FEATURING TALENTED LOCAL ARTISTS
Alive With The Sound of Music
Sharon Ruchman is living proof.
There has long been the contention that nestled in the Litchfield Hills, the Berkshires and the Hudson Valley, there are literally armies of brilliant writers, artists, musicians … most of whom found their separate ways to this bucolic part of the country to find the calm and quiet that allows creativity to blossom.
And so, Sharon Ruchman came to the area with her physician husband some years ago and allowed the creative energies of composition and performance to flourish. For some, age […]
Artistry…Naturally
If the world is your classroom, then moments of learning and education can blithely appear anywhere. For fabric artist Joy Setton, circumnavigation of the globe after her father sold his French company and took the family on a two-year cruise was the foundation for lifelong learning.
Back on land, Joy studied journalism and film at NYU and embarked on a career as a filmmaker. Several PBS documentaries, notably some of the programs featuring great folk music performers (Peter, Paul and Mary, Harry Belafonte, Pete Seeger) found […]
Theatre for Good Presents “Almost, Maine” featuring Tony-nominated Broadway star
As Connecticut starts to come alive again, Almost, Maine one of the most popular plays in America comes to the charming town of Washington, CT July 17 and 18 as part of Caroline Kinsolving’s Theater for Good series which donates all it’s proceeds to charity. The playwright himself, Tony-nominated Broadway actor John Cariani, will be starring in the play with Kinsolving and making himself available to the public for a Q&A and book signing.
Litchfield County native, actress Caroline Kinsolving, started Theatre for Good (TFG) almost […]
The Call of the Wild
There is the realization in exploring the vivid, breathtaking photography of Thomas Blagden, that he is much more than a simple recorder of nature’s most profound and elegant moments. He is part of them. As Jack London declared in his landmark 1903 novel The Call of the Wild “he was sounding the deeps of his nature, and of the parts of his nature that were deeper than he.”
Tom Blagden’s life – his exceptional career as an artist with a camera – has taken him to […]
