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Now in its fifteenth year, Festive Home is the Guild’s biggest fundraiser of the year…and the most fun! 

This holiday marketplace and fundraiser brings many, many shoppers to our charming antique building every year. They will find the galleries brimming with creative gifts… unique hand-made and hand-selected gift items such as jewelry, apparel, and original artwork, to decorative and useful objects for holiday home decorating, and much, much more. 

More information will be posted when it becomes available. 

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Join us to celebrate the opening of Zoë Sheehan Saldaña: There Must Be Some Way Out of Here.

The work of Zoë Sheehan Saldaña tends to hide in plain sight. Even her most elaborate undertakings, such as a reverse-engineered “Strike Anywhere” match or a hand-woven terrycloth towel, masquerade as objects you might toss away thoughtlessly, or stick in a drawer and forget. Underneath these acts of artistic camouflage lies a deep well of conviction, a drive to take full responsibility for things. For her exhibition at The Aldrich – the artist’s largest to date – Sheehan has refused the usual support that a museum offers. She will personally oversee every aspect of the project, down to making paint by hand and applying it to the gallery walls. Deceptively neutral in appearance, the space will be populated by about fifty of her beguiling handmade artifacts. The exhibition is an extended meditation on self-reliance: the instinct to escape the anxious, sometimes hysterical tenor of contemporary life. It will be accompanied by a publication with an essay by the exhibition’s curator, Glenn Adamson.

The public is invited to interact with a “take one, leave one” box made by Sheehan. We welcome participants to bring anything small to exchange at the exhibition opening.

December 6 – 14, 2019 · Opening reception Friday, December 6, 4 – 6 p.m. – Art show Saturday, December 7 – 14, 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Cass Gilbert Carriage Barn

Join 10 local artists who have been painting together for years as they display and sell paintings and handmade gifts in the Carriage Barn. Pictured above, from left to right, are: Tina Phillips, Anne Marie Sufaro-Boehme, Tim Guthrie, Ursula Lombardi, Helen Mannis, Janel Mannuccia, Joan Ogren, Ellen Ross, Fru Saily, and Antonio Villanueva. Refreshments served.   

Make our Museum Shop a stop for your holiday gift-giving plans. Open during Christmas luncheons and other holiday events (see holiday events on this calendar), our Museum Shop features gifts for everyone, including handcrafted items by local artisans–some made exclusively for KTM&HC (such as the beautiful vertical board featured above by Carrie Warner of Carrie’s Creations).

Open December 10 – 14, 10:30 a.m to 3:30 p.m. (shop before or after your luncheon!)

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December 15, 1 to 4 p.m.

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Wednesday, December 18, 1 – 4 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday, December, 21 & 22, 1 – 4 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday, December 28 & 29, 1 – 4 p.m. 

December 10 – 14, 2019 · Two seatings daily @ 11:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.
$30.00 pp luncheon; $5.00 pp glass of wine

Come with colleagues, family, and friends for this holiday fundraising tradition! Our volunteers are ready to serve you a special meal in the festively decorated Garden House.

This year’s menu choices include chicken Madeira, a salad entree (new!), or a vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free eggplant dish. Dessert includes homemade Christmas cookies served with tea or coffee. And, of course, we will be serving our famous homemade cranberry chutney.

ROCKAPELLA HOLIDAA cappella versions of everything from the holiday standards you know and love like “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” to a funky rendition of “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch!”

They’ve become one of the world’s most sophisticated, lasting, and imitated vocal groups around today. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more influential one out there in this era of network television a cappella shows like NBC’s The Sing-Off, movies like Pitch Perfect, and innumerable college vocal groups that own the corner of cool on campuses everywhere.

Since the early ’90’s when they first achieved national television fame on PBS’s Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?, they’ve toured the globe and provided a funky powerful soundtrack to several generations of vocal music fans, while keeping it all fresh along the way. With buckets of catchy original pop songs, and complete contemporary revisions of sparkling Motown, pop, and soul classics, this group has always been the one to watch. ”Often imitated – never duplicated” applies here. Now they’re better than ever!

Add a touch of magic to your holiday season! Enjoy a beautiful holiday tradition in a magical land where sugar plums dance and flowers waltz to tell the classic tale of a young girl and her Nutcracker prince. Tchaikovsky’s soaring score, graceful ballerinas, wooden soldiers who come to life and a bigger-than-life Christmas tree will make the holidays bright for young and old!

This show runs from Friday, December 13th – Sunday, December 15th

Showtimes are as follows:

Friday @ 6:00pm

Saturday @ 2:00pm and @ 6:00pm

Sunday @ 11:00am and @ 2:00pm

Sponsored by Ring’s End
Ticket Price: $25 Adult, $20 Child

Get your tickets here!

Limited seating available.

To be added to the waitlist, please email christina@lounsburyhouse.org.

Lounsbury House presents the 2019 Teddy Bear Tea.

Mrs. Claus will read a wonderful Holiday story as children enjoy a variety of juices, scrumptious cookies, and delectable treats. Adults will enjoy a tasting of traditional teas and scones. Don’t miss out on this beloved holiday event!

Teddy Bears are welcome!

Seating times are:

Saturday, December 14

10:00 AM | 12 Noon | 2:00 PM

Sunday, December 15

10:00 AM | 12 Noon | 2:00 PM

Tickets are $20 per person. Tickets are required for both children and adults.

Tickets are not required for infants less than 12 months old.

Please note: Advanced tickets are required for this event and sell out quickly. Please list the number of children and adults in the comments section when purchasing your tickets.

For more information or to be placed on a waitlist for a select seating, please contact Christina Collura at Christina@lounsburyhouse.org.

Come In. Leave Better.

Fit Club is an all encompassing fitness center in the heart of Ridgefield.  Membership includes all group exercise and cycle classes, open gym at all times and full amenities locker rooms including far infrared saunas.

Special membership offers and raffle prizes you don’t want to miss.

“Look deep, deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” – Albert Einstein

Everything in our world is alive and possesses both a physical and energetic aspect. Our cosmos is overflowing with superabundance of the finest living energy and we have a human right to receive it.

Would you like a new and exciting way to access your own spiritual guidance with movement and meditation?

We are all part of the web of life. Let’s gather together to call, awaken, and anchor our full creative potential. Shamanic Journeying is an ancient tradition used by indigenous cultures to access the unseen and travel between the physical and spiritual realms.

This series is designed to help you embrace your mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual body. This class will inspire you to use new methods to transform energy and integrate these practices into your every day life. Introduction to the meditative practice of Contemporary Shamanic Journeying and learn nature wisdom teachings of the Andes.

Part 1. October – Journeying to awaken your innate creative flow and connect to nature. We all have the capacity to grow. This class will help you connect to your sacred center and your energetic seed within that contains your energetic potential. Learn to feel more spiritually expanded by connecting with the forces of nature.

Part 2. November – Journeying to connect to your heart’s desires and journey beyond time to meet your future self. Journey will help you open your heart and feel more gratitude for everything in your life. Opening to your inner wisdom and the energy of your heart will help you discover what you are here to manifest in 2020 and beyond.

Part 3. December – Journeying for balance and harmony. Journey to connect with the male/female aspects of yourself. In the Andean worldview there are not conflicting opposites, only harmonizing complements. It is a philosophy celebrating the sacredness of difference. All living energy is useful. All energy is part of a system. This practice gives us an opportunity to create harmonious relationships with everything through reciprocal exchange as seen in nature.

$120 investment for the series | $40 per class | paypal.me/baumtesa

Virtuosic pianist, Jeffrey Biegel, returns to The Sanctuary Series for a concert entitled. “Holiday Traditions” featuring works by Bach, Mozart and Chopin, along with selections from his recording, “A Steinway Christmas” which reached No. 1 on the Classical Billboard charts. The performance will take place in the Sanctuary of the South Salem Presbyterian Church at 4 PM, followed by an Artist Reception.

Leonard Bernstein once said of Mr. Biegel: “he is a splendid musician and a brilliant performer.” Those comments together with numerous first place competition prizes helped launch a prolific and varied career as a soloist, composer, arranger and chamber musician. Earlier this year Mr. Biegel was soloist for Kenneth Fuchs’s Grammy award winning piano concerto “Spiritualist” with the London Symphony Orchestra.

In keeping with its commitment to presenting “extraordinary keyboard recitals in the pastoral setting of northern Westchester’s historic hamlet of South Salem,” the Series continues in the spring with pianists, Michael Brown (March 1, 2020), Simone Dinnerstein (March 29), Dominic Cheli (April 19) and Fei-Fei (May 10).

Photo credit: 2016 Jerry LoFaro

The Ridgefield Chorale’s Annual Holiday Pops Concert will be held at The Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge Road, Ridgefield, CT.  Featuring a special performance by singers from the Boys & Girls Club of Ridgefield.  Thank you to our sponsors, The Kinne Family, Blandine Lewine, The Ross Family, and McLaughlin & Stern, LLP.  Proceeds from the concert benefit Ridgefield Playhouse Arts in Education and Arts for Everyone programs.   PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE

When Ana Gasteyer (“Saturday Night Live,” “The Goldbergs”) steps up to the mic, she evokes the swagger of an era when a lady ruled a nightclub and an audience knew they were in for a good time. The patter is real, the themes adult; the lyrics are timeless, and the music swings like crazy! This show will feature tunes from her new holiday album, Sugar & Booze, a collection of original and classic holiday songs, which harken back to the big-band jazz era with a modern and often comedic touch, along with tracks from her critically acclaimed debut, I’m Hip.

In addition to her celebrated work as a television actor and on SNL, Gasteyer is a trained singer who has starred in multiple Broadway and televised musicals. She starred as Elphaba in Wicked in both the Broadway and Chicago productions (earning a Jefferson Award Nomination for her performance in the latter). In 2017, Gasteyer starred in FOX’s “A Christmas Story Live!”, inspired by the holiday classic feature. In the expanded role of “Mrs. Schwartz”, Gasteyer belted out the Emmy Award-nominated song “In The Market For A Miracle” which was created for her by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Gasteyer also starred as Mae in the movie musical Reefer Madness for Showtime and as ‘Principle McGee’ in FOX’s hit live broadcast of the iconic musical Grease opposite Julianne Hough and Vanessa Hudgens. In 2018, Gasteyer performed as Miss Hannigan in the Tony-winning musical Annie at The Hollywood Bowl alongside David Alan Grier, Megan Hilty, Lea Salonga and Roger Bart.

In addition to her album I’m Hip, her voice can be heard on the soundtracks for Reefer Madness, “A Christmas Story Live,” the 2015 cast recording of A New Brain (opposite Jonathan Groff) and the Actors Fund Benefit recording of Hair.

December 19 – 20, 2019 · 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
$20/child. Families of 3+ children $15/each child

All Aboard!

Bring the kids (and kids at heart) for our yearly Polar Express Family Program. The evening’s activities include a fireside reading of everyone’s favorite holiday tale, The Polar Express, crafts, refreshments, and games. See you there!  

Christmas with the Celts returns to The Playhouse after sold-out performances for the past four seasons! This holiday show features a mix of lively traditional Irish music and instrumentation with American pop music and their own originals, along with ancient Irish and Scottish carols and traditional Christmas favorites. The Celts lineup stars, Ric Blair on vocal-guitar-bodhran & piano along with female lead singer and all Ireland champion fiddler and Irish dancer, Eimear Arkins.  Rick and Eimear will be complemented by an array of top-flight musicians on uilleann pipes, Irish whistles, fiddle, bodhran, banjo, five-string bass, drums and of course, the crowd-pleasing Irish dancers.  Christmas with The Celts isn’t just a concert; it’s a celebration of the holiday spirit, people, community and common connections!

Opening the show and performing with the Celts: Ashurst Irish Dancers

Back after a sold-out show in 2014, Jewish reggae rapper Matisyahu returns with a community of like-minded musicians to celebrate unity and to transcend barriers with a performance that highlights his voice and beat boxing with inventive guitar arrangements, lyrical intensity, and musical improvisation.

Get in shape and donate!
Fit Club will teach three classes on The Playhouse stage:
4pm: ZUMBA
5pm: HIIT (High Intensity-Interval training)
6pm: Power Yoga
All proceeds benefit our Leir Foundation Arts for Everyone outreach program.

Original members of the Billy Joel Band featuring Liberty DeVitto on drums, Richie Cannata on saxophone and Russell Javors on rhythm guitar. The band recorded and toured extensively with Billy Joel during the 70s and 80s. Hear them play all of Billy Joel’s hits!

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Encore Presentation
by Arthur Miller, directed by Jeremy Herrin

Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) star in Arthur Miller’s blistering drama All My Sons. America, 1947. Despite hard choices and even harder knocks, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story. They have built a home, raised two sons and established a thriving business.  But nothing lasts forever and their contented lives, already shadowed by the loss of their eldest boy to war, are about to shatter. With the return of a figure from the past, long buried truths are forced to the surface and the price of their American dream is laid bare.  Jeremy Herrin (NT Live: This House) directs the cast, which also includes Jenna Coleman (Victoria), and Colin Morgan (Merlin) alongside Bessie Carter, Oliver Johnstone, Kayla Meikle and Sule Rimi.

In a world where political correctness has run amok, Nick Di Paolo continues to be honest with his audiences.  One of the very few comedians known to lean right, Nick is unafraid and unapologetic.  Nick currently hosts “The Nick DiPaolo Show” every Monday through Thursday and tours the country on weekends.

Nick has performed on The Tonight Show, Late Night with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and Conan O’ Brien. He was twice nominated for an Emmy for his writing on HBO’s The Chris Rock Show. He has also had four standup specials and was one of the stars on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn and a stand out on many Comedy Central Roasts.

Sponsors:
BARTS

John O’Hurley has gone from being best known as J. Peterman on Seinfeld to catapulting into one of television’s busiest and most versatile actors. From show host (“To Tell the Truth”, “Family Feud,” and NBC’s “The National Dog Show”), to Broadway star, to advertising hero (O’Hurley invested in the relaunch of The J. Peterman Company, and since 1999 has been a part-owner and member of the board of directors), this voice actor, singer, and comedian has truly done it all- including being a first season contestant on “Dancing with the Stars” (where he made it to the finals)!  Now touring with a band and performing his show- “A Man With Standards”, O’Hurley dazzles audiences with storytelling, songs and humor. A show that, like O’Hurley, has a little bit of everything!

Underwritten by Jeanne Cook, Liz & Steven Goldstone, and Sabina & Walter Slavin

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The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess returns to the Met for the first time since 1990, in a new production directed by James Robinson in his company debut. America’s “folk opera,” as the 1935 creators described it, tells the story of disabled beggar Porgy, sung by Eric Owens, and his love for the drug-addicted Bess, portrayed by Angel Blue. David Robertson conducts a stellar cast that also includes Donovan Singletary as fisherman Jake, Golda Schultz as his wife Clara, Latonia Moore as the bereaved widow Serena, Frederick Ballentine as drug dealer Sportin’ Life, Alfred Walker as the brutal stevedore Crown, and Denyce Graves as Maria, town matriarch and operator of the local cook-shop. Infused with the timeless melodies of the much-loved classics “Summertime,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So,” “Bess, You Is My Woman Now,” “I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin,” and “My Man’s Gone Now,” the new co-production with English National Opera and Dutch National Opera was hailed as a triumph at its premiere in London earlier this year.

Following the success of ACT’s incredible new production of WORKING, comes another Stephen Schwartz (WICKED) musical – GODSPELL. And ACT’s version is sure to thrill you! Artistic Director, Daniel C. Levine, reimagines this hit show in a unique and inspiring way. When a group of homeless children are found squatting in an abandoned church that is being readied for demolition, parables from the New Testament spring to life and spread a message of love and light. With songs like “Day By Day”, “By My Side”, and “All Good Gifts”, you will not want to miss this magical and touching production!

​Showtime changes based on day, check schedule. 

Director: Daniel C. Levine

Choreographer: Sara Brians

Music Supervisor: Bryan Perri

Music Director: Danny White

Costume Designer: Brenda Phelps

Scenic Designer: Reid Thompson

Light Designer: Jack Mehler

Sound Designer: John Salutz

The Fab Four performs uncanny, note-for-note live renditions of Beatles’ classics such as “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Yesterday,” “A Day In The Life,” “Twist And Shout,” “Here Comes The Sun,” and “Hey Jude” that will make you think you are watching the real thing!

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Sponsored by: Addessi Jewelers, Adam Broderick Salon & Spa, BMW of Ridgefield & Treasury Wine Estates

With support from: Abbey Tent & Party Rentals, The Cake Box, Deborah Anne’s Sweet Shoppe, Hollandia Nurseries, Nutmeg Livery Service, Parma Market and Bakery, & Whistle Stop Bakery

Alt-rock band Lifehouse has sold more than 15 million records worldwide and played sold-out shows around the globe. Known for their infectious, upbeat hit songs “Hanging by a Moment,” “First Time,” “Halfway Gone” and “Hurricane” as well as the emotionally charged ballads “You and Me,” “Broken” and “Whatever It Takes,” Lifehouse has shared the stage at arenas with the likes of the Rolling Stones, Pearl Jam and Matchbox Twenty.

6:30pm: Champagne & Desserts (one free glass of Champagne for every ticket holder)
8:00pm: Live Auction & Performance

Live auction items include:

• $5,000 gift certificate to design a custom piece of jewelry – courtesy of Addessi Jewelers
• “Me Time” Package – courtesy of Adam Broderick Salon & Spa
• Date night: A night out with a BMW and personal driver that includes dinner for two (at Bernard’s) and tickets to a show of your choice at The Ridgefield Playhouse, courtesy of BMW of Ridgefield

About the Exhibition

This year the Ridgefield Guild will again offer a special opportunity for a small group show. Five artists, as selected by our juror, will share the entire downstairs gallery. Two artists will go in the front gallery, one in the middle and two in the third, thus the 2-1-2 title of the exhibition.

Please check the website for all information regarding deadlines and applications.

The Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra’s commitment to world-class performances of marvelous music is our history and our future! Under the direction of Maestro Yuga Cohler, the orchestra, along with renowned soloists and special guest artists, presents extraordinary evenings of music sure to engage, entertain and inspire all music lovers!

Concerts are held in the Anne S. Richardson Auditorium at Ridgefield High School, 700 North Salem Road, Ridgefield, CT and at the Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge Road in Ridgefield, CT. Concerts begin at 8:00 PM.

Purchasing tickets is easy and convenient! Order online below or call the RSO Box Office at 203.438.3889.

• SEASON TICKET SUBSCRIPTIONS: Purchase season tickets for the best seat selection and up to 10% savings off individual ticket prices. Season subscriptions can be purchased by phone at 203.438.3889.
• INDIVIDUAL CONCERT TICKETS: Tickets to individual concerts can be purchased online or by phone beginning July 1st.

Conrad Tao
Piano

Octet
Igor Stravinsky

Sinfonietta
Francis Poulenc

Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin

Photo Credit: Brantley Gutierrez

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PYTOR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Choreography by Yuri Grigorovich

Prince Siegfried is summoned by his parents to choose a bride. However, he encounters a mysterious and magnetic swan-woman, Odette, by the lake and is captivated. His vow of eternal love to her will have irreversible consequences. Tchaikovsky’s essential masterpiece returns for a live broadcast of the most-beloved ballet in the classical canon. Technically challenging and filled with vibrant emotion, with a stunning and world-famous corps de ballet in perfect unison, the legendary love story between Prince Siegfried and the dual personalities Odette/Odile, born at the Bolshoi Theatre, is a must-see.

Run time: 165 minutes

It’s a night of fast-paced sleight of hand, escape artists, comedy and illusions! Starring magicians from the award-winning CW TV series “Masters of Illusion,” this show came out of the success of the brain-bending Broadway sensation The Illusionists.

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In the Met’s first-ever performances of Agrippina, Handel’s satire of sex and power politics, Sir David McVicar reconceives a production he originally created for the Monnaie in Brussels in 2000, evoking a scandalous world in which the Roman Empire never fell but simply kept going right up to the present. Holding a distorted mirror to contemporary society (as Handel did when he staged this opera), the production presents the corrupt intrigues of the political classes, brought to life by Joyce DiDonato as the power-hungry empress Agrippina, Brenda Rae as the scheming, seductive Poppea, and Kate Lindsey as the feckless teenager Nerone. Iestyn Davies portrays the ambitious officer Ottone, and Matthew Rose is the emperor Claudius, on whose vacated throne Agrippina is determined to install her son. Renowned for his interpretations of the Baroque repertoire, Harry Bicket conducts.

Approx. runtime: 4:10