Mariel Bildsten at MoCA Westport
Saturday, August 20, 7:00 pm
A ‘Jazz at Lincoln Heart Rising Artist,’ Bildsten is a New York-based trombonist, presently working as a bandleader and side-woman, enjoying in jazz huge bands and small teams, in addition to in Afro-Latin, rock, funk, and r&b bands. She is the lead trombonist in Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, and excursions internationally with the rock band Brass Towards. She has carried out at Jazz at Lincoln Heart, Carnegie Corridor, Radio Metropolis, Birdland, the Apollo, and extra.
Greenwich Historical Society’s “Picnic in the Park” at Montgomery Pinetum
Sunday, August 21, 12:00 pm
Collect with household and pals to be taught in regards to the historical past, and expertise the pure surprise of the house to the Greenwich Botanical Heart. The park was formed over 30 years after Colonel Robert Montgomery and his spouse Nell bought the property referred to as Wild Acres. Reserve your picnic at this time and decide it up on the museum retailer earlier than heading out for an alfresco eating expertise in the summertime breeze.
The Met: Live in HD – La Fille du Régiment at Fast, Fairfield
Sunday, August 21, 1:00 pm
Head to Fairfield College to take pleasure in an encore efficiency of the madcap comedy and impeccable coloratura pairing in Natalie Dessay’s indelible portrayal of the feisty tomboy Marie, raised by a regiment of French troopers. Tenor Juan Diego Flórez stars alongside her because the younger Swiss villager who conquers her coronary heart—and a slew of excessive Cs—in Laurent Pelly’s charming staging. Marco Armiliato conducts.
”Uncommon Ground” at Artwork/Place, Fairfield
Sunday, August 21, 2:00 – 5:00 pm
You might be cordially invited to a reception for the exhibit of British born/American artist Jason Pritchard and George Radwan. Pritchard is an oil painter who captures the coastal charms and rugged landscapes of New England. Radwan reveals his fascination for artwork with previous, rusted, damaged and dilapidated objects. On view 12-5, day-after-day by September 11.
Allison Russell at Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts, Westport
