Antiques Shows______

 

Saturdays (through mid-Dec): 39th Season Woodbury’s Famous Antiques & Flea Market, 787 Main St South (Rte 6, near Rte 64), Woodbury, 7 am-1 pm, 150± vendors each week; 203-263-2841.

Sundays (through Dec): Elephant’s Trunk Country Flea Market, Rte 7, New Milford, 7 am-2:30 pm (early buying 5:45 am, $20), adm $1; 508-896-1975.

April 14-15: Vintage Clothing & Accessories, Textiles & Jewelry Show & Sale, Police Activities League (PAL) Building, 25 Hayestown Ave, Danbury, 10 am-5 pm both days, adm $6, 30 dealers from CT, NY & extended region; 914-273-4667.

April 21-22: 31st anniversary Westchester Glass Club Collectors Glass Show & Sale, Greenwich Civic Center, 1 Harding Rd, Greenwich, Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 10 am-4 pm, adm $7, 60 dealers, also special presentation by Stephen P. Koob (conservator, Corning Museum of Glass, will discuss his new book, Sat 2 pm, Sun 9 am), also ID book, lunch & afternoon tea, free parking, partial proceeds to benefit Bruce Museum, Greenwich; 973-763-4524, 203-966-1777.

April 22: 58th edition Greater Hartford Vintage Clothing & Jewelry Show & Sale, Emanuel Synagogue, Mohegan Dr, West Hartford, 10:30 am-4 pm, adm $6, 45 booths; 860-342-2540.

April 28-29: Wilton Collectors Weekend, Wilton Heritage Museum, 224 Danbury Rd/Rte 7, Wilton, Sat 5-8 pm (cocktail reception w/ show dealers, call for adm info), Sun 10 am-5 pm (early buying 9 am, $25), adm $10, 85 dealers, also grand opening of “Made In CT: Toys for American Kids, 1850-2007” (society’s summer exhibition), brunch & refreshments available; 203-762-7257.

April 29: Wilton Historical Society 40th Annual Antiques Show, Wilton High School Field House, Rte 7, Wilton, 10 am-5 pm, adm $10 (early buying 9 am, $25 incl brunch & drawing for $200 gift certificate), dealers from New England, tri-state & beyond; 203-762-7257.

Art Exhibits, Museums Historic Places__ _____

Black Rock Art Center, 2838 Fairfield Ave, Bridgeport. Hours: Wed-Sat 1-5 pm. Call 203-367-7917.

*(new show) April 14-May 30: “Migration,” assemblages, sculptures, collages & oil paintings by Lydia Viscardi and drawings in traditional Vietnamese techniques by Thuan Vu; April 14, opening reception, 4-7 pm.

Booth Library, 25 Main St/Rte 25, Newtown. Hours: Mon-Thurs 10 am-8 pm, Fri 12-5 pm, Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 1-5 pm. Call 426-4533.

In first floor display cases — Through April 16: Olga Paproski’s collection of handmade Ukrainian Pysanki (Easter) eggs, also table setting for a traditional Ukrainian Pysanki celebration.

Brookfield Craft Center, 286 Whisconier Rd (Rte 25), Brookfield. Hours: Mon-Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 12-5 pm. Call 775-4526.

Through April 29: “Fiber Cartography: Mapping Imagination and Experience,” group exhibition w/ work by 11 artists (Jane Ingram Allen, Sally Darlison, Sallie Findlay, Linda Gass, Valerie Goodwin, Gale Jaimeson, Tamara Kostianovsky, Barbara Lee Smith, Emily Miah Stewart, Melinda Barta & Joanna Foslien) offers fiber art displaying wide scope of imagery, broad range of materials & techniques, all “firmly embedded w/ experiences, political views & personal visions to create inner landscapes & artistic concepts of ‘maps,’” curated by Liz Good (assistant editor, FiberArts magazine).

Bruce Museum of Arts & Sciences, One Museum Dr, Greenwich. Call 203-869-0376.

Through April 29: “Painterly Controversy: William Merritt Chase and Robert Henry,” major winter exhibition features 34 paintings from private lenders & museums across the country (incl Metropolitan Museum of Art, MFA/Houston, Hirschhorn & Sculpture Garden & others) by 2 of most admired American artists of popular turn-of-the-century era whose friendship & regard went from mutual admiration to mutual animosity, show meant to encourage exploration of decisive differences & startling similarities in the artists’ work.

Discovery Museum, 4450 Park Ave, Bridgeport. Hours: Tues-Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 12-5 pm & most Monday holidays (call ahead). Call 203-372-3521.

Through April 15: “Dick McEvoy: Seasons of the Year,” collection of acrylics by Newtown artist Dick McEvoy, as selected & curated by Wendy Kelly.

Fenn Gallery of Contemporary Art, 345 Main Street/Rte 6, Woodbury. Hours: Wed-Sun 12-5 pm. Call 203-263-2821.

Through May 13: “Pattern Play,” porcelain sculpture by Diana Chamberlain & oil paintings by Anne Hebebrand.

Golden Age of Trucking Museum, 1101 Southford Rd/Rte 188, Middlebury. Hours: Thurs-Sat 10 am-4 pm, Sun 12-4 pm. Call 203-577-2181.

Through April 15: “Trucks and More…,” watercolor paintings of vintage trucks by Howard W. Shoemaker; Sept 12, Cruise Night, 5:30-8 pm, reduced adm to museum, prizes, family fun, refreshments, proceeds to benefit museum.

Institute for American Indian Studies, 38 Curtis Rd, Washington. Call 860-868-0518.

Through June  30: “All Across America: Adaptation, Ingenuity and Artistry,” cultural items incl pottery, beadwork, textiles & basketry illustrating the adaptation, ingenuity & creativity of North American tribes as they began to embrace new materials of European settlers incl cotton, glass, beads & metal.

Through June 30: “Written In Bone,” discover anatomical similarities between human & animal bones, basic bones that make up animal skeletons, how to tell is a bone was used as a tool or if it had disease & more.

Through June 30: “Weaponry,” traditional weaponry used by pre-contact North American Peoples incl bows, arrows & clubs, also recent innovations popular during “horse culture.”

Mattatuck Museum Art & History Center, 144 West Main St, Waterbury. Hours: Tues-Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 12-5 pm. Call 203-753-0381.

*(new show) April 27-June 10: “I Walk Without Echo: An Exhibit of The Kay Sage Collection,” celebration of one of few female Surrealist artists (& one of premier artists of the genre) will offer Surrealist paintings, personal objects, Mayan artifacts, collages & books of poetry, early student work, realist paintings, portraiture, landscapes & more; April 26, opening reception, 5:30-7:30 pm, slide presentation by curator Raechel Guest at 6 pm.

Minor Memorial Library, 23 South St, Roxbury. Hours: Mon 12-7 pm, Wed 10 am-7 pm, Thurs-Fri 10 am-5 pm, Sat 10 am-2 pm. Call 860-350-2181.

Through April 30: “Illusions of Gossamer,” photographs by Lucy Sceery, w/ emphasis on netting-covered fields where artist has added chiffon “to enhance the tranquil beauty of her photos”.

Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Ave, New Haven. Call 203-432-5050.

Through May 6: “Alien Earths,” research & discovered related to age-old questions Where did we come from? Are we alone in universe? etc presented incl sounds heard from space, planets set in motion around a star, learn difference in density between planets, smell difference betw microbial colonies & more.

Sculpture Barn (formerly Boyajian’s Sculpture Barn), 3 Milltown Rd (at Rte 39), New Fairfield. Hours: Wed-Sun 10 am-6 pm. Call 746-6101.

Through April 22: “Creative Voice,” paintings, sculpture & works on paper incl photography & printmaking by faculty, undergraduate & graduate visual artists from Western CT State Univ, each of whom have been encouraged to create work outside the classroom & submit pcs that reflect their own creative voice.

Silvermine Guild Arts Center, 1037 Silvermine Rd, New Canaan. Call 203-966-9700.

Through April 19: “Guild Artist Group Show: Collaborations,” works by Guild artists, juried by Denise Markonish (curator, ArtSpace, New Haven).

Through April 19: “Director’s Choice: Series of Everything and Much, Much More,” selections by New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast.

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main St, Hartford. Hours: Sat-Sun 10 am-5 pm, Wed-Fri 11 am-5 pm (open to 8 pm first Thurs/month). Call 860-278-2670, TDD 860-278-0294.

*(new show) April 19-Aug 12: “Connecticut Contemporary,” celebration of the diversity of talented visual artists living & working in Constitution State will feature 70+ works incl paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, video & digital animation by 24 artists incl Sol LeWitt, William DeLottie, Barkley Hendricks, Kathryn Myers, Gil Scullion, Robert Taplin, et al.

Through April 22: “Soul Food! African-American Cookery and Creativity,” art & artifacts examining integral crops to slave trade (rice & sugar), food icons ranging from the fictional Aunt Jemima & real-life Uncle Ben to fried chicken & watermelon, and celebrates the “soul-stirring & nourishing connections between culture, creativity & memory.”

Walsh Art Gallery at Quick Center, Fairfield Univ, North Benson Rd, Fairfield. Hours: Tues-Sat 11 am-5 pm, Sun 12-4 pm. Call 203-254-4000 x2969.

*(new show) Through May 27: “Painting the Landscape and Other Views,” work by Suzanne Chamlin incl current paintings & work from past, also drawings in ink & ink washes on paper; April 18, Director’s Choice lecture, 12:30 pm, $5, Ms Chamlin will lead gallery talk & discuss her work.

White Silo Farm & Winery, 32 Rte 37 East, Sherman. Hours: Fri-Sun 11 am-5 pm. Call 860-355-0271.

*(new show) April 15-29: paintings in mixed media incl recent “Impressions of Nature” studies by Angelo Perrone, and contemporary abstract nature studies by John Basil Perrone; April 15, opening reception, 1-4 pm.

Wisdom House/Marie Louise Trichet Gallery, 229 East Litchfield Rd, Litchfield. Hours: Mon-Sat 10 am-4 pm. Call 860-567-3163.

Through April 14: “Short Stories: New Works of Florin Ion Firimita,” mixed media pieces on poplar panels or masonite.

Auditions, Juried Events  _____

Musicals At Richter, at West Side Children’s Center, 34 Wooster Heights, Danbury. Call 748-6873.

April 14: Second round of auditions for male performers ages 16 & up, 1-3 pm, needed are 1 tenor (age 18-30) for role or Perchick in Fiddler on the roof (director is Donald Birely, show dates are June 21-July 7); strong baritone actor (age 35-50) w/ strong comedic timing for lead of Oscar Jaffee, also 4 versatile men (ages 16+) for features singer-dancers in ensemble for On The 20th Century (director Christopher Gladysz, show dates July 12-28); & baritone actor (age 22-30) for Curly, tenor (age 25-35) for Will Parker & baritone (age 25-40) for Juf Fry in Oklahoma! (director also Mr Birely, Aug 2-18); all should bring photo & resume, prepare 2 Broadway tunes (uptempo & Ballad), be prepared to read from script, all positions unpaid, addt’l info at MusicalsAtRichter.org.

Concerts, Musical Events ____

April 14: Legacy at Valley Presbyterian Church, 21 West Whisconier Rd, Brookfield, 7:30 pm, adm $20 adults, free children & students, concert performance by the flute-harp duo of Margaret Swinchoski & Emily Mitchell, also silent auction, post-performance reception, proceeds will benefit VPC Music Fund; 775-2624.

April 14: The Barefield Ceili Band at Wilton High School, 395 Danbury Rd/Rte 7, Wilton, 7:30 pm, tickets $15 adults, $10 students & children, ensemble of 14 All-Ireland Champion musicians (incl fiddlers, concertina, accordion, drums, flute & uileann pipe) & dancers direct from County Clare, Ireland, directed by Denis Liddy, will offer performance suitable for all ages; 203-431-4707 (Creative Connections).

April 15: Counterpoint at Trinity Episcopal Church, 36 Main St/Rte 25, Newtown, 4 pm, suggested donation $20, a cappella performance of choral music by Vermont-based professional chamber ensemble will incl performance by The Trinity Choristers (Trinity’s boys’ & girls’ choir) during 2 songs, gala reception to follow concert; 426-9070.

April 21: Terry Greenawalt Memorial Scholarship Fund Concert, First Presbyterian Church, 2475 Easton Tpke, Fairfield, 1:30 pm, freewill donations accepted at the door; 203-206-5759.

April 21: The Dazzling Dollar Store Divas by CT Gay Men’s Chorus, Ridgefield Playhouse for Movies & Performing Arts, 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, 8 pm, tickets $30 & $35, spring musical by CGMC will offer original songs in production “like A Chorus Line meets A Night in the Museum,” performances also scheduled in Norwalk (April 29), Hartford (May 12) & New Haven (May 19); 800-644-2462.

April 21: Pianist Gilles Vonsattel at WCSU’s Ives Concert Hall, 181 White St/Rte 6, Danbury, 8 pm, tickets $36 (for full 4-concert series) or $15 at door (for single concert), free ages 18 & under & WCSU students, performance by award-winning pianist will incl works of Bach, Brahms, Liszt, Ravel & Bartók, co-sponsored by Danbury Concert Assn w/ WCSU music dept; 748-0522.

April 22: The Giacomo Gates Trio at Brookfield Library, 182 Whisconier Rd/Rte 25, Brookfield Center, 3 pm, free performance by trio featuring acclaimed vocalist Mr Gates, guitarist Tony Lombbardozzi & bassist Jeff Fuller, reception to follow; 775-6241.

April 22: Malcolm Holcombe at Temple Shearith Israel, 46 Peaceable St, Ridgefield, 7 pm, tickets $15/adv, $20/door, performance is part of 2006-07 Acoustic Celebration series; 203-438-6589.

April 26: Pianist Jeane Farewell at The Lounsbury House, 316 Main St/Rte 35, Ridgefield, 7:30 pm, adm $15 adults, $10 seniors & students, program by musician deemed “a grand romantic” (Review of London Recitals) will incl works of Scriabin, Chipin & various romantic & Latin American composers; 203-438-6962.

Danbury Concert Assn, WCSU/Ives Concert Hall, Fifth Ave at White St, Danbury. Call 748-0522.

Subscription $36 (good for all season), concerts 3 pm, $15 single ticket, students age 18 & under free, post-performance receptions w/ performers: April 21: pianist Gilles Vonsattel, performance by award-winning pianist will incl works of Bach, Brahms, Liszt, Ravel & Bartók.

Ives Concert Hall at Western CT State University, White Hall, Fifth Ave & White St, Danbury. Call 837-8350.

Free concerts, 8 pm unless noted: April 15, WCSU Jazz Combos, **3 pm start, performances by The Siegel II Combo, The Ruffels Combo, The Scott Combo & The Begian I Combo; April 16, WCSU Percussion Ensemble concert, program to incl David Gillingham’s Concerto for Percussion Ensemble, “Unnecessary Roughness” by Kevin J. Isaacs, Symphony #1 by Anthony Cirone & “Z Conversion” by Minouru Miki; April 22, WCSU Concert Choir & WCSU Chamber Singers, **3 pm start time, performance by 100-voice non-auditioned ensemble (choir) & select group of 20 vocalists (Singers), who will perform w/ WCSU Orchestra.

Newtown Friends of Music, at Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main St, Newtown. Call 426-6470.

Concerts at Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main St, Newtown, 3 pm, $18 adults, $16 seniors, free ages 5-14 w/ ticket-holding adult (subscriptions available), reception follows performances: April 29, St Petersburg String Quartet, program to incl works of Mendelssohn (Quartet in A minor, Opus 13), Shostakovich (Quartet #4 in D Major, Opus 83) & Tchaikovsky (String Quartet #1, Opus 11, D Major).

Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield Univ, 1073 North Benson Rd, Fairfield. Call 203-254-4010, 877-ARTS-396 (877-278-7396).

Performances 8 pm unless noted: April 14, Glee Club 60th Anniversary Concert, $10 adults, $6 students, gala performance will feature sacred & secular music, world premier by American composer Gwyneth Walker (“Songs to the Lord of Peace”) & other works.

Ridgefield Playhouse for Movies & Performing Arts, 80 East Ridge Ave, Ridgefield. Call 203-438-5795.

Performances 8 pm unless noted: April 13, John Scofield Trio, tickets $55 & $60; April 21, The Dazzling Dollar Store Divas by CT Gay Men’s Chorus, tickets $30 & $35 call 800-644-2462 for tickets & info, spring musical by CGMC will offer original songs in production “like A Chorus Line meets A Night in the Museum,” performances also scheduled in Norwalk (April 29), Hartford (May 12) & New Haven (May 19).

Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra. Call 203-438-3889.

Concerts at Ridgefield High School, 700 North Salem Rd/Rte 116, Ridgefield, 8 pm, tickets $15-$50: April 14, “Brahms Blockbusters,” guest pianist Michelle Kim, program to incl Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat & Symphony No. 4 in E minor.

Wooster Jazz Society, Wooster School, 1 Miry Brook Rd, Danbury. Call 830-3963, 830-3964.

2006-07 series, tickets $35 (members $30), students free, concerts 8 pm: April 14, The George King, Jr Group.

Films _________________

B’nai Israel, 444 Main St North, Southbury. Call 267-3396.

April 22: Human Rights Film Festival, screenings of Invisible Children (1:30 pm, followed by discussion w/ members of Invisible Children organization), God Sleeps in Rwanda (3:15 pm) & The Promise (4 pm).

Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main St/Rte 25, Newtown. Call 426-2475.

April 13-19: Night at The Museum (PG), daily 7 & 9 pm, mat Sat-Sun 1 & 4 pm, Mon-Thurs 1 pm.

Maritime Aquarium, 10 North Water St, South Norwalk. Call 203-852-0700.

Through June 14: The Human Body, Mon-Fri 11 am, 1 & 3 pm; Sat-Sun, 11 am, 1, 3 & 4 pm; Ocean Wonderland; daily 2 pm; Whales, daily at noon.

For Kids & Families _________

April 14: Earth Art for Kids, Flanders Nature Center, Flanders at Church Hill Rd, Woodbury, 10 am-12:30 pm, $15 members, $20 non-members, program for help budding artists develop drawing & paintings skills while developing lifelong love of art & nature, dress for messes, program to incl outdoor hiking & working on art using wet & dry mediums, reservations required; 203-263-3711.

April 14: Family Day at Litchfield History Museum, 7 South St, Litchfield, 12-4 pm, free adm, ongoing demos of Colonial carpentry & woodworking techniques by Jim Vibert, stenciling by Paula Walton, screenings of Craig Farrow doing hand tool cabinetry, also performances, presentation of “Preserving Craftsmanship: Contemporary Litchfield County Furniture Makers” exhibition, children’s activities & more; 860-567-4501.

April 14: 16th Annual YMCA Healthy Kids Day, Greenknoll YMCA, 2 Huckleberry Hill Rd, Brookfield, 1-4 pm, $5 non-member children, $2 member children, adults free, planned activities incl giant obstacle course, hula hoop contest, open pool, kids’ aerobics & limbo contest, kids & families invited to encourage “Put Play in Your Day” through fun, engaging activities that can help sustain healthier ways of living; 775-4444.

April 17-19: Art a la Carte: April Vacation Workshops, Mattatuck Museum, 144 West Main St, Waterbury, 9 am-noon each day (can be taken separately or as series), $10/members, $15/non-members, reservations requested, ages 9-11 invited to explore surrealism to create collages, automatic writing, more fun, physical theater games, etc; 203-753-0381 x10.

April 17-19: Art a la Carte: April Vacation Workshops, Mattatuck Museum, workshops for ages 6-8 will meet 10:30 am-noon, see addt’l details in listing immediately above; 203-753-0381 x10.

April 18: Identification Day at Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Ave, New Haven, 10:30 am-2:30 pm, experts will be on hand to ID visitor finds incl pottery, feathers, minerals, bones, insects or flowers; 203-432-5050.

April 19: “Lobsters and Lyme: Biodiversity and Global Change in Connecticut,” Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Ave, New Haven, 10 am-3:30 pm, free adm, ongoing events & special lectures will focus on several seemingly unrelated topics which are ultimately connected by common theme of global change, ongoing games & crafts for kids, also ongoing demos of technologies to reduce global warming incl model windmills & model fuel cell-powered cars, puppet show (“Roxi’s Incredible Insect Adventure” by Betty Baisden, 11 am), keynote address on Long Island Sound lobster die-off, West Nice Virus & Lyme Diesease (12:30), tick-proofing your yard program (1:30) & “Lyme Disease: Clinical Research Issues” (2:30); 203-432-5050.

April 20: Earth Day at Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Ave, New Haven, 10:30 am-2:30 pm, local organizations will share info on their efforts & simple actions anyone can do to protect the earth, visitors also encouraged to plant tree seeds & take home to nurture; 203-432-5050.

Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo, 1875 Noble Ave, Bridgeport. Call 203-394-6565.

Programs incl w/ zoo adm ($9 adults, $7 ages 3-11 & seniors, free ages 3 & under, group rates available): April 14, “Bubblemania” with Casey Carle, 11 am, included w/ zoo adm, award-winning soap bubble artist Casey Carle creates an event with visual comedy, quick wit, music, audience participation, amazing soap bubble presentations & laughs for all ages; April 14, Pet Awareness Day, 12-3 pm, sev animal adoption & animal rescue organizations (incl Best Friends Pet Care, Pups Without Partners, Tails of Joy, Critter Connection, et al) will have presentations on pet care & safety, also kids’ crafts & other surprises; April 16-20, April Adventures, 9 am-12:30 pm each day, $35/day ($30 zoo members), $150/week ($125 members), ages 6-11 invited for daily Zookeeper talks, behind-the-scenes tours, animal encounters, crafts, games & other activities, call or visit BeardsleyZoo.org for schedule & details, pre-registration required; April 16–20, Backyard Beasts, 2 pm each day, interactive 45-min programs for kindergarten & elementary-age children & parent/guardian may incl live animal, animal stories & animal facts (diff animal featured each day) presentations in Professor Beardsley’s Research Station; April 21-22, 37th Annual Earth Day Weekend Celebration, 11 am-3 pm both days, call or visit BeardsleyZoo.org for full schedule of lectures, presentations, special displays, environmentally-friendly crafts & more.

Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts, at Sacred Heart Univ, 5151 Park Ave, Fairfield. Call 203-371-7908.

Patty’s Place, April 21, curtain 2 pm, tickets $10-$18, live musical show for young children promotes artistic creativity & exemplifies that it is each person’s uniqueness & differences that make them special, hosted by performer & singer Patty Carver & CT resident John Banker, also features local artistic guests.

 

Miscellaneous ___________

April 14: Saturday Seminar: The History of The Danbury Racearena, at The Golden Age of Trucking Museum, 1101 Southford Rd/Rte 188, Middlebury, 11 am-3 pm, adults $8, $5 ages 3-16 & handicapped guests, $7 seniors, $20 family (2 adults & children under 16), free ages 2 & under & members, guest speaker Kevin Brown (owner & restorer, Jimmy Smith’s 1936 Ford 3-window Coupe) will offer video presentation on Danbury Racearena, 3 restored cars on display, original drivers attending, lunch provided; 203-577-2181.

April 14: Naugatuck Historical Society Museum Grand Reopening Celebration, 195 Water St (old RR station), Naugatuck, 6-9 pm, $10 donation suggested, musical entertainment, refreshments, silent auction to raise funds for museum & society’s continued work; 203-729-9039.

April 15: Odd Fellows & Rebekah Scholarship Fund Breakfast, Odd Fellows Lodge, 25 Danbury Rd, New Milford, 8-11 am, adm $7 adults, $4 ages 12 & under, all-you-can-eat meal – “good food, good companionship & an opportunity to help a good cause”; 860-354-7966.

April 15: Mountain Laurel Artisans Make Your Own Rubber Stamp workshop, Southbury Public Library, 100 Poverty Rd, Southbury, 12:30 pm, call for list of needed supplies; 746-5280.

April 15: “J.J. Audubon – His Life, His Art & Collecting His Work,” Keeler Tavern Museum, 132 Main St/Rte 35, Ridgefield, 2-4 pm, $10, lecture by longtime Audubon admirer & collector Joel Third will offer examples from his 15-plus year collection of Audubon originals & reproductions incl original Havel & new watercolor reproduction released to coincide w/ current New-York Historical Society Audubon exhibition; 203-438-5485.

April 15: “New Life for Records & Cassettes,” Danbury Public Library, 170 Main St (at West St), Danbury, 2-4 pm, free workshop w/ Bruce Preston (from Danbury Area Computer Society), who will teach how to take LPs & cassettes & convert them into mp3s, for use on personal computer & music devices, registration not needed; 797-4527.

April 15: “Cultivating Your Child’s Spiritual Center,” Woodbury Yoga Center, 122 West Side Rd, Woodbury, 7 pm, free program by Barbara Baron will be followed by group meditation (free instruction available) & tea reception; 203-263-2254.

April 16: “Why Study Native Plants?” at Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Ave, New Haven, 7 pm, free program by New England Wild Flower Society education director Greg Lowenberg will offer stories about native plants, description of society’s efforts to conserve native flora, discussion of why it is important to learn the wildflowers & description of NEWFS certificate program, registration requested; 203-432-3775.

April 16: Housatonic Valley Group/Sierra Club meeting, Brookfield Community Center, 100 Pocono Rd, Brookfield, 7:30 pm, non-members welcome, screening of Take A Trip Down the Colorado River; 775-9644.

April 17: BNI-Brookfield chapter meeting, Franco’s Ristorante, 265 Federal Rd, Brookfield, 7-8:30 am, newcomers welcome, presentation on “Who is Charter Funding and how can they help with home mortgages” by James Philipakos (Charter Funding); 794-1114.

April 18: “Local Involvement in The Revolutionary War,” Brookfield Historical Society Museum, Rte 133 at Rte 25, Brookfield Center, 7:30 pm, free presentation by Revolutionary War reenactor Silvin Gleissner (in costume) will cover the 2nd Continental Light Dragoons, their winter encampment at what is now Putnam Park, & missions, battles & skirmishes they were involved in, Q&A to follow, also light refreshments; 775-3934.

April 18: “Bird Brains,” Kellogg Environmental Center, 500 Hawthorne Ave, Derby, 7:30 pm, $4 adults, $2 students (free for members Naugatuck Valley Audubon Society,” program by Wings Over Wind will introduce 4 birds & discuss their surprising levels of intelligence; 734-2513.

April 20: Spring Psychic Fair, Holiday Inn, Newtown Rd/Rte 6, Danbury, 6-11:30 pm, free adm, psychics, clairvoyants, astrologers, tarot & gemstone readers, also spirit guide drawings, vendors; 470-1806.

April 20: “Say It Like You Mean It: A Spoken Word Event,” Sculpture Barn (formerly Boyajian’s Sculpture Barn, 3 Milltown Rd (at Rte 39), New Fairfield, 8 pm, adm $10 adults, $5 students, evening of poetry, film, monologue & performance art in a coffee house setting w/ featured performer Mary Bailey, refreshments; 746-6101.

April 21: Saturday Morning Bird Walk, Kellogg Environmental Center, 500 Hawthorne Ave (off Rte 34), Derby, 9 am (will last up to 2 hours), guided hike along grounds of center will incl opportunities to observe birds in the wild & sharpen bird ID skills, walk also being offered May 19; 734-2513.

April 21: Bethel Blooms Craft Fair, Municipal Center gymnasium, School St, Bethel, 10 am-4 pm, free adm, area crafters participating; 261-2414.

April 21: Odd Fellows Fundraising Roast Beef Dinner, Odd Fellows Lodge, 25 Danbury Rd, New Milford, 5-7 pm, adm $8 adults, free ages 4 & under, all-you-can-eat meal, “good food, good companionship & an opportunity to help a good cause”; 860-354-7966.

April 21: Bethlehem Fair Foundation Auction & Dinner, Memorial Hall, Main St South/Rte 61, Bethlehem, preview 6 pm, buffet dinner begins 7:30, donation $15/advance, $20/door, dinner, live & silent auctions, proceeds will benefit Bethlehem Fair Foundation Scholarship Fund; 203-266-5350.

Active Singles. Call 860-253-9782, 860-489-9611.

Hikes for singles ages 30s-50s held 1st & 3rd Sun/month, hikes 9:30-11:30 am, free, hikes available in 4 difficulty levels, no dogs or children: April 15, hikes at Squantz Pond, Rte 39 North, New Fairfield.

C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main St/Rte 25, Newtown. Call 426-4533.

Programs free unless noted: April 19, Tertulia Literaria, 7 pm, book discussion in Spanish (not a class) will concern La vida breve by Juan Carlos Onetti, monthly book programs are led by Laura Humphries Ross; April 24, NewtownREADS program: Mockingbird Today, 7:30 pm, program by editor, columnist and features writer Joanne Greco Rochman, who will integrate discussion of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird with current events.

Danbury BNI Trailblazers, meetings at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church, Clapboard Ridge Rd, Danbury. Call 797-1122.

Group meets Wednesdays, 8-9:30 am, members network & help build businesses, all visitors welcome, contact Mark Vendetti at above phone # for details.

Flagpole Photographers, C.H. Booth Library lower meeting room, 25 Main St, Newtown. Call 270-8576.

Meetings 3rd Thurs/month, 7:30 pm, non-members always welcome: next meeting April 19, members’ competition in black & white prints.

Newtown Hikers. Call 788-1398 (Ester Nichols), 270-4340 (Newtown Parks & Rec).

Hikes leave from lower lot @Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main St, Newtown, 9:30 am (later start during winter season), free, all welcome (children must be accompanied), bring bag lunch/beverage, wear sturdy shoes, destinations & leaders as follows: April 14, Sunny Valley Preserve, Bridgewater (Evelyn Schonberg, 426-0425); April 21, Minnewaska State Park, New Paltz, N.Y., all day hike, dinner out (Tim Hanbury, 203-888-3025).

Newtown VNA Thrift Shop, Edmond Town Hall (lower level), 45 Main Street, Newtown. Call 270-4377.

Shop is open every Wed 12-3 pm & Sat 9 am-noon, access is from town hall’s back parking lot, shop carries discounted items from local businesses & private donors incl clothing, sm home accessories & more.

Society of Creative Arts of Newtown, Inc. (SCAN), Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main St/Rte 25, Newtown. Call 426-6654.

Programs 4th Wed/month, 1:30 pm, public welcome, artist demonstrations, refreshments: April 25, figure paintings in oil demo by Tom Kidd.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main St/Rte 25, Newtown. Call 426-6224.

Non-profit weight loss support group meets every Mon 6-8 pm (weigh-ins 6-6:45, meetings 7-8), meetings $2/week, membership $20/year.

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Hartford Stage, 50 Church St, Hartford. Call 860-527-5151.

I Am My Own Wife, through May 13, curtain Fri-Sat 8 pm, Tues-Thurs 7:30 pm (also Sun, April 15 & 29, May 6), mat Sat (April 14 & 21 only)-Sun 2 pm, tickets $22-$57.

Kent Community Players, Kent Community House, Rte 7, Kent. Call 860-364-0971.

The Cripple of Inishman, April 13-28, curtain Fri-Sat 8 pm, tickets $15.

Seven Angels Theatre, Hamilton Park Pavilion, Plank Rd, Waterbury. Call 203-757-4676.

Viagara Falls, through April 15, curtain Thurs-Sat 8 pm, mat Thurs, Sat-Sun 2 pm, tickets $27-$45; March 30, Dessert Night; April 13, Wine & Martini Night.

TheaterWorks Hartford, 233 Pearl St, Hartford. Call 860-567-7838.

Murderers, April 13-May 27, curtain Tues-Thurs 7:30 pm, Fri-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2:30 pm, tickets $35-$45, also $10 student rush tickets at show time.

Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court (off Rte 1), Westport. Call 203-227-4177.

All About Us, through April 28 (previews to April 13; opening night April 14), curtain Tues-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 4 pm, Sun 3 pm, tickets $35-$65 (previews $30-$50).

 

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