”˜Accessible Art”™ exhibitions presented
Danbury”™s Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut is presenting its “Accessible Art” exhibitions, featuring artists who are revealing their “visual songs,” running June 15 to Aug. 16, 287 Main St., Danbury. Featured artists include Elisabeth J. Levy of Bethel, John Longobricco of Danbury and Chris Plaisted of New Milford, joined by art students of the regional YMCA”™s Escape to the Arts. For more information, including locations, visit artswesternct.org.
New golf exhibition at the Fairfield Museum
The Fairfield Museum and History Center is opening a new exhibition titled “Fairfield”™s Fairways: 120 Years of Golf,” June 11 opening cocktail reception, 6 to 8 p.m., 370 Beach Road, Fairfield. The exhibit offers a historical perspective on the game, highlighting Fairfield”™s golf courses, their founders and designers, the tournaments they”™ve hosted and the players to emerge from their fairways. The opening cocktail reception also includes the presentation of The Fairfield Cup. Tickets to the opening cocktail reception are available at fairfieldcup.eventbrite.com.
Sirois to speak at Stamford Hospital
Stamford Hospital welcomes Maria Sirois to discuss ways to cope with the emotional stress of a cancer diagnosis, Wednesday, June 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Tully Health Center in Stamford. Sirois is an inspirational speaker, consultant and licensed clinical psychologist who has worked in the fields of wellness and positive psychology for 20 years.
The Survivorship Symposium is part of the Bennett Cancer Center”™s “Transitions: Choices in Recovery” program and is free to all area cancer patients and survivors. Space is limited and registration is required. To register, call 1-877-233-9355.
BHHS names top sellers
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties, a real estate company with offices in Connecticut and Rhode Island, named the top sales executives in the Norwalk office. In May, top honors went to Linda Dunsmore as the top listing agent, and Alan Blackie won top-seller.
”˜World of Colors”™ on the green
Danbury-based The World Heritage Cultural Center, housed in the old Empress Theatre auditorium, is featuring a “World of Colors” concert, 10 a.m., Saturday, June 20, City Center Danbury Green. Hosted by Kelly Wright of Fox TV and radio personality Cindy Vero, the concert features world entertainment and food vendors. The event is featuring representative troupes of the cultures of Puerto Rico, Ecuador, the Philippines, Russia and the Ukraine; Gypsy, Cossack and Jewish traditions; and the continents of Asian and South America.
For more information, visit mywhcc.com.
CPA society elects Rowella
Frank A. Rowella Jr., managing partner of Reynolds & Rowella LLP, an accounting firm with offices in Ridgefield and New Canaan, is serving as secretary to the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants for 2015-16. The election took place at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville, May 12. Rowella previously served as the society”™s treasurer and advisory council member.
Women in manufacturing event
Maureen Hanley-Belitto, senior vice president for commercial lending, Fairfield County division of United Bank, recently hosted a discussion on “Women in Manufacturing” at the 2015 CBIA Manufacturing Summit at the Trumbull Marriott. The event featured guest speakers that provided two-minute commercials about themselves and their companies. The discussion focused on tackling different barriers that women face in male-dominated industries.
United Way”™s Day of Action mobilizes volunteers
United Way of Western Connecticut was scheduled to gather nearly 550 volunteers from 27 businesses and corporations to partake in its annual Day of Action. More than 40 projects were anticipated to benefit more than 30 nonprofits throughout greater Danbury and greater New Milford, June 3. Companies signed up for projects such as reading to children, coordinating a community baby shower for families in need, organizing local food drives, planting vegetable gardens, cleaning up playgrounds, landscaping and painting. In addition to the volunteer efforts, businesses have donated thousands of dollars worth of materials and supplies in support of the projects.
Ridgefield Glass unveils larger showroom
Ridgefield Glass, a design and installation business, relocated to a new address at 159 Danbury Road in Ridgefield. The grand-opening celebration for the nearly double-the-size location is being held Saturday, June 13, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the store. The official ribbon-cutting ceremony follows Tuesday, June 23, 5 to 6:30 p.m., with First Selectman Rudy Marconi of Ridgefield and chamber of commerce and community members expected to attend.
Webster banker receives Leadership Award
Waterbury-based Webster Bank announced that Cheryl Poryanda, senior vice president, market manager, received the 2015 Leadership Award from New Haven”™s Women and Families Center, May 8. For more than 20 years, Poryanda has held various leadership positions ranging from a loan executive to president of the board of directors. In addition, she volunteers as a United Way reader in the Hartford Public School system, facilitates seminars on elder financial abuse prevention and has helped a team of bankers “adopt-a-family” during the holiday season for the past 10 years.
Norma F. Pfriem Foundation helps The Kennedy Center
Trumbull”™s The Kennedy Center Foundation, a nonprofit rehabilitation that serves individuals with disabilities and special needs, received four new Quest vans valued at a total $120,000 from the Norma F. Pfriem Foundation to replace its aging fleet. These seven-passenger vehicles provide transportation to clients involved in residential services, employment services and students in transitional programs.
Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum unveils elevator
Norwalk”™s Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum unveiled an ADA-accessible elevator that accommodates visitors with disabilities, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 20. The museum received $179,558 for this project from the State Historic Preservation Office of the Department of Economic and Community Development through Connecticut”™s Historic Restoration Fund and the Community Investment Act.
Gordon handles $16M property sale
Emily Gordon, a sales associate affiliated with the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office in Westport-Riverside, sold a 7.13-acre waterfront parcel at 66 Beachside Ave. for $16 million. Gordon consistently ranks among the top-performing sales associates at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. She is a recipient of the Coldwell Banker International President”™s Premier Award, an honor reserved for the top 1 percent of sales associates worldwide in the Coldwell Banker system.
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