A star-studded cast of artists and performers from May 21 to late fall are scheduled for Merryall, a nonprofit arthouse and community center located at 8 Chapel Hill Road in the heart of Litchfield Hills. Its doors will open with performances by Barbra & Litmus, benefiting WPKN and Merryall Art Center.
“We are proud to be partnering with WPKN to present the first concert of our reopening season,” said Dean Gray, president of Merryall”™s Board of Directors.
Over the past seven decades, Merryall has hosted such luminaries as Fredric March, Marian Anderson, Isaac Stern and Eartha Kitt.
This season”™s highlights will continue in June with a trio of performances paying homage to Gay Pride: Jazz in July will celebrate the Ali Ryerson Jazz Quartet; in August Frank Brocklehurst Gypsy Jazz Quartet featuring Luke Hendon on guitar will take the stage.
Come September, Merryall pays tribute to and remembers renowned playwright Bill C. Davis, who called this area home, with a reading of “The Sex King.” The season”™s finale is a book signing by Carol Bergren Santoleri, the author of “The History of Steep Rock – The Jewel in the Crown.” And to discover what”™s next, ask medium Patti Sinclair, returning to Merryall”™s stage by popular demand on Oct. 22.
For more information, membership, sponsor or tickets, visit merryallcenter.org.
