Presented in partnership with the Stonington Garden Club, we are pleased to present an exhibit featuring the works of Stonington’s Plein Air Art Club. A variety of works and styles will be on view and for sale, with all proceeds benefiting La Grua Center’s year-round programming. Come enjoy a glass of wine while you peruse the offerings, and help support the arts in our community!

Opening reception Friday, May 8th, from 5-7pm. Suggested donation $5.

Exhibit will run through the end of June. Please call for hours.

Featured image: “North Main Street” by Brooks A. Bentz

Married musical duo Drs. Gabriel and Allison Landstedt reimagine classical song recital as a playground of modern storytelling. Finalists of the 2022 Astral Artists National Competition, Keyprano Duo has inspired audiences across the U.S. and Canada through their impassioned voice-piano performances that span from Debussy, Broadway, to Chopin. Shaped by years of doctoral research in musical narrative, storytelling, and collaborative techniques, Keyprano Duo’s sweeping programs are heartwarming and inspiring.

Tickets $25 online only. Click here to purchase. There may be a limited number of tickets available at the door the day of the concert. Doors open at 4:30pm. Please note, all seating is unreserved.

Rescheduled from January!

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This is not your typical book talk!

Resonant Minds: The Transformative Power of Music, One Note at a Time explores how music can be used as a practical, everyday tool for emotional regulation, focus, and connection—grounded in neuroscience, brought to life through storytelling, and felt through shared experience.

In this interactive event, co-authors Sara Leila Sherman—musician, educator, founder of Mozart for Munchkins—and Mort Sherman, longtime educator and national leader in public education, bring together two generations of insight into how music supports mental wellness across the lifespan. Together, they bridge research, lived experience, and reflection to make the science of music accessible and meaningful.

Through live piano and voice, guided listening, audience reflection, and science-backed strategies, Sara leads participants through a live, immersive experience—inviting you to experience music not simply as performance, but as a resource you can carry into daily life.

Participants will explore simple yet powerful musical tools—from “breathing with Bach” to groove-based activities and shared listening moments—that can shift mood, release creativity, and foster connection. Along the way, Sara and Mort share behind-the-scenes stories from the book and insights into how music engages the brain and nervous system in real time.

The event also features guest musicians—from Broadway artists to conservatory-trained instrumentalists to Stonington’s own Nora Fox—who help bring the book’s ideas to life through collaborative, live performance.

No musical background required—just curiosity, a willingness to listen, and an openness to experience how music can support focus, calm, and connection in everyday life.

Click here to purchase the book!  Books will also be available for sale at the event.

Suggested donation $5.

Sponsored by CT Humanities

An art-history talk on gardens and artworks from the late Middle Ages through the Renaissance formal garden (Versailles) Connecticut College Professor Emeritus of Art History Robert Baldwin will show how designed landscapes communicate values across time, looking at garden imagery in religious, aristocratic, and emerging middle-class contexts. Audience discussion links historical examples to contemporary New England gardens and public green spaces.

Suggested donation $5.

Sponsored by CT Humanities

In honor of America’s 250th, we’re pleased to present bass baritone Dashon Burton, pianist Stephen Porter, and soprano Laura Strickling as they perform music from the Great American Songbook, including works by Aaron Copeland, Amy Beach, Charles Ives, and more!

Tickets $25 online only. Click here to purchase. There may be a limited number of tickets available at the door the day of the concert. Doors open at 4:30pm. Please note, all seating is unreserved.

Catherine is the inaugural director of the Westerly Museum of American Impressionism. Joining the museum in May 2023, and working alongside the museum’s founders, she has helped guide the museum from its early planning stages to its highly anticipated opening in October 2025. She has a master’s degree in art history, with a specialization in American Art, from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Prior to this role, Catherine worked as a museum curator for 15 years, first in Oklahoma City and then Chicago.

Suggested donation $5.

This program spans three centuries of music written and arranged for string duo, tracing the remarkable depth and range of two voices in conversation. Siblings Anita and Julian Graef bring their shared virtuosity and distinct voices to works by Beethoven, J.S. Bach, Maurice Ravel, Caroline Shaw, and more!

Tickets $25 online only. Click here to purchase. There may be a limited number of tickets available at the door the day of the concert. Doors open at 4:30pm. Please note, all seating is unreserved.