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Follow along as a mother polar bear tries to raise her two cubs in a harsh world that is only getting harsher in “To the Arctic,” anIMAX movie at The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk. ”To the Arctic” is a story of love, family and survival in the harshest place on Earth. It documents several animal families, including a mother polar bear fiercely determined to keep her 7-month-old twin cubs alive in the face of natural predators and a rapidly changing climate. Through the film, audiences also will travel with a pounding herd of caribou that journeys for miles to their calving ground; plunge into the ethereal underwater world of waltzing walruses; and nearly see their breath as they gaze across snow-bound peaks and a vast expanse of the Arctic Ocean, an exquisite spectacle of sapphire white.

Five years in the making, “To the Arctic” was directed by Greg MacGillivray, whose previous films – including “Everest” and the Academy Award-nominees “The Living Sea” and “Dolphins” – have been among the most popular ever at The Maritime Aquarium.

“I’ve wanted to make a film about the Arctic for a long time,” MacGillivray said in a released statement. “I was still unprepared for what I found in the far North. Everything exists on a grand scale and the sky seems to stretch into eternity.” However, he said, with average temperatures in the Arctic rising two times faster than anywhere else, the region’s once-permanent ice pack is shrinking and may not exist by 2050. Such a reality would affect more than polar bears, so MacGillivray’s response was to establish the One World One Ocean Foundation to create awareness and support for the protection of the planet’s oceans.

“We think audiences will love the compelling story of this polar bear family and the film’s call for environmental conservation,” said Chris Loynd, the Aquarium’s marketing director. “Plus the cinematography is stunning, the film is eloquently narrated by Meryl Streep and it has great music by Paul McCartney. We’re also very excited to offer it at The Maritime Aquarium as part of its worldwide release.”

“To the Arctic” will show through Jan. 17 at 1& 3 p.m. daily in Connecticut’s largest IMAX theater, with a screen that’s six stories high.
http://www.fcbuzz.org/events/kids-and-families/4978/

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Nobody rings in the New Year like Downtown Cabaret and ABBA do. The evening starts off with the 8:30pm performance of ABBAMANIA then the after show bash- D.J. Jimmy Cabaret will continue with the music of the 70′s and all your favorite music with a big nod to DISCO. Disco attire optional! So grab your white suit or slick on some lip gloss and hustle to the Downtown Cabaret.

Admission includes the show, after show party, party favors, ice and soda, coffee and danish and a 21 confetti cannon salute to the new year at midnight.

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The Flinn Gallery brings to life an exhibit of artwork entitled “Mother Goose Reimagined.” Members of the Children’s Book Illustrators Group in New York contribute new and reimagined illustrations of classic Mother Goose stories in diverse media including: watercolor, pastel, collage, acrylic, oil, pen and ink. Select Members of the Children’s Book Illustrator Group include: Angelique Anderson, Deborah Cuneo, Diana Ting Delosh, Laura Goetz, Leeza Hernandez, Mike Herrod, Sara Kahn, H. R. Karpes, Anna Kim, Ann Koffsky, Sarah Lisa Lavoie, Kitty Leech, Donna Miskend, Sawaka Norii, Marilyn Papas, Clare Pernice, Barbara Mason Rast, Roberta M. Rivera, Vicky Rubin, Tatyanna Starikova, Cheryl Taborsky, T. T. Tyler, Wallace West, Brian Yanish

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Stephen Kellogg claims that when he was growing up, his musical interests were divided between his father’s record collection, devoted to ’70s singer/songwriters like Jim Croce and Cat Stevens, and his sister’s rock & roll discs, dominated by hair metal acts like Bon Jovi and Mötley Crüe. In a curious way, Kellogg’s music represents a meeting point between these two styles, with songs that delve deep into the personal, but make room for a sense of fun, while the music, which is intelligent and intimate, is also full of passion and electricity.

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There’s lots to do during vaction week at Fairfield Museum and History Center. Plan to see the Holiday Express Train Show, enjoy a Choo Choo Storytime and watch live steam rise from a model train. Get your ticket, meet new friends and enjoy thrilling stories about all things trains! Discover new and fun adventures with books that spark the imagination. You can also build your own wooden model train and decorate it with billowing steam, bells and baubles!

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Imagined Worlds, an exhibition celebrating humor and fantasy in everyday life, will open December 12 and run through January 25 at the Schelfhaudt Gallery in the Arnold Bernhard Center, UB.

Featuring works by Rob Beam, Frank Iovino, kHyal, and Frank Foster Post, Imagined Worlds invites the viewer to consider how contemporary culture and media influence one another and how quotidian life is elevated to art. About the artists:

Rob Beam started by becoming a self-taught flash animator in the late 90s and has since worked with various digital and analogue media and other materials.

Frank Iovino challenges viewers to stop and reconsider ordinary people, places, and things that might otherwise might go unnoticed. Working in pastels, oil paints, and colored pencils, he suffuses his canvases with brightness and light impossible to ignore.

kHyal began creating black-and-white collages as a means to communicate while still a painfully shy child. Her circuitous career includes 20 years as a graphic designer, art director, and creative director for Gap, MTV, and other clients from GAP to MTV. Her work has been exhibited at numerous galleries and museums including in the American Visionary Art Museum, New Britain Museum of American Art, the Outsider Art Fair, and the Cooper Union.

Frank Foster Post drew his first cartoons on napkins, and embraced the technique as an immediate way to convey visual information. He is particularly interested in how elements of a particular image are put together to create change.

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There’s still time to get a unique holiday gift at the Loft Artists Holiday Show & Boutique, open till Dec. 23. The Loft Artists Holiday Show and Boutique, where all kinds of items from artwork, to cards, bookmarks, ceramics, photography, silkscreened items, clothing and jewelry, are available for great gifts. Paintings and Graphic works are hanging on the Gallery walls, while smaller items fill the center of the Gallery. Participating artists are: Mark Macrides,Lina Morielli, Lisa Cuscuna, Cici Artist, Margaret Tsirantonakis, Jane Petruska, Ellen Gordon, Susan Frey, Phyllis Oxman, Claudio Altesor, Mary Louise Long,Phyllis Sinrich, Clair Koch, Elaine Best, Jody Silver, Francine Funke and Alan Judelson. Select Laurel House artists are also participating.

This year, a portion of the proceeds will go to Laurel House, a non-profit organization that provides resources and opportunities for people living with mental illness, bridging the gap between isolation and community.

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http://www.fcbuzz.org/events/visual-arts/6480/

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You still have one more chance to catch an enduring holiday tradition. Connecticut Ballet presents its blockbuster annual production of ‘The Nutcracker’, Dec. 23 at 2:00pm, at the Palace Theatre, Stamford Center for the Arts. Starring American Ballet Theatre principal dancers Julie Kent, Veronika Part, Alexandre Hammoudi and international star Jose Manuel Carreno and hailed by ‘Connecticut Post’ as “beguiling and a treat for the eyes,” this production will light up your family’s holiday season. Tickets are priced $25-$50 plus a $7.00 per ticket theater surcharge.

Meet-and-greet the principal dancers in the lobby after each performance!

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