In observance of the 50th anniversary of the death of Albert Schweitzer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, philosopher and medical missionary, the Westport Library today presented a program that included Westporters Clarinda Higgins and her husband, William G. Armstrong, Jr. authors of “Against the Current….How Albert Schweitzer Inspired a Young Man’s Journey.” They spoke of Mark Higgins, a cousin of Clarinda’s, who went to Gabon and later was brutally murdered at age 20 in 1960 in the last violent days of the struggle for independence in the Belgian Congo. They are pictured next to a painting of the hospital established in 1913 by Schweitzer in Lambaréné, Gabon where Mark Higgins worked. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

The Westport Art Center’s next exhibit is “Leonard Everett Fisher: A Retrospective” featuring one of Westport’s most revered practicing artists, now at age 90.

“Leonard Everett Fisher: A Retrospective” opens at the Westport Arts Center on Friday, March 27 with a 6 to 8 p.m. reception. Fisher is holding a photo of himself as a youngster. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Photo by Helen Klisser During

It opens Friday, March 27 with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. and runs through April 25.

The collection reflects Fisher’s ability to blur the lines between design, illustration and art, and reveals the long-lasting impact that he has made in his lifetime, according to Helen Klisser During, WAC’s artistic director who curated the exhibit.

The retrospective includes 48 paintings, drawings, and illustrations from Fisher’s prolific 70-year career, during which he designed 10 U.S. postage stamps. The exhibition will range from his earliest drawings to his latest works.

Due to inclement weather, tonight’s Staples Players performance of “Sweeney Todd” has been rescheduled to Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

Tickets for tonight’s show will be honored at the Sunday matinee, and the cast originally scheduled to perform tonight will perform on Sunday, an announcement said.

Tickets may also be purchased online at http://www.staplesplayers.com/ and will be sold at the door, as available, on Sunday beginning at 12:45 p.m.

Ticket holders who cannot attend the rescheduled performance may exchange their tickets for Saturday night tickets at the door only on Saturday at 7 p.m., based on availability. 

A visitor to the Westport Artists Collective’s Pop Up art show tonight at the Westport Arts Center gets a closeup look of one of the exhibits in the one-night only show. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Helen Klisser During for WestportNow.com

Scenes from tonight’s one-night only Pop Up art show at the Westport Arts Center. Helen Klisser During for WestportNow.com and contributed photos

The Westport Country Playhouse tonight hosted a 2015 Season Sneak Peak Party attended by about 250 patrons. The season opens May 5 with “The Liar” by David Ives, adapted from the comedy by Pierre Corneille and directed by Penny Metropulos. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Westport Playhouse Artistic Director Mark Lamos (r) tonight talked about the five plays in the Playhouse 2015 season with special guests (l-r) actress Maureen Anderman, playwright A.R. Gurney, director John Tillinger, and set designer Michael Yeargan. Gurney, whose new play, “Love & Money,” will have its world premiere during a July 21-Aug. 8 run, said, “I’ve always been impressed that a community the small size of Westport can have and support a theater of this high quality for so many years.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com