Scenes from today’s breakfast by the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County (CAFC) at which it presented its inaugural 2016 ACE (Arts & Culture Empowerment) awards at the Shore and Country Club in Norwalk. Among the recipients were the founders of the Westport Artists’ Collective at the Westport Arts Center. Helen Klisser During for WestportNow.com and contributed photos

By Susan Granger

Opening on Friday, “The Nice Guys” is the deranged, depraved, dead-on tale of a bumbling private investigator and a gonzo enforcer making mayhem in Los Angeles in 1978.

There’s a horrific car crash in which porn star Misty Mountains is killed. Or is she? Her distraught aunt doubts it - and she wants answers. Plus, there’s this mysterious missing girl named Amelia. Is there any connection between them?

That’s the question plaguing private eye Holland March (Ryan Gosling) and hard-boiled tough-guy Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe). Their unconventional investigation leads them to a splashy Tinseltown pool party, replete with mermaids and dance music by Earth, Wind & Fire.

That’s where they not only find Amelia (Margaret Qualley), an ardent environmentalist, but also discover a high-level corporate conspiracy.

ABC announced its fall lineup today including the new title of its Westport-set comedy series – “American Housewife”—formerly called “The Second Fattest Housewife in Westport.”

“American Housewife,” set in Westport, was formerly titled “The Second Fattest Housewife in Westport.” Courtesy ABC Television

The show starring Katy Mixon, a lead in the “Mike and Molly” series on CBS since 2010, will air Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m., the network said.

The network released a trailer for the show (click here), which includes a sign saying “Welcome to Westport – Established in 1732.” The real Westport, Conn. was founded in 1835.

The premise of the show is Katie Otto (Katy Mixon) “a confident, unapologetic wife and mother of three, raises her flawed family in the wealthy town of Westport, Connecticut, filled with ‘perfect’ mommies and their ‘perfect’ offspring.”

By James Lomuscio

For years, Westport students have thought of themselves living a privileged life “in a bubble,” a life not reflective of the real world.

TEAM Chair Harold Bailey and First Selectman Jim Marpe flank essay winners (l-r) Elllie Shapiro, second place; Ali Tritschler, third place, and Jacob Klegar, first place. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

Tonight, at a Westport Library event, the town celebrated three Westport high school essayists who best showed they could think outside that bubble in terms of race relations.

“It’s about getting kids raised inside the bubble to think about the world outside once they matriculate to college and outside life,” said Harold Bailey, chairman of Westport’s TEAM committee (Together Effectively Achieving Multiculturalism).

The students won a TEAM essay contest that challenged them to put into 1,000 words or less how they, personally, would make sense of the racially charged events of the last year.

Westport’s Bedford Middle chool tonight hosted Art Museum 2016, celebrating a year of creativity. Several hundred youngsters and adults came out to see art created by students and hear music performed by the BMS orchestra, jazz, wind, percussion ensembles, and Camerata. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dayle Brownstein for WestportNow.com

Some of the art on display tonight at Bedford Middle School’s Art Museum 2016, celebrating a year of creativity. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dale Najarian for WestportNow.com

Scenes from tonight’s Westport Bedford Middle School annual Art Museum. Dayle Brownstein and Dale Najarian for WestportNow.com

Master guitarist Eliot Fisk, a charismatic performer known for his adventurous and virtuosic repertoire, entertained at the Westport arts Center today. He has received critical acclaim in recital, as a soloist with major orchestras and in a wide variety of chamber music combinations. Brought back by popular demand, Fisk last played at the Center in 2013. There was a full house of enthusiastic concertgoers of all ages who were delighted with several encores. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com