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12/30/2015 06:00 AMJanuary
Saturday, Jan. 9
Clinton Family Film Festival presents The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains, Basil Rathbone, Alan Hale, and a “cast of thousands” at 5 p.m. in Clinton’s Andrews Memorial Town Hall’s auditorium. For information, visit Clinton Family Film Festival on Facebook.
Sunday, Jan. 10
Soup Sunday with Chester Merchants offering a crock pot of soup during the day. Chester Center.
Saturday, Jan. 23
Opera Theater of Connecticut’s annual Special Opera Concert and Dinner at The Woodwinds in Branford. For information, visit operatheaterofct.org.
Saturday, Jan. 23
Legacy Theater presents A Cocoa Cabaret at The Woodwinds in Branford at 6:30 p.m. Dinner, drinks, and an entertaining and heart-warming performance by Legacy’s resident company of performers. For information, visit legacytheatrect.org.
Friday, Jan. 29 to Saturday, Feb. 20
The Moors: World Premier. Written by Jen Silverman, directed by Jackson Gay. Yale Repertory Theatre. For information, visit yalerep.org.
Sunday, Jan. 31
Plastic-free Chester; Ecological Sunday: Chester Merchants celebrate launching of metal drinking bottle initiative; sculptures of recycled material talk by expert on plastic bottles destroying oceans, Programs by conservation commission/land trust. Chester Center.
February
Friday, Feb. 5 to Sunday, Feb. 21
Local Color: Connecticut Stories: Fiber art works by members of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) in the Connecticut Region, broadly interpreting Connecticut history, from text message to literary references and beyond. Guilford Art Center. For information, visit guilfordartcenter.org.
Saturday, Feb. 6
Shoreline Arts Alliance Mardi Gras Fundraiser Gala featuring a live auction, Dixieland Jazz Band, parade, and more. 6 p.m. at the Guilford Yacht Club. For information, visit shorelinearts.org.
Sunday, Feb. 7
Chester Merchants celebrate Superbowl Sunday with special events geared toward women in all establishments. Chester Center.
Friday, Feb. 12 and Saturday, Feb. 13
Legacy Theater presents The Tongue That Tells Me So by local playwrights Mariah Sage and Bruce Seymour at the Branford Arts Center on Main Street in Branford. 2 p.m. For information, visit legacytheatrect.org.
Saturday, Feb. 13 to Tuesday, May 31
Ten/Forty: Collecting American Art at the Florence Griswold Museum. Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Jeffrey Andersen’s tenure as Director of the Florence Griswold Museum and the 10th anniversary of Curator Amy Kurtz Lansing, this exhibition reflects on the evolving nature of how the museum has approached building and stewarding a collection of American art. Old Lyme. For information, visit florencegriswoldmuseum.org.
Saturday, Feb. 13 to Sunday, Feb. 14
Winter Wonderland Weekend: A celebration of winter for the whole family at the Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme. For information, visit florencegriswoldmuseum.org.
Sunday, Feb. 14
Chester Merchants celebrate Valentine’s Day. Chester Center.
Saturday, Feb. 20
Clinton Family Film Festival presents the 1958 musical comedy Merry Andrew, which is based upon the short story, “The Romance of Henry Menafee” by Paul Gallico. The film stars Danny Kaye and Pier Angeli and was directed and choreographed by Michael Kidd. The musical score is by Saul Chaplin, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. 5 p.m. Clinton’s Andrews Memorial Town Hall’s auditorium. For information, visit Clinton Family Film Festival on Facebook.
Monday, Feb. 22 to Wednesday, March 9
31st annual Regional High School Juried Art Competition & Exhibition at Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme. Artists’ Awards Reception on Feb. 28. For information, visit shorelinearts.org.
Friday, Feb. 26 to Thursday, March 10
Connecticut Blacksmiths: Works by Guilford Art Center instructors and blacksmiths from around the state. Guilford Art Center. For information, visit guilfordartcenter.org.
March
Thursday, March 3 to Saturday, March 5
Legacy Theater presents an out of this world performance, highlighting the Art of Astronomy and the discoveries since the Age of Reason through performance selections of “stellar” quality at the Leitner Family Observatory at Yale’s Planetarium in New Haven at 7 p.m. For information, visit legacytheatrect.org.
Friday, March 4
Guilford Arts Center Art & Craft Beer Fundraiser: Featuring local breweries, creative food, and auction of artist-designed beer growlers and bar accessories. For information, visit guilfordartcenter.org.
Thursday, March 10
Guilford Poets Guild presents Bessy Reyna, author of two bilingual books of poetry. Each reading begins with an open mic before the featured reader. 7 p.m. at the Guilford Free Library. For information, visit guilfordpoetsguild.wordpress.com.
Friday, March 11 to Sunday, March 13
Kidz Konnection presents Mary Poppins. Andrews Memorial Town Hall, Clinton. For information, visit kidzkonnectionct.org.
Monday, March 21 to Saturday, April 9
Shoreline Arts Alliance IMAGES Juried Photography Exhibition at Guilford Art Center. Artists’ Award Reception on March. 20. For information, visit guilfordartcenter.org or shorelinearts.org.
Friday, March 25 to Saturday, April 16
Cymbeline: Written by William Shakespeare, directed by Evan Yionoulis. University Theater. For information, visit yalerep.org.
April
Saturday, April 9
Clinton Family Film Festival presents It Happens Every Spring (1949), a baseball comedy starring Ray Milland at 5 p.m. in Clinton’s Andrews Memorial Town Hall’s auditorium. For information, visit Clinton Family Film Festival on Facebook.
Saturday, April 9 and Sunday, April 10
Gallery Hop for Veterans Fundraiser: Branford Art Gallery is one of a dozen galleries participating in the fundraiser for “Giant Steps,” the art therapy program at the West Haven VA. For information, visit branfordartscenter.com.
Sunday, April 10
Opening day for Discovery Sundays: In addition to the popular Make-A-Painting activities, Discovery Sundays include an outdoor Art Cart that guides families to explore the grounds and their connection to the artists who famously painted there. Seasonal buildings including the Chadwick Studio and the Rafal Landscape Center open for the season. Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme. For information, visit florencegriswoldmuseum.org.
Thursday, April 14
Guilford Poets Guild presents Anne Woodworth, a well-known DC poet and author of four books of poetry. Each reading begins with an open mic before the featured reader. 7 p.m. at the Guilford Free Library. For information, visit guilfordpoetsguild.wordpress.com.
Thursday, April 14 to Thursday, May 19
IMAGES at Connecticut Hospice: Selected work from IMAGES juried exhibition at Connecticut Hospice, Branford. For information, visit shorelinearts.org.
Monday, April 18 to Friday, April 22
Kidz Konnection presents a spring break musical, Sleeping Beauty, and a performance on Saturday, April 23 at 4 p.m. Clinton. For information, visit kidzkonnectionct.org.
Friday, April 22 to Saturday, May 14
Gallery One Group Exhibition. Guilford Art Center. For information, visit guilfordartcenter.org.
Tuesday, April 26
Shoreline’s Top Talent: 35th annual regional high school student scholarship showcase at the auditorium at Evergreen Woods Retirement Community, North Branford. 7:30 p.m. For information, visit shorelinearts.org.
Friday, April 29 to Saturday, May 21
Happy Days: Written by Samuel Beckett, directed by James Bundy. Yale Repertory Theatre. For information, visit yalerep.org.
May
Sunday, May 1
Chester Merchants’ May Day celebration with maypole and may baskets. Chester Center.
Saturday, May 3
Free Day at Florence Griswold Museum: From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme will open free to everyone for this 12th annual community day. For information, visit florencegriswoldmuseum.org.
Sunday, May 8
Chester Merchants celebrate Mother’s Day. Chester Center.
Thursday, May 12
Guilford Poets Guild presents Youth Poets, the winners of the annual Guilford High School poetry contest. Each reading begins with an open mic before the featured reader. 7 p.m. at the Guilford Free Library. For information, visit guilfordpoetsguild.wordpress.com.
Friday, May 20 to Sunday, May 29
High School Invitational Exhibition. Guilford Art Center. For information, visit guilfordartcenter.org.
Friday, May 20 and Saturday, May 21
Opera Theater of Connecticut’s presents concerts sponsored by the Clinton Chamber of Commerce featuring Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway hits, such as Carousel, Oklahoma, The King and I, and South Pacific. Andrews Memorial Town Hall, Clinton. For information, visit operatheaterofct.org.
June
Wednesday, June 1
Tassy Walden Awards: 16th annual awards reception or New Voices in Children’s Literature at the Blackstone Memorial Library, Branford. For information, visit shorelinearts.org.
Friday, June 3 to Sunday, June 12
GardenFest: the seventh annual celebration of the site’s historic gardens, featuring special events, garden tours, demonstrations, and family activities, including a Garden Luncheon on Friday, June 10 and Blooms with a View from June 10 to 12. Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme. For information, visit florencegriswoldmuseum.org.
Friday, June 3 to Sunday, July 3
Bowls (Juried Exhibition). National, juried exhibition focusing on one of the simplest, most ancient, and most elemental of forms. Bowls have been created and recreated by artists through the ages; they can be functional, sculptural, decorative, utilitarian, and more. This exhibit explores the many aspects of what continues to be new and vital about this form. Bowls by contemporary artists in a variety of media, including ceramic, glass, metal, and fiber, may be included. Guilford Art Center. For information, visit guilfordartcenter.org.
Friday, June 3 to Sunday, Sept. 18
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism and the Garden Movement, 1887–1920: Organized by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, The Artist’s Garden tells the story of American Impressionists and the growing popularity of gardening as a middle-class leisure pursuit at the turn of the 20th century, bringing together paintings, sculpture, books, and stained glass. Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme. For information, visit florencegriswoldmuseum.org.
Saturday, June 4
Kidz Konnection presents Cinderella Jr. at 4 p.m. in Clinton. For information, visit kidzkonnectionct.org.
Sunday, June 5
Opera Theater of Connecticut’s 11th annual Opera Gala and wine-tasting: Wine, Women, and Song at The Woodwinds. For information, visit operatheaterofct.org.
Saturday, June 18 and Sunday, June 19
Juried Summer Arts Festival: Hosted by Spectrum Art Gallery and Arts Center Killingworth on the Essex Town Green. For information, visit spectrumartgallery.org.
Sunday, June 26
Connecticut Historic Garden Day: The 12th annual Connecticut’s Historic Garden Day, features 14 delightful places scattered throughout Connecticut that offers visitors an opportunity to explore many types of gardens while their historic homes further delight and educate. Hours, activities, and prices vary by location. For information, visit cthistoricgardens.org.
July
Friday, July 8 to Aug. 7
Home. Group exhibition, open to art works in all media, that explore various notions of the meaning of home in the widest possible senses, from “sweet” to uncanny: as a sense of place, a place of origin, a state of ease, familiarity, comfort, or anxiety, trauma, forgiveness, to name a few examples. Works might depict the notion of home in a material or conceptual fashion. The exhibit will attempt to present a wide range of ways that artists conceive of, interpret, and present this idea in their work. Guilford Art Center. For information, visit guilfordartcenter.org.
Monday, July 11 to Friday, July 22
Kidz Konnection presents Twelve Dancing Princesses with 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. rehearsals and a performance on Saturday, July 23 at 4 p.m. Clinton. For information, visit kidzkonnectionct.org.
Monday, July 18 to Friday, July 22
Rising Stars Summer Theater: Part of Shakespeare on the Shoreline program for children ages 8 to 15. Guilford Green. For information, visit shorelinearts.org.
Monday, July 25 to Friday, July 29
Rising Stars Summer Theater: Part of Shakespeare on the Shoreline program for children ages 8 to 15. Guilford Green. For information, visit shorelinearts.org.
Monday, July 25 to Friday, Aug. 5
Kidz Konnection presents Shrek Jr. with 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. rehearsals and a performance on Saturday, Aug. 6 at 4 p.m. Clinton. For information, visit kidzkonnectionct.org.
Friday, July 15 to Sunday, July 17
Guilford Art Center Craft Expo 2016: Craft Expo 2016 will bring more than 180 nationally recognized craft artists to Guilford, whose exquisite-quality works help rank this event as one of the top craft shows in New England and the country. Guilford Green. For information, visit guilfordartcenter.org.
Friday, July 29
Midsummer Festival Free Concert from 7 to 9 p.m. on the banks of the Lieutenant River at the Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme. For information, visit florencegriswoldmuseum.org.
Saturday, July 30
Old Lyme’s Midsummer Festival: A town-wide celebration of the arts in the heart of Old Lyme’s historic district, with activities spanning locations along Lyme Street – the Florence Griswold Museum, the Lyme Art Association, and the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts. This year, the festivities continue at the Old Lyme Inn, and Studio 80 + Sculpture Park. For more information visit www.OldLymeMidsummerFestival.com.
August
Wednesday, Aug. 3 to Sunday, Aug. 7
Shakespeare on the Shoreline: Two Gentlemen of Verona to be performed at 7:30 p.m. nightly on the Guilford Green. Pre-show discussions at 6:30 p.m.; post-show discussions follow final curtain. For information, visit shorelinearts.org.
Tuesday, Aug. 9 to Sunday, Aug. 14
Opera Theater of Connecticut’s presents Bizet’s seductive drama Carmen on the Main Stage at the Andrews Memorial Theater in Clinton on Tuesday, Aug. 9, Thursday, Aug. 11, Saturday, Aug. 13, and Sunday, Aug. 14. For information, visit operatheaterofct.org.
Friday, Aug. 12 to Sunday, Sept. 4
Pottery Resident Exhibition: Jasmine Gonzalez. Guilford Art Center. For information, visit guilfordartcenter.org.
Saturday, Aug. 13 and Sunday, Aug. 14
Kidz Konnection presents Merchant of Venice (Summer Shakespeare) in the Clinton Historical Society, Old Brick. For information, visit kidzkonnectionct.org.
Monday, Aug. 15 to Friday, Aug. 19
Legacy Theater presents its third annual Dive Into Drama Camp for students ages 11-14 in Stony Creek (Branford). For information, visit legacytheatrect.org.
September
Thursday, Sept. 8
Guilford Poets Guild presents Barbara Crooker, award-winning poet from Pennsylvania. Each reading begins with an open mic before the featured reader. 7 p.m. at the Guilford Free Library. For information, visit guilfordpoetsguild.wordpress.com.
Saturday, Sept. 10
Clinton Family Film Festival presents The Trouble with Harry (1955) directed by Alfred Hitchcock at 5 p.m. in Clinton’s Andrews Memorial Town Hall’s auditorium. For information, visit Clinton Family Film Festival on Facebook.
October
Saturday, Oct. 1 to Sunday, Oct. 30
Wee Faerie Village featuring faerie-sized scenes designed by artists. Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme. For information, visit florencegriswoldmuseum.org.
Saturday, Oct. 1 to Sunday, Jan. 29, 2016
In Place: Contemporary Photographers Envision a Museum: In 2016, the Florence Griswold Museum will mark a watershed moment with the reunification of the original property owned by Florence Griswold and her family since 1841. To mark this occasion, a group of contemporary photographers have been invited to train their lenses on the Museum, outside and in, to create a new body of work that reflects on a historic site of meaning to artists and visitors alike. Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme. For information, visit florencegriswoldmuseum.org.
Saturday, Oct. 8
Clinton Family Film Festival presents The Prince and the Pauper (1937) Mark Twain’s classic starring Errol Flynn at 5 p.m. in Clinton’s Andrews Memorial Town Hall’s auditorium. For information, visit Clinton Family Film Festival on Facebook.
Saturday, Oct. 8 and Sunday, Oct. 9
Juried Autumn Arts Festival: Hosted by Spectrum Art Gallery and Arts Center Killingworth on the Madison Town Green. For information, visit spectrumartgallery.org.
Thursday, Oct. 13
Guilford Poets Guild presents Ben Grossbert, associate professor and director of creative writing at University of Hartford. Each reading begins with an open mic before the featured reader. 7 p.m. at the Guilford Free Library. For information, visit guilfordpoetsguild.wordpress.com.
November
Thursday, Nov. 10
Guilford Poets Guild presents Carol Altieri and Karen Johnson, members of the Guilford Poets Guild. Each reading begins with an open mic before the featured reader. 7 p.m. at the Guilford Free Library. For information, visit guilfordpoetsguild.wordpress.com.
Saturday, Nov. 12
Clinton Family Film Festival presents The African Queen (1951) starring Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn at 5 p.m. in Clinton’s Andrews Memorial Town Hall’s auditorium. For information, visit Clinton Family Film Festival on Facebook.
December
Thursday, Dec. 1 to Saturday, Jan. 8, 2017
Magic of Christmas: A celebration that includes Miss Florence’s Artist Trees. The Florence Griswold House evokes a 1910 Christmas with historically accurate decorations that reveal homespun creativity and the use of surprising materials. Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme. For information, visit florencegriswoldmuseum.org.
Thursday, Dec. 8
Guilford Poets Guild presents Holiday Roundtable Memorize a Poem. Each reading begins with an open mic before the featured reader. Children’s books collected to be given as holiday gifts at the Community Dining Room in Branford. 7 p.m. at the Guilford Greene Art Gallery. For information, visit guilfordpoetsguild.wordpress.com.