Community Calendar

The Kent Singers will present their Spring Concert with works by Brahms, Fauré, Vaughan Williams on Sunday, March 22, 2026 at 3:00 pm at St. Andrew’s Church in Kent, CT.

This concert will feature Johannes Brahms’s little-known but stunningly beautiful Nänie, a poem by Friedrich Schiller set to music and involving Greek and Roman mythology.

The concert will also include the Cantique de Jean Racine by Gabriel Fauré, Serenade to Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sure on This Shining Night by Morten Lauridsen, and other beautiful favorites. The concert will be conducted by James Knox Sutterfield.

Tickets are $20 at https://kentsingers.com/category/tickets/ or at the door.

This concert is made possible with the support of the Department of Economics and Community Development, Office of the Arts, which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

TRADITIONAL JAPANESE MUSIC AT THE WESTON LIBRARY MARCH 22

On March 22 at 4 pm the noted virtuoso Masayo Ishigure will highlight a program of traditional Japanese music in the Weston Library’s Sunday Soundscapes series. Ms. Ishigure has received degrees in both koto and shamisen performance and is one of the few disciples of the great masters Tadao and Kazue Sawai.

Since coming to the United States, she has performed at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Japan Society, the Metropolitan Museum and other venues in New York City. She has appeared as a guest artist with the Seattle Symphony, the San Diego Symphony, the Hartford Symphony and the New Haven Symphony, and has concertized around the world.

She has been featured in multiple television broadcasts and has recorded along with Yitzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma on the Grammy Award-winning soundtrack from the movie “Memoirs of a Geisha” (SAYURI), composed by John Williams.

Since 2010, Ms. Ishigure has taught koto at Wesleyan University, CT and at Columbia University in NYC.
A donation of $20 for adults and $10 for students is suggested, but not required. Reservations are recommended as seating is limited. To reserve seats, please go to:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/masayo-ishigure-plays-traditional-japanese-music-tickets-1980709177469?aff=oddtdtcreator

Two singer-songwriters host two additional singer-songwriters every second and fourth Tuesday of the month at Dunville’s LittlePub. We tell our stories in song and provide an encouraging environment for songwriters to ply their craft. Hosted by Erik Moses and Bill Dempsey

The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT, invites current regional high school students (grades 9-12) to submit entries for iCreate 2026, an annual, juried art exhibition.

For almost 20 years, iCreate has showcased the talents of hundreds of regional high school students. This year, selected artwork will be featured in an exhibition from June 13 to August 23, 2026, in the Susan and Bill Mahoney Gallery Lobby, and all submitted artwork will be recognized in a video presentation featured in the exhibition and the Museum’s website.

The opening celebration will recognize the selected students and award prizes to the top submissions, determined by the jury and the high school interns curating the exhibition. A People’s Choice Award will be awarded in late August, allowing the public to vote for their favorite piece.

An Exhibition of Original black and white Graphite, Charcoal, Ink & Conte Crayon Drawings
On View May 14 - June 11 2026
Opening Reception Thursday, May 14th 5:30-7:30pm

CALL TO ARTISTS

CRITERIA: Artists (18 +) are invited to submit artwork for consideration for our exhibit, “Contrast: A Drawing Exhibition”! All styles are welcome. All works must be original and have been created in the last five years. References used in the creation of the submitted work must be the artist’s own, or copyright released for use in this work.

MEDIUMS: Limited to Black and white: graphite, charcoal, ink, pencil, or conte crayon

You may submit up to three (3) pieces of art for $25.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Deadline for submission: Sunday, April 26 at Midnight
Notification of acceptance: Friday, May 1
Drop off no later than: Friday, May 8
On view: Thursday, May 14- June 11

For any questions, please email us directly at adminasst@atelierflowerfield.org

You may register online https://www.cognitoforms.com/TheAtelierAtFlowerfield/CONTRASTADrawingExhibition
or call 631-250-9009 for more information.

In collaboration with Stony Brook Southampton Hospital

March 23, 12 PM - 1 PM

In this workshop, movement and music combine to engage participants’ minds, body, and creativity in a supportive, social, and joyous class. Dance connects mind to body, develops strength, balance, and expression. Classes include live music and are led by Donna Kaz, a choreographer and movement artist who has trained with the acclaimed Dance for PD program.

No prior dance experience is necessary.

Free program. Registration is required.

For students in grades K-5

March 23, 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM

Session II dates: March 9, 16, 23, and 30 (Mondays)

FREE, Southampton & Tuckahoe School District Residents
$80 for four sessions, Out of District Resident

After-school art workshops are designed for children in grades K-5 to learn about artists, be inspired by works of art, and create their own artwork with teaching artist Wendy Gottlieb.

Two singer-songwriters host two additional singer-songwriters every second and fourth Tuesday of the month at Dunville’s LittlePub. We tell our stories in song and provide an encouraging environment for songwriters to ply their craft. Hosted by Erik Moses and Bill Dempsey

The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT, invites current regional high school students (grades 9-12) to submit entries for iCreate 2026, an annual, juried art exhibition.

For almost 20 years, iCreate has showcased the talents of hundreds of regional high school students. This year, selected artwork will be featured in an exhibition from June 13 to August 23, 2026, in the Susan and Bill Mahoney Gallery Lobby, and all submitted artwork will be recognized in a video presentation featured in the exhibition and the Museum’s website.

The opening celebration will recognize the selected students and award prizes to the top submissions, determined by the jury and the high school interns curating the exhibition. A People’s Choice Award will be awarded in late August, allowing the public to vote for their favorite piece.

An Exhibition of Original black and white Graphite, Charcoal, Ink & Conte Crayon Drawings
On View May 14 - June 11 2026
Opening Reception Thursday, May 14th 5:30-7:30pm

CALL TO ARTISTS

CRITERIA: Artists (18 +) are invited to submit artwork for consideration for our exhibit, “Contrast: A Drawing Exhibition”! All styles are welcome. All works must be original and have been created in the last five years. References used in the creation of the submitted work must be the artist’s own, or copyright released for use in this work.

MEDIUMS: Limited to Black and white: graphite, charcoal, ink, pencil, or conte crayon

You may submit up to three (3) pieces of art for $25.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Deadline for submission: Sunday, April 26 at Midnight
Notification of acceptance: Friday, May 1
Drop off no later than: Friday, May 8
On view: Thursday, May 14- June 11

For any questions, please email us directly at adminasst@atelierflowerfield.org

You may register online https://www.cognitoforms.com/TheAtelierAtFlowerfield/CONTRASTADrawingExhibition
or call 631-250-9009 for more information.