The Air National Guard Band of the Northeast made its Levitt Pavilion debut tonight. Under the direction of Capt. Joseph R. Denti, the bands, which includes members of the 553rd Air Force Band and Pennsylvania Air National Guard, played a selection of well known tunes ranging from variations on “America: to “Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Guests at the Westport Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts stand tonight for the National Anthem played by the The Air National Guard Band of the Northeast. The band is making its first tour of Connecticut. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

The Westport Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts tonight opened its Melissa & Doug Children’s Series with the Grammy-nominated, seven-time Parents’ Choice Gold Award Winner Justin Roberts & The Not Ready for Naptime Players. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Zach During for WestportNow.com

By Susan Granger

When Steven Soderbergh’s over-the-top comedy romp was a surprise hit in 2012, “Magic Mike XXL” was inevitable.

Three years later, Mike (Channing Tatum) abandons his burgeoning furniture business to re-join the brawny Kings of Tampa for one last road trip to a Stripper Convention in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

In Jacksonville, Mike meets Zoe (Amber Heard), a flirtatious photographer. And when Big Dick Richie (Joe Manganiello) does an impromptu solo, grinding on a soda machine, just to bring a smile to the face of a glum mini-mart clerk, Mike realizes they all need to come up with some new, erotic moves.

So it’s onto Savannah to find raunchy Rome (Jada Pickett Smith), who runs Domina, a private pleasure palace where black women can indulge their fantasies. While Mike convinces her to become their new Master of Ceremonies, she can’t hold a candle to Matthew McConaughey’s charming zest.

Howard Munce, often called the dean of Westport artists, visited the Westport Historical Society today to view its new exhibit, “Howard Munce at 100: A Centennial Celebraton.” It runs through Sept. 14. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Larry Untermeyer for WestportNow.com

Westport artist Howard Munce today studies some of his works in the new Westport Historical Society exhibit “Howard Munce at 100: A Centennial Celebration.”  (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Larry Untermeyer for WestportNow.com

The crowd was smaller tonight on the second night of the season of the Westport Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts than the Sunday opening. Headlining tonight was the Ken Morr Band starring singer-songwriter Ken Morr, one of the 50 nights of free entertainment at the Westport arts landmark. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Zach During for WestportNow.com photo

Ken Morr (2nd r) and his band performed at the Westport Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts. The Levitt schedule said this about his music: “Ken’s song have an elemental quality—water, earth, relationships, seasons, time, change, loss—like the great songwriters who inspired him early on: Dylaan, Simom, Van Morrison, Graham Nash, and especially Gordon Lightfoot.”  (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo