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Pop Art Exhibit Among Attractions at Chester First Friday

A new exhibit on pop art featuring works by Keith Haring, Sol LeWitt, and Andy Warhol at Chester Gallery is among the happenings on First Friday in Chester on June 7, as registration continues for the second annual Chester Ladies’ Sip & Shop, set for Thursday, June 20.

On First Friday, most Chester village shops are open until 8 p.m.

Chester Gallery will launch its Pop and Beyond exhibit, which will showcase the serigraphs, lithographs, etchings and gouaches of Jim Dine, Sam Francis, Adolph Gottlieb, Keith Haring, Robert Indiana, Robert Motherwell, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, and Andy Warhol, which will hang alongside the art of Sol LeWitt in the town where he spent the latter years of his life.

Caryn Paradis Interior Design will showcase the work of Sarah Barnes and artist Lexi Axon. Shops at The Millhouse will feature Chester artist Kathleen Cataldi, who will be on hand to show her art, photos, fabric and vegan leather purses, and her classic linen and duck cloth aprons with custom embroidered designs. Leif Nilsson is unveiling new and old paintings of his home and hometown of Chester at the Leif Nilsson Spring Street Studio & Gallery and hosting the band Arrowhead. Dina Varano Gallery is showcasing June’s birthstone with a new collection of pearl jewelry, including Tahitian, fresh water, and baroque pearls.

In addition to on-street parking in Chester, there is free parking available in the town’s public lots on Main Street by the cemetery, on Water Street, and on Maple Street. More information about First Friday and the second Ladies’ Sip & Shop is available on Facebook.com/VisitChesterCT or by calling 860-322-4047.