sat20apr5:00 pm5:00 pm Music Matters: Deepest Dedication ~ Balourdet QuartetBUY NOW
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Mozart’s d-minor quartet, K.421, one of six he dedicated to Haydn, brims with operatic narrative and personalities. In contrast, Russian-Viennese Count Rasumovsky’s patronage of Beethoven allowed the composer to
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Mozart’s d-minor quartet, K.421, one of six he dedicated to Haydn, brims with operatic narrative and personalities. In contrast, Russian-Viennese Count Rasumovsky’s patronage of Beethoven allowed the composer to propel classical form in new, unexpected directions. In his inspired quest for new cross-cultural possibilities, Beethoven centered the work around Russian church modes and a hymn. Please join us for a deeply satisfying afternoon with the Balourdet Quartet!
Advance tickets online only, $20. Click here to purchase. $25 at the door. Doors open 1/2 hour before the start of the concert.
Please note ALL seating is on a first come, first served basis. You do not need to bring a paper ticket; simply give your name at the door.
sun21apr10:00 amsun12:00 pm10:00 am - 12:00 pm Earth Day Youth Art Workshop
Time
(Sunday) 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
FREE EVENT
Suggested donation $5.
Thanks to an anonymous donor, all money received in our donation box will be matched through the end of June 2024.
Location
La Grua Center
32 Water Street Stonington, CT 06378
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Children will be able to work with local artists as well as our friends from Yellow Farmhouse Education Center, NESS, and the Denison Pequot Nature Center to participate in their
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Children will be able to work with local artists as well as our friends from Yellow Farmhouse Education Center, NESS, and the Denison Pequot Nature Center to participate in their choice of various art activities, including painting, crafting, clay, and more. All ages welcome. Registration is not required; stop in any time starting at 10am–we’ll be creating until noon!
(Please note, for younger children parental supervision is required; no drop offs.)
Suggested donation $5.
sun21apr2:00 pmsun4:00 pm2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Book Signing Event: Maggie Spadaro
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(Sunday) 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
FREE EVENT
Free and open to the public.
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Come to the official book launch party for My Friend Doesn’t Have a House written by local author Maggie Spadaro. There
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Come to the official book launch party for My Friend Doesn’t Have a House written by local author Maggie Spadaro. There will be an author reading, book signing, sweet treats, & lots of fun for kids. Free.
For more details on this event, please contact covepublishingllc@gmail.com.
fri26apr7:00 pm7:00 pm The Arts Café Mystic presentsYouth Will Be Served
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(Friday) 7:00 pm
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For more information visit https://theartscafemystic.org/
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For more information visit https://theartscafemystic.org/
fri10may5:00 pmfri7:00 pm5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Exhibit Opening: The Art of Lee Dadalt
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(Friday) 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
FREE EVENT
Suggested donation $5.
Thanks to an anonymous donor, all money received in our donation box will be matched through the end of June 2024.
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An accomplished, award-winning and highly regarded artist and beloved Lyme/Old Lyme art instructor, Stonington native Lee Dadalt (1948-2007) seldom exhibited or sold his work during his lifetime. Instead, he
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An accomplished, award-winning and highly regarded artist and beloved Lyme/Old Lyme art instructor, Stonington native Lee Dadalt (1948-2007) seldom exhibited or sold his work during his lifetime. Instead, he kept most of his work in a private collection and occasionally gifted art to family members or special friends. He found endless artistic inspiration in the landscapes and seascapes of southeastern Connecticut, near where he grew up in Mystic. The Stonington fishing fleet was among his favorite subjects, and it features prominently in many of his paintings. While watercolor was a favorite medium, Lee was also prolific in a broad range of media beyond paint, including pencil, woodcuts, pottery, and more. This exhibit, compiled by Lee’s sister and brother-in-law Denise and Steve McGuire, shows the broad spectrum of his talent.
Exhibit opening Friday, May 10, 5-7pm. Open to the public. Suggested donation $5.
Exhibit will be on display through June 28.
sat11may5:00 pm5:00 pm Music Matters: Shostakovich, Op. 147 ~ Vinokur & AzikaweBUY NOW
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Amadi Azikawe, violin & viola Olga Vinokur, 1886 Chickering concert grand Shostakovich Viola Sonata, Op. 147 Medtner Canzona Matinata with duo masterpieces by Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Glazunov Acclaimed
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Amadi Azikawe, violin & viola
Olga Vinokur, 1886 Chickering concert grand
Shostakovich Viola Sonata, Op. 147
Medtner Canzona Matinata
with duo masterpieces by Rimsky-Korsakov,
Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Glazunov
Acclaimed American violist, violinist, and conductor Amadi Azikiwe transforms any stage into a launchpad of ideas and lyrical sparks. Familiar Music Matters pianist Olga Vinokur has her own brand of fire, melded with a fine subtlety of touch that elicits a vast array of timbres from the colorful 1886 Chickering concert grand. Hearing Shostakovich’s haunting viola sonata for the first time is a moving, sometimes shattering experience. This masterpiece among the composer’s late compositions is stark and challenging, and deeply stirring. Medtner’s compact, lyrical Canzona Matinata, one of his celebrated Forgotten Melodies, is a post-Rachmaninoff jewel that evokes the darkly rich soundscape of 20th-c. Russian pianism. The chamber duos for violin or viola and piano sizzle with bravura passagework, lyrical sorcery, and sheer luminescence.
AmadiAzikiwe.com
OlgaVinokur.com
Amadi’s and Olga’s duo recital runs ca. 70′ and is without an intermission.
$20 online tickets here; $25 at the door
All seating is unreserved: first come, first served! Doors open 1/2 hour before the start of the concert. No paper ticket necessary – simply give your name at the door.
fri17may6:00 pm6:00 pm Concert on the Green: Calliope Brass
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(Friday) 6:00 pm
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New York City quintet Calliope Brass presents engaging, story-driven programming to audiences of all ages. Inspired by the eponymous Greek muse of poetry and storytelling,
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So, gather your friends and family, pack a picnic, and join us on the Stonington Commons Green for an evening of music and community.
This concert is FREE.
Please read the information below to understand what policies will be in place for the concert.
Cancellations: If it looks like inclement weather on the day of the concert, we will make the call to cancel by noon and update our website event page accordingly.
Parking: The North Lot at Stonington Commons at 32 Water Street will be available until it is full. Parking in Stonington Borough in the summer can be a challenge. Residents of Stonington Borough are encouraged to walk. Additional tips can be found here.
Seating: We will open for seating at 5 p.m. Please bring your own lawn chairs or blankets, as none will be provided.
No dogs are allowed on the Stonington Commons Green.
Food and Drink: Please feel free to bring your own food, but not your own liquor. Trash cans will be available on the perimeter of the green for your use. Stonington Harbor Yacht Club will be providing a wine bar.
Restrooms: Restrooms are available inside La Grua Center.
Running Time: Each concert will last approximately one hour, with no intermission.
Major support for the Concerts on the Green is provided by the Stonington Village Improvement Association (SVIA).
wed29may6:00 pm6:00 pm Conserving the Watch Hill Carousel: the Ride Continues!
Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm
FREE EVENT
Suggested donation $5.
Thanks to an anonymous donor, all money received in our donation box will be matched through the end of June 2024.
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Did you ride, or do you have a member of your family who rode, the Watch Hill Carousel in hopes of catching the brass ring? Come listen to the story of
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Did you ride, or do you have a member of your family who rode, the Watch Hill Carousel in hopes of catching the brass ring? Come listen to the story of the restoration over the decades of the oldest flying horse Merry Go Round in America by artist and craftsman Gary Anderson. Gary, his daughter, Beth and son, Ben, both artists also, will speak to the ongoing experience of the conservation of this national treasure.
Suggested donation $5.
wed05jun6:00 pm6:00 pm On Our Minds: Discovering Truth in a Social Media Age, with Tim Love
Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm
FREE EVENT
Suggested Donation: $5
Thanks to an anonymous donor, all money received in our donation box will be matched through the end of June 2024.
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Author Tim Love discusses his book, Discovering Truth: How to Navigate Between Fact & Fiction in an Overwhelming Social Media World. This book is an insight-filled exploration of the role
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Author Tim Love discusses his book, Discovering Truth: How to Navigate Between Fact & Fiction in an Overwhelming Social Media World. This book is an insight-filled exploration of the role of media in communications and how today’s social media affects trust in institutions and divides an increasingly polarized society. From the rise of fake news to destabilizing foreign and domestic extremist content, more information does not necessarily lead to more facts. Through the voices of experts and the efforts of an author whose long career is dedicated to marketing communications, Discovering Truth reveals how people have struggled throughout history in seeking and defining truth whenever new forms of communication influenced our values, culture, and the ways in which we receive and impart information. Importantly, author Tim Love offers ways to navigate the discovery of truth in a world where technology platforms instantaneously share and feed misinformation. This book could not be timelier, as it offers a path to a future where we all might better discern between fact and fiction… if we are willing to do the work, ask the right questions, and see more than one perspective.
Presented in partnership with the Stonington Free Library.
Suggested donation $5.
sat08jun5:00 pm5:00 pm Music Matters: Neave Trio ~ A Room of Her OwnBUY NOW
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Neave Trio Anna Williams, violin Mikhail Veselov, violoncello Eri Nakamura, 1886 Chickering concert grand A Room of Her Own Piano trios by woman composers Reena Esmail (b. 1986) Piano Trio Gabriela Lena
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Neave Trio
Anna Williams, violin
Mikhail Veselov, violoncello
Eri Nakamura, 1886 Chickering concert grand
A Room of Her Own
Piano trios by woman composers
Reena Esmail (b. 1986) Piano Trio
Gabriela Lena Frank (b. 1986) Four Folk Songs
Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) Piano trio in d
Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) Deux Pièces en Trio
In the early 19th century, the confident voices of a new generation of woman composers joined those of their male counterparts. Later that same century, they calmly bestrode the prominent Paris and London stages. New England and New York were witnesses to the dramatic increase in esteem in which colleagues and the public held the women who, through sheer talent, began to occupy stages and conservatory posts once reserved for men. The Neave Trio‘s elegant program reveals the fetching additions female composers and musicians have since made to the piano trio repertoire. This music is irresistible! It’s also ideal for the big Chickering concert grand, a Boston voice some of our brave, gifted women knew well.
A Room of Her Own lasts about 65′ and runs without an intermission.
$20 online tickets here; $25 at the door.
Please note ALL seating is on a first come, first served basis. You do not need to bring a paper ticket; simply give your name at the door.
fri14jun6:00 pm6:00 pm 2024 Summer Soirée
Time
(Friday) 6:00 pm
Location
La Grua Center
32 Water Street Stonington, CT 06378
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SAVE THE DATE! Please join us at our 2024 Summer Soirée on Friday, June 14, as we celebrate our continuing mission to engage community through arts and culture. Ticket
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SAVE THE DATE!
Please join us at our 2024 Summer Soirée on Friday, June 14, as we celebrate our continuing mission to engage community through arts and culture.
Ticket information coming soon!
fri28jun6:00 pm6:00 pm Concert on the Green: Cold Chocolate
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(Friday) 6:00 pm
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Cold Chocolate is a genre-bending Americana band that fuses folk, funk and bluegrass to create a unique sound all their own. Led by Ethan Robbins (vocals/guitar/mandolin) and Ariel Bernstein (vocals/percussion/banjo), the Boston-based duo released
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Cold Chocolate is a genre-bending Americana band that fuses folk, funk and bluegrass to create a unique sound all their own. Led by Ethan Robbins (vocals/guitar/mandolin) and Ariel Bernstein (vocals/percussion/banjo), the Boston-based duo released their fifth full-length album in the fall of 2023. Punctuated by tight harmonies and skillful musicianship, Cold Chocolate has quickly gained recognition for their original music and high-energy shows.
Gather your friends and family, pack a picnic, and join us on the Stonington Commons Green for an evening of music and community.
This concert is FREE.
Please read the information below to understand what policies will be in place for the concert.
Cancellations: If it looks like inclement weather on the day of the concert, we will make the call to cancel by noon and update our website event page accordingly.
Parking: The North Lot at Stonington Commons at 32 Water Street will be available until it is full. Parking in Stonington Borough in the summer can be a challenge. Residents of Stonington Borough are encouraged to walk. Additional tips can be found here.
Seating: We will open for seating at 5 p.m. Please bring your own lawn chairs or blankets, as none will be provided.
No dogs are allowed on the Stonington Commons Green.
Food and Drink: Please feel free to bring your own food, but not your own liquor. Trash cans will be available on the perimeter of the green for your use.
Restrooms: Restrooms are available inside La Grua Center.
Running Time: Each concert will last approximately one hour, with no intermission.
Major support for the Concerts on the Green is provided by the Stonington Village Improvement Association (SVIA).
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(Friday) 6:00 pm
Location
La Grua Center Commons Green
32 Water Street Stonington, CT 06378
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Ed Fast and Congabop Quintet features Afro-Cuban influenced rhythms and hard-bop harmony fused to create unique, soulful originals and creatively arranged jazz standards. The repertoire
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Ed Fast and Congabop Quintet features Afro-Cuban influenced rhythms and hard-bop harmony fused to create unique, soulful originals and creatively arranged jazz standards. The repertoire reflects a tribute to the genre’s most celebrated practitioners including Cal Tjader, Tito Puente, and Hilton Ruiz.
This concert is FREE.
Please read the information below to understand what policies will be in place for the concert.
Cancellations: If it looks like inclement weather on the day of the concert, we will make the call by noon and update our website event page accordingly.
Parking: The North Lot at Stonington Commons at 32 Water Street will be available until it is full. Parking in Stonington Borough in the summer can be a challenge. Residents of Stonington Borough are encouraged to walk. Additional tips can be found here.
Seating: We will open for seating at 5 p.m. Please bring your own lawn chairs or blankets, as none will be provided.
No dogs are allowed on the Stonington Commons Green.
Food and Drink: Please feel free to bring your own food, but not your own liquor. Trash cans will be available on the perimeter of the green for your use.
Restrooms: Restrooms are available inside La Grua Center.
Running Time: Each concert will last approximately one hour, with no intermission.
Major support for the Concerts on the Green is provided by the Stonington Village Improvement Association (SVIA).