Some tips on saving money when going to the city

Written by Jim Cameron
Thursday, 19 May 2011 00:00

Whether you’re a daily commuter, an occasional day-tripper or have friends visiting this summer, everyone can save money when you go into New York City by following this time-tested advice:

TransitChek: For commuters, see if your employer subscribes to this fabulous service, which allows workers to buy up to $230 per month in mass transit using pre-tax dollars. If you’re in the upper tax brackets, that’s a huge savings. A recent survey shows that 45% of all New York City companies offer TransitChek, which can be used on trains, subways and even ferries.

Travel on an off-peak train: If you can arrive at Grand Central on weekdays after 10 a.m. and avoid the 4-8 p.m. peak return hours, you can save 15 to 20%. Off-peak fares are also in effect on weekends and holidays. Your train will be less crowded, too.

The Daedalus process

Written by Giulia Caterini
Thursday, 19 May 2011 00:00

It took hours of editing, choosing, and more editing, but finally, Daedalus, Greenwich Academy's art and literary magazine, has officially been published! The magazine was presented on Tuesday the 17th, a very proud day for Lili Rosenkranz and I, this year's Editors-In-Chief, and Greenwich Academy at large.

The "Daedalus process" begins in September. Anyone who wants to have prose or poetry considered for publication sends in her work, which is then posted anonymously online. Every month, the Daedalus girls meet to discuss every piece and vote on the ones they would like to see in the magazine. We receive between forty and fifty submissions every month, except for our last meeting, which saw overwhelming eighty-two pieces. The magazine however, only has a total of forty pieces - we could have made two issues of equal strength with all the talent at our disposal! Later in the year, the editors choose the art among thousands (and when I say thousands I really mean thousands) of files. That's when the production really kicks in. I can't count the hours the editors spent making sure that everything - from the layout, to the art, to the writing, down to the very last comma - looked absolutely perfect.

May 19 through May 26

Written by Greenwich Post Staff
Thursday, 19 May 2011 00:00

Thursday, May 19

7:30 a.m. — Retirement Board, Gisborne Room

9:30 — PTA Council Wellness Committee, Mazza Room

10 — Board of Selectmen, Central Fire Station

5 p.m. — Parking Ticket Hearings, Mazza Room

 

Monday, May 23

5:30 p.m. — Nathaniel Witherell Board of Directors, Witherell Board Room

7:30 p.m. — Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency, Meeting Room

7:30 — Greenwich Jr. Babe Ruth, Mazza Room

 

Tuesday, May 24

Noon — Tree Hearings, Meeting Room

6:30 — Board of Health, Evaristo Room

7 — Planning and Zoning Commission, Meeting Room

 

Wednesday, May 25

6:30 p.m. — Board of Parks and Recreation, Griffith Harris Golf Course

7 — CDAC, Cone Room

8 — Republican Town Committee, Meeting Room

 

Thursday, May 26

8 a.m. — Greenwich Green and Clean, Mazza Room

4 p.m. — Regulations Task Force, Gisborne Room

5 — Parking Ticket Hearings, Mazza Room

5:30 — United Way, Meeting Room

7 — Board of Education, Central Middle School

 

All meetings take place at Town Hall unless otherwise noted.

Stabat Mater

Written by Victoria Baker
Wednesday, 18 May 2011 12:59

On May 21, 8 p.m. at the Palace Theater in Stamford the Greenwich and Westchester Choral Societies will join forces to perform Antonin Dvorak’s Stabat Mater. The concert will be conducted by Maestro extraordinaire Paul Mueller and promises to be a delight for attendees. Tickets for the performance, priced at $42, $35 or $28 (plus box office fee) are available through the Palace Theatre Box Office by calling 203-325-4466 or online at Scalive.org.

In 1865 Antonin Dvorak, the great composer, taught piano to the daughters of a goldsmith; one of whom later became his wife. Her name was Anna. But it took until 1871 for Dvorak to leave the local theater he worked at. However, during those years Dvorak was privately composing his future musical legacy.