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Shared experience is powerful stuff.
Where, once upon a time, all the world lined up to see Gone with the Wind, The Godfather, or E.T., we now sit in separate little rooms on separate little screens watching algorithmically programmed little dances performed by strangers and their cats and then read torturous think-pieces that ask when we all stopped getting along. Movies often get made now for focus-grouped market segmentations for maximum merch sales, not for all of us, and as a result, there are, at my last count, several thousand installments of the Transformers franchise. Movie palaces around the country (and as nearby as Darien) have been razed to become mixed-use buildings, providing more little rooms for more little screens. I’m sure I sound like a nostalgic old-timer here, but I’ve missed those golden late 80’s afternoons at the Orinda theater (a classic movie palace of the highest order) where le tout 7th grade would also be in attendance, and also, since I’m leaning into my new persona, would you please get off my lawn?
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Dear Editor,
Broadway Bound Theatre Festival (BBTF) enjoyed its first season at the Powerhouse Theatre in Waveny Park this August, in partnership with the Town Players of New Canaan. Founded in NYC in 2016, BBTF 2024 offered new plays written by seven new playwrights from across the country in 28 performances. Thank you to all those who attended our performances.
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Dear Editor:
On behalf of the New Canaan Parent Support Group and our co-Host New Canaan Community Foundation, I’d like to thank all those who made our August 29th Community Addiction Awareness Vigil a success. We had 500 people in attendance, on a beautiful evening at the corner of South Avenue and Elm Street. Our goal was to show through heartfelt testimonials that recovery from addiction is possible, and we believe we succeeded with our recovery speaker line-up of Aidan C., Cini Shaw and Ben Tuff.
Our conviction grows each year in the Power of Story, that each time a recovery story is shared, at least one life is saved.
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Dear Editor,
I am honored to serve as the Emcee for the 8th Annual New Canaan Community Awareness Vigil on Thursday, August 29th, at 7 p.m. This event is more than a vigil; it’s a powerful gathering to honor those lost, celebrate recovery, and challenge the stigma surrounding substance use disorder. The opioid epidemic continues to impact our community. While there has been progress, with a 5% reduction in overdose deaths and expanded access to Narcan, a life-saving treatment everyone should have in their home or workplace, the crisis remains urgent.