The Levitt Pavilion will present Dave Mason live on the Epstein Stage tonight no matter the weather, according to organizers.

“Due to the forecast, we are working in coordination with tour management and may move up the opening act or hold the start time if needed, but ticket holders should be advised that Dave may take the stage as early as 8 p.m.,” an announcement said.

Lawn tickets are still available online at http://www.levittpavilion.com or by calling 866-811-4111. Remaining tickets will be sold on site at the box office, which will open at 6 p.m. The lawn will open to ticket holders at 630 p.m..

Proceeds from this special fundraising event, sponsored by Leifer Properties, will help underwrite the Levitt Pavilion’s signature “50 free nights under the stars.”

The Westport Arts Center (WAC) tonight came a step closer to moving from Riverside Avenue to the 22-acre town-owned property known as Baron’s South.

The “Golden Shadows” mansion on the town-owned Baron’s South. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

The Planning and Zoning Commission(P&Z) voted unanimously to give a positive report with conditions for WAC to lease for up to 50 years two Baron’s South buildings.

They are the former mansion known as Golden Shadows at 68 Compo Road South and 70 Compo Road South, referred to as the guesthouse.

WAC plans to use Golden Shadows at its main building, and the guesthouse would be reworked into gallery space.

Tonight’s Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts concert featuring Chris Brubeck’s Triple Play has been canceled, organizers announced.

“An extreme storm that passed through Wilton this afternoon created blocked and unsafe roads due to fallen trees and debris,” an announcement said.

“These impassable road conditions will prevent the artists from being able to reach the Levitt Pavilion in time for tonight’s performance. 

“We are happy that everyone is safe, and while we regret missing tonight’s show, we are already in discussion with the artist to reschedule the concert.”

Jazzy Ash & The Leapin Lizards performed tonight at the children’s series at the Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts. The Wednesday shows for children are sponsored by Melissa & Doug educational toy manufacturers. Contributed photo

The Westport Arts Center has announced the eight artists selected for its 11th annual summer member artist exhibition, “Selects 2017.” Three are from Westport.

Westport artist Jarvis Wilcox’s “Tangerine, Peel, and Bowl,” still-life, 12 inches by 16 inches , oil/linen, 2017. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

The exhibition will be on view from Friday to Saturday, Sept. 2 with an opening reception on Friday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The jurors reviewed over 100 entries and selected the following eight artists to participate in the exhibition: Eric Chiang (Westport); Louise Flax (Norwalk); William Glaser (Weston); Tracy Hoffman (Chappaqua, New York); Linda Lindroth (New Haven) Xiao Mai Kong (Westport); Richard Silverspoon (Hartford), and Jarvis Wilcox (Westport).

The exhibit was juried by Charlotte Strick, art editor of The Paris Review literary magazine and Claire Williams Martinez, former chapter president of the American Institute of Graphic Design in Chicago.

The Westport Country Playhouse previews “Grounded” tonight. Written by George Brant,the play is a contemporary drama that earned a 2016 Lortel Award, a Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and was short-listed for the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award. Playing the role of The Pilot in the solo production is Elizabeth Stahlmann, a recent graduate of Yale School of Drama. Director is Liz Diamond, chair of Yale School of Drama’s Directing Department and resident director at Yale Repertory Theatre. The play has its opening night on Saturday and runs through July 29.  (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Westport mother-daughter volunteer team of Isabella Roberts, 12, entering seventh grade at Bedford Middle School and mom Olga Santoro were among volunteers from the National Charity League (NCL) helping set up today for the Westport Library’s annual book sale beginning Saturday. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

By Susan Granger

Following “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” (2011) and “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” (2014), “War for the Planet of the Apes” begins two years after the battle between enhanced primates and humans.

There’s a brutal attack by troops under the command of a renegade Colonel (Woody Harrelson), causing peace-loving Caesar (Andy Serkis) to realize that his tribe must leave their forest habitat and find a new homeland - like a Biblical epic.

Although he organizes their journey, bereft Caesar is determined to find the Colonel and wreak vengeance, recognizing—to his chagrin—that he’s becoming more and more like human-hating Koba (Toby Kebbell) and his thuggish followers who serve as “donkeys” for the humans, acting as trackers.

Caesar is accompanied the orangutan Maurice (Karin Konoval) and two cohorts. Riding horseback across the snowy mountains, they pick up a mute, orphaned girl (Amiah Miller), whose family was killed by the Colonel’s troops, and a precocious zoo chimpanzee, self-named “Bad Ape” (Steve Zahn).