The Arts

The Ridgefield Playhouse's Lost and Found film series will continue with a showing of "The Grey Zone," starring Harvey Keitel and directed by Tim Blake Nelson, next Sunday at 5 p.m. at the playhouse, 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield.

While organizing a revolt against the Nazis, a group of Sonderkommandos (special units) discover a young girl who has survived the gas chamber. Risking their lives, they team up with a fellow Jew, Dr. Nyiszli, to revive the fragile youngster and redeem themselves in the process.

Both Keitel and Nelson will be on hand after the screening for a question and answer session with Morton Dean, Ira Joe Fischer and Faith Daniels. Tickets are $15, $10 for seniors, $7.50 for students; call (203) 438-5795.

The next Community Coffeehouse will feature the three-woman band Maeve and singer-songwriter Shana Cassidy in a free concert Saturday from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the Community Meetinghouse, 7 Madison Ave.

, Danbury. The Danbury Symphony Orchestra will perform "Musical Illustrations," a concert featuring music that paints a picture or tells a story, next Sunday at 3 p.m.

at Western Connecticut State University's White Hall, Fifth Avenue and White Street, Danbury. The program will feature Gershwin's "American in Paris," Debussy's "Afternoon of a Faun," and Rossini's "The Italian Girl in Algiers." Admission is free, but donations will be accepted.

Call (203) 748-1716 for more details. The opera film series sponsored by Southbury Senior Center will continue with a free showing of Donizetti's "La Gioconda" Wednesday at 1 p.m.

in Pomperaug Woods, 80 Heritage Road, Southbury. Refreshments will be served. Call Carole Damon at (203) 262-0651 or Becky Butler at (203) 262-6557 for more information.

The Parker String Quartet will open the Spring 2007 Caramoor Indoors season next Sunday at 4 p.m. at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, 149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah, N.

Y. The program will feature Mozart's String Quartet in G Major, K. 387; Ligeti's String Quartet No.

1 "Metamorphoses Nocturnes;" and Schumann's String Quartet in A minor, Opus 41, No. 1. Orchestra New England will present the original work "Pardon My English: A Gershwin Portrait" Saturday at 8 p.

m. at Fairfield University's Quick Center for the Arts, 1073 Benson Road, Fairfield. A professional actor will portray George Gershwin's brother and lyricist, Ira.

Singers and a piano soloist will perform all of their great hits, accompanied by the orchestra. The finale is a performance of "Rhapsody in Blue." Tickets are $30 and $35; call (203) 254-4010, (877) ARTS-396 or visit www.

quickcenter.com. The Westport Arts Center's Jazz to the Max series will continue next Sunday at 4 p.

m. in Pequot Library, 720 Pequot Ave., Southport, with guitarist Larry Coryell.

Coryell, a pioneer of jazz-rock fusion, will be joined by drummer Paul Wertico and bassist Mark Egan. Coryell has recorded more than 70 albums in the past 35 years as a bandleader, soloist and featured accompanist. Tickets are $40, and $5 for students with valid ID; call Stamford Symphony Orchestra will perform Brahms' Requiem with the Greenwich Choral Society Saturday at 8 p.

m. and next Sunday at 3 p.m.

at the Palace Theatre, 307 Atlantic St., Stamford. "Behind the Baton," a discussion of the stories behind the music, will take place an hour before each performance.

MusiKids, an interactive education experience for children ages 6 to 12, will take place onstage after the Sunday concert. Tickets are $22 to $65, $17 for those 35 and under, free for children on Sundays; call (800) 233-2123. "The Liberator and His Children" is the theme of Greenwich Symphony Orchestra's concert Saturday at 8 p.

m. and next Sunday at 4 p.m.

in Greenwich High School auditorium, 10 Hillside Road, Greenwich. Beethoven is often considered the "liberator" of music. The program will include his monumental Symphony No.

3 "Eroica" and Symphony No. 5. Tickets are $25 for adults, $10 for students; call (203) 869-2664.

A pre-concert lecture will take place one hour before each concert. The birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach will be celebrated with a concert next Sunday with a musical prelude at 10:15 a.m.

and a worship service at 10:30 a.m. at Second Congregational Church, 139 E.

Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Featured music will be Bach-arranged Lenten hymns and a choral selection from the "St.

Matthew Passion." The event is free and open to the public. Child care will be available.

Call (203) 869-9311, ext. 120, for more information. Redding resident Penny Kanter will display a number of her original clown paintings during the month of March as part of the free Meadow Ridge artists' series at Meadow Ridge, 100 Redding Road, Redding.

Kanter created a series of clown paintings for the covers of national puzzle magazines published by Penny Press in Norwalk. This is the first time in almost 20 years that they have been shown in public. There will be a reception next Sunday from 2 to 4 p.

m. Call (203) 544-1000 for information. Terrence Russo's first solo gallery show of portraits and paintings can be seen through April 3 at Rockwell Art and Framing, 235 Main St.

, Norwalk. Russo works in oils, charcoal, pastel and pencil, creating landscapes inspired by local scenes. Hours are Mondays through Fridays from 10 a.

m. to 5:30 p.m.

, and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.

m. Call (203) 846-2212 or visit www.rockwellartandframing.

com. "Beyond the Lines," a solo show of original monoprints and paintings by Fairfield artist Susan Newbold, will open Wednesday at Rockwell Art and Framing, 379 Danbury Road, Wilton. A selection of prints from Newbold's "Illuminated Journal," which blends illustration with observation and journal writing, are included in the exhibit along with new print work.

The show runs through April 18, open Mondays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.

m., and Saturdays from 10 a.m.

to 5 p.m. Call (203) 762-8311 or visit www.

rockwellartandframing.com. "Second Nature," a solo show of woodcut prints by Ridgefield printmaker Deborah Weiss, is on view through March 27 at Rockwell Art and Framing, 15 Myrtle Ave.

, Westport. The show includes delicate floral and botanical studies in a variety of sizes and color combinations. Call (203) 2274-1800 or visit www.

rockwellartandframing.com. The juried exhibit "States of Connecticut" will open with a reception Friday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.

m. at Westport Arts Center, 51 Riverside Ave., Westport.

The exhibited works examine the nature of time and how we spend our days in Connecticut, our complete relationship to science and technology, solitude and the crisis of community, or the local people and places that shape contemporary experience. The show can be seen through March 29, open Mondays through Fridays from 10 a.m.

to 4 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 4 p.

m. Call (203) 222-7070 or visit www.westportartscenter.

org for details. "Upstream Goes Vertical," an exhibit featuring the work of 22 artists from Upstream Gallery in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.

, is on view through April 30 at Rockefeller State Park Preserve Gallery, Tarrytown, N.Y. The show encompasses photography, collage, sculptures and paintings presented in striking vertical format.

Hours are Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.

m. Call (914) 631-1470, ext. 18, for more information.

"A Thousand Words Photography," the first exhibit in the new Little Gallery at Hunt Hill Farm, 44 Upland Road, New Milford, is on view through March 25. Hours are Wednesdays through Mondays from 10 a.m.

to 5 p.m. Call (860) 355-0300 or visit www.

hunthillfarmtrust.org for details. "The Rat Pack Live at the Sands" will open Tuesday at the Shubert Theater, 247 College St.

, New Haven. The production celebrates the talents of legendary entertainers Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin.

The show will feature such songs as "I've Got You Under My Skin,""That's Amore," and "Mr. Bojangles." Performances are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.

m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m.

, and next Sunday at 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets are $38, $48 and $68; call (800) 228-6622 or visit www.

shubert.com. Newtown High School will present Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods" Thursday through next Sunday in the school's auditorium, 12 Berkshire Road, Newtown.

Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and 2:30 p.

m. next Sunday. Brookfield High School Drama Club will present "Hello, Dolly!

" beginning Friday in the school's auditorium, 8 Obtuse Hill Road, Brookfield. Performances are Friday and March 23 at 7:30 p.m.

, and Saturday and March 24 at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10, $8 for students; $14 for adult reserved seating, $12 for students; call (203) 740-3143.

"The Wizard of Oz" will be staged next Sunday at 11 a.m. and 2 p.

m. at the Ridgefield Playhouse for Movies and the Performing Arts, 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield. Western Connecticut State University will present a free performance of "The Vagina Monologues" Wednesday at 7 p.

m. in WestConn's Student Center Theater, Dr. James Roach Avenue, Danbury.

The Brewster Theater Company will present the premiere production of Elizabeth Joyce's "Looking for Sean, Finding Seamus" Friday and Saturday and March 23 at 7 p.m. at St.

Andrew's Church, Brewster, N.Y. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted.

There will be a special fundraising dinner-theater benefit March 24 to support the theater group's 2007 season. The festivities and dinner begin at 6 p.m.

, with the show at 7:30. Tickets for the dinner-theater are $20, which includes an Irish buffet, the performance and traditional Irish entertainment. Call (845) 598-1621 or visit www.

brewstertheater.org for more details. The Darien Players will perform "Wait Until Dark" through March 24 at the DAC Weatherstone Studio, Darien Town Hall, 2 Renshaw Road, Darien.

Performances are Friday and Saturday and March 23 and 24 at 8 p.m., and today and next Sunday at 2 p.

m. Tickets are $20, $15 for seniors, and $5 for children under 12; call (203) 655-5414 or visit http://arts.darien.

org. Stamford Center for the Arts and the Greenwich Arts Council's lunch-time series "Play With Your Food" will conclude for the season with sessions Tuesday at Rich Forum, 307 Atlantic St., Stamford, and Wednesday and Thursday at Greenwich Arts Council, 299 Greenwich Ave.

, Greenwich, from noon to 1:30 p.m. Actors will read one-act plays including "Baby Food" by David Lindsey Abaire, "The Dying Gaul" (Scene 1) by Craig Lucas, and "Foreplay" by Bernie Orenstein.

The event also features a lunch and follow-up discussion. Admission is $35, which includes food; call (203) 325-4466 for Stamford tickets, (203) 622-3398 for Greenwich tickets, or visit www.playwithyourfood.

org. The play "Trying" will open Wednesday at Stamford Theatre Works, 200 Strawberry Hill Ave., Stamford.

It's about Francis Biddle, attorney general under President Franklin D. Roosevelt and chief judge of the Nuremberg trials, who in 1967 is an old curmudgeon whose irascibility has prevented him from keeping a secretary long enough to help him write his memoirs -- until he meets his match in Sarah Schorr. The show runs through April 1.

Performances are Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m., matinees Saturdays at 4 and Sundays at 2, and the first Sunday and Tuesday of the run at 7 p.

m. Troupers Light Opera will perform Gilbert and Sullivan's "Princess Ida" beginning Friday at St. Luke's School, 6 Forest St.

, New Canaan. Performances are Friday and Saturday and March 23 at 8 p.m.

, next Sunday at 2:30 p.m., and March 24 at 2:30 and 8 p.

m. Tickets are $25, $20 for seniors and $15 for students; call The Jewish Foreign Film Festival will continue with a showing of "Under the Domim Tree" Saturday at 8 p.m.

in the Jewish Community Center, 9 Route 39 South, Sherman. This is the story of four teenagers living on a Kibbutz after surviving the Holocaust. The domim tree provides them solace at night when the relive their experiences.

The suggested donation is $10 for non-members, and $8 for members. Reservations are requested and pre-payment is suggested; call (860) 355-8050. John Jeffrey, a former Newtown resident and Charles Rafferty of Newtown will be the guests at Wednesday Night Poetry this Wednesdayat 7:30 p.

m. at Molten Java, 102 Greenwood Ave., Bethel.

by artist Bob Crofut on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Newtown Meeting House, Main Street, Newtown.

Crofut will discuss how his career has developed and explain how to market art more effectively, including how to multiply the effect of art through the many technologies now available. He will also spend time explaining how he achieves his unique oil techniques. The meeting is open to the public.

Call (203) 426-6654 for more information. p.m.

at the New Fairfield Library, 2 Brush Hill Road, New Fairfield. The meeting is open to the public. Call (203) 746-2357 for more information.

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main St., Ridgefield, will offer a three-workshop series focused on the professional development of area educators. The workshops will be held March 20 and 27 from 5 to 7 p.

m. and April 14 from noon to 4 p.m.

The fee is $25 for non-members, and $20 for members, other discounts may apply. Prepayment and registration are required. Call (203) 438-4519 for more information or to register.

The Southbury School of Performing Arts will host a variety of master ballet workshops today beginning at 3 p.m. at the school, There will be classes for beginners, intermediate, advanced and elite with instructor Thomas Hanner.

Artwell Gallery's new art initiative, "Show for a Show," will take place March 31 to April 29 at the gallery, 19 Water St., Torrington. Major non profit, commercial art galleries, and museums, will view the exhibit and select artists to showcase in their gallery space.

Some of the galleries and museums include: The Wadsworth Atheneum, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield; Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery, Kent; and Morrison Gallery, Kent. this story has 0 comments.