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FAC is closing, leaving a void in Fairfield Center

01/03/2012 By
Fairfield Arts Center on Sanford Street

Connecticut Post photo

Normally it’s downtown Bridgeport or Black Rock that I fret over, but now Fairfield is suffering a loss — quite a sudden one, from the perspective of a relative outsider to the Fairfield Arts Center.

The FAC is closing after 15 years, the Connecticut Post’s Culture Cache blog reports.

In Black Rock, I grumble that only only make money selling booze and, uh, massages. The Black Rock Gallery moved away, and the Black Rock Arts Center just plain folded. These were two entities that got me started on this blog three years ago.

But then Fairfield, where the 1 percent accounts for at least 30 percent of the people there, lost Art Place, the Greenwich Workshop Gallery, their bookstore, and now this. What sells in Fairfield center? Food and drink. Feeding the mind won’t cut it.

Across town, the gallery at Sacred Heart University is also shutting down. It’s outrageous and sad.

Not that I ever really understood how these non-profits make it. Finance is a big mystery to me. But I know this much. If I’m not hungry,  there’s one less reason to spend any time in Fairfield center anymore.

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How to run for mayor

10/30/2011 By

If you’re running for mayor, it helps to have a popular corner market with a steady stream of loyal customers. It makes a great setting for your campaign headquarters when you decide to run.

Then, you get this awesome kind of visual.

I had dropped by for eggs, and got Americana, democracy and a “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” kind of thing. I can’t editorialize about the merits of Mr. Torres’ candidacy, but you can’t deny this is an awesome thing to see.

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‘Walk with Harold’ at St. Mary’s for two good causes

09/25/2011 By

I’m not on many boards or committees, but there’s one that I’ve on for two years now. It’s been a lot of fun to be on the committee that plans “Walk With Harold,” which happens right in my own backyard.

The “Walk” is a one-mile charity dog-walk and fair at St. Mary’s by the Sea. The mascot, Harold, is an adorable and well-dressed Dachshund with big eyes that have a way of bending you to his will. As in: “Does hims want a hamburger? Oooo, those eyes. I’m going to drive to Whole Foods and get some hamburger for Harold!”

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Vines & Vignettes: Fall garden fantasy at St. Mary’s

09/23/2011 By

Vines & Vignettes 2011: A Fall Garden Fantasy Tour is a unique fall garden experience and fundraiser on the grounds of the historic Rose Cottage in the heart of Black Rock.

Vines & Vignettes 2011 will evoke the spirit of the autumn season just as colors will start to turn. Some of Fairfield County’s finest landscape architects, nurseries and garden antiques dealers will create more than a dozen vignettes using the tranquil garden spaces, ponds and walkways of this verdant three-acre property, once part of the spectacular George Hotel on the waterfront at St. Mary’s-By-the-Sea. [Read more...]

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