Fairfield Morning Briefing: Friday, March 22, 2013 [Weekend Planner]

Today is Friday, March 22, 2013. On this day in 1765, the British government imposed the Stamp Act on the American colonies.

Famous birthdays include William Shatner – 1931; James Patterson – 1947; Andrew Lloyd Webber – 1948; Reese Witherspoon – 1976.

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HEADLINES

• Library's Proposed Budget Includes Restoring Hours
• Thor Place Home Sells for $756K in Fairfield
• Newtown News Center
• Police Blotter
• Local Voices

COMMUNITY SPORTS GALLERY

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EVENTS & REMINDERS

Friday

• JLEFC Art Show: 10 a.m. - 5p.m., Burr Homestead, $7. "A boutique and café with a dozen “pop-up” stores with home décor, gift and accessory items for sale will be open Saturday and Sunday. Tickets for the show are $7 for adults, and children under 12 are free."
• Hot Buttered Rum and Cabinet: 7 p.m., Fairfield Public Library, $20. "Bay Area newgrass jam band Hot Buttered Rum have been described as a rock band playing bluegrass instruments. A jam juggernaut, part bluegrass, rock and country, Cabinet is naturally compared to similar acts in the genre."
• Screening: "a woman like that": 7 p.m., Fairfield University, free. "'a woman like that' is a compelling documentary about the provocative 17th-century Italian woman artist Artemisia Gentileschi, by Ellen Weissbrod."

Saturday

• Women's History Month Celebration: 10 a.m., Discovery Museum and Planetarium, free. "In honor of Women’s History Month, the Museum will proudly host a day event that focuses on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) initiatives."
• JLEFC Art Show: 10 a.m. - 5p.m., Burr Homestead, $7. "A boutique and café with a dozen “pop-up” stores with home décor, gift and accessory items for sale will be open Saturday and Sunday. Tickets for the show are $7 for adults, and children under 12 are free."
• Freezin' for a Reason: 12 p.m., Jennings Beach. "Freezin' is a fun event where adults and kids jump into the chilly waters of LI Sound to raise money for Wakeman."
• Town Hall Meeting Hosted by U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy: 1:30 p.m., Pequot Library, free. "U.S. Senator Chris Murphy will host a town hall meeting on Saturday, March 23 in Southport to discuss federal policy and hear ideas about how he can best represent the people of Connecticut in Washington."
• Hair of the Dog Extravaganza: 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., Gaelic-American Club, $22. "It is essentially a variety show with diversity that gives it a uniqueness that is hard to describe. It is definitely for all ages and everyone who has ever attended loves it and comes back each year."
• St. John Passion: 7 p.m., St. Paul's Episcopal Church, $25. "The church’s renowned St. Paul’s Choir and the American Baroque Orchestra, under the direction of Mark Bailey, will collaborate in a performance by period instruments and sung in the original German."
• Black 47: 7 p.m., Fairfield Theatre Company, $32. "Forget the leprechauns and fairies and unicorns; this band of Irish rockers blows up yesterday's reedy, tweedy, Irish Spring image and grinds it into your face."

Sunday

• JLEFC Art Show: 10 a.m. - 5p.m., Burr Homestead, $7. "A boutique and café with a dozen “pop-up” stores with home décor, gift and accessory items for sale will be open Saturday and Sunday. Tickets for the show are $7 for adults, and children under 12 are free."
• Fairfield School of Music Faculty Concert: 3 p.m., Fairfield School of Music, free. "Fairfield School of Music presents a free afternoon concert, featuring diverse musical selections performed by their talented faculty. Program to include works by Mozart, Brahms, Gershwin, Cliff Burwell & Regina Spektor."
• : 3 p.m., Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, $45. "As the founding director of the Association for Research into Crimes against Art, Charney's work in the field of art crime has been praised in international forums."
• Jefferson Starship: 7 p.m., Fairfield Theatre Company, $50. "Jefferson Starship was among the most successful arena rock bands of the 1970s and early '80s, an even greater commercial entity than its predecessor, Jefferson Airplane, the band out of which it evolved."

FAIRFIELD CINEMAS AT BULLARD SQUARE SHOWTIMES

• Admission (PG-13) – 1:20 p.m., 4:15 p.m., 7:20 p.m., 9:45 p.m. – (1 hrs., 57 min.) ­– IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Oz the Great and Powerful (PG) – 1 p.m., 4:10 p.m., 7:05 p.m., 10 p.m. (2 hrs., 10 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Oz the Great and Powerful in 3D (PG) – 12:30 p.m., 3:40 p.m., 6:35 p.m., 9:30 p.m. (2 hrs., 10 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer ­
• Quartet ­ (PG-13) ­– 1:30 p.m., 4:20 p.m., 6:50 p.m., 9:15 p.m. (1 hr., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes ­– Trailer
• Side Effects (R) – 1:35 p.m., 4:45 p.m., 7:20 p.m., 9:55 p.m. (1 hr., 46 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Silver Linings Playbook (R) – 1:10 p.m., 3:55 p.m., 6:45 p.m., 9:40 p.m. (2 hrs.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• The Croods (PG) – 12:45 p.m., 3:05 p.m., 5:25 p.m., 7:45 p.m., 10:05 p.m. (1 hr., 38 min.) ­– IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes ­– Trailer
• The Croods 3D (PG) – 12:15 p.m., 2:35 p.m., 4:55 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 9:35 p.m. (1 hr., 38 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes ­– Trailer
• The Gatekeepers (PG-13) ­– 3:50 p.m., 9:50 p.m. (1 hr., 47 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Zero Dark Thirty (R) – 12:20 p.m., 6:30 p.m. ­(2 hrs., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

• Board of Finance Public Comment Budget Session: 9:30 a.m., Senior Center

FORECAST as of 3 p.m. on Thursday:

• Friday: "Partly sunny, with a high near 40. West wind 10 to 17 mph."
• Friday night: "Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. Northwest wind 11 to 13 mph."
• Saturday: "Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Breezy, with a northwest wind 13 to 20 mph."
• Saturday night: "Mostly clear, with a low around 28. Northwest wind 9 to 15 mph."
• Sunday: "Mostly sunny, with a high near 45."
• Sunday night: "A chance of snow after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent."

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: 2:02 a.m.
• Sunrise: 6:53 a.m.
• High tide: 8:09 a.m.  
• Low tide: 2:35 p.m.
• Sunset: 7:07 p.m.
• High tide: 8:41 p.m.

Saturday

• Low tide: 2:56 a.m.
• Sunrise: 6:51 a.m.
• High tide: 9:02 a.m.
• Low tide: 3:24 p.m.
• Sunset: 7:09 p.m.
• High tide: 9:29 p.m.

Sunday

• Low tide: 3:45 a.m.
• Sunrise: 6:49 a.m.
• High tide: 9:50 a.m.
• Low tide: 4:09 p.m.
• Sunset: 7:10 p.m.
• High tide: 10:14 p.m.

Forecast obtained from the National Weather Service; tide information obtained from saltwatertides.com (calibrated to Southport Harbor).