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Puppet House Plot Thickens

by Diana Stricker | Feb 10, 2012 7:42 am

Diana Stricker Photo It was just like real-life community theater in Stony Creek this week as the ongoing saga of the now-vacant Puppet House unfolded with a surprising last-minute plot twist.

It all began when a theatrical trio presented a proposal to the Stony Creek Association on Tuesday. The trio, led by Branford resident Susan F. Clark, outlined their hopes to transform the Puppet House into a community theater, reminiscent of the days when Orson Wells performed there.  The 1903 venue has gone through several transformations—from a silent movie house, to a theater, a girdle factory and a puppet stage. It was shuttered by the town in 2008 because of code violations, and has been up for sale in recent months.

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Flutes Tell A Story

by Sally E. Bahner | May 5, 2011 11:22 am

Sally E. Bahner Photo If words and music go hand in hand, what was so different about Yale Band Director Thomas C. Duffy’s recent presentation, “Words Into Music” at the Blackstone Memorial Library?

In this case, the words and music were not created as a typical musical pair, but rather the melding of a literary element to a musical one. 

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From Afghanistan to Stony Creek

by Allan Appel | Jul 17, 2009 12:02 pm

Allan Appel PhotoThree years ago Hannah Baldwin was asked to hang 16 of her large paintings of Afghanistan, including a portrait of Hamid Karzai in that country’s embassy, in Washington. She was hoping she might eventually get paid for them and even asked if Halliburton company might want to buy them.

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