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Imagine a career spanning the last half of the 20th Century that included working with such luminaries of the stage and screen as Orson Welles, Bob Fosse, Faye Dunaway,

Frank Sinatra, Dustin Hoffman, Jose Ferrer and Peter Hall of London’s National Theatre, as well as experiencing smashing successes and best-be-forgotten flops. And this career included acting, stage managing, play- and screenwriting and script doctoring...

Julian Barry, now living in Redding, had that career and shares some of his experiences in his autobiography, My Night With Orson. Released in July, My Night With Orson is a fun and informative behind-the-scenes series of vignettes about show business written in a con-versational tone. While there are links, each chapter, titled around an event or incident — My Christmas With Jason [Robards], My Disaster with Sir Peter [Hall] — can stand alone. Readers learn some of the nitty-gritty that goes into a play pro-duction and why some movies get made and some don’t. ... and how seemingly innocuous events can lead to career-chang-ing decisions, a new love or the end of a personal or professional relationship.

Mr. Barry’s best-known work is Lenny, the story and words of controversial come-dian Lenny Bruce, who was portrayed on Broadway by Cliff Gorman and in the multi-Academy Award-nominated film by Dustin Hoffman. Mr. Julian was nominated for Best Screenplay Adapted From Another Medium; he lost to Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo, who won for The Godfather: Part II.

The story behind the title of Mr. Barry’s book’s title relates to his time as an extra in the 1956 New York City Center produc-tion of King Lear direct-ed by and starring Orson Welles.

Mr. Barry later had a suc-cessful career as a stage man-ager, including for several Broadway plays, before he made his mark as a scriptwriter

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OPENINGRowayton Arts Center, 145 Rowayton Ave., open

Tues.-Sat., 12-5, and Sun., 1-4; free adm.; info., 203-866-2744 or visit rowaytonartscenter.org: Just Paint: Oil and Acrylic Exhibit, Sept. 4-25, recept. Sun., Sept. 11, 4-6 p.m.

Brookfield Craft Center, 286 Whisconier Rd.; 203-775-4526 or brookfieldcraft.org: A Legacy of Fine Craft, Sept. 2-11, faculty exhibition jewelry, ceramics, glass, wood, fiber and metal, Tues.-Fri., 11-4; Sat., 10-5; Sun., 12-4; Annual Fall Open House, studio tours and craft demonstrations, Sat., Sept., 10, 1-4 p.m.

Ridgefield Library, 472 Main St.; 203-438-2282 or ridgefieldlibrary.org: Twin Visions with Jane Herschlag and Anne M. Smith, Sept. 2-29, recept. Sat., Sept. 10, 2-4 p.m.

Gunn Memorial Library and Museum, 5 Wykeham Rd., Washington; 860-868-7586: New Paintings by Robert Cronin (robertcroninart.com), Sept. 3-Oct. 29, recept. Sept. 3, 12-2 p.m.

Geary Gallery, 576 Boston Post Rd., Darien; Wed.-Sat., 9:30-5; 203-655-6633 or gearygallery.com: New England Scenes by Neil McAuliffe and Decoy Carvings by Kevin Kerrigan, Sept. 1-30.

Southport Galleries, 330 Pequot Ave., Southport Village; open Wed.-Sat., 11-4 during August, Tues.-Sat., 10-5, beginning Sept. (or by appt.); southportgalleries.com or 203-292-6124: Lenticular Imagery by Miggs Burroughs, Sept. 2, opening recept. 6-8 p.m., through

Mark Twain Book FairFor the 51st year, the Mark Twain

Library will have its Book Fair, which will take place Sept. 2-5 at the Redding Community Center, 37 Lonetown Road (Route 107), Redding Center. For opening day, Friday, Sept. 2, hours are 9 to 5 and there will be a $10 admission fee from 9 to 10 a.m., when book dealers typically compete for first access to the collection.

Admission is free for the rest of the fair, on Saturday, Sept. 3, from 9 to 5; on Sunday, Sept. 4, from 9 to 5; and on Monday, Labor Day, Sept. 5, from 9 to 1. Prices are as marked on Friday and Saturday, half-price on Sunday, and $5 a bag on Monday. Refreshments will be available and credit cards will be accepted. For more information, visit marktwainli-brary.org.

Pontos celebrationThe Pontian Society “Pontos” of

Norwalk will be joined by the Pan-Pontian Federation of U.S.A. and Canada in host-ing a three-day event celebrating 3,000 years of Greeks in Pontos in the Black Sea area, 100 years of Greek Pontians in Norwalk and the 30th anniversary of the federation. A highlight will be a pictorial exhibit that will be presented by historian Professor Dr. Konstantinos Fotiadis on Friday, Sept. 2, at 5:30 p.m. at Norwalk City Hall, 125 East Avenue.

The Pontian Society headquarters are at 7 Isaacs Street, Pontian Society Way, in Norwalk; for more information, call 203-838-6355.

Sherman, Kent concertsThe Sherman Chamber Ensemble will

present two pairs of concerts this week-end: one, a classical program featuring harpist Stacey Shames and flutist Susan Rotholz, and one, the annual “Bluegrass Jamboree.”

The classical concerts, featuring works by Jolivet, Mozart, and Dvorak, will take place Friday, Sept. 2, at 8 at St. Andrew’s Church, Main Street, Kent, and Saturday, Sept. 3, at 8 at the Mauweehoo Clubhouse on Leach Hollow Road in Sherman. Tickets are $25 ($20 for students and seniors); for recommended reservations, call 860-355-5930. Lawn seating will be available at the Sherman concert for $10.

The bluegrass concerts, featuring fid-dler Paul Woodiel, are free and will take place Saturday at 2 at the Mauweehoo Clubhouse and Sunday at 1 at the Kent Village Barns in downtown Kent. There’s lawn seating in Kent.

For more information, visit sherman-chamberensemble.org.

German SchoolThe German School of Connecticut

will have an informational open house in Stamford on Saturday, Sept. 3, from 10 to noon at Rippowam Middle School, 381 High Ridge Road, Stamford. Registration information will be available, with teach-ers and school officials on hand to explain the program and the cultural activities in which the school participates during the year.

Classes will begin Saturday, Sept. 10, at 9:30. For more information, call 212-882-5686 or visit germanschoolct.org.

Green Corn FestivalPhilipsburg Manor, a Historic Hudson

Valley property in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., will host the Green Corn Festival, a cele-bration of Native American heritage, Sept. 3-5 from 10 to 5 each day.

Festival highlights will include master storyteller and musician Kenneth Little Hawk and the Red Hawk Dance Troupe. There will be participatory presentations of traditional Native American song and dance as well as games, open-hearth cook-ing demonstrations, hands-on activities, and child-friendly crafts including corn-husk doll making. Picnic food will be available.

Philipsburg Manor is at 381 North Broadway (Route 9) in Sleepy Hollow; admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $6 for children 5-17 (free for those younger). For more information, call 914-631-8200 or visit hudsonvalley.org.

Weekend concertsThe Doansburg Chamber Ensemble will

close its 2011 season with performances by its string trio with flute. The program will be performed on Saturday, Sept. 3, at 7 at St. Mary’s in the Highlands Episcopal Church at Routes 9D an 301 in Cold Spring, N.Y., and on Sunday, Sept. 4, at 4 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 2103 Route 6, just west of Brewster, N.Y.

Tickets will be available at the door for $10 general admission and $9 for seniors and students. For more information, call 845-228-4167.

Labor Day antiquesThe 27th Lasdon Labor Day Antiques

Fair will take place Monday, Sept. 5, from 10 to 5 on the lawn of the Westchester County-owned 234-acre former estate in Somers, N.Y. The day will feature $5 verbal appraisals from 11 to 3, conducted by Jenack Appraisers and Auctioneers of Chester, N.Y., and there will be music by Gary Dillon and a plant sale by the Friends of Lasdon. Food will be provided by Catered By James; there will also be Kettle Corn available.

Admission to the show, which ben-efits the Glass House Conservatory at Lasdon Park, is $7; it’s free for those 12 and younger. Lasdon Park is on Route 35 (2610 Amawalk Road), 3.5 miles west of I-684. For more information, visit cord-shows.com or call 914-273-4667 (during show hours, 914-589-1355).

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Weekend artWhite Silo Winery, 32 Route 37 East in Sherman, will feature an exhibit, Wine, Women & Art — Part VI, Sept. 2-18, Friday through Sunday plus Labor Day, 11-6. There will be a reception on Sunday, Sept. 4, from 2 to 4 p.m. Artists include Adele Moros, Ann Kromer, Paula Renee and Judith Taylor. For information, call 203-798-2872.

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Julian Barry of Redding had many tales to tell about his life in the performing arts, from the early days, when he was an extra in a production of King Lear starring Orson Welles, to his book and Academy Award-nominated screenplay, Lenny, about comedian Lenny Bruce. His autobiography includes these stories and many more.

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Business Association will host Antiques & Farmer’s Markets from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. along Westchester Avenue (Route 124) in Pound Ridge, N.Y. Parking and admission are free and there will be barbecued lunch available. The markets are canceled in case of heavy rain.

And coming up...The Carriage Barn Arts Center

in Waveny Park, New Canaan, will accept entries for the annual mem-bers’ exhibition on Wednesday, Sept. 7, from 8 to 11 a.m. and on Thursday, Sept. 8, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The prospectus is available on the Web site, carriagebarn.org or call 203-972-1985.* * * *

The 87th Annual Yorktown Grange Fair will open Thursday, Sept. 8 and run through Sept. 11, showcasing the homegrown and the homemade, from vegetables and flowers to livestock and poultry to needlework, baking, and photogra-phy. The special Saturday night per-formers will be The Smithereens.

Highlights of the fair include the horse show exhibition, live-stock animals, audience participa-tion games, and carnival rides. The tractor and antique farm equipment parade will take place on Saturday, Sept. 10, at 11 a.m., starting from the Yorktown Heights Firehouse field on Veterans Road and travel-ing a mile up Hanover Street to Moseman Road, finishing with a loop through the fairgrounds (99 Moseman Road, Yorktown Heights, N.Y.). Special animal shows include The Marvelous Mutts, A Canine Spectacular, and Chase’s Racing and Swimming Pigs. Hours are 6-10 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

Sunday. For more information, visit yorktowngrangefair.org.

* * * *The Wiremill Academy, a new

theatrical arts academy for young-sters in first grade through high school, will launch with a party on Thursday, Sept. 8, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the G&B Community Cultural Center, 49 New Street, Georgetown.

The academy is being founded by Broadway actors Rick Hilsabeck, Sarah Pfister and Mary Jo Duffy. For more information, and to attend the opening, visit wiremillacademy.com or call 203-544-9494.

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with an episode for the first season of Mission Impossible, for which Barbara Bain won an Emmy.

For the last decade, Mr. Barry has been living quietly on a dead-end road in Redding — except for Wednesday nights, when a half-dozen or so area residents make their way to his home for a regu-lar jam session. He describes his bandmates as “people who love jazz, and were wise enough to know it’s not a great way to make a living.”

Group members occasion-ally play at parties and have performed a couple of times at the Mark Twain Library, but primarily they play for the pleasure of it. Members comprise a couple of retired airline pilots, some lawyers and two women, Redding artist Kathy Anderson, “who wants to be a jazz pianist when she grows up,” and saxophone player Ruth Ehlers, “and a damned good one, too!” Mr. Barry noted.

His life in Redding has been that of a musician, he says, adding that his bandmates were shocked to learn of his work history, adding, “My career is not who I am.” Music has been a central part of his life since high school, becom-ing a passion throughout his adulthood.

He acknowledges, “I am a fool for playing a trumpet at my age [80], but I love it. I practice every day. I played it a lot in the 50s, until I gave myself a hernia trying to play like Maynard Ferguson; my doctor told me to play some-thing I didn’t have to blow as

hard, so I played the sax for years. But I missed the trum-pet — it’s noisy and aggres-sive.”

Asked, like you? He laughed and said, “Yeah!”

The idea of writing an auto-biography had been kicking around for some time. “I want-ed to set it down for myself; I’ve been though a lot and met some great people and been to some great places, and I wanted share that with my children, to give them a bet-ter understanding of my life. But I didn’t want to write a traditional autobiography, which often reads like a list of accomplishments, so I fol-lowed the advice of the great filmmaker Federico Fellino: ‘Tell the story as you would tell a friend.’”

The book was written over three or four years, he said. “I’d write a part of it, work it over, then another, put it away for a while...” But, “I almost died last year — I realized that despite taking care of myself and as much as I’d like to be,

I am not immortal — which spurred me to finish it.”

He said to write the book is somewhat like being a painter — to look at his life from a distance and see how it all fits together. Overall, he considers himself “one of luckiest peo-ple who ever lived.” Which is not to say his life was without trauma and tears, and he is very candid about that, includ-ing his own contributions to some of those situations.

“I just wanted to give it to my kids and anyone else who want might be interest-ed; I needed to get it out of my system.” And how did his children — he has four, three in their 40s from his second marriage who all live in New England, and a daughter in California from his marriage to the late producer Laura Ziskin — react to the book?

“They loved it,” he said, adding “The only people who didn’t like it were those who were left out. I’d get calls, ‘How come you didn’t tell the story about the time we...’”

Reflecting on his career, he said, “I’ve always written for myself more or less; when I get a story I want to write, I write... I love writing — the horror began the moment it left my house, the push and pull when you’re working on a project... That’s why the book is self published; I didn’t want to deal with an agent or have anyone telling me they wanted me to rewrite it in a certain way.”

And in his opinion, “The best thing I ever wrote was seen by the fewest people: It was an episode for PBS’s American Playhouse titled A Marriage: Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, star-ing Jane Alexander and Christopher Plummer.”

Summing up, he said, “Life is good and I’m glad to be alive.”

My Night With Orson is available online at Amicson.com and barnesandnoble.com or in e-book format for the Kindle or Nook for under $10.

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New Canaan Chamber of Commerce Restaurant Week, Aug. 26-Sept. 3; prix fixe spe-cials at participating restaurants; donations accepted for The Food

Pantry; info., newcanaanchamber.com or call 203-966-2004.

❋ St. Leo Parish 31st Summer Fair, Tues., Aug. 30, to Sat., Sept. 3; food, entertainment, rides and

carnival games, bingo parlor, Lion’s Den with live entertain-ment; 24 Roxbury Rd., Stamford; hours 6-11 p.m., Tues.-Fri., 2-11 p.m., Sat.; info., 203-322-1669 x227.

❋ 51st Annual Mark Twain Library Book Fair, Sept. 2-5; close to 50,000 books; Fri.-Sun., 9-5 (early buying adm. $10 on Fri., 9-10 a.m.; books as marked Fri.-Sat., half-price on Mon.), Monday, Labor Day, 9-1 (books $5/bag); Redding Community Center, Route 107/Lonetown Rd., Redding; info., marktwainlibrary.org.

❋ German School of Connecticut Open House, Sat., Sept. 3, 10-noon, Rippowam Middle School, 381 High Ridge Rd., Stamford; classes begin, Sept. 10; info., germanschoolct.org or 212-882-5686.

❋ Green Corn Festival, cel-ebration of the Hudson Valley’s Native American heritage, Sat.-Mon., Sept. 3-5, 10 to 5 each day, at Philipsburg Manor, 381 North Broadway (Rte. 9), Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; adm. $12/adults, $10/srs., $6/children 5-17; info., 914-631-8200 or hudsonvalley.org.

❋ 5K Family Fun Run/Walk, Mon., Sept. 5, 9 a.m.; spon. by the Center Women of the Stamford Jewish Community Center; 5K run professionally timed; reg. by Aug. 29; info., 203-487-0941 or visit stamfordjcc.org; 1035 Newfield Ave., Stamford.

Lasdon Labor Day Antiques Fair, Mon., Sept. 5, 10-5, with $5 verbal appraisals by Jenack Appraisers and Auctioneers of Chester, N.Y., from 11 to 3; live music, plant sale, food Catered By James, kettle corn; adm. $7, under 13 free; Lasdon Park & Arboretum, 2610 Amawalk Rd. (Rte. 35), Somers, N.Y.; info., cordshows.com or 914-273-4667 (during show, 914-589-1355).

Holiday Outdoor Market, Antiques & Farmer’s Market, Labor Day Monday, Sept. 5, 10-5; along Westchester Ave., in Pound

Ridge, N.Y.; barbecue lunch avail., free adm.; canceled by heavy rain; info., 203-813-7026.

87th Annual Yorktown Grange Fair, Sept. 8-11; horse show exhi-bition, livestock, games, carnival rides; tractor and antique farm equipment parade Sat., Sept. 10, 11 a.m., starting at the Yorktown Heights Firehouse field on Veterans Rd., up Hanover St. to Moseman Rd. and into the fairgrounds at 99 Moseman Rd., Yorktown Heights, N.Y.; hours, 6-10 p.m., Thur.; 10 a.m.-11 p.m., Fri.-Sat.; 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun.; info., yorktowngrang-efair.org.

Norwalk Seaport Assoc. Oyster Festival, Setp. 9-11, at Veteran’s Park, next to the Norwalk Harbor on Seaview Ave.; bands incl. Sooul Asylum, Fuel Silverado, a Springsteen cover band The Rising; rides, cooking competi-tions, arts and crafts, attractions and entertainment; $10/adults on Fri. eve., $12 on Sat.-Sun., $10/srs. all adays, $3/children 4-12, under five and active duty U.S. military free; off-sitte parking w/shuttle service; info., seaport.org or 203-838-9444.

Greenwich Harbor Yacht Showcase, Sept, 9-11; preview party Sept. 9 benefits Audubon Greenwich; open to all free Sat.-Sun., at the Delamar, 500 Steamboat Rd., Greenwich; info., thedelamar.com.

Nick Zinicola 5K Memorial Run/Walk, Sat., Sept. 10, at the Wilton High School track, Rte. 7; Kids Run at 8:30, 5 K at 9; pro-ceeds go to scholarship in Nick Zinicola’s name; info., reg., thelas-tmileracingcom.

Tag Sale to benefit WeCAHR, Sat., Sept. 10, 9-4; at Candlewood Park, Hayestown Rd., Danbury; info., 203-792-3540.

Railway Post Office Dog Day, Sat., Sept. 10, 10-5; incl. hourly “Trainyard Locals,” from 10:30 to 3:30; adm., $8; Danbury Railway Museum, at the restored Danbury train station, 120 White

St., Danbury; info., 203-778-8337 or visit danburyrail.org.

Brookfield Craft Center Fall Open House, Sat., Sept. 10, 1-4 p.m.; six teaching studios, live dmonstrations of work in glass, ceramics, weaving woodturning, basketry, blacksmithing and jew-elry making; 286 Whisconier Rd. (Rte. 25), Brookfield; info., brook-fieldcraft.org or 203-775-4526.

60th Annual SideWalk Art Show, spon. by the Art Society of Old Greenwich, Sept. 10-11, 9 to 5, along Sound Beach Ave.; info., sidewalkartshow.com or 203-637-9949.

Katonah Art Center Free Arts Day-Open House, Sun., Sept. 11, 12-3; drawing, painting, pottery, sculpture, animation, cartooning and music; tours; all workshops free; 131 Bedford Rd., Katonah, N.Y.; info., 914-232-4843 or kato-nahartcenter.com.

Bicycle Sundays on the Bronx River Parkway, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sept. 11, 18 and 25; portion of parkway closed to vehicle traf-fic, offering a 13.1 mile round-trip course beginning at the Westchester County Ctr., White Plains, N.Y., and running south to Scarsdale Rd., Yonkers, N.Y.; cancelled by rain; info., 914-995-4050 or visit westchestergov.com/parks.

Wilton Garden Club’s 90th Anniversary Flower Show: Friends, Fun and Flowers, Thur., Sept. 15, 2-6, Fri., Sept. 16, 10-6, Sat., Sept. 17, 10-5, Wilton Library, 137 Old Ridgefield Rd.; wiltonlibrary.org or 203-762-3950.

Art Greenwich Art Fair about the mega-yacht SeaFair, events, Sept. 15-19 at the Delamar Harbor in Greenwich; open Fri.-Sat., Sept. 16-17, noon to 9, and Sun.-Mon., Sept. 18-19, 11 to 6; $15/one-day pass or $20/multi-day pass; info. expoships.com or 239-495-2024.

Fall Crafts at Lyndhurst, Fri., Sept. 16, 10-5, Sat., Sept. 17, 10-6, Sun., Sept. 18, 10-5, rain or shine; 250 exhibitors; food, children’s activities; $10/person, $9/srs., $4/

children 6-16; no dogs allowed; Rte. 9, Tarrytown, N.Y., half-mile south of Tappan Zee Bridge toll plaza; info., artrider.com or 914-631-4481.

51st Lewisboro Library Fair, Sat., Sept. 17, 10-4, Onatru Farm, Elmwood Rd., Lewisboro, N.Y.; books, “Attic Treasures,” auctions, corn maze, food, games,hayrides, music, vintage cars, “Battle of the Bakers;” info., lewisborolibrary.org or 914-763-3857.

Emmanuel Church 105th Country Fair, Sat., Sept. 17, 10-4, on the church grounds; 285 Lyons Plain Rd., Weston; emmanuel-weston.org or 203-227-8565.

Sherman Church Country Fair, Sat., Sept. 17, 10-3, on the church grounds at 6 Church Rd., Sherman off Rte. 37 near Sherman Center; info., shermanchurch.org or 860-354-6114.

Silvermine Arts Fest and inau-guration of the Sculpture Walk, Sat., Sept. 17, 2-4 p.m., free out-door events, followed by ticketed concert by the Asphalt Orchestra at 4 p.m. ($20/non-members, $10/children under 12); res. encour-aged; Silvermine Arts Center, 1037 Silvermine Rd., New Canaan; info., res., 203-966-9700 x22.

Live Green Connecticut!, festi-val of products, incl. local organic food, services and green education opportunities, entertainment, Sept. 17-18, Sat., 10-4, and Sun., 11-4; $5/car; Taylor Farm Park, Calf Pasture Rd., East Norwalk; info., livegreenct.com.

Touch-a-Truck, Sun., Sept. 18, 12-4, Fairfield Ludlowe High School, 785 Unquowa Rd., Fairfield; $5/person age 1 and up, max $20/family; spon. by the Junior Women’s Club of Fairfield; info., jwcfairfield.com.

Senior Community Day, Sun., Sept. 18, 1-3:30 p.m.; informa-tion, entertainment, prizes, antique appraisals by Peter Curran; free; valet parking; The Greens at Cannondale, 435 Danbury Rd. (Rte. 7), Wilton; 203-761-1191.

The Honey Island Swamp Band, Thur., Sept. 1, 7:30 p.m., tickets $22; Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

Rustic Overtones and Frank Viele & The Manhattan Project, Fri., Sept. 2, 7:30 p.m., $10; Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 or fairfieldthe-atre.org.

Sherman Chamber Ensemble Summer Chamber Music series, featuring works for flute and harp, Fri., Sept. 2, at 8at St. Andrew’s Church, Main St., Kent, and Sat., Sept. 3, at 8 Mauweehoo Clubhouse on Leach Hollow Rd., Sherman; $25/at door, $20/students and srs. (res. recommended, 860-355-5930); at Sherman, lawn tickets $10; shermanchamberensemble.org.

❋ Free Bluegrass Concerts by the Sherman Chamber Ensemble on Sat., Sept. 3, 2 p.m., Lake Mauweehoo Clubhouse, Leach Hollow Rd., Sherman, and Sun., Sept. 4, at 1 at Kent Village Barns, Kent; info., 860-355-5930.

The Doansburg Chamber Ensemble, string trio with flute concerts, Sat., Sept. 3, 7 p.m., St. Mary’s in the Highlands Episcopal Church, Rtes. 9D and 301 in Cold Spring, N.Y., and Sun., Sept. 4, 4 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 2103 Rte. 6, just west of Brewster, N.Y.; tickets $10 at the door, $9/srs.; info., 845-228-4167.

Singer/songwriter Bret Michaels, Tues., Sept. 6, 8 p.m., tickets $110 and $90; Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; 203-438-5795 or ridgefieldplayhouse.org.

Spiritual Rez, reggae-horn-funk, Wed., Sept. 7, 7:30 p.m.; tickets $10; Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

Ingram Hill, Thur., Sept. 8, 7:30 p.m.; $12; Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 or fairfield-theatre.org.

Rob Carlson’s CD Release Party, Fri., Sept. 9, 7:30 p.m.; $17; Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

Tedeschi Trucks Band, Fri., Sept. 9, 8 p.m., tickets $127, $97; Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; 203-438-5795 or ridgefieldplayhouse.org.

The Fab Faux, Sat., Sept. 10, 8 p.m. (doors open at 7), Klein Memorial Auditorium, 910 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport; tickets $50-$80; avail. through Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

New Riders of the Purple Sage, Sat., Sept. 10, 7:30, doors open at 7; tickets $42; Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

Newtown Friends of Music: Remember 9/11: A Musical Tribute,

Windsor Music with oboist Peggy Pearson, 9/11 commemoration concert, featuring premiere of a new work, plus works by Mozart, Bach and Mendelssohn, Sun., Sept. 11, 3 p.m., Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main St., Newtown; tickets $20 (children 5-14 adm. free w/ticket-holding adult), info. and res., 203-426-6470 or visit new-townfriendsofmusic.org.

Fairfield County Choale: 9 11 11 Requiem of Remembrance, open sing-in of Mozart’s Requiem as part of a nationwide project, Sun., Sept. 11, 7 pm., St. Thomas Aquinas R.C. Church, 1719 Post Rd., Fairfield; guest conductor, Christine R. Howlett, professional soloists Mary Ellen Callahan, Kate Maroney, Mark A. Boyle, and Curtis Streetman; suggested donation $11 will go to Voices of September 11; res. appreciated, 203-254-1333 or e-mail [email protected] (optional “brush up” rehearsal at 5:45 in parish center).

Todd Rundgren, Sun., Sept. 11, 8 p.m., tickets $62; Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; 203-438-5795, ridgefieldplay-house.org.

Warren Haynes, Mon., Sept. 12, 8 p.m., $92; Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; 203-438-5795 or ridgefieldplay-house.org.

Monte Montgomery, Tues., Sept.

13, 7:30, doors open at 7; tickets $22; Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

The Call Concert Series: Remedy Drive & City South Steel Orchestra, Fri., Sept. 16, doors open at 7 p.m.; adm. $10; The Palace Theatre, 165 Main St., Danbury; 203-794-9444 or thepalacedan-bury.com.

Orleans & Friends, with special guests Chris Barron (Spin Doctors) and Wally Palmar (The Romantics), Fri., Sept. 16, 8 p.m.; tickets $55; Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; 203-438-5795 or ridge-fieldplayhouse.org.

The Funky Meters, Sat., Sept. 17, 7:30 p.m.; tickets $87; Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

Westport Arts Center Chamber Music Series: The Knights, chamber Orhcestra, Sat., Sept. 17, Saugatuck Congregational Church, Westport; tickets $25, $10/college students, $5/children 18 and younger; 203-222-7070 or westportartscenter.org.

Music with Celtic Cross, Sun., Sept. 18, 2 p.m., free; Westport Library McManus Rm., 20 Jesup Rd.; info., 203-291-4800.

Sandip Burman, Indian classical music, Sun., Sept. 18, 5 p.m., tickets $20, Wien Experental Theatre; Quick Center for the Arts, Fairfield University, 1073

North Benson Rd., Fairfield; 1-877-ARTS-396 or quickcenter.com.

Patrizio Buanne, Italian singer, Sun., Sept. 18, 8 p.m., $70, $55; Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; 203-438-5795 or ridgefieldplayhouse.org.

Colbie Caillat, Mon., Sept. 19, 8 p.m., tickets $70; Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; 203-438-5795 or ridgefieldplay-house.org.

Bruce Cockburn, Thur., Sept. 22, 7:30 p.m., tickets $47; Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

Mad Dances: American Music for Saxophone and Piano, CD release recital and reception with Dr. Dan Goble on saxo-phone and Dr. Russell Hishfield on piano, and soprano Patty Goble,Thur., Sept. 22, 8 p.m., Ives Concert Hall in White Hall, West. Conn. State U. Midtown Campus, 181 White St., Danbury; free, donations to music dept. accepted; info., 203-837-8350.

Gandalf Murphy, Fri., Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m.; $22; Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036.

Kicking Daisies, with special guests singer/songwriters Eliza and Carly, Fri., Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m., $45, $25; Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; 203-438-5795 or ridgefieldplayhouse.org.

CONTINUINGBrookfield Theatre for the Arts, 182

Whisconier Rd., 203-775-0023, brook-fiedtheatre.org: The Book of Liz, by Amy and David Sedaris, Aug. 26-Sept. 10, Fri.-Sat. at 8, Sun., Aug. 28, at 2; tickets $20, $15/students.

Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Ct., 203-227-4177 or westport-playhouse.org: 2011 Season — Suddenly Last Summer by Tennessee Williams, Aug. 23-Sept. 10; Twelfth Night, or What You Will by William Shakespeare, Oct. 11-Nov. 5.

ADVANCEk Disney’s Phineas and Ferb: The Best

LIVE Tour Ever!, Thur.-Fri., Sept. 8-9, 7 p.m.; Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport; tickets, 1-800-745-3000 or visit ticketmas-ter.com; info., phineasandferblive.com.

The Armonk Players, at Whippoorwill Hall, 19 Whippoorwill Road East, Armonk, N.Y. (use Kent Place entrance); armonk-players.org: The Guys, by Anne Nelson, with Dick Nagle and Jeanne McCabe, Sept. 9-11, Fri.-Sun. at 8, free, donations accepted for the Burn Care...Everwhere Foundation, Inc.

Ridgefield Theater Barn, 37Halpin Lane; ridgefieldtheaterbarn.org or 203-431-9850: Round and Round the Garden by Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Debbie Levin, Sept. 9-Oct. 1, Fri.-Sat. at 8, Sun. matinees, Sept. 18 & 25, at 5; cabaret seating, doors open 1 hr. before curtain; $25/adults, $20/students, srs.

Town Players of Newtown, at the Little Theatre, 18 Orchard Hill Rd., off Rte. 25, Newtown; 203-270-9144 or newtownplay-ers.org: Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin, Sept. 9-25, Fri.-Sat. at 8, Sun. at 2; tickets $20/adults, $10/children under 10.

The Sherman Playhouse, 5 Route 39 North (intersection rtes. 37 and 39), Sherman; shermanplayers.org or 860-354-3622: An Inspector Calls, Sept. 9-Oct. 1, Fri.-Sat. at 8, Sun., Sept. 18, at 2; tickets $20.

Carriage House Arts Center, Cranbury Park, 390 Grumman Ave., Norwalk; 203-229-9797 or carriagehouseartscenter.org: Poseidon: An Upside Down Musical, Sept. 9-24, Fri.-Sat. at 8, Sun., Sept. 11 and 18, at 4; tickets $20, $15; all shows incl. wine

and cheese intermission; ComedySportz, New York-based improv comedy, family-friendly, Fri., Sept. 30, 8 p.m., tickets $20; The Fantasticks, Oct. 14-29, Fri.-Sat., at 8, Sun., Oct. 16 and 23, at 4, tickets $25, $20.

TheatreWorks New Milford, 5 Brookside Ave.; theatreworks.us or 860-350-6863: Shakespeare for My Father by

Lynn Redgrave, featuring Susan Pettibone, directed by Jane Farnol, Sept. 16-Oct. 8; Fri.-Sat., at 8 and Sun., Oct. 2, at 2; free dress rehearsal for srs., Thur., Sept. 15; Pay-What-You-Want nigt Thur., Sept. 22, at 8.

Susie Essman, comedian, Sat., Sept. 17, 8 p.m., tickets $55; Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; 203-438-5795 or ridge-

fieldplayhouse.org.k Dr. Phineas’s Magical Emporium,

puppet show extravaganza, Sat., Sept. 17, at 11 and 2, $15; Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; 203-438-5795 or ridgefield-playhouse.org.

Open VISIONS Forum at Fairfield University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts; eight-lecture series, $306,

or $45, single tickets; 1-877-ARTS-396 or quickcenter.com: Chuck Todd: State of the Nation: Polling the Mood, Mon., Sept. 19, 8 p.m.; Lara Logan: Aparthid to Afghanistan, Reporting from the Front Lines, Mon., Oct. 3, 8 p.m.; Ben Brantley & Mark Lamos, On the Aisle: Critically Speaking, Wed., Oct. 19, 8 p.m.; other lectures Nov. 7 (Barry Scheck), Jan. 29 (Rex Reed), Feb. 1 (Meadowlark Lemon), March 28 (Sarah Vowell), and April 23 (Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson).

Parampara: Bharatnatyam & Hindustani Vocal, Fri., Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m.; tickets$100, $55, $35, $18; pre-sented by the Namaskaar Foundation at the Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St., Stamford; 203-325-4466 or scalive.org.

Chekhov International Theatre Festival, Sept. 23-25, in Ridgefield, all performances free; info., chekhovthe-atrect.wordpress.com: Festival Kick-off Party, Fri., Sept. 23, at 6 at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main St., followed by performance of Hamlet by The Drilling Company at 7 p.m. in the Aldrich outdoor theater (rain location, Veterans Park School, 8 Governor St.); The Darling, two Chekhov productions, Sat., Sept. 24, 3 p.m., Ridgefield Theater Barn; Home Sweet Home, adult drama in English by the Scandinavian American Theatre Co. of New York, Sat., Sept. 24, 8 p.m. at Scotts Ridge Middle School; Acting Workshop in Michael Chekhov Technique, Sun., Sept. 25, 1-2:30, Scotts Ridge Middle School; Specter of the Rose, film starring Michael Chekhov, Sun., Sept. 25, 3 p.m., followed by Q&A and awards ceremony.

Aging is Optional with Tovah Feldshuh, one-woman show, Sat., Sept. 24, at 3 and 8 p.m.; tickets $65; Emelin Theatre, 153 Library Lane, Mamaroneck, N.Y.; 914-698-0098 or emelin.org.

k Skippyjon Jones, Sun., Sept. 25, at 1 and 4, part of the Family Festivities Series, tickets $15; Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Ct.; 203-227-4177 or westport-playhouse.org.

Zumba on National Women’s Health & Fitness Day, Tues., Sept. 27, 7:30 p.m., with lobby activities at 6:30; $15; Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; 203-438-5795 or ridgefieldplayhouse.org.

SOUND of MUSIC

BILL of FAIRS

BRIDGE

by MORT FRIEDMAN

After a “New Minor Forcing” auction (two Clubs) South was hoping to find three spades or four hearts in his partner’s hand. This wasn’t to be and a shaky four spades became the contract.

After seeing all 52 cards the way to bring in 10 tricks is not all that obvious. But declarer found the solution after viewing only half of the hands!

After trumping the open-ing lead, the dummy was entered four times using the ace/king of clubs and the ace/king of hearts. This allowed four more diamonds to be ruffed. South was now out of trumps but he had nine tricks in the bank (two ace/kings and the trumping of five diamonds. The need-ed 10th trick was guaran-teed with the two remaining spades left in the dummy.

Most dummy reversal hands require three trumps to be in the dummy. It is a rare case when this technique can be executed with only a doubleton on the board.

Please send your comments or questions to Mort at 15 Bartram Drive, Redding, CT 06896 ([email protected]).

Unusual dummy reversal

Dealer: NorthVulnerable: East/West

NORTH ♠ 10 8 ♥ A K 4 ♦ 9 6 5 3 2 ♣ A K 4 WEST EAST♠ 6 3 ♠ J 7 5 2♥ Q 10 8 3 ♥ 9 7♦ A K 8 ♦ Q J 10 7 4♣ Q 10 7 2 ♣ 9 8 SOUTH ♠ A K Q 9 4 ♥ J 6 5 2 ♦ void ♣ J 6 5 3

North East South West 1D pass 1S pass 1NT pass 2C pass 3NT pass 4S pass pass pass

Lead: Ace of Diamonds

ON STAGE

Norman!Round and Round the Garden, part of Alan Ayckboun’s trilogy, The Norman Conquests, will open Friday, Sept. 9, at the Ridgefield Theater Barn and run weekends through Oct. 1. Harry Lipstein (at left) plays Norman, with a cast that includes (from left) Laurel Letteri, Paulette Layton and Meghan O’Rourke. For ticket information, visit ridgefieldtheaterbarn.org or call 203-431-9850. —Carol Cutler photo

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Since performances are always subject to change, call ahead to confirm. To submit listings, mail or e-mail deadline is two weeks in advance of publication to: Arts & Leisure, Hersam Acorn Newspapers, P.O. Box 1019, Ridgefield, Conn. 06877 or [email protected].

COFFEEHOUSE-Style CONCERTS, BENEFITS, GALAS, etc.

Wiremill Academy Launch Party, for new theatrical arts acad-emy for youngsters through high school at the G&B Community Cultural Center, Thur., Sept. 8, from 6 to 8 p.m.; with Broadway performers and founders Rick Hisabeck, Sarah Pfisterer and Mary Jo Duffy; 49 New Street, Georgetown; information and to attend, visit wiremillacademy.com or call 203-544-9494.

Gala at the Arboretum, benefit for the Bartlett Arboretum, Sat., Sept. 10, 5:45 p.m. with live per-formance by The Midtown Men, from the orig. cast of Jersey Boys; tours of the new Silver Educational Center; food and drink; 151 Brookdale Rd., Stamford; info., 203-322-6971 or bartlettarbore-tum.org.

Evening for the Arts Gala Benefit for the Jamie A. Hulley Arts Foundation, Sat., Sept. 10, with Dr. K’s Motown Revue; pre-concert recept. at 6, silent auction; concert at 7:30 p.m.; tickets $40 in ad., $45 at the door; Quick Center for the Arts, Fairfield University; tickets, 1-877-ARTS-396.

Second Saturday Party at the Katonah Museum of Art, Sept. 10, 6:30-8:30; A Psychedelic Confluence of Amalgamated Realities, with artists Gene Panczenko creating light, color and motion display; music by the Katonah Studio Jazz Band, hors d’oeuvres, drinks; $20/person; 134 Jay Street (Rte. 22), Katonah, N.Y., 914-232-9555 or visit katonahmu-seum.org.

Playing Our Songs: Celebrating 80 Years of Musical Theater, Mon., Sept. 19, Westport Country Playhouse Gala, honor-ing Bernadette Peters; 25 Powers Court, followed by post-per-form. dinner or after party; info., 203-227-5137 x122 or e-mail [email protected].

Wine Tasting at La Zingara Ristorante to benefit the Bethel Public Libary, Tues., Sept. 20, 6-9 p.m.; adm. $35/person; res., 203-794-8756 x6 or e-mail [email protected].

Katonah Museum of Art 2011 Himmel Award and Lecture, honoring artist Chuck Close, Sun., Oct. 16, 5 p.m. wine recept., 5:30 award ceremony and artist talk; $25/students, $60/members, $75/non-members, $300/sup-porter-level (incl. after-event din-ner at Crabtree’s Kittle House in Chappaqua); at the museum, 134 Jay St., Katonah, N.Y.; 914-232-9555 or katonahmuseum.org.

CLUBSGeorgetown Saloon, 8 Main St.,

Georgetown; res. suggested, 203-544-8003; Tues. at 8, Acoustic Open Mic (sign-up at 5); Thur. at 8:30, Open Jam Night; Fri.-Sat., bands start 9:15, $5 cover charge; Sun., Family Night music, 5-8 p.m.

Redding Roadhouse, 406 Redding Rd. (Rte. 53), West Redding 203-938-3388: Pickers’ Night Out, acoustic/bluegrass, Wed. at 9:30; Thur., 7 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 9:30 p.m.: Redding All-Stars, Sept. 1; Groove Yard, Sept. 2; Shoo-Fly Band, Sept. 3; Rev & Ron, Sept. 8; Redding Roadhouse 10th Ann. Party with Bone Dry, Sept. 9; Johnny Boots Band, Sept. 10.

Piccolo Pizza, 24 Prospect St., Ridgefield; 203-438-8200: Karaoke, Mon. at 7; live music other nights, including: Mike Torsone Trio, Sat., Sept. 3, 9-11:30 p.m., Enrico Granafei Trio, Sat., Sept. 10, 9-11:30 p.m., $10 music charge, no BYOB for shows; Cheryl Boyd & Jazz Trio, Tues., Sept. 6 and 20, 6-9 p.m., Gary MacFadden, Thur., 7-10 p.m, jazz,

pop, Broadway and Brazilian stan-dards; John Judd, Sun., 6-9 p.m., solo jazz guitarist.

Luc’s Café-Restaurant, 3 Big Shop Lane, Ridgefield; 203-894-8522: Wednesday nights, 7:30, Cafe Musette, gypsy swing featur-ing vocalist Noreen Mola; www.cafemusette.com.

Sarah’s Wine Bar, upstairs at Bernard’s, 20 West Lane Ridgefield; 203-438-8282 or ber-nardsridgefield.com: Music: Bob Curiano, every Wed., 6:30, guitar; Mark Mollica & Friends, every Thur., 6:30, guitar; Shawn Taylor, guitar & vocals, Sat., Sept. 3 & 17, 7:30;

Bernard’s, 20 West Lane, Ridgefield; 203-438-8282 or ber-nardsridgefield.com: Live Music: Fri., piano, 7-10:30 p.m.; Sat., piano, 7-10:30 p.m.; Sun.brunch, piano, 12-3 (1st Sun./month, Young Musicians).

Toozy Patza Pizza, 991 Danbury Rd. (Rte. 7), Georgetown, 203-544-9500: Elliot Connors, Sundays, 6-8 p.m. on the patio.

Wilton Pizza Pasta, 202 Town Green; 203-762-0007: Arthur Lipner’s Steel Band, Mon., Sept. 5, 6 p.m.

SoNo Caffeine Coffee and Chocolate Lounge, 133 Washington St., South Norwalk; winter hours for music: Thur.-Fri., 8-10 p.m.; 203-857-4224 or e-mail [email protected]: Julie Corbalis with Meaghan Farrell and Chris Curry, Sept. 1; Glenn Roth, Sept. 2; Sweetbird, Sept. 8; Sarah Chesler, Sept. 9.

Thataway Café, 409 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich; 203-622-0947: Karaoke every Sun., 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Left in the Attic, every Tues. night.

Bobby Q’s Barbeque and Grill, 42 Main St., Westport; bobbyqsres-taurant.com; Rooftop Beer Garden open Thur.-Sat., live music Fri.-Sat. at 9: Jay Stollman Band, Sept. 2; VooDoo Carnival, Sept. 3; Hank Cash, Great American Music, Fri., Sept. 9; The Give, Sat., Sept. 10.

Sails American Grill, 148 Rowayton Ave., Rowayton; Sat., music starts at 10 p.m.; 203-853-7245: Mental Health, Sept. 3; The Well, Sept. 10.

Jazz at the Sono Seaport Seaford Restaurant, 100 Water St., South Norwalk, 203-854-9483: John Cutrone and guests on Sundays from 3 to 6 p.m., through summer (info., johncutrone.com).

JP’s Lounge at Le Chateau, 1410 Rte. 35, South Salem, N.Y., 914-533-6631 or [email protected]: The Steve Shapiro Trio, Thur., Sept. 1, 7:30-10:30 p.m..

The Willows Restaurant, 920 Oakridge Common, Vista, N.Y., 914-533-5100: The Traveling Danburys, Fri., Sept. 2, 7:30-10:30 p.m.

The Towne Crier Café, 130 Route 22, Pawling, N.Y.; 845-855-1300 or townecrier.com; Wed. and Thur. open mic, sign-up 5-7 p.m.(or online, 3:30-6:30); The Song Circle, first Thur., doors open at 3, music 7-9:30 (unless otherwise noted); 845-855-1300: Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88s, with guest Petey Hop, Fri., Sept. 2, 8:30; Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Sat., Sept. 3, 8:30 p.m.; Stampinato Brothers, of NRBQ, Fri., Sept. 9, 8:30 p.m.; Joy Kills Sorrow, with Brett Randell, Sat., Sept. 10, 8:30 p.m.; Showcase Evening, Sun., Sept. 11, 7 p.m.; Acoustic Strawbs, Wed., Sept. 14, 7:30.

DINNER THEATERWestchester Broadway

Theatre, 1 Broadway Plaza, Elmsford, N.Y.; box office, 914-592-2222: Altar Boyz, Aug. 4-Sept. 18, My Fair Lady, Sept. 22-Nov. 27, shows Thur.-Sun., lunch and dinner shows, Fri. eves show only; Special Events: Battle of the Sexes Comedy, Mon., Sept. 26, $75; The Duprees, Tues., Sept. 27, $75.

Downtown Cabaret Theatre, 263 Golden Hill St., Bridgeport; 203-576-1636 or downtowncaba-ret.org: Magic Moments — The Mills Brothers and The Ink Sports, Sat., Sept. 17, at 5 and 8 p.m. and Sun., Sept. 18, at 5 p.m., tickets are $39.50-$59.50.

UNDER the STARS❋ Concerts on the Green,

spon. by CityCenter Danbury at the Danbury Green on Ives St.; open-ing acts begin at 7, main performer takes the stage at 8; info., citycen-terdanbury.org: A Taste of Greater Danbury, Sept. 10-11, with Bad Company former lead singer, Brian Howe at 8 on Sat. and at 2 on Sun. (Sat. events start at noon, Sun. events start at 11).

Beachside Jazz Night, present-ed by the Fairfield Arts Center, with music by Brian Torff, Thur., Sept. 29, 7-9 p.m., Penfield Pavilion, Fairfield; $40/person; res., fair-fieldartscenter.org.

Caramoor Third Annual Fall Festival, Sept. 23-25: The New York Philharmonic, Fri., Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m., Schubert’s Overture to Rosamunde, Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 (Eroica), tickets $44.50 to $112.50; An Evening with Kelli O’Hara, Sat., Sept. 24, 8 p.m., tickets $16 to $67; The Future is Now, Sun., Sept. 25, 4 p.m., $25; Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, 149 Girdle Ridge Rd., Katonah, N.Y., caramoor.org or 914-232-1252.

We are the Champions!, Ballroom Danceport Extravaganza, featuring six couples; Sat., Sept. 17, 8 p.m., tickets $40, $35, $30; free, pre-perf. ballroom dance les-

sons at 7 p.m.; Quick Center for the Arts, Fairfield University, 1073 North Benson Rd., Fairfield; 1-877-ARTS-396 or quickcenter.com.

THE LIVELY ARTS

After Dark

Dance

❋ IMAX Theater at the Maritime Aquarium, 10 North Water St., Norwalk; daytime films, $9/adults, $8/srs., $6.50/2-12; Hollywood films, $11.50, $10.50, $9.50; info., 203-852-0700 or maritimeaquarium.org: Dolphins, narration by Pierce Brosnan and music by Sting, daily at 11 and 2 through Labor Day; T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous, at noon and 4 daily, May 27-Labor Day; Born to Be Wild, daily at 1 and 3, through Sept. 5, then at noon & 2, Sept. 6-Jan. 12; Coral Reef Adventure at 11 a.m., 1 & 3 p.m., Sept. 6-Jan. 12.

GOPIO-CT 2011 Film Festival (Global Org. of People of Indian Origin), Sept. 15-18, at various the-aters in Fairfield County; tickets $10/

adults, $5/children; info., sulekha.com/gopio-cttkts or call 203-722-5507: West Is West, Thur., Sept. 15, 7:30, Avon Theater, Stamford; Nauka Dubi, fri., Sept. 16, 8 p.m., Westport Town Hall; I Am Kalam, Sat., Sept. 17, 7:30 p.m. and O Maria, Sat., Sept. 17, 9:30 p.m., Westport Town Hall; Ramayana, The Story of Rama, Sun., Sept. 18, 2 p.m., Community theater of Fairfield; Teen Behenein, Sun., Sept. 18, 8 p.m., Westport Town Hall.

Litchfield Hills Film Festival Documentary Thursdays, alter-nate Thur., at 7 p.m. at Gallery 77, 77 Railroad St., New Milford; info., hillsfilmfestival.org: On Paper Wings, Sept. 1; Soul of A People, Sept. 15.

(Note: When planning to audi-tion, always call first for details and requirements.)

Town Players of New Canaan open auditions for Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus, Tues.-Wed., Sept. 6-7, 7:30 p.m., Powerhouse Theatre, Waveny Park, New Canaan; [email protected].

Open walk-in auditions for You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Sept. 8 and 9, 9:30-11:30 a.m., production by the Stamford Jewish Community Center Women; info., call 203-487-0941 or visit stam-fordjcc.org.

❋ Auditions for the American Girl Fashion Show, spon. by the Young Women’s League of New Canaan, Inc., Sun., Sept. 11, 12-2; New Canaan Teen Outback center, 71 Main St., New Canaan; info., [email protected] or visit ywlnewcanaan.org.

Town Players of Newtown auditions for Buried Child by Sam Shepard, Mon., Sept. 12, and Tues., Sept. 13, from 7 to 9 p.m., at the Little Theatre of Newtown, 18 Orchard Hill Rd.; info., newtown-players.org.

❋ ShowBiz Kidz Theatre Company of Shelton auditions for Disney’s 101 Dalmations, Wed., Sept. 14, 7 p.m., for children 5-14; 61 Bridgeport Ave., Shelton, behind the Ice Cream Shoppe; info., from [email protected] or 203-922-9989.

❋ Norwalk Youth Symphony auditions for 56th season, by appt. only, Aug. 27-Sept. 6; musicians from 4th through 12th grades (and advanced 3rd graders); five ensem-bles avail.; applications and info., avail. at norwalkyouthsymphony.org or call 203-866-4100.

Greenwich Choral Society, auditions for all voice parts, Sept. 6, 6-8 p.m., and Sat., Sept. 10, 10-noon, at the First Congregational Church, 108 Sound Beach Ave., Old Greenwich; for appt., e-mail [email protected] or call 203-348-3729.

Wilton Singer, auditioned mixed choral group, seeking new mem-bers; auditions Tues., Sept. 6, by appt.; rehearsals Tues., 7-9 p.m., at WEPCO Complex, 48 New Canaan Rd.; info., audition appt., e-mail [email protected] or call 203-761-9331.

Newtown Choral Society, begin-ning winter concert rehearsals on Wed., Sept. 7, 7 p.m.; non-audition choir; at Newtown Middle School, Queen St.; info., 203-426-3769 or e-mail [email protected].

Charis Chamber Voices audi-tions for singers of all vocal parts, Wed., Sept. 7, 7 p.m., Katonah Presbyterian Church, 31 Bedford Rd., Katonah, N.Y.; for audition time or an alternate date, e-mail [email protected] or call 914-931-6575.

Hudson Chorale, welcoming new members in all voice parts for rehearsals for December concert; rehearsals begin Mon., Sept. 12, 7:30-10 p.m. (singer-friendly audi-tions on Thur., Sept. 8, by appt.) in Scarborough, N.Y.; info., or appt., e-mail [email protected] or call 914-478-0074; info. on chorus, visit hudsonchorale.org.

❋ Stamford Young Artists

Philharmonic Auditions for all orchestral instruments and candi-dates for flute choirs, Sat., Sept. 10; for an appt. and more info., call Anne Fountain at 203-542-0650 or e-mail [email protected].

Jazz Elite, music program based in White Plains, N.Y., audi-tions Sept. 18, 12-4, at Theodore D. Young Community Center, 32 Manhattan Ave., Greenburgh, N.Y., info., reg., at jazzelite.org or call 914-414-8278.

Westfair Singers, women’s cho-ral ensemble, openings for all voice parts; rehearsals begin Mon., Sept. 12, 7-9 p.m. at the Stanwich School, 257 Stanwich rd., Greenwich; info., 203-629-9814.

Danbury Music Centre open-ings for the Danbury Symphony Orchestra, Danbury Concert Chorus, Danbury Community Orchestra and Danbury Preparatory String Orchestra; weekly rehears-als at the music center at 256 Main St., Danbury; info., e-mail [email protected] or call 203-748-1716.

10th Danbury Symphony Orchestra Student Concerto Competition, students up to senior year in high school in Sept. 2011 in Greater Danbury area, performers of all orchestral instruments, as well as piano and voice; applications due Oct. 11, 2011; info., Danbury Music Centre, 256 Main St.; info., 203-748-1716 or e-mail [email protected].

Celtic Cross Pipes and Drums, seeks exper. bagpipers and drum-mers as well as individuals inter-ested in student classes; rehearsals every Thur., 7-9 p.m. in Danbury; info., 860-927-4045, e-mail: [email protected], or visit ccpddanbury.org.

Fairfield County Symphony Society welcomes string players over 18 years (violin, viola, cello and double bass); meeting Tuesdays, 7:30-9:45 p.m., Merit Music, 143 Main Ave., Norwalk; info., visit www.geocities.com/symphonysoci-ety or call 203-857-7209; no audi-tions required.

Westport Community Band invites woodwind, brass and percus-sion players; rehearsals every Mon. 7:30-9:30 p.m., Bedford Middle School, North Ave., Westport; no auditons required; info., westport-communityband.com or call 203-595-0089.

Festival of Lighthouses Contest, top prize $1,500; entries forms accepted until Oct. 21 (deliv-ery Nov. 4-7); 24 entries accepted; Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, 10 North Water St., South Norwalk; info., maritimeaquarium.org or call 203-852-0700 x2248.

Annual Members’ Exhibition at the Carriage Barn Arts Center in Waveny Park, New Canaan, entries (2 submissions in any media) accepted Wed., Sept. 7, 8-11 a.m. and Thur., Sept. 8, 6-7:30 p.m.; prospectus at carriagebarn.org or by calling 203-972-1895.

Ridgefield Guild of Artists Call for Entries: 34th Annual Juried Show, juror Cynthia Reeves; all media, on-site delivery and jurying, cash awards; receiving Sept. 8-9, 12 to 4; Sept. 10-11, 12 to 5; info., prospectus at rgoa.org.

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East, Sherman; 860-355-0271 or white-silowinery.com: Wine, Women & Art — Part VI, Sept. 2-18, Fri.-Sun., plus Labor Day, 11-6; recept. Sun., Sept. 4, 2-4 p.m., works by Ann Kromer, Adele Moris, Paula Renee and Judith Taylor; info., 203-798-2872.MUSEUMS

The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, open Tues.-Sun., 12-5; historic $7/adults and $5/srs.; free adm. for full-time teachers and students in grades K-12; free docent-led tours on Tues. and Sun. between 2 and 4 p.m.; 258 Main St., Ridgefield, 203-438-4519. Collaborations at the Aldrich: Chelpa Ferro: Visual Sound, works by a Brazilian collective of artists; Kate Eric: One Plus One Minus One, decade-old collaborative identity, Kate Tedman and Eric Siemens, creating surreal land-scape paintings; MTAA: All the Holidays All at Once, community participation used by collective of Michael Sarff and Tim Whidden to create an ephemeral work on the Sculpture Garden; Type A: Barrier and Trigger, works by Adam Ames andAn-drew Bordwin, both examining boundaries; Jessica Stockholder: Hollow Places Court in Ash-Tree Wood, sculptor’s collabora-tion with cabinetmaker Clifford Moran and screenprinter Gary Lichtenstein to use wood from a tree on the Aldrich grounds; Judi Werthein: Do You Have Time?, film featur-ing David Kleinman, unemployed New Yorker obsessed w/the region’s politics.❋ The Bruce Museum, Tues.-Sat., 10 to

5, Sun., 2 to 5; $7/adults, $6/students and seniors, free/under 5, free adm. for all on Tuesdays; One Museum Drive, Greenwich, 203-869-0376: Power Incarnate: Allan Stone’s Collection of Sculpture from the Congo, May 14-Sept. 4; Picasso’s Vollard Suite: The Sculptor’s Studio, June 18-Oct. 16, etchings on loan from a private collec-tion; Saddle Up! Horsing Around, 30 works from the permanent collection, featuring the horse, July 1-Sept. 25 in the Bantle Lecture Gallery (occasionally unavailable because of programs). Bijoux: The Origins and Impact of Jewelry, July 16-March 11.❋ Stepping Stones Museum for

Children, 303 West Ave., Norwalk; open daily 10-5; $12/person (under 1, free); www.steppingstonesmuseum.org or 203-899-0606: Energy Lab; Tot Town; Healthyville, learn about your body and how to keep it healthy; Build It!, learning about architec-tural design and construction; art studio and science lab; ColorCoaster; Light Gallery; traveling exhibits: access/ABILITY from Boston Children’s Museum, June 18-Labor Day; café and gift shop.❋ Danbury Railway Museum, 120

White St., Danbury; 203-778-8337; dan-bury.org/drm: adm. $4/adults, $2/children (5-15); winter hours: Wed.-Sat., 10-4, Sun., 12-4; (summer hours: Tues.-Sat., 10-5, Sun., 12-5).

Philip Johnson Glass House, a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, New Canaan; 2011 tour tickets now on sale; 90-minute guided site tour, $30; three types of two-hour tours, $45 each; Modern Friends Tour, $100; Twilight Tour, $150 (October only); Private Tour ($250); Glass House Private Tour + Four Seasons Dinner package, $450; Group Tours, beginning at $30/person; res., philipjohnsonglasshouse.org or 866-811-4111; office at 199 Elm St., New Canaan.

Fairfield University’s Bellarmine Museum of Art, info., 203-254-4046 or museum@[email protected]: ekphra-sis i: jeanne delarm-neri (mfa ’12), visual works with works of poetry and prose, June 15-Sept. 30.❋ Barnum Museum, 820 Main St.

Bridgeport, 203-331-1104; Museum closed for renovation and repair of damage caused by 2010 tornado.❋ The Discovery Museum, 4450 Park

Ave., Bridgeport; 203-372-3521; Tues.-Sat., 10-5, Sun., 12-5 (open Columbus Day, Mon., Oct. 13); museum and plan-etarium, $8.50 adults, $7 children, seniors, students, free under 5: daily planetarium shows (The Little Star That Could, for ages 8 and younger; Dawn of the Space Age, for ages 8 and older), Challenger Learning Center, call for schedule; many interactive exhibits.❋ Military Museum of Southern New

England, 125 Park Ave., Danbury; 203-790-9277; www.usmilitarymuseum.org: more than 30 armored vehicles; massive collection of military artifacts; Story of the 10th Mountain Division; Life-size dioramas with major military vehicles; The World in Flames, story of World War II 1939-1945; The War in the Pacific, expanded exhibit; From the Beginning to the End: The Story of 9/11, new exhibit opening Sept. 11; gift shop; summer hours, Tues.-Sat., 10-5; Sun., 12-5; winter hours (Dec. 1-March 31), Fri.-Sun. only; adults $6, active duty military, children and srs. $4; under 5, free.

Housatonic Museum of Art, at Housatonic Community College, 900 Lafayette Blvd., Bridgeport; open Mon.-Fri., 8:30-5:30, Thur. till 7; 203-332-5052: Polaridad Complementaria: Recent Works from Cuba, more than 40 works, multi-media show, Aug. 15-Oct. 20, Burt Chernow Galleries.❋ Katonah Museum of Art, open Tues.-

Sat., 10-5, Sun. 12-5; adm. free 10 a.m. to noon; guided tours Tues.-Sun. at 2:30; adm. $5; srs. (60+) and students, $3 (under 12/free), Rte. 22/134 Jay St., Katonah, N.Y., 914-232-9555, www.katonahmuseum.org: Double Solitaire: The Surreal Worlds of Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy, June 5-Sept. 18, 25 paintings by each artist, 1937-1958, as well as selected photos and ephemera.

❋ Neuberger Museum of Art, at Purchase College, State Univ. of N.Y., 735 Anderson Hill Rd., 914-251-6100; Tues.-Sun., 12-5; adm. $5, $3/srs. and students, free/12 and under: continuing exhibits from the Roy R. Neuberger collection; Dana Schutz: If the Face Had Wheels, Sept. 24-Dec. 10, 10 yr. survey of her paintings and prints and drawings; For the Love of Art: Letters to Roy R. Neuberger, Sept. 25-Dec. 23, notes, letters, cards and drawings given on Mr. Neuberger’s birthdays, alongside works from the permanent collection..

Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden, 28 Deveau Rd., North Salem, N.Y.; open Wed.-Sat., 12-4; adm. $5/adult, $4/srs., free/under 12; 914-669-5033 or hammondmuseum.org: Heart of the Artist, works by members of the New York Society of Women Artists, June 22-Sept. 10.❋ Skitch Henderson Museum at Hunt

Hill Farm; a slice of Skitch’s life – radio with Frank Sinatra, the first Tonight Show program with Steve Allen, Henderson American Music Archive and items from Skitch’s collections – aviation, banks, musi-cal instruments; Silo Gallery: periodic art exhibits; Hunt Hill Farm, 44 Upland Rd., New Milford; open 10 to 5, Wed.-Sat., 12-5, Sun.; 860-355-0300; hunthillfarmtrust.org.

ARTS CENTERSSilvermine Guild Arts Center, 1037

Silvermine Rd., New Canaan; 203-966-9700 or silvermineart.org: Crossroads, Guild group show, works in all media, and Intuitive/Systemic Symmetries, works by John Arabolos and Heidi Lewis Coleman, July 31-Sept. 17.

Greenwich Art Society-hosted exhibit at Greenwich Hospital Garden Café, 5 Perryridge Rd., Mon.-Fri., 8-3:30: A Splash of Color, 13 oil paintings by Ed Wilson of Darien; through Nov. 30; info., 203-629-2533 or greenwichartsociety.org.

Ridgefield Guild of Artists, 34 Halpin Lane; 203-438-8863 or rgoa.org: 34th Annual Juried Show, judged by Chelsea gallery owner Cynthia Reeves, Sept. 24-Oct. 28; opening recept. Sat., Sept. 24, 2-4 p.m.; hours Wed.-Sun., 12-4.

Center for Contemporary Printmaking, 299 West Ave./Mathews Park, Norwalk; 203-899-7999 or www.contemprints.org; gallery hours, 9-5 Mon.-Sat. and 12-5 Sun.: 8th Biennial International Miniprint Exhibition 2011, June 2-Sept. 4, more than 200 miniature, lithographs, etchings, wood-cuts, silkscreens and digital prints from around the globe.

ArtPlace Gallery, 11 Unquowa Rd., Fairfield; 203-292-8328; Wed.-Sat., 11-5:30, Sun., 12-4: Artists Invite Artists, 25 artists invited by the co-op gallery artist members, Aug. 10-Sept. 11.

Westport Arts Center, 51 Riverside Ave.; 203-222-7070 or westportartscenter.org: Exhibition by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, June 30-Sept. 4, featuring two works in progress, “Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River, State of Colorado” and “The Mastaba, Project for the United Arab Emirates”; LOVE: In the Eye of the Beholder, juried group members exhibit, Sept. 16-Nov. 6, juried by David Kiehl, curator of prints and special collections at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

Fairfield Arts Center, 70 Sanford St., 203-319-1419, fairfieldartscenter.org; open

Tues.-Fri., 10-4, Sat., 1-4: Jonathan Waters: Recent Sculpture and Works on Paper, through Sept. 4; Salon D’Automne Juried Art Sale, Sept. 9-11, recept. Fri., Sept. 9, 6-8 p.m.

Kent Art Association, 21South Main St., Kent; info., kentart.org or 860-927-3989: President’s Show, July 24-Sept. 6; Elected Artists’ Invitational & Solo Show, Sept. 11-Oct. 16; show open Thur.-Sun., 1-5.

Washington Art Association, Bryan Memorial Plaza, Washington Depot; 860-868-2878 or washingtonartassociation.org: Bryce Lafferty, three-dimensional watercol-ors; Catherine Lan, textured paintings; Derek Leka, collage, Aug. 20-Sept. 18, Tues.-Sat., 10-5, Sun., 11-4.

Mamaroneck Artists Guild, 126 Mamaroneck Ave., Larchmont, N.Y., mama-roneckartistsguild.org or 914-834-2227: Off the Grid, Recent Photocollages and Mixed Media by Karen Neems, Aug. 30-Sept. 17; recept., Sat., Sept. 10, 4-6 p.m.

LIBRARIESFerguson Library, One Public Library

Plaza, Stamford; 203-351-8208 or fergu-sonlibrary.org: Black and White and Shades of Grey, juried multimedia wall art show, presented w/Stamford Art Assoc., through October.

Westport Public Library, 20 Jesup Rd.; 203-291-4800 or westportlibrary.org: Color/Texture—Photography by Guy Sherman, photographs of Hawaii, July 15-Sept. 30; Look at Me! Kids in Portrait, works by Elaine Clayton and Kim Travagliato, Aug. 1-Oct. 31.

HISTORICAL❋ Keeler Tavern Museum, 132 Main

St., Ridgefield; 203-438-5485: Keeler Tavern tour hours, Wed., Sat., and Sun., 1-4, last tour at 3:30 (closed Easter Sunday, Independence Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas); Civil War Exhibit, items from the era, military equipment, temporary exhibit; adults/$5, srs. and under 12/$3.❋ Wilton Historical Society, 224

Danbury Road (Route 7), 203-762-7257: period rooms in the Betts-Sturges-Blackmar House, gift shop, Tues.-Fri., 10-4, Sat., 1-4.❋ Weir Farm National Historic Site,

735 Nod Hill Rd., Wilton, 203-834-1896 or www.nps.gov/wefa: grounds open daily dawn to dusk; Burlingham House Visitor Ctr., Jan.-March, Sat.-Sun., 10-4 (Thur.-Sun., 10-4, April-Dec.); 30-min. intro tour, Sat. at 11 and 3, Sun. at 11, 1 and 3; 1-hour stone wall tour, Sat. at 1; reg. required for tours; admin. offices open Mon.-Fri., 9-5; info., incl. current program and tour sched., call or visit Web site.❋ New Canaan Historical Society, 13

Oenoke Ridge (Rte. 124), in the Town House Gallery; Tues.-Fri., 9:30-4:30, Sat., 9:30-12:30; 203-966-1776 or nchistory.org: Works of the Silvermine Group of Artists (1908-1922), new permanent exhibition room: current exhibit Edmund Marion Ashe (1865-1941), An American Impressionist, on view through Sept. 3. Gores Pavilion, open to visitors during summer, Mon.-Fri., 10-noon and 2-4 p.m., suggested donation, $5; Irwin Park, 848 Weed St.

Darien Historical Society, 45 Old Kings Highway North, Darien; 203-655-9233: A Collection of Currier & Ives, sampling of lithographs of hunting and fishing scenes, clipper ships, rural scenes; on loan from the Ziegler family; through Sept. 9, Tues.-Fri., 9-4, group visits and tours at other times by appt.

Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, 295 West Ave., Norwalk; special exhib-it, Mansion Fragments: Innovations in Architecture, Design and Technology from

the Civil War Era, through Oct. 8; tours offered Wed.-Sun., 12-4 (last tour at 3), $10/adults, $8/srs., $6/children 8-18; 203-838-9799 or e-mail [email protected].

Norwalk Quilt Trail: 100 quilts made and collected in Norwalk, on view through mid-November at the Rowayton Historical Society’s Pinkney House (A Common Thread: Family History Told Through Quilting, through Nov. 11, rowaytonhis-toricalsociety.org or 203-831-0136); the Norwalk Historical Society (Collected & Cherished: Quilts made and collected in Norwalk, through Oct. 10, norwalkh-istoricalsociety.org or 203-846-0525); Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum (The Craze of Crazy Quilts, through Oct. 16, lockwoodmathewsmansion.com or 203-838-9799); The Sheffield Island Lighthouse (Against the Elements: Keeping Warm at the Lighthouse, through Sept. 5, seaport.org or 203-838-9444); Stepping Stones Museum for Children (Quilts Made by Norwalk Children from the 1970s to Today, through Oct. 10, steppingstonesmuseum.org or 203-899-0606) and the Switch Tower Museum (Trains, Planes and Automobiles, through Oct. 30, westctnrhs.org or 203-246-6958).

Norwalk Museum, 41 North Main St., South Norwalk, 203-866-0202: Collections and exhibits reflecting the lives and culture of local people from settlement to present; ref. library and archives; open Wed.-Sun., 1-5; free adm.❋ Greenwich Historical Society, Bush-

Holley Historic Site, 39 Strickland Rd., Cos Cob; open Fri.-Sun., 12-4 (docent-led tours at 1, 2 and 3); 203-869-6899, ext. 10 or www.hstg.org; adm. to gallery, visitor ctr. & house museum, $10/adults, $8/srs. and students, under 6 free (half-price on open-ing day); group tours at $7/person avail. on public and non-public days; library and archives open Wed.-Thur., 10-4; adm. offic-es open Mon.-Fri., 9-5: Everyday Heroes: 24/7 Throughout History, Sept. 14-Aug. 26, history of fire, police and emergency medi-cal service workers in Greenwich; gallery hours Wed.-Sun., 12-4.

Pound Ridge Historical Society, 255 Westchester Ave., Pound Ridge, N.Y.; 914-764-4333 or prhsmuseum.org: Pound Ridge & The Civil War, remembering the 109 men of Pound Ridge who served; on view week-ends, 2-4 p.m., through Dec. 4.

Stamford Historical Society, 1508 High Ridge Rd., P.O. High Ridge Connecticut: The Evolution of a Country Village, open-ing Sept. 22 (preview party on Sept. 15); open Thur.-Sat., 11-4, adm., $5; info., 203-329-1183, stamfordhistory.org.❋ Westport Historical Society, 25 Avery

Place; open Mon.-Fri., 10-4, Sat., 12-4; Back to Our Roots, through Sept. 3; Frazier Forman Peters, At Home with Stone, Oct. 2-31, Sheffer Gallery; Earth, Air, Water, Fire: The Wit & Wisdom of Frazier Forman Peters, Oct. 2-Dec. 31, Little Gallery; info., 203-222-1424 or www.westporthistory.org.

Fairfield Museum and History Center, 370 Beach Rd., behind the old Town Hall; open Mon.-Fri., 10-4 (Thur. till 6); Sat.-Sun., 12-4; research library closed Mon.; adults, $5, students w/ ID, $3, children 5 and under, free; info., www.fairfieldhs.org or 203-259-1598: Connecticut Responds and Reflects, exhibition commemorating 9/11, Sept. 3-18; Interfaith Serivce, Sun., Sept. 11, at 3 p.m. (museum will open at noon).

Ogden House and Gardens, operated by the Fairfield Museum and History Center, at 1520 Bronson Rd., Fairfield: Sun. tours, 1-4 p.m., through September (closed weekends of Labor Day and Sept. 11), adm. $3/adults, free to children 5 and under.

Danbury Museum & Historical Society, 43 Main St.,Danbury; 203-743-5200 or danburymuseum.org: Magnificent Millinery: Three

Centuries of Women’s Hats in Danbury, on view Saturdays, 10-4, through Oct. 15; sugg. donation, $5 (associated 2012 calen-dar avail. through museum Web site).❋ John Jay Homestead State Historic

Site, Rte. 22, Katonah, N.Y.; 914-232-5651 or www.johnjayhomestead.org: guided tours offered Tues.-Sat., 10-4; Sun., 11-4; $7/adults, $5/srs., students, free up to age 12: Slaves, Slavery and the Jay Family, through February, 2012.

Horace Greeley House, New Castle Historical Society, 100 King St., Chappaqua, N.Y., 914-238-4666 or newcastlehistorical-society.org: Horace Greeley: His Life and Times, Feb. 8-Dec. 31.

NATURE/SCIENCE❋ Darien Nature Center, 120 Brookside

Rd.; free adm. Mon.-Fri., 9-4; Sat., 9-1; 203-655-7459: ongoing exhibits: Bana Ba Motlhaba — Children of the Desert, pho-tography by African artist Dave Hamman, Sept. 17-Oct. 29.❋ Audubon Greenwich, 613 Riversville

Rd.; adm. $5/adults, $3/children, srs.; greenwich.audubon.org or 203-869-5272: Kiernan Hall Nature Arts Gallery, in the Kimberlin Nature Education Center, open daily, 9-5 (12-5 on Sun.).❋ The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk,

10 North Water St., Norwalk; 203-852-0700 or maritimeaquarium.org; open daily, 10-5 (till 6 in July and August; closed Thanksgiving and Christmas); $12.95 adults, $11.95 seniors, $9.95 children 2-12 (various combination passes avail. incl. IMAX theater): sharks, seals, river otters, sea turtles, jellies and more than 100 other species; Marine Lab, Ocean Playspace for toddlers; International Children’s Art Exhibit, presented by Creative Connections in Norwalk, on the theme, “Water: Values, Traditions and Cultures”; Africa: The Desert to the Sea, through Feb., 2012; and Dino Island 3-D, simulator ride-film ($5.50); seal feedings at 11:45 a.m. and 1:45 and 3:45 p.m. daily; Meerkats, special exhibit, through February, 2012; Dinosaur Summer, life-size robotic dinosaurs (exhibit incl. a “cut-away” display showing insides of robotic dinosaur; also an outdoor “fossil dig”), through Labor Day.❋ New Canaan Nature Center, 144

Oenoke Ridge (Rte. 124); 203-966-9577 (for New York Botanical Garden program reg., call 1-800-322-6924): Saturday Videos, family program every Sat. at 2; Saturday Live Animal Demonstrations, every Sat. at 3. Center open Mon.-Sat., 9-4, Sun., 9-1; grounds open dawn to dusk daily.❋ Stamford Museum & Nature Center,

39 Scofieldtown Rd., Mon.-Sat., holidays, 9-5, Sun., 11-5; non-res. adults $10, srs. and students (18+ w/ID), $8, children 4-17, $5, age 3 and younger, free; 203-322-1646 or www.stamfordmuseum.org: Last Frontiers: Anthony Fiala and the Race to the North Pole (1903-1905, and Aims, Hopes and Endeavors: An Art Installation by Heddi Vaughan Siebel, Sept. 10-Oct. 30.

Bartlett Arboretum and Gardens, 151 Brookdale Rd., Stamford; bartlettarbore-tum.org: Photographs by Alison Wachstein, July 31-through early Sept.; info., 203-226-5296 or alisonwachstein.com.

GALLERIES, ETC.Rockwell Gallery-Ridgefield, 470 Main

St.; 203-894-8000: Static Verve, new works by Margaret Tsirantonakis, Constance LaPalombara, Megan Craig and Mireille Duchesne, Aug. 12-Oct. 8.

Rockwell Gallery-Wilton, 379 Danbury Rd. (Rte. 7); 203-762-8311 or visit rock-wellartgalleries.com: Field Work, featur-ing plein air landscape artists Jack Vogler, Steven Stroud and Michael Garland, June 10-Sept. 3; gallery hours, Tues.-Sat., 10-5:30.

Rockwell Gallery-New Canaan, 9 Burtis Ave., 203-594-7177 or rockwellartgalleries.com: Emplorium, new works by artists and Rockwell employees, Gret Welz, Dana Laird, Miles Wallace, Sarah Saunders, Rick Violodas, Brian Olson, Je Davis, and Sooo-z Mastroprietro, through Sept. 9.

Rockwell Gallery-Westport, 236 Post Rd. East (Imperial Plaza); 203-227-1800 or rockwellartgalleries.com: Trans-Figuration, paintings by Claudia Mengel, Aug. 26-Oct. 14.

Samuel Owen Pop Up Gallery, 34-36 Elm St., New Canaan, 203-325-1924: Photo-Conceptual Paintings by Steven Vaughan, through 2011.

Handwright Gallery and Framing, 93 Main St., New Canaan; 203-966-7660 or handwrightgallery.com: Texture in Motion, new paintings by Kimberly Dawn, also sculpture in alabaster, Italian marble and limestone by Sandy Zimelis; Mon.-Sat., 10-5:30 and by appt.

Art Greenwich, on board the mega-yacht SeaFair at the Delamar Harbor in Greenwich; Sept. 15-19; pivate opening on Sept. 15; public viewing Sept. 16-17, noon to 9, and Sept. 18-19, 11 to 6; boarding passes $20, $50; info., expoships.com.

Greenwich Art Society Artist Mayann Weinberg, fabric and mixed media art, on view at Customer’s Bank, 601 North Main St., Port Chester, N.Y., through Sept. 16.

Cavalier Galleries, Inc., 405 Greenwich Ave.; Mon.-Sat., 10:30-6, Sun., 12-5, and by appt.; cavaliergalleries.com or 203-869-3664: Marine and Maritime Paintings Exhibition and Sale, Sept. 16-Oct. 7.

Maritime Garage Art Gallery, Parking Authority Offices, 11 North Water St., South Norwalk; info., norwalkarts.org: Atlas of the Imagination: Jane Lubin, July 14-Sept. 29; gallery hours Mon.-Fri., 9-5.

Nylen Gallery at Picture This, 606 Post Rd. East, Westport; 203-227-6861: Recent Works by Helen Cantrell of Old Lyme, Aug. 13-Sept. 24; Mon.-Fri., 9:30-5:30, Sat., 9:30-5.

Troy Fine Art Services, 3310 Post Rd., Southport; Mon.-Fri., 9:30-5, Sat., 10-2; troyfineart.com or 203-255-1555: Trees by Amy Blck, oil paint on board or canvas and oil stick on paper, Sept. 16-Oct. 8; recept. Fri., Sept. 16, 6-9 p.m.

UConn Stamford Art Gallery, off the Main Concourse, Broad St.; Mon.-Thur., 8 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri., 8-5, Sat., 9-1; 203-251-8400 or stamford.uconn.edu/ArtGallery:

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BMW’s redesign of its popular X3 compact sport-utility vehicle for the 2011 model year was, from our perspective, an unqualified success. We initially didn’t care for our first X3 test car, the debut 2004 model, though it did grow on us as the days passed. The new model elicited an entirely dif-ferent reaction: We liked it

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the X3, we drove a similarly sized and priced SUV from a premium Japanese manufac-turer. The BMW essentially spoiled the experience for us. The X3’s competitor simply didn’t measure up.

What’s so special about the X3? It rides more smoothly than its predecessor, yet han-dles as a BMW should. It’s roomy and comfortable, even

in the back seat — a rare trait in this class. And BMW has upgraded the interior materi-als and switchgear.

The X3 comes in two fla-vors: the xDrive28i, starting at $36,750, and the xDrive35i, $41,050. All-wheel drive is standard on both. Our test car, a 2011 xDrive35i with several costly options, came in above $50,000.

The heart of the xDrive35i is a 3.0-liter, turbocharged inline six-cylinder engine that produces 300 horsepow-er and 300 lb.-ft. of torque. BMWs we’ve driven in the past tended to emphasize smooth power delivery and exquisite balance over raw muscle, but our X3 was grati-fying on both counts. It deliv-ered highway fuel economy in the mid-20s, but required premium gasoline.

For the driver, the X3 offers two major challenges — the shifter and BMW’s iDrive system.

The former is essentially an up-and-down lever with two buttons on it, one to put the eight-speed transmis-sion in park, the other to release the shifter to engage reverse or drive. The iDrive consists of a notched, multi-function wheel on the center console. It operates a number of cabin systems, including audio, climate and naviga-tion. When the iDrive first appeared in high-end BMW models a decade ago, many drivers and critics com-plained bitterly that it was too complicated, but over the years BMW aficionados have reached a comfort level with the system.

Crash-test data aren’t available yet, but past X3s have earned Top Safety Pick ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The X3 typically has main-tained average to above-average reliability scores in Consumer Reports magazine owner surveys.

Some critics have noted turbo lag, especially at low speeds. We didn’t notice this trait, but for those who are sensitive to such things, the 240-horsepower xDrive28i comes equipped with a nor-mally aspirated version of the same engine.

Compared with the Japanese SUV we drove shortly after turning in the X3, the BMW handled more crisply, rode more smoothly and seemed more refined. It also was roomier, espe-cially in the back seat, per-haps because the Japanese SUV was more aggressively styled. That’s not to say the X3’s lines lack character, but it’s apparent the function-over-form contingent won the arguments they needed to win for the X3 to be a truly enjoyable car to own and drive.

Steven Macoy ([email protected]) is a longtime car enthusiast and full-time editor who lives in Bethel, Conn.

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