Cultural Commission

CITY OF DANBURY CULTURAL COMMISSION 256 Main Street Danbury, Connecticut 06810 203 797 4508 AGENDA June 24, 2024 6:30 PM The Meeting will take place at the Commission office 256 Main Street Danbury, Conn. and Videoconference with audio conference call available as backup Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86585320057?pwd=ebaLYzags6BBIGYinxpWfGgv4UWMOA.1 Meeting ID: 865 8532 0057 Passcode: 816120 One tap mobile: Dial by your location +19294362866,,86585320057# US (New York) +1 929 436 2866 US (New York) Meeting ID: 865 8532 0057 Passcode: 816120 Meeting ID: 865 8532 0057 Passcode: 816120 If the Zoom video connection is lost, call the backup phone conference at 1 605-475-4120 Access Code: 816120 Call to Order Roll Call Presentation of the Minutes of the previous Meeting Appeals from Community Groups 1. Danbury Concert Association $10,000 Kathryn Taylor-Kloss, Executive Director 4 Concert series featuring Professional musicians. 2. Connecticut Ballet $5,000 Bret Raphael, Artistic Director Ballet Under the Stars return to Danbury performance at Richter Park AND the 2024-2024 School Programs Public Comment Juan Fonseca Tapia - Pride Month Movie and Mural Communication EMail: Commission projects: Make Music Day, Literary contests, Mail: Phone: In person: Juan Fonseca Tapia Reports on DCC sponsored events ● Danbury Music Centre ○ Danbury Centre Strings - Sunday, June 2⋅3:00 – 4:30pm ○ Danbury Symphony Orchestra: Annual Young People’s Concert - Sunday, June 9⋅3:00 – 4:30pm ● S.L. Richter Association for the Arts - 2024 spring series ○ Chauncey Street Blues Band Sunday, May 26⋅3:00 – 4:30pm ● Connecticut Open House Day 2024 Saturday, June 8⋅10:00am – 2:00pm Agenda Page 1 of 4 Prepared: June 20, 2024  CITY OF DANBURY CULTURAL COMMISSION 256 Main Street Danbury, Connecticut 06810 203 797 4508 ● Make Music Day - Cultural Commission Friday, June 21⋅11:00am – 9:00pm Danbury events not sponsored by the Commission ● CoDA Festival (All School Art Festival) Saturday, June 1 11:00am – 1:00pm ● Greek Experience Festival - Assumption Greek Orthodox Church community June 7 – 9, 2024 ● Mad Hatter Chorus - Sounds of New York Saturday, June 8⋅7:00 – 9:00pm ● “Emancipation Jubilation” – 3rd Annual Danbury Juneteenth Celebration Saturday, June 15⋅11:00am – 4:00pm ● Ultimate Rock Tribute Experience - Danbury Ice Arena Saturday, June 15⋅7:00 – 8:30pm ● Noteworthy - Family Concert Sunday, June 23⋅7:00 – 8:30pm ● Danbury Music Centre Hat City Flutes Anniversary Concert - Friday, June 21⋅7:30 – 9:00pm ● Richter House Reopening Monday, June 17 4:30pm ● Reopening Open House tour of Richter Art Center Sunday, June 23⋅2:00 – 5:30pm ● Danbury Museum ● Danbury Railway Museum ● Danbury Library ● Music at the Ridge - Reggie Harris June 2 4:00 – 6:00pm ● Saint Peter Church - Choral Vespers with the St. Peter Parish Choir - 7 at Seven Saint Peter May 31 7:00 – 8:30pm ● City Center Danbury ● Western Connecticut Youth Orchestra - STORYTELLING Spring Concert Sunday, June 2⋅4:00 – 5:30pm ● Palace Theater Danbury ● Galleries ○ Gallery of the Visual and Performing Arts Center WCSU Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension ○ Gallery at Still River Editions 128 E Liberty St. ■ First Ladies Paintings by Tina Sarno April 9 until Jun 29, 2024 ● in VIEW project Main Street Danbury ● WCSU Upcoming events See addendum Coordinator’s Report 1. Final FY budget special meeting 2. Poet Laureate has a dedicated email address 3. Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut for Arts and Culture Concierge Meetings. May 29th 5 PM Danbury Museum, 43 Main Street Co-host: Dby Cultural Commission, GWencek 4. Open House 36 people a. Danbury railway museum had 88 people with 66 taking a free ride. 5. Pride month project proposal of Paulie Muni movie and mural - Juan Fonseca Tapia 6. Video research with Alma progressing. Project redirected to another focus - “Did You Know?” Scripts written and the first few shot with one released 6/18/24. 7. Coordinator Hours logged this month: 56 with SCHEDULED 36 8. Website visits 140 ; 77 Desktop 62 mobile. page views 218 . 9. Newsletter subscribers 190 down 1 from last month. 10. Meeting the goals stated in the Finance budget document Old Business 1. Discussion of budget allocation Fiscal Year 2024/25 - SFallon Agenda Page 2 of 4 Prepared: June 20, 2024  CITY OF DANBURY CULTURAL COMMISSION 256 Main Street Danbury, Connecticut 06810 203 797 4508 Growth Ideas Committee 1. “Creative Ideas” ad hoc Committee to review ideas to stimulate cultural and artistic growth in the City being prioritized. - GSmith, AFaham, and JCooke. a. Potential project: find an historian, maybe a tour(s) of our cemeteries. This would draw an audience — directly funded by the Commission or look for a producer and offer a grant. New Business 1. Executive Session Action on Grant Requests: 1. Danbury Concert Association $10,000 for 2024/25 Four concert season. 2. Connecticut Ballet $5,000 for Ballet under the stars and in-school program. Other Business: 1. Show the Did You Know… video Adjourn Upcoming events Addendum * Make Music Day - Cultural Commission Danbury Town Park 36 E Hayestown Rd, Danbury, CT Friday, June 21⋅11:00am – 9:00pm 06811 Downtown Chowdown - City Center PETER ANTONIOU, THE PSYCHIC COMEDIAN - The Thursday, June 20⋅11:30am – 1:30pm Palace Danbury Weekly on Thursday, until Jun 27, 2024 Saturday, June 29⋅8:00 – 9:30pm The Palace Danbury 165 Main St, Danbury, CT 06810 Summer Concert s - CityCenter Friday, June 21⋅7:00 – 10:00pm Ives Street Green, Ives St, Danbury, CT 06810 Christel Davis Memorial Outdoor Summer Carillon Concerts - Saint James Episcopal Church Hat City Flutes Anniversary Concert - Danbury Music Wednesday, July 3⋅12:00 – 12:30pm Centre Friday, June 21⋅7:30 – 9:00pm Kristin O'Connor Vece Former Carillonneur at Saint Danbury Music Centre, 256 Main Street, Danbury, CT James's Danbury, CT St James Episcopal Church 25 West St, Danbury, CT Farmer's Market Danbury Saturday, June 22⋅10:00am – 06810 2:00pm until Oct 20, 2024 2 Ives St, Danbury, CT 06810 bury, CT * Disney's Beauty and the Beast - Musicals at Richter OPENING NIGHT Friday, July 5⋅12:00 – 1:30pm Family Concert - Noteworthy Weekly on Sunday, Friday, Saturday, until Jul 21, 2024 Sunday, June 23⋅7:00 – 8:30pm Musicals at Richter 100 Aunt Hack Rd, Danbury, CT Assumption Greek Orthodox Church 06811 30 Clapboard Ridge Rd, Danbury, CT 06811 Summer Concert s - CityCenter Candlewood Fireworks Friday, July 5⋅7:00 – 10:00pm Saturday, June 29⋅6:30 Ives Street Green, Ives St, Danbury, CT 06810 Agenda Page 3 of 4 Prepared: June 20, 2024  CITY OF DANBURY CULTURAL COMMISSION 256 Main Street Danbury, Connecticut 06810 203 797 4508 St James Episcopal Church 25 West St, Danbury, CT * Fairy Tale Theater - Musicals at Richter 06810 Saturday, July 6⋅10:30am – 12:00pm Weekly on Saturday, until Jul 28, 2024 Chamber Music Intensive - Danbury Music Centre Musicals at Richter 100 Aunt Hack Rd, Danbury, CT Thursday, July 25⋅7:30 – 9:00pm 06811 *Grease - Musicals at Richter Christel Davis Memorial Outdoor Summer Carillon OPENING NIGHT Friday, July 26⋅12:00 – 1:30pm Concerts - Saint James Episcopal Church Weekly on Sunday, Friday, Saturday, until Aug 11, 2024 Wednesday, July 10⋅12:00 – 12:30pm Musicals at Richter 100 Aunt Hack Rd, Danbury, CT Carla Staffaroni Carillonneur at Riverside Church New 06811 York, NY St James Episcopal Church 25 West St, Danbury, CT Danbury International Festival - CityCenter 06810 Saturday, July 27⋅1:00 – 9:00pm Ives Street Green, Ives St, Danbury, CT 06810 Summer Concert s - CityCenter Friday, July 12⋅7:00 – 10:00pm Acoustic Alchemy - The Palace Danbury Ives Street Green, Ives St, Danbury, CT 06810 Saturday, July 27⋅8:00 – 9:30pm The Palace Danbury 165 Main St, Danbury, CT 06810 Sons of Skynyrd - The Palace Danbury Saturday, July 13⋅8:00 – 9:30pm Christel Davis Memorial Outdoor Summer Carillon The Palace Danbury 165 Main St, Danbury, CT 06810 Concerts - Saint James Episcopal Church Wednesday, July 31⋅12:00 – 12:30pm Christel Davis Memorial Outdoor Summer Carillon George Matthew, Jr. Carillonneur Middlebury College Concerts - Saint James Episcopal Church and Norwich University Middlebury, VT Wednesday, July 17⋅12:00 – 12:30pm St James Episcopal Church 25 West St, Danbury, CT Austin Ferguson Carillonneur at Mayo Clinic Rochester, 06810 MN St James Episcopal Church 25 West St, Danbury, CT 06810 *Events sponsored by the Commission * Third Thursday Poetry Thursday, July 18⋅10:30am – 12:00pm Monthly on the third Thursday Visual Galleries: Danbury Cultural Commission 256 Main St, Danbury, CT 06810 Still River Editions 128 East Liberty Street, Suite 3, Danbury, CT Silent Film Night – Buster Keaton’s “Sherlock Jr.” with live musical accompaniment Danbury Music Centre Trailer Box Gallery Saturday, July 20⋅8:00 – 9:00pm 12 Francis J Clarke Circle- Bethel Ct. Danbury Music Centre, 256 Main Street, Danbury, CT 06810 THE GALLERY at the Visual & Performing Arts Center WCSU, Westside Campus Christel Davis Memorial Outdoor Summer Carillon Concerts - Saint James Episcopal Church Wednesday, July 24⋅12:00 – 12:30pm Western Connecticut State University John Widmann Carillonneur at The Joseph Dill Baker Memorial Carillon Frederick, VA Agenda Page 4 of 4 Prepared: June 20, 2024