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Comedy

STAMFORD Palace Theater, Stamford Center for the Arts Life: A Guide for the Perplexed, performed by the Flying Karamazov Brothers. Feb. 8 at 8 p.m. $30 to $39. Palace Theater, Stamford Center for the Arts, 61 Atlantic Street. (203) 325-4466, www.stamfordcenterforthearts.org.

For Children

BRIDGEPORT Downtown Cabaret Theater Pinocchio, a commedia dell'arte adaptation of the story by Carlo Collodi. Through Feb. 24. $14. Downtown Cabaret Theater, 263 Golden Hill Street. (203) 576-1636; www.dtcab.com.

FAIRFIELD Quick Center for the Arts Winnie-the-Pooh, a musical presented by Two Beans Productions. Ages 4 to 8. Feb. 3 at 1 and 3 p.m. Quick Center for the Arts, 1073 North Benson Road. (203) 254-4010; www.quickcenter.com.

RIDGEFIELD Ridgefield Playhouse Pepsi Children's Series: Henry and Mudge, a musical based on the books by Cynthia Rylant. Feb. 9 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. $15. Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge Avenue. (203) 438-5795; www.ridgefieldplayhouse.com.

STORRS Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts The Wizard of Oz, a musical. Score by Don Kersey. Feb. 3 at 1 and 3 p.m. $13; children, $11. Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, 2132 Hillside Road, University of Connecticut. (860) 486-4226; www.jorgensen.uconn.edu.

TORRINGTON Warner Theater School House Rock! Jr., a musical based on the educational cartoon. Feb. 2 and 3. $14. Warner Theater, 68 Main Street. (860) 489-7180; www.warnertheatre.org.

WATERBURY Palace Theater of Connecticut The Brand New Kid, a musical based on the book by Katie Couric. Thursday at 10 a.m. and noon. $8. Palace Theater of Connecticut, 100 East Main Street. (203) 755-4700; www.palacetheaterct.org.

Museums and Galleries

CHESTER eo art lab Featured Artist Series: Wet Paint, works by Leah Tinari, a New York artist. Through Wednesday. Hours: Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 6 p.m.,;Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 a. m. to 6 p.m., or by appointment. EO Art Lab, 69 Main Street. (860) 526-4833; www.eoartlab.com.

FAIRFIELD Fairfiled Public Library Roxanne Faber Savage, prints. Through Jan. 27. James Reid, drawings and prints. Feb. 3 through March 23. Hours: Mondays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Fairfield Public Library, Bruce S. Kershner Gallery, 1080 Old Post Road. (203) 256-3155; www.fairfieldpubliclibrary.org.

GREENWICHBruce Museum A Taste for Chocolate, the natural and artistic history of chocolate. Through Feb. 24. Navajo Textiles from the Bruce Museum. Through March 22. Robotics, exhibition exploring the impact of robots in science and technology. Through April 20. $7; seniors and students, $6; children 5 and under, free. Hours: Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays, 1 to 5 p.m. Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Drive. (203) 869-0376; www.brucemuseum.org.

GREENWICH Flinn Gallery 12 = One, a collaboration of concepts with Constance Kiermaier. Jan. 31 through March 13. Hours: Mondays through Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sundays, 1 to 5 p.m. Flinn Gallery, 101 West Putnam Avenue. (203) 622-7947; www.flinngallery.com.

HARTFORD Hartford 21/XL Center Bodies Revealed. Through March 31. $17 and $24. Hartford 21/XL Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza. (860) 727-8010; www.hartfordciviccenter.com.

HARTFORD The Connecticut Historical Society Small Things Considered, exploring the big impact of small objects. Through Feb. 23. $6; seniors, students and children, $3. Hours: Tuesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Connecticut Historical Society, 1 Elizabeth Street. (860) 236-5621; www.chs.org.

HARTFORDWadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Magic Facade: The Austin House. Through April 20. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Life, Times and Legacy. Through April 27. $3 to $10; members and children 12 and under, free. Hours: Wednesdays through Fridays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; first Thursdays of the month, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main Street. (860) 278-2670; www.wadsworthatheneum.org.

KENT Northern Exposure Photographic Gallery Magic Garden, photography exhibition. Through Jan. 27. Hours: Fridays through Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Northern Exposure Photographic Gallery, 27 North Main Street. (860) 927-3319; www.northernexposureportraits.com.

LAKEVILLE The White Gallery An Artful Season. Through Wednesday. Hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., or by appointment. The White Gallery, 343 Main Street. (860) 435-1029; www.thewhitegalleryart.com.

NEW BRITAIN New Britain Museum of American Art Charles Ethan Porter: African-American Master of Still Life, 52 paintings. Curated by Hildegard Cummings. Through March 6. New/Now, an EAT, exhibition exploring how consumerism affects the collective aesthetic. Through Feb. 24. Peter Bosco, exhibition featuring photographs from Fading Places. Through Feb. 24. Cathie Bleck: 13 Years of Artistic Expression, multimedia works. Reception and book signing on Feb. 24 at 3 p.m. Feb. 8 through April 27. $9; seniors, $8; students, $7; children under 12 and members, free. Hours: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. New Britain Museum of American Art, 56 Lexington Street. (860) 229-0257; www.nbmaa.org.

NEW HAVEN Exposure Gallery of Photography Royalty of Rock: The Iconic Rock-and-Roll-Photographs of Richard E. Aaron. Through Feb. 16. Hours: Wednesdays through Fridays, noon to 6 p.m.; Saturdays, noon to 4 p.m., or by appointment. Exposure Gallery of Photography, 1 Whitney Avenue. (203) 494-9905; www.exposureexhibitions.com.

NEW HAVEN Peabody Museum of Natural History Seeing Wonders: The Nature of Fly Fishing. Artifacts and an overview of the history of fly-fishing and fly-tying. Through Feb. 24. $3 to $7. Hours: Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170-210 Whitney Avenue. (203) 432-5050; www.yale.edu/peabody.

NEW HAVEN White Space Gallery All Small Things, group exhibition. Through Monday. Hours: Saturday and Monday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; White Space Gallery, 1020 Chapel Street. (203) 495-1200; www.whitespacegallery.com.

NEW HAVENYale Center for British Art The Lure of the East: British Orientalist Painting, 1830-1925. Feb. 7 through April 27. Pearls to Pyramids: British Visual Culture and the Levant, 1600-1830. Feb. 7 through April 27. Hours: Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel Street. (203) 432-2800; www.yale.edu/ycba.

NEW HAVENYale University School of Architecture Ecology. Design. Synergy, environmental design by Behnisch Architects and Transsolar Climate Engineering in Stuttgart, Germany. Through Friday. . Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Yale University School of Architecture , 32 Edgewood Avenue. (203) 432-2288; www.architecture.yale.edu.

NEW LONDON Lyman Allyn Art Museum At Home and Abroad: The Transcendental Landscapes of Christopher Pearse Cranch, paintings. Through Feb. 25. Barbara Roux: Evidence From Nature, exhibition featuring sealed bags containing specimens taken from nature. Through Feb. 25. The British Are Coming: British Art From the Lyman Allyn Art Museum, curated by Nancy Stula. Through Feb. 4. $4 and $5; children under 8, free. Hours: Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays, 1 to 5 p.m. Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 Williams Street. (860) 443-2545; www.lymanallyn.org.

OLD LYME Florence Griswold Museum Faces and Figures: American Portraits. Selected 19th- and 20th-century paintings from the museum's collection. Through Jan. 27. The Artistic Heritage of Connecticut: Highlights From the Hartford Steam Boiler Collection. Through April 20. The Finishing Touch: Understanding the Techniques of American Impressionist and Tonalist Painters. Feb. 2 through April 27. $4 to $8; under 6, free. Hours: Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays, 1 to 5 p.m. Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme Street. (860) 434-5542; www.flogris.org.

RIDGEFIELDAldrich Contemporary Art Museum Charlotte Schulz: An Insufficiency in Our Screens, collection of two- and three-dimensional charcoal drawings. Through May. 26. Voice and Void, exhibition curated by Thomas Trummer. Through Feb. 24. Marti Cormand: 2007 Emerging Artist Award Exhibition, new paintings and drawings by Marti Cormand. Through Feb. 24. Life and Death: A Visual Taxonomy, works by the artist James Prosek. Through June 8. A. T. M.: Aldrich New Staff Hire, featuring what the museum calls the world's first and only automated teller machine stand-up comedian. Through Feb. 24. $4 and $7; members, kindergarten through 12th-grade teachers and children under 18, free. Hours: Tuesdays through Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main Street. (203) 438-4519; www.aldrichart.org.

WOODBURY Fenn Gallery Paintings with collage by Erica Harris, and abstract paintings by Susan Monserud. Through Jan. 27. Noon to 5 p.m., or by appointment. Fenn Gallery, 345 Main Street South. (203) 263-3449; www.fenngallery.com.

Music and Dance

FAIRFIELD Fairfield Theater Company Enrique Alarcon Latin Dance Party, a performance followed by an instruction. Feb. 8 at 8 p.m. $37; members, $32. Fairfield Theater Company, 70 Sanford Street. (203) 259-1036; www.fairfieldtheatre.org.

FAIRFIELD Quick Center for the Arts Neil Berg's 100 Years of Broadway, a musical revue. Feb. 9 at 3 and 8 p.m. $40 to $50. Quick Center for the Arts, 1073 North Benson Road. (203) 254-4010; www.quickcenter.com.

HARTFORD Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts The Connecticut Guitar Society presents the Paco Pena Dance Company, flamenco. Friday at 7:30 p.m. $27.50 to $67.50. Hot Chocolate Soul-2008 January, comedy and poetry backed by a live band. Feb. 8 at 9 p.m. $24. Bowfire, various styles of music featuring fiddle and violin virtuosos. Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. $27.50 to $47.50. Big Band Blast! Performed by the Hartford Symphony Orchestra with Jeff Tyzik, conductor. Feb. 2 at 8 p.m. $18 to $62. Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, 166 Capitol Avenue. (860) 987-5900; www.bushnell.org.

NEW HAVENYale Repertory Theater Peru Negro, festive dances with Afro-South American music. Wednesday and Thursday at 8 p.m. $20 to $48. Yale Repertory Theater, 1120 Chapel Street. (203) 432-1234; www.yale.edu/yalerep.

RIDGEFIELD Ridgefield Playhouse Michelle Shocked, singer-songwriter, folk. Feb. 2 at 8 p.m. $45. Leon Russell, singer-songwriter, rock. Feb. 8 at 8 p.m. $47.50. Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge Avenue. (203) 438-5795; www.ridgefieldplayhouse.com.

STAMFORD Rich Forum, Stamford Center for the Arts David Lanz, rock. Feb. 2 at 8 p.m. $25 to $34. Rich Forum, Stamford Center for the Arts, 307 Atlantic Street. (203) 325-4466; www.stamfordcenterforthearts.org.

STORRS Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts The New England Piano Trio perform works by Beethoven, Rachmaninov and Brahms. Thursday at 7:30 p.m. $24 to $30. Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders. Friday at 8 p.m. $26 to $30. Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, 2132 Hillside Road, University of Connecticut. (860) 486-4226; www.jorgensen.uconn.edu.

UNCASVILLE Mohegan Sun Trace Akins with Jo Dee Messina, country. Wednesday at 7 p.m. $35 and $45. Bronson Arroyo, rock. Through Jan. 27. $30. Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood, country. Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m. $75 and $95. Whiskey Falls, rock. Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. Free. Wicked Peach, rock. Monday at 7 p.m. Free. Columbia Fields, rock-fusion. Wednesday at 7 p.m. Free. Dancing with the Stars: The Tour. Feb. 7 and 8 at 7:30 p.m. $65 to $195. Johnny Winter, blues. Feb. 8 at 8 p.m. Free. Anne Murray, singer-songerwriter, pop and country. Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. $30. Mohegan Sun, 1 Mohegan Sun Boulevard. (888) 226-7711; www.mohegansun.com.

WATERBURY Palace Theater of Connecticut The Mark Wood Experience with members of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Friday at 7 p.m. $15 to $35. Palace Theater of Connecticut, 100 East Main Street. (203) 755-4700; www.palacetheaterct.org.

Spoken Word

HARTFORD Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts The American Dream... Going, Going, Gone? With Barbara Ehrenreich and Roland Fryer. Feb. 9 at 8 p.m. Free. Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, 166 Capitol Avenue. (860) 987-5900; www.bushnell.org.

Theater

HARTFORD Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts Almost Heaven: The Songs of John Denver, a musical by Harold Thau and Jeff Waxman. Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. $35 to $40. Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, 166 Capitol Avenue. (860) 987-5900; www.bushnell.org.

HARTFORD Hartford Stage Zerline's Tale, adapted by Jeremy Sams. Starring Elizabeth Ashley. Through Feb. 10. $27.50 to $54.50. Hartford Stage, 50 Church Street. (860) 527-5151; www.hartfordstage.org.

HARTFORD TheaterWorks Hartford The Little Dog Laughed, by Douglas Carter Beane. Directed by Rob Ruggiero. Through March 9. $37 and $47. TheaterWorks Hartford, 233 Pearl Street. (860) 527-7838; www.theaterworkshartford.org.

MILFORD Milford Center for the Arts Breaking Legs, a comedy by Tom Dulack, directed by Robert Watts. Friday through Feb. 17. $15; students and seniors, $12.50. Milford Center for the Arts, 40 Railroad Avenue. (203) 878-6647; www.milfordarts.org.

NEW HAVENLong Wharf Theater Let Me Down Easy, a solo show written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith. Through Feb. 3. $31.25 to $61.25. Long Wharf Theater, 222 Sargent Drive. (203) 787-4282; www.longwharf.org.

NEW MILFORD TheaterWorks Tea at Five, by Matthew Lombardo. A one-woman show about Katherine Hepburn. Through Feb. 16. $20. TheaterWorks, 5 Brookside Avenue. (860) 350-6863; www.theatreworks.us.

RIDGEFIELD Ridgefield Theater Barn Love Letters, by A. R. Gurney, directed by Craig David Rosen. Feb. 8 through 23. $18 and $22. Ridgefield Theater Barn, 37 Halpin Lane. (203) 431-9850; www.theaterbarn.org.

STORRS Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers, by Geoffrey Cowan and Leroy Aarons. Feb. 5 at 8 p.m. $30 and $33. Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, 2132 Hillside Road, University of Connecticut. (860) 486-4226; www.jorgensen.uconn.edu.

WATERBURY Palace Theater of Connecticut Mamma Mia, by Catherine Johnson. Music by Abba. Through Jan. 27. $57 to $68. Palace Theater of Connecticut, 100 East Main Street. (203) 755-4700; www.palacetheaterct.org.

WATERBURY Seven Angels Theater Nunsense II: The Second Coming, a musical by Dan Goggin. Through Jan. 27. $21 and $26. Seven Angels Theater, Plank Road in Hamilton Park Pavilion. (203) 757-4676; sevenangelstheatre.org.

[Illustration]PHOTOS: MIDDLETOWN: Bigotry in America: Listening to Our Own Voices, a discussion with the playwright and director Moises Kaufman, will be held on Feb. 7 at 8 p.m. at the Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University. Free. (860) 685-3355; www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.; STAMFORD: Melanie Nicholls-King, left, and Sydney Stone star in Thomas Gibbons's Bee-Luther-Hatchee, at Stamford Theater Works Jan. 30 through Feb. 17. $30 to $43. 200 Strawberry Hill Avenue. (203) 359-4414; www.stamfordtheatreworks.org. (pg. 10)