Bethel Daily Briefing: Friday, April 20, 2012

Today  is Friday,  April 20, 2012

TODAY'S WEATHER from the National Weather Forecast

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. South wind between 6 and 16 mph. 

Friday Night: A slight chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. South wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Join the Henderson Cultural Center at Hunt Hill Farm for Cabaret Night in an intimate country setting at The Silo Gallery's Hayloft, beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 21 Click for more information.
• SWING DU JOUR CONJOURS THE 'GYPSY JAZZ' OF DJANGO ON SUNDAY APRIL 22
Pizzeria Lauretano,  Bethel,  Conn.

6:00- 8:00PM  $15

Howard Bujese, violin; Doug Munro, lead guitar; Ernie Pugliese, rhythm guitar; Michael Goetz, bass

Swing du Jour returns to Pizzeria Lauretano for another smoldering night of "gypsy" jazz, inspired by the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli.  The quartet sold out their show a year ago, and are back on Sunday, April 22, 6:00PM at Pizzeria Lauretano, 291 Greenwood Avenue, Bethel, Conn. Reservations recommended by calling203-792-1500.  The website is www.pizzerialauretano.com
• Open Auditions for "Brighton Beach Memoirs" at Town Players, April 21, Town Players' Little Theatre, 18 Orchard Hill Rd, Newtown, CT Click for more information.

• 4/14-15 2-5pm 4/21 2-5, 4/22 2-4pm , 100 Great Aunt Hack Rd., Danbury Ct   Please visit FB:"Portraits by ShawnaLee" to see 2 oil paintings by Middlebury Artist, ShawnaLee, that will be on display during the Richter Association for the Arts show. 

• $75.00 With less than four weeks to go, tickets are selling quickly for the Channel 3 Kids Camp 4th Annual Women Raising AwarenessPhilanthropically (WRAP) Luncheon. Don’t miss 2012 Keynote Speaker Dr. William Petit Jr., founder of the Petit Family Foundation on Friday, April 20, 2012 at the Hartford Marriott Downtown Grand Ballroom.

• APR. 20 LEARNING, TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT CONFERENCE: Southern Connecticut State University will host the annual Learning, Teaching and Assessment Conference from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the SCSU campus, 501 Crescent St. in New Haven. For more information, visit www.southernct.edu/events/learningteachinga_8682/or call (203) 392-8887.

• APR. 20 – 21 CONFERENCE ON CREATIVITY AND COMPASSION: Five panels of distinguished scholars, writers, faculty and students will discuss the links between creativity and compassion over two days beginning at 9 a.m. Friday, April 20, in the Student Center Theater on the WCSU Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. The conversations of the panels will center on aspects of “Creativity and Compassion: Embracing the Challenges of the 21st Century,” the theme incorporated into a broad series of events taking place at WCSU in anticipation of the visit to the campus by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in October. His Holiness will speak on the related topic of “The Art of Compassion.” The two-day conference has been organized by faculty and students at WCSU in cooperation with the Do Ngak Kunphen Ling (DNKL) Tibetan Buddhist Center for Universal Peace in Redding. The conference will be free and the public is invited. 

• APR. 20 – 22 THEATRE PRODUCTION: The WCSU department of theatre arts will present “Next to Normal” at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 20, and at 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, April 21 and 22, in the Reimold Theatre in Berkshire Hall on the university's Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. Send an email to wcsuboxoffice@gmail.com for more information.

• APR. 21 SAXOPHONE CONCERT: The WCSU department of music will present “Saxofestivus” at 3 p.m. in Ives Concert Hall in White Hall on the university’s Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. The concert will be free and the public is invited. Donations to support the department of music will be accepted. For more information, call (203) 837-8350 or visit www.wcsu.edu/music/concerts.asp.

• APR. 22 M.S. WALK: WCSU will host the M.S. Walk to raise awareness of Multiple Sclerosis and raise funds for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. outside the Westside Athletic Complex on the university’s Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. The public is invited. For more information, send an email to doty012@connect.wcsu.edu.

SCHOOL DATE REMINDERS

 April 16-20 – Spring Recess

TODAY IN HISTORY from On This Day

 1832 - Hot Springs National Park was established by an act of the U.S. Congress. It was the first national park in the U.S. 

1836 - The U.S. territory of Wisconsin was created by the U.S. Congress. 

1841 - In Philadelphia, PA, Edgar Allen Poe's first detective story, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," was published in Graham's Magazine. 

1861 - Robert E. Lee resigned from U.S. Army. 

1865 - Safety matches were first advertised. 

1879 - First mobile home (horse drawn) was used in a journey from London to Cyprus. 

1902 - Scientists Marie and Pierre Curie isolated the radioactive element radium. 

1912 - Fenway Park opened as the home of the Boston Red Sox.

1972 - The manned lunar module from Apollo 16 landed on the moon. 

1977 - Woody Allen's film "Annie Hall" premiered.

1999 - 13 people were killed at Columbine High School in Littleton, CO, when two teenagers opened fire on them with shotguns and pipebombs. The two gunmen then killed themselves.

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