Among the first time exhibitors at the 42nd annual CraftWestport event today at Staples High School was Vienna, Virginia-based Mihira Karra who shows her artwork, all created on fabrics. The fundraiser event for the Westport Young Woman’s League brings together more than 175 fine contemporary artists and craftspeople from the region and across the country to exhibit at Connecticut’s largest indoor fine crafts festival. It continues on Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Spoons, spoons, spoons. Business was brisk today at the Kempton, Pennsylvania-based Jonathan Spoons booth at the 42nd annual CraftWestport event at Staples High School. Shawn Claypoole of Jonathan Spoons said it’s the 10th year that the company has exhibited its wares at CraftWestport. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

International violin sensation, and Westport resident, Igor Pikayzen, performed a solo violin program tonight at the Westport Arts Center. The gallery was packed with Pikayzen fans as he performed a program of Bach, Bartók, Ysaye, Paganini and Corigliano. The Westport Arts Center’s next performance will feature the Juilliard String Quartet on Jan 20. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Mercedes Arensberg for WestportNow.com

The Half Mile Common Trio performed today at the Westport Center for Senior Activities. The presentation was the fourth and final offering as part of the AT&T Cultural Series III, sponsored by the Friends of the Westport Center for Senior Activities and made possible by a grant from AT&T. The trio, which has performed together for many years, offered classical music pieces as well as a selection of songs from “Fiddler on the Roof.” Performers included Tel Aviv-born pianist Nava Zeevi, violinist Bernice Stochek Friedson, daughter of a violin maker, and cellist Andrew Woodruff, who has been a tenured player with the Ridgefield Symphony for 15 years. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dawn Manning Shmaruk for WestportNow.com

Hilary Lewis, chief curator and creative director of the Philip Johnson’s famed architectural creation Glass House in New Canaan told guests tonight at the Westport Historical Society (WHS) about the preservation of the iconic Fairfield County landmark. The talk is an expansion of the WHS current exhibit, “06880 + 50,” on proposed future changes of the Westport landscape. An architectural historian and urban planner, Lewis has studied Philip Johnson’s work for more than 25 years. She spent over a decade working directly with Johnson on texts, exhibitions, and a multi-year project of recording his memoirs. She is the co-author of “Philip Johnson: The Architect in His Own Words and The Architecture of Philip Johnson.” Johnson died in 2005 at age 99. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

“Romeo and Juliet,” William Shakespeare’s timeless love story, with a cast of 20, period costuming, sword fights, and scenic design by a Tony Award winner, previews tonight at the Westport Country Playhouse and will run through Nov. 19. The tale of two teenagers who fight to love each other in a violent world has never before been produced at the Playhouse during its 87 seasons. Opening night is Saturday. Picture (l-r): (l-r) Peter Francis James as Friar, James Cusati-Moyer as Romeo, and Felicity Jones Latta as Nurse. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Winners of the 2017 Westport Historic District Commission (HDC) preservation awards pose for a group portrait tonight with HDC members and staff and First Selectman Jim Marpe following the annual awards ceremony at Town Hall. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Bedford Square principals David Waldman (2nd l), Dan Zelson (c), and Karen Johnson accept the 2017 Historic District Commission (HDC) preservation award tonight from HDC Chair Randy Henkels (l) and First Selectman Jim Marpe (r). (See WestportNow Oct. 17, 2017) (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com