In Sight

Behind the scenes at the 132nd Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden:

(more…)

SLIDE SHOW: A recent SHS fashion show featuring designs by SHS students.

Chris Preovolos/The Advocate

Kathleen O’Rourke/The Advocate

READ THE STORY: Here

Matthew Auguste, 9, waits with his grandparents after a Sunday service at The Haitian American Catholic Center in Stamford, Conn. Matthew was one of the altar servers from the Mass and wondered if he was in any of my photos. As he took me over to meet his grandparents he paused by the window to talk about his sister. The three of them were waiting for her as she had coffee in the community room downstairs.

Kathleen O’Rourke/The Advocate

I arrived a half hour before the start of the Ash Wednesday celebration at Saint John’s Episcopal Church in Stamford, Conn. and found Rev. James R. Wheeler preparing to lead the service. I stood by during this private moment and watched as he put on his robe and kissed the stole before putting it around his neck.

VIDEO: Rock bands from Jesse Lewis’ Norwalk, Conn. living room.

Chris Preovolos/The Advocate

READ THE STORY: Here

Kathleen O’Rourke/The Advocate

Dave Bernat, of Darien, spends a morning with Eduardo Garcia, 12 of Norwalk, at Nathan Hale Middle School as part of the Norwalk Public Schools mentoring program.

READ THE STORY: HERE

Kerry Sherck/For the Advocate

By Wynne Parry
Staff Writer

STAMFORD – Half a dozen soldiers with tall hats and mice in gray leotards crowded in front of a small television, watching a rehearsal of “The Nutcracker” ballet as it happened above them on stage at the Palace Theatre.

“Listen, you can hear them stomping their feet because they are right above us,” volunteer Johanna Steinberg told the costumed dancers as they waited in the basement for their chance to practice in the first full dress rehearsal Tuesday of the Stamford Center for the Arts’ annual performance of “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker.” (more…)

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third of a three-part series about the 20-year Norwalk-Nagarote Sister City Project, founded and run by Fairfield County residents. Staff Photographer Kathleen O’Rourke and Staff Writer Alexandra Fenwick recently spent seven days in Nagarote, Nicaragua to observe life in one of the poorest communities in one of the poorest countries in the Western hemisphere. A translator assisted them.

By Alexandra Fenwick

Staff Writer

NAGAROTE, Nicaragua – When Norwalk Community College professor Angeles Dam proposed a Spanish-immersion class in Nicaragua, she was met with raised eyebrows.

“Everybody said, ‘You’re crazy,’ ” recalled Dam, who lives in Darien. (more…)