Fairfield Morning Briefing: Friday, March 1, 2013 [Weekend Planner]

Today is Friday, March 1, 2013. On this day in 1932, aviation hero Charles Lindbergh's 20-month-old son was kidnapped from the family's mansion in New Jersey.

Famous birthdays include Glen Miller – 1905; Ron Howard – 1954; Ke$ha – 1987; Justin Bieber– 1994.

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HEADLINES

• Fairfield Beach Road Properties Sell for $3.2 Million
• Fairfield Fifth-Grader Interviews U.S. Rep Jim Himes
• Join TeamBrent Sunday to Defeat Childhood Cancer
• Newtown News Center
• Police Blotter
• Local Voices

COMMUNITY SPORTS GALLERY

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EVENTS & REMINDERS

Friday

• 'Wonder' Instagram Contest for Teens: All day, Fairfield Public Library, free. "Show us what kindness means to you by snapping a photo between now and March 10 that shows an act of kindness."
• High School A Cappella Concert: 7 p.m., Fairfield Ludlowe High School, free. This concert will feature two of Ludlowe's a cappella's groups "Close Harmony" and "A Cappella "Too" as well as Joel Barlow's singers.
• 'Jack and the Bean' the Musical: 7 p.m., Fairfield Warde High School, $6. "Come see a super fun totally groovy musical with a disco vibe called "Jack and the Bean". This is a DY-NO-MITE show based on the beloved classic "Jack and The Beanstalk."
• Cafe Variations SITI Company: 8 p.m., Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, $40. "Café Variations is a celebration of café culture, vignettes from Charles Mee's Café Plays combined with Gershwin's music from the American songbook."
• Russian National Ballet Theatre Company: 8 p.m., Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, $50. "Under the direction of Elena Radchenko, the 50 dancers of the Russian National Ballet Theatre fuse the traditions of Russian ballet with more contemporary techniques from around the world."

Saturday

• : 2 p.m., Fairfield Public Library, free. "Learn about the Library’s new Dog Tales! reading program and meet Brasil, a registered therapy dog, and his handler Don Smith."
• Livingston Taylor Live: 8 p.m., The Bijou Theatre (275 Fairfield Avenue), $38. "Livingston Taylor picked up his first guitar at the age of thirteen, beginning a forty-year career that has encompassed performance, songwriting and teaching."

Sunday

• First Annual Friends Classic Mini Golf Extravaganza: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Fairfield Woods Branch Library, $5. "Come play mini-golf inside the Fairfield Woods Branch Library! Raffle baskets, food and fun."
• Suffragist Satire: 3 p.m., Fairfield Museum and History Center, $15. "'Someone Must Wash the Dishes: An Anti-Suffrage Satire,' with actress Michele LaRue as the quintessential early 20th-century anti-suffragist."
• 4 p.m., Pequot Library, free. "Fresh and engaging, 'Imperfect Bliss' is a wickedly funny take on the ways that courtship and love have changed—even as they've stayed the same."
• David Sandborn: 7 p.m., Fairfield Theatre Company, $70. "Sanborn is by far the hardest working jazz sax player today."

FAIRFIELD CINEMAS AT BULLARD SQUARE SHOWTIMES

• Amour ­– 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 6:50 p.m., 9:50 p.m. (2 hrs., 7 min.) ­– IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• The Impossible ­– 4:05 p.m., 10:05 p.m. (1 hr., 47 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes ­– Trailer
• Les Miserables –12:35 p.m., 6:40 p.m. – (2 hrs., 37 min.) ­– IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Lincoln – 12:55 p.m., 4:10 p.m., 7:25 p.m. ­– (2 hrs., 30 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Phantom – 12:40 p.m., 3 p.m., 5:20 p.m., 7:40 p.m., 10:10 p.m. (1 hr., 44 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Quartet ­­– 1:30 p.m., 3:50 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 9:15 p.m. (1 hr., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes ­– Trailer
• Safe Haven – 1:35 p.m., 4:45 p.m., 7:20 p.m., 9:55 p.m. (1 hr., 46 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Silver Linings Playbook – 1:10 p.m., 3:55 p.m., 6:45, 9:30 p.m. (2 hrs.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Zero Dark Thirty – 12:30 p.m., 3:50 p.m., 7:10 p.m. ­(2 hrs., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer

FORECAST as of 3 p.m. on Thursday:

• Friday: "Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. North wind 8 to 10 mph."
• Friday night: "Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Northwest wind around 8 mph."
• Saturday: "A slight chance of showers after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent."
• Saturday night: "Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29."
• Sunday: "Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42."
• Sunday night: "Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27."

INTERSTATE TRAFFIC CAMS

See also Fairfield Patch’s "Commute” page.

• Westport: northbound, south of Exit 19 – Maple Lane
• Fairfield: southbound, Exit 19 – Mill Hill Road
• Fairfield: northbound, Exit 21 – North Pine Creek Road
• Fairfield: northbound, Exit 22 – Fairfield Service Plaza
• Fairfield: northbound, Exit 22 – North Benson Road
• Fairfield: southbound, north of Exit 24 – Brentwood Avenue
• Bridgeport: northbound, Exit 26 – Wordin Avenue

TIDES & TIMES

Friday

• High tide: 1:07 a.m.
• Sunrise: 6:27 a.m.
• Low tide: 7:34 a.m.
• High tide: 1:34 p.m.
• Sunset: 5:44 p.m.
• Low tide: 7:49 p.m.

Saturday

• High tide: 1:53 a.m.
• Sunrise: 6:25 a.m.
• Low tide: 8:24 a.m.
• High tide: 2:24 p.m.
• Sunset: 5:45 p.m.
• Low tide: 8:39 p.m.

Sunday

• High tide: 2:44 a.m.
• Sunrise: 6:24 a.m.
• Low tide: 9:20 a.m.
• High tide: 3:19 p.m.
• Sunset: 5:46 p.m.
• Low tide: 9:35 p.m.

Forecast obtained from the National Weather Service; tide information obtained from saltwatertides.com (calibrated to Southport Harbor).