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Art receptions, author appearances, performing arts and some film events
The Bruce Museum in Greenwich is offering free admission to all furloughed federal workers and their families throughout the remainder of the partial federal government shutdown. (more…) Continue Reading →
Patti Mollica will be teaching a workshop called “Bending Reality – Color Theory Schemes and Strategies” at the Rowayton Arts Center (RAC) the weekend of Feb. 9 and 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. (more…) Continue Reading →
The Darien Arts Center encourages smartphone photographers of all ages and abilities, locally, or anywhere in the world, to enter its fourth annual Smartphone Photo Contest, Pic Darien through Feb. 14 at DarienArts.org. (more…) Continue Reading →
On Sunday, Jan. 27 the Darien Library and League of Women Voters of Darien will co sponsor the film RBG, an award-winning documentary chronicling the personal and professional life of indomitable Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (more…) Continue Reading →
Casting call for 6th, 7th and 8th graders: the Darien Art Center’s Theatre Department is producing a 35-minute version of A Wrinkle in Time, adapted by Morgan Gould from the novel by Madeleine L’Engle. (more…) Continue Reading →
Award-winning photographer, filmmaker and TV producer Jeffrey Wyant will judge the Darien Art Center’s 2019 Smartphone Photo Contest, Pic Darien. (more…) Continue Reading →
With the invention of the printing press, so went the practice of writing the bible by hand — until Saint John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, produced a 1,165-page handwritten, gold-illuminated bible in 2011. A limited edition of one of the seven volumes of The Saint John’s Bible is on display at Saint Luke’s Episcopal Parish for all to view for one year. St. Luke’s is also hosting a three-part lecture series this month on Bible art. (more…) Continue Reading →
You are invited to the “Last Hurrah” for Arguimbau Art Gallery in downtown Greenwich (The building is for sale). Visit Darien native Peter Arguimbau at this location before the gallery moves. The Winter Season Reception is Friday (today), Jan 4, from 4 to 7 p.m. at 351 Greenwich Ave. (more…) Continue Reading →
Experience a 1:1 in-depth conversation with Christopher Brown, senior national director of pop promotion and artist development at Sony Music Entertainment at a Jan. 16 event presented in New Haven by the Connecticut Office of the Arts. (more…) Continue Reading →
The Darien Arts Center is announcing the return of its annual smartphone photo contest, Pic Darien, which will be accepting entries at darienarts.org from Jan. 1 through Feb. 14. (more…) Continue Reading →
Darien Library this Friday is showing Operation Finale, the 2018 movie about how a group of secret agents from Israel captured one of the masterminds of the Holocaust. (more…) Continue Reading →
During its tenure in Greenwich, the museum was originally housed in the Mead Mansion at 384 Field Point Road before relocating to Ward’s Castle on Comly Avenue, which was on the National Register of Historic Places. (more…) Continue Reading →
Spend part of the afternoon with the whole family at Darien Library’s presentation of “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” from 2 to 3:45 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 29 in the library’s Community Room. (more…) Continue Reading →
Darien Library is showing the 2018 film, ‘A Simple Favor,’ staring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively, at 6:30 and 8:45 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 28 in the Community Room. (more…) Continue Reading →
Have a cup of hot chocolate, courtesy of the Children’s Library, before joining the family for a matinee showing of the original 1964 movie, “Mary Poppins,” starting at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 26. (more…) Continue Reading →