http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/section.cfm?uid=63 Copyright 2009 Fairfield County Weekly TheOtherRoom.com CFML RSS Generator Mon, 16 Nov 2009 5:52:00 PM CST en-us Mon, 16 Nov 2009 5:52:00 PM CST http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15492 THURSDAY NOVEMBER 19 Its Proper Place The non-profit Art/Place gallery was the place to go to see an orgy of work by local artists until a fire destroyed its Southport location a few years back. Art/Place is now easing into its new home on Unquowa Road in Fairfield, but plenty of fine stuff from... By FCW Editorial http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15492 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 5:52:00 PM CST http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15494 We were a strange trio of pilgrims as we arrived at the Istanbul airport. There was the 30-ish tall, dark Turkish Imam, Ibrahim Sayar; the 60-ish American Episcopalian, Chuck; and the 70-ish Viennese-born Catholic, me. Ibrahim leads the local chapter of the world-wide Dialogue Movement, which includes... By Eva Arnott http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15494 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 4:52:01 PM CST http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15394 THURSDAY NOVEMBER 12 The World's Tastiest Indian Network news shows only have the time and faith in your attention span to glaze the surface of issues, cable news has been overtaken by windbags, and YouTube is still mostly for amateurs. Documentary films are the only route to real surveys of... By FCW Editorial http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15394 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 1:34:17 PM CST http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15311 THURSDAY NOVEMBER 5 Barnyard Animals The problem with sculptures is that there aren't a lot of places to create or display them. If you, say, take a bunch of steel wire and twist it into an outline of a horse (like Marcia Spivak of Wilton did for the piece pictured above), the project can really... By FCW Editorial http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15311 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 3:52:02 PM CST http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15222 THURSDAY OCTOBER 29 The Elephant Never Forgets Bridgeport Now that Cirque de Soleil has become the gold standard, apparently every circus production has to have a storyline. A spectacle of colorful clowns, death-defying acrobats, parading elephants, airborne motorcyclists, rubber-limbed contortionists,... By FCW Editorial http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15222 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:11:40 AM CDT http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15128 THURSDAY OCTOBER 22 For those about to hike Thanks to Connecticut's share of stimulus funds, the Merritt Parkway, with its 70 bridges and widespread beauty, is getting an upgrade. One advocacy group, the Merritt Parkway Trail Alliance, wants more than just cleaner bridges. It's arguing... By FCW Editorial http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15128 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 9:55:50 AM CDT http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=14918 On a chilly October evening, the wind moans through an ancient burial ground where the spirits of Tunxis Indians wander by moonlight. In the distance, screams can be heard of a woman hanged for witchcraft in 1663. Welcome to a haunting in Connecticut. There's no shortage of Colonial-era graveyards... By Chandra Niles Folsom http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=14918 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 9:55:50 AM CDT http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=14919 Nobody is really sure exactly who invented the game or when, but kickball became American kids' game of choice sometime around 1940. Who doesn't recall kicking that big red ball and (hopefully) watching it fly across the dusty schoolyard playground? However, the game is not just for kids anymore.... By Chandra Niles Folsom http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=14919 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 9:55:50 AM CDT http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=14920 You're standing on a wooden platform 70 feet in the air. It's kind of like being in a lazily-built treehouse, what with there being no walls and all. A metal clothesline-looking wire stretches out, linking to another wooden platform you can hardly see in the distance. You're wearing a... By Mike Sembos http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=14920 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 9:55:50 AM CDT http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=14929 To understand the trip up Mt. Washington, imagine you're doing laundry in the basement, and on your way back up the stairs, you realize they have weathered and split. They're creaky and you aren't sure you can trust them. They're covered in dirt and spiders, and someone has dumped a... By Jane Rushmore http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=14929