To kick off its third production of the season, “Loot” by Joe Orton, Westport Country Playhouse will host a free film screening of “Prick Up Your Ears,” the 1987 film adaptation of Orton’s biography.

The film, starring Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, and Vanessa Redgrave, and directed by Stephen Frears, will be shown on Sunday, July 14, 4 p.m., in the Playhouse’s Sheffer Studio.

The screening is free-of-charge by reservation through the Playhouse box office at (203)227-4177.  Free popcorn and beverages will be available.

David Kennedy, Playhouse associate artistic director and director of “Loot,” will introduce the film.  An informal discussion will immediately follow the screening.

Residents can cool off, at least visually, via a photographic exhibit of Iceland on display through July at Westport’s Max’s Art Supplies on Post Road East.

Entitled “Land of Fire and Ice,” the exhibit is the work of Westport photographer Bernard Perry. Starting July 1, all photographs are available for purchase, and Perry is donating all proceeds to Homes with Hope, said Erin Falvey, the social service organization’s community relations coordinator.

“The donations will benefit the organization’s Gillespie Center and Hoskins’ Place, emergency shelters for men and women,” said Falvey.

The Gillespie Center and Hoskins’ Place have 19 beds for those in need of emergency shelter services. Falvey said the facility operates at more that 100 percent capacity year-round. The shelters also house the local food pantry and the community kitchen, helping to feed more than 50 individuals each day.

Due to the weather forecast for this evening, the Levitt Pavilion performance by Latin Grammy nominee Leonardo Suarez Paz’s Cuartetango, the highly acclaimed tango ensemble, will move indoors to Saugatuck Elementary School’s air-conditioned auditorium, 170 Riverside Ave.

Presented as part of the Pavilion’s RiverSwing Series, a demonstration and free pre-concert dance lesson in the art of the tango, led by a professional instructors, will begin at 6:45 p.m.; show-time is 7:30 p.m.. 

Please note: With the exception of water, food and beverages are not allowed inside the school. For more details, visit: http://www.levittpavilion.com.

The lack of wind Wednesday night canceled sailing races at several Westport area yacht clubs on Long Island Sound. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Helen Klisser During for WestportNow.com

The National Weather Service in New York has issued a Flash Flood Watch for Westport and area through Friday afternoon.

Heavy showers and thunderstorms will become increasingly likely as a system interacts with a moist and an unstable air mass over the area, the Weather Service said.

Localized rainfall rates could exceed 2 inches in an hour if thunderstorms train over the same area for an hour, which would cause urban and small stream flash flooding, an advisory said.

Overall 1 to 2 inches of rainfall are expected across the area tonight into Friday, the Weather Service said. Additional bouts of heavy showers and thunderstorms are possible this weekend into early next week, which may prolong the threat for flooding.