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Five Points Center for the Visual Arts in downtown Torrington opened again to the public on June 5, with a show that features the apiary artwork of Randy Orzano of Sharon, Conn.
New murals allow visitors to see art from a distance at the Wassaic Project’s Maxon Mills in Amenia, N.Y. The group’s annual fundraiser will be a “virtual” art show. This summer there will be a Public Sculpture Walk then leads to the former grain mill. Photo courtesy wassaic project
Always innovative, the Wassaic Project in Amenia, N.Y., has come up with intriguing alternatives for this summer’s exhibits and fundraising benefit party.
Sharon Charde will talk about her new book on June 18. Photo by Joanna eldredge Morrissey
Salvation can come from helping others. This is a lesson that forms the basis of Buddhism and other religious teachings, and it was the real-life experience of psychotherapist and Lakeville resident Sharon Charde.
In the absence of evenings out at the theater, opera and ballet, many area residents have taken up farming as a way to engage their hearts and minds and to express their creativity.
When the world is at war with itself and there is uncertainty at every turn, we look for something lasting that we can believe in. For Kip Woods, the thing that never abandons him is the love he feels for his college friend, Thaddeus Kaufman.
Photo by Cynthia Hochswender
As COVID-19 concerns continue, Sharon Playhouse in Sharon, Conn., has decided to move its 2020 season forward by one year, to 2021.
Tom Santopietro will talk about Frank Sinatra’s life and career as both singer and actor, on June 4.
Tom Santopietro returns to Kent (in a virtual fashion) for a Zoom talk hosted by the Kent Memorial Library in Kent, Conn., on Thursday, June 4, at 7 p.m. about Frank Sinatra’s music and movies.
From “Together in a Sudden Strangeness: America’s Poets Respond to the Pandemic,” edited by Alice Quinn, Knopf, 2020
Sometimes you ask a question that seems simple enough and you are surprised by a response that comes at you big and powerful like a tsunami wave.
Sophia Lillis stars in the Netflix series “I Am Not Okay with This.” Photo courtesy of Netflix
Let’s face it, this is a terrifying time: We are living in quarantine and trying to avoid infection from a potentially fatal disease.
Counter-intuitively, this might be the perfect time to check out two horror offerings from Netflix.
A show of work by Lakeville, Conn., artist Karen LeSage opens on Friday, May 29, at the Ober Gallery in Kent Barns, 6 North Main St. in Kent, Conn.
LeSage has a devoted following; her last show at the gallery sold out.
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