Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The celebrated children's author was best known for his book 'Where The Wild Things Are.'
Ridgefield's famed children's book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak died Tuesday. The celebrated children's author, best known for his book "Where The Wild Things Are," was "widely considered the most important children’s book artist of the 20th century," the New York Times reports. The Times reports that Mr. Sendak died of complications from a recent stroke, according to his longtime editor, Michael di Capua. "Where The Wild Things Are" was published in 1963, and the story of a little boy named Max who sails into his dreams to have a "wild rumpus" with imaginative, sometimes nightmarish monsters. The Times described his work: "In book after book, Mr. Sendak upended the staid, centuries-old tradition of American children’s …
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Plenty, but it's also unintentionally humorous and so badly written it hurts (and not in a good way).
In keeping with the number theme in the title, here's what you need to know before buying "50 Shades of Grey." Number of times the protagonist, Anastasia Steele, says "Crap" or "Holy Crap": 86 Number of times Anastasia refers to her lover Christian Grey and his moves as "hot" or "freaking hot": 37 Number of times a specific part of the female anatomy is referred to as "down there": 6 If fine writing is like bittersweet truffles, this book is like a wad of Gummi Bears stuck to your back teeth. To use another food metaphor -- and I'm not sure this author knows what a metaphor is -- it's the literary equivalent of eating Sugar Smacks for dinner. Author E.L. James gives us the first-person perspective of a naive 21-year-old college graduate …
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
The iconic producer and TV host suffered a heart attack, ABC News reports.
Famed TV host, producer Dick Clark died today at the age of 82, ABC reports. The longtime host of “Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve’ reportedly died of a heart attack. He had suffered a stroke in 2004 but “returned to the airwaves” for the last several years, according to ABC News. Clark became a household name after the afternoon dance show he hosted in the 50s became the popular “American Bandstand,” and from there Clark started the successful Dick Clark Productions company in Hollywood, according to ABC.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
The cargo manifest on the ill-fated ship was as diverse and interesting as the passenger list was.
Despite the common belief that there were mostly British, Irish and American citizens aboard the RMS Titanic, the truth is that 29 different nationalities were onboard. The cargo manifest for the Titanic contained articles as diverse as the nationalities of the people onboard the ill-fated ship. Consider the following items that went to the bottom along with the ship: Three very rare books were also lost to the sea. Harry Elkins Widener, a 1907 Harvard graduate and an avid book collector, had purchased several rare books to bring home on the Titanic, including a very rare first edition of essays by Francis Bacon. Harry saw to it that his mother and her maid were safely placed in a lifeboat and then stepped back. Later, William Carter …
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Whether you're captivated by the story of the Titanic or not, you can't avoid the avalanche of film and television offerings commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ship's sinking.
When an anniversary as meaningful as a centennial comes around, you've got to expect a little fanfare and the inevitable TV special or two. But the 100-year anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic has brought new meaning to the term "commemoration." There's been hundreds of ceremonies in towns throughout the Eastern Seaboard, if not the country. There's been numerous Titanic-themed exhibits opening, including one in our backyard designed by Dr. Robert Ballard at the Mystic Aquarium. But most conspicuously, the past few weeks have seen a flood of tributes, commemorations and investigations on cable television channels up and down the dial. And, of course, the re-release of the James Cameron blockbuster "Titanic" in 3-D, which grossed more…
Friday, April 13, 2012
The famous explorer unveiled a multimillion-dollar, state-of-the-art interactive exhibit at the Mystic Aquarium Wednesday that brings visitors up close to the search for and discovery of the RMS Titanic.
It was just past 11 o’clock in the morning Wednesday, and Dr. Robert Ballard -- renowned international explorer and the discoverer of the most famous shipwreck in history -- bounced from the bowels of his latest project at the Mystic Aquarium like he was on springs, flashing a wide grin and thrusting his hand at yet another in a long line of media members waiting to talk to him about the RMS Titanic. “Where’s Joe?” he chided the reporter when she told him which publication she was representing. “Joe’s on vacation!” replied the female reporter, who matched his enthusiasm. “Oh, so he’s letting you do this story? You’re Joe today!” Ballard had reason to be upbeat. He, along with aquarium and Sea Research Foundation officials, unveiled “…
Thursday, April 12, 2012
William T. Sloper of New Britain found a seat on the first lifeboat launched after the Titanic began sinking but was falsely accused of impersonating a woman to get the seat. He spent the rest of his life defending his reputation.
Anyone who knows anything about the Titanic disaster believes that there was a certain protocol for those who boarded the scarce lifeboats onboard the ill-fated ship -- or was there? Actually, the “women or children only” rule was in effect only on the port side of the ship; “women or children first” was the rule on the starboard side. Furthermore, a 14-year-old girl in first class was considered a child; a 14-year-old girl in third class was considered an adult. These variations in protocol are important in understanding the sad case of William Thompson Sloper, a 28-year old stockbroker from New Britain who survived the sinking. Son of Andrew Jackson Sloper, a New Britain bank president, William had spent three months in Europe on both …
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Thirty-three of the passengers on the Titanic were headed to Connecticut. Eighteen of them never made it when the unthinkable happened to the 'unsinkable.'
Margaret Kelly, the eldest daughter of James Kelly of Kildare County in Ireland, had been working in a corset factory in New Haven for two years when, in early 1912, she bought her father a third-class ticket to come across the Atlantic on the maiden voyage of the Titanic and visit her. The plan was that James would work for a while and save enough money to send for his wife, Kate, and his five other children to join them. But the reunion never happened, cut short by one of the worst maritime disasters in history. Kelly's body was found by the cable ship Mackay-Bennett and buried at sea. The heartbreak for the Kelly family didn't end there -- his son, Thomas, was killed in action four years later during World War I. Eventually, Kate and …
Matt LoGuercio, a former Patch contributor, will appear in an episode of 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' next week.
One of Fairfield County's own will appear on an episode of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" next week. Easton native Matt LoGuercio, a former Patch contributor and professional actor, is set to hit the screen in an episode called "Valentine's Day." It's scheduled to air on Wednesday, April 18 at 10 p.m. on NBC. LoGuercio recently told Patch he's been acting professionally since 1996, but this appearance is by no means what some would call a "big break." "Anyone who acts professionally wants to constantly be working -- that is one of the hardest things about the business," he said. "What you hope for is the right exposure that leads to more auditions and more work. Then at some point you have a body of good work that gets you to the …
Monday, March 19, 2012
Herzig, of Nashville, has released five albums to date. The drummer turned singer/songwriter received a Grammy nomination in 2007 for "Heaven's My Home," performed by the Duhks.
Indie pop-folk singer Katie Herzig, known for penning songs for the television shows "One Tree Hill" and "Grey's Anatomy," as well as the film "I Bought a Zoo," will be performing at 7:30 p.m. this Wednesday, March 21, at Fairfield Theatre Company's Stage One, 70 Sanford Street, Fairfield. Doors will open at 7 p.m. According to an FTC press release, Herzig, of Nashville, has released five albums to date. The drummer turned singer/songwriter received a Grammy nomination in 2007 for "Heaven's My Home," performed by the Duhks. For more information or tickets visit www.fairfieldtheatre.org.
Nadia Boyd
2:26 pm on Saturday, May 12, 2012
You're only thinking its badly written because finally there is an author out there that says it how it is. Are you seriously telling me you come up with a different way to describe how hot a person is or " down there"? The book is written exactly how someone thinks, no matter how many times you think it! Down there is way better expression to use then some these so called well written erotica … more ›