Compass A&E

Just as it looks like the mask mandates might end soon in Connecticut, the Warner Theatre in downtown Torrington has decided to celebrate the de rigueur accessory of the past two years by hosting a “masked” ball.

Tony Award–winning performer and author Harvey Fierstein and transgender performer and artist Justin Vivian Bond will have what promises to be a lively conversation onstage at Olin Hall at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.

Fans of Connecticut rail history can tune in to a Zoom presentation co-sponsored by the Gunn Historical Museum and the Danbury Railway Museum on Monday, March 21, at 6:30 p.m.

“The History of the Shepaug Railroad” will be presented by Col. Donald A. Woodworth Jr., USAF (Ret.).

Chef Robert Arbor (owner of Le Gamin in Sharon, Conn.)  demonstrated the art of traditional French cuisine in the first of a series of cooking programs that aired on Zoom on Saturday, Feb. 12.

The cooking series is hosted by the Hotchkiss Library of Sharon, Conn.

Sharon Playhouse in Sharon, Conn., will present “Radio Days,” a vignette-style tap dance performance that takes you from the Roaring 20s to the 2020s, on Saturday, March 5.

The two performances, at 7 and 9 p.m. on the Bok stage, are by New York City dance company Demi Remick and Dancers.

Painter KK Kozik has her studio and ICEHOUSE project space gallery on the historic Green in Sharon, Conn., but her work is shown widely at other venues as well.

Kenise Barnes Fine Art in Kent, Conn., includes Kozik in a group show that is open until March 13.

Learn about the Eric Sloane Museum in Kent, Conn., dedicated to the artist whose simple drawings of historic houses and building materials capture so much of the charm of old New England.

If only Edith Wharton could have lived long enough to embrace the wonders of scratch-and-sniff.