Antiques Shows _ ________________________

Saturdays: Woodbury Flea Market, 44 Sherman Rd (Rte 64 near Rte 6), Woodbury, opens 7:30 am, free adm & parking, up to 42 vendors w/ emphasis on early items & antiques, also plants & flowers; 203-263-62147.

Sundays: Elephant’s Trunk Country Flea Market, Rte 7, New Milford, 7 am-2 pm (early buying 5:45, $20), adm $2, free ages 12 & under, leave pets home, vendors offer antiques, collectibles & misc, refreshments available; 508-265-9911.

May 29: Outdoor Antiques Show, Madison Town Green, Main St, Madison, 9 am-4 pm rain or shine, $4 (early buying 8 am, $10), 80+ dealers; 203-245-7394.

Art Exhibits, Museums Historic Places   ___________________________

Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main St, Ridgefield; 203-438-4519.

Through May 30: “Adad Hannah: Masterpieces in Motion,” first solo US museum exhibition of Hannah’s work features selection of the artist’s recent videos created in relation to historical works of art incl Hieronymus Bosch’s “Garden of Earthly Delights,” Velázquez’s “Las Meninas” & Géricault’s mammoth “The Raft of the Medusa,” while paying homage to 19th Century entertainment of tableau vivant, where models held poses for sev minutes in order to stage a painting.

Through June 6: “Paying a Visit to Mary: 2008 Hall Curatorial Fellowship Exhibition,” work by both emerging & more established artists in a broad range of media incl performance, film, painting, sculpture & installation, all exploring a significant subject in current artistic practice: personal narrative & contemporary storytelling, curated by Maxine Kopsa (second recipient of the Hall Curatorial Fellowship).

Through June 6: “Jeanne Finley and John Muse: Sleeping Under Stars, Living Under Satellites,” site-specific video installation by the collaborative team Finley & Muse that utilizes multi-screen video projections to explore three profoundly different ways of keeping time, using the real working lives of 3 contemporary Ridgefield residents played off the lives of 2 local historical figures (18th Century hermit Sarah Bishop & a wandering vagrant from 19th Century known as “The Leatherman”).

Through June 6: “Jo Yarrington: Ocular Visions,” transformation of museum’s Leir Atrium to replicate a human eye through installation of floor-to-ceiling, full-color transparencies of photographs taken of the inside of the artist’s her eye.

Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden, 9 Main St/Rte 61, Bethlehem; 203-266-7596.

Through May 31: “Enchanted Forest Art Show,” presentation of entries received during competition to create artist woodland nymphs, fairies & other magical creatures using natural materials & organic found objects such as pinecones, dried weeds and flowers, sticks, bark, stones, pods, seeds, feathers & wool.

*(new show) June 2-July 18: “Botanical Art,” works by the artist Joan Smith-Walleck; June 4, opening reception, 5-7 pm.

Brookfield Museum & Historical Society, 165 Whisconier Rd (Rtes 133 & 25), Brookfield Center; 740-8140.

Through May 31: vintage postcards showing Brookfield & area’s past from museum archives & private collection of George Franklin; May 31, museum will be open 11 am-4 pm (museum usually open only Sat).

Danbury City Hall, 155 Deer Hill Ave, Danbury.

Through June 3: “Tranquility,” oil paintings by Newtown artist Joanne Conant, who was inspired by quiet, peaceful moments shared with nature.

Danbury Museum & Historical Society, 43 Main St, Danbury; 743-5200.

Danbury Railway Museum, 120 White St, Danbury; 778-8337.

Through June 27 (exhibition extended): “The Connecticut and Vermont LEGO® Railway,” an operating model train layout made entirely of Legos by New England Lego Users Group (NELUG) members Bill Probert, Elroy Davis & Steve Doerner.

Permanent exhibitions on railroad history (museum is along old New Haven RR line & housed in former Danbury station & railyard), also original & restored rolling stock incl a New Haven RR Mack FCD railbus, Alco RS-1 diesel locomotive, fully operating turntable, etc.

Easton Public Library, 691 Morehouse Rd (at corner of Center St), Easton; 203-261-0134.

Through May 30: “Places of Rest,” photographs of nature & people taken in CT by John Ulatowski, each accompanied by original poetic verse by the photographer.

Gregory James Gallery, 13 Main St, New Milford; 860-354-3436.

Through June 26: “Water Works,” representational & impressionistic interpretations, also expressionistic & contemporary abstract versions of some of region’s well known bodies of water by Ralph Della-Volpe, Frank Federico, Robert Ferrucci, Thomas Adkins, Chris Magadini, James Coe, Julie Hopkins, Brian Kiernan, Dick McEvoy & Scott Zuckerman.

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

Through May 30: “Crafts and Cookery,” handmade feather fans used for smudging & talking sticks in style of those used in Native Council Meetings to designate the speaker, by CT resident & Abenaki artist Dale Carson.

Koenig Frameworks and Art Gallery, 97 South Main St/Rte 25, Newtown; 203-270-1887.

Through May 29: “Blooms,” spring exhibition of 100+ photos by regional artists focuses on flowering plants, trees, shrubs, etc in bloom.

Mattatuck Museum Art & History Center, 144 West Main St, Waterbury; 203-753-0381.

Through May 30: “Our Beautiful City – Vintage Postcards & Photographs of Waterbury,” turn of the century photos by amateur photographer Frederick Stone & vintage postcards that depict Waterbury at its zenith.

Minor Memorial Library, 23 South St, Roxbury; 860-350-2181.

Through June 4: “Spring Is Here,” paintings celebrating spring by Carrie Beckmann.

Mocha Coffee House, 3 Glen Rd, Sandy Hook; 203-364-9200.

Through May 30: hand crafted wood creations by Newtown artist Mike Agius.

Sculpture Barn, 3 Milltown Rd (at Rte 39), New Fairfield; 203-746-6101.

Through June 13: “Susan Bradley: The Honey Bee And Its Culture,” sculpture, painting, drawing & monoprints that depict the mythical relationship between humans & bees from prehistoric times to the present.

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 800 Main St, Hartford; 860-838-4055.

Through May 30: “Reunited Masterpieces: From Adam and Eve to George and Martha,” paintings museum’s collection & from major schools of European art, which have been separated from their mates, temporarily rejoined through loaned works from around the world to allow a better appreciation of how the paintings were originally conceived and how the artists subtly adjusted one painting to complement the other.

Walsh Art Gallery, at Fairfield University, North Benson Rd, Fairfield; 203-254-4000, x 2969, 203-254-4242.

*(new show) June 3-July 19: “Bramble and Bramble: Remnants, Glyphs and Palimpsests,” paintings & mixed-media pcs by Frank & Pamela Bramble, who independently examine the beauty of worn surfaces & tenuous fragile nature of time-altered surfaces.

Yale Center For British Art, 1080 Chapel St (at High St), New Haven; 203-432-2800.

Through May 30: “Yale Student Guide Exhibition — Art In Focus: John Flaxman Modeling the Bust of William Hayley,” examination of George Romney’s group portrait of 1795 (depicting John Flaxman sculpting a monumental bust of the poet William Hayley, with assistance from Thomas Alphonso Hayley, Flaxman’s apprentice and Hayley’s son) & exploration of the 4 artists in the portrait to their media and to each other.

Through May 30: “Compass and Rule: Architecture as Mathematical Practice in England, 1500-1750,” examination of the role of mathematics in transformation of architectural design & the role of the architect through works of Inigo Jones, Sir Christopher Wren, et al.

Through June 2: “Art in Focus: Installation, Interpretation, Narration,” look at how the text accompanying works of art may affect the narratives generated by the objects.

Auditions, Juried Events _________________

Nichols Arts & Crafts Fair, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1734 Huntington Tpke/Rte 108, Trumbull; 203-375-1503.

Sept 11: Vendors sought for arts & crafts fair to be held at church, call phone # above for details.

Concerts, Musical Events ________________

May 29: Monthly ballroom dance, Holy Trinity Greek Church Community Center, 4070 Park Ave, Bridgeport, 7 pm-midnight, $17, free dance lesson (8 pm), singles & couples welcome, performance by Argentine Tango stars Gustavo Vargas & Maria Blanco (9:30), refreshments; 203-374-7308.

June 1: Brookfield High School Special Chorus Spring Concert, at Brookfield Historical Society & Museum, 165 Whisconier Rd/Rte 25, Brookfield, 7:30 pm, free performance by local students led by BHS Choral Director John LaMendola; 203-740-8140.

June 3: Indian Summer at The Mattatuck Museum Arts & History Center, 144 West Main St, Waterbury, 5:30-7:30 pm, $15 ($7 museum members), live jazz by CT-based duo, also refreshments; 203-753-0381.

June 5: NUMC Coffee House, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Rd, Sandy Hook, 7:45-10:30 pm, adm $4 for those attending earlier pasta dinner (see listing under Miscellaneous), $5 otherwise, live bluegrass & folk music, light refreshments; 203-426-9998.

Miscellaneous ____________________________

May 28: “Journeys to the Other Side: a lecture series on Life after Death,” Brookfield Commons Holistic Health Service, 246 Federal Rd, Brookfield, $45, new series of presentations w/ author Loretta Chaney; 203-730-0060.

May 29: Donut Stop at St John’s Episcopal Church, 5 Washington Ave/Rte 34, Sandy Hook, 9 am-noon, fresh cooked donuts, also coffee & juice, outdoor tables if nice weather; 203-426-3112.

May 29: 10th Annual Great Pootatuck Duck Race, 3-5 Glen Rd, Sandy Hook, 10 am-2 pm festival incl face painting, magician, dance & music performances, karate demos & more, also vendors, ducks drop 2 pm ($5/ticket, top prize $2,000), presented by Newtown Lions Club; 203-426-1222.

May 29: Seymour Public Library Monthly Book Sale, 46 Church St, Seymour, 10 am-noon; 203-888-3903.

May 29: “The Birds Are Back,” Kellogg Environmental Center, 500 Hawthorne Ave, Derby, 10 am, free 90-min activity for all ages to learn how birds fly, why they migrate & where they migrate to, types of beaks & feet, diet, nests & more, dress for weather; 203-734-2513.

May 29-June 13: Southern Connecticut Renaissance Festival, Ives Concert Park at Western CT State Univ (westside campus), 43 Lake Ave Extension, Danbury, Sat-Sun 11 am-6 pm, $15, $8 children & seniors, $42 family (2 adults & 2 children), free age 4 & under (also $28 weekend adult, $14 child & Senior; $84 season adult, $42 child & senior), music, magic, sword battles, storytelling, armored joust, vendors, food, costumes encouraged, handicapped accessible; 203-888-6204.

May 30: Annual Strawberry Festival, Brookfield Museum & Historical Society, Rte 25 at Rte 133, Brookfield Center, 12-3 pm (following town’s annual Memorial Day Parade, which ends at historical society), strawberry shortcake & soft drinks, also antique car show & live music by Billy Michaels’ Jazz For Juniors Band; 203-740-8140.

May 30: “Three Secrets to Staying Calm, Centered and Peaceful,” Woodbury Yoga Center, 122 West Side Rd, Woodbury, 7 pm, free program by Janaki Pierson (yoga instructor, founder & director of WCC) will be followed by group meditation (free instruction available) & informal reception; 203-263-2254.

June 1: The Israeli Friendship Caravan, Congregation Adath Israel, 115 Huntingtown Rd, Newtown, 7 pm, $5 sugg donation, high energy, entertaining song & dance performance group of 16- and 17-year old Boy and Girl Scouts; 203-426-5188.

June 4-5: St Peter’s Church Spring Fundraiser, 175 Old Tannery Rd (Rte 111, opposite town green), Monroe, 9:30 am-3 pm, tag sale, Relay For Life bake sale & raffle, perennial plants sale, moonbounce & Touch A Truck (Sat only, $5/child, $15 max/family), food tent (also Sat only); 203-268-4265.

June 5: Art Show at Medridge Farm, 113 Walnut Tree Hill Rd, Sandy Hook, 1-6 pm (rain date June 6), free exhibition of abstract & landscape paintings by Sandy Hook artist Glen River incl Sandy Hook, Newtown & Manhattan scenes; 203-426-3553.

June 5: NUMC Monthly Pasta Dinner, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Rd, Sandy Hook, 5-7:30 pm, $9 adults, $8 seniors, $3.50 children, optional coffee house w/ live music follows (see listing under Concerts); 203-426-9998.

June 5: Annual Tag Sale, First Congregational Church of Bethel, 46 Main St, Bethel, 9 am-3 pm, items donated by members, food available (11 am-2 pm), proceeds to benefit outreach missions within community; 203-748-6112.

June 5: Annual Guild Fair at The Lutheran Home, 990 Main St North, Southbury, 10 am-3 pm rain or shine, crafts, baked goods, plants, holiday decorations, vintage linens, toys & boutique items, live music by The Bristol Old-Tyme Fiddlers, refreshments, also tag sale (begins 8 am); 203-264-9135 x205.

June 7: “The Final Chapter of The Civil War,” Brookfield Museum & Historical Society, Rte 25 at 133, Brookfield Center, 7:30 pm, free presentation by David Montgomery (USMC, Ret) will cover crucial events that followed Lee’s surrender at Appomattox & other Confederate Army surrenders, Lincoln’s assassination, continued guerilla warfare & movement towards reconciliation; 203-740-8140.

C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main St/Rte 25, Newtown; 203-426-4533.

June 3, “Bats 101,” 7 pm, photo presentation by DEP Wildlife Rehabilitator Linda Bowen, no live animals; June 10, Beading workshop, 7 pm, $15 supply fee, learn how to bead a necklace using crystals & pearls from artist & jewelry maker Pat Martin; June 14, Daytime Book Group, 1 pm, discussion of Serpentine by Thomas Thompson.

Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main St/Rte 25, Newtown; 203-426-2475.

(FILM) May 28-June 2: Alice in Wonderland (PG), Fri-Sun 7 & 9 pm, Tues-Wed 7 pm, mat Sat-Sun 1 & 4 pm, Tues 1 pm.

Newtown Hikers. Call 203-788-1398 (Ester Nichols), 203-270-4340 (Newtown Parks & Rec).

Hikes leave from lower lot @Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main St, Newtown, 9 am (spring & fall start), free, all welcome (children must be accompanied), bring bag lunch/beverage, wear sturdy shoes, destinations & leaders (in parentheses) as follows: May 29, Lovers Leap, New Milford (Tim Hanbury, 203-888-3025); June 5, Old Mine Park,  Roxbury (Robin Johnson, 203-263-4964); June 12, Mahopac Bike Trail, N.Y., bike, hike or roller blade (Sawsan Ali, 203-426-8911).

Newtown VNA Thrift Shop, Edmond Town Hall (lower level, use rear parking lot), 45 Main Street, Newtown; 203-270-4377.

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.

Treehouse Comedy Productions. Call 203-702-7577.

Shows at The Holiday Inn, 80 Newtown Rd, Danbury, 9 pm, $15 unless noted: June 5, Dom Fig headlining, Tracey Tedesco & James Oakes opening; June 12, Sheila Kay headlining, Tom Van Horn & Tim Gage opening.

Theatre    __________________________________

Ridgefield Theater Barn, 37 Halpin La, Ridgefield; 203-431-9850.

The Memory of Water, June 4-26, curtain Fri-Sat 8 pm, mat Sun (June 13 & 20) 5 pm, tickets $24, $20 seniors & students.

Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court, Westport; 203-227-4177.

Dinner With Friends, June 1-19, contact theater for curtain & ticket details.

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Events that appear by date have Newtown items listed first, with additional events listed by their start time. At the time of printing, the information here is accurate as presented; a call ahead is always a good idea to be safe.

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