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Claire's Climb In Greenwich Benefits Fight Against ALS
GREENWICH, Conn. – Crowds of cyclists will swarm a half-mile hill on American Lane in Greenwich on Sunday from 8 a.m. to noon, completing grueling hill repeats, for Claire’s Climb, which benefits MAC Angels Foundation and ALS.
The benefit is named after Claire Gormley Collier, who died on May 4, 2009, from ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, when she was just 46. Back when the hill was part of the Westchester Triathalon cycling route, Collier would sit in her wheelchair, along with PALS Jon Blais, at the top of the hill to cheer participants and …
‘Anne Of Green Gables’ Opens At Wcsu In Danbury
DANBURY, Conn. – Canada’s longest running musical, “Anne of Green Gables,” comes to the Western Connecticut State University stage in Danbury starting this week and running through Sunday, May 8.
Presented by Western’s Department of Theatre Arts, performances will be Friday, April 29, Saturday, April 30 and Saturday, May 7 at 8 p.m.; and Saturday, April 30, Sunday, May 1, Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8 at 2 p.m., in the Mainstage Theatre of the Visual and Performing Arts Center (VPAC) on the university’s Westside campus.
The 1965 romantic comedy musical was written by Donald Herron and…
Wilton Library Showcases Works By Connecticut Composers
WILTON, Conn. – Wilton Library’s Connecticut’s Own concert season ends on a high note on Sunday, May 1, from 5-6 p.m. with compositions from the Connecticut Composers, Inc. (CCI) in the library’s Brubeck Room.
Sunday’s concert highlights the works of six composer-members – Elizabeth Austin, Allen Brings, Juliana Hall, Daniel Morel, Margaret Collins Stoop and Nancy Tucker.
Included will be two settings of poems by Sara Teasdale along with new compositions for piano, and for violin and piano, in addition to solo works written for the guitar and the clarinet that will be played in an unusual…
