https://www.frugalfairfield.com/work daily 1.0 2026-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9d807e4b0d1cd06f7aa38/1421972037188-3R9QDTQ9X7PX1Z16F3SR/image-asset.jpeg Activities - Micki's Game Plan It's the week of 1/19/2015 and we face that age old question of what to do. As usual there is amazing amount of great stuff going and much of it is free. Here's my plan... Art Coney Island Side Show Friday 1/23/15 Westport Arts Center has an opening 6-8 p.m. Topic--Coney Island Side Show. Focuses on photographs that depict Coney Island’s attraction and transformation of people and place over the last 80 years. Coney Island: Side Show features work by 15 photographers including Bruce Davidson, Morris Engel, and Arthur Leipzig alongside Westport photographers Nathaniel Gibbons, Douglas Healey, David Kalman, and Stephen Wilkes. And did I mention that the food is great now that Festivities is doing the catering?! Healthy, beautiful presentation--apropos for an arts center. Sure to draw a big crowd. https://westportartscenter.org/gallery Afterwards my friends and I will dash up to the Wilton Library to catch a peek at the art opening. The Winter Show—Six Women Artists Art Exhibition Reception Friday, Jan. 23, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM Six area artists who have shown one or two piece in previous Wilton Library art shows feature many more of their works in this exhibition creating an exciting display of various subjects, styles and medium Music And for the grand finale Grace Kelly quartet performs a 22-year old Korean American singer/songwriter/saxophonist/composer, Grace Kelly, returns Brubeck Room to the delight of the community. Playing in the Quartet with Ms. Kelly are Pete McCann on guitar, Julia Pederson on bass, and Ross Pederson on drums. Downbeat Critics Poll named her one of the 'Alto Saxophone Rising Stars', the youngest ever to be named so. Grace has performed and/or recorded with artists such as Huey Lewis, Harry Connick Jr, Dave Brubeck, Gloria Estefan, David Sanborn, Questlove, Esperanza Spalding, Phil Woods, James Cotton, and Wynton Marsalis to name a few. As a bandleader, she has performed over 600 concerts worldwide. http://www.wiltonlibrary.org/events/     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9d807e4b0d1cd06f7aa38/1476884736949-H9POXFL1G5R4XQQMZLXJ/dogonphone.JPG Activities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9d807e4b0d1cd06f7aa38/1486047515633-HKI3R4X7D0996BYOYPLW/news-1677369_1920.jpg Activities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9d807e4b0d1cd06f7aa38/1425258191245-4TO20OUU4HQCXVTAMT0U/image-asset.jpeg Activities - Deals Ways to save on and off line https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9d807e4b0d1cd06f7aa38/1606051768515-EJFRMZ3HAKRUUYU0671C/pastevents.JPG Activities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9d807e4b0d1cd06f7aa38/1420476869439-7UDY9X6OT6WRZ5HOBLCW/image-asset.jpeg Activities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9d807e4b0d1cd06f7aa38/1423362695461-PSMX4FJ0VBO5SRXOARQY/326004_4522357409872_1816636156_o.jpg Activities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9d807e4b0d1cd06f7aa38/1420474184986-LAF158LNV5A1NY31S7F7/image-asset.jpeg Activities - Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9d807e4b0d1cd06f7aa38/1420487414104-7F5974TTZZ26LNYK8Z1V/image-asset.jpeg Activities - Learning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9d807e4b0d1cd06f7aa38/1420593751672-T2GR0B7ONH2CIAXPZTMJ/image-asset.jpeg Activities - Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9d807e4b0d1cd06f7aa38/1420925009389-PEZX9UOU16Z65YWSMUAO/image-asset.jpeg Activities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9d807e4b0d1cd06f7aa38/1421009699451-OUDQ0T0EM1BCM1LV239W/image-asset.jpeg Activities - Music Makes Everything Better https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9d807e4b0d1cd06f7aa38/1422233622861-NEAQUK9EXD9OFJBUS8BW/Micki%27s+List.jpg Activities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9d807e4b0d1cd06f7aa38/1422236210072-8HQJX6FQ7TCZMNXJOYP7/P1060426.JPG Activities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9d807e4b0d1cd06f7aa38/1425154274360-EADQCMENJS7RPFCNCJBM/Micki%27s+List.jpg Activities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9d807e4b0d1cd06f7aa38/1460153199828-ENF6I209KMT51BXD54GU/428509913_52ea9e8ba2_o.jpg Activities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9d807e4b0d1cd06f7aa38/1422232759684-756K2WMHXLK72RU1ZBMK/Micki%27s+List.jpg Activities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9d807e4b0d1cd06f7aa38/aa133ecd-9703-4067-881d-4ee8ae0c2587/hearitthere.jpg Activities - Make it stand out ONE location where music fans can find local live events in their towns. Focusing on small and intimate venues in the NY Metro area north of NYC - NY, NJ, CT. Musicians and bands can login and publicize their shows on HearItThere.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9d807e4b0d1cd06f7aa38/438c258d-74e4-47ed-8645-5f59c0ebd34e/barleybeachhouse.png Activities - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9d807e4b0d1cd06f7aa38/8a377e40-b412-4c6e-9a67-b954f83721a1/wash+social+july.jpg Activities - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9d807e4b0d1cd06f7aa38/1558618388112-ZL0037I5QZ4623DV8TEQ/chirp.jpg Activities CHIRP is a series of free Tues.& Thurs. night summer concerts in Ballard Park. Concerts are open to public. located in the heart of Ridgefield. CHIRP's mission is to present music that would not normally have a venue in our area, thus performers who play for us are subject to a radius/no. of days restriction. It is totally funded by individual and foundation donations as well as contributions from local businesses. It is co-sponsored by the town of Ridgefield, Connecticut through its Parks & Rec. Dep't. and The Ridgefield Press. 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Only 15, yet so amazing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9d807e4b0d1cd06f7aa38/1422397353364-LSPCCFZVZL2QVD0DN93V/P1050887.JPG Activities - Chris Brubeck & French Friends https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9d807e4b0d1cd06f7aa38/1422398347404-BUFGYRPR5PGTTI2LSNPI/Caveman.jpg Activities - Caveman rocked Garcia's Caveman performed at Garcia's. Alternative music out of Brooklyn. 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As usual there is amazing amount of great stuff going and much of it is free. Here's my plan... Art Coney Island Side Show Friday 1/23/15 Westport Arts Center has an opening 6-8 p.m. Topic--Coney Island Side Show. Focuses on photographs that depict Coney Island’s attraction and transformation of people and place over the last 80 years. Coney Island: Side Show features work by 15 photographers including Bruce Davidson, Morris Engel, and Arthur Leipzig alongside Westport photographers Nathaniel Gibbons, Douglas Healey, David Kalman, and Stephen Wilkes. And did I mention that the food is great now that Festivities is doing the catering?! Healthy, beautiful presentation--apropos for an arts center. Sure to draw a big crowd. https://westportartscenter.org/gallery Afterwards my friends and I will dash up to the Wilton Library to catch a peek at the art opening. The Winter Show—Six Women Artists Art Exhibition Reception Friday, Jan. 23, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM Six area artists who have shown one or two piece in previous Wilton Library art shows feature many more of their works in this exhibition creating an exciting display of various subjects, styles and medium Music And for the grand finale Grace Kelly quartet performs a 22-year old Korean American singer/songwriter/saxophonist/composer, Grace Kelly, returns Brubeck Room to the delight of the community. Playing in the Quartet with Ms. Kelly are Pete McCann on guitar, Julia Pederson on bass, and Ross Pederson on drums. Downbeat Critics Poll named her one of the 'Alto Saxophone Rising Stars', the youngest ever to be named so. Grace has performed and/or recorded with artists such as Huey Lewis, Harry Connick Jr, Dave Brubeck, Gloria Estefan, David Sanborn, Questlove, Esperanza Spalding, Phil Woods, James Cotton, and Wynton Marsalis to name a few. 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