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Sunday, August 29, 2010
Last Dance for the Summer at the Levitt
Westport’s Levitt Pavilion closed out its 37th summer season of free concerts tonight with the Fairfield Counts performing Big Band numbers. The night, sponsored by the Westport Rotary Club, drew one of the largest crowds of the summer. It was the 30th appearance of the Fairfield Counts at the Levitt. Westporter Geri Zatcoff and John Follis of Stamford danced to “Take the A Train.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
Large Crowd for Levitt Finale
There was a large crowd on hand tonight for the final performance of the 37th Westport Levitt Pavilion season. The 17-member Fairfield Counts band performed for the 30th time at the Westport venue. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
Westport Sketchbook: Saugatuck Scene
Westport artist and illustrator Elaine Clayton took her sketchbook to the Saugatuck area of Westport at Bridge Street and Riverside Avenue. Main See more of her work at illuminara.com. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Elaine Clayton for WestportNow.com
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Old Mill Art Exhibit Draws Crowds
A steady flow of art appreciators today came to see the exhibit and sale at 31 Old Mill featuring the paintings of five artists at the home of Clark Hanford. The works were mostly of the Old Mill Beach area. The exhibit runs until 5 p.m. today. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com
Friday, August 27, 2010
Large Levitt Crowd for Emil Stucchio & The Classics
One of the coolest, clearest and most comfortable evenings of the summer attracted a large crowd to Westport’s Levitt Pavilion tonight to hear Emil Stucchio & The Classics whose repertoire ranged from hits of the 1950s, Italian specialty numbers to current dance sounds. In addition to Stucchio (l), entertainers included Teresa McClean and Al Contrera. The Classics released their first million selling recording of “Till Then” in 1963 followed by many more including “PS I Love You” and “You’ll Never Know.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
Getting Ready for Saturday Old Mill Art Exhibit
Surrounded by some of his paintings, Westporter Clark Hanford sits on the steps of his home at 31 Old Mill Beach today getting ready for Saturday’s art exhibit there. The show from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. also includes art work by Janet Ifland, Cornelia Gaines, Bobbi Mullen, Judy Katz and Jim Capella. “I really thought of having this exhibit because I wanted to share my work with the community,” Hanford said. Most of exhibit is related to Old Mill Beach. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com
Thursday, August 26, 2010
“You Will Fall Down on the Floor Laughing”
Westporter Lester Colodny tonight shows off his book “A Funny Thing Happened – Life Behind the Scenes: Hollywood Hilarity and Manhattan Mayhem” following a talk at the Westport Public Library. The Emmy Award-winning scriptwriter worked with all the great names of television, film, and music in the 1960s and ‘70s, from a young Mel Brooks just breaking into show business to Frank Sinatra, Jerry Lewis, Florence Henderson, Joan Rivers, Marlo Thomas, and more. “You should buy my book—you will fall down on the floor laughing,” he said. In introducing his wife, he said: “She is known in Westport as the fourth Mrs. Colodny—and she intends to keep that title.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com
Anne Frank-Inspired Art Bridges Westport and Bridgeport
By James Lomuscio
A 500-pound sculpture created out of plywood, fired terra cotta and inspiration gleaned from reading of “The Diary of Anne Frank” will “build bridges between Westport and Bridgeport,” according to Westporter Harold Levine.
Westport artist Steffi Friedman looks over “A Tribute to the Life of Anne Frank.” Insets are closeups of the figurines. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
“It’s incredible,” Levine says of the work titled “A Tribute to the Life of Anne Frank” that was conceived and created by 18 students from the Bridgeport-based Neighborhood Studios of Fairfield County. Formerly known as the Music and Arts Center for Humanity (MACH), the group provides arts education to children at risk and those with special needs.
The sculpture will soon be leaving the group’s Bridgeport loft to grace the Westport County Playhouse lobby as “The Diary of Anne Frank,” an adaptation by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, opens Sept. 25.
The sculpture is the student’s conception of the Amsterdam home where Anne Frank and her family hid from the Nazis for two years until Anne’s eventual capture and death in a concentration camp at age 15 in 1945.
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Last Kids Performance of Levitt Season is Indoors
The Boogers, a Chicago-based rock band for kids, tonight created a frenzy of family excitement at the Saugatuck Elementary School auditorium, the Levitt Pavilion’s indoor venue, on the final kids night of the 2010 season. Kathryn Asiel, 4, and sister Emma, 2, of Westport tried out their own dance interpretations to the band sounds. Four performances remain in the Levitt summer season culminating with the Fairfield Counts big band sound on Sunday night. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
Old Mill Art Exhibit Set for Saturday
Art work on a fence at Westport’s Old Mill Beach promotes Saturday’s art show of Old Mill paintings by five artists at the home of artist Clark Hanford at 31 Old Mill. The show runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com
Arts Center Seeks Children’s Photos
The Westport Arts Center seeks photographs taken by children and teens ages 5-18 for a juried exhibition this winter called “Kid Kulture.”
Entrants should submit one photo that represents their life—pictures of friends and family, people hanging out, or a self portrait.
“We encourage you to be as creative as you like—the only guideline is that there must be at least one person age 18 or under depicted in the photograph,” an announcement said.
Approximately 30 winning selections from this contest will be printed, framed, and displayed in the WAC gallery.
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Comedy at the Levitt (Indoors)
Once again a crowd at the Saugatuck Elementary School auditorium, an indoor venue for Westport’s Levitt Pavilion, were entertained tonight by three stand-up comedians of the Treehouse Comedy Club. The performers included (l-r) Steven Scott of New Jersey, D.J.Hazard of New York City, and Vincent McElhone of Saybrook. Brad Alexrod, a former Westporter and owner of the Treehouse Café and Comedy Club in the Westport Inn from 1983 to 1989, was the producer. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
Monday, August 23, 2010
AWestport Birthday Salute to Chopin and Schumann
By Dave Matlow
The Steinway Piano store on Westport’s Post Road East today hosted an invitation-only event for about 30 “preeminent” music teachers to help celebrate the 200th birthday of composers Federic Chopin and Robert Schumann.
Music scholar David Dubal addresses guests at today’s Steinway special event. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
Music scholar David Dubal, who has taught piano literature at New York’s Julliard School since 1983 was special guest.
Dubal, the author of several books including “The Art of the Piano” and “Evenings with Horowitz,” is known to many for his former weekly radio broadcasts, “Reflections from the Keyboard,” that aired on WQXR-FM radio
Dubal, reflecting on his perception of the dilution of music culture in America, recalled a recent chat he had while waiting on line at a bank.
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Stevan Dohanos School Dedicated in Ohio
It’s official – one of Westport’s most famous artists, Stevan Dohanos, has an elementary school named after him in his native Lorain, Ohio.
Jay Dohanos (2nd l), brother of Stevan Dohanos, was among dignitaries cutting the ribbon Sunday at the Stevan Dohanos Elementary School dedication in Lorain, Ohio. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Nate Parsons/The Morning Journal - used by permission
The ribbon cutting ceremony was held Sunday and among those on hand was Jay Dohanos, brother of Stevan.
The Board of Education in the city 30 miles west of Cleveland voted unanimously earlier this month to honor Dohanos by renaming its Lincoln Elementary School after him. (See WestportNow Aug. 6, 2010).
School Board member Bill Sturgill said the reason for the name change was a matter of hometown pride.
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Sunday, August 22, 2010
All That Jazz Despite Rain
Jazz vocalist Giacomo Gates and his trio of instrumentalists tonight attracted a large crowd to the Saugatuck Elementary School, a Levitt Pavilion indoor venue. On a night of heavy rain, he warmed up the crowd of jazz aficionados by opening the evening with “Comes Love,” “Jazz Ain’t Nothing but Soul,” and “Pennies from Heaven.” Gates teaches regularly at Wesleyan University, the Hartford Conservatory of Music, and New Haven’s Neighborhood Music School and is known for his interaction with a live audience. He welcomed attendees by affably reminding them that his Levitt appearance one year ago also coincided with rain and had been moved indoors. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
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