John Oliver does Danbury
A “feud” between John Oliver, host of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver,” and Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton results in some publicity for the city – and cash for Connecticut charities.
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A most complementary pair
Aligned astrologically and temperamentally, royal watchers say, together William and Kate make up “the whole package.”
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Real estate and ‘Real Talk’
Mark Pires works his passions for selling real estate and performing.
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Shipshape fare
Swordfish bones, bloodeye tuna: David Standridge is taking Mystic beyond traditional New England fare.
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On the virtue of patience
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams famously compared prayer to bird-watching, as both endeavors require endless patience and stillness while in pursuit of an often-elusive goal.
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Arlo Guthrie takes on ‘Hard Times’
The folk music icon, pulled from the road he loves by the pandemic, returns to the recording studio with an apt Stephen Foster song.
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Portraitist of America rising
Though deaf and mute, portraitist John Brewster Jr. shone a light on the people who drove America’s rise.
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Cousin Brucie’s back
Bruce Morrow – better known to his fans as Cousin Brucie – is back on New York AM radio after a 15-year absence.
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That’s Italian
When it comes to the Business 101 mantra “location, location, location,” the family-run Trattoria 632 certainly hit pay dirt when it opened 10 years ago on Anderson Hill Road in Purchase.
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And the Oscar for Best Costume Design goes to…
Among the categories that fill the Academy Awards, the honors for Best Costume Design have always existed somewhere under that proverbial radar in terms of sparking public debate or controversy. But if you take a deeper dive into the category’s history, it seems to be among the most intriguing of the Oscar competitions.
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Whither Tokyo’s Summer Olympics?
Will the games come off next year as planned or will this be 1940 all over again?
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‘Arabian Nights’ in Bridgeport
Phil Hall travels back in time to P.T. Barnum’s lost, legendary, Orientalist estate – Iranistan.
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This ‘Poppy’ is also a flop
An international tale rich with intrigue based on a story by the creator of James Bond, shot in exotic locations and featuring an impressive lineup of international film stars: What could go wrong? For the 1966 U.N. film “The Poppy is Also a Flower,” plenty.
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A whale of a tale
The biblical story of Jonah and the whale has been spun into a fascinating sea yarn.
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A horse of another color
The Ox Ridge Hunt Club in Darien reinvents itself as the Ox Ridge Riding & Racquet Club.
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One of a kind
High tech meets great design in Deane Inc. kitchens
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Wright and not so Wright
Massaro House on Petra Island in Lake Mahopac both is and isn’t a Frank Lloyd Wright house.
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Skin in the game
Bryan Knight’s master’s in environmental science was getting him nowhere fast. And then he found work as a male escort for men.
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A doc who’s all heart
“When we used to hire in our practice, where they went to school and did their training was at the bottom of the list,” says Jeffrey Green, founder of The Heart Center in Stamford. “We would ask, ‘Is this the kind of person I would trust my patients with?’”
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The reluctant president
James Abram Garfield never intended to become the 20th President of the United States and, after his inauguration, he had little opportunity to show his brand of leadership. But his life and death offer the story of a man who both shaped his era while falling victim to its limitations.
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