on display at the Souterrain Gallery through July :

“Frank Rosen a nontraditional woodworker who also uses wood for painting and sculpture. His work moves in different directions: geometric to flowing, flat to textural, colorful to subdued. Surprise and humor are also media in which he dabbles.”   

more info at www.souterraingallery.net

open Th-Su 11-5

 2025 THEATER ARTS CAMP- Monday-July 28- Friday, August 1st for Ages 6 & up

Act, Dance, Sing and Perform in Grumbling Gryphons 45th Gala Performance on Friday, August 1st at 7 pm at Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village. Grumbling Gryphons will hold their annual theater arts camp in Cornwall and Falls Village for children ages 6 years and up. Theater Campers will take part in the company’s 45th Gala Celebration Performance of ”Through the Rainbow and into the Stars!” on Friday evening, August 1st.   

The performance will feature summer theater campers as well as veteran Gryphon actors, musicians and special guest artists. Campers will work with professional actors, musicians and visual artists to create their own masks, props, scenery and perform in the celebration. Live music will be performed by award winning musician Brian Bender, with special guest musicians. Ellen Moon, Grumbling Gryphons mask and costume maker will make a special appearance with her grand puppet- The Golden Lady for the finale with the Berkshire Resilience Brass Brand enlivening the festivities!

 Grumbling Gryphons is a non-profit 501c3 organization, now celebrating 45 years. Winner of Connecticut Governor’s Arts Award, the company has traveled the US and internationally bringing their magic and participatory approach to theater for young and old alike. Leslie Elias has served as Artistic Director since co-founding Grumbling Gryphons in 1980 and is the winner of the 2018 Connecticut Arts Hero Award as well as 2018 Culture Max Award for Arts Educator from the Northwest Connecticut Arts Council.

Micah Conway, math teacher at HVRHS will serve as assistant director assisted by Daniel Saed, Natalie Resto and Diane Gnagnarelli. Partial Scholarships are available through Berkshire Taconic Susan Fillman Scholarship Fund for Region One Students as well as additional scholarships upon request. Special thanks to the Northwest CT Community Foundation, Inc. (NCCF) for a FY25 Cycle One Grant through the Carlton D. Fyler and Jenny F. Fyler Fund to help support the theater camp and 45th Gala Celebration!

Please call for more info or email grumblinggryphons@gmail.com

 2025 THEATER ARTS CAMP- Monday-July 28- Friday, August 1st for Ages 6 & up

Act, Dance, Sing and Perform in Grumbling Gryphons 45th Gala Performance on Friday, August 1st at 7 pm at Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village. Grumbling Gryphons will hold their annual theater arts camp in Cornwall and Falls Village for children ages 6 years and up. Theater Campers will take part in the company’s 45th Gala Celebration Performance of ”Through the Rainbow and into the Stars!” on Friday evening, August 1st.   

The performance will feature summer theater campers as well as veteran Gryphon actors, musicians and special guest artists. Campers will work with professional actors, musicians and visual artists to create their own masks, props, scenery and perform in the celebration. Live music will be performed by award winning musician Brian Bender, with special guest musicians. Ellen Moon, Grumbling Gryphons mask and costume maker will make a special appearance with her grand puppet- The Golden Lady for the finale with the Berkshire Resilience Brass Brand enlivening the festivities!

 Grumbling Gryphons is a non-profit 501c3 organization, now celebrating 45 years. Winner of Connecticut Governor’s Arts Award, the company has traveled the US and internationally bringing their magic and participatory approach to theater for young and old alike. Leslie Elias has served as Artistic Director since co-founding Grumbling Gryphons in 1980 and is the winner of the 2018 Connecticut Arts Hero Award as well as 2018 Culture Max Award for Arts Educator from the Northwest Connecticut Arts Council.

Micah Conway, math teacher at HVRHS will serve as assistant director assisted by Daniel Saed, Natalie Resto and Diane Gnagnarelli. Partial Scholarships are available through Berkshire Taconic Susan Fillman Scholarship Fund for Region One Students as well as additional scholarships upon request. Special thanks to the Northwest CT Community Foundation, Inc. (NCCF) for a FY25 Cycle One Grant through the Carlton D. Fyler and Jenny F. Fyler Fund to help support the theater camp and 45th Gala Celebration!

Please call for more info or email grumblinggryphons@gmail.com

 2025 THEATER ARTS CAMP- Monday-July 28- Friday, August 1st for Ages 6 & up

Act, Dance, Sing and Perform in Grumbling Gryphons 45th Gala Performance on Friday, August 1st at 7 pm at Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village. Grumbling Gryphons will hold their annual theater arts camp in Cornwall and Falls Village for children ages 6 years and up. Theater Campers will take part in the company’s 45th Gala Celebration Performance of ”Through the Rainbow and into the Stars!” on Friday evening, August 1st.   

The performance will feature summer theater campers as well as veteran Gryphon actors, musicians and special guest artists. Campers will work with professional actors, musicians and visual artists to create their own masks, props, scenery and perform in the celebration. Live music will be performed by award winning musician Brian Bender, with special guest musicians. Ellen Moon, Grumbling Gryphons mask and costume maker will make a special appearance with her grand puppet- The Golden Lady for the finale with the Berkshire Resilience Brass Brand enlivening the festivities!

 Grumbling Gryphons is a non-profit 501c3 organization, now celebrating 45 years. Winner of Connecticut Governor’s Arts Award, the company has traveled the US and internationally bringing their magic and participatory approach to theater for young and old alike. Leslie Elias has served as Artistic Director since co-founding Grumbling Gryphons in 1980 and is the winner of the 2018 Connecticut Arts Hero Award as well as 2018 Culture Max Award for Arts Educator from the Northwest Connecticut Arts Council.

Micah Conway, math teacher at HVRHS will serve as assistant director assisted by Daniel Saed, Natalie Resto and Diane Gnagnarelli. Partial Scholarships are available through Berkshire Taconic Susan Fillman Scholarship Fund for Region One Students as well as additional scholarships upon request. Special thanks to the Northwest CT Community Foundation, Inc. (NCCF) for a FY25 Cycle One Grant through the Carlton D. Fyler and Jenny F. Fyler Fund to help support the theater camp and 45th Gala Celebration!

Please call for more info or email grumblinggryphons@gmail.com

 2025 THEATER ARTS CAMP- Monday-July 28- Friday, August 1st for Ages 6 & up

Act, Dance, Sing and Perform in Grumbling Gryphons 45th Gala Performance on Friday, August 1st at 7 pm at Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village. Grumbling Gryphons will hold their annual theater arts camp in Cornwall and Falls Village for children ages 6 years and up. Theater Campers will take part in the company’s 45th Gala Celebration Performance of ”Through the Rainbow and into the Stars!” on Friday evening, August 1st.   

The performance will feature summer theater campers as well as veteran Gryphon actors, musicians and special guest artists. Campers will work with professional actors, musicians and visual artists to create their own masks, props, scenery and perform in the celebration. Live music will be performed by award winning musician Brian Bender, with special guest musicians. Ellen Moon, Grumbling Gryphons mask and costume maker will make a special appearance with her grand puppet- The Golden Lady for the finale with the Berkshire Resilience Brass Brand enlivening the festivities!

 Grumbling Gryphons is a non-profit 501c3 organization, now celebrating 45 years. Winner of Connecticut Governor’s Arts Award, the company has traveled the US and internationally bringing their magic and participatory approach to theater for young and old alike. Leslie Elias has served as Artistic Director since co-founding Grumbling Gryphons in 1980 and is the winner of the 2018 Connecticut Arts Hero Award as well as 2018 Culture Max Award for Arts Educator from the Northwest Connecticut Arts Council.

Micah Conway, math teacher at HVRHS will serve as assistant director assisted by Daniel Saed, Natalie Resto and Diane Gnagnarelli. Partial Scholarships are available through Berkshire Taconic Susan Fillman Scholarship Fund for Region One Students as well as additional scholarships upon request. Special thanks to the Northwest CT Community Foundation, Inc. (NCCF) for a FY25 Cycle One Grant through the Carlton D. Fyler and Jenny F. Fyler Fund to help support the theater camp and 45th Gala Celebration!

Please call for more info or email grumblinggryphons@gmail.com

 2025 THEATER ARTS CAMP- Monday-July 28- Friday, August 1st for Ages 6 & up

Act, Dance, Sing and Perform in Grumbling Gryphons 45th Gala Performance on Friday, August 1st at 7 pm at Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village. Grumbling Gryphons will hold their annual theater arts camp in Cornwall and Falls Village for children ages 6 years and up. Theater Campers will take part in the company’s 45th Gala Celebration Performance of ”Through the Rainbow and into the Stars!” on Friday evening, August 1st.   

The performance will feature summer theater campers as well as veteran Gryphon actors, musicians and special guest artists. Campers will work with professional actors, musicians and visual artists to create their own masks, props, scenery and perform in the celebration. Live music will be performed by award winning musician Brian Bender, with special guest musicians. Ellen Moon, Grumbling Gryphons mask and costume maker will make a special appearance with her grand puppet- The Golden Lady for the finale with the Berkshire Resilience Brass Brand enlivening the festivities!

 Grumbling Gryphons is a non-profit 501c3 organization, now celebrating 45 years. Winner of Connecticut Governor’s Arts Award, the company has traveled the US and internationally bringing their magic and participatory approach to theater for young and old alike. Leslie Elias has served as Artistic Director since co-founding Grumbling Gryphons in 1980 and is the winner of the 2018 Connecticut Arts Hero Award as well as 2018 Culture Max Award for Arts Educator from the Northwest Connecticut Arts Council.

Micah Conway, math teacher at HVRHS will serve as assistant director assisted by Daniel Saed, Natalie Resto and Diane Gnagnarelli. Partial Scholarships are available through Berkshire Taconic Susan Fillman Scholarship Fund for Region One Students as well as additional scholarships upon request. Special thanks to the Northwest CT Community Foundation, Inc. (NCCF) for a FY25 Cycle One Grant through the Carlton D. Fyler and Jenny F. Fyler Fund to help support the theater camp and 45th Gala Celebration!

Please call for more info or email grumblinggryphons@gmail.com

Grumbling Gryphons Traveling Children’s Theater, an award-winning educational theater, now celebrating 45 years, will engage children in a weeklong theater arts camp -August 4-8th for children ages 6 and older at Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury. Campers will work with Grumbling Gryphons actors, musicians and artists in a fun week-long exciting theater camp centered around the story of Anansi, the Trickster Spider from the Ashanti people of Ghana in West Africa. Children will engage in acting, singing, dancing, and arts and crafts activities including mask making.

The camp will give children the opportunity to become part of a professional children’s theater, make new friends and learn more about Anansi and his adventures as they take on the roles of the animals in the jungle including bees, lions, monkeys, crocodiles and more!

 In this infamous tale, Anansi manages to trick the various animals of the jungle and retrieve the stolen stories from Nyame- the greedy sky god of the Ashanti people.

 At the culmination of a week of arts and drama, children will perform

Anansi- the Trickster Spider: A West African Folktale  on Friday, August 8th at 2 pm for parents and the general public. Live music will be provided by award winning keyboardist Brian Bender from Shutesbury, MA

Grumbling Gryphons will make masks with artist and actress Natalie Resto of Apples N’ Oranges Studio to wear and enhance their participation in the performance. This play is participatory and engages the general public in a lively, interactive performance where the audience will become part of the production!  

Grumbling Gryphons is renowned for its fantastic masks and captivating costumes, made by Ellen Moon of Cornwall, CT., and for its innovative interaction with children. Grumbling Gryphons has been performing in schools, museums, libraries and festivals throughout the United States since 1980. In 2003 they won the Connecticut Governor’s Arts Award. They are now celebrating their 45th year of providing educational and participatory theater throughout New England and beyond!

Grumbling Gryphons Traveling Children’s Theater, an award-winning educational theater, now celebrating 45 years, will engage children in a weeklong theater arts camp -August 4-8th for children ages 6 and older at Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury. Campers will work with Grumbling Gryphons actors, musicians and artists in a fun week-long exciting theater camp centered around the story of Anansi, the Trickster Spider from the Ashanti people of Ghana in West Africa. Children will engage in acting, singing, dancing, and arts and crafts activities including mask making.

The camp will give children the opportunity to become part of a professional children’s theater, make new friends and learn more about Anansi and his adventures as they take on the roles of the animals in the jungle including bees, lions, monkeys, crocodiles and more!

 In this infamous tale, Anansi manages to trick the various animals of the jungle and retrieve the stolen stories from Nyame- the greedy sky god of the Ashanti people.

 At the culmination of a week of arts and drama, children will perform

Anansi- the Trickster Spider: A West African Folktale  on Friday, August 8th at 2 pm for parents and the general public. Live music will be provided by award winning keyboardist Brian Bender from Shutesbury, MA

Grumbling Gryphons will make masks with artist and actress Natalie Resto of Apples N’ Oranges Studio to wear and enhance their participation in the performance. This play is participatory and engages the general public in a lively, interactive performance where the audience will become part of the production!  

Grumbling Gryphons is renowned for its fantastic masks and captivating costumes, made by Ellen Moon of Cornwall, CT., and for its innovative interaction with children. Grumbling Gryphons has been performing in schools, museums, libraries and festivals throughout the United States since 1980. In 2003 they won the Connecticut Governor’s Arts Award. They are now celebrating their 45th year of providing educational and participatory theater throughout New England and beyond!

Grumbling Gryphons Traveling Children’s Theater, an award-winning educational theater, now celebrating 45 years, will engage children in a weeklong theater arts camp -August 4-8th for children ages 6 and older at Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury. Campers will work with Grumbling Gryphons actors, musicians and artists in a fun week-long exciting theater camp centered around the story of Anansi, the Trickster Spider from the Ashanti people of Ghana in West Africa. Children will engage in acting, singing, dancing, and arts and crafts activities including mask making.

The camp will give children the opportunity to become part of a professional children’s theater, make new friends and learn more about Anansi and his adventures as they take on the roles of the animals in the jungle including bees, lions, monkeys, crocodiles and more!

 In this infamous tale, Anansi manages to trick the various animals of the jungle and retrieve the stolen stories from Nyame- the greedy sky god of the Ashanti people.

 At the culmination of a week of arts and drama, children will perform

Anansi- the Trickster Spider: A West African Folktale  on Friday, August 8th at 2 pm for parents and the general public. Live music will be provided by award winning keyboardist Brian Bender from Shutesbury, MA

Grumbling Gryphons will make masks with artist and actress Natalie Resto of Apples N’ Oranges Studio to wear and enhance their participation in the performance. This play is participatory and engages the general public in a lively, interactive performance where the audience will become part of the production!  

Grumbling Gryphons is renowned for its fantastic masks and captivating costumes, made by Ellen Moon of Cornwall, CT., and for its innovative interaction with children. Grumbling Gryphons has been performing in schools, museums, libraries and festivals throughout the United States since 1980. In 2003 they won the Connecticut Governor’s Arts Award. They are now celebrating their 45th year of providing educational and participatory theater throughout New England and beyond!

Grumbling Gryphons Traveling Children’s Theater, an award-winning educational theater, now celebrating 45 years, will engage children in a weeklong theater arts camp -August 4-8th for children ages 6 and older at Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury. Campers will work with Grumbling Gryphons actors, musicians and artists in a fun week-long exciting theater camp centered around the story of Anansi, the Trickster Spider from the Ashanti people of Ghana in West Africa. Children will engage in acting, singing, dancing, and arts and crafts activities including mask making.

The camp will give children the opportunity to become part of a professional children’s theater, make new friends and learn more about Anansi and his adventures as they take on the roles of the animals in the jungle including bees, lions, monkeys, crocodiles and more!

 In this infamous tale, Anansi manages to trick the various animals of the jungle and retrieve the stolen stories from Nyame- the greedy sky god of the Ashanti people.

 At the culmination of a week of arts and drama, children will perform

Anansi- the Trickster Spider: A West African Folktale  on Friday, August 8th at 2 pm for parents and the general public. Live music will be provided by award winning keyboardist Brian Bender from Shutesbury, MA

Grumbling Gryphons will make masks with artist and actress Natalie Resto of Apples N’ Oranges Studio to wear and enhance their participation in the performance. This play is participatory and engages the general public in a lively, interactive performance where the audience will become part of the production!  

Grumbling Gryphons is renowned for its fantastic masks and captivating costumes, made by Ellen Moon of Cornwall, CT., and for its innovative interaction with children. Grumbling Gryphons has been performing in schools, museums, libraries and festivals throughout the United States since 1980. In 2003 they won the Connecticut Governor’s Arts Award. They are now celebrating their 45th year of providing educational and participatory theater throughout New England and beyond!

Grumbling Gryphons Traveling Children’s Theater, an award-winning educational theater, now celebrating 45 years, will engage children in a weeklong theater arts camp -August 4-8th for children ages 6 and older at Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury. Campers will work with Grumbling Gryphons actors, musicians and artists in a fun week-long exciting theater camp centered around the story of Anansi, the Trickster Spider from the Ashanti people of Ghana in West Africa. Children will engage in acting, singing, dancing, and arts and crafts activities including mask making.

The camp will give children the opportunity to become part of a professional children’s theater, make new friends and learn more about Anansi and his adventures as they take on the roles of the animals in the jungle including bees, lions, monkeys, crocodiles and more!

 In this infamous tale, Anansi manages to trick the various animals of the jungle and retrieve the stolen stories from Nyame- the greedy sky god of the Ashanti people.

 At the culmination of a week of arts and drama, children will perform

Anansi- the Trickster Spider: A West African Folktale  on Friday, August 8th at 2 pm for parents and the general public. Live music will be provided by award winning keyboardist Brian Bender from Shutesbury, MA

Grumbling Gryphons will make masks with artist and actress Natalie Resto of Apples N’ Oranges Studio to wear and enhance their participation in the performance. This play is participatory and engages the general public in a lively, interactive performance where the audience will become part of the production!  

Grumbling Gryphons is renowned for its fantastic masks and captivating costumes, made by Ellen Moon of Cornwall, CT., and for its innovative interaction with children. Grumbling Gryphons has been performing in schools, museums, libraries and festivals throughout the United States since 1980. In 2003 they won the Connecticut Governor’s Arts Award. They are now celebrating their 45th year of providing educational and participatory theater throughout New England and beyond!