Jazz artist Jimmy Greene will receive the Governor’s Arts Award at a presentation ceremony and concert at 6:30pm on Saturday, June 15 during the International Festival for Arts and Ideas in New Haven, Connecticut. Greene, an internationally acclaimed saxophonist, composer and bandleader, will… Read more »
Diane Cluck, a singer-songwriter who attributes her artistic awakening to the “enlightened crucible” of an early 2000s New York arts scene peppered with the likes of Kimya Dawson, TV on the Radio, Regina Spektor, and Devendra Banhart, has embarked on a small Northeast tour with… Read more »
Kids, teens, and adults are invited to participate in the Danbury Music Centre Summer Music classes and ensembles including A Cappella Camp, Bands, Strings, and Afrikan Drumming. All programs conclude with a concert. For additional information or to receive a brochure, please email… Read more »
Audio recorded by Alec Jordan As a part of The Mercurial Gallery’s ‘re·la·tion’ exhibition, on display through May 17, the gallery held an artist talk with featured artist Jana Ireijo, a painter from Westport, Connecticut. Ireijo, a mother and triathlete, is originally from Hawaii and creates bright,… Read more »
The Big Wedding, the newest marriage comedy written and directed by Justin Zackham and starring Robert De Niro, Susan Sarandon, and Diane Keaton, is getting walloped by reviewers, but it’s really not a bad film if you arrive at the theater with reasonable expectations. … Read more »
Joseph Battaglia, otherwise known as Joey Batts, is an underground hip hop artist based out of Hartford, Connecticut. A self-proclaimed “walking subcategory,” Batts’ original sound spans many genres. With several serious mix tapes and a full album with his band “& Them,” the MC… Read more »
It’s a wrap: Marmalade Sky got to take home the title of BandJam 2013 Middle School Winner in Sunday’s ‘American Idol’ -esque showdown at The Ridgefield Playhouse – for the second year in a row. Infinity Project of West Haven won this year’s BandJam… Read more »
The two titans of the “found” universe, Found Footage Festival (FFF) and Found Magazine, will go toe to toe at Heirloom Arts Theatre in Danbury, Connecticut on Saturday, April 27 in a battle royale of found stuff. The show kicks off at 8pm, and both camps—Joe… Read more »
Norwalk, Connecticut’s Get Ink Tattoo will be holding an opening reception for its in-shop exhibition ‘Art by Artists’ on Friday, April 26 at 7pm. Blurring the lines between traditional art and tattooing, the exhibit aims to span the gap between the two canvases with… Read more »
Trumpet virtuoso Wallace Roney, guitar legend and bandleader John Scofield, and a constellation of jazz luminaries from across the continent will converge in Danbury from April 25 through 27 to perform in three public concerts during the 18th annual Western Connecticut State University Jazz… Read more »
The Trailer Box Gallery at Jim Felice Studios in Danbury, Connecticut opened this past weekend, showcasing six Connecticut artists working “on the canvas and beyond.” Felice and fellow artists were hard at work the month of March clearing out a trailer in the yard… Read more »
The Hygienic Art Galleries in New London, Connecticut will accept submissions from artists in all medias for ‘The Eighth Crossing’ Juried Exhibition. Hygienic Art is extremely proud to announce that this year’s guest juror will be world-renowned oil painter Christopher Zhang. The exhibition will… Read more »
The work of modern day American impressionist Dmitri Wright of Greenwich, Connecticut will be on exhibit at Weir Farm National Historic Site through July 7. His exhibition, ‘Impressions of Light,’ includes paintings inspired by the Wilton park and his other en plein air experiences. Wright has… Read more »
Robbie Vozza, a 26-year-old singer-songwriter as well as the lead singer and guitarist for DawnMother, a Danbury, Connecticut-based “indie-mathy-experimental-heavy-ambient-rock” band on the rise, is releasing a new solo album this weekend at Heirloom Arts Theatre in Danbury. Vozza, along with Corey Stroffolino, Brian Stankus,… Read more »
The Western Connecticut State University Department of Art will host the annual Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition from April 4 through 15 in The Gallery at Higgins Hall on the WCSU Midtown campus, located at 181 White Street in Danbury. The exhibition will… Read more »
The Danbury Music Centre has announced the availability of the Deming Family Music Scholarship, to be awarded in June to a deserving college student majoring in music. Mary Deming and her husband, the late Robert Deming, have funded this scholarship to express their deep appreciation… Read more »
Moving away from making music to providing an outlet for it was a crucial turning point in Steve Rodgers’s life. It was 2003 when he decided to open The Space, an all ages concert venue, in an old, beat down 1960s industrial park in… Read more »
Lisa Scails, Executive Director of the Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut (CAWC, formally the Housatonic Valley Cultural Alliance), is pleased to annouce two significant grants to the region in support of arts, culture, and economic development. The Connecticut Department of Economic and Community… Read more »
additional reporting by Amanda Bloom La Galerie Chartier, a new and innovative gallery and performing space serving the Greater New Haven area, is focused on an under-represented medium in Connecticut – video. Located at 35 Elizabeth Street in downtown Derby, Chartier is owned… Read more »
The Mercurial Gallery’s 2013 juried exhibition invited artists of all media to capture their concept of “The Melt.” The gallery awarded one piece “Best in Show”, and this artist also won a solo exhibition in the gallery’s 2014 schedule. Three honorable mentions were also… Read more »
Any rock and roll fans out there? The Palace Danbury in downtown Danbury, Connecticut is the place for you this weekend. This Saturday, March 2, direct from the Sundance Film Festival, the movie that brought the audience to its collective feet, a must see,… Read more »
Naugatuck Valley Community College (NVCC)’s literary journal, Fresh Ink, is inviting writers and artists to submit work for consideration in this year’s publication. In 2012, Fresh Ink went international, and the publication is working to continue stretching its limits. The deadline for submissions is… Read more »
While we may not have seen the worst of winter yet, the board of directors at Ives Concert Park is already is looking ahead to next summer. The outdoor concert venue on Western Connecticut State University Westside campus in Danbury has, since 1975, hosted… Read more »
Historic downtown Ridgefield, Connecticut has a new inhabitant on Bailey Avenue, right off of Main Street: The Frame Shop of Ridgefield, which opened its doors to customers and the arts community in November of 2012. The store, owned and operated by Sean Kilroy, a… Read more »