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ASAP! is calling all public, private, and home-schooled children in grades K-12 to participate in this inspiring literary project. Students are invited to submit a writing sample for a chance to share their work publicly and be published on the ASAP! website. A panel of judges will select exceptional pieces through a blind process where all names and schools are removed.


This year’s selected pieces will be featured at an in person event in Washington, CT in June. Submissions due by April 1st.

3/28/2024
Ongoing event
Hobbies

19th Annual Celebration of Young Writers -Call for submissions

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ASAP! is calling all public, private, and home-schooled children in grades K-12 to participate in this inspiring literary project. Students are invited to submit a writing sample for a chance to...
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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.

3/28/2024
Ongoing event
Community

New Milford CERT Free Training

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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...
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John Pettibone Community Center
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John Pettibone Community Center
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New Milford
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Five Points Arts, is currently accepting submissions for its 2024 Juried Printmaking Exhibition, juried by Donna Frustere. This is open to all artists 18 years or older working in any style of printmaking including Etching, Woodcut, Linocut, Lithography, Monotype, Monoprint, Collagraph, Engraving, Aquatint, and Screen Print. All accepted works will be exhibited at the Five Points Arts Center and on the Five Points Arts website. This exhibition will coincide with the Five Points Arts Print Festival which runs June 1 & 2, 2024 at the Five Points Arts Center. Exhibition Dates: May 31 – July 12, 2024

https://fivepointsarts.org/events/2024-printmaking-juried-call/


3/28/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

2024 Printmaking Juried Call

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Five Points Arts, is currently accepting submissions for its 2024 Juried Printmaking Exhibition, juried by Donna Frustere. This is open to all artists 18 years or older working in any style of...
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Mar 28
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Five Points Arts Center
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Five Points Arts Center
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Torrington
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Mar
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Mar
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Open to New Milford residents only.

Four age categories.

For guidelines, visit www.artsnewmilfordct.org or www.newmilfordlibrary.org


3/28/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

New Milford Poetry Contest - submissions accepted

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Open to New Milford residents only. Four age categories. For guidelines, visit www.artsnewmilfordct.org or www.newmilfordlibrary.org
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\* Pre-registration & Pre-Payment Required

Includes Docent Tour through Special Exhibitions, general admission, and LCC Van Transportation.

At noon, we'll head over to West Farms Mall for lunch on your own and shopping!


Van departs LCC promptly at 9 AM.

3/28/2024
Single event
History & Culture

Day Trip: New Britain Museum of Art and West Farms Mall

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* Pre-registration & Pre-Payment Required Includes Docent Tour through Special Exhibitions, general admission, and LCC Van Transportation. At noon, we'll head over to West Farms Mall for lunch...
Thursday
Mar 28
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Litchfield Community Center
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Litchfield Community Center
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Litchfield
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“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/


3/28/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

Gunn Memorial Library Stairwell Gallery - Artist Edward Muszala

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“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 -...
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Gunn Memorial Library
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Washington
Gunn Memorial Library
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Washington
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Color Me Creative is back!! 

Ages 2 1/2 - 5 years old

This very popular preschool arts and crafts program uses every imaginable medium to stir the creative impulse in your child. Parents and children will have fun finger painting, gluing and creating together! Each week your child will bring home several themed-based projects. Children should wear an old shirt or art smock. 


Parents, please bring a bag or box to transport projects home. 


Instructor: Michele Gasiewski


Residents $85.00, Non-Residents $105.00


Sessions:

  • Class 1 10:00am - 10:45am
  • Class 2 11:00am - 11:45am
3/28/2024
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Arts

Color Me Creative

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Color Me Creative is back!! Ages 2 1/2 - 5 years old This very popular preschool arts and crafts program uses every imaginable medium to stir the creative impulse in your child. Parents and...
Thursday
Mar 28
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John Pettibone Community Center
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New Milford
John Pettibone Community Center
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New Milford
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An exhibition of framed vintage photographs from The Mabel Hallaway Collection of Early 20th Century Photography from the Falls Village-Canaan Historical Society.

3/28/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

FROM THE GREAT FALLS TO THE HILLTOPS

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An exhibition of framed vintage photographs from The Mabel Hallaway Collection of Early 20th Century Photography from the Falls Village-Canaan Historical Society.
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David M. Hunt Library & School Association
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David M. Hunt Library & School Association
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Falls Village
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The community is invited to view works by Madison, CT-based painter, Don Keene, in the lobby gallery at Guilford Art Center. The exhibit, entitled Abstract Reality, features a selection of fifteen works encompassing both realism and abstraction created in the past twenty-three years. This exhibit is open Monday-Saturday 10am-4pm and Sunday 12-4pm through April 7th. Entry is free and open to all.

 

In this exhibit representational images of landscape scenes reminiscent of Edward Hopper and the early 20th American Impressionists lodge comfortably and harmonically, though simultaneously in stark contrast with, thickly executed and expressive oil imaginings more reminiscent of Edvard Munch's famous work, "The Scream". Winding up the display are four small imaginative watercolors, conceived by Keene in his studio, as part of what he considers his "morning exercises", within the past two months. Tying these disparate works together is the evidence throughout of a deft facility for handling paint in tandem with bravura drawing skills and a generous love of luxuriant color.

 

Born in Syracuse, NY, Don Keene is a graduate, with distinction, of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. He earned his Masters degree in Studio Art from the College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY. His paintings have appeared in Sports Illustrated and The New York Times, as well as on covers for RCA records, among many others. Mr. Keene has shown in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Westchester County, NY, New York City and Connecticut. He taught art in private and public schools in Westchester County for thirty-one years, as well as group classes and private lessons at his studio on New Road in Madison, CT. Mr. Keene has taught at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. 

 

To see more of his work, go to website: www.donkeene.com and Instagram: don_keene_art.  

 

For more information, contact Guilford Art Center at info@guilfordartcenter.org or call (203) 453-5947.

3/28/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

Guilford Art Center Presents Exhibition of Paintings by Madison artist, Don Keene

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The community is invited to view works by Madison, CT-based painter, Don Keene, in the lobby gallery at Guilford Art Center. The exhibit, entitled Abstract Reality, features a selection of fifteen...
Thursday
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Guilford Art Center
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Guilford
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Kids of all ages are welcome to join us for Bilingual Story Time on Thursdays at 10:30! This program includes stories in Spanish and English, songs, a craft and a snack.

iInvitamos a los niños de todas las edades a unirnos por Hora de Cuentos Bilingües los jueves a 10:30! Esta programa incluye los cuentos en español y ingles, canciones, un proyecto de manualidades y un tentempié.

3/28/2024
Repeating event
Family & Education

Bilingual Story Time/Hora de Cuentos Bilingües

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Kids of all ages are welcome to join us for Bilingual Story Time on Thursdays at 10:30! This program includes stories in Spanish and English, songs, a craft and a snack. iInvitamos a los niños de...
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Mar 28
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David M. Hunt Library & School Association
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Falls Village
David M. Hunt Library & School Association
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Falls Village
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Please Join Miss Ellen for stories, crafts, songs and more each week at our Preschool Drop In Story Hour. We meet weekly at 11:00. All of our programs are free and open to the public. All are welcome, see you there!

3/28/2024
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Family & Education

Story Hour - Preschool Drop In Story Hour

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Please Join Miss Ellen for stories, crafts, songs and more each week at our Preschool Drop In Story Hour. We meet weekly at 11:00. All of our programs are free and open to the public. All are...
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Warren Public Library
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Warren
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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

3/28/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

Sea Change | See Change

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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...
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Mar 28
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Mattatuck Museum
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Waterbury
Mattatuck Museum
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Waterbury
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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

3/28/2024
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Arts

(Re)Work It! Women Artists on Women’s Labor

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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...
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Mattatuck Museum
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Waterbury
Mattatuck Museum
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Waterbury
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This session runs 8 weeks from Feb 8th-March 28th, 2024

Watercolor is the perfect medium to lose oneself, explore color, and serendipitous occurrences, and share experiences.


Instructor: Rose Petruzzi.

Bring what materials you have to class.

Email Rose at rose4444@icloud.com for a list of suggested materials.


Cost: $200/8 Weeks / \* PRE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED

3/28/2024
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Arts

Watercolor Class *NEW*

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This session runs 8 weeks from Feb 8th-March 28th, 2024 Watercolor is the perfect medium to lose oneself, explore color, and serendipitous occurrences, and share experiences. Instructor: Rose...
Thursday
Mar 28
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Litchfield Community Center
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Litchfield
Litchfield Community Center
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Litchfield
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Thu
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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.

3/28/2024
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Arts

Exhibition: Carolyn Marks Blackwood: The Story Series

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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...
Thursday
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Mattatuck Museum
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Mattatuck Museum
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Waterbury
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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

3/28/2024
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Arts

Exhibition: Suzanne Benton: Unmasked

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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...
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Mattatuck Museum
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Mattatuck Museum
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Waterbury
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Mar
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Litchfield Restaurant Week Returns for 2nd Year March 22 – 29

 

Litchfield Restaurant Week returns for a second delicious year March 22 – 29 and will feature 20 destinations ranging from bakery-cafes and delis to pizza places, gourmet shops, and fine dining establishments. 

Each venue will offer a three-course prix fixe menu at $25, $35, or $45, some for lunch/during the day, others for dinner, and some for both lunch and dinner. 

See the official restaurant week page on the Visit Litchfield CT website (visitlitchfieldct.com) for a full list of participants, their locations, and their website and social media links. Restaurant Week menus will be added to the page in early March.

Litchfield Restaurant Week includes Connecticut’s Chef of the Year for 2023, David DiStasi, and his Materia Ristorante in Bantam, which was named Restaurant of the Year in Litchfield County by the Connecticut Restaurant Association and honored with a 2024 Overall Excellence award from Connecticut Magazine’s dining experts.

Many other participants also earned top awards from Connecticut Magazine’s dining experts, including Best Traditional American for The Village Restaurant, Best New American for West Street Grill and At the Corner – which also won a Best Beer List award. Petraroia Deli won for Best Deli/Sandwich Shop, and Meraki for  Best Lunch, Hidden Gem, and Best Deli/Sandwich Shop.

Litchfield Distillery is also participating in Litchfield Restaurant Week, and last year the craft distillery donated a bottle of its spirits to each participating restaurant that featured a cocktail or food item incorporating those award-winning spirits.

Visit Litchfield CT is the official source of news and updates about Litchfield Restaurant Week, which is sponsored by the Town of Litchfield CT Economic Development Commission.


The EDC encourages restaurant week guests to tag @VisitLitchfieldCT when posting on Facebook and Instagram, as well as tagging Instagram posts #litchfieldrestaurantweek.


Call ahead to book your reservations for lunch and dinner. You won’t want to miss out on these delicious three-course special menus.

 


3/28/2024
Single event
Food & Drink

Litchfield Restaurant Week

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Litchfield Restaurant Week Returns for 2nd Year March 22 – 29 Litchfield Restaurant Week returns for a second delicious year March 22 – 29 and will feature 20 destinations ranging from bakery-cafes...
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Mar 28
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Join us for a weekly dose of inspiration with Rebbetzin Mina as she delves into the weekly Torah portion. Take a break from your busy schedule every Thursday from 11:30-12:30 at Chabad on the Green located at 69 West Litchfield, CT 06759.Come prepared to gain new insights and connect with a community of like-minded individuals. Let Rebbetzin guide you on a journey of self-discovery and spiritual growth. Don't miss out on this opportunity to nourish your soul and elevate your week. We can't wait to see you there!



3/28/2024
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Spirituality

Women's Torah & Tea

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Join us for a weekly dose of inspiration with Rebbetzin Mina as she delves into the weekly Torah portion. Take a break from your busy schedule every Thursday from 11:30-12:30 at Chabad on the Green...
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Mar 28
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Chabad Lubavitch of North West CT
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Litchfield
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Mar
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Thu
Mar
28

As an artist builds toward an income-generating practice, it takes planning and care to maintain artistic authenticity while navigating the business world's complexities.


In this workshop, Chelsea Gaia offers a comprehensive blueprint for artists eager to explore the business logistics of expanding one’s creative practice, while addressing the common complicated emotions (and misconceptions) that surround thinking of one’s practice as a “business.”


This workshop will cover basic business topics, such as legal structures (e.g. LLC vs. sole proprietorship), determining the best studio space for your growing needs, and when is the right time to hire help. Money, of course, threads through all of these considerations, and Chelsea will invite participants to consider how a basic budget can help one plan around slow and busy seasons, as well as best practices for paying oneself and recommendations for good financial hygiene. This workshop will be a combination of lecture and individual prompts.


Chelsea Gaia is a multimedia artist, fellow A4A grantee, and life-long business professional. Over her lifetime, she has personally owned and assisted opening over 350 businesses.


Open to artists of all disciplines, with a focus on visual artists. 30 participants max.


This workshop will be recorded! If you're unable to attend the live session, you can still register via Zoom and, if approved, we’ll send you a link to access the recording after the workshop.


Open to artists in rural Connecticut and all of Rhode Island.


Register Here!

3/28/2024
Single event
Arts

Artistry & Enterprise: Building a Sustainable Creative Business w/ Chelsea Gaia

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As an artist builds toward an income-generating practice, it takes planning and care to maintain artistic authenticity while navigating the business world's complexities. In this workshop, Chelsea...
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The Cornwall Library is excited to present artist Bela Selendy’s latest images, Complexity and Emergence, a photographic rumination on what he calls the “momentary and highly improbable confluence of events that is the reason we are all here at this indefinable moment.” 


He is not thinking of the confluence of your parents at the dance where they chanced to meet. He is thinking of the twisted love of subatomic ingredients—protons, electrons, neutrons, quarks, muons, gluons, mesons, neutrinos—that together build every object and life form in the universe. For Selendy is that rare creature, an artist with a quantum mechanics sensibility. Consider what he studied as an undergraduate: philosophy, art, sciences, philosophy of art, and philosophy of science.  It had to lead to something special. 


How does Selendy realize his visions of confluence, which of course include randomness, uncertainty, and improbability? He starts by creating an ephemeral sculpture—a temporary artwork that only occurs once in time, like a happening or cosmic synchronicity.  (The sculptures for images in this show consist of discarded pottery and wood from Cornwall workshops.) Then, using a photographic technique called light painting, Selendy initiates dozens of long-exposure photographs of the sculpture from a fixed camera, while all the time dancing around the sculpture with a modified flashlight, creating a different lighting effect for each exposure.


To evaluate the resulting image, Selendy opens the entire sequence of exposures as layers of one image in Photoshop and allows only the lighter regions of each layer to filter through to the layers below. Then he decides if the image is worth keeping. He says, “There is a great deal of randomness and serendipity built into the process, as beams of light cancel shadows or reinforce a texture brought forth by an earlier splash, and much depends on my patience and ability to visualize the final composite as I flit from spot to spot with the flashlight.”


If the image is up to the indefinable moment, Selendy takes the sculpture down and moves on to the next highly improbable event in his artistic career. That is lucky for us. The images that survive this process are striking and unique. All images in the show are giclée-printed on Hahnemuhle fine art paper, using archival pigments. They are 16 x 20” unframed and available for purchase.


Bela Selendy is a native of Cornwall. Educated at Hotchkiss, he continued to the University of Chicago before moving to Sweden. He returned to Cornwall in 2020.

This show is on display at The Cornwall Library, 30 Pine Street, Cornwall CT 06753 from February 24 through April 6. The artist’s opening reception is from 5–7 pm on February 24.  Registration is requested for the reception at: https://cornwalllibrary.org/events/ 

3/28/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

Painting in Light

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The Cornwall Library is excited to present artist Bela Selendy’s latest images, Complexity and Emergence, a photographic rumination on what he calls the “momentary and highly improbable confluence...
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Mar 28
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Mar
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"Time - Space", an exhibit of oil and mixed media by the artist Charlotte Honda.

Throughout her professional career, Charlotte Honda's medium was movement. Modern dance, choreography, movement pattern analysis, and teaching provided her primary focus pastiche professionally. And yet, "Visual arts were always part of my life," she says. Artistically, she worked with collage, using the summer hiatus between semesters to explore that medium. When retired, she finally found the time to explore other artistic expressions in watercolors and pastels. But is was oil painting that truly opened up a new world.

Through many teachers - including Robert Alberetti and, most recently, Ira Barkoff - teaching through the Washington Art Association - she has found her own means of expression. Uniquely, Honda has developed a style that brings abstract geometric form and collage dramatically onto the canvas. "It's a coming together of all experiences," she explains. To describe the process, Charlotte Honda quotes Agnes Pelton (1881-1961), a transcendental artist who encapsulated her art as "an inner realm rather than an outer landscape." Honda has found a similar pathway to her compositions, "I don't look outwardly. Instead, I look inwardly," she says. Regardless of her medium, her creative effort is inspired and influenced by texture and color, stillness and spatial relationships. But look closely, and her roots are apparent. Hidden within each composition is the expression of movement, captured on canvas.

3/28/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

"Time - Space" by Charlotte Honda

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"Time - Space", an exhibit of oil and mixed media by the artist Charlotte Honda. Throughout her professional career, Charlotte Honda's medium was movement. Modern dance, choreography, movement...
Thursday
Mar 28
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Minor Memorial Library
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Roxbury
Minor Memorial Library
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Roxbury
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Mar
28
Thu
Mar
28

Bring your lunch, listen to stories, and enjoy a fun craft. Individual craft kits will be available. All are welcome, this program is intended for preschool-aged children. This event will be offered in person in the Junior Room of the Library.

Registration is appreciated but not required.

3/28/2024
Repeating event
Other

LUNCH BUNCH

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Bring your lunch, listen to stories, and enjoy a fun craft. Individual craft kits will be available. All are welcome, this program is intended for preschool-aged children. This event will be...
Thursday
Mar 28
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Kent Memorial Library
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Kent
Kent Memorial Library
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Kent
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Mar
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Thu
Mar
28

Are you a writer needing to carve out some creative time?

A non-writer who has always wanted to write?

An artist who wants to venture into a new medium?

This workshop is for you!

Once a week, for six weeks, we’ll pause from our personal and professional obligations to play with words, with a promise that we’ll repeat it as a habit. Each class, I’ll present an inspirational reading, image, or activity and we’ll discuss. We’ll let that prompt us to write for about 30 of uninterrupted time to see what bits of ourselves escape onto paper. Then we’ll reconvene and chat. We won’t critique each other’s work. Instead, we’ll offer encouragement and gratefulness for any bit of our voices and stories we’re willing to share.

No pressure, no judgment, and no homework. The practice of writing is just that—practice. Prompts lead to the discovery of ideas, emotions, characters, and other special bits. My hope is that you will find a comfortable, safe, and brave space that meets you where you are on your own unique journey as a writer.

3/28/2024
Repeating event
Arts

Pause, Play, Repeat Writing Workshop

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Are you a writer needing to carve out some creative time? A non-writer who has always wanted to write? An artist who wants to venture into a new medium? This workshop is for you! Once a week, for...
Thursday
Mar 28
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Whiting Mills
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Winchester
Whiting Mills
Online Event
Winchester
Thu
Mar
28
Thu
Mar
28

Join us for an afternoon viewing of Elemental (2023)It is an early dismissal for conferences, so we are turning the Junior Room into a movie theater for the afternoon! Parents who have KCS Parent/Teacher conferences may leave their children in the care of the Junior Room staff only with prior notification. You must register with the time of your conferences. Otherwise, this is not a drop-off. Children of all ages are welcome to participate. We will be meeting in the Junior Room. Please call or email (kmljuniorroom@biblio.org) the Junior Room to register.

3/28/2024
Single event
Other

KCS Conference Day Movie Matinee

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Join us for an afternoon viewing of Elemental (2023). It is an early dismissal for conferences, so we are turning the Junior Room into a movie theater for the afternoon! Parents who have KCS...
Thursday
Mar 28
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3:15 pm
Kent Memorial Library
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Kent
Kent Memorial Library
Online Event
Kent
Thu
Mar
28
Thu
Mar
28

Celebrate Women’s History Month at Brandywine and join us for our Women’s Leadership Panel. Through engaging discussions and personal narratives, our esteemed panelists will share their journeys, challenges, and triumphs in leadership roles. We aim to foster a dynamic conversation on empowerment, resilience, and the impact of women in shaping our world. This event will stretch across generations with panelists of all ages and backgrounds. Understanding the development of female leaders overtime can help us embrace the potential for future advancement. Our goal is to spotlight the diverse achievements of women across various industries and backgrounds.


3/28/2024
Single event
Community

Women’s Leadership Panel

Arts Council
Member
Celebrate Women’s History Month at Brandywine and join us for our Women’s Leadership Panel. Through engaging discussions and personal narratives, our esteemed panelists will share their journeys,...
Thursday
Mar 28
from
2:00 pm
-
4:00 pm
Brandywine Living At Litchfield
in
Litchfield
Brandywine Living At Litchfield
Online Event
Litchfield
Thu
Mar
28
Thu
Mar
28

Come out and join local veterans as they display their artwork. The opening ceremony is on March 15th! Mark your calendars!

3/28/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

Veteran Artist Exhibit

Arts Council
Member
Come out and join local veterans as they display their artwork. The opening ceremony is on March 15th! Mark your calendars!
Thursday
Mar 28
from
3:00 pm
-
6:00 pm
Winsted CBOC
in
Winsted
Winsted CBOC
Online Event
Winsted
Thu
Mar
28
Thu
Mar
28

Second and Third-Grade Story Craft:

Thursdays, February 29 - April 11 from 3:30-4:15 PM. This program will be hosted by guests from the community who will share their interests and love of books with children. A time of sharing and growing for all!



After-school programs for primary school children will feature seasonal themes, books, crafts, and games. Snacks are provided. The library follows the Region 12 calendar and will not host after-school programs when WPS is closed or has early dismissal. Registration for these programs is required. Please go to our website to register, https://www.gunnlibrary.org/junior-library/programs/

3/28/2024
Repeating event
Family & Education

Gunn Memorial Library JR Program - 2nd & 3rd Story Craft

Arts Council
Member
Second and Third-Grade Story Craft: Thursdays, February 29 - April 11 from 3:30-4:15 PM. This program will be hosted by guests from the community who will share their interests and love of books...
Thursday
Mar 28
from
3:30 pm
-
4:15 pm
Gunn Memorial Library
in
Washington
Gunn Memorial Library
Online Event
Washington
Thu
Mar
28
Thu
Mar
28

Join us for a festive evening of “egg-cellent” fun! Enjoy bunny-themed fun, spring bingo, Maker Space challenges, Activity “Scramble”, and more.

A real bunny will also be making an appearance during the evening! 🐰

Price includes Museum admission.


Register Here!


3/28/2024
Single event
Family & Education

KidsPlay's EGGstravaganza

Arts Council
Member
Join us for a festive evening of “egg-cellent” fun! Enjoy bunny-themed fun, spring bingo, Maker Space challenges, Activity “Scramble”, and more. A real bunny will also be making an appearance...
Thursday
Mar 28
from
4:00 pm
-
7:00 pm
KidsPlay Children's Museum
in
Torrington
KidsPlay Children's Museum
Online Event
Torrington
Thu
Mar
28
Thu
Mar
28

This is a community group for anyone who has experienced a loss, is feeling grief, or grieving. Grief is a natural emotional and physical response to loss. Every person reacts differently and it may be expressed in many ways. This group is neither traditional therapy nor counseling, per se, but it is a safe supportive space where people can come together, speak about their loss, explore their emotions and thoughts, if it is the right time and place for them to do so.

\*Following this first meeting, the group will continue to meet on the last Friday of every month from 4:30-5:30 p.m.

3/28/2024
Single event
Other

Relief for Grief

Arts Council
Member
This is a community group for anyone who has experienced a loss, is feeling grief, or grieving. Grief is a natural emotional and physical response to loss. Every person reacts differently and it...
Thursday
Mar 28
from
4:30 pm
-
5:30 pm
Kent Memorial Library
in
Kent
Kent Memorial Library
Online Event
Kent
Thu
Mar
28
Thu
Mar
28

Chief Curator, Keffie Feldman, Ph.D., will speak about the process of curating an exhibition, from concept to installation, all with a feminist perspective. Hear about successful previous and exciting upcoming exhibits!

$10 per person

Register Here

Sponsored by the George A. & Grace L. Long Foundation

3/28/2024
Single event
History & Culture

Curator Lecture: Curating from a Feminist Perspective

Arts Council
Member
Chief Curator, Keffie Feldman, Ph.D., will speak about the process of curating an exhibition, from concept to installation, all with a feminist perspective. Hear about successful previous and...
Thursday
Mar 28
from
5:30 pm
-
6:30 pm
Mattatuck Museum
in
Waterbury
Mattatuck Museum
Online Event
Waterbury
Thu
Mar
28
Thu
Mar
28

African Drumming with Angaza Mwando

Every Thursday at Howard's Bookstore

Free Event

3/28/2024
Repeating event
Music

Drum Circle with Angaza

Arts Council
Member
African Drumming with Angaza Mwando Every Thursday at Howard's Bookstore Free Event
Thursday
Mar 28
from
6:00 pm
-
7:00 pm
Howard's Bookstore
in
Torrington
Howard's Bookstore
Online Event
Torrington
Thu
Mar
28
Thu
Mar
28

Up for discussion in March is the gripping mystery novel, The Last Thing He Told Me, by Laura Dave.


Before Owen Michaels disappears, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers—Owen’s sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. Bailey, who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother.


As Hannah’s increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, as the FBI arrests Owen’s boss, as a US marshal and federal agents arrive at her Sausalito home unannounced, Hannah quickly realizes her husband isn’t who he said he was. And that Bailey just may hold the key to figuring out Owen’s true identity—and why he disappeared.


Hannah and Bailey set out to discover the truth. But as they start putting together the pieces of Owen’s past, they soon realize they’re also building a new future—one neither of them could have anticipated.


With its breakneck pacing, dizzying plot twists, and evocative family drama, The Last Thing He Told Me is a “page-turning, exhilarating, and unforgettable” (PopSugar) suspense novel.


Books will be available for pick-up at the library


Register at https://www.gunnlibrary.org/adults/book-club/



3/28/2024
Single event
Community

Gunn Memorial Library - March Book Club - The Last Thing He Told Me, by Laura Dave

Arts Council
Member
Up for discussion in March is the gripping mystery novel, The Last Thing He Told Me, by Laura Dave. Before Owen Michaels disappears, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her....
Thursday
Mar 28
from
6:00 pm
-
7:00 pm
Gunn Memorial Library
in
Washington
Gunn Memorial Library
Online Event
Washington
Thu
Mar
28
Thu
Mar
28

Thursday, March 28th, at 6:30 PM, 2nd Home welcomes back T.J. Thompson. With prior commitments, his usual trio is not available, but he's bringing a vocalist, and possibly others, so while a little different that what we are used to, we have no doubt it will be a great evening, as it always is with T.J. 


https://www.facebook.com/tjthompsontrio/


See our complete event list - https://2ndhomelounge.com/events/


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2nd Home Lounge

524 Main Street, Winsted


2ndhomelounge.com


Join our mailing list - https://2ndhomelounge.com/email-sign-up/

3/28/2024
Single event
Music

T.J. Thompson & Co. Jazz at 2nd Home Lounge/Restaurant

Arts Council
Member
Thursday, March 28th, at 6:30 PM, 2nd Home welcomes back T.J. Thompson. With prior commitments, his usual trio is not available, but he's bringing a vocalist, and possibly others, so while a little...
Thursday
Mar 28
from
6:30 pm
-
8:30 pm
2nd Home Restaurant/Lounge
in
WINSTED
2nd Home Restaurant/Lounge
Online Event
WINSTED
Thu
Mar
28
Thu
Mar
28

Exciting News! We're thrilled to introduce our new trivia host and a fresh, engaging format for our trivia nights. Join us for an unforgettable experience that's packed with fun, knowledge, and surprises. Don't miss out on our next event and be the first to enjoy our exciting changes!


Winning team receives a $30 Little Red Barn Brewers gift card.

$20 gift card for second place and a $10 gift card for third place.

Join us this Thursday for some real trivia fun!

3/28/2024
Single event
Other

Trivia Night At Your Local Brewery!

Arts Council
Member
Exciting News! We're thrilled to introduce our new trivia host and a fresh, engaging format for our trivia nights. Join us for an unforgettable experience that's packed with fun, knowledge, and...
Thursday
Mar 28
from
6:30 pm
-
8:30 pm
Little Red Barn Brewers
in
Winsted
Little Red Barn Brewers
Online Event
Winsted
Thu
Mar
28
Thu
Mar
28

Interested in pursuing stand up comedy? Learn from someone who has been performing for several years in some of the best clubs in Connecticut and New York. Brii Hiltz is a seasoned comedian as well as a recent performer in LCT’s Nuncrackers the Musical at the Thomaston Opera House.

 Beginning Tuesday, February 6th at 11:00AM & Thursday, February 8th at 7:00 PM, Landmark Community Theatre will be offering eight weeks of 1-hour daytime workshops. The Tuesday morning session is intended for senior citizens. The Thursday evening session is intended for adults. This is part of a partnership with Plymouth and Thomaston Recreations Departments and a grant from the Connecticut office of the Arts. Seniors residing in these towns should sign up with the recreation directors of each town. All other participants should contact the box office.  


An additional 1-hour workshop for adults will begin on Thursday, February 8th at 7:00 PM and run for 8 weeks. At the end of both the senior and adult the workshops, participants will have an opportunity to showcase their comedy creations in a live audience setting.  Have a pen, pencil and your love of comedy to prepare for the event.  


In these workshops you will learn the proper mindset it takes to take a stage and deliver jokes. You will also learn the basics of structuring a joke, how to write and create material that will relate universally, stage presence, and basically everything you need to know to not embarrass yourself when attempting to be a comedian. The workshop will be interactive. This will not be a lecture. Everyone attending will work on a joke and deliver it during the workshop. By then end of the workshop, you will have that taste of stand up that you always wanted and will be craving more. The workshops will culminate in a showcase performance of the participants performing their 5-minute routines. 


Cost of the workshop is $40 and space is limited. Interested participants are encouraged to register early.  

3/28/2024
Repeating event
Arts

Adult Comedy Workshop

Arts Council
Member
Interested in pursuing stand up comedy? Learn from someone who has been performing for several years in some of the best clubs in Connecticut and New York. Brii Hiltz is a seasoned comedian as well...
Thursday
Mar 28
from
7:00 pm
-
8:00 pm
Thomaston Opera House
in
Thomaston
Thomaston Opera House
Online Event
Thomaston
Thu
Mar
28
Thu
Mar
28

Advanced Beginner Knitting Class

- Come learn in a class designed just for you…an advanced beginner!!

- You will learn how to knit "in the round" using circular needles, how to knit cables, how to read a yarn label (if you don’t already know how to do this), how to read a knitting pattern, how to fix mistakes, and more!

- 6 weekly classes, 1.5 hours each

- Projects include your choice of 3 hat patterns and cable ear warmers 

- All materials and supplies will be provided at the 1st class

- Requirements: This is NOT a beginner class! You MUST KNOW the basic knit stitches -- the knit stitch and the purl stitch – all other stitches and techniques will be taught!


Instructor: Andrea Dener


Residents $110.00, Non-Residents $130.00

3/28/2024
Repeating event
Hobbies

Advanced Beginner Knitting Class

Arts Council
Member
Advanced Beginner Knitting Class - Come learn in a class designed just for you…an advanced beginner!! - You will learn how to knit "in the round" using circular needles, how to knit cables, how to...
Thursday
Mar 28
from
7:00 pm
-
8:30 pm
John Pettibone Community Center
in
New Milford
John Pettibone Community Center
Online Event
New Milford
Thu
Mar
28
Thu
Mar
28

Maundy Thursday- You are invited to join us for a Maundy Thursday service on March 28th at 7p.m. This beautiful service should be on everyone's calendar. Please join us and fill your hearts with the meaning of the Easter story.

3/28/2024
Single event
Spirituality

Maundy Thursday Service

Arts Council
Member
Maundy Thursday- You are invited to join us for a Maundy Thursday service on March 28th at 7p.m. This beautiful service should be on everyone's calendar. Please join us and fill your hearts with...
Thursday
Mar 28
from
7:00 pm
-
7:30 pm
The First Congregational Church
in
New Milford
The First Congregational Church
Online Event
New Milford
Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

ASAP! is calling all public, private, and home-schooled children in grades K-12 to participate in this inspiring literary project. Students are invited to submit a writing sample for a chance to share their work publicly and be published on the ASAP! website. A panel of judges will select exceptional pieces through a blind process where all names and schools are removed.


This year’s selected pieces will be featured at an in person event in Washington, CT in June. Submissions due by April 1st.

3/29/2024
Ongoing event
Hobbies

19th Annual Celebration of Young Writers -Call for submissions

Arts Council
Member
ASAP! is calling all public, private, and home-schooled children in grades K-12 to participate in this inspiring literary project. Students are invited to submit a writing sample for a chance to...
Friday
Mar 29
from
12:00 am
-
11:45 pm
in
Online Event
Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

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.

3/29/2024
Ongoing event
Community

New Milford CERT Free Training

Arts Council
Member
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...
Friday
Mar 29
from
12:00 am
-
12:00 pm
John Pettibone Community Center
in
New Milford
John Pettibone Community Center
Online Event
New Milford
Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

Five Points Arts, is currently accepting submissions for its 2024 Juried Printmaking Exhibition, juried by Donna Frustere. This is open to all artists 18 years or older working in any style of printmaking including Etching, Woodcut, Linocut, Lithography, Monotype, Monoprint, Collagraph, Engraving, Aquatint, and Screen Print. All accepted works will be exhibited at the Five Points Arts Center and on the Five Points Arts website. This exhibition will coincide with the Five Points Arts Print Festival which runs June 1 & 2, 2024 at the Five Points Arts Center. Exhibition Dates: May 31 – July 12, 2024

https://fivepointsarts.org/events/2024-printmaking-juried-call/


3/29/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

2024 Printmaking Juried Call

Arts Council
Member
Five Points Arts, is currently accepting submissions for its 2024 Juried Printmaking Exhibition, juried by Donna Frustere. This is open to all artists 18 years or older working in any style of...
Friday
Mar 29
from
12:00 am
-
12:00 am
Five Points Arts Center
in
Torrington
Five Points Arts Center
Online Event
Torrington
Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

Open to New Milford residents only.

Four age categories.

For guidelines, visit www.artsnewmilfordct.org or www.newmilfordlibrary.org


3/29/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

New Milford Poetry Contest - submissions accepted

Arts Council
Member
Open to New Milford residents only. Four age categories. For guidelines, visit www.artsnewmilfordct.org or www.newmilfordlibrary.org
Friday
Mar 29
from
12:00 am
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11:45 pm
in
Online Event
Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

9:30 AM–3:30 PM

Early Drop-off: 8–9:30AM | Late Pick-up: 3:30–5 PM

Drop off your child daily for this day long experience. Children will be immersed in the Museum’s galleries while learning about history and developing their art skills with unique materials and techniques. This program does sell-out and pre-registration is REQUIRED. For more information contact Jason Foberg: (203) 753-0381 x114 or jason@mattmuseum.org

Friday, March 29 History Mystery

Wednesday, April 10 The Art of Sculpture

Full week, April 15–19 MATT Makerspace

Support provided by the American Savings Foundation


3/29/2024
Repeating event
Family & Education

School's Out

Arts Council
Member
9:30 AM–3:30 PM Early Drop-off: 8–9:30AM | Late Pick-up: 3:30–5 PM Drop off your child daily for this day long experience. Children will be immersed in the Museum’s galleries while learning about...
Friday
Mar 29
from
8:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Mattatuck Museum
in
Waterbury
Mattatuck Museum
Online Event
Waterbury
Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

“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/


3/29/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

Gunn Memorial Library Stairwell Gallery - Artist Edward Muszala

Arts Council
Member
“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 -...
Friday
Mar 29
from
9:30 am
-
5:00 pm
Gunn Memorial Library
in
Washington
Gunn Memorial Library
Online Event
Washington
Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

 

“Photographs and Improvisations” by Jim Stasiak @ LAND Gallery in Pawling, NY

March 1 – 31, 2024

Artist Reception Saturday March 2, 2024 5-7 pm

Artist Talk Sunday March 24, 2024, 3 – 5pm

 

LAND Gallery

30 Charles Colman Blvd

Pawling, NY 12564

845-490-2281

Hours: Thursday 10-4, Friday 10-6, Saturday 10-3 and Sunday 11-2 or by appointment

Website: www.landgalleryonline.com



LAND Gallery in Pawling, New York and the Sherman Artists Association are pleased to announce a new show by photographer Jim Stasiak ”Photographs and Improvisations”. His photographs of a simple leaf take one into a new dimension of seeing, emotion, and expertise. Stasiak’s belief is that digital applications are specialized tools that can expand the creative range and perception of the artist in an intuitive, beneficial manner. The opening reception is Saturday March 2 from 5 – 7pm. Stasiak is giving an artist talk on Sunday March 24 from 3 – 5pm.  The show is from March 1 – 31.   For more information, visit www.landgalleryonline.com or www.ShermanArtsts.org.

 


3/29/2024
Repeating event
Arts

“Photographs and Improvisations” by Jim Stasiak @ LAND Gallery in Pawling, NY

Arts Council
Member
“Photographs and Improvisations” by Jim Stasiak @ LAND Gallery in Pawling, NY March 1 – 31, 2024 Artist Reception Saturday March 2, 2024 5-7 pm Artist Talk Sunday March 24, 2024, 3 – 5pm LAND...
Friday
Mar 29
from
10:00 am
-
4:00 pm
LAND Gallery
in
Pawling
LAND Gallery
Online Event
Pawling
Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

Looking for a way to help out your community? Consider becoming a hospice volunteer. Training courses begin March 8th. See the flyer for more information.

3/29/2024
Repeating event
Community

Hospice Volunteer Training

Arts Council
Member
Looking for a way to help out your community? Consider becoming a hospice volunteer. Training courses begin March 8th. See the flyer for more information.
Friday
Mar 29
from
10:00 am
-
11:30 am
32 Union Street
in
Winsted
32 Union Street
Online Event
Winsted
Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

The community is invited to view works by Madison, CT-based painter, Don Keene, in the lobby gallery at Guilford Art Center. The exhibit, entitled Abstract Reality, features a selection of fifteen works encompassing both realism and abstraction created in the past twenty-three years. This exhibit is open Monday-Saturday 10am-4pm and Sunday 12-4pm through April 7th. Entry is free and open to all.

 

In this exhibit representational images of landscape scenes reminiscent of Edward Hopper and the early 20th American Impressionists lodge comfortably and harmonically, though simultaneously in stark contrast with, thickly executed and expressive oil imaginings more reminiscent of Edvard Munch's famous work, "The Scream". Winding up the display are four small imaginative watercolors, conceived by Keene in his studio, as part of what he considers his "morning exercises", within the past two months. Tying these disparate works together is the evidence throughout of a deft facility for handling paint in tandem with bravura drawing skills and a generous love of luxuriant color.

 

Born in Syracuse, NY, Don Keene is a graduate, with distinction, of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. He earned his Masters degree in Studio Art from the College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY. His paintings have appeared in Sports Illustrated and The New York Times, as well as on covers for RCA records, among many others. Mr. Keene has shown in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Westchester County, NY, New York City and Connecticut. He taught art in private and public schools in Westchester County for thirty-one years, as well as group classes and private lessons at his studio on New Road in Madison, CT. Mr. Keene has taught at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. 

 

To see more of his work, go to website: www.donkeene.com and Instagram: don_keene_art.  

 

For more information, contact Guilford Art Center at info@guilfordartcenter.org or call (203) 453-5947.

3/29/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

Guilford Art Center Presents Exhibition of Paintings by Madison artist, Don Keene

Arts Council
Member
The community is invited to view works by Madison, CT-based painter, Don Keene, in the lobby gallery at Guilford Art Center. The exhibit, entitled Abstract Reality, features a selection of fifteen...
Friday
Mar 29
from
10:00 am
-
4:00 pm
Guilford Art Center
in
Guilford
Guilford Art Center
Online Event
Guilford
Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

Friday morning story hour for children 10:30am

Story, snack, craft

Preschool to 6 yrs

Douglas Library

108 Main St

N. Canaan, CT 06018

860-824-7863

douglaslibrary@comcast.net

3/29/2024
Repeating event
Family & Education

Douglas Library Friday Story Hour

Arts Council
Member
Friday morning story hour for children 10:30am Story, snack, craft Preschool to 6 yrs Douglas Library 108 Main St N. Canaan, CT 06018 860-824-7863 douglaslibrary@comcast.net
Friday
Mar 29
from
10:30 am
-
11:30 am
Douglas Library
in
Canaan
Douglas Library
Online Event
Canaan
Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

Storytime Program  

Brr! Preschoolers get your hats, mittens, boots, and coats on, and get ready for our snowy winter storytimes! Registration Required. Please go to our website to register. https://www.gunnlibrary.org/junior-library/programs/


Morning Toddler Storytime - February 23 - April 12, on Fridays from 10:30-11:15. For 2-year-olds and their caregivers. A cheery program of stories, music, rhymes, and crafts designed for busy toddlers.



3/29/2024
Repeating event
Family & Education

Gunn Memorial Library JR Library - Morning Toddler Storytime

Arts Council
Member
Storytime Program Brr! Preschoolers get your hats, mittens, boots, and coats on, and get ready for our snowy winter storytimes! Registration Required. Please go to our website to register....
Friday
Mar 29
from
10:30 am
-
11:15 am
Gunn Memorial Library
in
Washington
Gunn Memorial Library
Online Event
Washington
Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

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

3/29/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

Sea Change | See Change

Arts Council
Member
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...
Friday
Mar 29
from
11:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Mattatuck Museum
in
Waterbury
Mattatuck Museum
Online Event
Waterbury
Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

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

3/29/2024
Repeating event
Arts

(Re)Work It! Women Artists on Women’s Labor

Arts Council
Member
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...
Friday
Mar 29
from
11:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Mattatuck Museum
in
Waterbury
Mattatuck Museum
Online Event
Waterbury
Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

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.

3/29/2024
Repeating event
Arts

Exhibition: Carolyn Marks Blackwood: The Story Series

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Member
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...
Friday
Mar 29
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11:00 am
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5:00 pm
Mattatuck Museum
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Waterbury
Mattatuck Museum
Online Event
Waterbury
Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

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

3/29/2024
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Arts

Exhibition: Suzanne Benton: Unmasked

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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...
Friday
Mar 29
from
11:00 am
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5:00 pm
Mattatuck Museum
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Waterbury
Mattatuck Museum
Online Event
Waterbury
Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

Litchfield Restaurant Week Returns for 2nd Year March 22 – 29

 

Litchfield Restaurant Week returns for a second delicious year March 22 – 29 and will feature 20 destinations ranging from bakery-cafes and delis to pizza places, gourmet shops, and fine dining establishments. 

Each venue will offer a three-course prix fixe menu at $25, $35, or $45, some for lunch/during the day, others for dinner, and some for both lunch and dinner. 

See the official restaurant week page on the Visit Litchfield CT website (visitlitchfieldct.com) for a full list of participants, their locations, and their website and social media links. Restaurant Week menus will be added to the page in early March.

Litchfield Restaurant Week includes Connecticut’s Chef of the Year for 2023, David DiStasi, and his Materia Ristorante in Bantam, which was named Restaurant of the Year in Litchfield County by the Connecticut Restaurant Association and honored with a 2024 Overall Excellence award from Connecticut Magazine’s dining experts.

Many other participants also earned top awards from Connecticut Magazine’s dining experts, including Best Traditional American for The Village Restaurant, Best New American for West Street Grill and At the Corner – which also won a Best Beer List award. Petraroia Deli won for Best Deli/Sandwich Shop, and Meraki for  Best Lunch, Hidden Gem, and Best Deli/Sandwich Shop.

Litchfield Distillery is also participating in Litchfield Restaurant Week, and last year the craft distillery donated a bottle of its spirits to each participating restaurant that featured a cocktail or food item incorporating those award-winning spirits.

Visit Litchfield CT is the official source of news and updates about Litchfield Restaurant Week, which is sponsored by the Town of Litchfield CT Economic Development Commission.


The EDC encourages restaurant week guests to tag @VisitLitchfieldCT when posting on Facebook and Instagram, as well as tagging Instagram posts #litchfieldrestaurantweek.


Call ahead to book your reservations for lunch and dinner. You won’t want to miss out on these delicious three-course special menus.

 


3/29/2024
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Food & Drink

Litchfield Restaurant Week

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Litchfield Restaurant Week Returns for 2nd Year March 22 – 29 Litchfield Restaurant Week returns for a second delicious year March 22 – 29 and will feature 20 destinations ranging from bakery-cafes...
Friday
Mar 29
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9:00 pm
Litchfield, Connecticut
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Litchfield, Connecticut
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Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

Members Art Show: Open Your Heart

February 9– April 7, 2024

Opening Reception Saturday, February  10 2-4PM, with light refreshments and wine. All are welcome to attend!

Gallery 25 and Creative Arts Studio

New Milford Commission on the Arts

11 Railroad St., New Milford, CT 06776

860-355-6009 \* gallery25ct.com

Open Friday & Saturday 12-6 and Sunday 10-4


GALLERY 25 INVITES YOU TO BRING YOUR VALENTINE TO THE “OPEN YOUR HEART” ART SHOW

Love is in the air and so is art at the Gallery 25 “Open Your Heart” art show which will run from February 9 to April 7. The member artists will be displaying their love of art in myriad ways: paintings, glass art, collages, assemblages, mixed media, photography, wood work, wearable art jewelry and more.

The public is invited to the show’s opening reception on Saturday, February 10 from 2-4pm. Light refreshments and wine will be served to add to the festivities.


The public is also invited to attend one of Gallery 25’s exciting workshops! Calling all besties! Celebrate Galentine’s day February 13 from 4pm-7pm with The Sterling Silver BFF Pendant Workshop. Explore downtown New Milford in a whole new way with “The Art of Seeing”, a photographic composition workshop given by Terry Tougas on Saturday, February 17 from 2-3:30pm. And, after a previous very successful workshop, Christy Bonaiuto will be reprising her Pour Painting workshop on Sunday, February 25 from 11am-12:30pm. To reserve your place at these workshops, register at 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!


G25 is a high-quality art gallery that boasts 21 members who exhibit work of all genres.

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.

3/29/2024
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Arts

Open Your Heart --Art Show @ Gallery 25

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Members Art Show: Open Your Heart February 9– April 7, 2024 Opening Reception Saturday, February 10 2-4PM, with light refreshments and wine. All are welcome to attend! Gallery 25 and Creative Arts...
Friday
Mar 29
from
12:00 pm
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6:00 pm
Gallery 25
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New Milford
Gallery 25
Online Event
New Milford
Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

The Cornwall Library is excited to present artist Bela Selendy’s latest images, Complexity and Emergence, a photographic rumination on what he calls the “momentary and highly improbable confluence of events that is the reason we are all here at this indefinable moment.” 


He is not thinking of the confluence of your parents at the dance where they chanced to meet. He is thinking of the twisted love of subatomic ingredients—protons, electrons, neutrons, quarks, muons, gluons, mesons, neutrinos—that together build every object and life form in the universe. For Selendy is that rare creature, an artist with a quantum mechanics sensibility. Consider what he studied as an undergraduate: philosophy, art, sciences, philosophy of art, and philosophy of science.  It had to lead to something special. 


How does Selendy realize his visions of confluence, which of course include randomness, uncertainty, and improbability? He starts by creating an ephemeral sculpture—a temporary artwork that only occurs once in time, like a happening or cosmic synchronicity.  (The sculptures for images in this show consist of discarded pottery and wood from Cornwall workshops.) Then, using a photographic technique called light painting, Selendy initiates dozens of long-exposure photographs of the sculpture from a fixed camera, while all the time dancing around the sculpture with a modified flashlight, creating a different lighting effect for each exposure.


To evaluate the resulting image, Selendy opens the entire sequence of exposures as layers of one image in Photoshop and allows only the lighter regions of each layer to filter through to the layers below. Then he decides if the image is worth keeping. He says, “There is a great deal of randomness and serendipity built into the process, as beams of light cancel shadows or reinforce a texture brought forth by an earlier splash, and much depends on my patience and ability to visualize the final composite as I flit from spot to spot with the flashlight.”


If the image is up to the indefinable moment, Selendy takes the sculpture down and moves on to the next highly improbable event in his artistic career. That is lucky for us. The images that survive this process are striking and unique. All images in the show are giclée-printed on Hahnemuhle fine art paper, using archival pigments. They are 16 x 20” unframed and available for purchase.


Bela Selendy is a native of Cornwall. Educated at Hotchkiss, he continued to the University of Chicago before moving to Sweden. He returned to Cornwall in 2020.

This show is on display at The Cornwall Library, 30 Pine Street, Cornwall CT 06753 from February 24 through April 6. The artist’s opening reception is from 5–7 pm on February 24.  Registration is requested for the reception at: https://cornwalllibrary.org/events/ 

3/29/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

Painting in Light

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Member
The Cornwall Library is excited to present artist Bela Selendy’s latest images, Complexity and Emergence, a photographic rumination on what he calls the “momentary and highly improbable confluence...
Friday
Mar 29
from
12:00 pm
-
6:00 pm
The Cornwall Library
in
Cornwall
The Cornwall Library
Online Event
Cornwall
Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

An exhibition of framed vintage photographs from The Mabel Hallaway Collection of Early 20th Century Photography from the Falls Village-Canaan Historical Society.

3/29/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

FROM THE GREAT FALLS TO THE HILLTOPS

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An exhibition of framed vintage photographs from The Mabel Hallaway Collection of Early 20th Century Photography from the Falls Village-Canaan Historical Society.
Friday
Mar 29
from
1:00 pm
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5:00 pm
David M. Hunt Library & School Association
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Falls Village
David M. Hunt Library & School Association
Online Event
Falls Village
Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

February 23 - April 12,  on Fridays from 2:15-3:00 PM for 3-4 year-olds and their caregivers. This program promotes social skills through stories, fingerplays, flannel board activities, music, and crafts.  

These programs feature seasonal themes and offer relaxed and friendly social time for moms and preschoolers. Bring a friend or make some new ones!  


3/29/2024
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Family & Education

Gunn Library JR Program - Afternoon Preschool Storytime

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February 23 - April 12, on Fridays from 2:15-3:00 PM for 3-4 year-olds and their caregivers. This program promotes social skills through stories, fingerplays, flannel board activities, music, and...
Friday
Mar 29
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2:15 pm
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3:00 pm
Gunn Memorial Library
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Washington
Gunn Memorial Library
Online Event
Washington
Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

Come out and join local veterans as they display their artwork. The opening ceremony is on March 15th! Mark your calendars!

3/29/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

Veteran Artist Exhibit

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Come out and join local veterans as they display their artwork. The opening ceremony is on March 15th! Mark your calendars!
Friday
Mar 29
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6:00 pm
Winsted CBOC
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Winsted
Winsted CBOC
Online Event
Winsted
Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

Join Regina Olson & Patti Kitson for Tarot Readings in the bank vault!

Fridays 5-7 PM

Easy online booking or drop in!

Starting at 15 mins $39

www.tarotinthyme.com

3/29/2024
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Spirituality

Friday Night Tarot Readings in the Vault@45 on Main

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Join Regina Olson & Patti Kitson for Tarot Readings in the bank vault! Fridays 5-7 PM Easy online booking or drop in! Starting at 15 mins $39 www.tarotinthyme.com
Friday
Mar 29
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5:00 pm
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7:00 pm
45 on Main Coffee & Creamery
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Kent
45 on Main Coffee & Creamery
Online Event
Kent
Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

Bring a game or play one of ours! All are welcome to come play free of charge. No obligation to buy anything, but full menu is available until 9pm.

3/29/2024
Repeating event
Hobbies

Game Night!

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Bring a game or play one of ours! All are welcome to come play free of charge. No obligation to buy anything, but full menu is available until 9pm.
Friday
Mar 29
from
5:00 pm
-
9:00 pm
Love It Vegan
in
Torrington
Love It Vegan
Online Event
Torrington
Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

Join us for a streaming of Afire on Friday, March 29 at 7:00 p.m. at the Library. The film will be introduced by French writer/director/editor Diego Ongaro. Hypnotic, witty and poignant, Afire follows a group of friends on the Baltic sea where emotions runs high as the parched forest around them catches fire. A genre defying comedy of manners from the German master Christian Petzold that could be an Eric Rohmer movie that escaped from the 1970s. Please register for this program here.


A resident of Norfolk, Diego Ongaro directed more than one hundred children’s programs for French Television in his early 20’s, then wrote and directed four acclaimed short films: Me My Bag and my Ball, Return to Labradoria, Rice and Meat, and Bob and the Trees (the short that inspired the feature bearing the same name). Bob and the Trees, Ongaro's first feature film, had its world premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, won the top prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in Czech Republic, and was screened in more than 20 international festivals throughout the world. He was short-listed for the Someone to Watch Award at the 2016 and 2022 Independent Spirit Awards for both feature films.

Ongaro's second film, Down With the King, premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival (ACID section). It won the Grand Prix at the Deauville American Film Festival in France and was recently acquired by Sony Pictures Worldwide for distribution.

3/29/2024
Single event
Film & Media

Visions of Europe Film Series: Afire

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Join us for a streaming of Afire on Friday, March 29 at 7:00 p.m. at the Library. The film will be introduced by French writer/director/editor Diego Ongaro. Hypnotic, witty and poignant, Afire...
Friday
Mar 29
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7:00 pm
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9:00 pm
Norfolk Library
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Norfolk
Norfolk Library
Online Event
Norfolk
Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

Friday, March 29th, at 7 PM, 2nd Home welcomes back Don Petruzzi. This will be Don's third time here, and we're thrilled to have him back. 


See our complete event list - https://2ndhomelounge.com/events/


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2nd Home Lounge

524 Main Street, Winsted


2ndhomelounge.com


Join our mailing list - https://2ndhomelounge.com/email-sign-up/

3/29/2024
Single event
Music

Don Petruzzi at 2nd Home Restaurant/Lounge

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Friday, March 29th, at 7 PM, 2nd Home welcomes back Don Petruzzi. This will be Don's third time here, and we're thrilled to have him back. See our complete event list -...
Friday
Mar 29
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7:00 pm
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10:00 pm
2nd Home Restaurant/Lounge
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WINSTED
2nd Home Restaurant/Lounge
Online Event
WINSTED
Fri
Mar
29
Fri
Mar
29

Forty-seven years after WAIT UNTIL DARK premiered on Broadway, Jeffrey Hatcher has adapted Frederick Knott’s 1966 original, giving it a new setting. In 1944 Greenwich Village, Susan Hendrix, a blind yet capable woman, is imperiled by a trio of men in her own apartment. As the climax builds, Susan discovers that her blindness just might be the key to her escape, but she and her tormentors must wait until dark to play out this classic thriller’s chilling conclusion.

3/29/2024
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Arts

Wait Until Dark

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Forty-seven years after WAIT UNTIL DARK premiered on Broadway, Jeffrey Hatcher has adapted Frederick Knott’s 1966 original, giving it a new setting. In 1944 Greenwich Village, Susan Hendrix, a...
Friday
Mar 29
from
8:00 pm
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10:00 pm
TheatreWorks New Milford
in
New Milford
TheatreWorks New Milford
Online Event
New Milford
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

ASAP! is calling all public, private, and home-schooled children in grades K-12 to participate in this inspiring literary project. Students are invited to submit a writing sample for a chance to share their work publicly and be published on the ASAP! website. A panel of judges will select exceptional pieces through a blind process where all names and schools are removed.


This year’s selected pieces will be featured at an in person event in Washington, CT in June. Submissions due by April 1st.

3/30/2024
Ongoing event
Hobbies

19th Annual Celebration of Young Writers -Call for submissions

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ASAP! is calling all public, private, and home-schooled children in grades K-12 to participate in this inspiring literary project. Students are invited to submit a writing sample for a chance to...
Saturday
Mar 30
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Online Event
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

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.

3/30/2024
Ongoing event
Community

New Milford CERT Free Training

Arts Council
Member
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...
Saturday
Mar 30
from
12:00 am
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12:00 pm
John Pettibone Community Center
in
New Milford
John Pettibone Community Center
Online Event
New Milford
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

Five Points Arts, is currently accepting submissions for its 2024 Juried Printmaking Exhibition, juried by Donna Frustere. This is open to all artists 18 years or older working in any style of printmaking including Etching, Woodcut, Linocut, Lithography, Monotype, Monoprint, Collagraph, Engraving, Aquatint, and Screen Print. All accepted works will be exhibited at the Five Points Arts Center and on the Five Points Arts website. This exhibition will coincide with the Five Points Arts Print Festival which runs June 1 & 2, 2024 at the Five Points Arts Center. Exhibition Dates: May 31 – July 12, 2024

https://fivepointsarts.org/events/2024-printmaking-juried-call/


3/30/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

2024 Printmaking Juried Call

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Member
Five Points Arts, is currently accepting submissions for its 2024 Juried Printmaking Exhibition, juried by Donna Frustere. This is open to all artists 18 years or older working in any style of...
Saturday
Mar 30
from
12:00 am
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12:00 am
Five Points Arts Center
in
Torrington
Five Points Arts Center
Online Event
Torrington
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

Open to New Milford residents only.

Four age categories.

For guidelines, visit www.artsnewmilfordct.org or www.newmilfordlibrary.org


3/30/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

New Milford Poetry Contest - submissions accepted

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Open to New Milford residents only. Four age categories. For guidelines, visit www.artsnewmilfordct.org or www.newmilfordlibrary.org
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Mar 30
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Mar
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Mar
30

Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April 22nd to demonstrate support for the protection of the environment.


Earth Day started in 1970 in the United States as a way to focus people's attention on environmental issues. The first Earth Day led to the creation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and saw new environmental laws passed.


In 1990 Earth Day went global, and today billions of people around the world participate in support of the protection of our Earth.


Together, let's help look after our planet.

3/30/2024
Ongoing event
Community

Let's Celebrate Earth Day All Month Long

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Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April 22nd to demonstrate support for the protection of the environment. Earth Day started in 1970 in the United States as a way to focus...
Saturday
Mar 30
from
5:00 am
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11:30 pm
Planet Earth
in
New Milford
Planet Earth
Online Event
New Milford
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

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

3/30/2024
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Spirituality

The Shabbat Experience

Arts Council
Member
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...
Saturday
Mar 30
from
9:30 am
-
12:00 pm
Chabad Lubavitch
in
Litchfield
Chabad Lubavitch
Online Event
Litchfield
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

“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/


3/30/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

Gunn Memorial Library Stairwell Gallery - Artist Edward Muszala

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“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
Mar 30
from
9:30 am
-
3:00 pm
Gunn Memorial Library
in
Washington
Gunn Memorial Library
Online Event
Washington
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

Parks and Recreation teamed up with our local downtown businesses to provide a fun scavenger hunt for kids with a visit from a special guest!


Find all the eggs on display in the business windows using our scavenger hunt sheet and collect a pre-filled bag of goodies at the bandstand.


When:

Saturday, March 30th, 10 AM - 12 PM 

RAIN OR SHINE!


Where:

The New Milford Town Green, Bank Street, Railroad Street

\*Meet us at the bandstand to grab your scavenger sheet, see the Easter Bunny from 10:30 - 12, participate in our free raffle, play games and sing songs! 


This is not a traditional egg hunt!

3/30/2024
Single event
Holiday

Downtown Scavenger Egg Hunt

Arts Council
Member
Parks and Recreation teamed up with our local downtown businesses to provide a fun scavenger hunt for kids with a visit from a special guest! Find all the eggs on display in the business windows...
Saturday
Mar 30
from
10:00 am
-
12:00 pm
New Milford Green
in
New Milford
New Milford Green
Online Event
New Milford
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

Spring is coming, and the Gunn Junior Library is calling all children for a festive and creative program! Use dye, stickers, crayons, markers, paint, and more to decorate your Easter Eggs with our wide selection of materials and unique design ideas. Dress for a mess! Please bring your own white, hard-boiled eggs to decorate. 

Registration Required at  www.gunnlibrary.org/junior-library/programs/



3/30/2024
Single event
Community

Gunn Memorial Library Junior Program - Easter Egg Dyeing

Arts Council
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Spring is coming, and the Gunn Junior Library is calling all children for a festive and creative program! Use dye, stickers, crayons, markers, paint, and more to decorate your Easter Eggs with our...
Saturday
Mar 30
from
10:00 am
-
2:00 pm
Gunn Memorial Library
in
Washington
Gunn Memorial Library
Online Event
Washington
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

The Cornwall Library is excited to present artist Bela Selendy’s latest images, Complexity and Emergence, a photographic rumination on what he calls the “momentary and highly improbable confluence of events that is the reason we are all here at this indefinable moment.” 


He is not thinking of the confluence of your parents at the dance where they chanced to meet. He is thinking of the twisted love of subatomic ingredients—protons, electrons, neutrons, quarks, muons, gluons, mesons, neutrinos—that together build every object and life form in the universe. For Selendy is that rare creature, an artist with a quantum mechanics sensibility. Consider what he studied as an undergraduate: philosophy, art, sciences, philosophy of art, and philosophy of science.  It had to lead to something special. 


How does Selendy realize his visions of confluence, which of course include randomness, uncertainty, and improbability? He starts by creating an ephemeral sculpture—a temporary artwork that only occurs once in time, like a happening or cosmic synchronicity.  (The sculptures for images in this show consist of discarded pottery and wood from Cornwall workshops.) Then, using a photographic technique called light painting, Selendy initiates dozens of long-exposure photographs of the sculpture from a fixed camera, while all the time dancing around the sculpture with a modified flashlight, creating a different lighting effect for each exposure.


To evaluate the resulting image, Selendy opens the entire sequence of exposures as layers of one image in Photoshop and allows only the lighter regions of each layer to filter through to the layers below. Then he decides if the image is worth keeping. He says, “There is a great deal of randomness and serendipity built into the process, as beams of light cancel shadows or reinforce a texture brought forth by an earlier splash, and much depends on my patience and ability to visualize the final composite as I flit from spot to spot with the flashlight.”


If the image is up to the indefinable moment, Selendy takes the sculpture down and moves on to the next highly improbable event in his artistic career. That is lucky for us. The images that survive this process are striking and unique. All images in the show are giclée-printed on Hahnemuhle fine art paper, using archival pigments. They are 16 x 20” unframed and available for purchase.


Bela Selendy is a native of Cornwall. Educated at Hotchkiss, he continued to the University of Chicago before moving to Sweden. He returned to Cornwall in 2020.

This show is on display at The Cornwall Library, 30 Pine Street, Cornwall CT 06753 from February 24 through April 6. The artist’s opening reception is from 5–7 pm on February 24.  Registration is requested for the reception at: https://cornwalllibrary.org/events/ 

3/30/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

Painting in Light

Arts Council
Member
The Cornwall Library is excited to present artist Bela Selendy’s latest images, Complexity and Emergence, a photographic rumination on what he calls the “momentary and highly improbable confluence...
Saturday
Mar 30
from
10:00 am
-
2:00 pm
The Cornwall Library
in
Cornwall
The Cornwall Library
Online Event
Cornwall
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

"Time - Space", an exhibit of oil and mixed media by the artist Charlotte Honda.

Throughout her professional career, Charlotte Honda's medium was movement. Modern dance, choreography, movement pattern analysis, and teaching provided her primary focus pastiche professionally. And yet, "Visual arts were always part of my life," she says. Artistically, she worked with collage, using the summer hiatus between semesters to explore that medium. When retired, she finally found the time to explore other artistic expressions in watercolors and pastels. But is was oil painting that truly opened up a new world.

Through many teachers - including Robert Alberetti and, most recently, Ira Barkoff - teaching through the Washington Art Association - she has found her own means of expression. Uniquely, Honda has developed a style that brings abstract geometric form and collage dramatically onto the canvas. "It's a coming together of all experiences," she explains. To describe the process, Charlotte Honda quotes Agnes Pelton (1881-1961), a transcendental artist who encapsulated her art as "an inner realm rather than an outer landscape." Honda has found a similar pathway to her compositions, "I don't look outwardly. Instead, I look inwardly," she says. Regardless of her medium, her creative effort is inspired and influenced by texture and color, stillness and spatial relationships. But look closely, and her roots are apparent. Hidden within each composition is the expression of movement, captured on canvas.

3/30/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

"Time - Space" by Charlotte Honda

Arts Council
Member
"Time - Space", an exhibit of oil and mixed media by the artist Charlotte Honda. Throughout her professional career, Charlotte Honda's medium was movement. Modern dance, choreography, movement...
Saturday
Mar 30
from
10:00 am
-
2:00 pm
Minor Memorial Library
in
Roxbury
Minor Memorial Library
Online Event
Roxbury
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

Spring is coming, and the Gunn Junior Library is calling all children for a festive and creative program! Use dye, stickers, crayons, markers, paint, and more to decorate your Easter Eggs with our wide selection of materials and unique design ideas.  Dress for a mess! Please bring your own white, hard-boiled eggs to decorate. 

Registration Required at  www.gunnlibrary.org/junior-library/programs/


Drop in between 10 - 2 pm in the Wykeham Room



3/30/2024
Single event
Community

Gunn Memorial Jr Library - Easter Egg Dyeing

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Member
Spring is coming, and the Gunn Junior Library is calling all children for a festive and creative program! Use dye, stickers, crayons, markers, paint, and more to decorate your Easter Eggs with our...
Saturday
Mar 30
from
10:00 am
-
2:00 pm
Gunn Memorial Library
in
Washington
Gunn Memorial Library
Online Event
Washington
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

Nordica Toys present the return of the most EGG-cellent egg hunt, and it is EGG-sactly what you're looking for! There is no shotgun start, it's simply come as you can between 10am and 2pm! Each child has the same EGG-sperience! They collect 10 eggs each, then redeem them for a book of their choice, donated by Scholastic! We don't do candy, the bunny brings plenty the next day.

What a great backdrop for your Easter photos! Speaking of which, the bunny will be here for photos, along with his friend Frank the Peacock! Grab some food from Rich's Wings & Things while you're here, bring in Spring and help out your favorite park.


There is no advance sign up needed, just show up!!

And it's only $5/child.

All are welcome, so bring grandma and grandpa too! Be careful on arrival as we do expect many cars this day.

BYOB (Bring Your Own Basket) and have the whole family come enjoy the experience.

3/30/2024
Single event
Charity & Causes

Egg Hunt - Harrybrooke Park

Arts Council
Member
Nordica Toys present the return of the most EGG-cellent egg hunt, and it is EGG-sactly what you're looking for! There is no shotgun start, it's simply come as you can between 10am and 2pm! Each...
Saturday
Mar 30
from
10:00 am
-
2:00 pm
Harrybrooke Park
in
New Milford
Harrybrooke Park
Online Event
New Milford
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

An exhibition of framed vintage photographs from The Mabel Hallaway Collection of Early 20th Century Photography from the Falls Village-Canaan Historical Society.

3/30/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

FROM THE GREAT FALLS TO THE HILLTOPS

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Member
An exhibition of framed vintage photographs from The Mabel Hallaway Collection of Early 20th Century Photography from the Falls Village-Canaan Historical Society.
Saturday
Mar 30
from
10:00 am
-
1:00 pm
David M. Hunt Library & School Association
in
Falls Village
David M. Hunt Library & School Association
Online Event
Falls Village
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

The community is invited to view works by Madison, CT-based painter, Don Keene, in the lobby gallery at Guilford Art Center. The exhibit, entitled Abstract Reality, features a selection of fifteen works encompassing both realism and abstraction created in the past twenty-three years. This exhibit is open Monday-Saturday 10am-4pm and Sunday 12-4pm through April 7th. Entry is free and open to all.

 

In this exhibit representational images of landscape scenes reminiscent of Edward Hopper and the early 20th American Impressionists lodge comfortably and harmonically, though simultaneously in stark contrast with, thickly executed and expressive oil imaginings more reminiscent of Edvard Munch's famous work, "The Scream". Winding up the display are four small imaginative watercolors, conceived by Keene in his studio, as part of what he considers his "morning exercises", within the past two months. Tying these disparate works together is the evidence throughout of a deft facility for handling paint in tandem with bravura drawing skills and a generous love of luxuriant color.

 

Born in Syracuse, NY, Don Keene is a graduate, with distinction, of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. He earned his Masters degree in Studio Art from the College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY. His paintings have appeared in Sports Illustrated and The New York Times, as well as on covers for RCA records, among many others. Mr. Keene has shown in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Westchester County, NY, New York City and Connecticut. He taught art in private and public schools in Westchester County for thirty-one years, as well as group classes and private lessons at his studio on New Road in Madison, CT. Mr. Keene has taught at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. 

 

To see more of his work, go to website: www.donkeene.com and Instagram: don_keene_art.  

 

For more information, contact Guilford Art Center at info@guilfordartcenter.org or call (203) 453-5947.

3/30/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

Guilford Art Center Presents Exhibition of Paintings by Madison artist, Don Keene

Arts Council
Member
The community is invited to view works by Madison, CT-based painter, Don Keene, in the lobby gallery at Guilford Art Center. The exhibit, entitled Abstract Reality, features a selection of fifteen...
Saturday
Mar 30
from
10:00 am
-
4:00 pm
Guilford Art Center
in
Guilford
Guilford Art Center
Online Event
Guilford
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

DATE CHANGE!

The Falls Village Recreation Commission invites you to join us for the Annual Easter Egg Hunt! The egg hunt begins promptly at 10:00 AM on Saturday March 30th. Please be sure to bring your basket or bag for collecting eggs.

Don't forget to pick up some delicious homemade baked goods to benefit Kellogg's 7th and 8th grade class at the event as well!

Immediately following the Easter activities, join the Recreation Commission for a property tour of the Town Farm property.


The Falls Village Recreation Commission is working on a new, updated plan to expand and enhance the Recreation Center property. The plans we have, were created in 2001 and 2013 and are in desperate need of updates to meet the current needs of our community.

We will be reshaping these old plans using feedback from the public and then working to carry out the phases of the project to create a better community gathering space in Falls Village. Future plans for the property could include walking trail systems, recreational multi-use athletic fields, a pavilion, and much more!

We would like to invite you to join us after the Annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 30th (walking tour will begin around 10:45 AM.) During this time, we will tour the entire property, talk about the history, and discuss the future for this beautiful land.

Please be sure to wear proper outdoor, waterproof footwear. We will be walking on some uneven and wet terrain. 

Bringing a wind-resistant jacket is also suggested. 

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For more information or questions, please contact Emily Peterson, Recreation Director (recreation@canaanfallsvillage.org)

3/30/2024
Single event
Community

Falls Village Recreation Annual Easter Egg Hunt & Town Farm Property Viewing

Arts Council
Member
DATE CHANGE! The Falls Village Recreation Commission invites you to join us for the Annual Easter Egg Hunt! The egg hunt begins promptly at 10:00 AM on Saturday March 30th. Please be sure to bring...
Saturday
Mar 30
from
10:00 am
-
12:00 pm
Falls Village Recreation Center
in
Canaan
Falls Village Recreation Center
Online Event
Canaan
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

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

3/30/2024
Repeating event
Arts

(Re)Work It! Women Artists on Women’s Labor

Arts Council
Member
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...
Saturday
Mar 30
from
11:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Mattatuck Museum
in
Waterbury
Mattatuck Museum
Online Event
Waterbury
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

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

3/30/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

Sea Change | See Change

Arts Council
Member
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...
Saturday
Mar 30
from
11:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Mattatuck Museum
in
Waterbury
Mattatuck Museum
Online Event
Waterbury
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

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.

3/30/2024
Repeating event
Arts

Exhibition: Carolyn Marks Blackwood: The Story Series

Arts Council
Member
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...
Saturday
Mar 30
from
11:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Mattatuck Museum
in
Waterbury
Mattatuck Museum
Online Event
Waterbury
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

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

3/30/2024
Repeating event
Arts

Exhibition: Suzanne Benton: Unmasked

Arts Council
Member
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...
Saturday
Mar 30
from
11:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Mattatuck Museum
in
Waterbury
Mattatuck Museum
Online Event
Waterbury
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

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.

3/30/2024
Repeating event
Arts

Miracle Island - Paintings by KK Kozik

Arts Council
Member
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...
Saturday
Mar 30
from
11:00 am
-
5:30 pm
Kenise Barnes Fine Art
in
Kent
Kenise Barnes Fine Art
Online Event
Kent
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

Members Art Show: Open Your Heart

February 9– April 7, 2024

Opening Reception Saturday, February  10 2-4PM, with light refreshments and wine. All are welcome to attend!

Gallery 25 and Creative Arts Studio

New Milford Commission on the Arts

11 Railroad St., New Milford, CT 06776

860-355-6009 \* gallery25ct.com

Open Friday & Saturday 12-6 and Sunday 10-4


GALLERY 25 INVITES YOU TO BRING YOUR VALENTINE TO THE “OPEN YOUR HEART” ART SHOW

Love is in the air and so is art at the Gallery 25 “Open Your Heart” art show which will run from February 9 to April 7. The member artists will be displaying their love of art in myriad ways: paintings, glass art, collages, assemblages, mixed media, photography, wood work, wearable art jewelry and more.

The public is invited to the show’s opening reception on Saturday, February 10 from 2-4pm. Light refreshments and wine will be served to add to the festivities.


The public is also invited to attend one of Gallery 25’s exciting workshops! Calling all besties! Celebrate Galentine’s day February 13 from 4pm-7pm with The Sterling Silver BFF Pendant Workshop. Explore downtown New Milford in a whole new way with “The Art of Seeing”, a photographic composition workshop given by Terry Tougas on Saturday, February 17 from 2-3:30pm. And, after a previous very successful workshop, Christy Bonaiuto will be reprising her Pour Painting workshop on Sunday, February 25 from 11am-12:30pm. To reserve your place at these workshops, register at 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!


G25 is a high-quality art gallery that boasts 21 members who exhibit work of all genres.

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.

3/30/2024
Repeating event
Arts

Open Your Heart --Art Show @ Gallery 25

Arts Council
Member
Members Art Show: Open Your Heart February 9– April 7, 2024 Opening Reception Saturday, February 10 2-4PM, with light refreshments and wine. All are welcome to attend! Gallery 25 and Creative Arts...
Saturday
Mar 30
from
12:00 pm
-
6:00 pm
Gallery 25
in
New Milford
Gallery 25
Online Event
New Milford
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

Mark your Calendars!!!   BIG NEWS!

THE EASTER BUNNY WILL BE HOPPING INTO BARKHAMSTED FOR THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT’S ANNUAL EGG HUNT!

 

When:           Saturday-March 30, 2024

Where:         The Riverton Fair Grounds- 12 Riverton Road, Riverton, CT

What time:   2:00-4:00 p.m.

What to Bring: Your Easter Basket to join in on the Easter Egg Hunt and a camera! The children will be broken up into two separate age groups for a candy and toy filled Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by the Recreation Commission. The event will be held rain, snow or shine!!) Egg Hunt will begin at approximately 2:15 p.m. Please register for the Easter Egg Hunt before Wed. March 27 this link- https://forms.gle/pJ8aaRDvy2BCAtf46

 


3/30/2024
Single event
Community

Barkhamsted Recreation Department's Egg Hunt and Easter Bunny Visit

Arts Council
Member
Mark your Calendars!!! BIG NEWS! THE EASTER BUNNY WILL BE HOPPING INTO BARKHAMSTED FOR THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT’S ANNUAL EGG HUNT! When: Saturday-March 30, 2024 Where: The Riverton Fair Grounds-...
Saturday
Mar 30
from
2:00 pm
-
4:00 pm
Riverton Fair grounds
in
Riverton
Riverton Fair grounds
Online Event
Riverton
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

Come out and join local veterans as they display their artwork. The opening ceremony is on March 15th! Mark your calendars!

3/30/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

Veteran Artist Exhibit

Arts Council
Member
Come out and join local veterans as they display their artwork. The opening ceremony is on March 15th! Mark your calendars!
Saturday
Mar 30
from
3:00 pm
-
6:00 pm
Winsted CBOC
in
Winsted
Winsted CBOC
Online Event
Winsted
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

One of our favorite solo artists is back.

Join us this Saturday night!

3/30/2024
Single event
Music

Robert C. Fullerton LIVE!

Arts Council
Member
One of our favorite solo artists is back. Join us this Saturday night!
Saturday
Mar 30
from
6:00 pm
-
9:00 pm
Little Red Barn Brewers
in
Winsted
Little Red Barn Brewers
Online Event
Winsted
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

Saturday, March 30th, at 7:00 PM, Mad River Music with Frank, Sam, and Ben, Guglielmino, and Mike Compagna are back! We had the full band last time, and it was a blast! It is always a great time. Come down and find out for yourself if you haven't already.


See our complete event list - https://2ndhomelounge.com/events/


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2nd Home Lounge

524 Main Street, Winsted


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Join our mailing list - https://2ndhomelounge.com/email-sign-up/

3/30/2024
Single event
Music

Mad River Music at 2nd Home Restaurant/Lounge

Arts Council
Member
Saturday, March 30th, at 7:00 PM, Mad River Music with Frank, Sam, and Ben, Guglielmino, and Mike Compagna are back! We had the full band last time, and it was a blast! It is always a great time....
Saturday
Mar 30
from
7:00 pm
-
10:00 pm
2nd Home Restaurant/Lounge
in
WINSTED
2nd Home Restaurant/Lounge
Online Event
WINSTED
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

Don't miss this special performance, An Evening of Spanish Music, by Málaga Chamber Orchestra (Concerto Málaga) on Saturday, March 30, 7:30 p.m. in Katherine M Elfers Hall of the Esther Eastman Music Center at The Hotchkiss School, 11 Interlaken Road, Lakeville CT. This evening will feature works by Falla, Turina, Rodrigo, and Albéniz. The concert is free and open to the public; no ticket reservations are necessary. Seating is first come, first served.

3/30/2024
Single event
Music

Malaga Chamber Orchestra

Arts Council
Member
Don't miss this special performance, An Evening of Spanish Music, by Málaga Chamber Orchestra (Concerto Málaga) on Saturday, March 30, 7:30 p.m. in Katherine M Elfers Hall of the Esther Eastman...
Saturday
Mar 30
from
7:30 pm
-
9:00 pm
Katherine M Elfers Hall, Esther Eastman Music Center at The Hotchkiss School
in
Salisbury
Katherine M Elfers Hall, Esther Eastman Music Center at The Hotchkiss School
Online Event
Salisbury
Sat
Mar
30
Sat
Mar
30

Forty-seven years after WAIT UNTIL DARK premiered on Broadway, Jeffrey Hatcher has adapted Frederick Knott’s 1966 original, giving it a new setting. In 1944 Greenwich Village, Susan Hendrix, a blind yet capable woman, is imperiled by a trio of men in her own apartment. As the climax builds, Susan discovers that her blindness just might be the key to her escape, but she and her tormentors must wait until dark to play out this classic thriller’s chilling conclusion.

3/30/2024
Repeating event
Arts

Wait Until Dark

Arts Council
Member
Forty-seven years after WAIT UNTIL DARK premiered on Broadway, Jeffrey Hatcher has adapted Frederick Knott’s 1966 original, giving it a new setting. In 1944 Greenwich Village, Susan Hendrix, a...
Saturday
Mar 30
from
8:00 pm
-
10:00 pm
TheatreWorks New Milford
in
New Milford
TheatreWorks New Milford
Online Event
New Milford
Sun
Mar
31
Sun
Mar
31

ASAP! is calling all public, private, and home-schooled children in grades K-12 to participate in this inspiring literary project. Students are invited to submit a writing sample for a chance to share their work publicly and be published on the ASAP! website. A panel of judges will select exceptional pieces through a blind process where all names and schools are removed.


This year’s selected pieces will be featured at an in person event in Washington, CT in June. Submissions due by April 1st.

3/31/2024
Ongoing event
Hobbies

19th Annual Celebration of Young Writers -Call for submissions

Arts Council
Member
ASAP! is calling all public, private, and home-schooled children in grades K-12 to participate in this inspiring literary project. Students are invited to submit a writing sample for a chance to...
Sunday
Mar 31
from
12:00 am
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11:45 pm
in
Online Event
Sun
Mar
31
Sun
Mar
31

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.

3/31/2024
Ongoing event
Community

New Milford CERT Free Training

Arts Council
Member
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...
Sunday
Mar 31
from
12:00 am
-
12:00 pm
John Pettibone Community Center
in
New Milford
John Pettibone Community Center
Online Event
New Milford
Sun
Mar
31
Sun
Mar
31

Five Points Arts, is currently accepting submissions for its 2024 Juried Printmaking Exhibition, juried by Donna Frustere. This is open to all artists 18 years or older working in any style of printmaking including Etching, Woodcut, Linocut, Lithography, Monotype, Monoprint, Collagraph, Engraving, Aquatint, and Screen Print. All accepted works will be exhibited at the Five Points Arts Center and on the Five Points Arts website. This exhibition will coincide with the Five Points Arts Print Festival which runs June 1 & 2, 2024 at the Five Points Arts Center. Exhibition Dates: May 31 – July 12, 2024

https://fivepointsarts.org/events/2024-printmaking-juried-call/


3/31/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

2024 Printmaking Juried Call

Arts Council
Member
Five Points Arts, is currently accepting submissions for its 2024 Juried Printmaking Exhibition, juried by Donna Frustere. This is open to all artists 18 years or older working in any style of...
Sunday
Mar 31
from
12:00 am
-
12:00 am
Five Points Arts Center
in
Torrington
Five Points Arts Center
Online Event
Torrington
Sun
Mar
31
Sun
Mar
31

Open to New Milford residents only.

Four age categories.

For guidelines, visit www.artsnewmilfordct.org or www.newmilfordlibrary.org


3/31/2024
Ongoing event
Arts

New Milford Poetry Contest - submissions accepted

Arts Council
Member
Open to New Milford residents only. Four age categories. For guidelines, visit www.artsnewmilfordct.org or www.newmilfordlibrary.org
Sunday
Mar 31
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11:45 pm
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Online Event
Sun
Mar
31
Sun
Mar
31

Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April 22nd to demonstrate support for the protection of the environment.


Earth Day started in 1970 in the United States as a way to focus people's attention on environmental issues. The first Earth Day led to the creation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and saw new environmental laws passed.


In 1990 Earth Day went global, and today billions of people around the world participate in support of the protection of our Earth.


Together, let's help look after our planet.

3/31/2024
Ongoing event
Community

Let's Celebrate Earth Day All Month Long

Arts Council
Member
Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April 22nd to demonstrate support for the protection of the environment. Earth Day started in 1970 in the United States as a way to focus...
Sunday
Mar 31
from
5:00 am
-
11:30 pm
Planet Earth
in
New Milford
Planet Earth
Online Event
New Milford
Sun
Mar
31
Sun
Mar
31

Members Art Show: Open Your Heart

February 9– April 7, 2024

Opening Reception Saturday, February  10 2-4PM, with light refreshments and wine. All are welcome to attend!

Gallery 25 and Creative Arts Studio

New Milford Commission on the Arts

11 Railroad St., New Milford, CT 06776

860-355-6009 \* gallery25ct.com

Open Friday & Saturday 12-6 and Sunday 10-4


GALLERY 25 INVITES YOU TO BRING YOUR VALENTINE TO THE “OPEN YOUR HEART” ART SHOW

Love is in the air and so is art at the Gallery 25 “Open Your Heart” art show which will run from February 9 to April 7. The member artists will be displaying their love of art in myriad ways: paintings, glass art, collages, assemblages, mixed media, photography, wood work, wearable art jewelry and more.

The public is invited to the show’s opening reception on Saturday, February 10 from 2-4pm. Light refreshments and wine will be served to add to the festivities.


The public is also invited to attend one of Gallery 25’s exciting workshops! Calling all besties! Celebrate Galentine’s day February 13 from 4pm-7pm with The Sterling Silver BFF Pendant Workshop. Explore downtown New Milford in a whole new way with “The Art of Seeing”, a photographic composition workshop given by Terry Tougas on Saturday, February 17 from 2-3:30pm. And, after a previous very successful workshop, Christy Bonaiuto will be reprising her Pour Painting workshop on Sunday, February 25 from 11am-12:30pm. To reserve your place at these workshops, register at 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!


G25 is a high-quality art gallery that boasts 21 members who exhibit work of all genres.

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.

3/31/2024
Repeating event
Arts

Open Your Heart --Art Show @ Gallery 25

Arts Council
Member
Members Art Show: Open Your Heart February 9– April 7, 2024 Opening Reception Saturday, February 10 2-4PM, with light refreshments and wine. All are welcome to attend! Gallery 25 and Creative Arts...
Sunday
Mar 31
from
10:00 am
-
4:00 pm
Gallery 25
in
New Milford
Gallery 25
Online Event
New Milford
Sun
Mar
31
Sun
Mar
31

Easter Service - hear the good news!

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

3/31/2024
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Easter Sunday Worship Service

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Easter Service - hear the good news! 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....
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Mar 31
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The community is invited to view works by Madison, CT-based painter, Don Keene, in the lobby gallery at Guilford Art Center. The exhibit, entitled Abstract Reality, features a selection of fifteen works encompassing both realism and abstraction created in the past twenty-three years. This exhibit is open Monday-Saturday 10am-4pm and Sunday 12-4pm through April 7th. Entry is free and open to all.

 

In this exhibit representational images of landscape scenes reminiscent of Edward Hopper and the early 20th American Impressionists lodge comfortably and harmonically, though simultaneously in stark contrast with, thickly executed and expressive oil imaginings more reminiscent of Edvard Munch's famous work, "The Scream". Winding up the display are four small imaginative watercolors, conceived by Keene in his studio, as part of what he considers his "morning exercises", within the past two months. Tying these disparate works together is the evidence throughout of a deft facility for handling paint in tandem with bravura drawing skills and a generous love of luxuriant color.

 

Born in Syracuse, NY, Don Keene is a graduate, with distinction, of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. He earned his Masters degree in Studio Art from the College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY. His paintings have appeared in Sports Illustrated and The New York Times, as well as on covers for RCA records, among many others. Mr. Keene has shown in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Westchester County, NY, New York City and Connecticut. He taught art in private and public schools in Westchester County for thirty-one years, as well as group classes and private lessons at his studio on New Road in Madison, CT. Mr. Keene has taught at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. 

 

To see more of his work, go to website: www.donkeene.com and Instagram: don_keene_art.  

 

For more information, contact Guilford Art Center at info@guilfordartcenter.org or call (203) 453-5947.

3/31/2024
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Guilford Art Center Presents Exhibition of Paintings by Madison artist, Don Keene

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The community is invited to view works by Madison, CT-based painter, Don Keene, in the lobby gallery at Guilford Art Center. The exhibit, entitled Abstract Reality, features a selection of fifteen...
Sunday
Mar 31
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4:00 pm
Guilford Art Center
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Guilford
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31
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31

We are an independent Bible base Church our goal is to enthusiastically share the great hope of the Gospel to everyone in our community and beyond. Thru Worship service of song, prayer and God's Word. Riverview Baptist Church is open to everyone of all ages, ethnicities, backgrounds and those seeking to discover God’s will and desire to walk with God. Riverview Baptist Church believes that people and their relationship with God and to each other matter.

3/31/2024
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Spirituality

Easter Sunday Morning Worship 10:45 AM He is Risen!! He is Risen indeed!!

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We are an independent Bible base Church our goal is to enthusiastically share the great hope of the Gospel to everyone in our community and beyond. Thru Worship service of song, prayer and God's...
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Mar 31
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