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Learn About Streaming With Hoopla At Trumbull Library Learn About Streaming With Hoopla At Trumbull Library
Learn About Streaming With Hoopla At Trumbull Library TRUMBULL, Conn. – The Trumbull Public Library is holding a demonstration and lecture about using hoopla on Friday at 10 a.m. Hoopla is a system for downloading eBooks, audiobooks, comics and live streaming of movies, television shows or music. Mary Rogers, library staff member, will demonstrate how to search the hoopla system along with showing how easy it is to download to a device. Bring your device for help in starting with Hoopla. The lecture is for Trumbull residents only. Click here to register.  The Trumbull Public Library is located at 33 Quality Street. 

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Schools
Prep Players Stage 'Carousel' At Fairfield University Prep Players Stage 'Carousel' At Fairfield University
Prep Players Stage 'Carousel' At Fairfield University FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Prep Players of Fairfield Preparatory School will present the classic American musical “Carousel” on Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m. in the Kelley Theatre at the Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University. In a Maine coastal village toward the end of the 19th century, the swaggering, carefree carnival barker, Billy Bigelow, captivates and marries young millworker Julie Jordan. Billy loses his job just as he learns that Julie is pregnant and, desperately intent upon providing a decent life for his family, he is coerced into being an accomplice to a robbery. Caught …

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Lifestyle
Greenwich Reads Together Picks 'Station Eleven' As 2016 Selection Greenwich Reads Together Picks 'Station Eleven' As 2016 Selection
Greenwich Reads Together Picks 'Station Eleven' As 2016 Selection GREENWICH, Conn. – “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel has been chosen for Greenwich Reads Together 2016 as the residents band together to celebrate, read and enjoy one book. The book, suggested by Greenwich High School English teacher Kyaiera Mistretta, was announced last Wednesday at Greenwich Library. Two thematically related companion books were announced for younger readers: “The City of Ember,” book one of the Book of Ember series, by Jeanne DuPrau for middle school readers, and “Blackout” by John Rocco for elementary school readers. “Station Eleven” is a novel about art, fa…

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Schools
Stamford's Northeast Elementary Presents 'School House Rock Live! Jr.' Stamford's Northeast Elementary Presents 'School House Rock Live! Jr.'
Stamford's Northeast Elementary Presents 'School House Rock Live! Jr.' STAMFORD, Conn. – Adults who grew up watching Saturday morning cartoons in the 1970s can relive their childhood this May when Northeast Elementary School’s fifth grade presents the musical, “School House Rock Live! Jr.” on Friday, May 13 and Saturday, May 14 at 7 p.m. in the school’s auditorium. The musical is based on “School House Rock,” the Emmy Award-winning 1970s series of educational animated television shorts, which taught children about grammar, math, science, history and social studies through the clever use of animated characters and songs with catchy titles and lyrics, including,…

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Wooster Students Release Homegrown Trout Into Miry Brook In Danbury Wooster Students Release Homegrown Trout Into Miry Brook In Danbury
Wooster Students Release Homegrown Trout Into Miry Brook In Danbury DANBURY, Conn. – Wooster School's seventh grade students completed another season of “Trout in the Classroom,” a bridge to the project-based life science curriculum. The Danbury students have been raising brown trout (Salmo trutta) in science class since November in collaboration with the Housatonic Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited and recently released them into Miry Brook on the school’s campus. The seventh grade ecology unit focuses primarily on the natural environments around campus and their inhabitants as they have faced ongoing changes over the past years. In addition to the trout …

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Politics
State Legislators Applaud Bill To Boost Ridgefield Businesses State Legislators Applaud Bill To Boost Ridgefield Businesses
State Legislators Applaud Bill To Boost Ridgefield Businesses RIDGEFIELD, Conn. – Republican State Reps. Jan Giegler, John Frey and Richard Smith applauded late-night passage of a manufacturing bill they co-sponsored that will benefit Connecticut businesses, including those in Danbury, and Ridgefield-based Boehringer Ingelheim. Giegler represents Danbury, New Fairfield and Ridgefield; Frey reprsents Ridgefield and Smith represents Danbury, Sherman, New Fairfield and New Milford. Senate Bill 308 – An Act Concerning Manufacturing-Related Issues in the State – requires the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development (DECD) to “develop legislative…

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Events
Greenwich Town Party Adds Local Bands To Music Lineup Greenwich Town Party Adds Local Bands To Music Lineup
Greenwich Town Party Adds Local Bands To Music Lineup GREENWICH, Conn. – C.J. Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band, as well as six talented, local bands with Greenwich connections and familiar names, will add more musical flavor to the sixth annual Greenwich Town Party from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, May 28 at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park. Chenier, a Grammy-nominated, world-renowned zydeco (a blend of blues and R&B) musician and recording artist, will perform with the Red Hot Louisiana Band. Chenier has played alongside many internationally recognized artists including his Grammy-awarded father, Clifton Chenier (“The King of Zydeco”), Pau…

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Greenwich's Bruce Museum Lights Up With Electricity Exhibit Greenwich's Bruce Museum Lights Up With Electricity Exhibit
Greenwich's Bruce Museum Lights Up With Electricity Exhibit GREENWICH, Conn. – The Bruce Museum will sizzle with excitement this spring and summer during its showing of “Electricity,” a special exhibition developed by The Franklin Institute, on display Saturday, May 14 through Sunday, Nov. 6. “Electricity” brings the science and history of electricity to life through engaging hands-on interactives including plasma tubes, jumping rings, solenoid and Jacob's Ladder. Visitors will learn the fundamental principles behind electricity, such as magnetic fields, electric charges and battery technology. Sparks will fly (safely) as museumgoers examine concept…

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Fairfield Touch A Truck Benefits Center For Family Justice In Bridgeport Fairfield Touch A Truck Benefits Center For Family Justice In Bridgeport
Fairfield Touch A Truck Benefits Center For Family Justice In Bridgeport FAIRFIELD, Conn. – More than 60 trucks and emergency vehicles, including new fire engines, construction rigs and mammoth over-the-road trucks will roll into Fairfield on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for a first-of-its-kind Touch a Truck event in the parking lot of Fairfield Ludlowe High School. The family-friendly event is being presented by The Barnum Festival and Julian Enterprises with partial proceeds to benefit The Center for Family Justice, the Bridgeport-based nonprofit that supports victims of domestic and sexual violence and child abuse in six local communities. Jason Julian, th…

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Neighbors
Fairfield Museum And History Center Seeks New Docents Fairfield Museum And History Center Seeks New Docents
Fairfield Museum And History Center Seeks New Docents FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Fairfield Museum and History Center is looking for people in the community who want to share their interest in history with students and adults by becoming a museum docent. A free orientation session will be held on Friday, May 27 from 10:30-11:30 a.m. at the museum, 370 Beach Road, Fairfield. Coffee and refreshments will be served. RSVP to Christine Jewell, director of education at 203-259-1598 or education@fairfieldhs.org. According to Jewell, the education staff at the museum will present an overview of docent opportunities as well as a highlights of the Historic To…

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