WAC presents local Georgetown pianist The Westport Arts Center’s Chamber Music Series will present Janina Fialkowska, renowned pianist and Georgetown, CT resident, on Sunday, February 26, 3 p.m., at the Pequot Library, 720 Pequot Ave., Southport. This solo recital will include pieces by Schubert, Chopin and Liszt. More Feb 7, 2012 - 5:33 AM
Seals and seabirds star on Winter Creature Some of us may find the winter temperatures around Long Island Sound too cold for comfort, but seals who live in even chillier climes don’t agree. Every year harbor seals and gray seals come down from northern waters to winter in the Sound, where open waters guarantee food. Some have come from as far away as the Arctic Circle. More Feb 7, 2012 - 5:00 AM		WCP announces casting for Into the Woods Westport Country Playhouse and Baltimore’s CENTERSTAGE announce casting for their co-production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s beloved fairy tale musical, Into the Woods. Celebrating 25 years since originating on Broadway, Into the Woods will be staged in Westport May 1 – 26, following the Baltimore run earlier in the spring. Mark Lamos, Westport Country Playhouse’s artistic director, will helm the musical, which will open the Playhouse’s 82nd season. More Feb 6, 2012 - 11:03 AM
Final Ring opera coming to The Ridgefield Playhouse The Met’s groundbreaking new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, is the first new Ring at the Met in more than 20 years. It comes to its dramatic conclusion with Deborah Voigt and Jay Hunter Morris starring in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, Live in HD direct from the stage of the Met on Sunday, February 12, at 12 noon at The Ridgefield Playhouse. A complimentary glass of wine with dinner is being offered at Sarah’s Wine Bar (upstairs at Bernard’s on West Lane in Ridgefield) when opera tickets are shown, and Bernard’s will offer a special prix fixe dinner. Reservations are suggested at Bernard’s. This series is underwritten by Barker Welfare Foundation, Lori and John Berisford, Jeanne Cook, Anita and Nick Donofrio, Liz and Steven Goldstone, IBM, Madeline and Fritz Jelinek, Valerie and Greg Jensen, Marilyn and Joe Kreitz, Aline Lawrence, Joanne and John Patrick, Patricia and Stephen Ross, Daniela Sikora and Keitha Kinne, Sabina and Walter Slavin, Mike Taylor and Steve Zemo. More Feb 6, 2012 - 5:39 AM		Winter’s aweigh at Mystic Seaport in two weeks Mystic Seaport celebrates its reopening with Winter’s Aweigh, a day of special activities on Saturday, Feb. 18. Kids will be admitted free (ages 17 and under). Winter’s Aweigh will feature ice sculpting demonstrations, games of long ago on the village green (weather permitting), free horse and carriage rides, special music performances and merrymaking, storytelling, and working dog demonstrations by the Newfoundland Dog Club of New England. More Feb 3, 2012 - 3:57 AM
Lumina String Quartet to perform at the Ferguson in Stamford Enjoy a classical concert at The Ferguson Library Sunday, February 19 at 2 p.m. when the Lumina String Quartet performs works by Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Admission is free. More Feb 2, 2012 - 7:50 PM		Titanic starts this weekend at the Warner Theatre On an April morning in 1912 over two thousand dreams set sail for America on the notorious liner dubbed “unsinkable”. Now, in honor of the 100th Anniversary of the sailing of the Titanic, the Warner Stage Company will bring the Tony Award winning musical to the Warner Stage in a poignant and awe-inspiring theater spectacle February 4 -11. More Feb 2, 2012 - 6:22 AM
Mystic Aquarium's African Penguins spread the love for Valentine's Day As the ultimate tribute to Valentine’s Day, Mystic Aquarium African penguins have created 50 original paintings to benefit the aquarium’s penguin conservation efforts. These paintings ($169.99) are available for purchase beginning today in the Aquarium Store and at mysticaquarium.org. More Feb 2, 2012 - 5:56 AM		School vacation week programs at Dinosaur State Park The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) announced today that Dinosaur State Park in Rocky Hill will sponsor a series of programs for families during February school vacation week. More Feb 1, 2012 - 9:39 AM
Metrosexual men share “love” stories at Fairfield museum It’s a whole new metrosexual gender equality society as vulnerable men will share their heartfelt stories of breakups, bad dates and relationship calamities in MouseMuse Production, "Love Hurts,” on February 9th at Fairfield Museum and History Center’s (www.fairfieldhistory.org) last Stories on the Green show. The program, which begins at 7 p.m. and will include food and a cash bar for the ticket price of $20 ($15 for Museum members). More Jan 30, 2012 - 5:45 AM		Robustelli's Team Work combines international business, sports, espionage to create fast-paced action novel Authors have been known to use people, places and facts from their own lives to create a deeper and more complete story for their readers to enjoy. In “TeamWork” (ISBN 146622195X), Bob Robustelli does the same, using his own life as the back story for an international spy novel during the end of the Cold War. More Jan 27, 2012 - 11:44 AM
Encore Performance of The Met at the Warner On Saturday, January 28 The Met: Live in HD series will continue with an encore performance of Donizetti’s Anna Bolena at the Warner’s Nancy Marine Studio Theatre at 1pm. More Jan 27, 2012 - 10:38 AM		Winter Carnival to showcase ski jumping A new Winter Carnival Weekend January 28th and 29th will be a festive prelude to the annual Jumpfest Ski Jumping Championships in Salisbury, the town in Connecticut’s Litchfield Hills that has been a mecca for ski jumping for nearly a century. More Jan 27, 2012 - 10:06 AM

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