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Come to a holiday extravaganza at the Bijou Theatre! Bridgeport’s beautiful downtown Bijou Theatre and Stamford-based The New Paradigm Theatre Company are partnering to create a new holiday tradition to be presented on The Bijou’s stage on December 1 and 2. “Bringing Broadway to Bridgeport” is a family-friendly variety holiday show with performers, singers, and musicians from The New Paradigm Theatre Company. The MC for the event is television star Scott Bryce.

Adding to the glamour and fun of “Bringing Broadway to Bridgeport” will be a personal appearance by Emily Audibert, the current Miss Connecticut. Another highlight of the show is sure to be the appearance of the Bridgeport Boy’s Choir which is comprised of 21 members who attend schools in the Greater Bridgeport area. They are in their 28th season. The choir has proven to be a valuable way to help boys develop musical talent, promote good discipline habits and generate self-esteem. They will be featured in the show with the Broadway performers from The New Paradigm Theatre in some familiar holiday tunes, as well as in a Santa Claus skit that some of the boys will help to write.

There will be two performances on Saturday December 1: 3 PM, 8PM, and on Sunday December 2: 2PM and 7PM.
Ticket prices are $20 for theatre seating, $25 for cabaret seating and tickets for “Bringing Broadway to Bridgeport” can be purchased on The Bijou website or by calling the Bijou.

Learn more at:
http://www.fcbuzz.org/events/music/6467/

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The Theatre Artists Workshop continues it’s 30th anniversary season with the hugely popular holiday show, “Holiday Memories”, by Truman Capote, Nov. 30-Dec 2. “Holiday Memories” combines two Capote short story classics, “The Thanksgiving Visitor,” and “A Christmas Memory.” In both, the younger and older Truman recount memories of times with their beloved cousin, Miss Sook, as they face an unwelcome visitor for Thanksgiving, and produce the annual batch of pies for Christmas. Full of warmth, friendship, and generosity, the play allows audience members to leave with an understanding of the true value of holiday memories.

The show will be performed as a Classic Night staged concert reading and the cast will be familiar to audiences who’ve seen many great TAW productions through the years: Katie Sparer (Stratford, CT), Jo Anne Parady (Southport, CT), Kristin Graham (Trumbull, CT), Chilton Ryan (Weston, CT), and Richard Leonard (Cos Cob, CT), directed by Mark Graham.

For this show, reservations are not taken, so please arrive early for the best seats. Donations are both encouraged and gratefully accepted. Theatre Artists Workshop is at 5 Gregory Boulevard, Norwalk.

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http://www.fcbuzz.org/events/theater-and-dance/6497/

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With guidance from art instructors and visiting professional illustrators, local students interpret Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and resulting works are exhibited at City Lights Gallery. In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury’s classic, frightening vision of the future, firemen don’t put out fires–they start them in order to burn books. Bradbury’s vividly painted society holds up the appearance of happiness as the highest goal–a place where trivial information is good, and knowledge and ideas are bad. Fire Captain Beatty explains it this way, “Give the people contests they win by remembering the words to more popular songs…. Don’t give them slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy.”

This event is part of The Big Read, presented by the University of Bridgeport, exhibited at City Lights Gallery,Bpt. Exhibit runs November 28 – December 1, with an Opening Reception: November 30, 5:30 – 7:30pm. Regular Gallery hours are: W-F, 11:30 am – 5:00 pm, Sat. Noon – 4:00 pm. FREE.

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http://www.fcbuzz.org/events/visual-arts/6415/

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Bruce Museum’s Science Lecture Series Fall 2012 will be given tonight, 6:30-8:15, by Peter B. Keleman, PhD, Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor of Geochemistry, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, and Michael Cembalest, Chairman of Market and Investment Strategy, JP Morgan Asset Management, and member of Lamont-Doherty Advisory Board. This esteemed group will discuss the world’s growing population and demands for energy, which is altering the natural environment.

Refreshments precede the lecture, which begins promptly at 7 pm. This lecture is supported by Sara and Don Nelson and the Marjorie Sims Lawrence Fund. Reservations recommended; lecture is free to Museum members and $5 for non-members at the door.

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http://www.fcbuzz.org/events/science-and-nature/6356/

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Syria’s civil conflict has claimed over 35,000 lives to date and efforts to broker peace have failed thus far. What else can be done?

Learn more when the University of Bridgeport International College continues its lectures series with Dave Benjamin, an authority on the UN, and Middle East expert Robert Riggs on “Syria: A Responsibility to Protect? The Limits of International Intervention in Domestic Conflicts.”

Dr. Benjamin, an associate professor of global development at UB’s International College and Chairman of the Graduate Program in Global Development and Peace, has published on the challenges of implementing the Responsibility to Protect, and the limitations of sovereignty under the UN Charter. He has also published on the Responsibility to Prosecute.

Dr. Riggs is a specialist in the social history of Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, with a focus on various Shi‘ite communities in these countries. He has published on sectarianism, Shi‘ite religious institutions, and their relationship with political authority. He has spent time researching in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. He teaches in the International College’s World Religions Program and the Graduate Program in Global Development and Peace.

The lecture is co-sponsored by the International College of the University of Bridgeport, the Global Development and Peace Program, the Global Affairs Society, and the Alpha Gamma Pi chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha (The National Political Science Honor Society). This free lecture will be held at the Shelfhaudt Gallery at the Arnold Bernhard Center, University of Bridgeport

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http://www.fcbuzz.org/events/literature/6544/

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The 1950′s are often portrayed to be the ‘perfect decade’ of American history, where everything was ‘right’ and America was at its best. Flush from victory in World War II, proud of being the good guys, America was booming with growth and optimism, but there was often a subtext behind the smiles in photographs of that time period. Susan White’s exhibit “Picture Perfect” reflects the image of this era with works of oversized graphite drawings of black and white photographs of a ‘picture perfect’ 1950′s family. The works reference the unspoken dynamics between the family members and the effects of those dynamics on the wife and children of the family. Discrimination was sanctioned by cultural norms, children were to be seen and not heard, and wives to be obedient. What happened in families behind closed doors was considered nobody’s business, and not to be discussed. Each time a photograph is taken, either the photographer or the subject is choosing to memorialize that particular moment. The photographer has an agenda and subjects choose to participate. For the artist, the act of making “portraits” of these photos, of memorializing them by increasing the scale and investing so many hours in the process of drawing, is a statement as well. It begs the viewer to question the intention of both the photographer and artist, as well as that of the subjects depicted.

“The theme that runs through all my work, the idea which intrigues me most, is the passage of time and the resultant effects on people and places. The graphite drawing series show the changes over time in the dynamics of a family, for the positive.” Susan White

Exhibition runs 11/11/12 – 12/20/12

http://www.fcbuzz.org/events/visual-arts/5844/

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New England Ballet Company will hold its 9th annual Sugar Plum Party on Sunday, November 25, 2012, 12:30 or 3:00 p.m. at the Stratford Theater, 2422 Main Street, Stratford, CT.

Share a special afternoon… enjoy a performance of the Nutcracker Suite, hear Clara read the enchanting story of the Nutcracker, meet the dancers and do a simple holiday craft, have your photo taken with your favorite character(s). Tickets are $15.00 per person (plus $1 handling fee per ticket for credit card orders). Seating is limited so reserve your tickets! Photos are available, extra fee.

http://www.fcbuzz.org/events/theater-and-dance/6450/

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Author Peter Johnson will present the fascinating life of Ely Parker from his book of historical fiction, Grant’s Indian at the Fairfield Museum and History Center. Ely Parker was a Seneca Indian who, as Grant’s military secretary, wrote the terms of surrender between the United States and the Confederate States of America at Appomattox. Parker lived in Fairfield from 1871 – 1887, at the location where Annie B. Jennings built her grand estate on the Old Post Road. 2-4:00pm, free with museum admission. Recommended for adults and students in grades 4 and up.

Also showing through Feb 24, exhibit and programs commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and its significance over time, featuring Abraham Lincoln’s signed copy, rare slavery artifacts, prints, political cartoons and more.

http://www.fcbuzz.org/events/literature/5995/

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