This exhibition is chockful of images--pieces hot off the painting table and older, never-before-seen works. Most are large original paintings, and some more affordable signed, limited-edition giclee prints are mixed in. Every corner of the library is covered, including the massive lobby wall that greets visitors. Works from Moore's "Unconventional Women" series, and pieces from her "Menagerie" of animals will grace the walls. If you can't make the opening on April 14th (6-7:30), be sure to drop by before the show comes down on the 30th.

Join us after-hours at the Westport Book Shop on Thursday, April 13, 2023, at 6 p.m., for a conversation and reading with Timothy Cole, author of three novels in "The Gold Coast Mystery" series: The Sea Glass Murders, which was a finalist for a 2021 Connecticut Book Award, Murder This Close, and Tim's recently published The Moscow Five.

Space is limited -- Please RSVP to the Book Shop and let us know you are coming! Call 203-349-5141 or send an email to: bookshop@westportbooksaleventures.org

Acclaim! Work by Award-Winning International Artists, presented by browngrotta arts
The exhibition features 45+ artists whose diverse bodies of work, in addition to being acquired into important collections, have achieved formal art recognition — lifetime achievement awards, artist-of-the-year designations, a Legion of Honor award and even an Order of the British Empire. browngrotta arts will produce a catalog for Acclaim! —its 56th.

Opening & Artist Reception:
Saturday, April 29th: 11AM to 6PM

Just one week until the opening of Wordplay: Messages in Branches and Bark, presented by browngrotta arts and the Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Library, Greenwich, CT. WordPlay highlights the work of Gyöngy Laky and John McQueen, artists are known for innovative sculptures made of twigs and bark deftly combined with manmade materials. Their art is accomplished, attractive and intriguing. It invites viewers to decipher words and decode meanings and examine how the pieces were assembled and constructed.

OPENING RECEPTION
Thursday, March 30, 6 - 8 pm

Marvelous Metamorphoses Dance & Puppet Show
Sunday, March 19 at 1pm at the Carriage Barn
Bring the family to an engaging SOVA Dance & Puppet Theater performance that brings nature’s cycles to life through song, dance and the art of puppetry. Celebrate beautiful transformations in our world and the ecological health of our planet! Caterpillar to butterfly, polliwog to frog and more… Performers dance & sing their way through these cycles and celebrate ecological health on this planet.
Sova Dance and Puppet Theater celebrates humanity and the environment by engaging audiences through live performance, communicating that which cannot be described in words, making art accessible to

A 3-person show in which Debbie Smith will be exhibiting 15 ceramic sculptures as well as Water Dance, a multi sensory, immersive installation. The opening, on March 26th coincides with Metro Art Studio's open studios. Crown Gallery is on the ground floor of Metro Art Studios.

The Westport Book Shop is pleased to welcome mixed media artist George Radwan as guest exhibitor for the month of March at the Book Shop’s Drew Friedman Art Place.

George is exhibiting a group of birdhouses inspired by the shacks he saw years ago in the township of Soweto on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa. He is also showing a few small, mixed media pieces, constructed of found and repurposed materials.

George Radwan’s artwork will be on exhibit at the Book Shop through March 31, 2023. All artwork on display is available for purchase.

To see more of George’s work, visit his website: https://georgeradwan.com

As its compelling production of Ordinary People wraps up this weekend, Town Players of New Canaan is pleased that its benefit performance of the show on Saturday, Feb. 25, raised $18,000 to support the New Canaan Urgent Assessment Program (NCUA). This number may yet increase as any donations to Town Players through Sun., March 5, the final performance of Ordinary People, will also benefit the NCUA. (Donate at tpnc.org.)

A collaboration between the Town of New Canaan and Silver Hill Hospital, the NCUA connects those in urgent need of mental health treatment with a timely, psychiatric assessment and tailored referral for ongoing care.

**A FREE show for teens is Sat., March 4 at 2 PM.