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C. Parker Gallery: An Art Answer for Greenwich

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By Leslie Yager
Forget preconceived notions of stuffy art galleries. According to Tiffany Benincasa, principal at C Parker Gallery in Greenwich, whether a customer seeks to start a collection, match the drapes, or find a painting to fit a particular space in their home, she eschews a sales pitch as much as anybody. “I’ve been cultivating a collection for over twenty years. I am passionate about art,” said Benincasa whose goal is to establish herself as Greenwich’s go-to resource for art, a place to start a conversation. Indeed, Benincasa’s Gallery, located at 17 East Putnam Ave is as welcoming as it spacious. Continue Reading →

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GFP Declares Sunday Adopt-a-Fire-Hydrant Day

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A recent statement from Greenwich Police Capt. Kordick referred to fire hydrants as “true lifesavers.” Kordick said multiple fire hydrants around Greenwich are obstructed by snow and ice and  asked residents with a fire hydrant on their property to shovel them out. “Even if you do not have a fire hydrant on your property, please do not be afraid to adopt a nearby fire hydrant in your neighborhood,” Kordick’s said in his announcement. Join other local Greenwich residents who already   “Like” Greenwich Free Press on Facebook.      Continue Reading →

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Sunday Afternoons Live Presents Music of Bach’s Time and Our Time

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Our ever popular Sunday Afternoons Live concert series concludes on Sunday, February 23 at 4:00 pm with Music of Bach’s Time and Our Time, featuring Masayuki Maki on harpsichord. Tickets are $20/person (available at the door), and all school-aged youth are free. This program will present harpsichord music composed by J. S. Bach, his teacher Georg Böhm, and his son, C. P. E. Bach, and, at the same time, you will hear harpsichord music composed by our contemporaries, such as the Dutch composer Louis Andriessen and the Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu.  Hearing the music from the old and new, the east and west, do you think the music is changed by time and space, or is our perception of them changed by music? A multi-instrumentalist on various classical keyboard instruments, Masayuki Maki has extensive experience in lecturing and performing in America and Asia.  He is currently an adjunct faculty member at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College of the City University of New York.  Maki often performs in prestigious concert venues such as Carnegie Hall, Forbidden City Concert Hall (China), and Suntory Hall (Japan), and regularly works at the Metropolitan Opera and New York City Opera as harpsichord technician, and is currently completing his doctorate in harpsichord at Stony Brook where he is also Assistant Director of the Stony Brook Opera. This concert will be held in the beautiful setting of our historic Meetinghouse at First Church, complete with coffee, tea and light snacks.  Our Sunday Afternoons Live season, this year, has been gratefully underwritten by the late Stella Miazga, a non-church member who attended our concerts and generously bequeathed funds to support the series after her death. Continue Reading →

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Pisani: “Grandmothers Will Save the World, or at Least Greenwich, Connecticut”

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“Life goes by too fast,” Joe Pisani said to the members of the Woman’s Club during his visit to their clubhouse on Maple Ave on Thursday afternoon. Pisani said that the last time he gave a talk at the Woman’s Club was 30 years ago, and pointed out that when he left the Stamford Advocate and Greenwich Time there were 110 in the newsroom and today there are roughly just 15-20. “That just gives you an idea of the extent of change that’s occurred in a short time in local journalism,” Pisani said. “And it’s unfortunate.” That said, Pisani, who currently works for a public relations company and writes a column for Greenwich Post, made the topic of parenting and grandparenting his theme on Thursday. Continue Reading →

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The Night Sky: Jupiter

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By Rick Bria

Jupiter can be found high in the southeast sky just after dark. It looks like a very bright star in the constellation Gemini, but viewed through a telescope Jupiter reveals its true nature as a huge gas giant planet with swirling bands of clouds and four Galilean moons. This picture of Jupiter was taken January 10, 2014 at the Mary Aloysia Hardey Observatory at Convent of the Sacred Heart. I used a 16” LX200 telescope with a Canon DSLR camera in movie crop mode. The resultant data was processed in RegiStax6 and Photoshop software. Continue Reading →

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Get Swabbed in Greenwich: Bone Marrow Registry at First Congregational Church

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Come and register for the Bone Marrow Registry if you are between the ages of 18 – 55 and in generally good health at First Congregational Church of Greenwich on Thursday, Feb. 20,  from 6:30-7:30pm. There is no fee to “Get Swabbed” and add yourself to the register and it only takes a few, painless minutes. The inside of your mouth will be swabbed with a Q-tip, you fill out a short form and then you are submitted to become part of the Bone Marrow registry. You will be contacted if you are (or become) a match to a patient and may be able of give someone a second chance at life. Continue Reading →

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Joe Pisani to Speak at The Woman’s Club on Thursday

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Writer and editor Joe Pisani will give a presentation on the humorous antics of his writing at The Woman’s Club on Thurs., Feb., 20, at 1:00 pm. 

Pisani has been a writer and editor for 30 years and worked for Times Mirror Company of Los Angeles and the Chicago Tribune and  is a principal of The Dilenschneider Group in Manhattan, a strategic counseling and corporate communications firm.  
Pisani is a regular columnist for Greenwich Post and other Hersam Acorn newspapers, Act 2 Magazine, Fairfield County Catholic and the Catholic Transcript as well the  editor of “Greenwich – An Illustrated History,” whose contributors included the celebrated novelist John Jakes and author Roy Rowan. Pisani previously was editor/senior vice president of The (Stamford) Advocate and Greenwich Time, and was responsible for the day-to-day news operations of The (Stamford) Advocate, The (Norwalk) Advocate and Greenwich Time. Admission is free and is open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. The Woman’s Club of Greenwich located at 89 Maple Ave, Greenwich. Continue Reading →

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