Toquet Hall Teen Center announces an after school class in video game puppetry to be held March 27 through March 31from 3:30 to 5:30 pm. Registration is open to students in grades 7-12. Led by the EK Theater (www.ektheater.com), students will learn how to use Minecraft to tell “The Story of Aoyagi” from Lafcadio Hearn’s Kwaidan, a collection of Japanese ghost stories first published in 1904.
The program has a registration fee of $45 and space is limited. Students must have their own laptop and Minecraft account. Registration is available at toquethall.org. Contact Kevin Godburn or Carla Paiva at 203-341-1155 or toquethall@hotmail.com with any questions.
About EK Theater
Renowned EK Theater brings classics to modern audiences using video games. Eddie Kim, a theater artist and Street Fighter 2 aficionado, started the company in 2007. The company’s mission is to keep the classics alive. The performers of EK Theater use video game characters as digital puppets. The New York Times has called their work “an impressive feat of engineering, coordination, and storytelling.” The company performs both locally and abroad, and they give workshops to share their techniques and promote the use of video games in education.
12:00pm–#Bridgeport Connecticut– Police called to VIP Car Wash at 1837 Main Street. The suspect allegedly held someone to against the wall with a knife threatening. Police arrive and the suspect has left the scene.
11:39pm–#Bridgeport Connecticut– Police were called to Worker’s Comp at 350 Fairfield Avenue on the 3rd floor for two adult students fighting in the career resource center.
11:37pm–#cttraffic–#Milford Connecticut– A crash I-95 south it appears to be in the left lane is causing delays for two exits now. Rubbernecking on the northbound side as well.
7:11pm–#Fairfield Connecticut– Today’s vehicle fire was hosted by Fairfield at 1106 Valley Road. The car was reported to be fully engulfed according to firefighters.
7:00pm–#Bridgeport Connecticut– A person handed a teller note at People’s Bank inside Stop and Shop at upper Main Street. The note said someone was threatening him (not the teller) with a gun. Police have one person in custody and one is at large. The incident is reported to have happened on Wood Avenue.
3:22pm–#Bridgeport Connecticut– EMS in the area, called their dispatch of heavy smoke in the area of Sheridan Street and Ogden Street Extension. Firefighters responded, confirming the smoke in the area. They found a two and half story garage on fire at 47 Mead Street. Within a half hour firefighters had the bulk of the fire knocked down. There were no reported injuries.
#Fairfield, Connecticut— The Friends of the Fairfield Public Library are once again participating in Fairfield County’s Giving Day, on March 9, 2017. Hosted by Fairfield County’s Community Foundation, with lead sponsor Bank of America, Giving Day inspires and empowers our region to raise as much money as possible for local non-profit organizations in just 24 hours through online donations.
From 12:00am to 11:59pm March 9th, donors can go online at https://fcgives.org/designee/friends-of- the-fairfield- public-library to support the Friends and the Fairfield Public Library. The minimum donation is $10 and there is no maximum. Whether you give $10 or $1000, your donation will make a difference! Danielle Sharp, Director of Development for the Friends, says, “This will be our third year participating in the event, with the amount of our total donations rising every year. We are hoping to break last year’s record of $2,133, while at the same time raise awareness about who the Friends are and what we do.”
In existence since 2003, The Friends of the Fairfield Public Library is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the partnership between the Fairfield Public Library and the community, and advocating for quality library service for all of the people of the town of Fairfield. Over the past thirteen years, The Friends have provided over $300,000 to the Library to support special programs, services and resources not included in the operating budget, including a commitment to fund the Library’s museum pass program with $10,000 a year for 10 years. The Friends sponsor the Fairfield Public Library’s One Book One Town celebration and its Soundwaves Concert Series. They also manage the Bruce S. Kershner Art Gallery, and oversee the ongoing sale of gently used books, tapes and CD’s in The Twice REaD Room, both at the Main Library. The Friends also offer a Books as Gifts program which allows people to honor or remember a loved one with a bookplate placed in a new book to be added to the Library’s collection.
For more information about the Friends of the Fairfield Public Library, please visit http://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/our-community/friends- of-fairfield- public-library/. All programs at the Fairfield Public Library are free. For more information about Library programs, visit us online at: www.fairfieldpubliclibrary.org or call 203-256- 3160. Follow the Fairfield Public Library on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fairfieldpublib and Facebook: www.facebook.com/fairfieldlibrary.
11:54pm–#Fairfield Connecticut–A truck hit a utility pole and a stonewall on Burr Street near Congress Street knocking out power in the area. Avoid the area. A transformer is reported split in half and leaking. The road is closed at Shetland Road.
