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Tomorrow/Sunday, September 24th at 5:00pm, Peggy Adler will be giving a talk about the history of Clinton, Connecticut -- including the Birth of Yale and a glimpse at some of the town’s most prominent residents, from colonial days to the present. One, who will be profiled in particular, is Emil Pallenberg, who along with his acrobatic bears, not only lived in Clinton, but headlined with Ringling owned circuses for more than twenty years. Come and you will see a video of him with Snookums, his last “Wonder Bear”. Then, for a change of pace, I’ll involve you in a recreational...

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Paul Apel, on Ed Wood's I Watched Football the Day I Died1.) Why did Ed Wood, an infamously low-quality director, inspire you to become a leading authority on his life and work?It all started with the Tim Burton movie, Ed Wood. As a teenager I was interested in old horror movies, both the classics and the duds. When I saw that one of my favorite directors was making a modern black-and-white movie with Bela Lugosi as a major character, I was instantly enthralled. I loved the portrayal of Ed Wood, an eternally optimistic dreamer who made movies no matter what...