By Susan Granger

“Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation” begins with a spectacular, pulse-pounding stunt in which IMF agent Ethan Hunt climbs aboard a huge A-400 cargo plane as it’s taking off.

Yes, that’s really Tom Cruise! And the thrill-ride fun is just beginning…

Ethan’s on a mission when he discovers that a stealthy terrorists, known as The Syndicate, led by sinister Solomon Lane (Sean Harris), are working discredit the IMF by insidiously recruiting former intelligence operatives to destabilize countries and ‘eliminate’ major international figures.

Problem is: no one believes him, particularly incoming CIA chief, Alan Huntley (Alec Baldwin), who discredits him and the entire operation.

Members of the Westport Artists Collective gathered tonight on the deck of the Westport Arts Center on Riverside Avenue prior to their monthly meeting at which selected artists show off their works. In little more than a year, the group has grown to more than 150 members and held three “pop-up” shows. It meets every last Wednesday of the month. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Helen Klisser During for WestportNow.com

Westport artist Katherine Ross shows off a watercolor portrait of her daughter tonight during a “show and tell” at the monthly meeting of the Westport Artists Collective at the Westport Arts Center. Five artists are invited to show off their works in five-minute presentations at the meetings. Ross’s work is from her current show “Katherine Ross: COMMON GROUND” at the Westport Library featuring collage, oil paintings, watercolors, paper weavings and 3-D objects, all visually exploring how we are connected, generation to generation, through our maternal heritage. The dhow continues through Sept. 30. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Helen Klisser During for WestportNow.com

There will be an encore after all for the Saugatuck “Sweets Sounds of Summer.”

The Silver Steel Band performs at an earlier “Sweet Sounds of Summer” concert. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

Al DiGuido, co-owner of Saugatuck Sweets, 575 Riverside Ave., said today there will be a concert by the Silver Steel Band Saturday, Aug. 8 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at 96 Franklin St., “thanks to the amazing generosity of the Shepard & Girden families.”

The address is a daily parking lot at the Westport Metro-North station belonging to Saugatuck Grain & Supply next to Luciano Park.

The series in the courtyard outside of Saugatuck Sweets was abruptly canceled on Friday due to noise complaints from neighbors. (See WestportNow July 24, 2015)