70TH ANNIVERSARY STAR-STUDDED EVENT

Merryall, 8 Chapel Hill Road, in New Milford, Connecticut, extends an invitation to friends, neighbors, the entire community and theater lovers all over Connecticut to a night of wonderous art and magical music, toasting the paintings of Connecticut”™s Lorraine Ryan and music performed by jazz flutist Ali Ryerson and her Jazz Quartet.

Ryan, a Connecticut native, is noted for her nostalgic barn paintings, saying, “ I chose to do barns because of their great history in Litchfield County and because unfortunately they are vanishing, disappearing just like our farms. I want to capture them while I can.  If these barns could speak ”“ the stories they could tell”¦I want my paintings to speak for them.”

Ryerson is one of the world”™s top-ranked flutists and the daughter of a renowned jazz guitarist. She has successfully carried on the family tradition, becoming an international touring and recording artist.  She will be joined on stage by her touring Jazz Quartet.

The reception will be catered by New Milford”™s own Community Culinary School of Northwestern Connecticut. 

Tickets for the evening are $35 and can be purchased online at merryallcenter.org.