🌱 How a New Fairfield filmmaker just scored another $150,000 documentary prize
New Fairfield, Connecticut Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning New Fairfield! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
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- How a New Fairfield filmmaker just scored another $150,000 documentary prize
Also on today's calendar: Vocalist Melissa Newman Belts It Out And Shares Anecdotes Of Growing Up In A Famous Show Biz Family and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: Why wouldn't the little shrimp share his fries with his friends ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: Showers around; not as warm, with a high of 65 and low of 44 degrees.
- Thursday: Breezy with variable clouds, temps: high: 59, low: 38.
- Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 59 and low of 43 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Connecticut filmmaker wins rare repeat prize for Black queer music doc (newstimes.com) — A New Fairfield filmmaker and Yale professor, Luchina Fisher, has again captured the top $150,000 PitchBLACK prize to fund her new documentary on Black queer musicians. Her repeat win highlights both her growing national profile and the creative work emerging from New Fairfield, including earlier acclaimed films about transgender lives and families. 
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Vocalist Melissa Newman Belts It Out And Shares Anecdotes Of Growing Up In A Famous Show Biz Family →
La Zingara Restaurant, 8 P T Barnum Square, Bethel
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Free Open House: Meet Danbury's Body Reset Specialist — Thursday May 7th, 5:30–8pm →
Live Your Way Thin & Healthy | Personal Trainer in Danbury CT, 18 Mill Plain Rd, Danbury
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Foods for Brain Development-Keeping Kids and Teens Safe and Happy TV Show →
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Knights of Columbus Blood Drive →
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Walter Parks & The Unlawful Assembly →
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New Library Committee →
The Brookfield Library, 182 Whisconier Rd, Brookfield
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New Fairfield Varsity Baseball @ Brookfield →
Brookfield High School, 45 Long Meadow Hill Rd, Brookfield
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Museum of Contemporary Art Connecticut — Hub New Music →
MoCA\CT, 19 Newtown Turnpike, Westport
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Karaoke - O'Briens Pub, Danbury →
O'Brien's Irish Pub, 83 Lake Ave #6369, Danbury
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Annual Epilepsy Awareness Walk & Purple Picnic →
Harrybrooke Park, 100 Still River Dr, New Milford
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Ives Trail Meeting
Town of Redding Town Hall Conference Room
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Early 9:30am Family Story Time (birth-5)
Mark Twain Library, 439 Redding Road, Redding
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Fun & Friends (ages 6 mos - 5 yrs) →
The Brookfield Library, 182 Whisconier Rd, Brookfield
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Board of Awards Weekly Meeting →
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Family Story Time (birth-5)
Mark Twain Library, 439 Redding Road, Redding
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New Milford Blood Pressure Clinic →
New Milford Senior Center, 40 Main St, New Milford
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Baby Lap Sit Storytime for babies 18 months and younger @ Danbury Library →
Danbury Public Library, 170 Main St, Danbury
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Wednesday May 6
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🗞 Nearby News
Brookfield
- Local Event: Celtic Cottage Farm Stand Bakery Open Friday (patch.com)
- RestoPros of Fairfield County Publishes Water Heater Leak Guide (desmoinesregister.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he was shellfish ! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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