Fairfield Morning Briefing: Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012

Today is Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. On this day in 1965, the African American nationalist and religious leader Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City.

Famous birthdays include Alan Rickman – 1946; Kelsey Grammer – 1955; Jennifer Love Hewitt – 1979; Ellen Page – 1987.

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HEADLINES

• Town Requests Capital Funding for Four Projects
• Fairfield Sports Roundup: Feb. 21
• Wild Finish Ahead in FCIAC Boys Basketball Playoff Race
• Woof! I Like to Look on the Inside! (blog post by DogSpanky)
• The Night Sky: Perseus, Algol, and the California Nebula (blog post by Rick Bria)
• Lost Dog Alert: Bring Ozzy Home (announcement)
• Bring Andy Home (announcement)

EVENTS & REMINDERS

• Fun Food Drive: 8 a.m., CardSmart. “We will have a collection box in the store to accept donations of 'FUN FOODS' – individual-sized boxes of fruit snacks (i.e. raisins, apricots), pretzels, popcorn  for the Pre-K students in Sister Theresa Tremblay's school on North Ave. in Bridgeport.”
• Sketching Theatre: 10 a.m., Fairfield Museum and History Center, $25/$20 for members. Workshop for kids ages 8 to 13 with illustrator Deborah Bassino. Learn to sketch costumes and set designs.
• Bravo! A Century of Theatre in Fairfield County: 12 p.m., Fairfield Museum and History Center, $5. Come learn about Fairfield County’s theatrical history.
• Film Screening of “Forks Over Knives”: 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Fairfield Public Library, free. A documentary following the work of a biochemist and a surgeon and their studies that showed the degenerative diseases could be prevented by a whole foods, plant-based diet.
• Fairfield Public Library Brings Best-Selling Author Lisa See to Fairfield: 7 p.m., Fairfield University Oak Room, free. Lisa See is the author of “Dreams of Joy.” Fairfield University is co-sponsoring the event with the library.
• TV Script Writing Workshop: 7 p.m., Fairfield Public Library, Memorial Room, free. Popular writing workshop leader Ryan Sartor will host the series of classes, which include understanding the structure of narrative television programs and writing an episode or two.
• Play Reading Series: 7 p.m., Greenfield Hill Village Improvement Society, $5. Slant of Light Theatre Company presents “Las Commedias.” The reading will be followed by a talk with the author, director, and actors. Light refreshments will be served.
• Fairfield American Little League is now open for registration for the spring.

FAIRFIELD CINEMAS AT BULLARD SQUARE SHOWTIMES

• The Artist  - 1:20 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7:20 p.m., (1 hr., 40 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes - Trailer
• The Descendants – 12:50 p.m., 3:40 p.m., 6:30 p.m. (1 hr., 55 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close – 1:15 p.m., 4:05 p.m., 6:55 p.m. (2 hrs., 9 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• The Grey – 1:05 p.m., 3:45 p.m., 6:40 p.m. (1 hr. 57 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• The Iron Lady – 1:30 p.m., 4:50 p.m., 7:25 p.m. (1 hr., 45 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes - Trailer
• Joruney 2: The Mysterious Island – 12:40 p.m., (1 hr., 34 min.)
• Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D – 3 p.m., 5:20 p.m., 7:40 p.m., (1 hr., 34 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• The Secret World of Arrietty – 12:30 p.m., 2:50 p.m., 5:10 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 10 p.m. (1 hr. 34 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes - Trailer
• The Vow – 1 p.m., 4:10 p.m., 7:10 p.m., (1 hr. 44 min.) – IMDB – Rotten Tomatoes - Trailer
• The Woman in Black – 1:40 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. (1 hr. 35 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes - Trailer

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

• Harbor Management Commission: 4:30 p.m., Sullivan Independence Hall (725 Old Post Road) second floor conference room (agenda)
• Retirement Board Joint Investment: 7 p.m., Sullivan Independence Hall second floor conference room (agenda)
• Town Planning and Zoning Commission: 7:30 p.m. (executive session); 8:15 p.m. (public hearing), McKinley Elementary School

FORECAST as of 8 p.m. on Monday:

• Tuesday: “A slight chance of rain after 3 p.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. Calm wind becoming south between 10 and 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent.”
• Tuesday night: “A chance of rain before 3 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Southwest wind between 7 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent.”

 INTERSTATE TRAFFIC CAMS

See also Fairfield Patch’s “Traffic & Gas Prices” 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

• Low tide: 4:36 a.m.
• Sunrise: 6:40 a.m.
• High tide: 10:42 a.m.
• Low tide: 5 p.m.
• Sunset: 5:33 p.m.
• High tide: 11:04 p.m.

Forecast obtained from the National Weather Service; tide information obtained from saltwatertides.com (calibrated to the closest selection to Fairfield, Bridgeport Harbor).