Culture
Culture
Greenwich offers a wonderful cosmopolitan culture with a diverse mix of
people that hail from the town itself as well as from all areas of the
country and the globe. Equally diverse are the activities for people of
all ages as well as those in arts and recreation that are available to
town residents. See more on these topics in our More Local section of
the Web site.
Culturally Greenwich features one movie theaters, the Bruce Museum, the
Greenwich Historical Society, several private art galleries, the
Greenwich Symphony, The Music Committee of the Friends of the Greenwich
Library, The Greenwich Parks and Recreation Department summer series of
lunchtime concerts, Greenwich Choral Society as well as popular fixtures
such as the Melody Men of the Retired Men's Association, the Grace Notes
of the Junior League of Greenwich. In addition, there are music schools
and/or instruments stores in town.
On stage, there are five acting companies in Greenwich which feature and
array of acting styles. These organizations include: the Acting Company
of Greenwich based at the first Congregational Church of Greenwich,
Curtain Up Theater Arts School and the St. Catherine's Players out of
St. Catherine of Sienna Church in Riverside.
Many of the aforementioned are also supported by the Greenwich Arts
Council, a private non-profit group established in 1973 to foster many forms
of art, including that of the performing arts.