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Finding the Fun in Connecticut’s Fairfield County

Friday, April 27th, 2012
by Debra Kirouac on Living Around

Raising a child is expensive. Raising a child in lower Fairfield County, one of the wealthiest counties in the nation, is almost prohibitively so. This

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The Hunger Games—The Whole World is Watching

Monday, March 26th, 2012
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Playing Around

“May the odds be ever in your favor!” This is the traditional address Effie gives the residents of District 12 before the annual Reaping ceremony,

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Erin Duffy’s Bond Girl—Stirred, not Shaken

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Reading Around

Writing a bestseller is the best revenge. Erin Duffy spent more than a decade working on Wall Street. In 2008, she found herself a victim

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Living a Good Life Is Still the Best Revenge

Thursday, December 1st, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

ABC-TV’s Revenge has become the surprise hit of the fall season. Said to be an updated version of The Count of Monte Cristo, this nighttime

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We Give Thanks for…

Thursday, November 24th, 2011
by Woman Around Town on Living Around

That there’s always next year to win a World Series. For George Clooney. For two weeks without any headlines about Kim Kardashian. For my husband

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Diego Rivera Murals for The Museum of Modern Art

Thursday, November 10th, 2011
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Playing Around

What could be more timely in New York City, as the Occupy Wall Street movement grows and expands, than an exhibition of the murals of

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“Summer of Lust”—Bad Evidence

Sunday, July 10th, 2011
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Playing Around

The Cell and The Hive Theatre Company are alternating Bad Evidence with Midsummer Night’s Dream, which they have dubbed their “Summer of Lust.” It’s an

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Spider-Man Bites

Sunday, June 19th, 2011
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around

A couple of months ago, I was anxiously waiting my turn in the dentist’s office when a jaunty young man of seven or eight sauntered

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