Events

 
"Tom Sachs: Cameras" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): June 21-Sept. 16, 2010 
Region: Litchfield Hills 
City: Ridgefield 
Venue: Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 
Description: This exhibition brings together 12 works , from 1972 to the present, that not only explore the camera as both sculptural and functional object, but, perhaps more importantly, chart the course that photography and the globalization of precision manufacturing has taken over the past century. 
 
"Built It" 
Category: Especially For Kids, Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): August 15-Aug. 1, 2010 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Norwalk 
Venue: Stepping Stones Museum for Children 
Description: Join the crew and discover building basics. Lift, load, dump and haul. Learn about the building process and take a sneak peak at Stepping Stones construction plans for 2010. 
 
John Haberle: "Master of Illusion" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): December 11-Mar. 14, 2010 
Region: River Valley 
City: New Britain 
Venue: New Britain Museum of American Art 
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"Inspired Innovation: The Shaker Way" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): January 16-Apr. 11, 2010 
Region: River Valley 
City: New Britain 
Venue: New Britain Museum of American Art 
Description:  
 
NEW/NOW: Kwabena Slaughter 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): January 29-Apr. 25, 2010 
Region: River Valley 
City: New Britain 
Venue: New Britain Museum of American Art 
Description:  
 
EagleWatch 2010 
Category: Special Community 
Date(s): February 6-Mar. 14, 2010 
Region: River Valley 
City: Essex 
Venue: Connecticut River Museum 
Description: An annual celebration of the return of bald eagles to their winter feeding grounds along the Connecticut River. Interactive exhibits, educational workshops and eagle viewing boat tours. 
 
"Remembering Stanley Boxer: A Suvvey with Hofstra University" 
Category: Museum/Gallery Exhibit 
Date(s): February 11-Mar. 28, 2010 
Region: Fairfield County 
City: Bridgeport 
Venue: Housatonic Museum of Art 
Description: Boxer, a New York prolific painter, preferred the tern "practitioner" to "artist." He remained tru to the materially dense abstract mode on which his reputation rested. 
 
"Sylvia" 
Category: Performing Art 
Date(s): February 17-Mar. 14, 2010 
Region: Greater New Haven 
City: New Haven 
Venue: Long Wharf Theatre 
Description: Sylvia, a lovable dog, would do anything for Greg. A constant companion, she loves him unconditionally and hangs on his every word. Greg would do anything for Sylvia, even staying home from work to spend time with her. Greg's wife Kate, on the other hand, is not thrilled that Sylvia's made herself so at home, let alone that she is sleeping on Kate's precious couch. Add the fact that Sylvia is played by a vivacious young woman and you view the relationship between a man and his best friend in a w 
 
“Motherhood Out Loud" 
Category: Seasonal/Holiday Delight, Performing Art 
Date(s): February 24-Mar. 21, 2010 
Region: River Valley 
City: Hartford 
Venue: Hartford Stage 
Description: A new play conceived and produced by veteran Broadway producers Susan R. Rose and Joan Stein, celebrates the personal, funny, diverse, exciting, touching and altogether extraordinary experiences that unite us all. From stepmoms to single moms, immigrant moms to grandmothers, new moms to empty nesters. The play reveals the raw emotions and rocky road we travel in life. 
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