Stamford Tables, Stamford Downtown's restaurant association, hosts its first Winter Restaurant Weeks. Eleven restaurants have gathered together to offer a special prix fixe dinner priced at $15.07 to $30.07 and luncheons priced at $10.10 to $20.10 per person.
During President’s week school vacation, the Barnum Museum will host a unique, fun and education program during which elementary school children will learn about Pa-Ib, the museum’s 4,000 year old Egyptian mummy given to the museum in the 1890s by P.T. Barnum’s wife, Nancy.
The same program will be offered on two days, Tuesday, February 16th and Thursday, February 18th starting at 2:00 PM. In addition to learning the story of Pa-Ib, including her recent trip to Quinnipiac University for high tech X-ray scans, children will be able to explore ancient Egyptian games, sports and culture. At the conclusion of the program, each child will create their own version of the Egyptian board game, Senet, which they will take home to enjoy.
All creative materials will be supplied for the craft and the program is free with general admission. Please note that during February the museum is offering $2 Tuesdays so the program held on Tuesday, February 16th will offer reduced admission. *Restrictions may apply.
This is a drop off program, and while reservations are not required, they are requested. R.S.V.P. to (203) 331-1104 ext. 102 Jaime Knoedler or jknoedler@barnum-museum.org.
What: The Mummy’s Home – Children Explore Egyptian mummies, games, sports and culture
When: Tuesday, February 16th and Thursday, February 18th at 2:00 PM
Where: The Barnum Museum, 820 Main Street, Bridgeport CT
Cost: Both programs are Free with General Museum Admission. Tuesday everyone gets in for $2, *excluding groups, as part of the winter $2 Tuesdays promotion.
Regular Admission: Adults $8, seniors and college students $6, children 4-17 $5 and children under 4 free.
These events are made possible in part by the Fairfield County Community Foundation.
Celebrating the 200th birthday of Phineas Taylor Barnum, born July 5, 1810 in Bethel CT, during 2010 The Barnum Museum will chronicle the life and times of this extraordinary showman and the history of Bridgeport where Barnum served as Mayor. For a complete listing of anniversary year events celebrating this amazing – and sometimes outrageous – showman, civic leader and politician, visit www.barnum-museum.org. The original museum building, owned by the City of Bridgeport is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
For more information about events at the Barnum Museum, contact (203) 331-1104, ext. 100 or visit www.barnum-museum.org.
From February 12th - 15th, join bird watchers from coast to coast for the 13th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). The GBBC is open to bird watchers of all ages and skill levels. Participation is free and no registration is required.
Participants can easily report what they see online at www.birdcount.org and get an instantaneous snapshot of their record. The website also highlights events going on in local communities, information on the GBBC photo contest, and real-time data from across the U.S. and Canada!
Last year, participants turned in more than 93,600 checklists online, creating the continent's largest instantaneous snapshot of bird populations ever recorded. Join our training session listed below and be a part of this nationwide effort to count birds in your yard or neighborhood.
Call Ted at (203) 869-5272 ext. 230 to learn more about participating. *****
Saturday, February 13, 2010
TRAINING SESSION:
Great Backyard Bird Count
1:00 PM -2:30 PM
Join in as we check our bird feeders and take a short walk on the property to identify and count local birds before returning to the center to report our bird sightings to Cornell's Laboratory of Ornithology using the internet. Participants will learn basic bird ID and how to do counts in your own backyard and neighborhood.
All ages.
Sign up with (203) 869-5272 ext. 230 *****
Winter Vacation Nature Day Camp
February 16-19, 2010
Come experience winter in a whole new way during February vacation! If you are in grades K through 5, then you won’t want to miss out on one, two or all four days of fun, outdoor hikes, games, and crafts! Come and explore away those winter blues and find out what animals are really doing to during the chilly winter months!
Four Days, Four Themes:
Tuesday, February 16th – Predators
Wednesday, February 17th – Tracks & Traces
Thursday, February 18th – Animals on Vacation
Friday, February 19th – Wonders of Winter
Ages: Children in grades K-5.
Campers are divided up into three groups: K-1, 2-3 and 4-5.
Hours: 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM
Cost: $50/day for members; $60/day for non-members.
A wonderful wintertime nature camp for young people in Grades K-5. Sign-up early because spaces fill up fast. Registration forms and all details are online at greenwich.audubon.org. Call Lindsey at (203) 869-5272 ext. 235 for more information. *****
Volunteer at Audubon Greenwich!
Are you looking to volunteer your time? Do you need community service hours for school? Audubon Greenwich is always in need of dedicated volunteers.
Please contact Brian O’Toole at (203) 869-5272, ext. 221 to learn about upcoming volunteer events and opportunities. *****
For more information contact: Jeff Cordulack Events and Communications Manager Audubon Connecticut/Audubon Greenwich 613 Riversville Road Greenwich, CT 06831 (203) 869-5272 ext. 239 (203) 613-8813 (cell) jcordulack@audubon.org www.greenwich.audubon.org
For 1OO years, the Boy Scouts of America has been helping the youth of America find — in themselves and the world around them — more than they thought possible. In every era, and through numerous trends of the past century, Scouting has been steadfast. The 1OOth Anniversary provides a unique opportunity to celebrate this heritage and lay the foundation for the next 1OO years.
Celebration Highlights for 2010:
February 2010 U.S. National Mint begins producing BSA silver dollars
February 8, 2010 National Hall of Leadership nomination period ends
February 9, 2010 Gala 2010
May 2010 National Hall of Leadership inductees announced
July 25, 2010 Grand Centennial Parade marches through Washington, D.C.
July 26, 2010 Start of Jamboree 2010
July 31, 2010 A Shining Light Across America
August 4, 2010 Conclusion of Jamboree 2010
August/September 2010 Pitch for Scouting days at the ballpark
November 2010 Adventure Base 100 makes its last stop
December 2010 Last chance to purchase BSA 100th Anniversary trees
December 2010 A Year of Celebration draws to an end
For more information on the BSA 100th Anniversary Celebration, visit Scouting.org/100years.
Or contact: Robert E. Mersereau, Director 100th Anniversary Celebration Project Boy Scouts of America 1325 West Walnut Hill Lane Irving, TX 75015-2079 Telephone: (972) 580-2495 Email: Bob.Mersereau@scouting.org
Connect with our Local
Connecticut
Boy Scouts of America!
The Connecticut Yankee Council is the local chapter of the Boy Scouts of America, providing programs and services to more than 25,000 young people and 5,000 volunteers in Fairfield, New Haven and parts of Hartford counties of Connecticut. The Council is led by a volunteer Executive Board of community and business leaders and supported by Executive Director Louis D. Salute.
The Council serves the following towns and communities with six geographically divided districts led by a committee of volunteers and supported by a full-time District Executive:
Powahay District - Stamford, Darien, New Canaan, Norwalk, and Wilton Scatacook District - Sherman, New Fairfield, Danbury, Ridgefield, Redding, Bethel, Brookfield, and Newtown. Pomperaug District - Stratford, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Westport, Weston, Easton, Trumbull, and Monroe Lighthouse District - New Haven, East Haven, Branford, Guilford, North Branford, and Madison Wepawaug Valley District - Bethany, Milford, Orange, West Haven, and Woodbridge. Sleeping Giant District - Southington, Meriden, Wallingford, North Haven, and Hamden
For more information contact: Connecticut Yankee Council P.O. Box 32 60 Wellington Road Milford, CT 06460 Telephone: (203) 876-6868 and/or (800) 333-7905 Email: info@ctyankee.org
Boy Scouts of America 2010
Celebrate Scouting Stamp
Celebrate Scouting with the Boy Scouts of America and the United States Postal Service!
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) will receive an incredible honor from the United States Postal Service (USPS) in the form of a "Celebrate Scouting" stamp.
A tribute to the impact of a century of Scouting on the American landscape, the stamp will become widely available during the summer of 2010.
Connecticut Artist Rick Stromoski will present his program "Cartooning For Kids!"
3:05 PM until 4:00 PM
Mr. Stomoski taught himself to draw and his illustrations and artwork have found their way into a wide range of publications. His work has appeared in national magazines, children's and humor books, newspapers, licensed products, national advertising and network television. His work includes the comic strip The Mullets and Soup To Nutz. Rick Stromoski became the first cartoonist to win twice the National Cartoonist Society Greeting Card Award in 1995 and 1998. He's also won the Gag Cartoon Award for 1999, and was nominated for their Book and Illustration Award for 1999.
Registration required. For ages 5 and up.
4:00 PM until 4:15 PM Visit and meet local cartoonist Rick Stromoski! Books available for purchase as well as autographing. He will be available for book signing!
4:15 PM until 5:00 PM Learn To Draw with Rick Stromoski - learn to draw characters and develop your own storylines.
Registration required. For ages 6 and up.
You will need a drawing table and 2 #2 sharpened pencils, with erasers.
Registration is limited to the first 30 registrants.
**THIS CLASS IS NOW FULL!** contact library for possible openings.
For more information contact: The Brookfield Library 182 Whisconier Road Brookfield, CT 06804 www.brookfieldlibrary.org Telephone: (203) 775-6241
Celebrate
Chinese New Year
Saturday, February 6, 2010
2:00 - 3:00pm
Fun for the whole family!
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Drop-in crafts: Make Origami and Chinese lanterns. Calligraphy demonstration.
2:15 PM – 3:00 PM
Performance: Chinese folk dances and traditional music performed by Phoenix Performing Arts and HuaXia Chinese School - CT.
Have a Happy and Prosperous Year of the Tiger! Free! No registration.
More information contact: Danbury Library 170 Main Street Danbury, CT 06810 Telephone: (203) 797-4505
A woman verging on 30 and frustrated in her temp secretarial job, takes on a year-long culinary quest: cook all 524 recipes in Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking." She chronicles her trials and tribulations in a blog that catches on with the food crowd. This film follows both women, who, while separated by time and space, discover that with the right combination of passion and fearlessness (and butter!), anything is possible.
Starring Meryl Streep (in her Oscar-nominated performance!), Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci Rated PG-13; 123 minutes
Chinese New Year is quickly approaching. You can join in the fun at a hands-on workshop and learn to make wontons four ways, appetizers through desserts! Carol Dannhauser, cook and journalist, leads the fun.
Registration is required. Call the library at 203-259-0346, ext. 18 to sign up.
Average guy barber falls for get rich quick scheme and becomes victim to the double and triple cross.
With Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, Michael Badalucco, James Gandolfini, Scarlett Johansson.
Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Retro film noir in elegant black and white. 116 min. Rated R
Admission to the Friends Friday Films is FREE. This series is made available by membership contributions.
Show time is 8:00 PM Doors open at 7:40 PM
Location: Cole Auditorium Contact: Wayne Campbell Telephone: (203) 622-7922
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Chinese New Year Celebration
Celebrate the Year of the Tiger
Sunday, February 7, 2010
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Come celebrate the Year of the Tiger, as Greenwich Library welcomes the CBA Culture & Arts Center of New York City. Join in and take part in the festivities, which will include dancing, acrobatics, magic, martial arts and music.
CBA is dedicated to the development of traditional Chinese arts in the spirit of exchange and dialogue with other cultures in the world. While seeking to preserve Chinese folk flavors, CBA programs continue to develop fresh ideas and techniques as artists come in contact with other traditions in the eclectic art scenes of the west.
The program is appropriate for all ages.
No registration required.
For more information on Chinese New Year Celebration,
please call Yang Wang at (203) 622-7924.
For more information contact: Greenwich Library 101 West Putnam Avenue Greenwich, CT 06830 www.greenwichlibrary.org
GamingNight @ the Rowayton Library
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Tournament
for Kids grades 6-8
Friday, February 5, 2010
5:00 PM -6:30 PM
Do you love to play Super Smash Bros. Brawl? Are you up for a challenge? The Rowayton Library’s Teen Advisory Board is teaming up to provide a professional Super Smash Bros.
Brawl Tournament at the Rowayton Library on Friday night, February 5th from 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM for kids in grades 6-8.
Prizes, prizes, prizes will be given to the top players.
Tournament Rules: three minute-knockout rounds, number of rounds based on number of kids registered, random levels, highest score wins.
Spectators welcome.
To pre-register for the 6th – 8th grade tournament, call the Rowayton Library at (203) 838-5038 or email TAB@Rowayton.org with your name and grade.
Pre-registration is recommended, however attendees may register at the event.
For more information contact: The Rowayton Library 33 Highland Avenue Rowayton, CT 06853 Telephone: (203) 838-5038 www.rowayton.org
World View Series
Dayton Program Room
Saturday, February 6, 2010
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The Library's World Views series continues with a film screening of Fifty Wonders of Korea: The Hidden Treasures of Korean Art. The film will introduce audience members to the unique and extraordinary history and culture of Korea. The film features such Korean artifacts as the Sarira Reliquary of Kameusna Temple, the Sokkuram Grotto, and the Koryo Buddhist paintings.
After the one hour film screening some traditional Korean food and drinks will be served.
The program is presented by members of the Korean Spirit and Culture Poromotion Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of Korean history and culture.
Ridgefield Library 472 Main Street Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877 Telephone: (203) 438-2282 www.ridgefieldlibrary.org
Main Library One Public Library Plaza Stamford, CT 06904 Telephone: (203) 964-1000 www.fergusonlibrary.org
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Sunday Afternoon at the Movies
Watermarks
February 7, 2010
1:30 PM
The story of the Hakoah Vienna Jewish women’s swim team of the 1930s – their forced separation, and their reunion decades later.
"Yaron Zilberman's wonderful, heartwarming Watermarks" (Kevin Thomas, L.A. Times) narrates the story of the champion women swimmers of the legendary Vienna sports club Hakoah. Founded in 1909 in response to the notorious Aryan Paragraph, which forbade most Austrian sports clubs from accepting Jewish athletes, Hakoah rapidly grew into one of Europe's biggest athletic organizations -- and its women's swim team virtually dominated national competitions in the 1930s.
An uplifting tale of survival and friendship, Watermarks focuses on the stories of the club's surviving members, while also faithfully recounting a historical period where prejudice and violence forced these brave women into exile. Now, sixty-five years after their escape, seven of Hakoah's female swim team athletes leave their respective homes across the globe and re-unite for the first time at their old Vienna swimming pool. The result is so incredibly touching that Boston Globe critic Wesley Morris wrote, "The images of them swimming together after all those years are beautiful and a little holy: They look like angels in the water."
Alternating between painstakingly researched historical footage and contemporary interviews with the women swimmers, Yaron Zilberman daringly re-connects the lives and memories of those who challenged the status quo and, for the occasion of his movie, bravely share their complex legacy of tolerance and integrity with future generations. "As these women tell their stories in a tone of wonderment," says New York Times film critic Stephen Holden, "Watermarks becomes more than a pointed footnote to the Holocaust. It emerges as a surprisingly encouraging reflection on the distance between youth and advanced age." review source (1)
Directed by Yaron Zilberman.
2004. Austria.
77 minutes.
For more information contact: One Public Library Plaza Stamford, CT 06904 Telephone: (203) 964-1000 www.fergusonlibrary.org
Mallett Foundation Concert Series
John Lehmann-Haupt
on the Guitar
Sunday, February 7, 2010
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Community Room
The TLS is glad to present a concert with John Lehmann-Haupt on guitar. Mr. Lehmann-Haupt has built a distinctive repertoire of classical guitar works, acoustic folk ballads and blues pieces.
From 1981 until 1993, he performed nightly at Windows on the World atop New York City's World Trade Center, an engagement cited for musical excellence by The New York Times. He has also performed in concerts and clubs throughout the Northeast, and in the homes of such prominent New Yorkers as Tom Brokaw, Madeleine Albright, and Donald Trump.
For his fifth birthday, John received a small nylon-string guitar, and by the age of thirteen, he put out a limited edition album of folk ballads and blues. Since 1982, John has been on the teaching staff of New York's American Institute of Guitar. He has also written extensively on music and the guitar for The New York Times, Acoustic Guitar, Family Life, and several other magazines.
Supported by the Mallett Foundation.
Drop in. Refreshments provided. FREE
For more information contact: Trumbull Library 33 Quality Street Trumbull, CT 06611 Telephone: (203) 452-5197 www.trumbullct-library.org
MUSIC @THE LIBRARY:
Bennett Harris Acoustic Blues Trio
Sunday, February 7, 2010
2:00 PM
McManus Room
The Bennett Harris Acoustic Blues Trio presents a lively and memorable show of Americana blues and early jazz music. The group includes vocals, guitar, harmonica, fiddle, and bass. In addition to original tunes, their spirited repertoire draws from the songbooks of Robert Johnson, Bessie Smith, Blind Blake . . . and ranges through Irving Berlin, Gershwin, Janis Joplin and Jorma Kaukonen.
Bennett Harris is an expert traditional blues guitar fingerpicker, specializing in Piedmont ragtime and Mississippi Delta-sliding styles from the pre-World War II era. He plays slide on a 1930s vintage National steel Duolian and plays a neck-rack harmonica simultaneously.
Kenny Kosek is one of the most recorded fiddlers in America today. His fluid, imaginative playing draws on an extensive stylistic vocabulary which allows him to move freely between numerous musical genres.
Gary Brooks has occupied the bass chair with Bennett for many years. His steady, soulful, R&B influenced “groove” style anchors the trio’s sound. Gary also plays sax and keys, and over several decades has performed as a soloist and section player with many bands throughout the northeast.
Supported by the Grace K. Salmon Foundation.
For more information contact: Westport Public Library 20 Jesup Road Westport, CT 06880 Telephone: (203) 291-4800 www.westportlibrary.org
Relay for Life Concerts
Saturday, February 6, 2010
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
and
8:00 PM - 9:15 PM
Acoustic Wilton, Relay For Life of Wilton and Wilton Library host “The Relay Sessions” in the Brubeck Room at the Wilton Library.
There will be two sessions – 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM. Local music talent Joan Wallace, Dave Keefe, Kim Troy, Lauren Mirabile, Patty Perry, Tim Geaney, Chris Brown, Amy Jonsson and Scott Weber will perform songs from their upcoming CD release “Acoustic Wilton – The Relay Sessions,” a fundraising benefit for the American Cancer Society’s annual “Relay For Life of Wilton.”
February is Library Lovers' Month and folks around the country are rallying in support of academic, school and public libraries. Some of the ways Library Lovers demonstrate their love of libraries:
by donating new and used books - often to honor loved ones
volunteering their time and expertise
joining Friends organizations
speaking up for libraries at civic and community meetings
During economic downturns, people turn to public libraries for information, recreation, and cultural needs so it is not surprising that public libraries are facing historic demands for their service. Public libraries have become multimedia centers, offering not only books but informational DVDs, classic movies, cultural events, computer classes, craft workshops, art shows, e-books and Internet access for all age groups - all FREE with a library card.
Here is a list of public libraries in Fairfield County, Connecticut. They are a wonderful resource for all to enjoy . . . so, take some time this February and
Westport Public Library Arnold Bernhard Plaza Westport, CT 68805 Phone: (203) 291-4800 www.westportlibrary.org
Wilton Library Association 137 Old Ridgefield Rd. Wilton, CT 68973 Phone: (203) 762-3950 www.wiltonlibrary.org
While you are celebrating, check out all the Connecticut Public Libraries, become a supporter, join in a Friends group and volunteer at your local public library.
Hi, I'm Debra, the roving blogger and online media rep for Mort Walker's The Best of Times magazine. It is a Full-Featured Family-Friendly Fun Magazine. We are currently to be found in the "Gold Coast" of Connecticut/New York and looking forward to being in all 50 states in the U.S.A. If you are interested in becoming an Associate Publisher - please contact us.
Hurricane Katrina brought me to CT/NY from New Orleans. Craig's List "introduced me" to Mort Walker and his magazine The Best of Times (in case you haven't heard, Mort Walker is the creator of Beetle Bailey, the founder of the National Cartoon Museum and an all around nice guy).
So . . . what really got my attention was the magazine's name, The Best of Times. It intrigues me. Yes, I mean intrigues, defined as: to arouse the curiosity or interest of, by unusual, new or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate; to achieve or earn by appealing to another's curiosity, fancy, or interest. Yes, Yes, Yes, to arouse interest and curiosity in The Best of Times. What does it mean? Are we living in The Best of Times, if so what are we doing and if not, why not?
So, I have voluntarily taken on the task of asking Who, What, When, Where, Why and How do we, are we having The Best of Times.
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