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JIM SHEA | 2 CALENDAR | 3 WELLBEING | 6 PUZZLES | 7 TV LISTINGS | 8 UNDAY MAGAZINE The Advocate | Sunday, March 13, 2016 Really surreal Stamford artist finds her zen By JOE MEYERS / PAGE 5 HOME | 4 FASHION | 5 WRITERS | 6 Furniture maker’s In a parade or on a catwalk, Prisoners publish a modern formula every plaid has a story compelling literary magazine D2 | The Advocate | Sunday, March 13, 2016 JIM SHEA Waking up a little late this morning? You’re not alone n a bit of a fog this morn- Worse than failing to re- ATTENDANCE AT CHURCH SERVICES SUFFERS WHEN ing, are we? member to move your clock I Feeling tired, cranky, a is remembering to move your THE CLOCKS ARE MOVED FORWARD. I ONCE TRIED tad out of sync? clock and then moving it in We sprang forward after the wrong direction. This is TO EXPLAIN MY ABSENCE BY ARGUING IT WAS MY you were asleep. more common than you Sorry, someone had to tell might think. BELIEF THAT GOD RAN ON STANDARD TIME. you. I mean, who decided that I DID NOT RECEIVE ABSOLUTION. SUNDAY I know this hurts. There are the clocks should be fewer things in life more changed at the exact same MAGAZINE painful than losing an hour of time (2 a.m.) that the bars dinner in March — in New months of the year. God runs on standard time. sleep on a Sunday morning. close? I’m sure President England? Lounge on the And here is yet another Plus, there is this: Trump will fix this. Group Publisher deck in your Speed-o and problem, particularly if you If you didn’t set your clock The time change is not just Jim Shea is a lifelong Henry B. Haitz III snorkel parka? live with a teacher or editor ahead, you are not only be- a one day thing, either. It can Connecticut resident and And what about high of freelance pedantic. Do you Executive Editor ginning the day behind the mess with the body’s natural journalist who believes the school kids? It’s hard enough say daylight saving time, or times, but probably behind circadian rhythms for days. keys to life include the Barbara T. Roessner rousting them out of bed in daylight savings time? You the eight ball as well. Personally, I hate the word avoidance of physical labor the morning as it is. Getting know what, I could care less. Features Editor Were you supposed to be circadian. It reminds me of and I-95. He can be reached them up and at ’em when it’s (Or should that be I couldn’t Eileen Fischer somewhere, like, say, church? cicada, which is the name of at [email protected] and still night outside can be near care less?) efi[email protected] You are probably now either the large bug fried in butter on Twitter @jimboshea. impossible, even if you do What I am sure of, is this: late or never. that I once ate for a newspa- Creative Director own a top-of-the-line cattle You won’t be alone. per story. Did it taste like Lee Steele prod. Attendance at church chicken? I have no idea. It [email protected] The time change is not services suffers when the wasn’t in my body long only annoying and disruptive, clocks are moved forward. I enough for me to tell. CONTRIBUTORS it’s also a major hassle. I’m once tried to explain my Anyway. talking about all the clocks Rosemarie T. Anner, absence by arguing it was my Even if you have handled you have to go around and Mitch Broder, Christopher belief that God ran on stan- the clock work correctly, reset by hand. Then there is dard time. I did not receive another thing you may notice Brown, Amanda the clock in my car which you absolution. if you got up early is that it is Cuda, MaryEllen Fillo, have to be an IT person to It’s not all your (our) fault. still dark outside. This eve- adjust. You know the expres- David Gunn, Christina Moving the clocks forward ning, if you are not napping, sion even a broken clock is Hennessy, Bob Horton, and backward can be very you will no doubt notice it right twice a day? Well, the Joel Lang, Karlene confusing. stays light later. clock in my car is right six Lukovitz, Joe Meyers, Many people rely on the I don’t have a problem Mike Ross, Lidia Ryan, the old adage: Spring for- with more light at the end of ward, fall backward. OK, but the day — in summer. But Chris Setter, Jim Shea technically is it not possible what are you going to do with ADVERTISING to fall forward and spring that extra hour of light after backward? Director of Sales Strategy & Operations Patricia Luzzi [email protected] 203-360-2856 SEND US YOUR STORY IDEAS efi[email protected] Cathy Zuraw / Hearst Connecticut Media 13th Annual MARCH 12-13 CROWNE PLAZA PRESENTED BY: STAMFORD, CT The Largest ND PR GRA IZE HOME GIVEAWAYS SHOW in Fairfield General Electric 11KW GENERATOR Generac 7KW GENERATOR County! 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The classic soft-rock band America is on tour celebrating its 45th anniversary with founding members Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell per- forming the group’s greatest hits, from “Tin Man,” “Ventura High- way” and “Sister Golden Hair” to the unforgettable “Horse With No Name.” Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 E. Ridge. Wednesday, March 16, 8-10 p.m. $87.50. ridgefieldplayhouse.org. Timeless tale 1 The world where a cat sounds best as a clarinet and a duck gives voice through an oboe will open up for an hour at the free Curiosity Concerts family music series, in association with Ash- forth Children’s Concert Series. The Woodwind Quintet of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra and Really Inventive Stuff’s sto- ryteller, Michael Boudewyns, perform Sergei Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf.” Greenwich Library, 101 W. Putnam Ave. Sunday, March 20, 1 p.m. Tickets are free, but res- Contributed photos ervations required at A hit in London's West End, “Let It Be,” a celebration of The Beatles, will be playing three shows at the Palace in Waterbury April 15-16. curiosityconcerts.org Don’t be fooled from “Magical Mystery Tour” through the final album “Let It 1 Tony Bennett is performing Be.” Palace Theater, 100 E. Main live fresh off his February Gram- St., Waterbury. Friday, April 15, 8 my win for 2015’s best traditional p.m.; Saturday, April 16, 2 and 8 pop vocal album, “The Silver p.m. $75-$50. 203-346-2000. Lining: The Songs of Jerome palacetheaterct.org Kern,” along with jazz pianist Bill Charlap. Of course, that’s coming off his 2014 win for best tradi- Exhibits tional pop vocal album, “Cheek to Cheek,” with Lady Gaga. “This Made by hand is my 18th Grammy and I’m thrilled,” Bennett said after his 1 Get creative and join in the fun win with Charlap. Mohegan Sun of taking part in hands-on craft Arena, 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd., Un- activities and watching demon- casville. Friday, April 1, 8 p.m. strations by such local artisans as $59-$39. 800-745-3000, ticketmas- Denyse Schmidt (quilting), Ruben ter.com Marroquin (weaver) and Ed Pir- nick (woodworker), who are fea- Beatles celebration tured in the “Handcrafted” ex- hibit at the Fairfield Museum & 1 A hit in London's West End, History Center. Geared to fami- “Let It Be,” a theatrical celebra- lies and friends. Fairfield Museum tion of The Beatles, will be play- & History Center, 370 Beach Road. ing three shows at the Palace in Sunday, March 20, 1-3 p.m. Free. Waterbury April 15-16. The show fairfieldhistory.org opened in the fall of 2012 to good reviews in the British press, Lost now found moved to Broadway for a limited run the following year and has 1 One of the region’s most dar- been touring ever since. The first ing and sophisticated new show- “Jersey Boys” returns to the Shubert Theatre in New Haven May 3-8. half traces the rise of The Beatles cases for art — The Harts Gallery through the “Sgt. Pepper” album — is bringing together three Reynolds and Silas Finch, whose Golden Hill St., Bridgeport. April greenwichhibernians.org and Act II takes the audience artists, Erin Walrath, Stephen works consist almost entirely of 29-May 15. $28. 203-576-1636, found objects and repurposed dtcab.com materials. From cut and sorted Comedy tour book covers to 19th century Bi- Versatile Vereen 1 Having created a quirky and bles in a shipwright’s vice, they 1 beloved portfolio of television approach the three-dimensional Broadway and television veter- an Ben Vereen will provide star characters (“Todd Margaret,” form from entirely different per- “Dr.