Month: August 2013

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

BBQ Fest Gets Under Way

The sixth annual Blues, Views & BBQ Festival got under way today on Westport’s Jesup Green. The two-day event includes 14 different blues bands, barbecuing competitions, family games, as well as pie and rib eating contests. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

School of Rock Rocks

A band from the Fairfield-based School of Rock was among musicians providing enterianment today at the sixth annual Blues, Views & BBQ Festival on Jesup Green in Westport. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Fest for Kids, Too

Fun and games for youngsters were part of today’s sixth annual Blues, Views & BBQ Festival. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

All Types of Fod at BBQ Fest

A variety of food—from popcorn to Itanian ice—was available in addition to BBQ dishes at today’s sixth annual Blues, Views & BBQ Festival. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Taking a Break

Bob Le Rose (r), owner of Westport’s Bobby Qs Barbeque and Grill and past president of the Westport Downtown Merchants Association, takes a break today to listen to the tunes of the band from the Fairfield-based School of Rock at the sixth annual Blues, Views & BBQ Festival. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

WestportNow Teardown of the Day: 73 Old Hill Road

An application for a permit to demolish the house at Westport’s 73 Old Hill Road is in process. Built in 1955, the one-story ranch has 1,343 square feet and is situated on a 1.62-acre property. Because the house was built more than 50 years ago, the application will be reviewed by the Westport Historic District Commission. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Michel G. Delhaise, 58

Michel G. Delhaise, owner of Jordan Delhaise Gallery at 238 Post Road East, Westport before moving the business to Woodbury, died at home of complications from lung cancer which was diagnosed in November 2012. He was 58.

Well known in the art and antiques profession, he was born in Ghent, Belgium, and grew up in Brussels. In his 20s, he became the commercial attaché from the Belgian government to the southeastern region of the United States. He was first stationed in Atlanta, and then in New Orleans, which he adopted as his second home.

He is survived by two brothers and several nieces and nephews in Brussels, and by his partner of 30 years in the United States, George E. Jordan.

Interment will be private.

Insider Arts: ‘Oblivion” is a Winner

By Ina B. Chadwick

“Oblivion,” the next to the last play of what had been announced as a Westport Country Playhouse 2013 season of all comedy, takes its place as a winner, a world premiere performance that is destined to anything but oblivion.

Written by Carly Mensch and running until Sept. 8, it might beg the question of what is comedy and what is drama, but this new work delivers on a promise made last season when “Harbor” a new work by Chad Beguelin, debuted. (See WestportNow Sept. 12, 2012)

It is a dark comedy with searing irony about relevant issues in today’s changing landscape of “family.”

Speaking of family, (why not?) “Oblivion” enraged my mother-in-law, a season subscriber. She could hardly remember what the plot was, only that “people said things that touched on every issue unnecessary for the whole world to hear.”

Pretty Start to Labor Day Weekend

Friday night’s sunset and balmy weather with temperatures in the upper 70s had many lingering late at Compo Beach as the Labor Day weekend got under way. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Helen Klissser During for WestportNow.com

Saturday, August 31, 2013

11 a.m. – 9 p.m. – Jesup Green – Levitt Pavilion presents Blues Views & BBQ ticketed event
Noon – 4 p.m. – Westport Historical Society – “5 Generations of Yankee Ingenuity: The Gault Family” & “Tracy Sugarman, Citizen-Artist”
Noon – 4 p.m. – Westport Arts Center – “Bird’s-Eye View”
3 p.m. and 8 p.m. – Westport Country Playhouse – “Oblivion”