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Shelton to ring in 2026 with fireworks at Veterans Memorial Park

 

American Legion Post 16 in Shelton slates Veterans Day services

 

Shelton to host New Year's Eve fireworks at Riverwalk - Veterans Park

 

Shelton to host fireworks on New Year's Eve at Riverwalk

 

Shelton-Derby concert, fireworks on tap Friday

SHELTON - The Shelton-Derby Concert and Fireworks event will be held Friday at the Riverwalk on Canal Street.

The concert is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. followed by fireworks.

Save the date: Rotary Club to host Shelton Shop Hop at Riverwalk

 

Shelton Library System hosts conversation to practice English at Rotary Club Pavilion

 

Looking to practice your English in a welcoming and casual environment?

Please join us at 10 a.m. Friday at the Derby-Shelton Rotary Club Pavilion at the Slab.

Please wear a mask and bring a chair. Hope to see you there!

This is shared from the Shelton Library System Facebook page.

Ansonia seeks volunteers for Naugatuck River cleanup Sunday

 

Shelton police announce street closures for tonight

*Sharing from the Shelton Police Department Facebook page:

"The annual Shelton-Derby Fireworks are scheduled for tonight (Wednesday, July 3rd) at the Riverwalk on Canal St.

Canal St between Wharf St and Hill St will be closed at approximately 2:00pm.

Canal St between Hill St and Cornell St will be closed at 5:30pm

Howe Ave, including all side roads, between Wharf St and Center St will be closed at 7:30pm.

Expect traffic delays downtown and use caution due to the volume of vehicle and pedestrian traffic."

Kennel Club to hold K-9 Karnival at Shelton River Walk

Friday marks final 2017 Downtown Sounds event in Shelton

And the event sponsors:

Save the date: Food Trucks in the Valley slated at Shelton Riverwalk

An aerial view of last year's Food Trucks in the Valley festival at the Shelton Riverwalk./ Photo from Facebook event page. 

Sharing this info from a Facebook event page:

"Food Trucks in the Valley benefits Spooner House
SUGGESTED $2 ADMISSION (does not apply to food and beverage). 
Please like our page:Food Trucks in the Valley and follow us on Twitter: @ValleyFTs and Instagram: ValleyFoodTrucks
25+ Food Trucks
Live Music
Craft Beer with Bumski's
Car Show: Bring your classic or themed car, People's Choice Award
Kids Activities
Local Vendors
And more... 

"Thank you to our sponsors: Newtown Savings Bank, Avalon Shelton, Shelton Car Care, People's United Bank BMW of Bridgeport and more TBA soon!
"If you would like to sponsor Food Trucks in the Valley, please email FoodTrucksintheValley@gmail.com.

"***PARKING will be available along the Riverwalk sidewalk, Conti building municipal lot, on the grass like last year, Shelton Post Office, street parking all around the venue, and across the bridge.

"Thank you to our 2016 sponsors: 
Toys"R"Us/Babies"R"Us, The Exchange Club of Shelton, NPI Medical, Conaway Design, Dental Associates of CT, Shelton Car Care, Unilever, Valley Community Foundation, Brighindi Builders, mebCINEMA, Food Trucks In, People's United Bank, Ned Miller Agency, JMK Training, John J. Brennan Construction, BMW of Bridgeport, and ACI Dynamix.

"VAP Events is excited to host this event for its 4th year! 
Visit our website: http://vapevents.com/"

Valley Shakespeare Festival to stage 'Twelfth Night' in Shelton

The cast of 'Twelfth Night, or What You Will' strikes a pose./ Submitted photo

SHELTON - Can love be comic? Shakespeare thought so! His romantic comedy, “Twelfth Night, or What You Will” is all about the silly, ridiculous and crazy things people will do for love.  

Or, at least, for what they hope is love.

Who of us hasn’t pretended to be more (or less) than we are to impress someone?  We dress-up, we wear make-up, we feign interest in books, movies, music, and activities that don’t even interest us just to find something in common to share with that certain “someone”.    

But is it all for love? Or is it ego? Or maybe it’s the challenge? Or perhaps it’s just plain lust?  What is it that motivates us to turn ourselves inside out, upside down, and oftentimes even make utter fools of ourselves, to gain the attention and affection of another?  

Come and see how Shakespeare’s merry band of misfits con, connive, coerce and even cross-dress to win their “true” loves in the mythical kingdom of Illyria July 13-16 at Veterans Memorial-Riverwalk Park.  

The performances begin at 8 p.m., are open to the public free of charge, and are presented by Valley Shakespeare Festival, the Valley’s very own professional, nonprofit theater company.  

Audiences are invited to arrive at 6 p.m. for picnic and family time prior to the performances.  

Bring a blanket or lawn chair, relax and enjoy the “festival” atmosphere each evening with music and a variety of Food Trucks.  

The music prior to the Friday evening performance will be live, provided by a local band.

Come and celebrate “Christmas in July” with Valley Shakespeare Festival’s “Twelfth Night, or What You Will.”  Perhaps you’ll discover what you will (do for love…)

This is a press release from Valley Shakespeare Festival, a 501(C)(3) nonprofit professional theater company based in Shelton, dedicated to bringing free and low-cost theater to the communities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley and its environs.  

For more information, visit www.vsfestival.org, our Facebook page, or call 203-513-9446. 

American Legion Post 16 in Shelton to sponsor walk for Children's Medical Center

Valley Shakespeare Festival to hold auditions

SHELTON - Valley Shakespeare Festival will hold local CT AEA and Non AEA auditions from 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. March 11 at the Community Center, 41 Church St., in Craft Room 5, for its productions of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, and William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors and Twelfth Night.

Candidates must prepare two contrasting Shakespeare monologues; if skilled on a musical instrument, please bring it and have a 16-bar selection ready to play.  
Candidates may be asked to read from the script and should bring a resume and photo, stapled together.  
Any questions, please visit www.vsfestival.org or call 203-513-9446.

All roles are open, paid positions available, Equity points offered for Twelfth Night.

Our Town is a “one-time performance” community event which will be performed on the evening of May 2 beginning at 7 p.m. in three historic Valley sites.  
Rehearsals will run April 24 through May 1, weekdays 7-10 p.m., weekends 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at Shelton Community Center.

The Comedy of Errors is a non-Equity touring production which will run from April 24-May 12 with daytime performances.  
Rehearsals will be held at the Community Center, April 17-22, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Twelfth Night is a free outdoor production in Shelton’s Veterans Memorial-Riverwalk Park, open to the general public. Four performances run July 13–16.   
Rehearsals begin June 26 and continue through July 8, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. in the Community Center; tech rehearsal at venue July 11-12.

AEA SPT Tier II contract for Equity members; Equity points offered for non-AEA performers.  

Valley Shakespeare Festival's 2017 season begins with the latest edition in its Shakespeare in the Bar series, “The Merry Wives of Windsor” on Wednesday and Thursday, March 1 and 2 at Caloroso Bar and Eatery, 100 Center St.

Admission is $20 in advance for table seat, $15 for bar seats and $25 at the door.  
Tickets are on sale now at www.vsfestival.org, VSF’s Facebook page, and by calling 203-513-9446.


This is a press release from Valley Shakespeare Festival.

Post 16 in Shelton to conduct services at the Riverwalk

SHELTON - Sutter-Terlizzi Post 16 will conduct Veterans Day services today at the Riverwalk in Shelton.

Ceremonies will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Veterans’ Memorial on the Riverwalk followed by an 11:30 a.m. service and luncheon at Post 16 on Bridgeport Avenue.

'Drive-in' movie scheduled Saturday in Shelton

SHELTON -The Shelton Youth Service Bureau will sponsor a free showing of "Big Hero 6," at a “drive-in” movie event at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Veterans Memorial Park, 38 Canal St. East.

The site is near the Shelton Riverwalk.

Movies start about 8:30 p.m. Bring your own refreshments (no alcohol, please), seating, and bug spray.

All movies are rated PG.


This information is shared from an online community calendar sponsored by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and the New Haven Independent.

Derby-Shelton to host fireworks, free concerts Thursday

The annual fireworks display over the Housatonic River sponsored by Derby and Shelton will start shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday.

Free concerts are scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. before the fireworks. 
They will feature a Seymour-based classic rock band, The Starving Artists playing hits from the 50s, 60s, and 70s in downtown Derby, and The Navels performing hits from the 60s-90s and today on the Shelton Riverwalk.

This event is a Valley tradition and always draws a big crowd!

Rain date is Sunday.

Valley Shakespeare Festival to stage comedy

SHELTON - William Shakespeare’s fantastical comedy about young lovers, royals, fairies and magic, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, will come alive for four spellbinding nights on stage at Shelton’s Riverwalk-Veterans Memorial Park at 8 p.m. July 9-12.

The performances will be presented free of charge to all by Valley Shakespeare Festival.

This will be the company’s third year of free summer productions in the park.

Devotees of VSF’s previous productions will recognize several returning performers as well as some new faces in this summer’s cast.

Making their VSF debuts are, among others, Broadway veteran Gary Harger (playing the dual roles of Egeus and Peter Quince) and Matt Densky (as Puck), who most recently performed in the Madison Square Garden production of How the Grinch Stole Christmas and the U.S. Regional premier of Disney’s Little Mermaid.

Also joining the cast for the first time are New York actors Tara Reuter as Hermia, Kelsea Baker as Helena, Matthew Hansen as Demetrius and Erik Bloomquist as Lysander.  Playing the dual roles of Theseus and Oberon, VSF is happy to welcome stage and screen veteran Dave Herigstad. 

Among the returnees are locals Jessica Breda, who has performed in almost every VSF production, as Hippolyta and Titania; Tyler Huntley (Much Ado About Nothing, A Christmas Carol) as Flute, Peseblossom and Thisbe;  Gwendolyn Niles (Much Ado About Nothing, A Christmas Carol) in dual roles, and of course, Tom Simonetti as Bottom. 

Rounding out the cast are Brodey Ott, Ben Kingsley and Ansonia High School Senior Ashley Velleco, all taking on multiple roles.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a fast-paced, fun and “spirited” romp revolving around two sets of young lovers who flee into a forest and stumble onto a merry feud between the King and Queen of the Fairies of the forest.  

It is truly an ensemble effort with many of the actors playing dual roles as the action takes place in two completely different settings.  It begins in Athens where Duke Theseus is preparing to wed Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons, but quickly moves into the enchanted forest where all bets are off.  

With the change of scenery comes the change of roles as Duke Theseus becomes Oberon, King of the Fairies and his betrothed, Hippolyta, becomes Titania, Oberon’s wife and Queen of the Fairies.  
And, a burly group of craftsmen who are gathered in the forest to rehearse a play they have prepared to perform at the Duke’s wedding find themselves magically transformed into forest sprites, sparkly wings and all!

Hilarious mishaps and mayhem ensue as Oberon and Titania attempt to clean up the mess the mortals have made, all the while waging a mini-war between themselves using the fairies and mortals as pawns.

Being a true Shakespearean comedy, it’s no spoiler to reveal that all is resolved in the end, but it may be best to take Puck’s parting advice as shared in his epilogue: 

     

                                                                             If we shadows have offended,

                                                                            Think but this and all is mended,

                                                                            That you have but slumbered here,

                                                                            While these visions did appear.

After all, it is a midsummer night’s dream …


This is a press release from Valley Shakespeare Festival.