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"Atelier" at Sculpture Barn (see Thursday)

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 5

Barnyard Animals
The problem with sculptures is that there aren't a lot of places to create or display them. If you, say, take a bunch of steel wire and twist it into an outline of a horse (like Marcia Spivak of Wilton did for the piece pictured above), the project can really hog up the space in your apartment. Luckily, there is the Sculpture Barn, where aspiring sculptors can learn under resident master David Boyajian and show their works on its expensive campus. The school/art space has a four-acre field if its big-ass barn can't accommodate your creation. Currently, it's hosting its fifth annual Atelier exhibit, which gives a worthy venue to the varied works of its member-students. Once the show's over, they'll just have to hope Mom still has some attic space. Sculpture Barn, 3 Milltown Rd., New Fairfield, Wed. to Sun., noon to 6 p.m. through Nov. 29. (203) 746-6101, www.sculpturebarn.com

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6

Buddha's Kidney Stones?
Every week in this space, we tell you about a few cool things coming to Fairfield County, but it's rare we get to mention something sacred. The India-based Maitreya Project is taking a set of relics, pebble-like white stones from the ashes of cremated Buddhist masters, around the world (collecting donations to build a permanent shrine for them in northern India). The group is displaying them at the Unitarian Church in Westport this weekend. The relics, displayed in the ornate style typical of Tibetan Buddhism, are supposed to be enlightenment crystallized, and visitors have been spotted breaking into tears in their presence. Unitarian Church in Westport, 10 Lyons Plains Rd., Westport. Fri., 6 to 9 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sun., 1 to 5 p.m. (203) 227-7205, www.maitreyaproject.org

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 7

Babies on Board
The co-op boards of Manhattan apartment complexes are where the people privileged enough to already live there gauge the personal worth of the people who want to move in. They are the greatest venues of rich-people douchebaggery on the planet (though the Belle Haven Country Club in Greenwich certainly tries). That's why actor/writer Charles Grodin chose the co-op board of a fictional Fifth Avenue building for the setting of The Right Kind of People, his satire of blue-blooded America, which is now being produced by the Square One Theatre Company. (Grodin, who now lives in Wilton, drew inspiration from his own time on an Upper East Side co-op board.) Petty prejudices, ridiculous hang-ups and muffled jabs of condescension spew out when the residents of this coveted piece of real estate meet to determine who's worthy of living next door to them. Square One Theatre Company, 656 Longbrook Ave., Stratford. Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m. through Nov. 21. $19-$20. (203) 375-8778, www.squareonetheatre.com

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 8

Nearly Silent Night
The Heirloom Arts Theatre, which hosts everyone from noise rock bands to hip-hop ballers, probably won't seen many quieter nights than this evening, when the Fishermen Three headline. The Brooklyn-based anti-power trio, which recently toured the U.K. with the Jeff Lewis Band, produces tracks that are like Iron and Wine songs on Klonopine. Give them credit, though, for delivering delicate, well-constructed and clearly enunciated indie pop songs. Also on the bill are the Mumlers (pictured), from San Jose, whose sound is is defined by '60s-style keyboards and jazzy beats that give their wonderfully downbeat songs an ounce of bounce. Local folk-ish band The Proud Flesh and Danbury-based acoustic singer/songwriter Ryan Stottle kick off the mellowness. Heirloom Arts Theatre, 155 Main St., Danbury. 8 p.m. $5. www.heirloomarts.org

MONDAY NOVEMBER 9

Tried and True
We sometimes like to think about the artists and artisans of the deep past, those who, without automatic tools, electrical outlets or attention deficit disorder medicines, created some of the most painstaking and beautiful works of art the planet has ever seen. It seems the modern artists involved in the Greenwich Library's new exhibit, Wood Metal Stone, do the same. Their tools and materials often honor past traditions and are as basic as the show's title suggests. Joshua Rome works with hand-carved woodblocks, as does Sarah Brayer, who makes prints on porous washi paper. Yuji Hiratsuka is an intaglio printer, using hand-carved metal plates and a variety of tools. Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Library, 101 W. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Hours vary; exhibit runs through Dec. 9. (203) 622-7900, www.greenwichlibrary.org

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 10

On the Bigger Screen
Oh, Star Wars, from to movies to TV to action figures to comic books to T shirts to video games to costumes to kitchenware to bed sheets to Legos to cake decorations, there has been no commercial product or entertainment medium that hasn't worn your brand. (Light saber condoms would probably be a reality if Star Wars fans had any use for condoms.) Now, George Lucas' behemoth brain child has gone highbrow (well, as highbrow as Star Wars can go) with Star Wars in Concert, a multimedia show centered around a full symphony orchestra playing selections from John Williams' scores. All six movies are represented, and the music is accompanied by a laser show, pyrotechnics, footage from the films projected onto a three-story screen and live narration by Anthony Daniels (pictured), the actor who played C-3PO. Until the day when the Star Wars films are condensed into an LSD-like tablet and delivered straight to your cerebral cortex, this is the most mind-bending representation of them you'll ever experience. Arena at Harbor Yard, 600 Main St., Bridgeport. 7:30 p.m. $35-$75. (203) 345-2300, www.arenaatharboryard.com

 
Aw, Bob Saget!!!
Did you know that, on the set of "Full House," the parents of Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen would occasionally prohibit Bob Saget from interacting with their daughters off-camera? That's right. By now, many are familiar with Saget's true calling as a usually hilarious and often raunchy comedian with guest appearances in The Aristocrats, "Entourage" and, most famously, in Half Baked when the former "America's Funniest Home Videos" host said he used get down on bended knee for cocaine. This fall, he's hitting the road for a tour. Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge Rd., Ridgefield. 8 p.m. $70. (203) 438-5795, www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 11

The Man Comes Around
The downtown Bridgeport entertainment web is particularly strong at Two Boots, with a recent Rocky Horror Show night when the cast of the Playhouse on the Green show came by for a few numbers. Tonight, the Scott Keeton Band will walk the line down from the Downtown Cabaret Theatre (263 Golden Hill St., Bridgeport, (203) 576-1636, www.dtcab.com), where the roots/rock band is starring in The Man in Black, a concert/musical, celebrating Johnny Cash in which Keeton portrays the country legend. It's back for a second year at the Downtown Cabaret. Both of Scottish descent, it turns out Keeton is actually a distant cousin of the line-walker himself. The Man In Black started Fri. and continues through Nov. 22. Two Boots of Bridgeport, 281 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport. 8 p.m. (203) 331-1377, www.twobootsbridgeport.com

 
All an Act
Bridgeport-born actor Brian Dennehy was in the habit of telling interviewers he served in Vietnam until author B.G. Burkett revealed Dennehy exited the Marines in 1963 and never saw actual combat. Dennehy, known for such films as Best Seller, First Blood, The Belly of an Architect and Tommy Boy, admitted he had been an ass, apologized and then did it again a few years later. He's apparently trying to make it up to real combat veterans with Letters Home, a reading of actual letters written by active-duty U.S. troops. Dennehy is bringing the project to the Westport Country Playhouse for one night only. Despite what he may say later, these are not his memoirs. Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court, Westport. 7 p.m. $12 - $15. (203) 227-4177, www.westportplayhouse.org