The owner of 82 Compo Road South, Judi Koffsky (l), is the newest recipient of a Westport Historical Society (WHS) historical plaque presented by Bob Weingarten, WHS plaque historian.  The circa 1875 house, known as the William Thomas House, is situated on a .9-acre property that borders on Thomas Road. Koffsky bought it in 1983 when she and her late husband moved to Westport from Westchester County. Also taking part in the presentation ceremony was Dunkin Doodle, Koffsky’s 10-year-old golden retriever. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

By Susan Granger

Chronicling an amusing historical anecdote, Liza Johnson’s droll reminiscence “Elvis & Nixon” shows how Elvis Presley (Michael Shannon) met President Richard M. Nixon (Kevin Spacey) one afternoon.

In late 1970, watching the news at Graceland, Presley becomes so infuriated with the growing drug problem and moral decline in the United States that he shoots out the TV set with a .45. That’s his first reaction.

His second is to become an undercover federal agent. But – for that – he’ll need a badge from J. Edgar Hoover’s Bureau of Narcotics. And the only way to get one is from the president of the United States.

So it falls it Presley’s long-time confidante, Jerry Schilling (Alex Pettyfer), along with Memphis crony Sonny West (Johnny Knoxville), to deliver a rambling, hand-written letter to the White House and convince Nixon aides Egil “Bud” Krough (Colin Hanks) and Dwight Chapin (Evan Peters) to arrange an appointment.

Longtime Westport artist Leonard Everett Fisher, whose honors include a Joseph Pulitzer Scholarship in Art, told the Westport Y’s Women today that art often repeats. Titling his Temple Israel talk “Past is Present—Creative Connections Revealed,” he showed slides illustrating his works and similar parts from works of old masters. Coming from a family of four generations of artists, Fisher, 91, said: “Artists have a little bit of nuttiness … I have been at this since I was 2.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

Norwalk Sculptor Chris Crowe today works on his sculpture of a dragon at the Westport Library, which will be displayed at the fifth Mini Maker Fair to be held at the library on Saturday.  Crowe, designated by the library as a “maker in residence” and commissioned to create the sculpture, said the final version of the 18- to 20-foot long dragon will have a fiberglass finish and will be moved to the library grounds in time for display at the fair.  (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Artist Jim Chllington of Newtown, who frequently paints Westport street scenes, was along the riverwalk at the Westport Library today painting a Saugatuck RIver scene. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) J.C. Martin for WestportNow.com

The Westport Woman’s Club (WWC) Annual Art Show, designed to help local artists to generate sales while raising funds for scholarships, is dedicated this year to the late artist Howard Munce, who designed the organization’s logo.

The Westport Woman’s Club Art Show opens Saturday, April 30 at 5 p.m. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

The show is set for Saturday, April 30, from 5 to 8 p.m. and Sunday, May 1, from noon to 4 p.m. in the WWC’s Bedford Hall at 44 Imperial Ave., organizers said.

Curated by local artist Miggs Burroughs, the free event open to the public is dedicated to Munce, who died at 100 this year. (See WestportNow March 8, 2016)

His late wife Gerry was a longtime WWC member and avid community volunteer. Munce designed many posters for WWC events, and for the organization’s 100th anniversary in 2007, he created its new logo.

A best-selling author, an entrepreneur and Hadassah’s national vice president will headline the annual spring luncheon of the Westport Chapter of Hadassah on Tuesday, May 3, from 10-30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Inn at Longshore, event planners announced.

Cathleen Schine: grew up in Westport. Contributed photo

Keynote speaker will be Cathleen Schine, an international, best-selling novelist who grew up in Westport. Among her works are “The Love Letter,” “Fin & Lady” and “The Three Weissmanns of Westport.” Her new book, “They May Not Mean to, But They Do,” is set for a June release.

Event honoree is Bonnie Marcus, an entrepreneur and founder of the Bonnie Marcus Collection, which encompasses stationery, gifts, books, calendars and accessories. Marcus is a life ,ember of Hadassah and founder of the Westport chapter’s Women in Business group.

Hadassah National Vice President Frieda Rosenberg will be the event’s presenter.

By Susan Granger

Based on Rudyard Kipling’s magical stories and inspired by Disney’s 1967 animated classic, “The Jungle Book” is an eye-popping, live-action adventure revolving around the man-cub Mowgli (Neel Sethi).

Orphaned Mogli was found in India’s jungle by the black panther Bagheera (voiced by Ben Kingsley) and raised by a family of wolves, led by Akela (voiced by Giancarlo Esposito) and Raksha (voiced by Lupita Nyong’o).

Observing a truce during the drought, predators and prey live in harmony, gathering around the water hole, until the snarling, vengeful Bengal tiger Shere Khan (voiced by Idris Elba) comes searching for Mowgli. It seems that Shere Khan was burned and scarred by the “red flower” (a.k.a. fire), wielded in self-defense by Mowgli’s late father.

In order to protect him, Bagheera decides to return Mowgli to his own people. But diversions occur along the way, as Mowgli’s caught in the chest-crushing coils of a slithering, seductive python, Kaa (hissed by Scarlett Johansson), and rescued by the honey-hustling bear, Baloo (voiced by Bill Murray), only to be bullied by King Louis (voiced by Christopher Walken), a gigantic orangutan-like ape.

Westport’s prize-winning photographer Lynsey Addario appeared at a Save the Children fundraiser in Greenwich tonight and was asked by Carolyn Miles, president and CEO of the nonprofit, if she’s ever been scared snapping her acclaimed war zone photographs. Addario responded, “I’m often asked that question and let me make it clear—I’m always petrified.” The event was a benefit for the Greenwich Leadership Council of Fairfield-based Save the Children. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com