September
18 - 19, 2010
"Live
Green Connecticut" Expo
Featured
attractions and exhibits include marine ecology and nature
center exhibits, wind and solar displays, farmer’s market,
hands-on kid’s activities, environmental and conservation
organizations and speakers, alternative fuel vehicles, landscape
and garden centers, green careers and education, eco-art,
eco-fashion, entertainment, food and beverages and so much
more. Dr. Robert Ballard, the world renown oceanic explorer
and historian, will headline the speaker's gallery at Live
Green Connecticut this fall. Dr. Ballard, discoverer of the
TITANIC, will speak about ocean exploration and the need to
protect our oceans and their natural and cultural resources.
Free admission, $5 parking per car. Please visit the web site
listed below to confirm the dates and times of scheduled events.
September
18th, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm:
11:00 am: The Vanishing of the Bees Screening
12:30 pm: Elizabeth DiSalvo – Trillium Architects
1:00 pm: Michel Nischan – Wholesome Wave Foundation
2:00 pm: Dr. Robert D. Ballard – Discoverer of the Titanic
September
19th, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm:
12:00 pm: Carolyn Humphreys – Sunlight Solar
12:30 pm: Erin Buckley, Center for Green Building
1:00 pm: The Fairfield County Jazz Guild on the Main Stage
1:00 pm: Marina – Red Bee Honey
1:30 pm: The Vanishing of the Bees Screening
2:30 pm: Bone Dry – Acoustic Rock with a Groove on the
Main Stage
Taylor
Park
45
Calf Pasture Beach Road
Norwalk, CT
www.livegreenct.com
Through
September 19, 2010
Cuba
Avant-Garde: Contemporary Art Exhibition
This
exhibition encompasses the full scope of contemporary Cuban
art history, beginning with the crucial period of the early
1980s, which saw the resurgence in artistic production and
political openness that marked the birth of “New Cuban
Art.” Showcasing one of the premier private collections
in this field, it features 58 works – paintings, drawings,
prints, photographs, sculptures, mixed media works –
by 42 Cuban-born artists. Photo: Tonel (Antonio Eligio Fernández
Rodríguez), Self-Portrait as a Boat (Four Pyramids),
1995-1997. Mixed media on paper 60 x 95 inches. Courtesy of
The Farber Collection.
Katonah
Museum of Art
Route 22 at Jay Street, Katonah, NY
(914) 232-9555
www.katonahmuseum.org
September
23 — 26, 2010
35th
Annual Norwalk Boat Show
The
northeast’s premiere in-water boat show offers the newest
boats, must-have gadgets and gear, plus four days of family
fun on Long Island Sound. Visitors can shop the best deals
of the year and find hundreds of luxury motor and sailing
yachts, sport fishers, performance boats, sailboats, and the
largest selection of marine accessories in the northeast.
This year, don’t miss plenty of fun attractions boaters
of every age can enjoy including an appearance by Russell
Newberry, Star Deck Boss from the hit TV show Deadliest Catch,
who will meet and greet fans throughout the show. And, come
see the all-new Time Bandit offshore racing boat and team.
The 30-foot Phantom racer is driven by Travis Lofland of the
Deadliest Catch fishing vessel Wizard. The show runs from
10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. $12.00 for adults, 15 and younger
free when accompanied by an adult.
Norwalk
Boat Show
Norwalk Cove Marina
48 Calf Pasture Beach Road
Norwalk, CT 06855
Phone: (212) 984-7000
www.boatshownorwalk.com
September
24 — 26, 2010
Westport
Blues Views and BBQ Festival
Wesport
Downtown Merchant Association invite you for a foot-stomping,
mouth-watering weekend on the beautiful banks of the Saugatuck
River. Located in Downtown Westport, shuttle buses will transport
you for a swingin street party with tantalizing tastes and
soulful sounds at this official Kansas City BBQ Society, CT
State Amateur BBQ Championship and BBQ Throwdown. This event
features two full days of live music, live cooking demonstrations,
activities for children and teens, educational events, and
food court. Saturday, 11 am to 7 pm and Sunday, 11 am to 6
pm. Enjoy the view and festival fun, street performers, family
friendly activities, and more.
Entrance
Fee: $10., Kids under 5: free. Students and Seniors: $5. Weekend
pass: $15. Friday, Sept 24th Blues Traveler performs Levitt
Benefit Concert. Blue Traveler concert: $50. Special 3 day
pass (includes Blues Traveler concert on Fri.): $60.
The
Levitt Pavillion
40 Jesup Road
Westport, CT 06880
Phone: (917) 446-2921
www.bluesviewsbbq.com
September
24 — 26, 2010
5th
Annual Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival
 Held
in one of the most spectacular settings in America, this event
has quickly taken its place among the most anticipated food
and wine events in the country. This remarkable weekend experience
features hundreds of wines from around the world, fabulous
food, cooking demonstrations by celebrated chefs, live and
silent auctions, and a gala celebration.
The
Preservation Society of Newport County
424 Bellevue Avenue Newport, RI 02840
Telephone: 401.847.1000
www.newportmansions.org
September
25 and 26, 2010
Arts
& Crafts on Bedford
Arts
& Crafts on Bedford is back for its sixth year in Stamford
Downtown. Shop at eighty-five craft and artisan boutiques
on Bedford Street. The street will be closed to traffic for
the weekend for dining in extended sidewalk cafes. Saturday,
11 am to 8:30 pm, Sunday, 11 am to 6 pm. www.stamford-downtown.com
September
26, 2010
Greenwich
Land Trust - Go Wild! Family Field Day
Plans
are underway for the 2010 Greenwich Land Trust "Go Wild"
annual event and includes hot air balloon rides, a giant obstacle
course, hay maze, petting zoo, and plenty of food and entertainment
for the whole family. An event not to be missed. White Birch
Farm Conservation Easement (Greenwich Polo Club). September
26, 2010, 3:00 - 6:00 PM.
The
Greenwich Land Trust
132 East Putnam Avenue, 2 East, Suite D
Cos Cob, CT 06807
(203) 629-2151
www.gltrust.org
September
26, 2010
15th
Annual Jazz in the Garden
On
Sunday, September 26, 2010 from 4 pm to 6 pm, Weir Farm Art
Center presents the 15th Annual Jazz in the Garden featuring
the Brubeck Brothers Quartet. Bring a picnic and a blanket
and enjoy the cool music of the Brubeck Brothers on the lovely
terraced grounds of the Weir Farm Historic Site. Event is
generously sponsored by Wilton Bank. Proceeds benefit the
Weir Farm Art Center's Artist in Residence program. Advance
tickets go on sale late August. Tickets also available at
the gate.
Weir
Farm Art Center
735 Nod Hill Road
Wilton, CT 06897
Phone: (203) 761-9945
www.nps.gov/wefa
September
26 to November 5, 2010
New Exhibits: Silvermine Guild Arts Center
EVENT:
Ann Hodgdon-Cyr - "Refuge" "At one time or
another in life, we each must seek a place of shelter of peace.
Whether it is a physical place of comfort or a mental escape,
we need to find our refuge." Using the camera as her
paint brush this exhibit reflects the artists' concept of
refuge where the images speak to her mind and heart representing
the human condition.
EVENT:
Elizabeth Back - "Visceral Structures" An exploration
of growth and decomposition, the body of works in this exhibit
incorporates two- and three-dimensional mixed media. The exhibit
itself is a contradiction transforming the space into an investigation
of the subtlety of simple life forms and the rich worlds that
lie beyond the range of human vision.
EVENT:
Gail
Lee - "Back to a Place I Never Left" An exhibit
of abstract works in a variety of media which expresses the
artist's emotions and feelings; with the more literal pieces
dealing with specific times and places. It is about memories,
abandonment and the passage of time.
EVENT:
Michael Manning - "Everyday Hero" An exhibit of
new paintings focusing on the archetypal hero figure. With
the traditional hero patterns as a background, the traditional
deeds and adventures of the hero are substituted with events
found in everyday life from the artists' point of view. The
end results are narrative paintings that use allegorical images
to show every day events as equivalent to the actions of a
classic mythological hero.
GALLERY
HOURS:
Wednesday - Saturday: 12p.m. - 5 pm; Sunday: 1pm - 5pm.
Silvermine
Guild Arts Center
1037 Silvermine Road
New Canaan, CT 06840
Phone: (203) 966-9700
www.silvermineart.org
Through
September 30, 2010
Norwalk
Seaport's Cruise & Clambake on Sheffield Island
 On
Thursday evenings during the summer you can make reservations
for a cruise to Sheffield Island, where they dine in the festive
tented pavilion adjacent to Sheffield Island Lighthouse. Tours
of the historic lighthouse also are included.
Reservations are required.
The
price of the roundtrip cruise and basic dinner (entrée
of barbecue pork or chicken, rib eye steak, salmon or breast
of chicken) is $55.00 per person or $75.00 for a lobster dinner.
NSA
Thursday night cruises depart at 6:00 p.m. from the Seaport
Dock, adjacent to the Stroffolino Bridge at the corner of
Washington and Water Streets in South Norwalk.
Please
note: in order to sail, they require a minimum of 20 reserved
spots. Call the Seaport Association for additional clambake
dates.
Norwalk
Seaport Association Dock
Corner of Washington & Water Streets
South Norwalk, CT
Phone: (203) 838-9444
www.seaport.org
Through
September, 2010
Sheffield
Island Lighthouse & Ferry
Picturesque
narrated cruise of Norwalk Harbor to Sheffield Island on 40-passenger,
covered deck motor vessel; tour historic 10 room lighthouse
and nature trail; picnic area. Please consult website for
schedule information. Thursday evening clambakes at 6PM by
reservation. Box lunches provided upon request at additional
charge. Weekend reservation call at Dock (203) 838-2898.
The
Seaport Association Dock
Corner of Washington & Water Streets, South Norwalk, CT
Phone: (203) 838-9444
www.seaport.org
September
10, 11, 12, 2010
33rd
Annual Norwalk Seaport Association Oyster Festival 2010
 The
2010 Oyster Fest dates are:
Friday, September 10 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Saturday, September 11 11:00 am – 11:00 pm
Sunday, September 12 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
Admission:
Weekend Pass available on-line only: $20.00
General Admission - $10.00
Seniors: $8.00
Children 5-12 years - $3.00
Children under 5 years - Free
All entertainment included in ticket prices.
The
festival is held in Veteran’s Park, Ft. Point Street
and Seaview Avenue, East Norwalk, CT 06855
For
detailed inforamtion on events, visit: www.seaport.org/OysterFest
Through
October 17, 2010
The Edible Garden at The New York Botanical Garden
Set
throughout The New York Botanical Garden’s spectacular
250-acre landscape, The Edible Garden is a summer-long celebration
of growing great food. Through an exciting menu of delectable
exhibitions and mouth-watering programs, be inspired to grow,
prepare, and eat garden-fresh produce and take advantage of
many exciting opportunities to better understand how plants
provide the food and drink essential to maintain life and
enhance wellness.
The
Edible Garden includes two Festival Weekends, seven Edible
Evenings, and a Farmers Market on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Family programming in the Children's Adventure Garden and
in the Family Garden as well as weekly demonstrations in the
Home Gardening Center and daily docent tours make for a fun-filled
edible summer. Numerous culinary and gardening celebrities
will take part in The Edible Garden by designing horticulture
displays, participating in cooking demonstrations, Meet Celebrity
Chefs events, and more.
For
Details, visit: www.nybg.org/EdibleGardenFestival
For
Directions, visit: www.nybg.org/VisitTheGarden/Directions
On-Going:
Exhibit:
New
Canaan Architects 1953-1983
Exhibited
on the second floor of the New Canaan Historical Society's
Town House is an overview of thirty years of work by New Canaan
architects. Most of the works selected for this exhibit are
located out of New Canaan, for as their fame spread, commissions
took the architects far and wide, and their styles developed
in a variety of architectural expressions. Included among
the works in the exhibit are personal interpretations of the
International Style, restorations, eclecticisms, and Post-Modern
allusions to our past.
The
New Canaan Historical Society, 13 Oenoke Ridge, is open Tuesday
through Saturday: 9:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. On Saturdays, the gallery
is closed between 12:30 and 2 p.m. For further information,
call (203) 966-1776 or visit www.nchistory.org
On-Going
Exhibition:
Reframing
American Art: The Roy R. Neuberger Collection
 The
works of art included in this exhibition are selections from
Roy R. Neuberger’s (American, born 1903) generous gift
to Purchase College, State University of New York, which helped
to establish the Neuberger Museum of Art. In addition to the
many iconic paintings and sculptures for which the collection
is known is a presentation of photographs, drawings, and prints
never before exhibited. Bold groupings and expanded texts
shed new light on the aesthetic and social commitments of
leading American artists in the middle of the twentieth century.
Neuberger
Museum of Art
735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY 10577-1400
Phone: (914) 251-6117 www.neuberger.org
On-Going
Exhibition:
The African Collection of the Neuberger Museum of Art
 The
African Collection of the Neuberger Museum of Art provides
an introduction to the richness and complexity of the artistic
traditions of Africa.
Focusing
on central Africa, the collection spans a broad geographic
range from Mali to Mozambique, offering artistic insight into
more than thirty cultures.
Of
the major works on display, many come from the collection
of the late Lawrence Gussman, a notable collector and resident
of Scarsdale, New York. Among them are a very rare harp, indeed
the only anthropomorphic harp of the Tsogo peoples of Gabon
known to be in an American museum, and two forceful Fang reliquary
guardian figures.
Visit
the AFRICAN ART WEBSITE www.neuberger.org/africanArt,
which showcases many outstanding examples from the collection,
including 360 degree views of several objects.
Neuberger
Museum of Art
735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY 10577-1400
Open: Tuesday - Sunday, 12 - 5 pm
Phone: 914.251.6100 (Mon. - Fri., 8:30 am - 5:30 pm)
Phone: 914.251.6117 (Sat. - Sun., 12 noon - 5 pm)
www.neuberger.org
Various
Dates
IMAX
Films: Maritime Aquarium
It’s
been circling the earth – and advancing our understanding
of the universe – for nearly 20 years. The Hubble Space
Telescope returns to Fairfield County and shares its celestial
wonders in this incredible new IMAX® movie. Through the
power of the immersive IMAX format, audiences will almost
feel the weightlessness of space and the weighty task facing
the space-walking astronauts assigned to carry out the final
mission to update the telescope. “Hubble” also
offers an incredible never-before-seen “flight”
through Hubble imagery, providing a first-person journey from
the Orion Nebula to the far reaches of our universe. The 43-minute
film is rated G, and is suitable for all ages. 11 a.m., 1
and 3 p.m. /daily.
"Mysteries
of the Great Lakes", a new IMAX® movie at Norwalk's
Maritime Aquarium, lets you bask in the beauty of America's
"inland seas" and join scientists working to reintroduce
an ancient species. The film celebrates one of Earth's greatest
freshwater ecosystems, and is a rallying cry for the lakes'
continued protection. The Maritime Aquarium features an 2-D
IMAX® Theater with a six story high screen. Huge, crisp
images make you feel like you’re inside the action;
and the 10,000-watt digital propietary surround-sound audio
system completes a total immersion movie experience. Noon
and 2 p.m. /daily.
Maritime
Aquarium
10 North Water Street, Norwalk, CT
To confirm show times, call (203) 852-0700
www.maritimeaquarium.org
On-Going
New
Exhibit: Maritime Aquarium
Explore
our important relationship with fish – past, present
and future – in “Go Fish! Long Island Sound &
Beyond,” a permanent new exhibit featuring live local
species and interactive displays, at The Maritime Aquarium
at Norwalk. Centerpiece of the exhibit is a new 30,000-gallon
tank stocked with cod, striped bass, Atlantic salmon, tautogs,
wolffish and spiny dogfish sharks. Soon to be added to the
tank is an enormous 7-foot Atlantic halibut, the largest species
of flatfish on our coast.
Maritime
Aquarium
10 North Water Street, Norwalk, CT
To confirm show times, call (203) 852-0700
www.maritimeaquarium.org
SAVE
THE DATE:
November
13-14, 2010
25th Annual American Craftsmanship Show
 The
Wilton Historical Society celebrates its Silver Anniversary
of The American Craftsmanship Show, one of the most respected
shows in the country presenting fresh and exciting works by
America's finest artisans.
For
centuries, potters, jewelers, furniture makers, weavers, and
painters have created objects that add comfort and beauty
to our lives. A visit to this show offers a glimpse through
time reflecting contemporary artists' interpretation of traditional
arts and crafts. A weekend of shopping, demonstrations, and
family fun.
Wilton
High School Field House
395 Danbury Road
Wilton, CT 06897
www.wiltoncraftsmanshow.com |
Varoius
Dates 
August
7 - 8, 2010
For
more than 50 years, this Annual House & Garden Tour has
become the venue to take a glimpse of many historic and new
homes and gardens on the island. Each year a different neighborhood
is selected, from 'Sconset to Monomoy to Brant Point. The
Garden Club members provide exquisite flower arrangements
to compliment the rooms in the homes. The event is held on
a Wednesday afternoon in August and is well attended. The
revenue from this major event supports the local community
in conservation projects, local scholarships and provides
club educational programs and conference expenses.
Experience
dinner in Stamford Downtown at prix-fixe daily specials. Stamford
Downtown is booming with exciting events. From June through
December, whether it's a tour of our world class sculpture
exhibit, music in Columbus Park, Arts & Crafts on Bedford
Street or a giant helium balloon parade that marches through
downtown, Stamford Downtown is the place to find it all. 
Free
concerts at the Levitt Pavilion attract more than 50,000 annually
and the community outreach includes not only Westport, but
an additional thirty communities in Connecticut as well as
many from neighboring states. The diversity and variety of
music appeals to all ages. Plans are under way to build a
new Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts set in a beautiful
park, make improvements to the entire surrounding river walkway,
and to create an exciting cultural destination for the Westport
downtown area.
"It's
Reigning Cats and Dogs", a sculpture exhibit in Stamford.
Each year Stamford Downtown hosts a distinguished outdoor
sculpture exhibit designed to attract local and regional audiences.
This year 40 oversized, originally designed and painted fiberglass
cats and dogs will be on display on the streets and parks
of Stamford Downtown through August. All pets will be up for
adoption at auction. A portion of proceeds will benefit Friends
of Felines, OPIN and Stamford Dog Park. Sculpture Auction
Party: Wednesday, September 15th. Please call (203) 348-5285
for an invitation. 
The
2010 Sunday Polo Matches will be played on Sept. 5th, 12th
and 19th. The gates open at 1:00PM and the matches start at
3:00PM. 
