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Keeping a tradition alive: Dogwood Festival comes to Fairfield

16 May 2012

It began 77 years ago with a ladies' sewing circle and a card table. On the green outside Greenfield Hill Congregational Church, the Ladies' Sewing Society, led by the Rev. Reginald Lundgren, propped up their makeshift vendor's stand and began selling aprons, potholders, pickles, and fudge in a church fund-raising effort. From these humble roots, the Dogwood Festival blossomed into a robust and ...

Film Review: ‘Dark Shadows’

15 May 2012

“Dark Shadows� was a daytime soap opera which originally aired at 4 p.m. on ABC-TV on weekday afternoons from 1966 to 1971. What made the program unique for the romance genre was its Gothic storyline revolving around Barnabas Collins, a 200 year-old vampire as earnest in his search for blood as for a reunion with his long-lost love, Josette.

Johnny Depp feeds inner vampire fanboy with 'Dark Shadows'

14 May 2012

Actor, director Tim Burton both 'Shadows' fans