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NCCM’s 2nd Annual concert for Children and Families is coming to the New Canaan Library on May 5th at 3pm! The one hour concert will unite the one and only New Canaan native son, pianist Andy Armstrong with charismatic Jeroen Betwaerts, trumpeter, who played last year and luminous soprano Indra Thomas. www.newcanaanchambermusic.org. Kids are free, accompanied by an adult with paid ticket.
‘Who Knew?’ is sponsored by Walter Stewart’s Market.
Admit it: you didn’t move to New Canaan for the nightlife. At whatever point you opted to put down roots in this charming (and evidently snowless) Yankee snowglobe, your first thought probably wasn’t, “but whither the superstar guest DJ, and whence the exclusive popup collabs?”
All the same, the choice to live here isn’t necessarily lights-out for your evening calendar. You’ve surely discovered your rotation of date night restaurants, pizza Friday stalwarts, and places with sports on the TV and cold beer on tap. But if, like me, you yearn to stretch your legs beyond a well-trodden routine, particularly now that the Sweatpants Years are finally in the rearview, know that events are firing back up into full swing for spring ‘23, and we’d all be remiss to miss them.
If you don’t yet know about Chef Prasad’s collaborative dinner parties, let’s change that. During COVID, Chef Prasad Chirnomula and his team renovated the dining room at 62 Main St. to serve as a teaching and communal kitchen instead. Daily service is now predominantly takeout, with bar seating available on weekends.
Andrew Armstrong, pianist, will be joined by Demarre McGill, flute, Valerie Muzzolini, harp, and Edward Arron, cello, for a wonderful afternoon concert of music composed by Haydn, Fauré, Poulenc, Saint-Saëns, Beethoven, and Jongen at the First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan. Tickets at www.newcanaanchambermusic.org.
NewCanaanite.com recently received the following letters to the editor. ***
Editor, New Canaanite:
When I sit down at the small memorial plaza in Mead Park, I am surrounded by beautiful flower beds along the memorial walk. While enjoying them, I also think of the more than two hundred (200) hanging flower baskets along Elm Street and the big planters at the entrance to Town Hall. Then I remember seeing the ladies in the yellow shirts weeding and planting at thirty-three (33) triangles at intersections.
Who are those dedicated hard workers who never tell us who they are? The display window of the Chamber of Commerce next to the movie theater identifies them as the more than two hundred (200!) devoted volunteers of the New Canaan Beautification League.
James Ehnes, violinist will join Andrew Armstrong, pianist for two chamber music concerts at First Presbyterian Church on Friday, October 29th at 4pm and 6pm.