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Hirschfeld’s Paul Newman and Robert Redford

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David Leopold, creative director the Al Hirschfeld Foundation, tonight discusses a work by the legendary theatrical artist depicting Paul Newman and Robert Redford from the 1969 film “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” at a dinner celebration of Hirschfeld at the Westport Country Playhouse. It was followed by the showing of an Oscar winning film on the artistry of Hirschfeld’s legendary caricatures of Broadway and film actors. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Dancing at the Levitt on Opening Night

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The Westport Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts opened its second season in its new home tonight. Orleans a pop-rock band best known for its 1975 hit “Dance with Me” (1975) headlined the event and had guests dancing near the stage. Intermittent light rain fell during the performance but most people seemed to have come prepared.  (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Turning the Clock Back

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Orleans, formed in Woodstock, N.Y. in 1972 headlined the opening night tonight of the Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts. Lance Hoppen (r, guitar) was one of the original founders with his brother, Larry, who died in 2012. So was John Hall (l, guitar), who took time off to serve two terms as a congressman from New York. Others on tour include Lane Hoppen (keyboard), Dennis “Fly” Amero (guitar), and Charlie Morgan (drums). The band is best known for its 1975 hit “Dance with Me.” Other hits included “Still the One” (1976), “Love Takes Time” (1979) and the band’s cover of King Harvest’s “Dancin’ in the Moonlight.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Helen Klisser During for WestportNow.com

Librarians Honor Bleiweis in San Francisco

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Maxine Bleiweis, retiring director of the Westport Library, was honored in today with the prestigious national Charlie Robinson Award at the American Library Association annual convention in San Francisco.. Several library staff members were also there. The Charlie Robinson Award honors a public library director who, over a period of seven years, has been a risk taker, an innovator and/or a change agent in a public library. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo