Among guests at tonight’s “Hamiltunes CT Sing-Along” at the Westport Country Playhouse were (l-r) Daniel Racinos of Easton, a lookalike for “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, Westport author Jane Green, one of the producers of the event along with Westporter Fiona Garland and Sharon Gittel of New York, and Westport artist Nina Bentley, whose son, Andrew, is married to Garland. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Kaya Scharfstein, 6, of Westport sings a song from the Broadway hit musical “Hamilton” at the “Hamiltunes CT Sing-Along” tonight at the Westport Country Playhouse. The first grader at Saugatuck Elementary School says she has yet to see the play but sings along at home to its original cast recording. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Scenes from tonight’s “Hamiltunes CT -Sing Along” party featuring songs from the Broadway hit musical “Hamilton.” WestportNow.com photos

Classic car aficionados tonight attended the Greenwich Weekend Auction reception at the Dragone Classic Cars showrooms, 176 Post Road West, in advance of the auction scheduled for Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Among those attending were Easton residents Joe and Debbie DeLorenzo, who said they are classic car collectors. They checked out a 1938 Talbot-Lago, a French-made vehicle that George Dragone predicts will sell at the auction for $550,000 to $600,000. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

George Dragone (l), president of Westport’s Dragone Classic Cars, talks tonight with a guest next to a red 1940 Buick Super convertible. The Greenwich Weekend Auction cocktail preview, which attracted a number of guests from this weekend’s Cedar Point Yacht Club regatta, was held in advance of Saturday’s 6:30 p.m. auction at 146 Post road West. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Guests at tonight’s classic car auction preview cocktail party at Dragone Classic Cars, 146 Post Road West, look over cars in Saturday’s 6:30 p.m. auction. The event was held in connection with this weekend’s Greenwich Concours d’Elegance. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Westporter Sybil Steinberg, contributing editor and former book review section editor for Publisher’s Weekly, attracted a full house today at the Westport Library for her talk on the best of summer reading. She is pictured with Westport author Nina Sankovitch (l) and the library’s Jennifer Keller. Steinberg’s list of summer reading books may be found on the library website. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

The Westport Country Playhouse today celebrated the 75th anniversary of its intern program. Fifteen former interns and eight current staff interns were joined by theater patrons. board members, staff and guests for a celebration in the Lucille Lortel White Barn Center. Among the former interns was Westport artist Miggs Burroughs, the eldest of the past interns present, who told the attendees that when he served as an intern in 1964, James McKenzie, the artistic director, handed him a plunger and said, “Welcome to show business.”  (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

The owners of 21 Weston Road, Dana and Mark Rudick, are the newest recipients of a Westport Historical Society (WHS) historical plaque presented by Bob Weingarten, WHS plaque historian. The circa 1877 house, known as the Benjamin Adair House, was built on land owned by the Morris Ketchum family, according to Weingarten, who said records show that Adair was Ketchum’s coachman. The Rudicks, who purchased the house in 2004 after relocating from New York, said they loved the house the very first time they stepped into it. Dana Rudick said,“The house is so warm and charming and has so much character.”  Mark Rudick added: “We lived in a pre-war apartment in New York’s Upper West Side and like the feel of an historic setting.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com