OLD LYME — On Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 6 p.m., Lyme-Old Lyme High School (LOLHS) Band and Chorus host an ‘Evening Under the Stars’ concert. This event, which is open to the community and offers free admission, will be held on the field between LOLHS and LOL Middle School.
Bring a chair or blanket.
Social distancing and masks required.
The event should last no longer than one hour.
Musical Masterworks’ October performers James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong. Photo by Benjamin Ealovega.
OLD LYME — Musical Masterworks has launched its 30th Anniversary Season by offering a new way for chamber music aficionados to enjoy its concerts in the form of professionally-produced video. Concert-goers can watch from the comfort of their homes on the screens of their choice.
The season’s first concerts will be filmed at the end of October and the link to the virtual concert will be made available to ticket buyers Nov. 7. The video can be enjoyed for three weeks and watched as many times as one wishes.
Artistic Director Edward Arron explains, “We have adjusted our season in order to bring our five concert programs to our devoted concertgoers virtually, through recordings made by an award-winning team of videographers and audio technicians. While restrictions remain in place for in-person gatherings, we are thrilled that our performances can be filmed in our usual concert space.”
Musical Masterworks will begin the 2020-21 season with two all-Beethoven programs.
October will see pianist Andrew Armstrong join renowned violinist James Ehnes to perform three sonatas by Beethoven.
In December, the month of Beethoven’s actual 250th birthday, James Ehnes, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Che-Yen Chen and Edward Arron will perform three Beethoven String Quartets.
The spring Musical Masterworks concert will welcome back a number of favorite artists, including Rieko Aizawa, Todd Palmer, Jeewon Park, Randall Scarlata, Gilles Vonsattel, and Tessa Lark, featuring musical treasures from Bach to Corigliano.
Ticket-holders will be able to experience Musical Masterworks as never before: the audio-video production team will create an intimate concert experience, providing a virtual seat on the stage.
Arron shared his thoughts about this unusual season, saying, “The experience of living through this unsettling period has reinforced my belief that the arts and live performance are essential to humanity and are an indispensable part of a healthy society.”
He adds, “It gives me great pride that our organization has committed to presenting a full season of concert programs as we celebrate the 30th season of Musical Masterworks.”
Musical Masterworks’ season runs October 2020 through May 2021. To purchase a video ticket subscription ($150 each), a video mini-subscription ($100 each), individual video tickets ($40 each), or student tickets ($5 each), visit Musical Masterworks at Musical Masterworks at www.musicalmasterworks.org or call 860.434.2252
‘To and Fro’ by Dora Atwater Millikin is one of the works on which you can bid in the LAA’s virtual auction.
OLD LYME — Due to the ongoing pandemic, the Lyme Art Association (LAA) made the difficult decision to cancel 2020’s Palate to Palette event.
Although that wonderful in-person event is not taking place this year, the LAA is hosting a virtual art auction in its place.
Enjoy a unique chance to bid on extraordinary pieces by the talented artists of the Lyme Art Association. Bidding is now open in this online auction, which runs from Friday, Nov. 6, through Sunday, Nov.15.
‘Voluminoua’ by Janine Robertson is another work in the online auction.
There are two easy ways to participate and show your support for the historic gallery and contemporary artists you love.
1. Enjoy a online auction featuring signature works by twelve outstanding artists:
2. Purchase a “virtual ticket” (a fully deductible donation). With every purchase of a $50 ticket, you will be entered in a drawing for two tickets for the next Palate to Palette. No ticket purchase is required to participate in the auction.
Auction pieces are on display at the Lyme Art Association.
The LAA enormously appreciates the public’s ongoing support. All proceeds from this event will help keep the LAA’s doors open to everyone and showcase the work of member artists.
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Guy Wiggins, a third-generation painter, scholar and diplomat has died Oct. 28, 2020, at age 100.
By Michael Astor
Guy Wiggins, a third-generation painter who traveled the world as a soldier, scholar and diplomat before devoting himself to an art career that lasted nearly half a century, has died at 100. The cause was cancer.
He was the son of a famous American Impressionist, Guy C. Wiggins and grandson of a celebrated Hudson River School painter, John Carleton Wiggins …
… When he was 10 the Great Depression hit and the family retreated to Old Lyme, where his grandfather, John Carleton Wiggins had helped establish an art colony decades earlier. His father and mother shrewdly bet that they could sell art lessons even if they couldn’t sell art and opened the Guy Wiggins Art School there in order to make ends meet. The school was successful and became a beacon for aspiring artists …
Visit this link to read the full obituary published Oct. 30 in The Day.
The Fairy House outside Old Lyme Memorial Town Hall.
OLD LYME — Take a stroll down Lyme Street this month, look very carefully and you will see all kinds of mystical, magical Fairy Houses tucked into trees, fancifully formed against fences and lingering on lawns.
Find this fairy House is at 30 Lyme Street.
This little piece of wonderment has come about because, through Oct. 28, a variety of businesses, nonprofits, and private residences on Lyme Street has chosen to participate in the 2nd annual “Fairy Doors on Lyme Street.”
The Fairy Door at Lyme Art Association is exquisite.
There are 14 fairy doors on the grounds of the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts (LAFA), created by Region 18 students and LAFA alumni.
Another 16 fairy doors can be found along Lyme Street and all the fairy doors can be seen from the sidewalk.
See this masterful creation by Tammi Flynn at EF Watermelon.
She continued, “Whether walking into Old Lyme Town Hall or on your way to one of the small businesses on Lyme Street, it’s fun to look down and see that someone used their creativity to share some fun with neighbors and friends.”
This wonderful fairy dropped into Studio 80 + Sculpture Grounds.
Olivia Denison and Alexandra Vasquez Dheming were New York City roommates working in the theater industry when COVID shut down their work.
They came to wait out the pandemic at Olivia’s parent’s home in Old Lyme pending the return of theater in New York, and now the roommates’ fairy door village contribution is a delightful, artistic endeavor for everyone who either lives on or walks down Lyme Street to enjoy.