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.

Sundays (through fall): 8th season Clinton Village Antiques & Collectibles Flea Market, 327 East Main St/Rte 1, Clinton; 860-669-3839.

Aug 25: Madison Historical Society Antiques Fair, on the green, Rte 1/Boston Post Rd, Madison, 9 am-4 pm rain or shine, adm $5, 100 dealers, refreshments available, no pets please; 203-245-4567.

Aug 25-26: 52nd edition Papermania Plus, Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 10 am-4 pm, adm $7 (senior citizens half price on Sun), 160 exhibitors, free appraisals Sun 11 am-2 pm; 860-563-9975, 860-529-2234.

 

 

Art Exhibits, Museums Historic Places__ _____

Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, 258 Main St, Ridgefield. Hours: Tues-Sun 12-5 pm. Call 203-438-4519.

Through Sept 3: “Neil Jenney: North America,” first museum showing of works by Mr Jenney since his presentation at Whitney in 1994 introduces diverse body of work by one of the most intriguing artist of our time, focusing on landscape imagery of North America as observed & interpreted by the artist, w/ works paintings from “good paintings” of early 1970s to new work making debut at Aldrich.

Through Sept 3: “Mary Judge: Studies in Segmented Form,” new installation focuses on relationship between large-scale cast concrete sculpture in museum’s inner courtyard & a spolvero (“dusting” in Italian) wall drwing that will fill wall of adjacent corridor gallery.

Through Sept 3: “Arturo Herrera: Castles, Dwarfs & Happychaps,” works created through Renaissance technique of pouncing have transferred designs on paper to gallery walls creating “a complex drawing of knotted dwarfs, complete w/ pick axes & gemstones, composed of dots of sev colors.”

The Barnum Museum, 820 Main St, Bridgeport. Hours: Tues-Sat 10 am-4:30 pm, Sun 12-4:30 pm. Call 203-331-1104.

Through Aug 30: “Oil Drum Art – a juried exhibition,” collection of work created by CT artists using 55-gal oil drums as juried by art professor, historian & author Sid Wertham & sculptor Matthias Elfen; Aug 30, closing reception, 5-8 pm, special guests will incl Polly Brody (At the Flower’s Lip, The Burning Bush & Other Nations) & other members of CT Poetry Society doing readings from their works.

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.

On library’s main floor — Through Aug 31: “Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales: A Display of Art Quilts by the Scrapbag Quilt Artists,” collection of 10 art quilts by members of local quilt guild.

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

*(new show) Aug 19-Sept 30: “Connecticut Collects Connecticut,” handmade fine craftwork made by CT artists from several private collections; Aug 19, opening reception, 1-4 pm (gallery talk w/ curator Bernice Wollman at 3 pm).

Brookfield Museum & Historical Society, 165 Whisconier Rd (Rtes 133 & 25), Brookfield Center. Hours: Sat 12-4 pm, first Sun of month, by appt & chance. Call 740-8140.

Through Aug 26: “Brookfield and The Underground Railroad,” display of items owned by former slaves who used Underground Railroad to reach Brookfield, terms that members of RR society used to cover their work & more.

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

Through Aug 19: “The Bruce Museum – A Century of Change,” highlights of museum’s nearly 100-year old history & celebration of Greenwich Library Oral History Project’s book of same name offers photographs, fine art & natural history objects associated w/ each of the museum’s 7 directors, from some of museum’s most valued pcs to some of collection’s most unusual specimens & artifacts.

Through Sept 9: “Flora and Fauna: Themes and Symbols in the Decorative Arts of China,” exploration of Chinese symbolism by craftsmen celebrated for their mastery of artistic expression in the decorative arts offers textiles drawn from museum’s collection along w/ porcelain, jade, cloisonné enamel, ivory & metalwork on loan from private collections.

Through Sept 9: “Fakes and Forgeries: The Art of Deception,” 60 examples of western paintings, works on paper, sculpture & decorative arts that have been recognized as imposters incl examples of rarest & more deceptive works, also examination of themes incl connoisseurship, authentication, conservation & the evolving scholarship of stylistic development.

Easton Public Library, 691 Morehouse Rd (at corner of Center St), Easton. Hours: Tues-Wed 10 am-8 pm, Thurs 10 am-6 pm, Sat 10 am-3 pm. Call 261-0134.

Through Sept 4: “Peter Landa: Paintings of the Far East, Scenes from China, Japan and Korean,” paintings & monotypes by Easton resident who spent more than 3 years in Far East & has intimate knowledge of people & landscapes.

Good News Café & Gallery, 684 Main St/Rte 6, Woodbury. Hours: Wed-Mon 11:30 am-10 pm. Call 203-266-4663.

Through Aug 27: “David Eugene Bell: His Life, His Art,” special retrospective of unique abstract needlepoint creations of the late Washington (CT) artist David Eugene Bell.

Gregory James Gallery, 25 North Main St/Rte 7, Kent. Call 860-927-7133.

Through Aug 26: “Rooftops and Ridgelines,” paintings by Robert Ferrucci depicting farms w/ their old structures & distance open spaces, also works by Thomas Adkins, Frank Federico, Michael Patterson & Rick Daskam.

Gunn Memorial Library & Museum, 5 Wykeham Rd, Washington Green. Hours: Thurs-Sat 10 am-4 pm, Sun 12-4 pm. Call 860-868-7756.

Through Aug 31: “Country Chairs: From Children to Garden and Everyday Use,” eclectic collection of country chairs from museum’s collection & many private collections range from mot elemental form & handcrafted hedge chairs to elaborate workmanship of a marriage chair, curated by furniture historian, author & interior designer Florence de Dampierre.

Through Aug 31: “Abner Mitchell: Letters of a Civil War Soldier,” 49 letters sent home from Washington resident Abner Mitchell (Company B of 6th Regiment of CT Volunteers) were transcribed by 8th grade students at Shepaug Valley Middle School, led by teacher Michael Croft, students have curated collection of letters & transcriptions.

Stairwell Gallery — Through Sept 1: “Unleashed Wisdom: Portraits of Shelter Pets by Sally Andersen-Bruce,” images by the photographer who created the Neuter-Spay stamps for US Postal Service, who continued to photograph dogs & cats at shelters (partial proceeds from exhibit sales will benefit animal shelters).

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

Through Aug 31: “Weaponry,” traditional weaponry used by pre-contact North American Peoples incl bows, arrows & clubs, also recent innovations popular during “horse culture.”

Through Aug 31: “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, organized by IAIS volunteer Kimberly Parent (hods degree in Human Osteology & Paleopathology from University of Bradford).

Knights of Columbus Museum, 1 State St, New Haven, Wed-Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 11 am-5 pm. Call 203-865-0400.

Through Sept 3: “Joan of Arc: Medieval Maiden to Modern Saint,” 200+ works incl paintings, sculpture, prints, illustrated books, posters & popular art on loan from 20+ public & private collections in US & France look at the historical figure & the manner in which Joan of Arc has been characterized or portrayed.

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

Through Aug 30: “17th Annual Juried Student Exhibition,” works by students of all levels from Silvermine School of Art incl works in ceramics, jewelry & silversmithing, mixed media, painting, photography, prints & sculpture as selected by juror Sherry Camhy.

Washington Art Association, 4 Bryan Plaza, Rte 47, Washington Depot. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10 am-5 pm, Sunday 12-5 pm. Call 860-868-2878.

ThroughAug 26: “Freefall in Form,” “organic

yet sharply defined watercolors” by Janet Niewald, photographs by Judith Petrovich & oils on canvas by Craig Stockwell.

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

Through Sept 8: “Simply Landscapes: Pixels and Prints,” photographic landscapes from around the world by C. Sandra Lopez-Isnardi, who specializes in traditional gelatin silver prints & pigment inkjet digital prints.

Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel St at York, New Haven. Hours: Tues-Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 1-6 pm. Call 203-432-0600.

Through Aug 26: “Made For Love: Selections from the Jane Katcher Collection of Americana,” 39 folk & decorative art objects from 18th & 19th Centuries that contain expressions of affection between men & women, parents & children, students & teachers, & friends, examines the material symbols Americans used to express bonds of affection.

 

 

 

Auditions, Juried Events  _____

Chamber Music Central (CMC), Westport. Call 203-227-0662.

Aug 25-26: Auditions for students ages 9-18 for 2007-08 season, 1-5 pm (directions to studio given w/ appointment), 10-min auditions will incl playing scale of musician’s choice plus 2 contrasting movements to demonstrate level of ability, accepted students then placed in level & age-appropriate trios & quartets of piano, strings & woodwinds, non-profit CMC prepares young musicians throughout Fairfield County for performances w/ student concerts in early Dec & mid-May, visit ChamberMusicCentral.org or call # above for addt’l info.

Concerts, Musical Events ____

Aug 17: Free Strings Concert, at Rogers Park Middle School, Memorial Dr, Danbury, 7:30 pm, free performance by students in Danbury Music Centre’s Summer Enrichment Strings Program will incl classical & fiddle music; 748-1716.

Aug 19: Airborne Jazz Ensemble at Puglio Park (adjacent to Veterans Memorial Park), Madison Ave, Bridgport, 2 pm, free concert by one of state’s leading jazz ensembles (bassist Steve Clarke, percussionist James Moss, et al), , part of Black Rock Art Center’s 10th Annual Summer Sounds Concert series; 203-367-7917.

Aug 21: Funky Butt Jazz Band at Pomperaug Woods, 80 Heritage Rd, Southbury, complimentary refreshments 5:30 pm, performance to begin at 6:30 at gazebo (call if inclement weather), bring chairs or blankets for seating; 262-6555.

Aug 26: Tenth World Ensemble at Newfield Park, 698 Seaview Ave, Bridgeport, 2 pm, free concert of jazz & African rhythms will close Black Rock Art Center’s 10th Annual Summer Sounds Concert series; 203-367-7917.

Portuguese Cultural Center, 65 Sand Pit Rd, Danbury. Call 268-8570.

Weekly Ballroom Dancing, Wed 7-11 pm, adm $15 (incl buffet), music provided by DJ, free dance lesson (7:15-7:45 pm), cash bar, door prizes, singles, couples & beginners all welcome.

Sandy Hook Village Summer Festival, Sandy Hook Bandstand, 5 Glen Rd, Sandy Hook. Call 426-2427.

2007 Music by the River series, free adm, performances 7 pm: Aug 18, Mike Connolly & Lucinda.

 

 

Films ________________

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.

Planetarium shows: Rock on Mars! Mon-Fri 3:30 pm, Sat-Sun 1 & 3 pm, designed for ages 8 & up; Wonderful Sky, Mon-Fri 1 pm, Sat-Sun 2 pm, designed for ages 7 & under.

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

Aug 17-23: Knocked Up (R), daily 7 & 9:15 pm, mat Fri-Sun 4 pm; ALSO Nancy Drew: The Mystery in the Hollywood Hills, daily mat 1 pm.

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

Through Oct 4: Greece: Secrets of the Past, Mon-Fri 11 am, noon, 1 & 3 pm (Fri also 7:30 pm); Sat-Sun 11 am, noon, 1, 3 & 4 pm.

 

 

Miscellaneous ___________

Aug 18: Flea Market, The Church of the Good Shepherd, 680 Racebrook Rd (betw Rte 34 & Post Rd/Rte 1), Orange, 8 am-2 pm, breakfast available; 203-934-4446.

Aug 18: Agricultural Fair, Harmony Grange, Rte 110 at Rte 111, Monroe, 9 am-3 pm, free adm, lunch available; 268-3480.

Aug 18: Tour & Sketch workshop, Osborne Homestead Museum, 500 Hawthorne Ave, Derby, 10:30 am-noon, free guided walk through homestead’s historic gardens & presentation about Colonial Revival Gardens will be followed by time to sketch arbor, sundial, house and/or gardens, geared toward ages 12 & up (program also being offered Sept 15); 734-2513.

Aug 18: 5th Annual Fairfield Master Gardener Office Gardening Fair, Fairfield County Extension Center, 69 Stony Hill Rd/Rte 6, Bethel, 12:30-5 pm, free adm, talks by expert gardeners (topics to incl insects, favorite perennials, garden design, pruning basics & more), booths, “Weeds & Wildflowers Walk,” master gardeners available to answer questions & offer free soil testing, free plant raffle & more; 740-0929.

Aug 19: Sandy Hook Village Farmers’ Market, 5 Glen Rd, Sandy Hook, 9 am-noon, local & regional farmers & vendors, weekly event continues until Aug 26; 426-2427.

Aug 21: BNI-Brookfield chapter meeting, Franco’s Ristorante, 265 Federal Rd, Brookfield, 7-8:30 am, newcomers welcome, educational segment on “Kitchen Cabinet Remodeling” by Mark Kornhaas (Colorscape Painters); 794-1114.

Aug 23: “ESCAPE Tyranny: The Darfur Awareness Project,” ESCAPE to the Arts, 293 Main St, Danbury, 7 pm, fundraiser to benefit refugees in Darfur will feature guest speaker, silent auction, photo exhibit, documentary & live music, also arts & crafts exhibition of works by ESCAPE to the Arts students, event presented by Woman Leader’s Riding Club; 942-8411, 740-3432 x211.

Aug 24: “The Farm and The Homefront in the 1940s,” Osborne Homestead Museum, 500 Hawthorne Ave, Derby, 12:30-2 pm, free program will show how Frances Kellogg (namesake of adjoining Kellogg Environmental Center property) fared during WWII thanks to recently discovered letters, also artifacts & re-created items plus music of the era will create a feeling of the 1940s, program also being offered  Sept 21; 734-2513.

Aug 25: “Reading the Forested Landscape,” Kellogg Estate & Osbornedale State Park, Hawthorne Ave, Derby, 10 am-noon, free (registration requested), meet in Kellogg Environmental Center’s lobby & join volunteer Peter Rzasa for hike through grounds of park while hearing of history & developing new observational skills that can be used to interpret forest history; 734-2513.

Aug 26: 2nd Annual Summer Jewish Festival, Congregation B’nai Israel, 193 Clapboard Ridge Rd, Danbury (attendees asked to park at nearby St Anne’s Melkite, 181 Clapboard Ridge), 1-6 pm, free adm, live music & entertainment, family activities & plenty of homemade kosher food; 792-6161.

Aug 26: Sandy Hook Village Farmers’ Market, 5 Glen Rd, Sandy Hook, 9 am-noon, local & regional farmers & vendors, final week; 426-2427.

Aug 26: “American Cottage Gardens,” Glebe House Museum & Gertrude Jekyll Museum, Hollow Rd, Woodbury, 4-6 pm, tickets $40, lecture by writer & gardening expert Tovah Martin will be followed by wine & hors d’oeuvres in the garden, proceeds to help restore part of Jekyll Garden; 203-263-2855.

Audubon Center at Bent of the River, 185 East Flat Hill Rd, Southbury. Call 264-5098.

Programs free unless noted, reservations requested, call if weather is questionable, leave pets home: Aug 18, live raptor demo, 3 pm, free presentation by Audubon bird handlers will offer kids & adults an up-close look at some birds of prey, also learn to ID different raptors by behaviors, physical characteristics & sounds; Aug 24, “Late Evening Moth & Insect Walk,” 9:30-11 pm, free but reservations required, naturalist & author John Himmelman will lead walk while describing the important role of moths in nature, their life cycles & their behavior.

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

Also, Farmers’ Market, Sun 10 am-3 pm (weekly through Oct 28), set up in zoo’s parking lot (so zoo adm & Beardsley Park adm not required to shop), farms from across CT will have fresh, seasonal fruits & vegetables, also homemade baked goods, pesto & pasta sauces, jellies, jams, preserves, soap, CT honey, home décor & more.

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.

Farmers’ Market, Griffin Hospital, 130 Division St, Derby. Call 203-732-1265.

Through Oct 26: Fridays 2-6 pm, locally grown seasonal vegetables, herbs, fruits & flowers, also fresh baked goods, set up in portico just outside hospital’s main entrance, plus newsletters, recipes, demos & tastings in hospital cafeteria.

Friends of Putnam Park, Rte 58 at 107, West Redding. Call 797-8604, 203-938-3171.

2007 Putnam Park Summer Craftsmen Program, ongoing demos 10 am-4 pm Sat-Sun, free: Aug 18-19, The Army Surgeon, demo by reenactor from British 23rd Reg of Foot will incl medical instruments of the era & the role played by military surgeons; Aug 25-26, Apothecary, see & hear remedies of 18th Century, how bartering & trade were used for payments, by reenactor playing role of the Colonial era pharmacists & healer.

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

Through Sept 2, Sat-Sun 12-4 pm, Village Interpreter: Observe the Living Traditions of Indian New England, members of Eastern Woodland tribes will be at IAIS each weekend to demonstrate & discuss traditional activities & lifeway skills incl dreamcatchers, talking sticks, bead work, outdoor cooking, dancing & more.

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: Aug 22, acrylic landscape demo by Anda Styler.

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 $24/year.

Treehouse Comedy Productions.

Shows at Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St, Fairfield (call 203-259-1036), tickets $22 ($17 FTC members) unless noted, showtime 8:30: Aug 25, Quentin Heggs, Regis Als & Mitchell Walters.

Shows at Marisa’s Ristorante, 6540 Main St, Trumbull (call 459-4225), tickets $10 unless noted, comedy shows start 10 pm, live music starts at 6 (unless noted; no cover charge unless stated): Aug 17-18, The Reverend Bob Levy, Sal the Stockbrocker, Shuli and Chris McDevitt, tickets $25, shows start Fri 10 pm, Sat 8 pm.

Shows at The New Sorrento, 32 Newtown Rd, Danbury (call 744-5575), shows 9:30 & tickets $15 unless noted: Aug 25, Billy Winn headlining, Judy Cienciotto & Tony Liberati opening.

 

 

 

 

Theatre ______________

Long Wharf Theatre, 222 Sargent Dr, New Haven. Call 203-787-4282.

On Stage II: Late Nite Catechism, through Aug 25, curtain Thurs-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm, call for ticket details.

Musicals At Richter, Richter Arts Center, 100 Aunt Hack Rd, Danbury. Call 748-6873.

Oklahoma! through Aug 18, curtain Thurs-Sun 8:30 pm (grounds open 7:15, picnics welcome; BYO seating), tickets $20 adults, $15 seniors, $12 students & seniors.

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

Sedition, through Aug 18, curtain Tues-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 4 pm, Sun 3 pm, Wed 2 pm, tickets $35-$55 remaining performances.

 

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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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