This Weekend

Written by Sally Sanders
Thursday, 19 November 2009 00:00

A busy weekend with music, crafts, art exhibits and play openings and the premieres of two locally shot films.

Have a fish tale you'd like to share?

Written by Dave Sigworth, Maritime Aquarium
Wednesday, 18 November 2009 10:22

Did you catch a scale-tipping striped bass two days after the big tournament? Did your grandson haul in a keeper suitable for the taxidermist on his first time out?

Do your incredible fish tales need a fresh audience?

The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk wants to hear your fishing stories and to see your fishing pictures. The only catch — about sharing your big catch — is that it has to be about fishing on Long Island Sound.

Love and Basketball: ESPN’s 'Sports Guy'

Written by Ken Borsuk
Thursday, 12 November 2009 11:40

Known to his legion of devoted fans as “The Sports Guy,” Bill Simmons is one of the most popular sportswriters in the country.

His columns and podcasts at ESPN.com are fashioned in Mr. Simmons’ unique style, which means pop culture references from everything from 1980’s movies to TV reality shows thrown in with his incisive and often hilarious observations about sports. After publishing his first book in 2005, a collection of his work about his love of the Boston Red Sox called Now I Can Die In Peace, Mr. Simmons, whose youth in Greenwich included attending Greenwich Country Day School and Brunswick School, is back with his second.

The epic 700-page tome known as The Book of Basketball: The NBA According To The Sports Guy arrived in stores in time for the start of the new season and is already a #1 bestseller on the New York Times list.

An artistic thank-you to veterans

Written by Jeannette Ross
Thursday, 05 November 2009 11:45

Mother, Teacher, Boy Scout, Banker, Husband, Police Officer, Writer, Rancher, Firefighter, Volunteer, Friend, Musician, Neighbor, Hero.

Like a drumbeat, words describing the fallen march across a Wall of Honor commemorating Veterans Day at the Ridgefield Library, 472 Main Street. The wall, conceived and executed by artist Noelle Carr, will be on display Nov. 3-29 as part of a larger exhibit called A Veterans Memorial Garden. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 3 to 5, in the Dayton Program Room to which all area veterans and their families are invited, along with the general community.

Young musicians to star at benefit on Nov. 8

Written by Elise Rossi
Wednesday, 04 November 2009 11:18

The 2009 Music for Youth Benefit for the Free Young Persons’ Concert series and the School Residency program in the Bridgeport public schools will feature prize-winning pianist Alex Beyer and 15 other young musicians, all of whom have starred in Music for Youth master classes.

The Benefit Concert and Supper Party will take place Sunday, Nov. 8, at 5 p.m., at Trinity Church, 651 Pequot Avenue, in Southport. Ticket prices, which include the supper party, are $50 for adults and $25 for students, and are available at Sally’s Place, 190 Main St., Westport, or by calling 203-227-1611.

Jake's Women opens Oct. 30 in New Canaan

Written by Tanya Bickley
Thursday, 29 October 2009 10:53

The Town Players of New Canaan’s 63rd season opens on Oct. 30 with Neil Simon’s comedy drama, Jake’s Women. The central character, Jake, is a novelist in his fifties who is conflicted about his relationships with the women in his life, past and present. The play is filled with witty and insightful dialogue as Jake’s women enter and exit in real life and also in his imagination. Laughs, a little pathos, and wry commentary on modern relationships, the hallmark of Simon’s comedy oeuvre, abound.

With a little help from Yoko: We All Shine On

Written by Chris Davis
Thursday, 29 October 2009 10:45

Yoko Ono Lennon lives in New York City, but can usually be found in any one of dozens of cities across the globe. She was in London recently when she spoke by phone about the We All Shine On exhibit of John Lennon drawings coming to Greenwich Oct. 30-Nov. 1.

At Wilton Playshop: A new musical with a ghostly twist

Written by Jeanette Ross
Thursday, 22 October 2009 13:57

Is love stronger than death? That is one of the questions considered in Greenbrier Ghost, a new musical that explores love, death, and murder with the help of an eloquent ghost.

The play will be presented as a staged reading on Friday, Oct. 23. and Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Wilton Playshop, giving local theatergoers the opportunity to see the New England premiere of this promising production. Showtimes are 8 p.m. on Friday and 7 p.m. on Saturday. Following the Saturday performance there will be a question-and-answer session and reception with the composer Clay Zambo and the director Scott Brill. This will be a benefit performance for the Playshop. For ticket information, visit online at wiltonplayshop.org.