365, v. 2011

Part of the 365 Project
by Vincent James Pia

December 07, 2011 - "Lemon Drop"

THE 365 PROJECT is a documentary challenge in which the photographer shares an image for each day of the year. After completing the project in 2010, Danbury resident Vincent James Pia has decided to do it all over again.

These are photographs selected from his December 2011 album.

by Hugh McQuaid

Hugh McQuaid photo.

At a press conference commemorating the 39th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, state officials and women’s rights activists vowed to fight any attempts to threaten women’s reproductive rights.

from the Housatonic Valley Cultural Alliance

The Housatonic Valley Cultural Alliance (HVCA) presents "Local Works", an art exhibit at The Upstairs Gallery of the new Molten Java coffee shop located at 213 Greenwood Ave, Bethel.  Bethel artists Katie Bassett and Thomas Nackid will be featured for the inaugural exhibit from January 14 through February 18.  A public artist’s reception will be held on January 27 from 6 to 8pm, sponsored by HVCA. The exhibit can be also viewed during Molten Java’s normal business hours.

by Joshua L. Durkin

ONE NEW INNOVATION in the direction of a better democracy puts people in direct contact with the White House through a petition program called "We the People".

Since its September 22, 2011 launch, the petition program has gone largely unnoticed, which should shock no one, because the smart bet figures that most Americans have not checked out the White House's website.

What is a Berfest, you ask?

BER is short for Rachel Berliner, a small girl from Connecticut who knows how to throw a big party, and Berfest is the annual "ber"thday music extravaganza she throws at the end of January each year.

Ber and longtime friend Sydney Woodford started Berfest in Boston back in 2005, and this year's fest, the eighth annual, takes place in Brooklyn, New York, Boston, Massachusetts and Danbury, Connecticut - one night in each city - starting Friday, January 27.

from the Gallery at Still River Editions

"Pink" © Vito Pasquale.

The Gallery at Still Rver Editions will be holding an opening reception for their exhibit "Fourteen Threadless Needles: Photographs by Vito Pasquale" on Saturday, January 28 from 4 to 6pm (snow date February 4).  The show is on display from January 5 through March 30.

Vito Pasquale is a photographer and writer from Mount Kisco, New York. He is one of those people who, upon retiring from the full-time job he’d done in corporate America for almost thirty years, began to “peek down, as Frost would call it, 'the road not taken'".