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"Kate" Welcomes Her Guests
More than 1,000 visitors came to see the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center during Sunday's (Sept. 6) Open House. They toured inside and outside, upstairs and downstairs—they went into the theater and sat in the chairs—they went up on the mezzanine and looked down onto the stage. All were impressed with what they saw and murmured approval at every turn. Read More ...
Olwen Logan Published 09/07/09 |
"The Kate" Movie Premieres
After years of planning and restoration, the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center (“The Kate”) recently opened to the public. On Saturday, “The Kate: Old Saybrook’s Crown Jewel”, a documentary made by Bob Czepiel tracing the history of the building, had its world premiere at "The Kate." Read More ...
Linda Ahnert Published 10/09/09 Updated 10/10/09 |
Create 1000 Cranes for Peace Today
Children ages 4 to 9 are invited to the Clayhouse for a free storytelling hour to hear the tale of Sadako and the Thousand Cranes and Japanese folktales on Sunday, Dec. 13, at 3 p.m. Leslie Concannon will read the story of Sadako, which is about a young girl in Japan who develops leukemia following the bombing of Hiroshima.
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Published 12/08/09 Updated 12/13/09 |
High Hopes Presents Salt Marsh Stars
High Hopes Therapeutic Riding, Inc. and Salt Marsh Opera present an evening of operatic favorites in the historic and beautiful setting of the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010, at 5 p.m. Led by Simon Holt, Salt Marsh Opera Artistic Director, the evening will feature a selection of well-loved operatic arias and duets sung by Teresa Eickel, soprano and Brian Cheney, tenor. Read More ...
Published 12/22/09 |
Movie Traces History of "The Kate"
In anticipation of next week's Opening Gala Week of the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook, "The Kate" offers the opportunity this Saturday, Oct. 10, to view a wonderful movie produced by Old Saybrook resident Bob Czepiel, which documents the history of "The Kate" from its construction in 1911 as a theater through its varied life as a town hall, grammar school, court of law, basketball court, jail and bank. The Kate: Old Saybrook's Crown Jewel will be shown at 6:30 and 8 p.m. Read More ...
Published 10/08/09 |
Philip Pearlstein Exhibition Opens Friday at Lyme Academy College
A rare opportunity comes to the local area this week when one of the nation's leading figurative artists—and a former roommate of Andy Warhol—Philip Pearlstein, will attend the opening reception of an exhibition of his recent works at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in Old Lyme. The reception is open to the public from 5 to 7 p.m. Read More ...
By Olwen Logan Published 09/21/09 |
A Salty Bat at "The Kate"
Back on Oct. 30 and Nov. 1, Salt Marsh Opera presented "Die Fledermaus" on stage at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center. Both performances were sold out and we were delighted to be present at the latter one. We have now received this review from Robert Cummings, which we are not only pleased to publish but also happen to agree with in its entirety. Read More ...
Robert Cummings Published 11/17/09 |
Come to Camelot ... Before it Closes!
Our intern from Old Saybrook High School, Rachel Berliner, went to see "Camelot" at the Goodspeed Opera House earlier this month. She presents her review of the performance here and concludes it's a definite must-see. But catch it quick—the last night is Saturday. Read More ...
Rachel Berliner Published 09/14/09 |
A Date With "The Kate"
We are delighted to introduce our new intern Rachel Berliner. She is a rising junior at Old Saybrook High School and has participated in various theatre productions, drama classes and the high school newspaper. Rachel hopes to bring her love of theatre, reading and the media to OldSaybrookNow.com and ultimately to pursue a career in journalism. In her first article, she interviews Chuck Still, Executive Director of the Katharine Hepburn Culural Arts Center. Read More ...
Rachel Berliner Published 06/11/09 |
Authors Present Book Detailing "A Postcard History" of Old Saybrook at the Library, Saturday
The Acton Public Library, Old Saybrook, will host a book signing by former First Selectman Barbara J. Maynard and Tedd Levy, the authors of “Old Saybrook: A Postcard History,” on Saturday, June 26, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. In addition, the an exhibit of some of the vintage Old Saybrook postcards that went into the publication is now on display at the Library and will remain in place through early July. Read More ...
Published 06/03/10 |
Boro Exhibit Opens at Gallery One
The latest group exhibition opened Friday at Gallery One at the Clayhouse in Old Saybrook. The gallery presents Gilbert V. Boro, who will be exhibiting the maquettes for several of his monumental public sculptures. Boro maintains the Sculpture Grounds at 80-1 Lyme Street in Old Lyme that are open daily to the public, Read More ...
Published 08/14/09 Updated 08/15/09 |
Broadway Songs Christen "Kate"
It was a magical night of music and memories. Some 1,300 people came out Wednesday evening from all over the region, almost filling the Old Saybrook Town Green, to listen to Salt Marsh Opera stars sing Broadway songs of the past as they heralded in the future of the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, affectionately known as "The Kate." Read More ...
Olwen Logan and Linda Ahnert Published 09/03/09 |
Dominic Massa Exhibit at OS Library
The Acton Public Library at 60 Old Boston Post Rd. in Old Saybrook hosts an exhibit of paintings by Dominic Massa of Old Saybrook. With his philosophy that painting should always be a source of pleasure both for the artist and the viewer, Massa creates originals and interpretations of notable Impressionist’s works in acrylics. Read More ...
Published 10/11/09 |
Gallery One Presents Works by Kassem Amoudi
GalleryOne at the Clayhouse in Old Saybrook presents a special two-week exhibition of work by Philadelphia artist Kassem Amoudi. Currently on display and running through May 10, this exhibition culminates with a closing reception on Old Saybrook’s second Friday, May 8, from 5 to 8 p.m. Read More ...
05/02/09 |
Gallery One, Clayhouse Receive People’s Choice Award from 'Paul & Lisa'
On Friday, Dec. 11, Gallery One and the Clayhouse were presented with the People’s Choice Award for best Xtreme Tree 2009 created for the benefit of the Paul & Lisa Program located in Essex. The award-wining tree was titled “Pieces for Peace: Collage and Clay” and was one of 13 unusual fantasy sculptures of trees created by area galleries, artists, architects, designers and others, which were exhibited at the Left Bank Gallery for the month of November. Read More ...
Published 12/26/09 |
Glittering Fundraiser for "The Kate"
On Wednesday, April 29, the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center hosted a wine dinner, fashion show, and benefit auction at "Aspen" restaurant in the Saybrook Country Barn Shoppes. With the enticing name, “A Splash of Spring,” the event was sold out before the doors opened. Read More ...
Published 05/06/09 |
Goodspeed Songs Signify Start of Spring
It has been a long winter and we’ve been eagerly awaiting signs of spring. So far we’ve seen crocuses and robins on the wing. And, in less than two weeks, there’s another event that heralds the start of balmier days—the Goodspeed Opera House will open for the season. The shows for the 2009 season are “42nd Street,” “Camelot” and “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Read More ...
Linda Ahnert Published 04/01/09 |
Hometown Concert in Clinton by Broadway Star
The Clinton-based George Flynn Classical Concerts recently hosted husband-and-wife duo, David Pittsinger (who grew up in Clinton) and Patricia Schuman. An amazing turnout of shoreline fans attended this special event, including a group of Old Saybrook High School vocalists. Read More ...
Rachel Berliner Published 11/27/09 |
Kate's Play at "The Kate" Dazzles
Old Saybrook's newly opened Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center—now generally known as “The Kate”—paid homage to its actress namesake in “The Philadelphia Story” by Philip Barry on Oct. 12. This farce, set in the 1930s, launched Katharine Hepburn to stardom, running for 415 performances on Broadway. The film version, starring Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart, was nominated for six Academy Awards. Read More ...
Rachel Berliner Published 11/05/09 |
Library Director to Retire in June
A busy, modern, award-winning Shoreline library offering something for every age group soon will lose its long-serving director to retirement. Janet M. Crozier, known as Jan to many residents, has announced she will retire after nearly 34 years of service as children’s librarian, assistant director and currently library director of the Acton Public Library in the center of Old Saybrook. Read More ...
Joseph Santangelo 02/25/10 |
OS Author Santangelo Unveils Her Latest Murder/Mystery
What’s a wife to do, when her Beloved Husband announces he is retiring, but has no plans except to be home and underfoot 24/7? Add to that a murder where the evidence increasingly points to the husband as the chief suspect. Old Saybrook resident Susan Santangelo's latest book, Retirement Can Be Murder, is a lighthearted mystery about a Baby Boomer couple facing their impending retirement, when suddenly caught up in a murder. Read More ...
Published 03/21/10 |
OSHS Grad Interviews Academy Award Winner Borgnine
An interview by Old Saybrook High School graduate Lisa Carberg with legendary, Academy Award-winning actor Ernest Borgnine will be broadcast this evening during the NBC30 News at 11 p.m. The 92-year-old actor was born in Hamden, Conn., and graduated from New Haven's Hillhouse High School. Read More ...
Published 06/04/09 |
Popular Local Bands at "The Kate" Tonight
This Saturday, Jan. 16, at 8 p.m., Ryan Hartt & the Blue Hearts and the Shiny Lapel Trio will perform at the Katherine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook. This event is a unique opportunity to see two of the Shoreline’s premier music acts in an intimate theater setting. While both bands are locally based, they have performed throughout the country. Read More ...
Published 01/13/10 Updated 01/16/10 |
Sean Beavers Exhibit Opens at Cooley Gallery
"Allusions", a selection of new work by Sean Beavers, opened yesterday at The Cooley Gallery in Old Lyme and is on display through June 6. Beavers is widely recognized as one of America’s most ground-breaking contemporary artists. The Maine artist’s innovative still-life compositions and his near-mythic landscapes exhibit a fresh, sharp realism. Read More ...
Published 04/27/09 Updated 05/01/09 |
Taste of the Artz in Town Tonight
Guests are invited to bring Cans or Cash for the Shoreline Soup Kitchen at the Dec. 11 reception at Gallery One at the Clayhouse (5 to 8 p.m.). At the reception there will be the opportunity to make origami cranes. Gallery artists will give one-on-one instruction in folding these legendary cranes, to be added to the Cranes for World Peace window display through the end of the year. Hidden inside each crane will be a personal wish for peace. Read More ...
Published 12/11/09 |
There's Opera in OL Today
Salt Marsh Opera presents a concert entitled, “An Evening of Operatic Favorites,” this Saturday, Jan. 16, at the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme. The concert, which begins at 5 p.m., benefits High Hopes Therapeutic Riding, Inc. The performers are Teresa Eickel, an acclaimed soprano, and Brian Cheney, an exciting young tenor: the program will fetaure a selection of well-loved operatic arias and duets. Read More ...
Rachel Berliner Published 01/13/10 Updated 01/16/10 |
Xtreme Tree at Gallery One benefits Paul & Lisa Program
The Artists’ Reception at Gallery One in Old Saybrook on Sept. 11 featured a “Project Table” at which participants made a three-dimensional work of art. The project, which was made that evening, is an “Xtreme Tree,” Gallery One’s contribution to help raise funds for the Paul & Lisa Program, located in Westbrook.
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Published 09/23/09 |
Musical Masterworks Celebrates Wadsworth's Final Concert
Musical Masterworks will present the final concert in its 2008-09 season today at 3 p.m. at the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme. Charles Wadsworth serves as both host and pianist in his last concert as Artistic Director of the series. All are welcome to a reception after the concert in his honor. Read More ...
Published 05/01/09 Updated 0503/09 |
Lyme Colony Artist's Recently Discovered Pastels on View
The Florence Griswold Museum's new exhibition, "Visions of Mood: Henry C. White Pastels," is on view through July 12. White was a Lyme Colony artist and patriarch of a family of Connecticut artists. Last year, in some of White's stored belongings, his grandsons discovered a trove of pastels that had never been on public display. Read More ...
Published 04/20/09 |
Courtney Visits "The Kate"
On Saturday, March 7, local congressman Joe Courtney (D-2nd) visited the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center (KHCAC) in Old Saybrook. He toured the facility with KHCAC Director Chuck Still, who showed him the current status of construction and brought him up to date with plans for the center's 'soft' opening in the summer of this year and the gala launch week scheduled for October. Read More ...
Published 03/14/09 |
The Emergence of a Compassionate Artist
Our Arts Editor Linda Ahnert wrote this touching piece about Judy Perry, the local artist critically injured last month in an horrific car accident, in 2004. We re-publish it in the sincere hope it inspires more people to attend the fundraiser planned for Judy this coming Saturday in Old Saybrook's Grace Episcopal Church. Read More ...
Linda Ahnert Published 02/25/09 |
Fundraiser for Injured OS Artist
Friends and colleagues of Old Saybrook artist Judy Perry are rallying around the nationally acclaimed artist who was the victim of a drunk driving automobile accident. They are holding a benefit for her tonight, Saturday, Feb. 28, from 6 to 8 pm at Grace Episcopal Church, 336 Main St., Old Saybrook. A $10 donation at the door is suggested for the event, which includes supper and a silent auction. Read More ...
Published 02/19/09 Updated 02/28/09 |
Curtain Up at “The Kate” in 2009
Today is the start of a new year and 2009 promises to be a banner year in Old Saybrook. The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center is slated for a "soft" opening in the summer and a gala launch in October. The project has had its ups and downs along the way, but a recent donation of $100,000 to the center has almost brought the fundraising to its target of $1.7 million. Read More ...
Linda Ahnert Published 12/31/08 |
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