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Diabetic youngster Robert Herrett has been chosen to speak about life with the condition at the House of Commons this spring.
Ten-year-old Robert was chosen by type one diabetes charity JDRF to attend Type 1 Parliament on March 11.
The Woodborough School pupil will be one of 60 diabetic people, ten of whom are children, who have been selected from across the country to represent their constituencies.
They will talk to MPs about what it is like to live with type one diabetes and Robert is also meeting Devizes MP Claire Perry in a few weeks to brief her on the issue.
He said: "I can't wait to go to the Houses of Parliament, meet my MP, and tell them they need to be doing more to find a solution to stop type one diabetes."
Robert was first diagnosed with the chronic condition when he was three years old after he became ill at an air show.
He said: "My mum and dad remember the day it all happened really clearly. I'm lucky in that I have an awesome care team at Salisbury Hospital.
"It doesn't stop me doing anything. I play football, cricket, swimming, netball, hockey and I'm even a full blue belt at Tae Kwon Do, I just have to plan my blood levels and food intakes."
The event aims to raise awareness of type one diabetes, push it up the political agenda and ask the government to prioritise investment in type one diabetes medical research.
Robert's dad, Ian, said: "It was very exciting to hear that Robert has been chosen to represent all those in our area living with the condition at Type 1 Parliament.
"Going to the House of Commons and talking to MPs will be a wonderful experience. It's hoped that David Cameron will be there and he is very, very excited about meeting him.
"He has two major passions in life – sport and educating people about type one diabetes, because a lot of people misunderstand it."

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July 10, 2013
Fireworks! - Playland Park
July 10, 2013 - Rye
Fireworks every Wednesday and Friday at 9:15pm through August 30.
Sunset Wednesday - Wave Hill
July 10, 2013 - Bronx
This summer, transport yourself from the bustle of the city streets to a lush, summer oasis where the breezes blowing off the Hudson pair perfectly with a glass of wine. Make your way to Wave Hill on Wednesday evenings July 10-Aug. 14 for an experience unlike any other.
Unwind with an outdoor yoga class, take a guided stroll through the gardens, or simply put your feet up and take in the summer sun setting over the Palisades. Enjoy a relaxing dinner on the Terrace from the newly renovated Cafe, or bring your refreshments to the Great Lawn as local Bronx musicians fill the air with their sweet songs of summer. From smooth Latin grooves and classical guitar, to Garifuna rhythms and Caribbean jazz, by the end of the night these performers will have you tapping your feet and humming along.
Bring your own chair, but please leave blankets at home. The grounds will remain open until 8:30pm. Free shuttle service to and from Metro-North and the #1 subway. Registration opens day-of at 9:30AM at the Perkins Visitor Center.
6pm Sunset Yoga (Sunset Yoga, $23/person including admission to the grounds)
Registration opens day-of at 9:30AM at the Perkins Visitor Center
All other programs free with admission to the grounds.
6:30pm Guided Garden Walk
7pm Live Music
Check wavehill.org/visit for complete listings of music each Sunset Wednesday.
PJ Library Island Beach Adventure - Roger Sherman Baldwin Park
July 10, 2013 - Greenwich
Cast off to a beautiful sandy park on Long Island Sound to play beach ball, make music and read The Littlest Pair. Sylvia Rouss's brightly illustrated book will introduce children to the Noah's Ark story and to ideals of tolerance. Hop the 10 am ferry and join the fun. Register at jccgreenwich.org or 203-552-1818.
Summer Concert Series--Scarborough Fair - Calf Pasture Beach
July 10, 2013 - Norwalk
The evening starts out with Curious Creatures, a hands-on exhibit of exotic animals. At 7:30pm, listen to the sounds of Simon and Garfunkle as brothers Jeb and Jobk Guthrie pay tribute to the famous musical duo.
Look & See: Printmaking with Old Masters! - Bruce Museum
July 10, 2013 - Greenwich
This program, designed for children ages 3-5 years and their adult caregivers, allows for a an exploration of the museum's galleries through hands-on experiences, crafts, stories and more. Children will explore the exhibition Dürer, Rembrandt and Whistler: Prints from the Collection of Dr. Dorrance T. Kelly and then create their own relief prints. Call the museum for reservations.
Teen Band featuring Grey Rocks - Wilton Library
July 10, 2013 - Wilton
Four Wilton teen musicians -- Ryan Amodei, Forest Rappaport, Cole Smith and Wes Wallace - come together for a musical performance. Open to teens of all ages, families and friends. Registration suggested. Refreshments served.
The Guitar Guy - Wilton Library
July 10, 2013 - Wilton
Children ages 2-6 and their caregivers are invited to a fun performance by Robert the Guitar Guy. Robert uses music, props, movement, and dance to entertain children and their grown-ups. Registration recommended; no fee.
Wonderful Wednesdays—Robert Rivest and his World of Mime - Wilton Library
July 10, 2013 - Wilton
Robert Rivest is a comic mime artist in the grand tradition of Harpo Marx, Charlie Chaplin and Marcel Marceau. Without saying a word he tells wondrous stories using body language and amazingly expressive gestures. Children and adults will be fascinated by this astoundingly talented artist. Come watch, wonder and interact with Robert Rivest, the Marvelous Mesmerizing Mime. Grades K and up. Registration required, no fee.
Tie Dye for Teens - Wilton Library
July 10, 2013 - Wilton
Teens experiment with tie dye and create a unique t-shirt. It's a messy task, so wear old clothes. For students entering grades 6-12. Registration required. Please specify T-shirt size (Adult Small, Medium or Large).
Teen Service Wednesdays - Fairfield Public Library
July 10, 2013 - Fairfield
Need community service hours for school, church or toward the Library's Teen Summer Challenge? Drop in to the Teen Room on Wednesdays to help out in the Library.
Summertime Story and Animal Program - Earthplace
July 10, 2013 - Westport
Join the staff at Earthplace for story time and an animal encounter.
'South Pacific' - Summer Theatre Festival at Waveny Park
Through July 13, 2013 - New Canaan
Set in an island paradise during World War II, two parallel love stories are threatened by the dangers of prejudice and war.
The show runs Wednesday through Sunday, June 15 through July 13.
Stag Kids Reading Club - Fairfield University Bookstore
Through July 14, 2013 - Fairfield
Students in grades 1-8 are invited to join this incentive based reading program in partnership with the Bridgeport Bluefish and Fairfield University's Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. Read a minimum of 5 books and write one original book review between April 14 - July 14, 2013 and receive one free ticket to the Bridgeport Bluefish game on Sunday, July 28, 2013 at 1:05pm. Additional tickets are available for purchase for $10. The Stag Kids Reading group will meet the players before the game for a private autograph session, run the bases after the game and a public announcement will acknowledge the students' reading success. One lucky member chosen at random will get to throw out the first pitch. Other raffle prizes include two free tickets to any Quick Center Performance Series Event (no expiration date) and a $25 Gift Card to the Fairfield University Bookstore (no expiration date).
IMAGES 2013 - Fairfield Museum and History Center
Through July 21, 2013 - Fairfield
Fairfield Museum and History Center's fifth annual juried photography exhibition features a solo photography exhibition by internationally renowned photographer and Connecticut native, Phil Trager. May 3-July 21, 2013.
IMAGES 2013 and Solo Exhibition by Philip Trager - Fairfield Museum and History Center
Through July 21, 2013 - Fairfield
Fairfield Museum and History Center's fifth annual juried photography exhibition features a solo photography exhibition by internationally renowned photographer and Connecticut native, Phil Trager. IMAGES has become a highly-regarded exhibition to celebrate the exceptional work of 60 talented photographers from New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. May 3-July 21, 2013.
IMAGES 2013: Solo Exhibit by Philip Trager, internationally renowned photographer and 5th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition - Fairfield Museum and History Center
Through July 21, 2013 - Fairfield
The exhibition features solo photography by internationally renowned photographer and Connecticut native, Phil Trager. IMAGES, which has become a highly-regarded exhibition to celebrate the work of 60 talented photographers from New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts is being sponsored by The Bank of Fairfield, Southport Galleries, Moffly Media and Fairfield University. Through July 21, 2013.
Teen Summer Challenge - Fairfield Public Library
Through August 08, 2013 - Fairfield
From June 24 to the Finale Party on August 8, Fairfield Public library asks teens to try different activities to explore the world around them. Go "Beneath the Surface" with favorite challenges from last year along with some new ones. Read, watch movies, eat food, make things, attend Library events and help in the community to earn points and badges for chances to win great prizes. Visit the library's website to sign up and find out more.
Summer Reading Starts! - Fairfield Public Library
Through August 10, 2013 - Fairfield
Register online. Then read and record to get rewards and raffle prizes. Come to the Summer Reading Party on August 8. Go online to the Summer Reading Program Calendar for activities and classes for children of all ages.
The Little Mermaid, Jr. - Summer Theatre Festival at Waveny Park
Through August 11, 2013 - New Canaan
In a magical kingdom fathoms below, the beautiful young mermaid Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. But first, she'll have to defy her father King Triton, make a deal with the evil sea witch Ursula, and convince Prince Eric that she's the girl with the enchanting voice. Weekends, June 15-August 11.
Cat in the Hat - Summer Theatre Festival at Waveny Park
Through August 11, 2013 - New Canaan
From the moment his tall, red-and-white-striped hat appears around the door, Sally and her brother know that The Cat In The Hat is the funniest, most mischievous cat they have ever met. June 20-August 11. Check the website for specific dates.
Summer Sundays on the Farm - Stamford Museum & Nature Center
Through August 11, 2013 - Stamford
Join an SM&NC educator or farmer for an up close look at Heckscher Farm. Visit the vegetable garden for some self-guided reading, planting or crafting, watch the otters have their lunch, meet one of the farm animals up close, help with a farm chore, explore a barn, join in a cooking project to take home and more. Activities and animals will change each week. Sundays, June 2-Aug 11, 2013.
A Day in a Farmer's Life - Stamford Museum and Nature Center
Through August 14, 2013 - Stamford
Discover what it takes to be a farmer on Heckscher Farm. Farm staff pick an activity to show the diversity of farm life and how to care for the animals and the environment. Hands-on programs for all ages include milking, grooming, caring for baby animals, and more. Program will last 30-45 minutes. Meet at the Chicken Coop. Mondays and Wednesdays, June 24-August 14, 2013.
Wilton Library Summer Reading Program - Wilton Library
Through August 16, 2013 - Wilton
Wilton Library Summer Reading Program Registration The Pages through the Ages Summer Reading Program is now online. Patrons can use the new summer reader program, Evanced, to register and log their summer reading. Prize coupons can be printed and brought to the library for redemption. Some highlights of the online program are: flexibility by being able to log-on whenever and wherever throughout the summer; convenience of keeping track of reading online and ability to print lists easily (teachers love to see what the kids read over the summer); attractive graphics are engaging and help encourage participation; on-demand access allows vacationing patrons to participate, too. The online program can be accessed from internet-capable computers, laptops, iPads and more. Call the Children's Library for more information at 203-762-3950, ext. 217. Through August 16, 2013.
Picnic Perfect Nights - Stamford Museum and Nature Center
Through August 28, 2013 - Stamford
Grab your picnic dinner and blanket on Wednesday nights for some late-night outdoor fun. Visitors enjoy a summer evening on the grounds. Heckscher Farm, Nature's Playground, the Meadow, and nature trails will be available to enjoy. Bendel Mansion and the Museum Galleries will be closed. Weather permitting. Wednesdays, June 12-August 28.
WRITING THE ADVENTURES OF MARVIN & MARCY MERCURY TOGETHER - Westport Library
Through August 28, 2013 - Westport
Drop in to write your part of a story about two outer space trailblazers and their Nebula Quest. The stories will be woven into one narrative and printed at summer's end as a book. Go to westportlibrary.org for more details. Beginning the last week in June.
Marine Life Study Cruises - Maritime Aquarium
Through August 31, 2013 - Norwalk
Join the crew of the research vessel Oceanic for an educational and scenic trip of the sound. Aquarium educators put participants to work in collecting and examining animals from all levels of the water column: plankton gathered at the surface (and viewed with a video microscope), crabs and worms grabbed from the muddy bottom, and a variety of fish, crabs, lobsters and surprises brought up in the trawl net. Advance reservations recommended. Go online or call ext. 2206 to for more information or to purchase tickets. Daily, July 1-August 31, 2013.
MathAlive! 2 the Extreme - Connecticut Science Center
Through September 01, 2013 - Hartford
This exhibition brings to life the real math behind video games, sports, fashion, music, robotics, and more, and creates interactive, hands-on experiences that bring to life the math at work in each, whether in design, application or use. Videos and graphic displays feature professionals, celebrities and visionaries who explain how they use math in their respective fields. Along the way, animated character help visitors tackle the challenges, explaining the math involved, prompting and encouraging answers, and jumping in if visitors get stuck. On view May 28 through Sept. 1, 2013.
The 1750 Ogden House Tours - Fairfield Museum and History Center
Through September 01, 2013 - Fairfield
Enjoy docent-led tours of the 1750 Ogden House and see how people lived in the 18th century. The house is furnished with period objects including textiles and fine pieces of furniture. Take a stroll through the kitchen garden, generously maintained by the Fairfield Garden Club, and view plantings used in colonial times. The Ogden House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Sundays, June 1-September 1, 2013.
Meerkats - Maritime Aquarium
Through September 02, 2013 - Norwalk
Meerkats are members of the mongoose family that live in social �mobs� in the Kalahari Desert, in the southern African nations of Botswana and South Africa. No mere cats, meerkats are fascinating for living in structured but cooperative societies, including a foraging strategy where adults take turns standing guard upright on their hind feet, watching for predators, while the others eat.
The meerkats� exhibit offers opportunities for climbing, digging and exploring, with several feeding locations to keep them on the alert for incoming crickets. A viewing bubble lets visitors pop up right among the meerkats. Through September 2, 2013.
Lorikeets - Maritime Aquarium
Through September 02, 2013 - Norwalk
Step into a lush aviary to share a laugh and a squawk with tropical birds that will sip nectaar right out of your hands.
The exhibit features about a dozen varieties of lorikeets, which are colorful medium-sized parrots native to the south Pacific.
Masters of the Night: The True Story of Bats - Stamford Museum and Nature Center
Through September 02, 2013 - Stamford
This exhibition clears up the myths and explains that bats are actually gentle, beneficial animals. Lifelike models, special effects, multi-sensory interactive displays, a Gothic castle, and environmentally lifelike settings help visitors appreciate the wonders of the bat world. June 22-September 2, 2013.
Playland Amusement Park - Rye Playland
Through September 02, 2013 - Rye
Get ready to zoom, spin, splash, swing, and soar your way through acres of amusement park rides from the cooling log flume, to the famous Dragon Coaster, and all your other favorites!
Admission Prices:
- Starting Friday, May 24: $30 unlimited rides; $20 Junior (under 48") Spectator admission (no rides) is free for Westchester County residents and $10 for non-residents.
Season Passes:
- $95 for unlimited rides all season, with a $15 discount for Westchester residents.
- $35 for spectator admission all season (no rides), for non-residents of Westchester County.
Acceptable proof of Westchester residency is a Westchester County Park Pass; New York State driver's license or non-driver ID; or a photo ID or report card from a Westchester County school.
For the season schedule go to ryeplayland.org or call the park at 914-813-7000. Use the website link to join the Playland E-Club and receive valuable discounts all season long.
Kissable Camels - Beardsley Zoo
Through September 02, 2013 - Bridgeport
Two visiting camels named Toby and Goliath, are visiting the zoo and kids of all ages are welcome to climb aboard these camels for a ride. A photo of the ride is included with the price. Children younger than 6 years old require an adult rider with them.
Toby and Goliath will be visiting the Beardsley Zoo through September 2.
International Children's Art Show - Maritime Aquarium
Through September 02, 2013 - Norwalk
Young artists from 22 countries--as well as those from numerous Fairfield County schools--celebrate their cultures in a special gallery display. The theme of the 2013 show is "Illuminate! Bringing My Culture to Light." The drawings and paintings were created by children ages 8 to 16 who were challenged to share a cultural belief or value that is meaningful to them. They also had to include a natural, man-made or symbolic source of light. The exhibit is displayed in The Maritime Aquarium's IMAX Theater lobby, which can be entered without paid admission. Through September 2, 2013.
Anytime Summertime Kids' Camp - The Little Gym of Westport
Through September 02, 2013 - Westport
A specially developed camp curriculum combines physical activity, gymnastics and play with arts, crafts, and special events. 3 years old to 8 years old. Monday-Friday, June 20-September 2, 2013.
FREE ADMISSION FOR ACTIVE-DUTY MILITARY - Stepping Stones Museum
Through September 03, 2013 - Norwalk
As a participant in the Blue Star Museums program, Stepping Stones offers free admission to all active duty military personnel and their immediate families from Memorial Day, May 28, through Labor Day, September 3, 2012. Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the National Endowment of the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 1,500 museums across America.
Dinosaur Revolution - Stepping Stones Museum
Through September 08, 2013 - Norwalk
Did T-Rex live closer in time to Apatosaurus or your mom? Were dinosaurs warm-blooded? Dinosaur Revolution challenges visitor knowledge, presents cutting-edge discoveries, and debunks popular myths. Experience what its like to feel the earth beneath your gigantic feet as you make tracks in the Triassic. Learn to fly as you glide through the Jurassic. Between May 28 and Aug. 11, a different dinosaur will be the focus of special, creative programming. Daily drop-in programs include arts, crafts, improvisation and play. During designated times each day, children will be able to take part in a dinosaur dig.
Dinosaur Safari - Bronx Zoo
Through September 08, 2013 - Bronx
The new attraction will include a ride through the Cretaceous and Jurassic periods with more than two-dozen animatronic dinosaurs up to 40 feet long which move, snarl, roar, and spit.
In anticipation of the new exhibit, the Bronx Zoo is offering New Yorkers a chance to vote for their favorite dinosaur species at bronxzoo.com/dino and win tickets to see the dinosaurs. Included in the vote: long-necked Brachiosaurus, the intimidating Tyrannosaurus rex, the gator-like Baryonyx, the massive Triceratops, or the flighted Quetzalcoatlus. Exclusive Bronx Zoo Dinosaur Safari stickers that can be used with a safari field guide will be given to those who vote.
Dinosaur Safari will include a ride through a two-acre area of the zoo, and will highlight the physical or behavioral adaptations many share with species that are alive today.
This limited engagement will run from Saturday, May 25 through Sunday, September 8, and will be included in the Total Experience Ticket.
A 20% discount is offered with online purchases for Monday and Tuesday visits. Tickets can be purchased in advance at bronxzoo.com/dino.
Federico Uribe: Fantasy River - Hudson River Museum
Through September 22, 2013 - Yonkers
In a summertime extravaganza, the Hudson River Museum presents a dramatic new 3-dimensional landscape - inspired by the dreams of artist Federico Uribe, acclaimed for his fascinating transformations of everyday objects into art. Witness how he creates sculptures, which are not "sculpted," but instead, constructed and woven in ways, curious and unpredictable, intricate and compulsive. A conceptual artist originally from Columbia, Uribe makes individual works and whole-room installations entirely from objects we see around us - shoes, colored pencils, hangers. Red, blue, yellow, a panoply of colors envelopes in this three-gallery display. For the Hudson River Museum, Uribe creates his site-specific installation, "Fantasy River," inspired by the dramatic rolling banks of the Hudson and the world's other great rivers. Filled with blossoming flowers, flying birds, dazzling sunshine, and the flowing "water" of a winding river, this installation, created from new and old materials, provides a spectacular theatrical experience in the Museum's central atrium. Uribe's art is a unique hybrid that resists classification. Watch how he uses the language of pop art to transform the objects of daily life, while tipping his hat to the history and tradition of classical art. Uribe studied art at the University of Los Andes in Bogota, and in 1988 moved to New York to study with acclaimed conceptual artist Luis Camnitzer. As part of his global vision, Uribe's career includes years of work in Cuba, Mexico, Russia, England and Miami. On view through September 22, 2013.
WATCHING WESTPORT: 50 Years of Art by Gabrielle A. Dearborn - Westport Library
Through September 25, 2013 - Westport
A selection of paintings and drawings will be on exhibit by the late Scottish-born artist who lived on Wright St. in Westport for five decades and painted everything she saw in town, at the beach, and in her own back yard. Through September 25.
Sensory Bounce - BounceU
Through September 28, 2013 - Stratford
This is a program for children and adults with sensory integration dysfunction, autism, and other disabilities with a sensory component. Teachers work on balance and coordination, auditory and tactile sensitivity, strength building, motor coordination, cooperative play, turn-taking, and social and verbal skills. Through September 28, 2013.
What Is It? Technologies and Discoveries of the Victorian Era - Lockwood-Mathews Mansion
Through October 06, 2013 - Norwalk
Victorian era gadgets, technologies and breakthroughs will be on display to introduce visitors to mid-to-late 19th century inventions and discoveries in many diverse areas including communication, transportation, manufacturing, medicine, food and recreation. Audiences might be surprised at how some of the historic breakthroughs are still relevant today. April 17 2013-October 6, 2013.
Exhibition: Remix: Selections from the International Collage Center - Katonah Museum of Art
Through October 13, 2013 - Katonah
"Remix" weaves the narrative of collage through the history of modern and contemporary art. Coined in the early 20th century from the French word coller, meaning to glue or stick, the term "collage" originally described a revolutionary method of art-making. Over time its definition has expanded to represent an approach to and perception of the modern world. The 100 artists featured in the exhibition utilize collage's core conceptual traits - heterogeneity, fragmentation, and appropriation - to address with clarity and immediacy the circumstances of their times. Remix explores the impact of collage on artistic and cultural expression and gathers together the diverse fragments of a rich artistic tradition.
On view through October 13. Museum hours: Tuesdays through Saturdays: 10am-5pm; Sundays: 12-5pm. Closed Mondays.
Eggs-hibition: Unscrambling Their History - Bruce Museum
Through October 20, 2013 - Greenwich
This new exhibition will delight visitors with an array of eggs. From food to children's fairy tales, Fabergé eggs to pharmacology, Eggs-hibition explores the evolution of the egg, its prominent inclusion in creation myths worldwide, the complex simplicity of its design, and the inspiration it imparts to artists who have painted, bejeweled, photographed, and written about them. March 23-October 20, 2013.
Tours - Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate
Through November 11, 2013 - Sleepy Hollow
Kykuit, the six-story stone house and rolling hilltop estate that served as home to four generations of Rockefellers, is open to visitors beginning Saturday, May 4, through Sunday, Sep. 30, and Nov. 1-11. Open daily Oct 1-31. Kykuit's modern and classical art collection, architecture, and expansive gardens are consistently rated the top attraction in the lower Hudson Valley, and draw tens of thousands of visitors annually. Kykuit, which means "lookout" in Dutch, includes a six-story stone house, multiple terraced gardens, art galleries, outdoor classical and modern sculpture, and commanding Hudson River views. Its hilltop location overlooking the Hudson River and the Palisades is 500 feet above sea level. Visitors to Kykuit learn the story of the Rockefellers, beginning with John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil, whose business acumen made him the richest man in America in his day. He later became the country's first great philanthropist. By his death in 1937, he had given away more than half his fortune through various philanthropic programs. Visitors can choose from four tours: Classic, Grand, Timesaver, and Selected Highlights. The Classic, ideal for first-time visitors, is a shorter experience than the comprehensive, three-hour Grand. Besides the mansion, both of these tours include time in Kykuit's art galleries, gardens, and Coach Barn, with its collection of horse-drawn carriages, vintage automobiles, and equestrian equipment. The 90-minute Timesaver is ideal for those on tighter schedules, while Selected Highlights maximizes time in the gardens. Visitors can buy tickets online in advance, choosing the exact tour, time, and date they want to visit. Tickets are on sale at hudsonvalley.org. Historic Hudson Valley recommends advanced ticket buying, particularly for weekend tours, which fill up quickly. Besides online, tickets may be purchased by calling 914-631-8200 (service charge additional) or at the Kykuit Visitor Center at Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow. All tours start at the Kykuit Visitor Center; doors open at 9am.
Phone Art - Old Town Hall Museum
Through December 01, 2013 - Stamford
Phone Art is a cutting edge exhibit of photographs, art and videos created with smartphones or tablets. Featuring works by California iPhonegrapher Bob Poe and a juried collection of work from artists nationwide. Novice, intermediate and advanced workshops are available. Visit picture-that.com for museum hours, workshop schedule and guided tours. June 14-December 1, 2013.
Echoes of Egypt: Conjuring the Land of the Pharoahs - Yale Peabody Museum
Through January 04, 2014 - New Haven
This exhibition will take you on a journey through two thousand years of fascination with ancient Egypt, the land of the pharaohs. Visitors will enter through a reproduction of the Egyptianizing gateway that is the entrance to New Haven's Grove Street Cemetery (designed by Henry Austin in 1839), and then discover how a culture that flourished thousands of years ago has impacted our own world. Echoes of ancient Egypt appear in art, architecture, and literature around the world from ancient Africa to medieval Europe and the Middle East, to modern North America. April 13, 2013-January 4, 2014.
'Tornado Alley' - Maritime Aquarium
Through January 16, 2014 - Norwalk
This film invites the audience to follow along with a daring team of "storm chasers" as they work to understand the origins and evolution of tornadoes. Sean Casey, star of the Discovery Channel's "Storm Chasers" reality series, leads this mission to document one of Earth's most awe-inspiring events - the birth of a tornado.
Exhibition: Six Ladders - Katonah Museum of Art
Through April 21, 2014 - Katonah
Bright swaths of vibrant colors transform the Katonah Museum of Art's exterior in its newest outdoor exhibition, "Six Ladders," by artist Andrea Lilienthal. Lilienthal created a series of giant bamboo ladders for the Museum's stately Sculpture Garden that are whimsical and enigmatic; their brilliant colors electrify the natural surroundings.
Five ladders, with their cheerful colors and playful patterns, lean against the Museum's enormous spruce trees in various positions and at different angles. On the building's facade, a sixth, 30-foot ladder extends just short of the roofline - its form and ribbons of color energizing the wall and lending sculptural dimension to the flat expanse. Each of the ladders are hand-constructed from sturdy commercial bamboo, harvested in China, and painted with high-gloss outdoor enamel paint from Holland. Their surfaces are smooth and reflective, in contrast to the course-textured tree bark.
According to Katonah Museum of Art Curator Ellen Keiter, "These are not functional structures - their bottom rungs are too high to mount and the ladders fail to reach the top of their intended destinations. These are instead beautiful works of art; Andrea Lilienthal responds to the inherent geometry of ladders and the repetitive rhythm of their rungs. She finds beauty in their simple, minimalist construction."
"Lilienthal's ladders instill a sense of wonder and suggest that seemingly unreachable goals can be attained," she says.
Keiter explains that bamboo is a hollow-stemmed, woody plant that "bows, sways, and splits, so slight imperfections, even substantial cracks, add distinctive character to each ladder. No two ladders are painted the same, yet their similarly saturated hues coalesce into a lively visual harmony."
She adds, "The bands of luscious color wrap around the bamboo like candy confections, and bright confetti patterns alternate with stark black-and-white designs. A causal link exists between the artificial colors and the natural bamboo. On one ladder, Lilienthal painted white rings around the growth nodes of the bamboo; on another, the nodes demarcate the lengths of painted blue and orange sections."
Says Lilienthal: "These magnificent and mysterious trees [at the Katonah Museum of Art], whose tops are not even visible, dwarf the people and furniture below. In response to their super scale, I chose the ladder, a form with human scale and multiple readings: utilitarian ancient, mythic, and universal. The severe and stately trees support the bamboo ladders in an implied partnership; rooted and stable, the trees assist the ladders in their attempt to ascend. But ultimately, how do you mount an 80-foot Norwegian spruce tree? My answer was to climb it with imagination, affirming our connection to the natural world."
Lilienthal has used bamboo in her artistic practice for several years. In earlier installations, she aligned multiple painted, wrapped, or taped bamboo poles along a wall - works awash in color, but still relatable in size. However, her current exhibition at the Katonah Museum of Art is in keeping with the majesty, diameter, and spacing of the giant spruce trees.
Adding to the intrigue of this exhibition are enlarged photographs of the Garden's spruce trees displayed in the Museum's two west windows adjacent to the lone 30-foot ladder. On first impression, the images appear as reflections. In this way, Lilienthal reinforces the relationship between the ladders and the trees while further playing with the viewers' perceptions and expectations.
Historically, ladders carry rich and universal associations. In many faiths and fables, ladders are a symbol of ascent, of travel, of reaching upward. In modern times, they represent progress and growth, allowing us to reach higher than we would otherwise be able to go. Ladders symbolize elevation: from darkness to light, from ignorance to knowledge, and from the material to the spiritual. They are featured in art from prehistoric cave paintings to contemporary times. Jacob's Ladder, the metaphysical passage between heaven and earth, is mentioned in the first book of the Bible, and is represented in such disparate media as Renaissance paintings and popular
video games. There is a popular African-American spiritual, "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder," Eric Carl's beloved children's picture book, "Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me," and innumerable colloquialisms regarding "the ladder of success."
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Moishe was one of three sons born to Yiddish-speaking Jewish parents in Radom. This industrial city was known for its armaments factories, in which Jews were not allowed to work even though they totaled more than one-fourth of the city's population. When Moishe was young, he left school to apprentice as a women's tailor and eventually became a licensed tailor. He also played soccer for a local team.
1933-39: In 1937 Moishe, by then a master tailor, married another tailor's daughter. The couple had two girls and lived in an apartment on 30 Zeromskiego Street across from his close friend, Itzik Rosenblat, who was also a tailor. On September 1, 1939, German troops invaded Poland and entered Radom seven days later. The occupying Germans evicted the Jews living on Zeromskiego Street and declared the street off-limits to Jews.
1940-44: Like all of Radom's Jewish citizens, Moishe's family was forced to live in a ghetto after April 1941. In 1942 the Germans assigned Moishe and other master tailors to work in an SS shop on Szwarlikowska Street. During the German liquidation of Radom's two ghettos in August 1942, Moishe tried to hide his family in the shop, but his wife and daughters were wrenched away from him and deported to Treblinka. Like other master tailors and skilled artisans, he was selected remain in the ghetto as a forced laborer.
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5 Tips to Strengthen Your Relationship
Whether you're married or involved in a long term relationship, these simple tips can boost it to the next level.
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There are some couples whose relationship seems so perfect, you wonder what their secret could be to make it work. Jamailliah and David Lamb have been married for over 10 years and work together in a volatile field: The theatre.Their Brooklyn, New York based stage company, Between The Lines Productions, Inc. has them very busy and sometimes stressed. Every day they work together as partners, producing and creating shows. Neither Jamillah nor David has maimed each other in all the years they've worked and lived together! That's so rare, think about it, could you work with your significant other?
"We get more opportunity to grow together because, between home and work, we're making 100 decisions a day instead of 10," Jamillah says. The couple live by their guiding rule, "Love like kids, act like adults." "That means to love freely and completely, without a fortress around your heart, and behave responsibly," David says.
Their book, Perfect Combination: Seven Key Ingredients to Happily Living & Loving Together, describes how they've been able to make a marriage and a working partnership work. They've also shared their tips on how to build a happy, healthy relationship for their readers.
Here are some of their tips:
1. Enjoy life
Some couples won't go to theme parks until they have children. But letting one's inner child out to play with their partner's inner child strengthens a relationship's bond.
2. Forgive the small stuff
No one is always right, and no one wants to be around someone who always needs to be right.
3. Appreciate individuality
Everyone needs to have their own identity, including those in a long-term relationship and couples who work together. David enjoys his comic book collection, while Jamillah keeps a library of romance novels.
4. Do not misdirect anger
In psychology, it's called transference; dumping your bad day on someone else. It is poison for any relationship.
5. Remember your love
Couples may fight, but guard what you say. There's no need for ugliness even when you disagree.
David and Jamillah feel that couples need to remember relationships take work, but they can also be a blast of fun, David states,"Love is worth the sacrifice. Today, with stories of celebrity couples walking away after only days of marriage and even more people living as though sacrifice is nearly a curse word, we say: 'It's worth the sacrifice.' For us, it means that we are willing to give up something that we thought was valuable or important for something even more important: love and our happiness."
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Jamillah agrees, "Couples should never take each other for granted," she advises. "In love, as in business, everyone wants to be appreciated. The simplest gesture can go a long way to help your significant other feel like they are making a significant contribution to your life, your family, or your business."
About David & Jamillah Lamb
David and Jamillah Lamb have been married for 10 years. They founded and have run Between The Lines Productions, Inc. since 2003. Born and raised in Queens, N.Y., David attended the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and New York University School of Law. He is the playwright of "Platanos y Collard Greens." Jamillah Lamb grew up in the same Chicago neighborhood as first lady Michelle Obama. She earned her master's degree in public policy at Harvard. Together they wrote Perfect Combination: Seven Key Ingredients to Happily Living & Loving to share what they have learned as successful partners in love and in business.They live in Brooklyn with their daughter.
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FLUSHING, N.Y. – The New York Mets Saturday announced that 2010 Mets Hall of Fame inductee Darryl Strawberry will throw out the ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day at Citi Field, this Monday, April 5 ,when the Mets host the Florida Marlins at 1:10 p.m.
Strawberry, the club's all-time leader in home runs and RBI, will be enshrined in the Mets Hall of Fame during a special pre-game ceremony Sunday, Aug. 1.
Four United States combat veterans, Former Captain Meredith Melcher, Former Sergeant Daniel Jens, Former Staff Sergeant (Retired) Ron Henry and Former Sergeant David Clemo, who served on the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan form "4TROOPS," who will perform the National Anthem and God Bless America. Their debut self-titled CD will be released by Sony on May 11.
More than 140 veterans representing all five U.S. Armed Services – Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Marines and Navy – will be on the field during the pre-game presentation of a football field-size American flag.
The bridge located beyond the right-centerfield wall at Citi Field will be dedicated and renamed "Shea Bridge" in honor of Bill Shea, who was the driving force in bringing National League baseball back to New York. Generations of Shea's family, including his son, Bill Shea, Jr. and daughter, Kathy Shea Anfuso, will be on hand for the ceremonies.
The Mets are encouraging fans to take mass transit to Mets home games at Citi Field this season. The 7 train is the fast, convenient, and "green" way to travel to the game. The Mets-Willets Point stop is adjacent to the Jackie Robinson Rotunda.
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Dean Cox admits it will be a boyhood dream to play at Wembley on Sunday when he hopes to fire the O's into the Championship.
The winger scored his 16th goal of the season in the semi-final second leg win over Peterborough United and will now get the chance to play for the first time at the home of English football.
Cox said: "I've been there as a fan but it's a bit different to go there and play. I've gone there to watch England many a time. I'm a supporter and love watching my country but to play there will be that little bit extra special.
"It will mean the world. I'll have to hold back the tears with family and friends being there. It will be emotional walking out there, but once the whistle goes we're just going to try and win it.
"It's any boy's dream to play at Wembley but to be part of the side playing there is an absolute pleasure. We'll go there with great character and spirit. We're very dogged and never stop. We're relentless in what we do and we'll work so hard to give this club success. I hope the fans enjoy the day and hopefully we can get over that line and get into the Championship."
The O's were not fancied to challenge for promotion at the start of this season and Cox admits he couldn't have imagined this scenario back in August.
When asked if he envisaged a trip to Wembley, he replied: "Not a chance. Not with the budget that everyone's got but I must say after ten games, when we were on that fantastic run, we started gaining belief. We were obviously bitterly disappointed not to get automatic promotion because we were there for so long.
"But I thought it was key that the two games at the end of the season, against Tranmere and MK Dons, we got a bit of momentum and took that into the Peterborough games."
Orient were in the top two for most of the season but dropped out during the last couple of months. Cox believes having time to overcome the disappointment and prepare for the play-offs has benefited them now.
The 26-year-old said: "There was disappointment but the strength and the character of the team made sure it didn't affect us too much. A lot of people said Leyton Orient were going to do a Tranmere but it hasn't happened. We kept our end of the bargain by finishing third and Peterborough are a tough side with a lot of experience. We've come out winners and I'm absolutely delighted.
"I think it was key we had some time to get over the disappointment of missing out on automatic promotion. The gaffer set out the team, for the last league games, with the side that started against Peterborough so it was a platform to go out and put into practice what we've done in training. Luckily for us they were two wins and when you win it breeds confidence and that wins games."
Cox believes Russell Slade has created a real togetherness and spirit within the club and feels he should have been the outright LMA League 1 manager of the year this season.
"We've got no people that sulk," he said. "There's some people that don't play a lot and might sulk but here there's just a feelgood factor. The gaffer makes everyone feel part of it and has to take full credit for that. To be honest, to get the award joint with Kenny Jackett [Wolves] was a bit insulting because he's had one hell of a budget and we've managed to get to Wembley on absolute peanuts."


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He entered this world on Friday the 13th and exited on April Fools Day. In the 37 intervening years, Rube Waddell struck out more batters, frustrated more managers and attracted more fans than any pitcher of his era. An imposing physical specimen for his day, the 6'1", 196-pound Waddell possessed the intellectual and emotional maturity of a child--although a very precocious and engaging one at that. "There was delicious humor in many of his vagaries, a vagabond impudence and ingenuousness that made them attractive to the public," wrote theColumbus Dispatch. Waddell's on- and off-field exploits became instant legends.
Known to occasionally miss a scheduled start because he was off fishing or playing marbles with street urchins, Waddell might disappear for days during spring training, only to be found leading a parade down the main street of Jacksonville, Florida, or wrestling an alligator in a nearby lagoon. Despite these and other curious distractions, Waddell's immense physical ability was undeniable. He complemented a blazing fastball with a wicked curve and demonstrated excellent control with both. His strikeout-to-walk ratio was nearly 3-to-1 for his career (almost 4-to-1 in his record-setting season of 1904.)
Waddell's antics have become the stuff of legend, occasionally embroidered to make this larger-than-life character appear even more preposterous. No, Waddell didn't regularly bolt from the mound to chase a passing fire wagon. But his fascination with fires was genuine. He regularly assisted firefighters, from a bucket brigade in Pewaukee, Wisconsin to large metropolitan departments in Philadelphia, Cleveland, Detroit or Washington. Yes, on occasion Waddell did direct his infielders to the sidelines and strike out the side in the final inning--but only in exhibitions, never in a regular season game.
The 1903 season was the most tumultuous in the erratic career of Rube Waddell. In June he was married for the second time, this time to a Massachusetts girl named May Wynne Skinner whom he had met three days earlier. It was the beginning of a very stormy relationship. The marriage lasted nearly seven years but the couple only infrequently lived together and Mrs. Waddell often had her husband jailed for non-support. In July, American League president Ban Johnson suspended Waddell for five days after he climbed into the stands to beat up a spectator, a known gambler who had baited the pitcher. Despite starting the season 13-3, Waddell limped home to a 21-16 record. Still, he struck out a record 302 batters, even though his season ended prematurely on August 25 when he failed to appear for his scheduled start in Cleveland. Mack, weary of Rube's frequent unexcused absences, suspended him for the remainder of the season. A week later, Waddell patched up his differences with Mack, signed a contract for the following season and promised to "cut out the booze and funny business."
In 1911, Waddell won 20 games for Joe Cantillon's Minneapolis Millers, helping the Millers to another American Association championship. The following winter, Waddell lived with Cantillon at the manager's farm in Hickman, Kentucky, a small village situated on a bend of the Mississippi River. When flood waters threatened to swallow the town, Rube stood in icy water for hours helping stack sandbags for the levee. As a result, he contracted a severe case of pneumonia. His system weakened, Waddell soon became a victim of tuberculosis. He pitched one more season for Minneapolis and a part of another with two teams in the Northern League but by November of 1913 his health had reached the critical stage.
Cantillon paid Waddell's way to a sanitarium in San Antonio to be close to his parents, who had moved in with Rube's younger sister in nearby Boerne, Texas. Connie Mack and Athletics' partner Ben Shibe paid for Waddell's medical care, with orders that "Waddell should have the best of medical attention and nursing, and that no expenses should be spared to either help the once mighty Rube regain his health, or to ease his sufferings if his battle is to be a losing one."
The once powerful Waddell, now down to 130 pounds, passed away on April 1, 1914, a few months shy of his 38th birthday. "He was the greatest pitcher in the game, and although widely known for his eccentricities, was more sinned against than sinner," said Mack. "He may have failed us at times but to him, I and the other owners of the Athletics ball club, owe much." He was laid to rest in Mission Burial Park South, in San Antonio.


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YUM YUM.Totally awesome...Thanks for the recipe dear.will try soon..ReplyDelete
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- Tiffany Ann11/4/11, 11:48 AM
Ooh, Yum! Did you blog this to celebrate the fact that your daughter is in Spain???ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11/5/11, 6:00 PM
oh my god! this looks delishhhhhReplyDelete
Yum, can't wait to try it!ReplyDelete
Ummm...no. If I were to celebrate the fact that you were in Spain, I would have made Paella.ReplyDelete
YUM! Sounds really good, I'm definitely including this on the menu for my family!ReplyDelete
Thanks, Marta. I hope they enjoy the soup.ReplyDelete
Oh my Janet, I thought heaven began with your Chicken Noodle Soup, but after making this bad boy today, I'm undecided. This soup is absolutely divine. D I V I N E! I didn't have any corn tortillas and so I used a nice handful of Tostitos corn chips- worked GREAT! Your spice blend is out of this world. And I'm honestly hoping there will be some salsa left when Jim gets home!!!ReplyDelete
That salsa is addicting. You just always boost my confidence level. You are such a dear friend. We really should start running again someday.ReplyDelete
This soup was wonderful! Wasn't quite sure about the black bean salsa but the taste of it in this soup is unbelievable. Thanks for sharing this recipe!ReplyDeleteReplies
The black bean salsa is my favorite part. I so glad you liked the soup. Thank you for commenting.Delete
- Anonymous9/29/12, 1:56 PM
Hello, I found your blog through the crusty bread pin on pinterest. I have made that breaed 4 times now, it turns out spectacular everytime! I just made this soup last night with the black bean salsa, it is so good, and so flavorful!! I love your blog, and all of your photography. I love your step by step photos as well. You do such a lovely job! Thanks for all the awesome recipes!ReplyDeleteReplies
What a kind comment. Thank you so much. I hope you will keep coming back.Delete
- Kristine10/5/12, 7:29 PM
Found this on Pinterest. Can't wait to try! Get step by step directions!ReplyDeleteReplies
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I need you to understand how much I love this soup. Of course I knew it would be good because YOU made it, but what I did not expect was how much my whole family loved it. I have 5 kids under the age of 7, so there's a reeeeeally good chance at least one of my kids won't like whatever I've made for dinner. But this soup....this glorious soup was loved by ALL. Even my 5 year old who somehow lives on peanut butter and unicorn tears ate TWO bowls. So, seriously...I couldn't love this soup more if I tried. While they ate theirs with cheese and tortilla strips, I got to hoard the black bean salsa all to myself. Perfection. Thank you.ReplyDeleteReplies
Once again, I thank you for such a kind comment. I LOVE that your kids will eat it. My daughter has 3 children that live off cereal. They will eat the cream chicken noodle soup, but that's about it. I'll have to suggest this recipe to her. Thanks again for your comment.Delete
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I'm gonna try this this week!!ReplyDelete
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Please let me know what you think about the soup. I hope you love it.Delete
This is mine and my husband favorite soup! We are doing a soup cook off and I am going to use this recipe. I am in it to win it. :). what do you think is your most popular soup on your blog?ReplyDeleteReplies
You have great taste! This is probably the most pinned soup recipe. my husband loves this soup as well. Good luck on the contest. I think it's a winner!Delete
I will have to let you know the results! I can't normally get my husband to eat soup but this does the trick. I feel confident it will do pretty well. Thanks for the recipe and all your others as well. I love following your blog. I got your name from Dr. Blood. :) I used to work with him. When you see him next tell him Erika from Alta View says hi. We've moved so I've lost contact with him.Delete
I just wanted you to know that your recipe got us first place and we won a trophy! Thank you! Everyone raved about it.ReplyDeleteReplies
Wahoo! Congratulations. You much have really nailed it. Todd Blood just lives down the street from me. That's so nice of him to tell you about my blog. Great family. I'll tell him hello for you. Thanks for sharing your success.Delete
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Great flavor! I substituted pinto beans for the corn and served with corn tortilla and jack cheese quesadillas. It was a hit!ReplyDelete
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Super Mario Bros. Goes Dark in New Short Film Series, 'The Four Players'
The best and worst thing about 'The Four Players' is that it feels like the kind of thing Hollywood would actually do. You see, filmmaker Evan Daugherty has taken the bright, cheerful and nonsensical world of Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. video game franchise and given it the Christopher Nolan treatment. In a series of four short films, Daugherty and his team transform these playful gaming mascots into gritty "real" characters, an exercise that is simultaneously depressing and hilarious.
In the first film, "The Fixer" (shown above), Mario himself is re-imagined as a tough brute who lives in squalor but cleans himself up and gets to work whenever his particular set of skills are needed. In the second, "The Addict" (shown below), Mario's brother Luigi is transformed into a drug addict and small-time crook, a loser who can't escape his brother's shadow and is often useless when the people who love him need him the most. Both shorts take the game's familiar imagery (color-coded uniforms, mushrooms, blocks that shatter into gold coins) and cover them with a thick coat of grime. There are no jokes, per se, but the overwrought manner in which these two icons go grim 'n gritty is inherently funny.
Daugherty has had his fair share of Hollywood experience as a screenwriter on projects like 'Snow White and the Huntsman' and the upcoming 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,' so it's not too surprising that his work here is slick and professional. Unfortunately, it's well-directed and presented enough that we worry someone will get the wrong idea and try to take this concept to the feature-length arena without getting the joke. But to be fair, that still wouldn't be as bad as the original 'Super Mario Bros.' movie.
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West Valley residents are invited to view a moving tribute to the Arizona military personnel who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Honor Walk Foundation and the city of Glendale are proud to bring the "Remembering Our Fallen" exhibit to the Glendale Main Library, 5959 West Brown St. in Glendale. The exhibit features photos and personal mementos of the Arizonans who gave their lives in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
"Remembering Our Fallen" will be on display during regular library hours. For hours and location, visit glendaleaz.com/Library or call 623-930-3530.
The Honor Walk Foundation is an Arizona-based, non-profit organization that honors Arizona's military veterans by raising money for local veterans' charities and providing networking and mentoring opportunities for returning vets. The Honor Walk Foundation is preparing for its third annual fundraising event, the 2014 Honor Walk Presented by Circle K, scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014. www.honorwalk.com


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(clockwise from the top right) Fall 2012 production of Cabaret, featuring Chris Bittner '13 as the Emcee with the Kit Kat Club performers; Spring 2012 production of Cloud 9; Members of the Wheaton College Dance Company performing Center of the Sun, from their spring 2012 show Sincerely; Fall 2011 production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, featuring Evan Shaw '13 as Romeo and Caroline Osborn '13 as Juliet.
Theatre and Dance at Wheaton
The Department of Theatre and Dance Studies offers students a wide array of courses in acting, directing, theatre design and history, dance, dramatic literature, playwriting and film theory. Central to the department's mission are the development of communication skills—both oral and written—careful attention to how theatre and dance function as collaborative art forms, and an emphasis on theatre and dance as windows to diverse cultures, lifestyles and intellectual perspectives.
Theatre fits with the liberal arts education and is an ideal microcosm of the liberal arts practice. It is a point of intersection and mediation between any and all other liberal arts disciplines, and it does its work by socializing and humanizing content that may otherwise be deprived of those qualities. In fact, it is that deprivation that is so often the impetus for a piece of theatre. We try to give a social and moral voice to content that has in one way or another had its soul denied or perverted. The content's native origin may not even have the vocabulary to initiate that discourse, let alone the desire, but good theatre has both. Other art forms can do that too, but theatre/performance is the most social way.
Learning Goals and Outcomes for the Theatre and Dance Studies Major


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A TEENAGER attacked a York shop worker and threatened to shoot her in a terrifying attempted robbery, she has said.
The raider also told victim Joanne Wright that he had a knife in his bag and demanded money from the till of the Millennium Food & Wine shop, which opened in Bishopthorpe Road only three weeks ago.
When he realised that Miss Wright, 28, was trying to phone police, he wrestled her to the ground and punched her in the head.
He fled empty-handed and a police manhunt is now under way. No gun or knife was actually seen in the incident.
Miss Wright, from Heworth, was checked over at the scene by paramedics following the incident on Monday afternoon and is now recovering from bumps and bruises to her head and scratches to her arm.
She said: "A young lad came in and had a look around to make sure no one else was here and said: 'I want all the money out the till'.
"He pushed past me and tried to get the till open, couldn't and smashed it up. When he realised I was trying to phone the police he wrestled me to the ground and punched me in the head."
Owner Mehmet Akgul said he had briefly left the shop – which he opened three weeks ago – when the incident happened at about 12.40pm.
The suspect is described as white, of slim build, about 5ft 6in tall, aged in his late teens, with distinctive pale blue eyes.
He was wearing a three-quarter length royal blue rain jacket, elasticated around the waist, and with a thick black stripe across the shoulders. It had a blue hood and high collar that he used to cover his face.
He was also wearing dark tracksuit bottoms, dark grey gloves and carrying a dark JD sports drawstring bag with three white stripes on it.
Acting Det Insp Fiona Wynne, of York CID, said: "This was a terrifying experience for the member of staff which has left her very shaken and deeply upset."
She said police were following a number of lines of inquiry and appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
She added: "We also need to know of any possible sightings of a man matching his description who was riding a mountain bike at around the time of the incident."
Police dogs and armed response officers helped with the investigations on Monday and local patrols were stepped up, a police spokesman said.
Anyone with information is asked to phone police on 101.


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14 Healthy, Gluten-Free Holiday Recipesby Dana Angelo White in Gluten-Free, Healthy Holidays, December 6, 2012
Planning a holiday menu is stressful enough without having to worry about the special dietary needs of your guests. Choose from any of these holiday recipes and put any fears about gluten to rest*.
• Edamame Hummus
• Mini Pizzas made with Gluten Free Pizza Dough
• The Shrimp Cocktail
• Spiced Pecans
• Grilled Chicken Paillard With Lemon and Black Pepper and Arugula-Tomato Salad
• Salmon With Lemon, Capers and Rosemary
• Grilled Beef Tenderloin
• Green Beans With Apple Cider
• Parmesan Mashed Potatoes
• Herbed Basmati Rice
• Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies with Winter Fruit Salad
• Gluten Free White Cake topped with fresh berries (pictured above)
• Chocolate Orange Brown Butter Flavored Popcorn
*Note: These recipes contain ingredients without gluten or that can easily be found as "gluten free." As manufacturer's continually change processing plants and methods, check labels on specific brands before purchasing.


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The Massachusetts Bar Association, with the support of the Hampden County Bar Association, is pleased to invite Hampden County attorneys to participate in the first in a series of Bench-Bar Breakfast Forums: unique and informal forums for members of the judiciary and the bar to discuss and collaborate on current issues facing the courts and the bar.
The MBA is currently in the process of planning Bench-Bar Breakfast Forums in counties across the commonwealth. The program agendas will vary from county to county, and will center around specific issues of concern to both the judiciary and the bar in various Massachusetts cities and towns. Potential topics could include, for example, the impact of the Trial Court Time Standards on the courts and the bar; the media's impact on the public's perception of our legal system; or the Probate and Family Court's Limited Assistance Representation Pilot Project.
The first forum will take place on Wednesday, May 30 from 7 to 8:30 a.m. at the Hampden County Hall of Justice, Springfield. MBA President Mark D Mason will guide a discussion of the most timely and important issues of concern to both the judiciary and the bar in Hampden County.
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Saint Bede athletic director Tom McGunnigal would like to develop more four-year, three-sports athletes at the Academy. He believes it is good for the soul and the mind and bodies of the Academy student-athletes, not to mention the Bruins sports programs.
As a result, the Saint Bede Academy Athletic Department has established the Fr. Kevin Gorman, O.S.B. Award, named after the former long-time SBA athletic director which will recognize senior athletes, who upon completion of their senior year have participated for four years in three-sport seasons.
McGunnigal said the idea came about from his coaches' summits with the Bruin coaching staff.
"We wanted to keep kids involved, keep kids interested, expound sport bases, in particular some of our minor sports, track and field, cross country, fill the gap when kids aren't doing anything," McGunnigal said. "I'm hoping this will be an incentive of two, three, four kids or whatever it might be, that they might stay with a sport, Or if they don't feel a love for one sport or another, they find another alternative in that same season, and they stay active. I hope that incentive would maintain and increase our population in some sports.
"I think it rare to find thee-sport athlete. I think it's unfortunate not to find the three-sport athlete. I think it's so vital for the development of the human body at 14, 15, 16 years, 17 years old, that they maintain as much activity as possible."
McGunnigal said Bruins coach Mike Kilmartin had shared about the similar award at Mendota. Sterling also has its "S" Award, recognizing its four-year, three-sport athletes with a prominent display in the foyer of Musgrove Fieldhouse.
Father Gorman, who served as the Academy AD from 1958-84 and now lives in a Lacon nursing home, was an easy choice in which to name the honor.
"There's no better time than the present to do this and no better person to recognize than Father Kevin," McGunnigal said. "He was the AD everybody associated with at Saint Bede. That's the guy. That's the guy I remember when I came out here at games, and I think a lot of people have fond memories of Father Kevin."
McGunnigal noted a student-athlete could play one fall sport for two or three seasons and switch to another the next and would still be eligible for this award, just as long as they participated in three sports for all four school years.
Although it is still to be determined how the Gorman Award winners will be displayed, McGunnigal envisions it having a prominent place with the appropriate recognition given to those who receive the award.
• Having viewed the "S" Award winners on display at Sterling Tuesday night, and seeing how much the award meant to those kids pictured in the fieldhouse foyer, I think McGunnigal has an excellent idea. It's a win-win for the both the Academy and the kids. I believe all kids should be active in as many school activities as they can and would encourage all our schools to motivate their student-athletes to play year-round. All of our programs can use these athletes.
• Right down Central: Administrator Max Lauritzen said District 20 has received the official word from Central Region Headquarters in Indianapolis that the Central Region Senior Baseball Regional Tournament will be coming back to District 20 for the 2013 season
Lauritzen signed off from the announcement, saying "I approve this message."
• What a great story that was about the JFL game in which Princeton allowed a Dixon special-needs player to score a touchdown. Jacob Garland will remember that moment the rest of his life. I'd be interested if anyone video taped the moment. Please let me if you did.
Kevin Hieronymus is the BCR Sports Editor. Contact him at email@example.com


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Ponto-geniculo-occipital waves or PGO waves are phasic field potentials. These waves can be recorded from the pons, the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN), and the occipital cortex regions of the brain, where these waveforms originate. The waves begin as electrical pulses from the pons, then move to the lateral geniculate nucleus residing in the thalamus, and then finally end up in the primary visual cortex of the occipital lobe. The appearances of these waves are most prominent in the period right before rapid eye movement sleep (or REM sleep), and are theorized to be intricately involved with eye movement of both wake and sleep cycles in many different animals.
The discovery of PGO waves goes back to 1959, when three French scientists released their scientific article of their study of these waves in animal test subjects.[1] Although at this time, they did not have a specific name for this neurological phenomenon.
It was not until the published work of two American scientists that these waves became known as PGO waves.[2] Their research focused on the propagation of these waves in cats, noticing that these field potentials started in the pons, propagating down to the lateral geniculate nucleus and the occipital lobe.
Other studies with these waves have been done on rats as well. Scientists tried to discern whether the rats had PGO waves, but learned that they are present only in the pons, and wave propagation does not excite any neurons in the lateral geniculate nucleus.[3] As a result of this study, PGO waves are known as P waves in rodents.
PGO waves have been studied mostly through cat and rodent animal models. Despite the focus of the research, PGO waves have been found to exist in other mammalian species including humans and nonhuman primates, such as the macaque and baboon.[4]
Detection of PGO wavesEdit
In the original experiments, PGO waves (or P waves in rodent models) are found by placing electrodes inside the brain, next to either the pons, lateral geniculate nuclei, or occipital lobe. Along with electroencephalography (EEG) recording techniques, scientists are also able to show the correlation between other brain waves associated with REM sleep and PGO waves.
Although scientists know they exist, PGO waves have not been detected in healthy humans due to the ethical concerns about accessing these areas where the readings need to be taken from. However, advances in deep brain stimulation has made it possible to put electrodes inside the brains of humans with different pathologies and make EEG recordings of different nuclei. Due to the similarities with the animal models, we can infer that PGO waves are happening at the same frequency in human EEGs.[5][6] Thus, scientists can infer that PGO waves exist in humans.
Mechanism for PGO wave generation and propagationEdit
The neurophysiological studies on PGO waves conclude that the generation of these waves reside in a collection of neurons located in the pons, regardless of species research is done on.[7] From this point, the neurons branch out in a network that leads the phasic electrical signal toward the lateral geniculate nucleus and the occipital lobe.
Within this network, there are two types of neuronal groups: executive neurons and modulatory neurons.
Executive neuronsEdit
Executive neurons are the ones that help to generate and propagate the PGO waves throughout the brain. One research paper further breaks down this "class" of neurons into two subsets: triggering neurons and transfer neurons.[4] All of these neurons are located in the peribrachial area, which is a group of neurons surrounding the superior cerebellar penduncle.
Triggering neuronsEdit
These neurons are located in the caudolateral region of the peribrachial area. These neurons actively fire during non-REM (NREM) sleep. The most recorded activity of the neurons is during the N3 stage of NREM, also known as the slow-wave sleep cycle. These same neurons are also active during REM sleep, but at a greatly reduced amplitude than NREM sleep.[7]
Transfer neuronsEdit
The neuronal cells that allow for the transfer of PGO waves from the pons to the other parts of the brain reside on the rostral portion of the peribrachial area. This grouping of cells fire in precisely two modes. The first mode is burst firing through low-threshold Calcium (Ca2+) ion channels. The other mode is a repetitive tonic firing through Sodium (Na+) dependent ion channels.[8]
During the times when triggering neurons are firing, these cells receive those signals and begin increasing their firing. This, in turn, allows the wave to go out to the other portions of the brain.
Modulatory neuronsEdit
As the executive neurons are firing, the spread of the wave is controlled by both excitatory and inhibitory inputs. These inputs come from the modulatory neurons, which help to regulate and control the amplitude and frequency of the wave. The following types of cells play a huge part in this control process.
Aminergic neuronsEdit
Aminergic neurons are neurons that use monoamines as a neurotransmitter. This class of neurotransmitters is what keeps PGO wave amplitudes at very low levels during periods of a mammal being awake. The two specific aminergic neutransmitters are serotonin and norepinephrine.
Cholinergic neuronsEdit
Cholinergic neurons are neurons that use acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter. Through different studies, these types of neurons have been proven to promote PGO wave generation, thus being an excitatory neuromodulator for triggering neurons.[9]
Nitroxergic neuronsEdit
Nitroxergic neurons use nitric oxide (NO) as a neurotrasmitter. In theory, the increase of nitric oxide is seen as an excitatory neuromodulator in PGO wave generation.[4] This stems from animal testing that has shown increases in PGO waves as nitric oxide levels were increased in the pons.[10]
GABA-ergic neuronsEdit
GABA-ergic neurons use gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) as a neurotransmitter. These neurons are theorized to be inhibitory to aminergic neurons, and thus inhibitory to PGO wave propagation.[4]
Vestibular nucleiEdit
The neurons within the vestibular nuclei region of the brain have been shown to provide excitatory bouts of PGO wave generation when stimulated.[11] The tests showed that, while the vestibular nuclei aided in creating PGO waves, the excitation of this area of the brain was in no way needed for PGO wave formation.
The neurons within the amygdala region of the brain have also been shown to provide excitatory bouts of PGO wave generation when electrically stimulated.[12]
Suprachiasmatic nucleiEditThe neurons within the suprachiasmatic nuclei region of the brain help to regulate REM sleep.[13] The REM sleep cycle length causes the frequency of PGO waves to be phase locked .
Auditory stimulationEdit
The use of auditory stimulation has been shown to increase PGO waves during waking and sleeping cycles with neurons associated with transfers of auditory information.[14] Even while the subject is awake and in total darkness, the amplitude of PGO waves increases by auditory stimulation. Another study also found that auditory stimulation increased the amplitude of PGO waves in slow-wave sleep and REM sleep and did not reduce the amplitude of the waves with repeated auditory stimulation.[15] From this research, scientists can theorize that PGO wave generation from auditory stimulation contains a positive-feedback mechanism that can be excited by evoked PGO waves.[4]
Basal gangliaEdit
The basal ganglia are a group of nuclei in the brains of vertebrates, situated at the base of the forebrain and strongly connected with the cerebral cortex, thalamus and pons. The basal ganglia are associated with a variety of functions, including arousal, motor control and learning. The main components of the basal ganglia are the striatum, pallidum, substantia nigra, and subthalamic nucleus (or subthalamus). This latter, glutamatergic nucleus is reciprocally connected with the PGO-transferring nuclei of the pons. In humans, subthalamic PGO-like waves, that resemble the PGO waves typically recorded in cats, can be recorded during pre-REM and REM sleep.[16] This suggests that the subthalamus may play an active role in an ascending activating network implicated in the rostral transmission of PGO waves during REM sleep in humans.[16]
PGO waves and REM sleepEdit
PGO waves are an integral part of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. As stated earlier, the density of the PGO waves coincides with the amount of eye movement measured in REM sleep. This has led some researchers to further theorize about the usefulness of PGO waves for dreaming.
One key use of REM sleep is for the brain to process and store information from the previous day. In a sense, the brain is learning by establishing new neuronal connections for things that have been learned. Neurophysiological studies have indicated a relationship between increased P-wave density during post-training REM sleep and learning performance.[17][18] Basically, the abundance of PGO waves translates into longer periods of REM sleep, which thereby allows the brain to have longer periods where neuronal connections are formed.
The importance of PGO waves during REM sleep also aids the idea of PGO waves as a signal that a person is dreaming.[19] Since dreaming occurs during REM sleep, the PGO waves are theorized to be the signals that make the brain start to recount the experiences from the previous day. This, in turn, allows us to "see" our dreams since our visual sense is quickly going through the information it has stored.
For more information of the importance of PGO waves during REM sleep, please refer to Activation synthesis theory.
Future researchEdit
The next big area to research regarding this topic is to understand what processes PGO waves are beneficial for in both states of sleep as well as consciousness. Although PGO waves are noticeably present during NREM sleep, some scientists[attribution needed] believe they are also present during waking cycles. There is a possibility that PGO waves are essential for image correction of the eyes, since PGO waves are signals on a pathway that allow the motor cortex of the brain to interface with the vision system.
The other future interests in research of this topic are what PGO waves are precisely doing for us while we are dreaming. Some scientists[attribution needed] theorize that PGO waves are essential for stabilizing the images that we have in our dreams. This theory comes from the eye movements that coincide with the readings from electrodes picking up PGO waves.
Also, scientists seek to discover how the presence of these signals fits in with the overall dreaming process. Research in PGO waves is of broad importance to neurophysiology because it involves the coordination of entire regions of the brain working together—coming from many different systems—to create our dreams, memories, and other experiences that we have.
Another area of potential research interest involves PGO waves during lucid dreaming.
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See alsoEdit
- Dream
- Electroencephalography (EEG)
- Sleep
- REM sleep
- NREM sleep
- Pons
- Lateral geniculate nucleus
- Occipital Lobe
- Subthalamic nucleus
- Alpha wave
- Beta wave
- Delta wave
- Gamma wave
- Mu wave
- Theta wave
- ↑ Jouvet, M., Michel, F., and Courjon, J. 1959. L'activite electrique du rhinencephale au cours dusommeil chez le chat. C.R. Soc. Biol. 153:101–105.
- ↑ Brooks, D.C., and Bizzi, E. 1963. Brain stem electrical activity during deep sleep. Arch. Ital. Biol.101:648–665.
- ↑ Stern, W.C., Forbes, W.B., and Morgane, P.J. 1974. Absence of ponto-geniculo-occipital (PGO) spikes in rats. Physiol. Behav. 12:293–295.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Datta S. 1997. Cellular basis of pontine ponto-geniculo-occipital wave generation and modulation. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology 17:341–65
- ↑ Fernández-Mendoza J., Lozano B., Seijo F., Fernández-González F., Vela-Bueno A. 2006. Subthalamic nucleus activity during human REM sleep: the PGO-like waves. J Sleep Res 2006;15:243.
- ↑ Lim A.S., Lozano A.M., Moro E., Hamani C., Hutchison W.D., et al. 2007b. Characterization of REM-sleep associated ponto-geniculo-occipital waves in the human pons. Sleep 30:823–7
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Datta, S., and Hobson, J.A. 1994. Neuronal activity in the caudo-lateral peribrachial pons:Relationship to PGO waves and rapid eye movements. J. Neurophysiol. 71:95–109.
- ↑ Williams, J.A., and Reiner, P.B. 1993. Noradrenaline hyperpolarizes identified rat mesopontine cholinergic neurons in vitro. J. Neurosci. 13:3878–3883.
- ↑ Steriade, M., Datta, S., Pare, D., Oakson, G., and Currodossi, R. (1990a). Neuronal activities in brain-stem cholinergic nuclei related to tonic activation processes in thalamortical systems. J. Heurosci. 10:2541–2559.
- ↑ Leonard, T.O., and Lydic, R. 1995. Nitric oxide synthase inhibition decreases pontine acetylcholinerelease. NeuroReport 6:1525–1529.
- ↑ Morrison, A.R., and Pompeiano, O. (1966). Vestibular influences during sleep. IV. Functional relations between the vestibular nsleep. Arch. Ital. Biol. 104:425–458.
- ↑ Calvo, J.M., Badillo, S., Morales-Ramirez, M., and Palacios-Salas, P. (1987). The role of temporal lobe amygdala in ponto-geniculo-occipital activity and sleep organization in cats. Brain Res. 403:22–30.
- ↑ Siegel J.M. 2005. Clues to the functions of mammalian sleep. Nature 437:1264–71
- ↑ Callaway C.W., Lydic R., Baghdoyan H.A., Hobson J.A. 1987. Pontogeniculoocipital Waves – Spontaneous Visual-System ACtivity During Rapid Eye-Movement Sleep. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology 7:105–49
- ↑ Bowker, R.M., and Morrison, A.R. 1977. The PGO spikes: An indicator of hyperalertness. In Sleep Research, (W.P. Koella and P. Levin, Eds.), Karger, Basel, pp. 23–77.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Fernández-Mendoza J., Lozano B., Seijo F., Santamarta-Liébana E., Ramos-Platón M.J., Vela-Bueno A., Fernández-González F. 2009. Evidence of subthalamic pgo-like waves during rem sleep in humans: a deep brain polysomnographic study. SLEEP 32(9):1117–26.
- ↑ Datta, S., 2006. Activation of phasic pontine-wave generator: a mechanism for sleep-dependent memory processing. Sleep Biol. Rhythms 4, 16–26.
- ↑ Datta, S., Saha, S., Prutzman, S.L., Mullins, O.J., Mavanji, V., 2005. Pontine-wave generator activation-dependent memory processing of avoidance learning involves the dorsal hippocampus in the rat. J. Neurosci. Res. 80, 727–737. Sleep Biol. Rhythms 4, 44–54.
- ↑ Hobson J.A., Pace-Schott E.F., Stickgold R. 2000. Dreaming and the brain: Toward a cognitive neuroscience of conscious states. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 23:793–+
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