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Producer, Director To Screen 'WPA' Documentary At Norwalk Community College
NORWALK, Conn. -- Norwalk Community College will screen a new documentary, "Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA," on Wednesday, May 4.
Before the screening, all attendees are invited to meet the film’s director, Michael Maglaras, and producer, Terri Templeton.
The film celebrates how creative Americans were able to get back to work following the Great Depression through the Works Progress Administration and the Federal Art Project. The film highlights the artwork, music, writing, and acting, all created under the various New Deal initiatives.
The event will be held from 5:30 …
Sacred Heart University in Fairfield Announces Commencement Speakers
FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Victoria Sweet, former award-winning historian and associate professor of medicine at the University of California, will deliver the commencement address at Sacred Heart University’s 50th Undergraduate Commencement exercises Sunday, May 15.Sweet also will receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree. At the same ceremony, Brad Evans, senior adviser at Morgan Stanley, will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. The event begins at 10 a.m.
Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga, archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, will address those gathered for the university’s Grad…
Volunteers Needed For Oasis Spring Fling Fundraiser
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- The Oasis shelter in Greenwich needs volunteers for its Spring Fling fundraiser on May 14 and 15, in an effort to upgrade the 32-bed shelter which offers temporary shelter, clean bedding, and three meals per day for men and women who are faced with homelessness.
Working with Westchester Community Opportunity Program and Habitat for Humanity, based in New Rochelle, the shelter is in need of funds to redo the home that is deteriorating, has pipes that constantly burst, is poorly insulated, and has an outdated kitchen and bathrooms.
They need a minimum of 50,000, in addi…
