Compass A&E

Anyone who has ever played with a dollhouse or watched someone else play with one knows that the structure itself is just a vehicle for the creation of elaborate fantasies and fictions.

Don Gummer will have an exhibition of his sculptures at the Five Points Arts Center in Torrington, Conn., with an opening reception on Saturday, May 21, from 6 to 8 p.m.  The reception is free and open to the public.

Could the Van Dorens be one of America’s most famous families? It’s possible.But without question they are one of the most famous families of Litchfield County and it is an absolute certainty that they are one of the most famous families of Cornwall, Conn.

The eighth annual Trinity Gallery Juried Show in Lime Rock, Conn., will open with a reception on Friday, July 1, from 5 to 7 p.m.

PS21 in Chatham, N.Y., opens its summer season with a program of Nigerian dance called “Re:INCARNATION” by Qudus Onikeku and QDance on June 3 and 4.

Anyone who is a fan of the long-running “Midsomer Murders” television series understands that any English Country Murder Mystery can easily be translated into a Litchfield County/Tristate region murder mystery.  So many elements remain the same: Large estates (some with sheep), Wellington boots, Range Rovers, foxes screaming in the night, people

“Severance”

Berkshire International Film Festival is partnering with the Triplex Cinema in Great Barrington, Mass., to present a special Stand With Ukraine fundraising event screening of Roxy Toporowych’s 2018 Ukrainian award-winning film “Julia Blue.”