Today is Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. On this day in 1980, the underdog U.S. hockey team made up of college players defeated the four-time defending gold medal winnings Soviet team at the XIII Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, N.Y.
Famous birthdays include George Washington – 1732; Steve Irwin – 1962; Drew Barrymore – 1975; Rajon Rondo – 1986.
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HEADLINES
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COMMUNITY SPORTS GALLERY
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EVENTS & REMINDERS
Friday
- After Hours Family Dance Party: 6:20 p.m., Fairfield Public Library, free. "Families with children of all ages are invited. When everyone else is out of the Library for the evening, the fun will begin."
- Color Interpretations - A Group Exhibition: 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Troy Fine Art Services, free. "Troy Fine Art is pleased to present Color Interpretations, a group exhibition of works featuring select gallery artists."
- John Corbett: 7 p.m., Fairfield Theatre Company, $28. "No one has to tell John Corbett that Hollywood stars moonlighting as musicians don't always get taken seriously."
- Rennie Harris Puremovement: 8 p.m., Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, $40. "Choreographer and international ambassador of hip-hop dance Rennie Harris founded Rennie Harris Puremovement in 1992, after working with Run-DMC and Kurtis Blow."
Saturday
- Author Meet & Greet - Jessica Bram: 12 p.m., Fairfield University Bookstore, free. "Ms. Bram is the featured author at the Meet and Greet and signed copies of her inspiring divorce memoir, Happily Ever After Divorce: Notes of a Joyful Journey will be available for purchase."
- Pimps of Joytime: 7 p.m., Fairfield Theatre Company, $22. "Over the course of the past four years, The Pimps have evolved into a road tested and audience approved groove machine."
- American Chamber Orchestra Winter Concert: 8 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, $15. "The American Chamber Orchestra welcomes its tenth year under Music Director Christopher James Hisey with its Winter Concert."
Sunday
- Orchestra in HD: 2 p.m., Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, $15. "New Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the Philadelphia Orchestra in a dramatic, 21st-century treatment of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, performed in Philadelphia's Verizon Hall."
- Purim at the Stadium: 4:30 p.m., Chabad of Fairfield, $18. "Grand sports-themed Purim feast."
FAIRFIELD CINEMAS AT BULLARD SQUARE SHOWTIMES
- Amour – 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 10:05 p.m. (2 hrs., 7 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- The Impossible – 1:10 p.m., 4:25 p.m., 7:05 p.m., 9:40 p.m. (1 hr., 47 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- Les Miserables –3:45 p.m., 9:25 p.m. – (2 hrs., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- Lincoln – 1:15 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7:45 p.m. – (2 hrs., 30 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- Parental Guidance – 12:35 p.m., 7 p.m. (1 hr., 44 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- Quartet – 12:40 p.m., 3 p.m., 5:20 p.m., 7:50 p.m., 10:10 p.m. (1 hr., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- Safe Haven –1:20 p.m., 4:10 p.m., 7 p.m., 9:45 p.m. (1 hr., 46 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- Side Effects – 1:35 p.m., 4:45 p.m., 7:20 p.m., 9:50 p.m. (1 hr., 46 min.) – IMDB – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- Silver Linings Playbook – 12:50 p.m., 3:55 p.m., 6:40 p.m., 9:30 p.m. (2 hrs.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- Zero Dark Thirty – 12:30 p.m., 3:50 p.m., 7:10 p.m. (2 hrs., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
FORECAST as of 3 p.m. on Thursday:
- Friday: "Increasing clouds, with a high near 37. North wind around 7 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon."
- Friday night: "A chance of snow after midnight, mixing with rain after 3 a.m. Cloudy, with a low around 30. Calm wind becoming east 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent."
- Saturday: "Rain and snow likely before 9 a.m., then rain. High near 39. East wind 9 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible."
- Saturday night: "Rain. Low around 36. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible."
- Sunday: "Rain and snow likely before noon, then a chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 39. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent."
- Sunday night: "Partly cloudy, with a low around 30."
INTERSTATE TRAFFIC CAMS
See also Fairfield Patch’s "Commute” page.
- Westport: northbound, south of Exit 19 – Maple Lane
- Fairfield: southbound, Exit 19 – Mill Hill Road
- Fairfield: northbound, Exit 21 – North Pine Creek Road
- Fairfield: northbound, Exit 22 – Fairfield Service Plaza
- Fairfield: northbound, Exit 22 – North Benson Road
- Fairfield: southbound, north of Exit 24 – Brentwood Avenue
- Bridgeport: northbound, Exit 26 – Wordin Avenue
TIDES & TIMES
Friday
- Low tide: 2:31 a.m.
- Sunrise: 6:37 a.m.
- High tide: 8:40 a.m.
- Low tide: 3:04 p.m.
- Sunset: 5:36 p.m.
- High tide: 9:08 p.m.
Saturday
- Low tide: 3:18 a.m.
- Sunrise: 6:36 a.m.
- High tide: 9:24 a.m.
- Low tide: 3:47 p.m.
- Sunset: 5:37 p.m.
- High tide: 9:50 p.m.
Sunday
- Low tide: 4:10 a.m.
- Sunrise: 6:35 p.m.
- High tide: 10:06 a.m.
- Low tide: 4:26 p.m.
- Sunset: 5:38 p.m.
- High tide: 10:30 p.m.
Forecast obtained from the National Weather Service; tide information obtained from saltwatertides.com (calibrated to Southport Harbor).
