After suffering through the stormy, violent weekend and enduring life without electricity for several days, it is time to rejoice with the return of the sun and the spring-like weather. Although the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra did not plan on the aforementioned conditions, their Saturday ...
He’s back. The movie critic who lost his voice due to cancer has found a new way to talk through a computer program which uses fragments of his own voice pieced together from recordings he did prior to his illness. Ebert types his thoughts and the technology converts them to words. But unlike other voice simulation programs, his uses a new technology that does not sound robotic, but pure Ebert. Roger’s picks for the Oscars were posted on his website in February. For Best Picture he choose The Hurt Locker. The Best Actress statue goes to Sandra Bullock in The...
Are you tiring of the endless cold, ice and snow that have blanketed our area? Are you dreaming of reading a good book surrounded by sand, sun and surf? If you are looking for an antidote to the winter blues that will leave you smiling and humming, be sure to try the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The Greater Bridgeport Symphony will present an all Mozart program ...
Admit it, like me you probably sneak a peek at the listing of people born on that day newspapers and internet sites love to provide. Well coming up this Saturday is quite a list including an impressive duo of actresses born on February 27th. Joanne Woodward was born in 1930 in Thomasville, Georgia. According to The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives Thematic Series. “She graduated from high school in 1947 and attended Louisiana State University from 1947 to 1949. When her father went to work for the Charles Scribner's Sons publishing house, Woodward left college and moved with the family...
