July, August & September 2019 - Promoting, Connecting, Collaborating and Advocating for the Arts! - Arts & Culture Collaborative
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Events in Our 16-Town Region for
July, August & September 2019
Promoting, Connecting, Collaborating
and Advocating for the Arts!
Outdoor Summer Music
Enjoy the summer weather and the great sounds of various musicians performing in towns throughout our region!
Ansonia – Summer Concert Series
Veteran’s Park 253 Main St., Ansonia, CT
Weather permitting
July 10 – Aug. 28: 7 pm
ANSONIA
Ansonia – Valley Arts Council’s “Art in the Park”
Veteran’s Park 253 Main St., Ansonia, CT
Music by Senator George Logan ( Hendrix );
Al & Sal Duo ( Fools on the Hill); Billy Black
July 20: 3 pm – 9 pm
Ansonia – Rock the Valley
Nolan Field Sports Complex, Wakelee Ave., Ansonia, CT
Naugatuck Green ^
Music by Draw the Line (Aerosmith Tribute Band)
Aug. 24: 4 pm – 10 pm Naugatuck – Concerts on the Green
Cost: $3, under 12 – Free Naugatuck Green, 228 Church Street, Naugatuck, CT
NAUGATUCK
Rain location – Naugatuck High School
Beacon Falls – Summer Concert Series Tuesdays 7 pm
BEACON FALLS
St. Michael’s Green, 25 Maple Ave. Beacon Falls, CT June 25 Naugatuck Community Band
Wednesdays 6 pm July 2 Maestro’s Men
June 19 L&B All Star Review (Country and Blues) July 9 Le Mixx
June 21 The Kerry Boys (Irish Ballads and Folk Songs) July 16 Parkway Diner
June 26 The Bernadettes (Motown 70’s and 80’s) July 23 Kerry Boys (Irish Night)
July 10 T.U.B. (Music from 50’s & 60’s) July 30 Simply Swing
July 17 Classified (Oldies from 60’s & 70’s) Aug. 6 Marty Q Classic Pop & Jazz
July 24 Rich Bobinski Orchestra (Polka Music) Aug. 13 The Potentials
July 31 Angelo (Beacon Falls Easy Listening) Aug. 20 Beatles Forever
Aug. 7 Al Fenton Big Band Music Sept. 20 60s Satisfaction (Harvest Moon Fest)
Aug. 14 60’s Satisfaction (Music of the 60’s)
The Kerry Boys > Oxford – Summer Concert Series
Jackson Cove Park Pavilion, 26 Jackson Cove Rd., Oxford, CT
OXFORD
Cancellation Line: 203-888-2543, Press 3 then 1
Tuesdays 6:30 pm
July 9 LA Backstage Pass
July 16 The Potentials
July 23 Coyote River Band
July 30 Sumo Sidecar
Aug. 6 Social Convention
Aug. 13 Eran Troy Danner
Aug. 20 Nashville Drive (6:00 Start Time)
Prospect – Summer Concert Series
Prospect Green, 12 Center St., Prospect, CT
Rain location – Prospect Community Center
PROSPECT
Eran Troy Danner ^ Wednesdays 7 pm
June 26 Nightshift Band (Rock)
July 3 NEO Sound (Top 40, R&B)
July 10 Coyote River Band (Blues, Country, Folk, Rock)
July 17 Eran Troy Danner (Blues)
July 24 Mass Confusion (Jazz, Pop/Top 40, R&B)
Running on Empty >
July 31 Still Kickin with The Big City Horns (Classic
Rock, Blues, Soul, Funk & a little Country)
Cheshire – Friday Night Concerts Aug. 7 Rock Solid Alibi (Rock)
DERBY CHESHIRE
Bartlem Park, 520 South Main Street, Cheshire, CT Aug. 14 Avenue Groove (R&B/Funk)
Fridays 7 pm Aug. 21 Southern Voice (Country, Pop, Southern Rock)
July 19: Running on Empty (Jackson Browne and
Laurel Canyon tribute band). Raindate: July 23 Seymour – Culture & Arts Commission Concert Series
July 26: Peat Moss and the Fertilizers (Top 40 & Party Corner of Fifth & Bank St
SEYMOUR
Band) Raindate: July 30 Saturdays 6 pm
Aug. 2: Decadia (80’s and Beyond). Raindate: Aug. 6 July 6 Larry Ayce
Aug. 9: 7 Bridges Road (The Ultimate Eagles Aug. 3 The Barons
Experience) Raindate: Aug. 13 Sept. 7 Rubber City Blues
Derby – Summer Concert Series Hosted and located
Derby Green, 100 Elizabeth Street, Derby, CT. at the Great Hill Hose Co. 140 Botsford Rd. Seymour CT
For more information visit www.derbyct.gov Saturdays 6 pm
Tuesdays 6:30 pm July 20 The Bernadettes
June 25 – Aug. 27 Aug. 17 The Royal Kings
Outdoor Summer Music
Grab a lawn chair or blanket and pack a picnic or snack. Concerts are free unless otherwise specified!
Southbury < Timmy Maia
Southbury Green Gazebo, 775 Main Street South
Thursdays 6 pm
June 20 Radio Waves (Top 40, retro dance, jazz)
June 27 Memphis Soul Spectacular
July 11 The Maxxtones
July 18 The Cartells (Music of all genres)
Aug. 1 One Track Mind (Classic to modern Rock)
Aug. 8 Tirebiter (Music from all eras)
Aug. 15 Kathy Thompson Band (Funk, Soul, R&B Hits)
SOUTHBURY
Southbury Training School, 1461 South Britain Road,
Southbury, CT (next to Gatehouse Cafe)
Tuesdays 6:30 pm
June 25 Timmy Maia
July 2 Revolutionary Brass
July 9 Eight to the Bar Red Hot Trio ^
July 16 Brubeck Brothers Quartet
July 23 Peter Lehndorff
July 30 Nekita Waller
River Glen 162 South Britain Rd, Southbury, CT
Wednesdays 6:30 pm < Fred & Ethel
June 26 Larry Ayce Band
July 17 The EcleKtics Waterbury – Main Street Waterbury
Aug. 21 Willie & Jan Nininger Thursdays 12:30 pm – 2 pm
WATERTOWN WATERBURY
Waterbury Green
Memorial Green 561 Main Street South, Southbury, CT July 11 L.T. Maroon
(next to Senior Center/Parks and Recreation Building) July 18 Fred & Ethel
Mondays 6 pm July 25 Cynthia Preston
July 1 Dr. YaYa’s Gumbo Party Aug. 1 Trevor Anthony
July 8 Gunsmoke Aug. 8 Red Hots Trio
July 15 The Kerry Boys Aug. 15 Petra Herceg
July 22 The Rakes Aug. 22 Russ Preston
Thomaston – Fine Arts Connection of Thomaston Watertown – Summer Block Parties
Seth Thomas Park, 100 South Main St., Thomaston, CT Watertown’s Main Street, between Woodruff Ave. & Depot St.
THOMASTON
Rain Location – Thomaston High School Auditorium Select Saturdays 6 pm – 9 pm
Mondays 7 pm June 15
June 24 Too Blue July 20
July 1 Deni Bonet Aug. 17
July 8 Roylety Steel Pan Band
July 15 Good News Gospel Choir Wolcott
July 22 60’s Satisfaction Town Green
July 29 Goldrush Sundays 6 pm
Aug. 5 Liz Queler June 23 Rockin Heartbeats
Aug. 12 Parkway Diner Band July 7 Mad River Band
WOLCOTT
Aug. 19 Chris Coogan Quintet July 14 TBA
July 21 4 pm Mayor’s picnic
Waterbury – The Waterbury Arts & Tourism 5 pm T.J. Thompson Trio
Commission & Bunker Hill Neighborhood Association Aug. 18 Ken Nigro Band
Bunker Hill/ Schofield Park Bunker Hill Ave.
Fridays 6 pm Sundays 6 pm
WATERBURY
Please bring a non-perishable food item to support local Peterson Park
food ministries. June 30 Kathy Thompson Band
July 12 Backbeat (Rain Date: July 19) July 28 Redline
Aug.16 Soul Funk (Rain Date: Aug. 23) Aug. 4 Fleetwood Macked
Aug. 11 Redzone
Waterbury – First Congregational Church & Waterbury Aug. 25 Crosseyed Cat
Baptist Ministries
First Congregational Church 222 W Main St, Waterbury, CT Woodbury – The Sounds of Summer
WOODBURY
Rain or shine Hollow Park, 43 Hollow Rd., Woodbury, CT
Tuesdays 6 pm Wednesdays 6:30 pm
July 9 Mattatuck Fife & Drum July 10 The Silver Steel Band
July 16 Back & Forth Band July 17 The Future Heavies (80’s Pop)
July 23 The Valley Chordsman (Barbershop Quartet) July 24 Root 6 (Classic Rock)
July 30 The Kerry Boys July 31 2nd Company Governor’s Foot Guard Band
July 2019 Events
ARTS ESCAPE, INC. Plein Air Pastel with Tony Falcone “People & Places”
88 Main Street South, Southbury, CT Students will learn skills “to see” and Crescent Gallery
203-586-1474 www.artsescape.org capture clouds and trees. Bring lunch. A special exhibit of paintings and
July 21: 10 am – 2:30 pm photography by Cindy and Ron
Check website for full list of offerings in Cost: $50 Blanchard. Visit the gallery one hour
addition to the ones listed here. before show times of “Matilda” at the
Mono Etching Workshop Thomaston Opera House.
Lecture Series - War Through the Lens Learn how to create the illusion of July 13, 19, 20, 26, 27: 7 pm – 8 pm
of Politics, Conflict & Perception 3-dimensional form with the technique of July 14, 21, 28: 1 pm – 2 pm
July 10, 17, 24, 31; Aug. 7: scratch art. Instructor Roseanne Shea. Cost: Free
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Supplies included. Choose from one of
Cost: $25 each or $100 for all 5 lectures two classes.
GLASS SOURCE STUDIOS &
July 23: 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Cartooning Around the World for Kids GALLERY
July 24: 1 pm – 4 pm
July 11, 18, 25: 10 am – 12 pm 18 Bank St., Seymour, CT
Cost: $45
Cost: $75 203-888-1616 www.theglasssource.com
Color Theory 101 BRASS CITY BALLET Beginner/Intermediate Stained Glass
July 19: 10 am – 2 pm 1255 Middlebury Rd., Middlebury, CT 6-week course covering complete and
Cost: $110 203-598-0186 proper pattern design and layout. Choose
www.brasscityballet.org your preferred recurring weeknight.
FIESTA! Music from Spain and Latin Mon.: July 1 – Aug. 5: 6 pm – 8:30 pm
America Prince & Princess Academy Tues.: July 9 – Aug. 13: 6 pm – 8:30 pm
July 25: 4 pm Learn to be a real princess with Anna, Thurs.: July 11 – Aug. 15: 6 pm – 8:30 pm
Cost $20 – $50 Elsa, Belle, and all your favorite Cost: $165
princesses! Dance classes, crafts, games
Summer Camp: Who’s In the Garden and final coronation performance! Fused Glass Wind Chime Workshop
A fun, interactive multi-arts program for July 8 – 12: 10 am – 12 pm (Ages 3 – 4) Sweeten the sounds around you with a
ages 5 – 8 celebrating the wonders of July 8 – 12: 9 am – 12 pm (Ages 5 – 9) beautiful fused glass wind chime. Learn
nature through hands-on art, music, and Cost: Call BCB for Pricing about the tools, techniques, and firing
dance culminating in a performance. process of glass.
Limited space. Toddler Fairy Tale & Butterfly Dance July 6: 1 pm – 3 pm
July 29, 30, 31; Aug. 1: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm Classes Cost: $90
Cost: $175 Children’s dance classes bring creativity to
life with music, dance and drama. Fused Glass Plant/Garden Stake
July 18 – Aug. 15 (Thurs., 5-week session) Workshop
ARTSPLACE 10:30 am – 11 am (Ages 18 mos. – 3) Learn to design and create unique
1220 Waterbury Rd., Cheshire, CT 4:30 pm – 5:15 pm (Ages 3 & 4) plant and garden stakes for indoor or
203-272-2787 5:15 pm – 6:15 pm (Ages 5 – 8) three-season outdoor use.
www.artsplacecheshirect.org Cost: $85 July 13: 10 am – 12 pm
Cost: $90
Check website for full list of offerings in Summer Dance 2019
addition to the ones listed here. Pick and choose your dance schedule.
Fused Glass Plate/Bowl Workshop
Drop-in classes for children and adults in
Travels of the World Art Camp Students will have a wide selection of
Ballet, Contemporary and Hot Yoga.
Grades 2-6 explore India, Ireland and molds, glass, frit, stringers and powders
Through Aug. 16 (Call or check
Iceland through unique art projects. to make their own, one-of-a-kind bowl or
website for schedule, pricing)
Instructor Robin McCahill. plate.
July 1, 2, 3: 9 am – 3 pm FINE ARTS CONNECTION OF July 13: 1 pm – 3 pm
Cost: $165 THOMASTON Cost: $85
158 Main St., Thomaston, CT
The Sky’s the Limit Workshop Fused Glass Suncatchers Workshop
860-283-2155
Landscape pastel painting 2-day work- Learn how to design and create four to six
www.thomastonfinearts.com
shop with Karen Israel. Each day begins medium sun catchers using frit, stringers
with short demo and concludes with Open Studio and cut glass pieces.
critique. All levels welcome. Crescent Gallery July 20: 1 pm – 3 pm
July 12, 13: 9:30 am – 4 pm The Ten-2-One Artists paint side-by-side Cost: $85
Cost: $185 and share their common bond…ART!
Fused Glass Pendant Workshop
Watch, ask questions, and view the art in
Behind-the-Scenes Art Camp Learn how to design and create four to
the gallery.
Hands-on theatre art camp to build sets five small pendants using frit, stringers
Every Thursday: 10 am – 1 pm
and props by sewing and painting from and cut-glass pieces.
Cost: Free
popular movies and plays. July 27: 10 am – 12 pm
July 15, 16, 17, 18, 19: 9 am – 3 pm Cost: $85
Cost: $275
July 2019 Events
GLEBE HOUSE MUSEUM & LITCHFIELD PERFORMING ARTS MATTATUCK MUSEUM
GERTRUDE JEKYLL GARDEN P.O. Box 69, Litchfield, CT 63 Prospect St., Waterbury, CT
49 Hollow Rd., Woodbury, CT 860-361-6285 203-753-0381, Ext. 10
203-263-2855 www.glebehousemuseum.org www.litchfieldjazzfest.com www.mattmuseum.org
Summer Experience 2019 24th Annual Litchfield Jazz Festival The Mattatuck Museum is operating a
Children experience enriching, fun activities, The Gunnery School temporary museum exhibit at the historic
taught by professional educators. 22 Kirby Rd. Washington, CT Rose Hill mansion during the renovation
Registration available until start of programs Three days of great jazz and two of their West Main St. facility.
or when capacity is reached. fundraising parties: Opening Night Gala Mon. – Fri.: 12 pm – 5 pm,
July 1 – 3: Individual Program Days at the Judy Black Memorial Park and First full wknd of the month: 12 pm – 5 pm
(ages 8-15) Gardens and Sunday Jazz Brunch. Visit Cost: $5; Free Waterbury Residents M-F
July 8 – 12: “Art of the Garden” their website for the full festival schedule.
(ages 6-12) July 26 – 28 OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING
July 15 – 19: “A Day in the Life of a Cost: $45 – $500 INSTITUTE AT UCONN WATERBURY
Colonial Craftsman” (ages 11-15)
99 East Main St., Waterbury, CT
July 22 – 26: “Colonial Textiles Week”
MAIN STREET BALLET 203-236-9924
(ages 8-15)
124 South Pomperaug Ave., Woodbury, CT www.waterbury.uconn.edu/osher
Cost: Contact Museum
203-263-5107
Fall 2019 Open House
Wine & Roses in the Jekyll Garden www.mainstreetballet.com
OLLI at UConn Waterbury invites all
Guests will be treated to a selection of
Intermediate Adult/Young Adult Ballet adults aged 50+ to its free Open House
wines and hors d’oeuvres while wandering
8 classes with half-four pointe class featuring a keynote presentation and
this beautiful, one-of-a-kind garden and
(optional) following the class. previews of full-length courses to be held
historic house.
June 25 – July 25 (Tues. & Thurs.): in the fall.
July 20: 6 pm – 8 pm
6 pm – 7:30 pm July 26: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Cost: $25
7:30 pm (Optional 30-min. pointe class) Cost: Free
Cost: $15 per class or $120 per session
HISPANIC COALITION OF
OXFORD CULTURAL ARTS
GREATER WATERBURY Fairy Tale Dance Camp COMMISSION
135 E. Liberty St., Waterbury, CT For dancers age 4 to grade 4 with classes P.O. Box 532, Oxford, CT
203-754-6172 www.thehispaniccoalition.org in ballet, jazz and improvisational dance.
203-881-6085 www.oxfordculturalarts.org
Puerto Rican Mayor for the Day and A final performance in Newbury Musical
Flag Raising celebration Theater’s “Frozen!” Bards & Brews Open Mic Poetry at
Waterbury City Hall July 8 – 12, July 15 – 19 Oxford Baking Co.
235 Grand Street, Waterbury, CT 9 am – 12:30 pm (Half Day) 451 Oxford Road Oxford,CT
Recognizing the achievements and 9 am – 4:30 pm (Full Day) Express yourself with poetry at a
community involvement of a Waterbury Cost: $185 – $285 renovated 19th century post and beam
resident of Puerto Rican descent. house turned bakery.
Summer Dance Camp July 3: 6 pm – 8 pm
July 26: 10 am
A half or full-day dance program for Cost: Free
Cost: Free
grades 5 through 8 with classes in ballet
& contemporary dance. Students may Bards & Brews Open Mic Poetry at
LANDMARK COMMUNITY THEATRE choose one or both weeks. Black Hog Brewing co.
at Thomaston Opera House July 29 – Aug. 2, Aug. 5 - 9 115 Hurley Rd. Oxford,CT
158 Main St., Thomaston, CT 9 am – 12:30 pm (Half Day) Express yourself with poetry at Oxford’s
860-283-6250 9 am – 4:30 pm (Full Day) award-winning brewery.
www.landmarkcommunitytheatre.org Cost: $215 – $730 July 24: 6 pm – 8 pm
Cost: Free
Matilda the Musical Summer Dance Intensive
Inspired by the twisted genius of Roald A full-day dance program for grades 5 to OXFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY
Dahl, this Tony-award winning musical 12 with classes in ballet, pointe, variations, 49 Great Oak Rd., Oxford, CT 06478
from the Royal Shakespeare Company contemporary dance and crafts. 203-888-6944 www.oxfordlib.org
is about a special little girl with an July 29 – Aug. 2, Aug. 5 – 9:
extraordinary imagination. 9 am – 4:30 pm Murder They Wrote Book Club
July 13, 19, 20, 26, 27: 7 pm Cost: $375 – $730 Book group alternating mystery fiction and
July 14, 21, 28: 2 pm true-crime non-fiction on the 2nd Saturday
Cost: $23.50 – $26.50 of each month. This month: “The Stranger
Beside Me” by Ann Rule.
July 13: 2 pm – 4 pm
Cost: Free
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July 2019 Events
OXFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY (continued) PORTRAITS BY SHAWNALEE WATERBURY SYMPHONY
CoWorkerHub 900 Straits Tpke. Ste. 203 ORCHESTRA
Science and the 1969 Moon Landing Middlebury, CT 203-598-0065 160 Robbins St., Waterbury, CT
Join astronomer Kristine Larsen as she www.shawnalee.com 203-574-4283
recounts the 1969 moon landing with www.waterburysymphony.org
slides for the 50th anniversary. Teen Portraiture Art Workshop
July 20: 2 pm – 3:30 pm Learn and experience methods and Picnic and Pops
Cost: Free techniques of creating portraits. The Symphony performs hits from
July 9, 10, 11: 10 am – 11:30 am classic movies. Two performances!
Cost: $80 (3 classes) July 5: 7:30 pm South Farms
PALACE THEATER
21 Higbie Rd., Morris, CT
100 East Main St., Waterbury, CT
Meet Pet Portrait Artist, ShawnaLee July 7: 6 pm Hollow Park
203-346-2000 www.palacetheaterct.org
Kwashnak! Hollow Road, Woodbury, CT
Summer Jazz Series 2019: Meet the artist and learn about pet Cost: $5 – $50
Charlie Apicella & Iron City portraiture! Call for pet subjects, special
Palace Theater Poli Club offers and art demonstration. WOODBURY PUBLIC LIBRARY
Simple, toe-tapping, head-nodding July 10: 7 pm – 8:30 pm 269 Main St. S., Woodbury, CT
music, blues and R&B-based. Cost: Free 203-263-3502 www.woodburylibraryct.org
July 5: 8 pm
Teen Art Camp Botanical Paintings & Pressed Plants
Cost: $28
Techniques and methods of artists. Award-winning botanical illustrator Phil
Summer Jazz Series 2019: Jeff Fuller July 13, 20, 27: 9 am – 11 am Stone collaborates with pressed
Palace Theater Poli Club July 13, 20, 27: 11 am – 1 pm botanical artist Meike Schuyler.
One of the most sought after jazz bassists Cost: $95 (3 classes) July 1 – 31: (Normal Library Hours)
in Connecticut brings experience, joy and July 13: 2 pm (Reception)
spirit to all his musical endeavors. SEVEN ANGELS THEATRE Cost: Free
July 19: 8 pm 1 Plank Rd., Hamilton Park, Waterbury, CT
Cost: $28 203-757-4676 “Chasing the Moon” Preview Event
www.sevenangelstheatre.org A preview of the new 6-hour documen-
tary series about the space race, from
PHOENIX STAGE COMPANY
133 Main St., Oakville, CT The Wizard Of Oz its earliest beginnings to the first lunar
The 1939 classic MGM film is celebrating landing in 1969.
860-417-2505
its 80th Anniversary this year and Seven July 6: 2 pm
www.phoenixstagecompany.org
Angels Theatre is bringing it to life! Cost: Free
Fireflies July 12, 13, 19, 20: 7 pm
July 14, 21: 2 pm World of Harmonica
Romantic comedy about a retired Texas
Cost: $18 – $25 Bob Hennessey follows the history of the
schoolteacher and the unexpected
harmonica from its beginning in the early
sparks of late-life romance.
1800’s to the styles of today.
July 13, 19, 20, 26, 27: 8 pm SILAS BRONSON LIBRARY July 30: 7 pm
July 14, 21: 3 pm 267 Grand St., Waterbury, CT Cost: Free
Cost: $20 – $23 203-574-8222 www.bronsonlibrary.org
ARTISTS &
Children and adult programming including MUSICIANS
storytimes, book discussions, computer Promote your
classes and clubs for gaming, teen an- events here and on
ime, coding and more! Visit their website our website
for a full calendar of events. CALL US!
203-757-0701
August 2019 Events
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ARTS ESCAPE, INC. FINE ARTS CONNECTION OF People & Places Artists Reception
88 Main Street South, Southbury, CT THOMASTON Crescent Gallery
203-586-1474 www.artsescape.org 158 Main St., Thomaston, CT Artists’ reception for an exhibit of
860-283-2155 paintings and photography by Cindy and
Check website for full list of offerings. www.thomastonfinearts.com Ron Blanchard.
Aug. 4: 2 pm – 5 pm
Open Studio Cost: Free
Crescent Gallery,
The Ten-2-One Artists paint
side-by-side and share their common
bond…ART! Watch, ask questions, and
view the art in the gallery.
Every Thursday: 10 am – 1 pm
Cost: Free
August 2019 Events
GLASS SOURCE STUDIOS & GALLERY OXFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY SEVEN ANGELS THEATRE
18 Bank St., Seymour, CT 203-888-1616 49 Great Oak Rd., Oxford, CT 06478 1 Plank Rd., Hamilton Park, Waterbury, CT
www.theglasssource.com 203-888-6944 www.oxfordlib.org 203-757-4676
www.sevenangelstheatre.org
Fused Glass Wind Chime Workshop Woodstock 50th Anniversary
Sweeten the sounds around you with a Celebration The Bikinis
beautiful fused glass wind chime. Learn Author and musician Scott Parker will talk The “Jersey Girls” are back delivering sun,
about the tools, techniques, and firing about his book, “Woodstock” and perform fun and a rockin’ good time that will have
process of glass. hits with his band Tablature. everyone dancing in the aisles.
Aug. 10: 10 am – 12 pm Aug. 3: 1 pm – 3 pm Aug. 9, 10, 16, 17: 8 pm
Aug. 31: 1 pm – 3 pm Cost: Free Aug. 11, 18: 2 pm
Cost: $90 Cost: $30
Murder They Wrote Book Club
Fused Glass Suncatchers Workshop Book group alternating mystery fiction Remembering John Denver:
Learn how to design and create four to and true-crime non-fiction on the 2nd A Tribute Starring Ted Vigil
six medium sun catchers using frit, Saturday of each month. Singer, songwriter and tribute artist Ted
stringers and cut glass pieces. Aug 10: 2 pm – 4 pm Vigil brings John Denver to life, both
Aug. 17: 1 pm – 3 pm Cost: Free visually and musically.
Aug. 31: 10 am – 12 pm Aug. 24: 8 pm
Cost: $85 Cost: $35
PALACE THEATER
100 East Main St., Waterbury, CT
Miniatures in Glass Workshop
203-346-2000 SHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS
Learn to work with glass, frit and stringers
www.palacetheaterct.org 117 Bank St., Waterbury, CT
to create beautiful miniature scenes and
203-754-2531
landscapes. Summer Jazz Series 2019: www.shakesperienceproductions.org
Aug. 24: 1 pm – 3 pm Doug Munro & La Pompe Attack
Cost: $90 Palace Theater Poli Club The Comedy of Errors
Master musician and guitar virtuoso, River Walk Pavilion
LANDMARK COMMUNITY THEATRE Doug Munro is an established veteran of 11 School St Washington Depot, CT
at Thomaston Opera House the New York music scene. Shakesperience presents 5 outdoor
158 Main St., Thomaston, CT 06787 Aug. 9: 8 pm Shakespeare in the Park presentations
860-283-6250 Cost $29 of “The Comedy of Errors,” directed by
www.landmarkcommunitytheatre.org Emily Mattina.
Summer Jazz Series 2019: Echoes Aug. 7 – 11: 7 pm (picnicking)
American Idiot Palace Theater Poli Club 7:30 pm (performance)
LCT’s Student Theatre presents “American A collectivist ensemble whose music pairs Cost: Free
Idiot,” a coming-of-age rock opera based futuristic electronic sounds with focused
on the Grammy award-winning album by improvisations for a sound that is uniquely SILAS BRONSON LIBRARY
millennium punk rock band Green Day. their own. 267 Grand St., Waterbury, CT 06702
Aug. 8, 9, 10: 8 pm Aug. 30: 8 pm 203-574-8222 www.bronsonlibrary.org
Cost $12 – $15 Cost: $27
Children and adult programming including
OXFORD CULTURAL ARTS
PORTRAITS BY SHAWNALEE storytimes, book discussions, computer
CoWorkerHub, 900 Straits Tpke Suite 203 classes and clubs for gaming, teen anime,
COMMISSION
P.O. Box 532, Oxford, CT coding and more! Visit their website for a full
Middlebury, CT
203-881-6085 www.oxfordculturalarts.org calendar of events.
203-598-0065 www.shawnalee.com
Bards & Brews Open Mic Poetry at
Oxford Baking Co. Drawing Secrets with ShawnaLee WOODBURY PUBLIC LIBRARY
Learn valuable drawing skills and techniques 269 Main St. S., Woodbury, CT
451 Oxford Road Oxford,CT
for drawing in this two-hour workshop. 203-263-3502
Express yourself with poetry at a renovated
Aug. 5: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm www.woodburylibraryct.org
19th century post and beam house turned
Cost: $35
bakery.
Aug. 7: 6 pm – 8 pm Joan Judson Art Exhibit
Meet Pet Portrait Artist, ShawnaLee The paintings of Joan Judson on
Cost: Free
Kwashnak! display in the Gallery.
Bards & Brews Open Mic Poetry at Meet ShawnaLee for an art demonstration Aug. 1 – 31: (During Library Hours)
Black Hog Brewing Co. and learn about art media options and (Library closed weekends in August)
115 Hurley Road Bldg 9A, Oxford, CT special offers. Cost: Free
(203) 262-6075 Aug. 7: 7 pm – 8:30 pm
Express yourself with poetry at Oxford’s Cost: Free Gladius: Flamenco Guitar
award-winning brewery. Award-winning guitarist Gladius performs
Watercolors of Summer flamenco, Spanish and classical guitar
Aug. 28: 6 pm – 8 pm
Learn techniques to paint with watercolors music.
Cost: Free
and create a summer beach painting. Aug. 2: 2 pm
Aug. 6, 7, 8: 11 am – 1 pm Cost: Free
Cost: $95 (3 classes)
September 2019 Events
ARTS ESCAPE, INC. Fused Glass Plant/Garden Stake OGHAM ART
88 Main Street South, Southbury, CT Workshop Southington, CT
203-586-1474 www.artsescape.org Learn to design and create unique plant 860-426-2881 www.oghamart.com
and garden stakes. Good for indoor or
Music in the Glen: Lecture on the three-season outdoor use. Ogham Art at Milford Irish Festival
History of Irish Music Sept 21: 1 pm – 3 pm Fowler Field Pavilion
Sept. 18: 3 pm Cost: $90 1 Shipyard Lane, Milford, CT
Cost: $20 A featured vendor in the Irish Marketplace
Fused Glass Pendant Workshop showcasing their art, jewelry and home
CHESHIRE ART LEAGUE Learn how to design and create four to decor celebrating the Celtic culture and
P.O. Box 522, Cheshire, CT five small pendants using frit, stringers the Irish alphabet of Ogham.
203-281-0228 and cut glass pieces. Sept. 14: 6 pm – 11 pm
www.cheshireartleague.com Sept 28: 10 am – 12 pm Sept. 15: 11 am – 11 pm
Cost: $85 Cost: Free – $10
Gar Waterman Art Demonstration
Cheshire Public Library 104 Main Street Ogham Art at the Greater Danbury Irish
HISPANIC COALITION OF Festival
The sculptor demonstrates an observation GREATER WATERBURY
of natural phenomena and devotion to the Portuguese Cultural Center
135 E. Liberty St., Waterbury, CT 65 Sand Pit Rd Danbury, CT
tactile possibilities of material. 203-754-6172
Sept. 4: 6 pm – 8:15 pm Visit www.danburyirishfestival.org
www.thehispaniccoalition.org Ogham Art owner and artist Colleen Berry
Cost: Free
Conway will exhibit her Celtic art, jewelry
18th Annual Coqui Awards &
and home decor featuring the ancient
Scholarships Banquet
FINE ARTS CONNECTION OF alphabet of Ogham.
Grand Oak Villa, 550 Sylvan Lake Rd,
THOMASTON Sept. 20: 5 pm – 10 pm
Watertown, CT
158 Main St., Thomaston, CT Sept. 21: 11 pm – 10 pm
Recognition of prominent Latinos and
860-283-2155 Sept. 22: 11 pm – 5 pm
www.thomastonfinearts.com scholarship recipients of our community.
Cost: Free – $25
Sept. 27: 6 pm (Registration)
Open Studio 7 pm – 11 pm (Program) OXFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY
Crescent Gallery Cost: Contact HCGW 49 Great Oak Rd., Oxford, CT
The Ten-2-One Artists paint side-by-side and 203-888-6944 www.oxfordlib.org
share their common bond…ART! Watch, ask LANDMARK COMMUNITY THEATRE
questions, and view the art in the gallery. at Thomaston Opera House Murder They Wrote Book Club
Every Thursday: 10 am – 1 pm 158 Main St., Thomaston, CT 06787 Monthly book group sponsored by
Cost: Free 860-283-6250 the Friends of the Library in Oxford.
www.landmarkcommunitytheatre.org Alternating mystery fiction and true-crime
Putting Things in Perspective non-fiction on the 2nd Saturday of each
Crescent Gallery In the Heights month.
Ann Walsh will be the featured artist. Visit The universal story of a vibrant commu- Sept. 14: 2 pm – 4 pm
the Gallery one hour before show times of nity in New York’s Washington Heights Cost: Free
“In the Heights” at the Thomaston Opera neighborhood on the brink of change, full
House. of hopes, dreams, and pressures.
Sept. 21, 27, 28, Oct. 4, 5: 7 pm – 8 pm PALACE THEATER
Sept. 21, 27, 28; Oct. 4, 5: 8 pm
Sept. 22, 29, Oct. 6: 1 pm – 2 pm 100 East Main St., Waterbury, CT
Sept. 22, 29; Oct. 6: 2 pm
Oct. 13: 2 pm – 4 pm (Reception) 203-346-2000
Cost: $23.50 – $26.50
Cost: Free www.palacetheaterct.org
Main Street Waterbury
Palace Pursuit: Trivia Night
203-757-0701, Ext 302
GLASS SOURCE STUDIOS & Hosted by WhatTrivia. Cocktail hour, trivia
www.mainstreetwaterbury.com
GALLERY and prizes! Registration is required:
18 Bank St., Seymour, CT 203-346-2015 or sivilla@palacetheaterct.org
Brass City Brew and Que
203-888-1616 www.theglasssource.com
Library Park, 267 Grand St. Waterbury, CT Sept. 19: 5:30 pm – 9 pm
Largest brew fest in New England. Cost: $12 – $15
Fused Glass Plate/Bowl Workshop
Specialty brews and craft specialties, as
Students will have a wide selection of Brian Wilson & The Zombies
molds, glass, frit, stringers and powders well as the recently added Amateur Pit
Legendary songwriter and founding
to make a one-of-a-kind bowl or plate. Master competition.
member of The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson,
Sept. 14: 1 pm – 3 pm Sept. 7: 12 pm – 5 pm
teams up with iconic British psychedelic
Cost: $85 Cost: $35 - $45 To learn more or
pop legends, The Zombies.
purchase tickets visit
Sept. 27: 8 pm
Fused Glass Wind Chime Workshop brasscitybrewandque.com/tickets
Cost: $78 – $125 (VIP: $225 – $249)
Sweeten the sounds around you with a
beautiful fused glass wind chime. Learn
about the tools, techniques, and firing
process of glass.
Sept. 21: 10 am – 12 pm
Cost: $90
September 2019 Events
PHOENIX STAGE COMPANY Fall into Art for Youth WATERTOWN ART LEAGUE, INC.
133 Main St., Oakville, CT Learn tips and techniques while creating P.O. Box 1318, Middlebury, CT
860-417-2505 fun projects. Two sessions offered. 203-758-9166 www.walart.org
www.phoenixstagecompany.org Sept. 11, 18, 25; Oct. 2, 16, 23, 30;
Nov. 13, 20, Dec. 4 Monthly Meeting/Demonstration
The Pink Panther Strikes Again Session One: 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm First Congregational Church of Watertown
The world’s most unusual criminologist, Session Two: 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Featured artist Adele Moros. Ink on Yupo
Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau fights Cost: $150 (10 classes) Paper demonstration. Guests welcome.
for his life and for the future of all mankind. Sept. 9: 7 pm – 9 pm
Sept. 7, 13, 14, 20, 21: 8 pm Drawing Coffee Cost: Free
Sept. 8, 15: 3 pm Learn valuable skills while drawing (and
Cost: $20 – $23 drinking) coffee. Fall Festival of Art
Sept. 12, 19, 26: 7 pm – 9 pm Pilgrim House, Litchfield Green
Cost: $95 (3 classes) Exhibit and sale of original artwork featuring
PORTRAITS BY SHAWNALEE oil paintings, watercolors, graphics, acrylics
CoWorkerHub, 900 Straits Tpke Suite 203 SEVEN ANGELS THEATRE and pastels.
Middlebury, CT Sept. 20: 1 pm – 5 pm
1 Plank Rd., Hamilton Park, Waterbury, CT Sept. 21, 22: 10 am – 5 pm
203-598-0065 www.shawnalee.com 203-757-4676 www.sevenangelstheatre.org Sept. 21: 12 pm – 4 pm (Reception)
Meet Pet Portrait Artist, ShawnaLee Cost: Free
The Edwards Twins
Kwashnak! The Twins and their art of celebrity
Meet the artist and find out about pet impersonation bring to the stage Celine,
portraiture. Call for pet subjects, special WOODBURY PUBLIC LIBRARY
Billy Joel, Bette Midler, Barbra Streisand 269 Main St. S., Woodbury, CT
offers and art demonstration. and many more!
Sept. 4: 7 pm – 8:30 pm 203-263-3502 www.woodburylibraryct.org
Sept. 7: 8 pm
Cost: Free Sept. 8: 2 pm Revisiting the Holy Land
Drawing Pets Cost: $50 Photographer Michael Gallagher has
Learn valuable skills in techniques and journaled the decaying site of Waterbury’s
methods for drawing pets. SILAS BRONSON LIBRARY Holy Land.
Sept. 9, 16, 23: 7 pm – 9 pm 267 Grand St., Waterbury, CT 06702 Sept. 1 – 30: During Library Hours
Cost: $95 (3 classes) 203-574-8222 www.bronsonlibrary.org Sept. 7: 2 pm – 4 pm (Reception)
Cost: Free
Fall into Watercolors Children and adult programming including
Learn methods and techniques of storytimes, book discussions, computer The Grotesque 10 Photography Exhibit
painting with watercolors while enjoying classes and clubs for gaming, teen anime, Photographer Mathew Duman discusses
the rich colors of the fall bounty. coding and more! Visit their website for a the gargoyles of American architecture
Sept. 10, 17, 24: 7 pm – 9 pm full calendar of events. through black & white photographs.
Cost: $95 (3 classes) Sept. 26: 7 pm
Cost: Free
Recognizing People with a Heart for the Arts
The Arts & Culture Collaborative congratulates two special diagnosis and has become an advocate for awareness and
people in our region for their work in the arts. Chase Taylor, a acceptance.” For more information about Chase and his work,
teenage resident of Waterbury, was named the CT Arts Hero for visit www.thelettercritters.com.
the Waterbury Region by the Connecticut Office of the Arts; and
Frank Tavera, Executive Director of the Palace Theater in down- Frank Tavera was presented with the
town Waterbury, was named Champion of the Arts by the Arts & Champion of the Arts Award at the
Culture Collaborative. annual meeting of the Arts & Culture
Collaborative in late March. Beyond his
Chase Taylor was one of nine CT role as Executive Director of the Palace
Arts Heroes honored on May 1. Theater since its renaissance 15 years
The Connecticut Office of the Arts ago, Tavera has played an important role
introduced the Arts Hero Awards to in regional and statewide arts.
honor and celebrate Connecticut He was part of the founding group of
residents who are doing extraordinary people that created the Arts & Culture
work in the arts, for the arts, or Collaborative (ACC), has served as chair-
through the arts in Connecticut. man and member of the ACC board,
currently serves as an officer on the board of the Connecticut
Brandi Bogli, an applied behavior Arts Alliance, a statewide arts advocacy group, and was a mem-
analysis therapist who has worked ber of the Waterbury Public Arts Committee. ACC Administrator
with Chase, nominated him saying, “Chase Taylor is a passion- Diane Ploch said, “Frank Tavera has been generous and inno-
ate young artist and author who has developed an engaging vative with his time, ideas and support to ensure that the arts
children’s book series to encourage a love of learning and sector in our region and state has a chance to thrive and that the
imaginative play. He has championed the hurdles of his autism greater community benefits from the impact of the arts.”
Dear Friends of the Arts, Thank you to
We, at the Arts & Culture Collaborative (ACC), hope this expanded guide of our Colleen Berry Conway
members’ events for July, August and September helps you enjoy all the arts and for her hard work and
culture the summer has to offer! From classes in drawing or glass works to theater, dedication to the ACC
music, exhibits and history, we are your go-to resource for arts and culture. over the last year in the
role of Membership
Summer is a great time to enjoy the many free outdoor concerts that exist
throughout our 16-town region! We have gathered that information on the first Associate.
two pages of this guide so you have it handy in one place to refer to. Best of luck. We will
miss you Colleen!
Since 2006, the ACC has been promoting, connecting, collaborating and advocat-
ing for the arts. We are excited to announce the creation of a new “pARTner”
program that allows artists, organizations, schools, businesses and anyone with
ART at the heart of what they do to optimize their connection to the community
Diane Ploch and a larger audience. Various levels of partnership are available and members can
ACC Administrator opt in to extra marketing opportunities as the need arises.
If you would like more information about the benefits our new “pARTner”
program, feel free to contact me at 203-757-0701, Ext. 316 or email dploch@waterburyregionarts.com. Whether
you are involved in the arts or are a patron of the arts, we hope you will allow us to keep you connected!
Like us on Facebook, sign up for our email list and visit our website.
Have a safe and happy arts-filled summer!
Membership Application
Name
Title
Be Our pARTner Organization
in the Arts! Mailing Address
Choose Your Annual Membership Town/City
PREMIERE pARTner Zip
EXPANDED pARTner benefits plus.... Business Phone
Exclusive pARTnership for members with
Email
tickets sales providing $0.25 ticket
surcharge to the ACC Website
Additional à la carte options
Field of Interest
EXPANDED pARTner
VALUED Partner benefits plus.... Contact the ACC to learn about our
Additional print brochure listings and ads new EXPANDED and PREMIERE
Boosted social media posts pARTner programs!
Event/workshop admission vouchers VALUED pARTner
pARTner database direct mail & eBlasts Based on Organization’s Annual Budget
Additional à la carte options
Under $100,000: $75
VALUED pARTner $100,000 – $250,000: $150
$250,001 – $1,000,000: $200
Ongoing services to promote, connect, Over $1,000,000: $275
collaborate and advocate for you
Website Member profile PATRON OF THE ARTS
Unlimited website events listings Individual $25 Family $50
Up to 3 listings per month in events guide
Please make checks payable and mail with this application to:
Monthly shared Facebook post
...and many à la carte options! Arts & Culture Collaborative, Waterbury Region
GWCC Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 1469
PATRON OF THE ARTS Waterbury, CT 06721
Support your local arts community as Membership applications and payment may also be
a “Friend of the ACC.” completed at: www.waterburyregionarts.comPROMOTING CONNECTING COLLABORATING ADVOCATING
We boost your We create a synergy
We link you to the We give arts a voice
marketing and between members
arts community and and can help your
increase your and a rapport with
arts opportunities. voice be heard, too.
visibility. the community.
The Arts & Culture Collaborative welcomes The Governing Council
anyone affiliated with the arts or who supports the of the Arts & Culture Collaborative guides the
arts – from individuals, artists, performers, musicians mission and goals of the organization and directs
and photographers to theater venues, dance its activities to accomplish its strategic plan.
companies, museums, art retailers and more.
Officers: Members at Large:
As a member of the Arts & Culture
Chair Ed Bassett
Collaborative, you benefit from connections
Jeff Dunn Phoenix Stage Company
and communications that facilitate opportunities,
Landmark Community
growth and fun! M Douglas Bibbey
Theatre
Arts Alliance of Woodbury
The ACC serves 16 towns in the Greater 1st Vice Chair
Robert Cinnante
Waterbury Area and the Naugatuck Valley: Jeff Lapham
Waterbury Symphony
Shakesperience Productions
Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethlehem, Cheshire, Orchestra
Derby, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Oxford, 2nd Vice Chair
Fiona deMerell
Prospect, Seymour, Southbury, Thomaston, Elizabeth Barisser
Osher Lifelong Learning
Waterbury, Watertown, Wolcott, Woodbury Brass City Ballet
Institute at UConn Waterbury
Treasurer
Richard DiCarlo
We are your go-to resource for arts & culture! Carl Rosa
Valley Arts Council
Main Street Waterbury
Lisa Dresdner
Thanks to Our Ongoing Supporters! Secretary
Naugatuck Valley
Melissa Stemmer
Community College
Seven Angels Theatre
Joseph Jacovino Jr.
Waterbury Chorale
Dave Krechevsky
Waterbury Regional Chamber
ACC Administrator
Sheree Marcucci
Diane Ploch
Palace Theater
ACC Membership Joan Pilarczyk
& Marketing Associate Artsplace
Bonnie Sharon Lynnette Letsky Piombo
As a non-profit local arts agency under the auspices
of the Greater Waterbury Chamber of Commerce American Heating Service LLC
Foundation, the ACC is grateful for the support of the
Barbara Sticco
Arts & Tourism Commission of the City of Waterbury,
Arts & Tourism Commission
the Waterbury Regional Chamber, the Connecticut
Community Foundation and the Connecticut Department City of Waterbury
of Economic and Community Development/Office of the Vicki Whisenhant
Arts, which also receives support from the National Post University
Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
203-757-0701, Ext. 316 www.waterburyregionarts.com
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