5 Questions with Suzanne Vega

September

1 The Ridgefield Playhouse - Hiss Golden Messenger 3 The Ridgefield Playhouse - Preservation Hall Jazz Band 6 Labor Day 8 The Ridgefield Playhouse - Ben Folds 2-12 Thrown Stone - The Suburbs (Thur - Sun) 9 Ridgefield Library - First Amendment lecture: Akhil Amar 9 The Ridgefield Playhouse - Andrew Dice Clay 10 The Ridgefield Playhouse - Rhiannon Giddens 11 The Ridgefield Playhouse - Eric Hutchinson 11-30 Ridgefield Theater Barn - The Exonerated 12 The Slavery Project “Unheard Voices” - Ballard Park Michael Checkov Festival 12 The Ridgefield Playhouse - Peter Cincotti 14 Keeler Tavern Museum Gardens -A Garden of Verse Poetry 17 RPAC Gallery - Beyond Limits, Featuring Guy Stanley Philoche & Select Artists - Exhibition open until October 17 17 The Ridgefield Playhouse - Gordon Lightfoot 18 Keeler Tavern Museum - Tavern Tastings LIVE! 18 Ridgefield Guild of Artists - 44th Annual Juried Member Show 18 ArtFul Visual Arts Initiative - Bow WOW Art Dog Day of Summer, Scavenger Hunt 19 The Ridgefield Playhouse - Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue 21 The Ridgefield Playhouse - John Hiatt & The Jerry Douglas Band 21 Keeler Tavern Museum Gardens -A Garden of Verse Poetry 23 The Ridgefield Playhouse - Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo 23 Ridgefield Library - Author Talk, Jeff Benedict, The Dynasty 24 The Ridgefield Playhouse - Vic Dibitetto (two shows) 25 The Ridgefield Playhouse - George Thorogood & The Destroyers 25 ArtFul Visual Arts Initiative - Bow WOW Art Dog “Leader of the Pack” Fundraiser Event at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum from 6pm-9pm 26 The Ridgefield Playhouse - Chris Botti 26 Ridgefield Historical Society - Sundays at the Peter Parley Schoolhouse 28 Keeler Tavern Museum Gardens - Poets: State Poet Laureate Margaret Gibson & others 30 The Ridgefield Playhouse - Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr 30 ACT of CT - Opening night of Smokey Joe’s Cafe

October

1-2 Ridgefield Theater Barn - The Exonerated 1, 2 Ridgefield Library - Love Your Library 1 Ridgefield Library - Battle of the Books 1-31 Keeler Tavern Museum - #HandsOnHistory, Threading the Needle exhibition 1-24 ACT of CT - Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Thur - Sun) 2 Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra - Concert at RHS, 7:30 PM 2 Ridgefield Historical Society - 20th Anniversary Kick-Off event 3 Ridgefield Library - First Amendment lecture: Gloria Browne-Marshall 3 The Ridgefield Playhouse - Christopher Cross 3 Keeler Tavern Museum - #HandsOnHistory, Threading the Needle Opening Event 4, 5 The Ridgefield Playhouse - Todd Rundgren 7 The Ridgefield Playhouse - Meat Loaf Presents BAT 8, 9 The Ridgefield Playhouse - Whitney Cummings 8-10 Ridgefield Independent Film Festival - Ridgefield Theater Barn, Ridgefield Library 10 Ridgefield Library - First Amendment panel discussion 11 The Ridgefield Playhouse - David Sedaris 11 Indigenous Peoples/Columbus Day 15 The Ridgefield Playhouse - Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes 16 The Ridgefield Playhouse - The Machine Performs Pink Floyd 17 Western CT Youth Orchestra - Charles Ives Music Festival Concert 20 The Ridgefield Playhouse - Cat & Nat 21 RPAC Gallery - A New Dawn, A New Day Exhibition runs through January 9th 21 The Ridgefield Playhouse - Suzanne Vega, A Night of NY Songs & Stories 22 The Ridgefield Playhouse - Under The Streetlamp 23 The Ridgefield Playhouse - Josh Turner 24 The Ridgefield Playhouse - Chazz Palminteri: A Bronx Tale 27, 28 The Ridgefield Playhouse - Randy Rainbow 29-30 Keeler Tavern Museum - Ghosts of Ridgefield 30 The Ridgefield Playhouse - Rick Wakeman (of YES) 31 Ridgefield Historical Society - Sundays at the Peter Parley Schoolhouse 31 Halloween

All events were submitted by the organizations through the Arts Council calendar. Ridgefield and Wilton Magazines are not responsible for any omissions or errors. For more information, visit the individual website of each organization.