When stages went dark, schools became virtual and people isolated at home for months on end, family card games became quite popular. Back in 1977, one card game in particular gained notoriety from a hit Broadway production bearing its name: THE GIN GAME! THE GIN GAME, written by D.L. Coburn, provides a perfect transition for…
Stamford, CT – October 2, 2020..Stamford Downtown is hosting a second Arts & Crafts show on Bedford Street this year on October 17 from 10am to 6pm. Arts & Crafts on Bedford brings juried artisans from throughout the Northeast who will display and sell juried works including Ceramics, Fiber Arts, Fine Art, Jewelry, Metal, Photography,…
Wilton, CT – With the world experiencing its own version of the Roaring Twenties, Wilton Library is moving ahead with its plan for its Wilton Reads 2020 community-wide reading program based on F. Scott’s Fitzgerald’s Tales of the Jazz Age. With the late jazz legend Dave Brubeck’s centennial birthday this December, the announcement of the…
Norwalk, CT – The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, located at 295 West Avenue, Norwalk, CT will host a virtual First Ladies Tea on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2-4 p.m. The event, chaired by LMMM Trustee Hunter Arton, will feature a talk titled, The Media’s Fascination with First Ladies by Dr. Lisa M. Burns. The program will include…
“The Sexy Six: A Story of Lifelong Friendship”- by filmmaker Kathy Drasky will have an Online Film Premiere & Director Talk Back Hosted by the Norwalk Historical Society NORWALK, CT – The Norwalk Historical Society is pleased to host the online premiere and director talk back for the Norwalk based documentary, “The Sexy Six: A…
NORWALK, CT – An invasive jellyfish no bigger than a nickel – but one that has sent people to the hospital in agony – now can be seen in a rare public display in The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk. Clinging jellyfish (Gonionemus vertens) are now clinging and pulsing safely behind glass as The Maritime Aquarium…
TORRINGTON, CT – Housatonic Community College (HCC) studio art adjunct professor Lydia Viscardi will present “Here and Hereafter,” a solo exhibition of mixed media painting and works on paper at Five Points Gallery from August 28 – October 3, 2020. The gallery, located at 33 Main St. in Torrington, CT, is free and open to…
Curtain Call’s Summer Cabaret sold out in two days, so the organization has added one more performance, Sunday evening, August 16, at 7:30pm. Using the outdoor stage built for their annual Shakespeare on the Green series, Stamford’s nonprofit theatre company is keeping live performances going while their indoor stages are dark. “When the pandemic forced…
In the 16th century, a young couple in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, lost two of their children to the bubonic plague. They did everything they could to protect their third child, William, from the disease. Luckily for us, the Shakespeare family’s young William, survived. “We too, are surviving, but barely,” said Curtain Call executive director, Lou Ursone, of his…
Norwalk, CT – The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum proudly announces that it has won a prestigious award from the Connecticut League of History Organizations (CLHO) for the exhibition titled, From Corsets to Suffrage: Victorian Women Trailblazers. CLHO Executive Director Amrys Williams said, “As the first major exhibition in Connecticut to deal with the suffrage centennial, From…