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Secret Agent 23 Skidoo at Levitt Pavilion

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Kid-hop artist Secret Agent 23 Skidoo drew an enthusiastic children’s audience tonight to Westport’s Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts. The performance was part of the Melissa & Doug Children’s Series. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

‘Sacred Bones’ Author at Library

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The Westport Library tonight presented Publishers Weekly’s editor-at-large, Westporter Sybil Steinberg, who interviewed fellow Westporter and author Michael Spring about his new novel,”Sacred Bones: Confessions of a Medieval Grave Robber.” It is set in the ninth century based on the true story of a Roman deacon who worked in the catacombs and sold worthless bones as relics hoping to influence people to turn to religion. He wanted to save the historic real relics in a safe location for posterity. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

Ragtime at the Levitt

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The Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra led by Andrew Greene performed at the Westport Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts tonight. One of the nation’s few professional ensembles dedicated to the preservation and performance of America’s first popular music, the orchestra has been called by the Washington Post “the premier American ragtime ensemble.” Among the music played were songs authored by Mel B. Kaufman, grandfather of Westporter Roger Kaufman, who now manages the orchestra. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Young Authority on Ragtime

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Andrew Greene, founder, conductor, and director of the Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra, leads the orchestra tonight in a Westport Levitt Pavilion performance. Greene, 25, is a ragtime pianist, archivist, and authority on orchestral ragtime and silent film accompaniment. He founded the orchestra while a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park, hoping to draw attention to this neglected but historically important music. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Ragtime’s Westport Connection

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Westporter Roger Kaufman (r ) poses tonight with Andrew Greene, founder, conductor, and director of the Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra, before its performance at the Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts. Kaufman is the grandson of Mel B. Kaufman, a little known, ladies lingerie salesman and ragtime composer of “Me-Ow” (sheet music on his t-shirt) and “Taxi.” The Westporter came upon Greene by chance on the Internet and found him to be an expert on his grandfather and his music. He even led the grandson to his grandfather’s grave in Queens, N.Y., which he did not know existed. Long story short – Roger Kaufman is now executive producing with Greene’s orchestra and a Mel Kaufman biographical CD.  (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Leader of the Band

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The Doug Wahlberg Band led by Doug Wahlberg entertained at the Westport Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts tonight. Wahlberg has participated on projects with Jose Feliciano, Bernie Taupin (Elton’s John’s lyricist), Mick Ronson (David Bowie’s guitarist and producer), Peter Tosh. and Alice Cooper’s drummer and recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Neil Smith. Last year, he played several guitar tracks on Smith’s critically acclaimed album “The Green Fire Empire.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo