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“Orange Delight” is an oil painting by Lisa Wilvonseder-Greto, an award-winning artist who will lead a one-day oil workshop for The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown.

Willvonseder-Greto To Lead One-Day Oil Workshop Willvonseder-Greto To Lead One-Day Oil Workshop 0

Published: July 20, 2019 at 08:00 am

The Society of the Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will continue its summer series of one-day workshops next weekend. “Introduction to Oil Painting for Beginners” will be offered Saturday, July 27, from 10 am to 4 pm, with award-winning artist Lisa Wilvonseder-Greto leading the program.

Horticulture Club Pick & Picnic At Victory Garden Planned Horticulture Club Pick & Picnic At Victory Garden Planned 0

Published: July 19, 2019 at 07:10 am

On Friday, July 26, The Horticulture Club of Newtown will host its Sixth Annual Pick and Picnic at The Victory Garden at Fairfield Hills.

Students of Sabrina’s Encore Productions are seen during a rehearsal for A Chorus Line, one of three shows the Newtown-based studio will be presenting at Western Connecticut State University’s Visual and Performing Arts Center during the first weekend of August. Kneeling in front, from left, are Paige Farley, Annie Davidow, Brianna Duffy, Rachel Weintraub, Mackenzie Roche, and Leah Navin. Center row, also from left: Elizabeth LaRosa, Kayla Verga, Jane Shearin, Allison Mele, Annalie Ciolino, Olivia Cavallero, Jessica Nivison, and Elsie Tierney. And standing in back, from left, is Aidan Moulder, Justin Cavone Will Crebbin, and Grant Salese. —Laura Moulder photo

SEP Summer Repertory Offering Three Shows In August SEP Summer Repertory Offering Three Shows In August 0

Published: July 19, 2019 at 07:00 am

Three classic Broadway style musical productions — "A Chorus Line," "Into The Woods" and "Annie Jr" — will be presented by performing arts students from the greater Danbury area at at Western Connecticut State University’s Visual and Performing Arts Center August 1-4. The performers are students of the Sabrina’s Encore Productions, based in Newtown.

“New Preston” is a 12-by-16-inch work by Chris Magadini, who has spent more time in recent years working outdoors with oils. He will be the guest artist for The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown on July 24.

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Published: July 17, 2019 at 07:00 am

On Wednesday, July 24, at 1:30 pm, The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown will host Chris Magadini to demonstrate painting a landscape in oil.

“Sun Double,” watercolor by Katherine Adams. Ms Adams will teach a watercolor course for beginners at The Meeting House on July 20.

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Published: July 16, 2019 at 07:00 am

The Society of the Creative Arts of Newtown is holding another one-day Summer Art Workshop, this one in Watercolor Basics for Beginners with Katherine Adams, Saturday, July 20.

Theater Review: Entertainment And Intrigue With The Sherman Players’ ‘The Tempest’ Theater Review: Entertainment And Intrigue With The Sherman Players’ ‘The Tempest’ 0

By Elizabeth Young

Published: July 05, 2019 at 01:30 pm

The Sherman Players takes its summer audiences to an island full of intrigue, humor, and young love with The Tempest.

Members of Mayflower Book Club — including, from left, Ruth Garrett, Rosalie Newman, Barbara Bigham, Diana Johnson, Arlene Kreinik, Barbara Phillips, Barbara Gorham, Ina Higgins, Liz Arneth, Joy Kopesky, and Margareta Kotch — gathered recently to celebrate the club’s 30th anniversary. —photo courtesy Liz Arneth

Mayflower Book Club Sails Into Third Decade Of Discussions Mayflower Book Club Sails Into Third Decade Of Discussions 0

Published: July 05, 2019 at 08:00 am

The Mayflower Book Club recently celebrated its 30th anniversary.

Alexander Kulcsar and Ann Kinner play the divorced Ulysses and Emma in Sharr White’s Annapurna, opening July 19 at The Little Theatre.

—Michael Stanley photo

Town Players Planning Production Of ‘Annapurna’ Town Players Planning Production Of ‘Annapurna’ 0

Published: July 01, 2019 at 07:00 am

A squalid trailer under the summer sun may not be a cooling idea, but with images of dangerous Himalayan ascents in the background, "Annapurna," opening July 19 at The Little Theatre, promises a bracing theatrical experience.

Lily Novotny was among those to attend the 4 pm screening of The Wizard of Oz Sunday afternoon at Edmond Town Hall. Three screenings of the long-celebrated classic film, released 80 years ago, were offered on June 23 as part of Newtown Cultural Arts Commission’s ongoing Someday Cinema Series. Lily was seeing the film for the first time, thanks to her grandmother, Vickie Mack of Danbury, who decided to take the 5-year-old for the screening. Film sponsors Bob and Richelle Ward thought Lily was “so adorable in her brilliant blue dress,” according to Series Coordinator Jen Rogers, that they “gave her their basket with Toto in it, to make her experience of watching The Wizard of Oz for the first time event more memorable.”

—Jen Rogers photo

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By Shannon Hicks

Published: June 28, 2019 at 08:00 am

Moviegoers last weekend were treated to three screenings of The Wizard of Oz at Edmond Town Hall, where audience members of all ages filed in to the historic building's auditorium.

Paul Berger of Newtown stands next to his award-winning “Abandoned Counter.” The large-scale photograph was named Best in Show by Heidi Palmer, who judged the entries for the exhibition on view at Rowayton Arts Center through July 21.
—photos courtesy Jane Jansen Seymour/Rowayton Arts Center

Newtown Artist At The Top Of The List When Rowayton Arts Center Community Exhibition Winners Announced Newtown Artist At The Top Of The List When Rowayton Arts Center Community Exhibition Winners Announced 0