Arts

Popular Lecture Series Examines Suffrage, Immigration and the Environment in Final Sessions on ‘Freedom’

Guests at the lecture series can explore history, mingle during receptions and access museum galleries before each talk on freedom and society.

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Lyme Academy to Open Exhibit of 19th- and Early 20th-Century French Bronzes March 20

Lyme Academy of Fine Arts opens “The New Bronze Age” March 20, featuring French bronze sculptures from the era when the art form became accessible to the middle class.

As the Academy Awards Approach, Janet Roach Looks Back on Her Oscar Nomination

Film critic Kevin Ganey's continuing Oscars coverage shines a spotlight on a local tie to Hollywood: Old Lyme’s own 1986 Academy Award contender for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Old Lyme Town Band members pose for a photograph with one row seated and two rows standing behind.
Old Lyme Town Band, High School Wind Ensemble to Perform Friday

The bands will combine for a free concert featuring fan favorites and guest-conductor Anthony Susi's own 'Jubilee March.'

Musical Masterworks Explores ‘The Sacred and the Profane,’ March 14 & 15

The concerts at the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme feature chamber works from Debussy, Bach, Britten and more, with pre‑concert talks.

Jim Sirch with an Irish flute, Willow Sirch with a fiddle and Gary Wikfors pose for a photo.
Banish the Winter Blues with Celtic Tunes at Old Lyme Library, March 11

Join the Confluence Ensemble for fiddle, flute, and jigs at this free Irish concert. Registration is recommended.

Snow piles up in front of Early Dawn Farm
Blizzard Winterscapes: Scenes from Lyme and Old Lyme

James Meehan presents a collection of quiet winterscapes captured on Tuesday as the rest of Lyme and Old Lyme busily dug out from snowfall not seen in years.

Nine paintings are shown on a wall at the 2025 Future Choices show.
Calling All Student Artists: Shoreline Arts Alliance Invites Entries for Annual Competition

High school students in Lyme, Old Lyme and across the Shoreline region are invited to enter the 42nd Annual Future Choices visual arts competition.

In this painting, students with clipboards look ahead while one girl points with a pencil.
One Gallery, Five Acts at Lyme Art Association, Feb. 27 – April 10

The upcoming exhibition features five juried shows on themes ranging from abstract art to faces and figures. An opening reception will be held March 1.

Florence Griswold Museum Names Interim Director Peter Steere to Permanent Post

Peter Steere, former chief operating officer of Yale Health and acting Florence Griswold Museum director, has been chosen to lead the museum into the future.