Final preparations are underway today for the installation of the Westport Arts Center’s “Main Street to Madison Avenue” exhibition, opening Friday with a reception from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.  The exhibition highlights many of the most significant illustrators, photographers and designers who lived and worked in Westport in the 1950s – 1970s. Simultaneous with the exhibition, the third annual High School Student Art Exhibition will be on view. The exhibition was juried by Ann Chernow and Leonard Everett Fisher. The recipient of the Tracy Sugarman Award will be announced Friday at the reception. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Leslie LaSala for WestportNow.com

Westport’s Tony-winning actress Kelli O’Hara will appear in a concert staging of “Brigadoon” at New York City’s City Center, the theater announced today.

Westporter Kelli O’Hara in 2015 when she was honored by the Westport Country Playhouse. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Helen Klisser During for WestportNow.com

The production of the 1947 Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Lowe musical will run from Nov. 15 to 19, beginning with a Nov. 15 gala performance in honor of the theater producer Stacey Mindich.

Christopher Wheeldon, who won a Tony for choreographing “An American in Paris,” which he also directed, will direct and choreograph the concert staging. Steven Pasquale and Robert Fairchild will co-star with O’Hara.

“Brigadoon” centers on a pair of Americans in Scotland who discover a mystical village that appears for only one day every century.

By Susan Granger

The numbers tell the tale: “The Fate of the Furious,” the eighth installment of this long-running series revved up an estimated $532.5 million worldwide, setting a record for an opening weekend.

Built around muscle cars, drag racing and the importance of family, this high-speed action thriller brings back Vin Diesel as gruff, monosyllabic Dominic Toretto, and it’s filled with spectacular, globe-spanning vehicular destruction.

In Havana, Dom and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) interrupt their honeymoon so that he can race against the Cuban who tried to heist his cousin’s jalopy. Tinkering with the old car, Dom strips down the engine and installs a dangerous nitrous-oxide canister. You can already visualize what happens next.

Injecting vicious fuel, there’s a sociopathic supervillain, an icy hacker known as Cipher (Charlize Theron), who wants Dom to do a job for her. When he hesitates, she shows him something on her cellphone that changes his mind. What is it? We have to wait to find out.

Guests enjoy outdoor dining today at Boca Restaurant & Bar, 43 Main St.. It is the first season for outdoor dining for the eatery, which opened last fall in space previously occupied by Acqua Ristorante Mediterraneo. Its wide ranging menu of Italy, Spain and France cuisine includes tapas, salads, pizza, pasta, burgers, paella, seafood, chicken and meat plates. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

Westport Country Playhouse Managing Director Michael Barker today reviewed the 2017 season at the Westport Rotary Club weekly luncheon at Christ & Holy Trinity Church’s Branson Hall. This year there will be a later starting and ending time and with two of the five plays in the fall instead of one as in past years. The season culminates with Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” which runs Oct. 31 through Nov. 19 with Playhouse artistic director Mark Lamos directing. Barker said special student performances for the classic are already sold out. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Today’s sunny skies and temperatures in the low 60s made for good weather for outdoor dining at Little Barn, 1050 Post Road East. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com