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If you're looking to satisfy your longing for all things chocolate, you will want to mark your calendar for this year's Kent Center School Valentine's Chocolate Fest, which will be held on Tuesday, February 12 from 3:15-6:15 p.m. (In case of snow, the event will be held on Wednesday, February 13.) "The growing popularity of this fundraising initiative makes it one of the most fun and eagerly anticipated events in town," said Committee Chairman and President of the Kent Center School Scholarship Fund, Hedy Kinney. More ... The 1999-2000 Connecticut State Troubadour, Hugh Blumenfeld, will appear in concert on Saturday, January 19 at 7:30 p.m. at Roaring Brook Nature Center, 70 Gracey Rd. in Canton. More ... Presently on display in the case at the Canton Public Library, 40 Dyer Ave. in Collinsville are works by Collinsville artist Dana Schreiber. Mr. Schreiber is well known in the area and has exhibited and given workshops nationally. Dana likes to focus the viewer's attention on the light and surface quality of the paint. His energized paint strokes are juicy and fluid and contrast the depth of translucent passages with opaque forms. The subjects being shown are based on flowing water in a natural setting. One is able to meditate and get caught up with the rich buttery feel of the oils and sparkle in his watercolors. Slivers of light dance across the forms and pull you into a world of contemplation of the tumbling water. More ... On Saturday, January 26 at 4 p.m., the Norfolk Library welcomes father and daughter Ben and Rachel Luxon, accompanied by pianist and Yale graduate Elaine Toscanini. Enjoy a tour through the music of the late 19th and early 20th century—a time when music became available in an unprecedented way to the masses. The "parlor songbook" was a common possession, and great operatic and oratorio arias were published cheek by jowl with popular and music hall songs and recitations. More ... The Gunn Memorial Library is pleased to announce that its very popular series of Sunday afternoon discussions about opera called "Opera: Then and Now" is continuing this winter. The series consists of discussions, recollections, illustrations and illuminations on the search for the elusive golden age of opera. More ... Alexander, King of the Jesters, will perform his uncommon comedy at the Canton Community Center on Dyer Ave. in Collinsville on Saturday, January 26 at 11 a.m. This offbeat performance includes Renaissance water spitting, the nose flute serenade, jingle bell juggling, twisted sticks of the forest, balancing stunts high above the audience, and other unusual routines inspired by the rich tradition of the fool. More ... Ridley Scott, the director of Hannibal and Gladiator, has made an unforgettable turn with the punishing, visceral Black Hawk Down. This scarring war picture unfolds with horrific realism as it looks at what lurks behind enemy lines. Though lacking the drama and depth of films like Saving Private Ryan and The Thin Red Line, this often brutal cinematic experience of a mission accomplished with heroism also has some relevance considering the new war against terrorism in a faraway land like Afghanistan. More ... |
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