Arts & Leisure
May 8, 2008
This Weekend:
A selection of events going on this weekend; see Arts & Leisure calendars for additional possibilities.
Arts & Leisure
May 9, 2008
May 14:
Columnist to appear on PBS
A new high-definition film,
The Adirondacks, which will be aired on Wednesday, May 14, from 9 to 11 p.m. on PBS, will feature seasonal essays by Hersam Acorn Newspapers'
All Things Natural columnist Ed Kanze.
The film is organized by the four seasons, with Mr. Kanze’s words, and music by Michael Bacon, to set the scene for each segment. The goal of The Adirondacks is to “help viewers understand how close to nature many Adirondackers live.”
Arts & Leisure
May 7, 2008
Summer Theatre of New Canaan:
Apprentice opportunities for teens
The Summer Theatre of New Canaan (STONC), Connecticut’s professional
summer theater, now in its fifth season, will host a six-week theatre
intensive and apprentice program for area high school students
interested in pursuing a career in the performing arts. The theater
intensive will include professional training in ensemble performance,
Shakespearean verse, musical theatre, and more.
Arts & Leisure
May 6, 2008
Impressionist art in Old Lyme:
Exhibit links colony with Giverny
The Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme is the first venue for the exhibition,
Impressionist Giverny: American Painters in France, 1885-1915. Selections from the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Organized by the Musée d’Art Américain Giverny and on view May 3
through July 27, this exhibition of more than 50 oil paintings features
Impressionist masterworks by American expatriate artists who worked in
this small French village.
Attracted by the presence of the Impressionist master Claude Monet, who
settled in Giverny in 1883, an international community of artists
flocked there from the late 1880s through World War I. More than 70%
were Americans.
The exhibition includes such artists as John Leslie Breck, Theodore
Robinson, Willard Metcalf, Louis Paul Dessar, Frederick Carl Frieseke,
and Mary MacMonnies. Divided into four sections, the exhibition traces
the chronological, stylistic, and thematic evolution of art produced by
Americans in Giverny, from Barbizon-inspired landscapes to
impressionist views of the village and decorative depictions of women
in gardens by members of the “Giverny Group.”
By establishing a community distinct from the older colonies of
Barbizon or Pont Aven, American artists created their own unique vision
of the French landscape. Reproductions of archival photos and documents
contribute to the exploratory nature of this exhibition.
Arts & Leisure
May 3, 2008
At the Bushnell:
New Broadway Series will include
Jersey Boys
Arts & Leisure
Apr 26, 2008
Appalachian Mountain Club:
Craig Evans to talk about Peru treks
Adventure traveler and photographer Craig Evans will make an audio-visual presentation entitled “Peru: Beyond the Inca Trail and Machu Picchu” for the Appalachian Mountain Club on Wednesday, May 14, at Christ and Holy Trinity Church, 75 Church Lane, Westport.
For a number of years New Canaan-based Craig Evans has been hiking in the Peruvian Andes to bring warm clothing, medicine and other supplies to remote, desperately poor Quechan villages, which often have no roads, electricity or medical services. In recent years some of these villages have experienced unusually cold weather resulting in many deaths. In this audio-visual presentation Mr. Evans will describe his treks over passes as high as 16,000 ft. in these spectacular mountains, the remote villages he visited and the colorful, friendly people he met. Mr. Evans’ trips combined hours of driving along dirt roads, camping in desolate valleys, arduous trekking and amazing mountain scenery.
Arts & Leisure
Apr 23, 2008
Stamford Theatre Works:
Looking ahead at 20th anniversary
Stamford Theatre Works will host a benefit evening to celebrate its
20th anniversary season on Monday, May 19, at 6:30 p.m., at the Hyatt
Regency Greenwich, 1800 East Putnam Avenue, Old Greenwich. STW will
have a new home at The Palace Theatre, opening in the fall.
Arts & Leisure
Apr 22, 2008
Starting in June:
Neuberger Museum will offer Alzheimer’s program
by CAROLYN MANDELKER
for The Neuberger Museum
About two years ago, Marj Simon, a longtime docent at the
Neuberger Museum of Art | Purchase College, noticed in a newspaper item
that MoMA had created a program for individuals suffering from
Alzheimer’s Disease. “I thought, whatever MoMA can do, we can do, too.
We have the collection, we have the docents, so why not?” She didn’t
have to look far to find someone to benefit from such a program. All
she needed to do was to set in motion a collaboration between the
Neuberger Museum and the local chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.
Arts & Leisure
Apr 21, 2008
Theatreworks New Milford
Gone With the Wind revisited
by FRAN SIKORSKI
“Rome wasn’t built in a day,” and neither was the screenplay for David
O. Selznick’s production of Margaret Mitchell’s epic novel Gone With
the Wind.
Author Margaret Mitchell was begged by the movie mogul to critique
every aspect of the production. A private person, she offered one
criticism on the façade of Tara, and refused to make any other comment
on the film, before, during and after production.
Moonlight and Magnolias, a
slapstick comedy written by Emmy Award winner Ron Hutchinson about the
making of the film Gone With the Wind, is now in production at
TheatreWorks New Milford through May 10.
Arts & Leisure
Apr 19, 2008
Going Green:
James Martin’s new book for kids
When James Martin II decided to write and self-publish his first children’s book, he was sure to enlist the help of a trusted team of editors, artists and experts: his own family.
The book, William the Garbage Truck & Crew: William is Going Green, was released online in February at williamthegarbagetruck.com.
Since then, Mr. Martin says response to the book from both parents and children has been positive. The author has made numerous appearances and readings related to the book, which follows the good-natured, green, hybrid garbage truck William and his friends as they clean up the fictional city of Jamestown.
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