Family Fun

Registration is OPEN for the Boys & Girls Club of Ridgefield BBQ (outdoor, socially distanced) on Saturday, September 19 from 2 to 7pm in the Club parking lot (41 Grove Street).

This is an important fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Club of Ridgefield. Since March, the Club has had to postpone or cancel all fundraising events, all while continuing to support Club kids and the Ridgefield community. Consider attending this event in support of the Club and their fantastic staff.

Register today for the Community Barbeque, available time slots are linked below (you will be redirected to our Constant Contact event page)!

2pm to 3pm

3pm to 4pm

4pm to 5pm

5pm to 6pm

6pm to 7pm

Take-Away

Kids meal is $12.50 and adults $25.00)

Please note: you can choose to “take away” if you do not want to attend.

Due to ongoing heath concerns, you must choose a time slot when you register and advanced registration is required in compliance with state regulations for social distancing.

The event is catered by Ridgefield Prime. 

Please note, if health conditions change, this event will revert to a “take away” only fundraiser.

Reserve your spot HERE (kids meal is $12.50 and adults $25.00).

Ridgefield Guild of Artists and RSO is co-sponsoring two art luncheons in the gardens at Bernard’s Restaurant with small group viewings of the artwork at Sarah’s Wine Bar on two Sundays, September 13th and September 20th, from 12-2pm at 20 West Lane in Ridgefield. Enjoy a delicious prix fixe meal (salad, entrée & dessert) in Sarah and Bernard’s lovely gardens on a beautiful Sunday in September. Small groups will be led for a safe and socially distanced viewing of the artwork before and after lunch.

The “Disquiet”/Abstract 11″ show should have opened at Sarah’s Wine Bar with a grand reception just as the pandemic came on the scene in Ridgefield last March. The event was cancelled, but the artwork is still on the walls of the restaurant and waiting to be seen!

The Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra and Ridgefield Guild of Artists teamed up on a project and the fruits of that collaboration is the “Disquiet” show by the Abstract 11 group of artists who work with Rachel Volpone at the Guild. Drawing from the music of Sarah Kirkland Snider’s symphony, “Disquiet,” the artists applied this inspiration in the creation of their artwork. The women, Karen Beck, Michelle Briody, Blair Crowley, Mary Pat Devine, Rhonda Gentry, Madyn Gwynne, Jacque Lang, Ruth Van Den Niewuwenhuizen, Dayna Sierakowski, Tina Sturges, and Kathleen Wrampe attended the RSO concert last fall where the piece was performed, listened to it in class and went to work on collaborative pieces as well as individual interpretations of the music. The exhibition at Sarah’s is the finale to the project.

Since there has been no indoor dining in the state until recently with very few opportunities for diners to enjoy the show, members of the two organizations and Sarah Bouissou came up with the idea of garden lunches and art-viewing. For more information about the exhibit and to preview the art, see “Disquiet” Exhibit at rgoa.org or ridgefieldsymphony.org. Please note, the artwork is for sale with a portion of the proceeds benefitting RGOA and RSO. The prix fixe lunch is $35, with beverages and gratuity extra. For reservations, please call 203.438.8282, mention “Art Luncheon.”

OUTDOOR CONCERTS at THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM featuring LOTUS CHAMBER MUSIC COLLECTIVE

Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra and The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum are thrilled to present a two-part concert series featuring Lotus Chamber Music Collective, set outdoors in The Aldrich Sculpture Garden (258 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT).

Friday, September 11, 2020 – 6:30 PM (Rain Date Saturday, September 12)
Friday, September 25, 2020 – 6:30 PM (Rain Date Saturday, September 26)

Space is Limited! Register here.

Nutmeg & Neighbors returns to Main Street for its second year—with live music, super savory BBQ, and a fun and engaging presentation about outreach efforts of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, which is organizing the event on Saturday, September 26, from 4 to 6:30 pm. 
 
Guests can enjoy Nutmeg & Neighbors outdoors on St. Stephen’s West Lawn or virtually from home. Either way, attendees can select from three options of Odeen’s BBQ as they listen to the Catoonah Street Jazz and Blues Band in the fresh early-fall evening.
 
Outreach this year focuses on four themes: food, shelter, emotional support, and career change. A portion of the funds raised will go directly to area organizations whose main mission falls under these themes. The outreach program, led by two master emcees, will feature short fun videos on a few of the organizations.
 
The generous meals are $40 person, $70 per couple, or $100 for a family, with Odeen’s options of Pulled Pork & Baby Back Ribs; Pulled Chicken & Beef Sausage; Grilled Vegetarian Option with Smoked Corn and Burnt Tomatoes, and a kids option. It is BYOB.
 
Everyone is welcome to attend, and the event is free of charge to those who do not plan to be part of the Odeen’s options. Seating space will be marked with COVID protocols in mind. All guests must bring their own blankets or chairs.
 
Nutmeg & Neighbors is the reincarnation of The Nutmeg Festival, which took place every August for 110 years.
 
To purchase tickets, click here. 
 

2pm and 4:30pm

PRESENTED BY : THE RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE AND ROAR (RIDGEFIELD OPERATION ANIMAL RESCUE)
Bruce Bennett Nissan Family Series
Outdoors – Seated under a tent at on the field next to The Playhouse • Sponsored by Quarry Ridge Animal Hospital & Dr. Blaine Langberg Orthodontist

This event will be socially-distanced with seating under a tent on the field next to The Playhouse. Chairs are provided for all ticket holders and will be pre-assigned based on the date of ticket purchase. Members will receive priority seating.

Calling all dog lovers! Johnny Peers and his personality-plus dogs are back to tickle your funny bone – or bury it! Johnny and his crew of rescue pups return for an outdoor canine circus that will have the whole family howling with laughter and begging for more! A Ringling Brothers Clown College graduate, Johnny Peers has been working with dogs since he got his first puppy, Freckles, a Beagle mix, from the Humane Society. Since their debut, the Muttville Comix have appeared on David Letterman and at Disneyland, Busch Gardens, the Big Apple Circus, the Royal Hanneford Circus, even The White House! A show for the dog lover in all of us, it stars mostly dogs rescued from shelters or pounds, like Murphy, the ladder climbing Fox Terrier and Willy, the Border Collie who only answers to “Sir.” The 2003 Animal Planet Pet Star Winners, the Providence Journal-Bulletin calls the show, “…a truly funny, slapstick dog act.”

In connection with the Ridgefield Library’s LYL (Love your Library) Weekend – a Virtual Battle of the  Books with Jim Mustich.  Cheer on local and literary luminaries as they champion books they love.  Who will prevail? The audience decides!  Presenters:  Roz Chast & Patricia Marx, Mike Flynn, Stephen Schwartz, Judy Silver and Joel Third. 

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased here: https://tinyurl.com/y2zpbns5

Join us for a night under the tent at the Ridgefield Playhouse for a performance by Pete Wikul Jazz Band with proceeds going to the upcoming RSO All Hearts Fundraiser to benefit our orchestra musicians.