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Enchanted Garden Puts A Ridgefield Spin On Tale Of 'The Nutcracker' Enchanted Garden Puts A Ridgefield Spin On Tale Of 'The Nutcracker'
Enchanted Garden Puts A Ridgefield Spin On Tale Of 'The Nutcracker' RIDGEFIELD, Conn. — The Enchanted Garden School of Dance will present its 14th annual holiday program "Nuts About the Nutcracker" on Saturday at Ridgefield High School.The cast features 150 dancers, ages 5 through 18, who will perform to contemporary orchestrations. The show was conceived and choreographed by Jean Cobelli, Enchanted Garden’s dance director. The program is a big twist on the original tale but meant to be family-friendly, said Cobelli. "I am a native Ridgefielder; therefore, I created a storyline that takes place in the town of Ridgefield," she said. Tic…
Greens Farms Academy Arts Chair Turns Bandleader For Southport Concert Greens Farms Academy Arts Chair Turns Bandleader For Southport Concert
Greens Farms Academy Arts Chair Turns Bandleader For Southport Concert SOUTHPORT, Conn. -- Pequot Library in Southport will present a Holiday Jazz concert, "A Winter Wonderland," featuring Emmy-winning composer Rex Cadwallader, on Sunday, Dec. 18. Attendees will be treated to an afternoon of jazzy, holiday-season music presented by Cadwallader and noted Connecticut jazz musicians Steve Moran on saxophone and flute and bassist Mike Asetta. The concert will feature holiday standards such as “The Christmas Song,” “Winter Wonderland,” music from “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” as well as beloved classics “Silver Bells,” “Jingle Bell Rock,” and “White Chris…
Bridgeport Diocesan Youth 'Arise And Shine' For Holiday Concert Bridgeport Diocesan Youth 'Arise And Shine' For Holiday Concert
Bridgeport Diocesan Youth 'Arise And Shine' For Holiday Concert BRIDGEPORT, Conn. --The  Diocesan Youth Choir will perform its annual Christmas Concert, "Arise and Shine," on Sunday, Dec. 18, at the Klein Memorial Auditorium in Bridgeport. Under the direction of Mary Bozzuti Higgins of Wilton, the 75-member choir will present a joyous program of Christmas songs and chants from different ages and cultures. The choir will reprise some of last year’s favorites such as the “Arise and Shine, ”“Dark is the Silent Night,” and “Siyahamba,” as well as introduce some new Christmas music. This year, the choir will be accompanied by noted area musician…
Stop & Shop In Danbury Raises More Than $3K To Combat Hunger Stop & Shop In Danbury Raises More Than $3K To Combat Hunger
Stop & Shop In Danbury Raises More Than $3K To Combat Hunger DANBURY, Conn. -- Danbury Stop & Shop's associates and customers raised $3,058 to help fight hunger in the community, the Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. recently announced. The money was raised through the sale of specially designed donation cards and fundraising events held from Nov. 1 through Nov. 24 at the store. The money will be donated to the Association of Religious Communities Inc. The donation is part of the Stop & Shop Supermarket Co.’s 2016 Food for Friends in-store campaign, which helped raise $275,421 across several states to provide hunger relief to area residents. T…
Five-Town Norwalk River Valley Trail Hires New Leader Five-Town Norwalk River Valley Trail Hires New Leader
Five-Town Norwalk River Valley Trail Hires New Leader NORWALK, Conn. -- Norwalk resident Charlie Taney was recently named executive director of Norwalk River Valley Trail, a projected 38-mile multipurpose pathway that will link Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk with Rogers Park in Danbury and run through Wilton, Ridgefield and Redding as well. “It’s a tremendous opportunity to work with the NRVT team and the five towns to help bring this dream to life," said Taney of his new post. "The environment is my passion, and this is a great way to have an impact right in our own backyard.” In the nonprofit world, Taney created the Manresa Associa…
Greenwich's Granoff Architects Tackle Historic Building For New Home Greenwich's Granoff Architects Tackle Historic Building For New Home
Greenwich's Granoff Architects Tackle Historic Building For New Home GREENWICH, Conn. -- The former Connecticut Light & Power building at 330 Railroad Ave. in Greenwich now holds the distinction of being a "historic place" and soon will be the new headquarters of Granoff Architects. The building has been approved for listing on the Connecticut Register of Historic Places, the state's official listing of structures and sites that characterize the historical development of the state, announced Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, a commercial real estate advisory firm. This landmark building, designed and constructed in 1928 for CL&P, incorporates m…
HCC Student From Shelton Shines In State Coding Competition HCC Student From Shelton Shines In State Coding Competition
HCC Student From Shelton Shines In State Coding Competition SHELTON, Conn. — Mahdi Saeikhalili, an international Housatonic Community College student and Shelton resident, recently won second place in the finals of the Connecticut Skills Challenge, which was organized by the Connecticut Technology Council. The challenge is a coding and engineering contest for the state’s top student coders. The event was held Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Yale School of Management in New Haven. Saeikhalili is in his first year at Bridgeport's HCC in the Computer Science Program and he is majoring in Computer Information Systems. He was one of the top 50 statewide comp…
Bridgeport Firefighters Wear Pink For Breast Cancer Research Bridgeport Firefighters Wear Pink For Breast Cancer Research
Bridgeport Firefighters Wear Pink For Breast Cancer Research BRIDGEPORT,  Conn. -- Bridgeport Firefighters have made a major donation to the Norma Pfriem Breast Care Center at Bridgeport Hospital to support breast cancer research and prevention, Bridgeport Fire Chief Richard Thode announced. The donation of $6,363 was presented to officials with the Norma Pfriem Center at a recent event at Bridgeport Fire Engine/Ladder 10. Firefighters at Engine/Ladder 10 spearheaded the donations by making pink T-shirts for their colleagues to wear citywide. Every firefighter wishing to participate would pay $20 to the collection to purchase a pink T-shirt, then p…
Boys & Girls Club Bonds With Junior League Of Greenwich Over Cookies Boys & Girls Club Bonds With Junior League Of Greenwich Over Cookies
Boys & Girls Club Bonds With Junior League Of Greenwich Over Cookies GREENWICH, Conn. --  The Junior League of Greenwich, with a crew of candy elves from its Done in a Day Committee, rang in the holiday season for 80 young members of the Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich recently with a gingerbread cookie decorating party. “We are delighted to partner with the Boys & Girls Club once again this year to help the children kick off a fun and festive holiday season,” said Sue Moretti Rogers, president of the League of Greenwich. Under the leadership of Junior League of Greenwich members Maryann Ghirardelli and Natalie Stein, who have coordinated this event f…
University Of Bridgeport Appoints New VP For University Relations University Of Bridgeport Appoints New VP For University Relations
University Of Bridgeport Appoints New VP For University Relations BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- The University of Bridgeport recently appointed Robert P. Cottle, a longtime leader in higher education and development, as vice president for university relations, UB announced.  The appointment became effective Monday, Nov. 28. In his new position at UB, Cottle will lead and oversee various development and fundraising campaigns at the university as it prepares to undertake the first phase of a newly announced Campus Master Plan. Cottle most recently served in two capacities at Fairfield University, first as director of corporate relations from 2006-2010, and most r…
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