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CLIVE DAVIS
CLIVE DAVIS , A LIFE IN FULL 1932-2026
Clive was legendary. As the leading music scout and producer of his time. And as an icon of a businessman. His legacy is indeed ‘The Soundtrack of Our Lives’, and his influence will be felt each time anyone listens to any one of the hundreds of hit tunes he helped bring to life.
Fall Arts & Culture
This fall, get out and explore! From historic estates and presidential homes to world-class museums, sculpture parks, gardens, and architectural landmarks... these great destinations are just an easy ride away.
John Jay: Bedford’s Own Founding Father
One of the most important Founding Fathers is Bedford’s own, John Jay... take a look at what’s going on at John Jay Homestead on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
The Onera Foundation
At 63 Park Street, a historic New Canaan landmark has found a new purpose. The Onera Foundation has transformed the storied property into a center for exhibitions, education, and advocacy, bringing new energy to the field of architectural preservation and helping to safeguard America’s architectural legacy for future generations.
Summer Arts & Culture
A curated guide to some of our favorite places to experience live music, theater, dance, and performance this summer - both close to home and worth the drive
Regis Krampf
One of the preeminent private collectors of Georges Braque, Régis Krampf brings both his remarkable collection to the Bruce Museum and his next chapter to Pound Ridge. Régis offers a rare and close-up look at the artist known as the Father of Contemporary Art.
Monique Allain: Art Blitz
A former scientist turned multidisciplinary artist, Monique Allain brings her globally shaped perspective to Waccabuc. Art Blitz is her dynamic, collaborative exhibition series that blurs the line between process and presentation, inviting the community into an evolving, real-time creative experience.
The New Copland House
A new chapter begins for this cultural institution with Copland House at Bluestone Farm, a 24-acre cultural campus where Westchester, Putnam, and Fairfield Counties meet...right on the northern border of ‘B&NC Country’! Honoring composer Aaron Copland’s legacy, the expanded center, with over 37,000 square feet of interior space, will host concerts, residencies, education, and multi-arts programming... making world-class American music easily accessible to the B&NC audience.
The Bedford Playhouse
The Katonah Museum of Art
You Can’t Spell Museum Without ‘U’ And ‘ME’
The Museum was founded in 1954 by a group of local women who had the audacious idea that they could bring the best of the art world to their community. …Now that vision is reality at the Katonah Museum of Art!
Sharon Prince & Grace Farms
It’s been ten years since Sharon Prince established Grace Farms on an 80 acre property in the Northwest corner of New Canaan…and ten years later Grace Farms has proven itself to be a revolutionary cultural institution providing unique benefits to its surrounding communities - and innovative solutions for the world.
The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation
Behind an unassuming Mt. Kisco façade lies a world-class art collection—3,500 works amassed by William Louis-Dreyfus, now fueling education and justice through the Foundation that bears his name.
New Canaan Chamber Music
The term ‘chamber music’ is derived from the French ‘chambre’, to connote that this was the kind of music performed inside the private rooms, or chambres, of the day’s elite. So a certain intimacy is inherent in the term and in the form
Michael Dweck: Blunderbust
“I began these works in 2022, creating abstract paintings that liberated me to explore the realm of randomness, which I had previously denied myself with photography.”
ACT of CT
BROADWAY IN OUR BACKYARD: A Contemporary Theater of Connecticut, or ACT of CT as it’s known, is a nonprofit, professional, Actors Equity, 182-seat theater located on the old Schlumberger property, in a Philip Johnson designed building, at 36 Old Quarry Road - right here in Ridgefield!
Olga Sweet
New Canaan’s Olga Sweet, trained by presidential portraitist Ronald Sherr, captures the soul of her subjects with striking simplicity… her acclaimed portraits ranging from nobles and designers to presidents and local families.