 Main St at 9:30 am. Help clean up litter on streets and sidewalks around town. We provide eco-friendly bags and gloves. Choose your work area, and start returning around 11:30 am for a pizza party at Noon. And remember to sign up if you are volunteering as a group! Kids under 18 must be with an adult.
Cleanup Areas;
- Main Street (river and retail sides)
- East End Park
- Rowley Street around recreational fields and parking lots, Willow Street, including the Skate Park and parking lots, to Bridge Street,
- Old Rail Trail behind Mad River Lofts to Prospect Street.
Earth Day Cleanup
Independent Bookstore Day
Visit the Morris Public Library during the month of April as we participate in the Connecticut Library Association Passport to Connecticut Libraries Program. Patrons can obtain their Library Passport here at the Morris Library and begin their journey to multiple participating CT Libraries. Each Library will stamp their visitors’ passports and give each visitor a small gift!
There will be winners in two categories, and four $200 gift cards, one for adults and one for children in each category.
Category One: Each participant who visits at least five participating public libraries and has the corresponding stamps (and returns their passport to a participating library by the deadline) will earn an entry into that library's drawing. There will be a final "all libraries" drawing among the contestants who have visited at least five libraries.
Category Two: Each library will select the adult and the child who have visited the most participating public libraries. There will be a final "all libraries" drawing among the contestants who have visited the most libraries.
Details: 860-567-7440 or https://morrispubliclibrary.net
Passport to Connecticut Public Libraries
An exhibition of framed vintage photographs from The Mabel Hallaway Collection of Early 20th Century Photography from the Falls Village-Canaan Historical Society.
FROM THE GREAT FALLS TO THE HILLTOPS
Whiting Mills’ "Alice in the Mill" Spring Open Studios is back this April 27 & 28, 2023 from 10am to 4pm. Join us on a whimsical journey celebrating 20 years of creativity. Stroll the historic Whiting Mill building that has been transformed into an enchanting wonderland with "Alice in the Mill" themed installations. Where you will find 30 resident artists, makers, and specialty shops featuring unique handmade, high-quality gifts: jewelry, fine art, steam punk, clothing & quilting arts, spices & teas, photography, candles, woven baskets, stained glass, furniture & architectural elements, sculpture, pottery, Special FX makeup studio and wellness practitioners. This weekend event also includes 20 Guest Art & Craft vendors and a Food Truck. Free Admission and Free parking.
Spring OPEN STUDIOS at Whiting Mills
Mother’s Day gifts and local art is a focus at the seventh annual Spring Arts and Fine Crafts Show at the historic Merwinsville Hotel in Gaylordsville, CT. The organization will offer six days to shop over two weekends before Mother’s Day. The show will again be on two weekends, April 26-28 and May 3-5, for three days each weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
Over 90 local artists and artisans will have work on display at the show and all is for sale. A portion of all sales benefit the Merwinsville Hotel Restoration, a 100 percent volunteer nonprofit that has worked to restore the building for over 50 years. The 181-year-old building needs constant maintenance and renovation.
The show features artwork in glass, photography, jewelry, sculpture, fiber, woodwork, pottery and paintings in watercolors, oil and acrylic. Locally grown plants are also available for sale from Meadowbrook Garden in New Milford and The Village Farm Shop and Greenhouse in Gaylordsville.
One of the features of the spring show is live artist demonstrations and all six days from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. will have artists on hand. Past years have included spinners, weavers, jewelry making, wood carvers and many more.
There is a suggested $2 donation per person for the Spring Show. Children under 10 are free. Members are admitted free and those at the sponsor level and above will receive a discount on art purchased at one of the three annual shows.
The Merwinsville Hotel is a national historic landmark located at 1 Browns Forge Road in Gaylordsville, CT, only 15 minutes from Kent, Sherman, New Milford and the Harlem Valley/Wingdale Railroad Station. For further information, call 860-350-4443 or visit www.merwinsvillehotel.org
Spring Arts and Fine Crafts Show
"Tangled in Color": an exhibition of works in oil and acrylic by Kathleen L'Hommedieu.
Kathleen L'Hommedieu, born and raised in Connecticut, finds inspiration through light and color in the landscape and sky. Many years of traveling for business and rowing competitions through Europe are also a major influence.
"We are immersed in light, color and energy from all that surrounds us no matter where we find ourselves."
Layering is nothing new for Kathleen. It is a technique that comes naturally as she builds a canvas and is guided through its evolution. Using a series of tools - from brush to palette knife - she lets the layers deepen, a process that can take years while perfecting a canvas. "The background tells me where to go," is how she explains the method, "and I add color or texture." Recently, the layers have led to new revelations of shadow and light as the colors intermingle and intertwine, creating interrelationships within a work of art informed by past canvases. Her abstracts are often memories of moments she has experienced - inspired by a foggy window after a storm by the sea, the turbulence of winter by the ocean, a still-life in its vivid interplay of color and form, or a grove of young saplings lit by the sun.
This show is a series of explorations in interwoven color to share the journey of an artist's growing perception, but expressing a universal message. Kathleen's quest leads the viewer to experience a deepening vision of fleeting color play and brilliant moments in our surroundings. "Art teaches you to see," she says, "and I strive to capture that energy."
"Tangled in Color" : works in oil and acrylic by Kathleen L'Hommedieu
Our first event of the year! We bring out all the engines we can and start them up for the first time of the year. Steam engines, Steam Traction engines, Gas and Diesel engines and model engines too! Tractors and Antique cars and trucks. Our Sawmill, Blacksmith and Mining Museum will also all be open. Steam Train rides. Axe Throwing demonstration. Food provided by the Kent Lions Club. Exhibitors get in FREE! What machine did you fix this winter you want to show off? Vendors wanted too (Machinery related only) $25 a space for two days! Members get in free and General admission is $10 for adults and $5 for kids. Free Parking and Hay wagon ride to event.
See www.camamuseum.org for more info
Connecticut Antique Machinery Spring Startup
From April 13 through May 18, The Cornwall Library is presenting Live It Up!, a selection of bold, vivid landscape and abstract works by artist Joelle Sander (1942–2023) that fully justify the name of the show. The opening reception on April 13 from 5 to 7 pm, with registration requested at https://cornwalllibrary.org/events/.
Sander was already an award-winning author in her late 40s when she began painting seriously. She pursued painting with characteristic zeal, putting it on equal footing with writing, and attending studio classes in New York until the week before her passing. Early on, she took to heart a comment by artist Wolf Kahn, who noticed in one of her pastels an unusual color choice. "Ah ha," he said, "You see, you are a colorist!"
Steve Ninteman, a fellow artist and friend, says “Color is what Joelle celebrated the most in all her work. She also pursued themes of movement, fire, scale, trees and light. What is inspiring is that she took whatever idea she was interested in and brought it directly to a large canvas. Joelle did lovely personal drawings around her Connecticut home, in museums and Central Park, but she didn't do many preparatory sketches for paintings. Instead she would make a few simple outlines with her brush and dive in. Her color choices appeared quickly in assured passages…Looking at her surroundings with love and attention, Joelle transformed them with her personal form making, then gave them a life of their own with color choices that only she could imagine. ”
Sander was inspired by painters as diverse as turn-of-the-20th-century Canadian landscapist Tom Thomson and American abstract expressionist Joan Mitchell.
She lived in New York City and West Cornwall, Connecticut. Live it Up! will offer oil paintings for sale, with proceeds benefiting art and poetry programs at The Cornwall Library.
LIVE IT UP! Oil Paintings by Joelle Sander
The Curious Cat Bookshop is happy to announce our participation in the 11th Anniversary of Independent Bookstore Day and the Connecticut Book Trail! Join us for events and prizes in store, and travel the CT Book Trail to visit as many bookstores in Connecticut as you can in one weekend--or all summer long.
Activities and events that day will include a reading and signing with authors Janae Marks (On Air with Zoe Washington, From the Desk of Zoe Washington) and Lorien Lawrence (the Fright Watch series) at 11:30 a.m., along with exclusive items for sale, giveaways throughout the day, and the following:
- Coloring contest
- Spin the prize wheel for bookmarks, journals, stickers
- Exclusive Indie Bookstore Day Exclusive Items including, while supplies last::
- Signed copies of Beautiful Bubbly Kitty-Corn by Shannon Hale and Leuyen Pham (and we've got a number of signed bookplates when those run out!)
- Signed Exclusive 5-Year Anniversary Edition of The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America by Matt Kracht
- Exclusive paperback edition of A Stroke of the Pen by Terry Pratchett
- The Future Is Indie mugs & totes
- An Excellent Host by Chelsea G. Summers
- Becoming Who We Are: A Trans Anthology graphic novel
- Raffle (free entry)
- Grand prize: one $50 store card, a store tote bag, and store stickers
- Grand prize for children: A store tote, store stickers, and a children's book of the child's choice
- A libro.fm Golden Ticket (win 12 free audiobooks!)
The Connecticut Book Trail is a two-part adventure for book lovers in Connecticut, a passport program for readers to travel from bookstore to bookstore over the weekend of April 27-28.
It’s a group of 21 independently owned bookstores in Connecticut working together to bring more book lovers – both locals and tourists – into all of their shops. The Trail showcases the unique character and charm of each bookstore, while also highlighting the diverse literary community in Connecticut.
Those who make it to as many of the stores during that weekend (getting their passport stamped at each stop) can turn in their passport to be entered for prizes including more than $1000 in gift cards to participating stores.
For those who prefer a more slow and steady
approach, they can get their passport stamped all summer long through Labor
Day. Find out more at https://ctbooktrail.org/passport-challenge/.
Make Winsted a destination that day or weekend!
- First thing in the morning, join the Friends of Main Street for their Earth Day Cleanup
- It's Open Studios Weekend at Whiting Mills that weekend--stop by and explore the arts!
Independent Bookstore Day & the CT Book Trail at The Curious Cat Bookshop
Six days of shopping offered at Spring Arts and Fine Crafts Show
Mother’s Day gifts and local art is a focus at the seventh annual Spring Arts and Fine Crafts Show at the historic Merwinsville Hotel in Gaylordsville, CT. The organization will offer six days to shop over two weekends before Mother’s Day. The show will again be on two weekends, April 26-28 and May 3-5, for three days each weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
Over 90 local artists and artisans will have work on display at the show and all is for sale. A portion of all sales benefit the Merwinsville Hotel Restoration, a 100 percent volunteer nonprofit that has worked to restore the building for over 50 years. The 181-year-old building needs constant maintenance and renovation.
The show features artwork in glass, photography, jewelry, sculpture, fiber, woodwork, pottery and paintings in watercolors, oil and acrylic. Locally grown plants are also available for sale from Meadowbrook Garden in New Milford and The Village Farm Shop and Greenhouse in Gaylordsville.
One of the features of the spring show is live artist demonstrations during both weekend days from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Past years have included spinners, weavers, jewelry making, wood carvers and many more.
There is a suggested $2 donation per person for the Spring Show. Children under 10 are free. Members are admitted free and those at the sponsor level and above will receive a discount on art purchased at one of the three annual shows.
The Merwinsville Hotel is a national historic landmark located at 1 Browns Forge Road in Gaylordsville, CT, only 15 minutes from Kent, Sherman, New Milford and the Harlem Valley/Wingdale Railroad Station. For further information, call 860-350-4443 or visit www.merwinsvillehotel.org
7th Annual Spring Arts & Fine Craft Show at Merwinsville Hotel
We are excited to share news about Washington Restaurant Week happening on Friday, April 19th – Sunday, April 28th, 2024! Have you ever wondered about that restaurant you’ve heard about or driven by all those times? Washington Restaurant Week 2024 is your chance to give it a try and experience “The Arts” while you’re doing it.
Restaurants throughout Washington will be featuring special menus and fabulous tastings that will be sure to satisfy your taste buds. Select restaurants will also host live music and special pop-up galleries on site for a chance to enjoy an arts and dining experience.
Washington Restaurant Week, Where Food and the Arts Meet, is proudly organized by the Washington Business Association, Washington Arts Council, Town of Washington – Economic Development Committee and Litchfield.co.
View all participating restaurants:
Community Table
GW Tavern
Hopkins Inn
Hopkins Vineyard
Inari Asian Bistro
Marty’s Cafe
Mayflower Inn & Spa
The 202 Tavern
The Owl Wine & Food Bar
The Pantry
Po Care
Smithy Cafe at 9 Main
The White Hose
Washington Pizza House
View exciting art shows at:
Eckert Fine Art
KMR Arts
The Hen’s Nest
Washington Art Association
Judy Black Park
Gunn Museum Stairwell Gallery
Marty’s Cafe
Washington Restaurant Week 2024
A special exhibit in celebration of National Poetry Month,
inspired by AMP’s “art of work” mural
The Mural as Muse exhibit grew out of the poetry workshop of the same name, led by poet Ed Lent (Ezra Lovecroft) at AMP. This exhibit draws from the ekphrastic poetry selections composed by workshop participants in response to AMP’s mural.
In Greek, ékphrasis means “description.” Ekphrastic writing describes a work of visual art, using the artwork as a source for personal and imaginative interpretation. In AMP’s gallery, workshop participants could take in the mural from the three viewing levels, reflect, and respond to the artwork through creative writing.
Curated by poet Ed Lent, The Mural as Muse poetry exhibit shares examples of poems created in response to the art, showing the breadth and depth of the genre and offering inspiration.
You can participate in the poetry exhibit.
Write your own poem in response to the mural, the poetry exhibit, or the provided prompts at the activity table downstairs. All ages are welcome to participate.
About Ed Lent, Exhibit Curator
In 2023, Ed Lent (Ezra Lovecroft) was a featured poet in the Connecticut Poetry Society project, “Poems Illuminating Art,” a video collection of ekphrastic poetry created for the New Britain Museum of American Art in response to works of art in the museum’s collection.
This year, Ed is bringing his passion for the intersection of art and poetry to the American Mural Project as the curator of The Mural as Muse poetry exhibit and facilitator of the workshop of the same name. The ekphrastic poetry selections on display were created in response to AMP’s five-story, collaborative mural that celebrates American workers on a grand scale.
About the Venue
The American Mural Project (AMP) is an arts and education center located in a renovated mill in Winsted, CT. Its incredible indoor mural—120 feet long and five stories high—celebrates American workers on a grand scale. With the mural as a backdrop, workshop participants have an enriched experience that inspires learning. In addition to workshops, AMP offers live performances and education programs for all ages. For more information, visit americanmuralproject.org.
AMP is located at 90 Whiting Street, Winsted CT.
Sponsors
Made possible by a grant from Connecticut Humanities (CTH), an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. CTH connects people to the humanities through grants, partnerships, and collaborative programs.
Presented in part with support from CT State Northwestern and with funding from the Northwestern Community College Foundation.
Mural As Muse Poetry Exhibit
Six days of shopping offered at Spring Arts and Fine Crafts Show
Mother’s Day gifts and local art is a focus at the seventh annual Spring Arts and Fine Crafts Show at the historic Merwinsville Hotel in Gaylordsville, CT. The organization will offer six days to shop over two weekends before Mother’s Day. The show will again be on two weekends, April 26-28 and May 3-5, for three days each weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
Over 90 local artists and artisans will have work on display at the show and all is for sale. A portion of all sales benefit the Merwinsville Hotel Restoration, a 100 percent volunteer nonprofit that has worked to restore the building for over 50 years. The 181-year-old building needs constant maintenance and renovation.
The show features artwork in glass, photography, jewelry, sculpture, fiber, woodwork, pottery and paintings in watercolors, oil and acrylic. Locally grown plants are also available for sale from Meadowbrook Garden in New Milford and The Village Farm Shop and Greenhouse in Gaylordsville.
One of the features of the spring show is live artist demonstrations during both weekend days from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Past years have included spinners, weavers, jewelry making, wood carvers and many more.
There is a suggested $2 donation per person for the Spring Show. Children under 10 are free. Members are admitted free and those at the sponsor level and above will receive a discount on art purchased at one of the three annual shows.
The Merwinsville Hotel is a national historic landmark located at 1 Browns Forge Road in Gaylordsville, CT, only 15 minutes from Kent, Sherman, New Milford and the Harlem Valley/Wingdale Railroad Station. For further information, call 860-350-4443 or visit www.merwinsvillehotel.org
7th Annual Spring Art & Fine Craft Show
April is National Poetry Month and we’re celebrating with a visit from Patricia Martin, Connecticut’s Beat Poet Laureate! Please join us to welcome Patricia and enjoy readings from a selection of her poetry. Coffee and light refreshments will be served. Copies of Patricia’s books will be available for purchase and signing after the event. Registrations are encouraged but not required. All are welcome.
Register @ harwintonlibrary.org/events
Poetry Reading with Connecticut Beat Poet Laureate Patricia Martin
Annual 5 mile run and 2 mile walk in memory of Shane Morehouse Kinsella who passed away from SIDS. Shane would be 16 in 2024. The proceeds from the race go to the Town of Goshen SMK Fund which financially support the children of Goshen to participate in recreational, extra-curricular, school programs, and the like through an application submitted to the SMK committee. Find more information and application on the Town of Goshen website or Goshenrec.com
Annual SMK Run/Walk
Noonan Gallery
January 21, 2024 – May 19, 2024
If artists and museums use their platform to raise awareness about climate impacts on our oceans, perhaps we will see change. Featuring the work of five award-winning visual artists, Daniel Baxter, Jeffrey Blondes, Zoe Matthiessen, Samantha Schwann, and Matthew Wood, and poet Sandy Carlson, this exhibition explores the world’s oceans with a focus on the Arctic. In a variety of media, including painting, photography, video, drawing, and sculpture, the artwork in this exhibition celebrates the beauty of our oceans and the tragedy of their degradation. By tempering a dire message with beauty and humor, this exhibition makes a clear case for protecting the ocean.
Free with admission
Sea Change | See Change
Whittemore Gallery
January 21, 2024 – May 19, 2024
(Re)Work It! Women Artists on Women’s Labor explores the many types of labor that women are often expected to manage – from caring for one’s family to participating in the labor force, from negotiating beauty standards to handling emotional labor, and more. A reprisal of a smaller exhibition from 2022, this new show delves more deeply into the topic by incorporating a wider range of voices and perspectives. Including artwork from approximately 30 contemporary female-identifying artists, (Re)Work It! broadens our definition and understanding of women's labor in 21st century America.
Free with Admission
(Re)Work It! Women Artists on Women’s Labor
On View: March 10, 2024 – May 12, 2024
With large-scale and mysterious photographs, screenwriter and film producer Carolyn Marks Blackwood invites the viewer to participate in the creation of meaning. By associating brief caption lines with images of deserted streets, isolated forests, and houses lit from within, visitors are encouraged to supply their own narrative inspired by their unique experiences. Both haunting and profound, The Story Series provides an opportunity for creative engagement and deep reflection.
Exhibition: Carolyn Marks Blackwood: The Story Series
Kenise Barnes Fine Art is pleased to announce the representation and first solo show of accomplished mid-career artist KK Kozik.
“As to me," wrote Walt Whitman in 1881, "I know of nothing else but miracles.” Whitman goes on to list some very ordinary phenomena as miracles, from “stars shining quiet and bright,” to standing under trees in the woods, to observing birds in flight. The vein of American mysticism links the natural world with the spiritual and has found form in artists as disparate as Rockwell Kent and Agnes Pelton and KK Kozik: all artists who process what they see, what they experience and what they imagine into a painted image.
Kozik’s minor miracles mostly surface from the rhythms of her day. Prosaic encounters of beauty during hikes, strolls and swims simmer on the back burner of her mind until stirred up and warmed they knock on her door, demanding to be painted. Ideas and images never come out quite the way they went into the pot. Kozik is not a realist, slavishly painting a tree branch by branch, but rather a transcendental hunter-gatherer, a sly burglar of ideas and colors. An island of trees in a lake is what was seen, but Miracle Island is what she painted. The artist releases beauty from the prosaic, her work meeting in the center of the everyday world and the way imagination processes memory and the way her hand executes it.
KK Kozik’s work has been exhibited widely in the United States, Greece, Netherlands, and Germany. She has been honored with William and Susan Picotte Award, Albany Institute of History and Art, Connecticut Artist Fellowship in Painting, Commission, “Flights of Imagination,” Fitchburg Art Museum and Fitchburg State University, Commission, MTA Arts & Design, Rockaway Park Beach 116th St subway station, Weir Farm Trust Visiting Artist Fellowship, Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Grant, to name a few. The artist’s work has been featured in The New York Times, The Village Voice, New York Magazine, and Art in America among others. KK Kozik earned an MA from Syracuse University, a BA from University of Virginia, and attended Edinburgh University. She lives and works in CT.
Please contact Lani Holloway, Associate Director, Lani@kbfa.com, 860 560 3085 with inquires or to arrange a preview of the exhibition.
Miracle Island - Paintings by KK Kozik
April 27 is a very special day for all bookstores: It's Independent Bookstore Day! We're participating in the CT Bookstore Trail that weekend--get your passport stamped at all the stores in the state!--there will be a Libro.fm Golden Ticket to find somewhere in the store, we'll have plenty of opportunity for prizes being drawn throughout the day, and we're hosting authors Janae Marks and Lorien Lawrence for a reading and signing at 11:30 in the morning!
Janae Marks is the author of the critically acclaimed novel From the Desk of Zoe Washington, the New York Times bestselling On Air with Zoe Washington, and A Soft Place to Land. She grew up in the New York City suburbs and now lives in Connecticut with her husband and daughter. She has an MFA in writing for children from the New School. Visit Janae online at janaemarks.com.
Order her books here: https://curiouscatbookshop.com/search/Janae%20marks
First in the Fright Watch series, Lorien Lawrence’s The Stitchers is the spine-chilling middle-grade horror that Stephen King called “the perfect book for kids to cool off with on a hot summer day, because the chills come guaranteed”—and perfect for fans of Stranger Things and Goosebumps.
Lorien Lawrence is a writer and middle school English teacher from Connecticut. When she’s not reading or writing, she can be found hunting ghosts with her family.
Order her books here: https://curiouscatbookshop.com/search/lorien%20lawrence
Author reading and signing: Janae Marks & Lorien Lawrence
SPRING HAS SPRUNG AND GALLERY 25 INVITES YOU TO ITS MEMBERS’ SPRING ART SHOW!
The increasingly balmy weather is ushering in Spring 2024, and with it, the Gallery 25 Member’s Annual Spring Show which will run from April 12 to June 9.
Terry Tougas, G25 Director, notes, “The public is invited to view and enjoy some of our member artists’ best work in a wide variety of mediums including paintings, pottery, collages, assemblages, mixed media, photography, wood work, wearable art jewelry and more not-to-be-missed works”.
Our opening reception is on Saturday, April 13 from 4-6 pm and everyone is welcome to attend! Light refreshments and wine will be served. We are holding our reception later in the day so come on by for our wonderful art show and then stop by one of downtown New Milford's delicious restaurants for dinner and dessert.
Get excited for our April Workshops! Adele Moros will be hosting one of her popular Sip & Paint artist classes in which participants will be creating a spring bouquet. This class will be held on April 12 at 6pm. And Bobbi Soares’ “Sound at the Station” will demonstrate an exciting sound bath on April 21 from 11am-12pm. To reserve your place at these workshops and for a full list of our upcoming workshops, visit gallery25ct.com.
New Milford is an exciting destination, offering many enjoyable activities, among them well-reviewed restaurants, pubs and unique shops, as well as an Art Deco movie theater, an innovative playhouse, Theaterworks, and a historical New England green. Plan a fun weekend in our fine town!
Gallery 25 and Creative Arts Studio
New Milford Commission on the Arts
11 Railroad St., New Milford, CT 06776
860-355-6009 \* gallery25ct.com
G25 is open Friday and Saturday 12-6 and Sunday 10-4.
G25 wishes to thank the town of New Milford and the New Milford Commission on the Arts for their continued generous support.
Follow us on Facebook and Instagram @Gallery25 and Creative Arts Studio.
Spring Art Show @ Gallery 25
A Teddy Bear Picnic! Bring a favorite cuddly teddy bear, or another stuffed animal, for an indoor “picnic.” They will enjoy old-fashioned field day games like egg and spoon races, hopscotch, bean bag toss, and parachute. Bear-themed treats and lemonade will be available. Our activities will be based on the beloved children's book, We're Going on a Bear Hunt, and will also include sensory play that will have you using all your senses to learn new things.
Register: https://www.gunnlibrary.org/junior-library/programs/
Gunn Memorial Library Junior Program - Teddy Bear Picnic
The New York Times calls it “the best musical of this century.” The Washington Post says, “It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals.” And Entertainment Weekly says, “Grade A: the funniest musical of all time.” Jimmy Fallon of The Tonight Show calls it "Genius. Brilliant. Phenomenal." It’s The Book of Mormon, the nine-time Tony Award®-winning Best Musical.
This outrageous musical comedy follows the adventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word. With standing room only productions in London, on Broadway, and across North America, The Book of Mormon has truly become an international sensation.
Contains explicit language.
The Book of Mormon
Join professional photographer, artist, and guest lecturer Jess Somers to hear how feminism has shaped and impacted her practice over the last two decades. Sponsored by the George A. & Grace L. Long Foundation
More Info: https://www.mattmuseum.org/calendar/adult-lecture-photographic-storytelling-through-a-feminist-lens/
Adult Lecture: Photographic Storytelling through a Feminist Lens
Presented by Chef Margaret Jacobs
Whether you’re a seasoned baker or a novice in the kitchen, this demonstration will give you basic skills and confidence needed to create delectable breads. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to fill your home with the aroma of freshly baked breads. Breads include Rustic Italian bread, Focaccia, Pizza from Focaccia and Dutch Crunch Bread-Tiger Bread.
Cooking Demonstration
Cooking Demonstration: Bread
A Bronx Tale-The Musical
The Book of Mormon
Celebrate Earth Day 2024 with Grumbling Gryphons in an Intergenerational Arts Celebration! April 27th: On Saturday afternoon (Rain or Shine!)
workshops and performances for children, families, elders and young at heart!
3:00-5:00 "Council of All Beings" an intergenerational - arts & ecology workshop for families & people of all ages to come together to create in honor of the earth!)
Drama, music, endangered species puppet making workshop -
(Participants are invited to perform in the parade at 5 pm and at the Cornwall Library at 6:30 pm!)
5:00-5:30 Grand Parade of costumes & puppets, Join our 12 person Oil Spill, become a “Trash Creature”, a manatee, a dolphin, sea turtle , humpback whale & more! Dance with The Golden Lady Puppet !
5:00-6:00 with Live music by The Berkshire Resilience Brass Band
Note: Parade will be held indoors at Cornwall Town Hall if it rains!
5:30-6:30 Potluck dinner at Town Hall (please bring a dish if you plan on joining us!)
Directed by Leslie Elias
Costumes Made by Ellen Moon, Jude Streng, puppets by children!
This event was made possible thanks in part to an FY24 Artist Respond Grant awarded by the Connecticut Office on The Arts, Department of Economic Community Development and the National Endowment for the Arts, to artist Leslie Elias to further youth empowerment & Foster Community Engagement and Environmental Stewardship through the Arts! Please join us! Together, we can make a difference!
Free to the Public
"Council of All Beings" an Intergenerational Celebration of Earth Day with Grumbling Gryphons
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Dana Bol Reception
Our most popular event for the third SPRING EDITION is back! Stroll with friends, meet new people, explore the unique variety of stores we have. Funds raised for this event will be donated to Social Services, specifically the Hope Fund and Good Samaritan Fund, and New Milford High School Grad Party! This event is 21+ only - Cheers!
Check-In will be at 19Main (19 Main Street, New Milford), where you will receive your Sip & Stroll 9oz. wine glass. Check-In will only be from 4:00-5:00PM.
Wine Glasses Sponsored by Attorney Meg Lyon, ESQ. Hoekenga Machado & Lyon LLC (31 Bank Street, New Milford, CT). Bracelets Sponsored by Bakewell & Mulhare LLC (19 Main Street, New Milford, CT). 8oz Water Bottles provided at Check-In Sponsored by New Milford Chamber of Commerce.
Participating Stores:
& Company on Bank, All Aboard Pizzeria, AMEICO, Balms Apothecary, Bank Street Theater, Bleu on Bank, Dune and Duchess, Grassroots Ice Cream, Honeybee Books, Iron Rail, Lucia Ristorante, Momma's Tacos, Nordica Toys, Nutmeg Olive Oil, OC Organic Kitchen, O'Connors Public House, Pauls Custom Pet Foods, Placeres Integrative Medicine, PLAY, Reis Learning Center, River and Rail, Robertson Jewelers, Safari Collective, Skin + Tonic, Sparrow, Swank on Bank, Tasty Waves, The Cue, The Hunt, Village Center of the Arts + Pottery Studio
Sip and Stroll
Dancing & Dinner “Put Some Spring In Your Step!!”
Join the Singles from Riverview Baptist Church for an afternoon of fun and
socializing as we learn popular line dances together. A professional instructor
from Arthur Murray (Andy) will be on hand to teach you all the moves.
Stay for dinner! The Singles at Riverview Baptist Church will be
hosting a Delicious Italian dinner-with dessert! There will also be a
short devotion during dinner to encourage you in your faith.
COST: Dance Lessons: $10.00
Dinner: Suggested Donation $10.00
For more information or to RSVP,
please contact Bob Pivetz,
pivetzb@gmail.com or (203) 733-1335
Put Some Spring In Your Step!! Dancing & Dinner
The Morris Fire Company is excited for its Annual Roast Beef Dinner. When: April 27, 2024 Time: 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm Cost: $20 for adults, $10 kids 6-10 years old, kids 5 and under eat free. Enjoy a delicious roast beef dinner with all the sides and a fresh made dessert. Buffet style. To go orders are welcomed. Email eventsmfc2024@gmail.com Phone: 860-567-7441
Roast Beef Dinner at The MFC!
Arts Connected
On Saturday evening at 6:30 pm, children and families will perform songs & poems with Grumbling Gryphons in Honor Of Earth Day 2024! Following the performance at 7 pm all are invited to the premiere screening of Grumbling Gryphons’s Environmental Film: “Count Ampula and The Carbon Curse”: A Film by Ben Willis and Leslie Elias. Filmed in Cornwall with Cornwall children and Grumbling Gryphons actors. This madcap, zany intergenerational film addresses the urgent need to reduce our human carbon footprint and produce clean energy. Following the screening, all are invited to participate from 7:30-8:30 in an open mic, hosted by Cornwall Library in a Sharing of Stories, Songs, Thoughts, Poems & Music in Honor of Earthday.
This open mic will be facilitated by Leslie Elias. Everyone is invited to contribute and participate!
Contact: Leslie Elias for more info grumblinggryphons@gmail.com 860-672-0286
This event was made possible thanks in part to The Cornwall Library and an FY24 Artist Respond Grant awarded by the Connecticut Office on The Arts, Department of Economic Community Development and the National Endowment for the Arts, to artist Leslie Elias to further youth empowerment & Foster Community Engagement and Environmental Stewardship through the Arts! Please join us! Together, we can make a difference!
Free to the Public
Earth Day Performance, Premiere of Grumbling Gryphons Environmental Film & Open Mic!
The Beekley Concert Series, Between the Stacks, kicks off this month in January 2024 with singer/songwriter Kerri Powers. Tickets are $30 each.
For more information go to https://www.beekleylibrary.org/concerts.html
or call the Beekley Library at 860-379-7235.
Between the Stacks Beekley Library Concert Series
Indulge in an evening of celebration while making a meaningful difference in our local community.
Tickets are $35.00 per person and include:
_Music and dancing with our DJ, plus silent disco technology
_Hors d'oeuvres by Chef Mario from NYC's Hotel Carlyle
_Desserts by Rosie's Kitchen
_Libations (1 drink ticket included)
\*Silent Auction Items
All proceeds support the non-profit KCNS (Kent Community Nursery School).
April 27, 2024
7PM - 10PM
Kent Community House
93 North Main Street
Kent, CT
An Enchanted Evening
Orb Mellon w/Dave Robbins at 2nd Home Restaurant/Lounge Loading...
LIVE MUSIC AT HOWARD'S BOOKSTORE with indie legends Or Anywhere Else, Don't Go Outside, Cat Crash, and Go Home, You're Drunk.
Go Home, Your'e Drunk / Cat Crash / Don't Go Outside / Or Anywhere Else
The New York Times calls it “the best musical of this century.” The Washington Post says, “It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals.” And Entertainment Weekly says, “Grade A: the funniest musical of all time.” Jimmy Fallon of The Tonight Show calls it "Genius. Brilliant. Phenomenal." It’s The Book of Mormon, the nine-time Tony Award®-winning Best Musical.
This outrageous musical comedy follows the adventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word. With standing room only productions in London, on Broadway, and across North America, The Book of Mormon has truly become an international sensation.
Contains explicit language.
The Book of Mormon
Putnam Valley Middle School is holding its 25th Annual Spelling Bee. Six eclectic tweens compete to win the $200 prize and bragging rights. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, the tweens spell their way through a series of (potentially made-up) words, hoping never to hear the soul-crushing, pout-inducing, life-un-affirming "ding" of the bell that signals a spelling mistake. Six spellers enter; one speller leaves a champion! At least the losers get a juice box. A riotous ride, complete with audience participation, Spelling Bee has charmed audiences across the country with its effortless wit and humor.
April 20, 26, 27, May 3, 4 @ 8 p.m.
April 21, 28, May 5 @ 2 p.m.
Thomaston Opera House, 158 Main St. Thomaston, CT 06787
Admission $26
Box Office 860-283-6250
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
From the author of Moon Over Buffalo and Lend Me A Tenor, Ken Ludwig’s Shakespeare In Hollywood is a celebration of stage and screen! It is directed by Jane Farnol with auditions Feb. 18 & 19 at the theatre.
The story: It’s 1934, and Shakespeare’s most famous fairies, Oberon and Puck, have magically materialized on the Warner Bros. Hollywood set of Max Reinhardt’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Instantly smitten by the glitz and glamour of show biz, the two are ushered onto the silver screen to play (who else?) themselves. With a little help from a feisty flower, blonde bombshells, movie moguls, and arrogant “asses” are tossed into loopy love triangles, with raucous results. The mischievous magic of moviedom sparkles in this hilarious comic romp.
Shows are April 5 - 27 on Friday and Saturday at 8 PM with matinees on Sunday at 2PM. There will be a free preview for area senior citizens on Thursday, April 4 at 8 PM.
Brookfield Theatre's 2024 Season is made possible with the support of the Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of Arts; Support has also been provided to Brookield Theatre from CT Humanities (CTH), with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) from the Connecticut State Legislature; Along with the generous donations of our many supporters and subscribers.
Shakespeare in Hollywood
TUMBLE OUTTA' BED AND STUMBLE TO GOSHEN PLAYERS FOR A RIP-ROARING MUSICAL COMEDY!
Based on the 1980 hit movie, with a score by the queen of country music Dolly Parton, 9 to 5 The Musical is an outrageously funny tale of friendship and revenge. Pushed to the boiling point, three female coworkers concoct a plan to get even with their despicable boss, and in a hilarious turn of events live out their wildest fantasies. Will their plan to turn the tables on their boss succeed or will it unravel when the CEO pays an unexpected visit? Join Goshen Players as they present this high-energy smash-hit – it’s the most fun you’ll have at the theater all year!
Goshen Players Presents Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5 - The Musical’
The Book of Mormon
“Waters Calming Peace” – Watercolors by Charlene Leichter
Interested in finding out more about the New Milford Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)? Sign up for our free training program that covers basic first aid, search & rescue, emergency preparedness, fire safety and a lot more. Visit our website www.NewMilfordCERT.org
Classes start April 29th.
New Milford CERT Free Training
Call for Art – “Plant Life” and “Plant Life: NYC - Global”
Celebrate Spring by sharing your flora
image, film, music and poetry.
No Entry Fee. Deadline: April 29th
https://personaland.com/submit/plantlife.php
“Plant Life” art show launches online on Friday, May 3rd.
“Plant Life: NYC – Global” is an exhibition and digital event at Prime Produce, 424 West 54th St, New York City, May 17-19 featuring selections from the online show!
Personaland - our online global arts village.
Enriching the internet with an invigorating blend of entertainment, enchantment and culture. Persona Horseback and Dragon rides to our online art shows, showcasing over 625 artists from 60 countries in 25 group and 56 individual art shows, artist profile videos, movies, Art Shop, dancing flowers, wishing well and challenging art games.
For more info:
Stewart Wilson
personaman@snet.net
"Plant Life" online and NYC exhibtion
“Homage”
With Respect to Someone or Something
Enjoy the images, films, music and poetry from global artist.
“Homage” art show launches online on Friday, April 5th
https://personaland.com/hut/exhibitions/
Personaland - our online global arts village.
Enriching the internet with an invigorating blend of entertainment, enchantment and culture. Persona Horseback and Dragon rides to our online art shows, showcasing over 625 artists from 60 countries in 25 group and 56 individual art shows, artist profile videos, movies, Art Shop, dancing flowers, wishing well and challenging art games.
For more info:
Stewart Wilson
personaman@snet.net
"Homage" online art show
Enroll now for an unforgettable summer filled with creativity, learning, and fun at American Mural Project. Your child will thrive in AMP’s small-group programs, guided by their dedicated teaching artist, on AMP's indoor/outdoor campus in Winsted, CT. Scholarships are available!
Programs for Kids 7–11:
STEAM July 8–12
Grow July 15–19
Dabble in Art July 29–August 2
Programs for Teens (12+):
Outdoor Design & Build Full
Theater July 8–11 and 15–19
Teen Art Studio July 22–26
Music July 29–August 2
Registration and Information:
Registration Open: Summer Enrichment Programs for Kids & Teens
This year’s Climate Challenge will run from Earth Day (April 22) through May 31st, and it is part of the State’s effort to meet its emission targets to help prevent further worsening of adverse climate impacts. 2024 Climate Challenge - CTrides
Drive Less CT Climate Challenge
Eggs | Pancakes | Bacon | Sausage |Juice | Endless Coffee
Adults - $8
Seniors - $6
Children under 8 - $5
Cash/check
"The Big Win" Community Breakfast at KVFD
Family Breakfast
The last Sunday each month (not held November or December)
8:00 - 10:00am
Pancakes, Eggs (cooked your way), Nodine's Bacon, Toast, Coffee, Tea, Juice
Adults: $10 ~ Children under 12: $5
Family Breakfast
Compost Available at the Kent Transfer Station
You are invited to visit....
A Showing of Liz Rosiello's Floral Watercolor Paintings
Roxbury Senior Center - 7 South St. Roxbury CT
April 1 - May 31
Artist Reception: Saturday May 4th - 2pm to 5pm
The Watercolor Garden
Sensory Friendly Playtime provides a sensory-friendly and judgement-free environment for play and learning for children with disabilities, on the autism spectrum, and/or sensory-processing disorders and their families.
Enjoy the Museum in a calmer, quieter environment without the noise, crowds, and stimulation of a typical day!
Capacity is limited to 50, preregistration is strongly encouraged.
Sensory Friendly Playtime
Washington's wonderful restaurants and wineries are partnering with local artists, galleries and cultural businesses to make our restaurant week especially distinctive and memorable. Not only will the restaurants be serving special offerings, but there are also raffles and other swell surprises!
Washington Restaurant Week: Where Food & the Arts Meet!
The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens hosts an art exhibit featuring works by AP art students at Shepaug Valley School and The Frederick Gunn School, on view Friday, April 12 through Sunday, April 28.
Throughout the school year, each student has been exploring a theme in art, and their works reflect their year-long study of that theme.
"The students possess this exuberance of youth that keeps them excited about the possibility that their art brings to them. They all approach their art in different ways but their enthusiasm shines through in all that they do," says Andrew Richards, Visual Arts Chair at The Frederick Gunn School.
This show will be open for viewing during scheduled events at the park or by appointment.
Shepaug Valley School and The Frederick Gunn School Student Art Show
Join us each Sunday at 10am for a time of Worship at the First Congregational church on the green in New Milford
Nursery Care and Sunday School available.
Coffee hour following service.
Questions, feel free to call the office at 860-354-8232
Worship Service
Whiting Mills’ "Alice in the Mill" Spring Open Studios is back this April 27 & 28, 2023 from 10am to 4pm. Join us on a whimsical journey celebrating 20 years of creativity. Stroll the historic Whiting Mill building that has been transformed into an enchanting wonderland with "Alice in the Mill" themed installations. Where you will find 30 resident artists, makers, and specialty shops featuring unique handmade, high-quality gifts: jewelry, fine art, steam punk, clothing & quilting arts, spices & teas, photography, candles, woven baskets, stained glass, furniture & architectural elements, sculpture, pottery, Special FX makeup studio and wellness practitioners. This weekend event also includes 20 Guest Art & Craft vendors and a Food Truck. Free Admission and Free parking.
Spring OPEN STUDIOS at Whiting Mills
Date: Sunday, April 28th
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: The Litchfield History Museum
Cost: Free for Members, $10 for non-Members
How was Litchfield involved in the Connecticut Western Reserve? From investors to migrants to policymakers, join Head of Education, Kate Zullo, for a walking tour of Litchfield's Historic District that visits the homes of families whose lives were impacted by westward expansion.
The walk will begin at the Litchfield Historical Society and lasts approximately 1 hour. Wear comfortable shoes and bring a bottle of water.
Walking Tour - To Come to a Land of Milk and Honey
SPRING HAS SPRUNG AND GALLERY 25 INVITES YOU TO ITS MEMBERS’ SPRING ART SHOW!
The increasingly balmy weather is ushering in Spring 2024, and with it, the Gallery 25 Member’s Annual Spring Show which will run from April 12 to June 9.
Terry Tougas, G25 Director, notes, “The public is invited to view and enjoy some of our member artists’ best work in a wide variety of mediums including paintings, pottery, collages, assemblages, mixed media, photography, wood work, wearable art jewelry and more not-to-be-missed works”.
Our opening reception is on Saturday, April 13 from 4-6 pm and everyone is welcome to attend! Light refreshments and wine will be served. We are holding our reception later in the day so come on by for our wonderful art show and then stop by one of downtown New Milford's delicious restaurants for dinner and dessert.
Get excited for our April Workshops! Adele Moros will be hosting one of her popular Sip & Paint artist classes in which participants will be creating a spring bouquet. This class will be held on April 12 at 6pm. And Bobbi Soares’ “Sound at the Station” will demonstrate an exciting sound bath on April 21 from 11am-12pm. To reserve your place at these workshops and for a full list of our upcoming workshops, visit gallery25ct.com.
New Milford is an exciting destination, offering many enjoyable activities, among them well-reviewed restaurants, pubs and unique shops, as well as an Art Deco movie theater, an innovative playhouse, Theaterworks, and a historical New England green. Plan a fun weekend in our fine town!
Gallery 25 and Creative Arts Studio
New Milford Commission on the Arts
11 Railroad St., New Milford, CT 06776
860-355-6009 \* gallery25ct.com
G25 is open Friday and Saturday 12-6 and Sunday 10-4.
G25 wishes to thank the town of New Milford and the New Milford Commission on the Arts for their continued generous support.
Follow us on Facebook and Instagram @Gallery25 and Creative Arts Studio.
Spring Art Show @ Gallery 25
Mother’s Day gifts and local art is a focus at the seventh annual Spring Arts and Fine Crafts Show at the historic Merwinsville Hotel in Gaylordsville, CT. The organization will offer six days to shop over two weekends before Mother’s Day. The show will again be on two weekends, April 26-28 and May 3-5, for three days each weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
Over 90 local artists and artisans will have work on display at the show and all is for sale. A portion of all sales benefit the Merwinsville Hotel Restoration, a 100 percent volunteer nonprofit that has worked to restore the building for over 50 years. The 181-year-old building needs constant maintenance and renovation.
The show features artwork in glass, photography, jewelry, sculpture, fiber, woodwork, pottery and paintings in watercolors, oil and acrylic. Locally grown plants are also available for sale from Meadowbrook Garden in New Milford and The Village Farm Shop and Greenhouse in Gaylordsville.
One of the features of the spring show is live artist demonstrations and all six days from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. will have artists on hand. Past years have included spinners, weavers, jewelry making, wood carvers and many more.
There is a suggested $2 donation per person for the Spring Show. Children under 10 are free. Members are admitted free and those at the sponsor level and above will receive a discount on art purchased at one of the three annual shows.
The Merwinsville Hotel is a national historic landmark located at 1 Browns Forge Road in Gaylordsville, CT, only 15 minutes from Kent, Sherman, New Milford and the Harlem Valley/Wingdale Railroad Station. For further information, call 860-350-4443 or visit www.merwinsvillehotel.org
Spring Arts and Fine Crafts Show
Our first event of the year! We bring out all the engines we can and start them up for the first time of the year. Steam engines, Steam Traction engines, Gas and Diesel engines and model engines too! Tractors and Antique cars and trucks. Our Sawmill, Blacksmith and Mining Museum will also all be open. Steam Train rides. Axe Throwing demonstration. Food provided by the Kent Lions Club. Exhibitors get in FREE! What machine did you fix this winter you want to show off? Vendors wanted too (Machinery related only) $25 a space for two days! Members get in free and General admission is $10 for adults and $5 for kids. Free Parking and Hay wagon ride to event.
See www.camamuseum.org for more info
Connecticut Antique Machinery Spring Startup
The Curious Cat Bookshop is happy to announce our participation in the 11th Anniversary of Independent Bookstore Day and the Connecticut Book Trail! Join us for events and prizes in store, and travel the CT Book Trail to visit as many bookstores in Connecticut as you can in one weekend--or all summer long.
Activities and events that day will include a reading and signing with authors Janae Marks (On Air with Zoe Washington, From the Desk of Zoe Washington) and Lorien Lawrence (the Fright Watch series) at 11:30 a.m., along with exclusive items for sale, giveaways throughout the day, and the following:
- Coloring contest
- Spin the prize wheel for bookmarks, journals, stickers
- Exclusive Indie Bookstore Day Exclusive Items including, while supplies last::
- Signed copies of Beautiful Bubbly Kitty-Corn by Shannon Hale and Leuyen Pham (and we've got a number of signed bookplates when those run out!)
- Signed Exclusive 5-Year Anniversary Edition of The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America by Matt Kracht
- Exclusive paperback edition of A Stroke of the Pen by Terry Pratchett
- The Future Is Indie mugs & totes
- An Excellent Host by Chelsea G. Summers
- Becoming Who We Are: A Trans Anthology graphic novel
- Raffle (free entry)
- Grand prize: one $50 store card, a store tote bag, and store stickers
- Grand prize for children: A store tote, store stickers, and a children's book of the child's choice
- A libro.fm Golden Ticket (win 12 free audiobooks!)
The Connecticut Book Trail is a two-part adventure for book lovers in Connecticut, a passport program for readers to travel from bookstore to bookstore over the weekend of April 27-28.
It’s a group of 21 independently owned bookstores in Connecticut working together to bring more book lovers – both locals and tourists – into all of their shops. The Trail showcases the unique character and charm of each bookstore, while also highlighting the diverse literary community in Connecticut.
Those who make it to as many of the stores during that weekend (getting their passport stamped at each stop) can turn in their passport to be entered for prizes including more than $1000 in gift cards to participating stores.
For those who prefer a more slow and steady
approach, they can get their passport stamped all summer long through Labor
Day. Find out more at https://ctbooktrail.org/passport-challenge/.
Make Winsted a destination that day or weekend!
- First thing in the morning, join the Friends of Main Street for their Earth Day Cleanup
- It's Open Studios Weekend at Whiting Mills that weekend--stop by and explore the arts!
Independent Bookstore Day & the CT Book Trail at The Curious Cat Bookshop
Six days of shopping offered at Spring Arts and Fine Crafts Show
Mother’s Day gifts and local art is a focus at the seventh annual Spring Arts and Fine Crafts Show at the historic Merwinsville Hotel in Gaylordsville, CT. The organization will offer six days to shop over two weekends before Mother’s Day. The show will again be on two weekends, April 26-28 and May 3-5, for three days each weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
Over 90 local artists and artisans will have work on display at the show and all is for sale. A portion of all sales benefit the Merwinsville Hotel Restoration, a 100 percent volunteer nonprofit that has worked to restore the building for over 50 years. The 181-year-old building needs constant maintenance and renovation.
The show features artwork in glass, photography, jewelry, sculpture, fiber, woodwork, pottery and paintings in watercolors, oil and acrylic. Locally grown plants are also available for sale from Meadowbrook Garden in New Milford and The Village Farm Shop and Greenhouse in Gaylordsville.
One of the features of the spring show is live artist demonstrations during both weekend days from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Past years have included spinners, weavers, jewelry making, wood carvers and many more.
There is a suggested $2 donation per person for the Spring Show. Children under 10 are free. Members are admitted free and those at the sponsor level and above will receive a discount on art purchased at one of the three annual shows.
The Merwinsville Hotel is a national historic landmark located at 1 Browns Forge Road in Gaylordsville, CT, only 15 minutes from Kent, Sherman, New Milford and the Harlem Valley/Wingdale Railroad Station. For further information, call 860-350-4443 or visit www.merwinsvillehotel.org
7th Annual Spring Arts & Fine Craft Show at Merwinsville Hotel
We are excited to share news about Washington Restaurant Week happening on Friday, April 19th – Sunday, April 28th, 2024! Have you ever wondered about that restaurant you’ve heard about or driven by all those times? Washington Restaurant Week 2024 is your chance to give it a try and experience “The Arts” while you’re doing it.
Restaurants throughout Washington will be featuring special menus and fabulous tastings that will be sure to satisfy your taste buds. Select restaurants will also host live music and special pop-up galleries on site for a chance to enjoy an arts and dining experience.
Washington Restaurant Week, Where Food and the Arts Meet, is proudly organized by the Washington Business Association, Washington Arts Council, Town of Washington – Economic Development Committee and Litchfield.co.
View all participating restaurants:
Community Table
GW Tavern
Hopkins Inn
Hopkins Vineyard
Inari Asian Bistro
Marty’s Cafe
Mayflower Inn & Spa
The 202 Tavern
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Six days of shopping offered at Spring Arts and Fine Crafts Show
Mother’s Day gifts and local art is a focus at the seventh annual Spring Arts and Fine Crafts Show at the historic Merwinsville Hotel in Gaylordsville, CT. The organization will offer six days to shop over two weekends before Mother’s Day. The show will again be on two weekends, April 26-28 and May 3-5, for three days each weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
Over 90 local artists and artisans will have work on display at the show and all is for sale. A portion of all sales benefit the Merwinsville Hotel Restoration, a 100 percent volunteer nonprofit that has worked to restore the building for over 50 years. The 181-year-old building needs constant maintenance and renovation.
The show features artwork in glass, photography, jewelry, sculpture, fiber, woodwork, pottery and paintings in watercolors, oil and acrylic. Locally grown plants are also available for sale from Meadowbrook Garden in New Milford and The Village Farm Shop and Greenhouse in Gaylordsville.
One of the features of the spring show is live artist demonstrations during both weekend days from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Past years have included spinners, weavers, jewelry making, wood carvers and many more.
There is a suggested $2 donation per person for the Spring Show. Children under 10 are free. Members are admitted free and those at the sponsor level and above will receive a discount on art purchased at one of the three annual shows.
The Merwinsville Hotel is a national historic landmark located at 1 Browns Forge Road in Gaylordsville, CT, only 15 minutes from Kent, Sherman, New Milford and the Harlem Valley/Wingdale Railroad Station. For further information, call 860-350-4443 or visit www.merwinsvillehotel.org
7th Annual Spring Art & Fine Craft Show
Whittemore Gallery
January 21, 2024 – May 19, 2024
(Re)Work It! Women Artists on Women’s Labor explores the many types of labor that women are often expected to manage – from caring for one’s family to participating in the labor force, from negotiating beauty standards to handling emotional labor, and more. A reprisal of a smaller exhibition from 2022, this new show delves more deeply into the topic by incorporating a wider range of voices and perspectives. Including artwork from approximately 30 contemporary female-identifying artists, (Re)Work It! broadens our definition and understanding of women's labor in 21st century America.
Free with Admission
(Re)Work It! Women Artists on Women’s Labor
Noonan Gallery
January 21, 2024 – May 19, 2024
If artists and museums use their platform to raise awareness about climate impacts on our oceans, perhaps we will see change. Featuring the work of five award-winning visual artists, Daniel Baxter, Jeffrey Blondes, Zoe Matthiessen, Samantha Schwann, and Matthew Wood, and poet Sandy Carlson, this exhibition explores the world’s oceans with a focus on the Arctic. In a variety of media, including painting, photography, video, drawing, and sculpture, the artwork in this exhibition celebrates the beauty of our oceans and the tragedy of their degradation. By tempering a dire message with beauty and humor, this exhibition makes a clear case for protecting the ocean.
Free with admission
Sea Change | See Change
Kenise Barnes Fine Art is pleased to announce the representation and first solo show of accomplished mid-career artist KK Kozik.
“As to me," wrote Walt Whitman in 1881, "I know of nothing else but miracles.” Whitman goes on to list some very ordinary phenomena as miracles, from “stars shining quiet and bright,” to standing under trees in the woods, to observing birds in flight. The vein of American mysticism links the natural world with the spiritual and has found form in artists as disparate as Rockwell Kent and Agnes Pelton and KK Kozik: all artists who process what they see, what they experience and what they imagine into a painted image.
Kozik’s minor miracles mostly surface from the rhythms of her day. Prosaic encounters of beauty during hikes, strolls and swims simmer on the back burner of her mind until stirred up and warmed they knock on her door, demanding to be painted. Ideas and images never come out quite the way they went into the pot. Kozik is not a realist, slavishly painting a tree branch by branch, but rather a transcendental hunter-gatherer, a sly burglar of ideas and colors. An island of trees in a lake is what was seen, but Miracle Island is what she painted. The artist releases beauty from the prosaic, her work meeting in the center of the everyday world and the way imagination processes memory and the way her hand executes it.
KK Kozik’s work has been exhibited widely in the United States, Greece, Netherlands, and Germany. She has been honored with William and Susan Picotte Award, Albany Institute of History and Art, Connecticut Artist Fellowship in Painting, Commission, “Flights of Imagination,” Fitchburg Art Museum and Fitchburg State University, Commission, MTA Arts & Design, Rockaway Park Beach 116th St subway station, Weir Farm Trust Visiting Artist Fellowship, Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Grant, to name a few. The artist’s work has been featured in The New York Times, The Village Voice, New York Magazine, and Art in America among others. KK Kozik earned an MA from Syracuse University, a BA from University of Virginia, and attended Edinburgh University. She lives and works in CT.
Please contact Lani Holloway, Associate Director, Lani@kbfa.com, 860 560 3085 with inquires or to arrange a preview of the exhibition.
Miracle Island - Paintings by KK Kozik
From April 13 through May 18, The Cornwall Library is presenting Live It Up!, a selection of bold, vivid landscape and abstract works by artist Joelle Sander (1942–2023) that fully justify the name of the show. The opening reception on April 13 from 5 to 7 pm, with registration requested at https://cornwalllibrary.org/events/.
Sander was already an award-winning author in her late 40s when she began painting seriously. She pursued painting with characteristic zeal, putting it on equal footing with writing, and attending studio classes in New York until the week before her passing. Early on, she took to heart a comment by artist Wolf Kahn, who noticed in one of her pastels an unusual color choice. "Ah ha," he said, "You see, you are a colorist!"
Steve Ninteman, a fellow artist and friend, says “Color is what Joelle celebrated the most in all her work. She also pursued themes of movement, fire, scale, trees and light. What is inspiring is that she took whatever idea she was interested in and brought it directly to a large canvas. Joelle did lovely personal drawings around her Connecticut home, in museums and Central Park, but she didn't do many preparatory sketches for paintings. Instead she would make a few simple outlines with her brush and dive in. Her color choices appeared quickly in assured passages…Looking at her surroundings with love and attention, Joelle transformed them with her personal form making, then gave them a life of their own with color choices that only she could imagine. ”
Sander was inspired by painters as diverse as turn-of-the-20th-century Canadian landscapist Tom Thomson and American abstract expressionist Joan Mitchell.
She lived in New York City and West Cornwall, Connecticut. Live it Up! will offer oil paintings for sale, with proceeds benefiting art and poetry programs at The Cornwall Library.
LIVE IT UP! Oil Paintings by Joelle Sander
A special exhibit in celebration of National Poetry Month,
inspired by AMP’s “art of work” mural
The Mural as Muse exhibit grew out of the poetry workshop of the same name, led by poet Ed Lent (Ezra Lovecroft) at AMP. This exhibit draws from the ekphrastic poetry selections composed by workshop participants in response to AMP’s mural.
In Greek, ékphrasis means “description.” Ekphrastic writing describes a work of visual art, using the artwork as a source for personal and imaginative interpretation. In AMP’s gallery, workshop participants could take in the mural from the three viewing levels, reflect, and respond to the artwork through creative writing.
Curated by poet Ed Lent, The Mural as Muse poetry exhibit shares examples of poems created in response to the art, showing the breadth and depth of the genre and offering inspiration.
You can participate in the poetry exhibit.
Write your own poem in response to the mural, the poetry exhibit, or the provided prompts at the activity table downstairs. All ages are welcome to participate.
About Ed Lent, Exhibit Curator
In 2023, Ed Lent (Ezra Lovecroft) was a featured poet in the Connecticut Poetry Society project, “Poems Illuminating Art,” a video collection of ekphrastic poetry created for the New Britain Museum of American Art in response to works of art in the museum’s collection.
This year, Ed is bringing his passion for the intersection of art and poetry to the American Mural Project as the curator of The Mural as Muse poetry exhibit and facilitator of the workshop of the same name. The ekphrastic poetry selections on display were created in response to AMP’s five-story, collaborative mural that celebrates American workers on a grand scale.
About the Venue
The American Mural Project (AMP) is an arts and education center located in a renovated mill in Winsted, CT. Its incredible indoor mural—120 feet long and five stories high—celebrates American workers on a grand scale. With the mural as a backdrop, workshop participants have an enriched experience that inspires learning. In addition to workshops, AMP offers live performances and education programs for all ages. For more information, visit americanmuralproject.org.
AMP is located at 90 Whiting Street, Winsted CT.
Sponsors
Made possible by a grant from Connecticut Humanities (CTH), an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. CTH connects people to the humanities through grants, partnerships, and collaborative programs.
Presented in part with support from CT State Northwestern and with funding from the Northwestern Community College Foundation.
Mural As Muse Poetry Exhibit
Stoneware Workshop
The New York Times calls it “the best musical of this century.” The Washington Post says, “It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals.” And Entertainment Weekly says, “Grade A: the funniest musical of all time.” Jimmy Fallon of The Tonight Show calls it "Genius. Brilliant. Phenomenal." It’s The Book of Mormon, the nine-time Tony Award®-winning Best Musical.
This outrageous musical comedy follows the adventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word. With standing room only productions in London, on Broadway, and across North America, The Book of Mormon has truly become an international sensation.
Contains explicit language.
The Book of Mormon
On View: March 10, 2024 – May 12, 2024
With large-scale and mysterious photographs, screenwriter and film producer Carolyn Marks Blackwood invites the viewer to participate in the creation of meaning. By associating brief caption lines with images of deserted streets, isolated forests, and houses lit from within, visitors are encouraged to supply their own narrative inspired by their unique experiences. Both haunting and profound, The Story Series provides an opportunity for creative engagement and deep reflection.
Exhibition: Carolyn Marks Blackwood: The Story Series
Pioneering feminist artist Suzanne Benton has had a career spanning nearly seven centuries and extending to 32 countries. Suzanne Benton: Unmasked celebrates her legacy of feminist activism by presenting female figures from myth and history in her characteristic welded-metal masks and colorful monoprints. Telling the stories of influential women across time and space, this exhibition highlights the contributions of women to global history.
On View: March 17, 2024 – May 5, 2024
Exhibition: Suzanne Benton: Unmasked
The Book of Mormon
Putnam Valley Middle School is holding its 25th Annual Spelling Bee. Six eclectic tweens compete to win the $200 prize and bragging rights. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, the tweens spell their way through a series of (potentially made-up) words, hoping never to hear the soul-crushing, pout-inducing, life-un-affirming "ding" of the bell that signals a spelling mistake. Six spellers enter; one speller leaves a champion! At least the losers get a juice box. A riotous ride, complete with audience participation, Spelling Bee has charmed audiences across the country with its effortless wit and humor.
April 20, 26, 27, May 3, 4 @ 8 p.m.
April 21, 28, May 5 @ 2 p.m.
Thomaston Opera House, 158 Main St. Thomaston, CT 06787
Admission $26
Box Office 860-283-6250
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
On Saturday, April 28th at 2 pm
Noble Horizons Presents: Grumbling Gryphons Traveling Children’s Theater
in their new musical and dramatic production of
Hold Fast to Dreams: From Page to Stage! A delightful dramatization of poems
by Langston Hughes, Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, E.E. Cummings, Robert Frost and more! In honor of April Poetry Month and Earth Day!
Performers include Daniel Saed, Natalie Resto, Leslie Elias, Jane & Iris Wood and Ellen Moon in her Golden Lady Puppet!
Conceived & Directed by Leslie Elias
Masks & Costumes by Ellen Moon
Featuring Joseph Sobol, renowned musician and storyteller who will perform with the ensemble his own original musical settings of some of the world's best-loved poems!
Free to the public
Grumbling Gryphons is a 501c3 non profit organization, now celebrating 44 years! They received the CT Governor’s Arts Award . This event was made possible by Noble Horizons and a grant from The Connecticut Office on the Arts.
Celebrate Poetry Month & Earth Day with Grumbling Gryphons performance at Noble Horizons!
The mission of Children’s Community School (CCS) is to lay the foundation for urban students’ educational success by offering a robust curriculum and unique experiences. By developing their individual character, and by cultivating strong family involvement. Since 1969, the school has served low-income families from Waterbury who recognize education as a key driver to breaking the cycle of poverty. In addition to a personalized approach to education, students at CCS benefit from nutritious meals prepared on-site, counseling, and social work services supported by a comprehensive social-emotional learning curriculum, and enriching experiences ranging from arts to athletics and beyond. CCS believes that socioeconomic status should not preclude families from pursuing private education for their children; as such, CCS asks each family to contribute a maximum of $500 per student to attend the school. The remaining funds are raised through grants, donors, and fundraising.
Designer Purse Bingo
Orchid and Succulent Arrangement Floral Design Workshop with Susan Spanger of Bloomful Floral Design
Orchids and succulents are two of the most popular types of plants and pairing them together makes a bold and beautiful statement. This class teaches you how to create a stunning arrangement, step by step, with simple design principles and high-quality materials. Instructor Susan Spanger of Bloomful Floral Design will make sure that you gain confidence in your skills and learn more about sustainable floral design. Perfect for any room or office, this stunning arrangement elevates any space and will make you feel like a pro!
_Both men and women are encouraged to attend!
_All ages and levels welcome. Two people can work together and pay for one booking.
\*All tools will be provided and sanitized for participants.
$65 per participant (includes instruction, market-fresh materials and vessel)
Floral Design Workshop
A Bronx Tale-The Musical
Acoustic Valhalla
TUMBLE OUTTA' BED AND STUMBLE TO GOSHEN PLAYERS FOR A RIP-ROARING MUSICAL COMEDY!
Based on the 1980 hit movie, with a score by the queen of country music Dolly Parton, 9 to 5 The Musical is an outrageously funny tale of friendship and revenge. Pushed to the boiling point, three female coworkers concoct a plan to get even with their despicable boss, and in a hilarious turn of events live out their wildest fantasies. Will their plan to turn the tables on their boss succeed or will it unravel when the CEO pays an unexpected visit? Join Goshen Players as they present this high-energy smash-hit – it’s the most fun you’ll have at the theater all year!
