Breyersaidhetookintoconsiderationthatreportandathree-pagehandwrittenlettersubmittedbyRogersafterhisinitialsentencinghearingthatthejudgesaidhefound“sincere”whendecidingtoacceptthepleadealthatcalledforasentenceofseventonineyearsinfederalprison.

    stamfordmuseum.org;(203)322-1646.

    MIDDLETOWNArtfarmatMiddlesexCommunityCollege“Shakespeare’sArgument,”originalworkusingselectionsfromsomeofShakespeare’splays.ThroughJuly24.suggesteddonation.ArtfarmatMiddlesexCommunityCollege,100TrainingHillRoad.(860)346-4390;art-farm.org.

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    1poundpotatoes(about3large)

    ROSLYNHARBORNassauCountyMuseumofArt“Currents,”exhibitionfeaturingtheworksofJessicaJacksonHutchins,BenjaminEdwardsandTomSanford.ThroughSept.12.“TheSeaAroundUs,”anexhibitionthatexaminestheromanticfascinationsomeartistshaveforwater.ThroughSept.12.to;childrenunder5andmembers,free.TuesdaysthroughSundays,11a.m.to4:45p.m.NassauCountyMuseumofArt,1MuseumDrive.(516)484-9337;nassaumuseum.org.

    “Wefocusonthehumansideandbringbacktolifesomeoftheseyoungwomenthatarenolongerwithusandhonortheirstoriesbecausetheycan’tspeakforthemselvesanymore,”Benallysaid.

    OscarWongviaGettyImagesIt'sbesttoinvestintheplantsthatmakemostsenseinyourhomeenvironment.NotHavingADrainageHole“OnemistakeIthinknewplantparentsmakeisnothavingacontainerwithadrainagehole.Usingshardsorpebblesfor‘drainage’materialdoesnotworkandisahinderancetodrainage.Drillingaholeiseasytodowithamasonryordiamond-tippeddrillbit.Itistoohardtodeterminewhetheryourplanthasenoughwatertoentirelymoistentherootballortoomuchwaterwhichisdrowningtheplantwhenitisinapotwithoutdrainage.”―Eldred-Steinkopf

    ‘Mao’sLastDancer’(PG,1:57)InBruceBeresford’sfilm,basedonthetruestoryofaChinesedancerwhowasallowedtocometoHoustontostudyintheearly1980sandsubsequentlydefected,balletandmodernChinesehistoryarewindowdressingforwhat’sessentiallyadeluxeold-fashionedtear-jerker.(Hale)20100930

    HuffPostisdedicatingasignificantpartofthisBlackHistoryMonthtotellingBlackteens’storiesthroughourlatestproject,“America,AsToldByBlackTeens.”Asacompaniontotheseries,wespokewithnotablestarsaboutwhatadvicetheywouldgivetheirteenageselvesiftheycould,andthewisdomthey’dliketoimpartonteenstoday.

    Thepanshouldbefairlyshallow,withaflatbottom,slopingsidesandtwohandles.Itshouldbemadeofsteel,notstainlessandnotthick.Athin,traditionalpanimportedfromSpainwillproduceanevenrateofevaporationsothattherice,whichisthestaroftheshow,willbemoistbutnotsoupy,andjustplumpandtenderenough.Thegorgeouscontentsmakethesimplestpanenoughofashowpiecetobringtothetable.