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November 2018
Steep Canyon Rangers
Best known for their tours backing Steve Martin, this Grammy Award-winning, North Carolina-based sextet is striking out on their own. The band has spent nearly two decades bending and shaping the bluegrass aesthetic, wedding it to elements of pop, country, folk rock, and more to create something original and all their own. Their new album, Out in the Open, is perhaps Steep Canyon Rangers’ bravest excursion thus far, transcending bluegrass while in many ways getting closest to the genre’s true…
Find out more »The Capitol Steps: Make America Grin Again Tour
The Capitol Steps return to The Playhouse after sold-shows in 2016 & 2017! It’s Make America Grin Again. It’s amazing. It’s huge. It’s fabulous. It has nothing to do with Russia. Or Putin. Hear from Donald Trump and Don Jr., Jeff Sessions, Mike Pence, Paul Ryan (and even some Democrats. SAD!!!) as they make comedy great again. With a special guest appearance by Stormy Daniels! Buy your tickets now and stimulate the economy! This event is part of the Barts…
Find out more »New Canaan Artisans Holiday Boutique
“Holiday Inn” is the theme for the New Canaan Artisans’ annual Holiday Boutique. It highlights the upcoming holidays and the charming Roger Sherman Inn, 195 Oenoke Ridge where the boutique will be held again this year on Sat., Nov. 17 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Admission is free on Sat., while on Fri., Nov. 16 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm., there will be a Preview Party with wine and cheese refreshments and “first choice” shopping available for a $10…
Find out more »“Venture Girls” Book Event
VENTUREGIRLS: RAISING ENTREPRENEURIAL GIRLS TO BE TOMORROW’S LEADERS Saturday, November 17 @ 10:30 am New Canaan High School (Wagner Room) Open to community | free of charge featuring DR. CRISTAL GLANGCHAI, FOUNDER OF VENTURELAB VentureLab helps students, and particularly girls, grow into passionate innovators while they gain the confidence and skills to transform their ideas into realities. VentureGirls was written to keep young girls from falling into a set of limited beliefs about their potential. It explores how to empower…
Find out more »Family Volunteer Day of Service
FAMILY VOLUNTEER DAY OF SERVICE Join the New Canaan YMCA and Waveny LifeCare Network, GIVE BACK, by helping to provide an afternoon of activities for the residents of Waveny. WHEN: Saturday, November 17, 1:00-3:00PM WHERE: Waveny LifeCare Network 3 Farm Road, New Canaan, CT
Find out more »Stamford Exchange Club’s Annual Masquerade Ball Benefits HELP for Kids
Come out for a Venetian-style, fancy-dress evening and support HELP for Kids, the Fairfield County non-profit that builds safer, smarter and stronger families - protecting local children by halting the cycle of child abuse and neglect. The fabulous night of fundraising features a sit-down dinner and dancing to Summertime Band, the popular, red carpet photo booth sponsored by Stewart Title Guaranty Company, raffles, and a silent auction of unique experiences, luxury items, sought-after dining certificates, performances and classes, and much…
Find out more »Max Weinberg’s Jukebox
Max Weinberg (longtime drummer for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band) invites the audience to create the set list he and his crack four-piece group will play that night. Audience members choose from a video menu of more than 200 songs from the glory days of rock and roll — everything from the Beatles to the Stones to Springsteen’s biggest hits. Weinberg, the driving rhythmic force propelling The E Street Band for 43 years, is also known to millions of fans…
Find out more »Silvermine Guild Group Exhibition Opening
The Silvermine Galleries will present a Guild Group Exhibition with new work by 44 members of the Silvermine Guild of Artists. The exhibition is curated by Susan Eisner Eley of Susan Eley Fine Art, the salon-style gallery on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The public is invited to an opening reception on Sun., Nov. 18 from 2-4 pm, and the exhibition runs through Dec. 20. As it nears its Centennial, Silvermine celebrates its extraordinarily accomplished painters, sculptors, printmakers, and…
Find out more »Dance to the Holidays with Tony Dovolani & Karina Smirnoff
This holiday spectacular for the whole family stars “Dancing with the Stars” Mirror Ball champions Tony Dovolani and Karina Smirnoff along with other celebrity pros from “Dancing with the Stars,” “American Idol,” and “So You Think You Can Dance.” Directed and choreographed by Jaymz Tuaileva. This event is part of the Ridgefield Academy Family Series and the Ridgefield Magazine Broadway & Cabaret Series and is done with support from HamletHub.
Find out more »New Canaan Ice Hockey – 39th Annual Alumni Game
Captains Gunnar Granito, Turner Ives, Walker Ker, Jack O’Hare and Shane Pickering, along with the New Canaan High School boys ice hockey players will challenge some of the Rams’ past stars during the Annual New Canaan Alumni Game @5pm, Friday, Nov. 23rd at the Darien Ice House. Bring family and friends! Tickets are $10 and may be purchased at the door. The New Canaan Rams hockey program began in 1957. In 1980, Larry and Fiz Tomaselli founded the Alumni Game…
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