Westport Cinema Initiative today wrapped up a weekend of GreenDay activities coordinated by the Staples Green Club with a Town Hall screening of “Chasing Ice,” a 2012 documentary about the efforts of nature photographer James Balog and his Extreme Ice Survey to publicize the effects of climate change. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

A panel discussion followed today’s Westport Cinema Initiative’s screening of “Chasing Ice” at Westport Town Hall. Panel participants included (l-r) Doug Tirola, moderator; David Mann, chair of Westport’s Green Task Force; Robby Gershowitz and Sarah Fox, co-presidents of Staples High School’s Club Green, and Marty Yellen, a local expert in global warming and conservation. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

The Westport Country Playhouse today hosted a Sunday Symposium Series following the matinee performance of Noël Coward’s “A Song at Twilight.” Chad Kinsman (l) interviewed Barry Day (c ), a former Weston resident and author of multiple books about Coward, and Brian Murray, lead actor in the Playhouse’s current production of the 1966 play. Murray noted that Coward always insisted that the actors in his plays come to rehearsals knowing their lines word perfect. He added: “However, when Coward played the lead role that I played in ‘A Song at Twilight,’ I’ve been told he messed up his own lines.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Celebrating opening night tonight of Noël Coward’s “A Song at Twilight,” at the Westport Counry Playhouse are the four actors in the play: (l-r) Gordana Rashovich, Mia Dillon, Brian Muray, and Nicholas Carriere. Set in a luxury hotel in Switzerland, the play, first produced in London in 1966, depicts an elderly writer confronted by his former mistress with facts about his past life that he would prefer to forget. Coward’s witty and bittersweet comedy was the final play of his illustrious career. Directed by Playhouse Artistic Director Mark Lamos and first presented in February at Hartford Stage, the play runs through May 17. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Scenes from tonight’s season opening night at the Westport Country Playhouse. Backstage visitors included actor Keir Dullea, whose wife, Mia Dillon, is featured in the role of Hilde in “A Song at Twilight,” Weston-based actress Maureen Anderman, Chilton Ryan, a Westport Country Playhouse production director in the 1950s, and Jim Noble, award-winning Norwalk-based actor. They were hosted by “A Song at Twilight” director Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director, and Michael Ross, Playhouse managing director. Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Audience members line up tonight to question record industry producer Clive Davis at the Malloy Lecture for the Arts at Bedford Middle School sponsored by the Westport Library. Davis appeared in conversation with Anthony DeCurtis, co-author with Davis of the producer’s memoir, “The Soundtracks of My Life,” published last year.The Brooklyn-born Davis attributed to his success to his education, noting that he was a scholarship student at New York University and Harvard Law School.  (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

Clive Davis, the legendary music producer who was featured at tonight’s Malloy Lecture for the Arts at Westport’s Bedford Middle School, chats with a fan while signing copies of his memoir, “The Soundtrack of My Life.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

Among those in the audience tonght for the Malloy Lecture in the Arts with legendary music producer Clive Davis was his latest “find,” Branden “Avery” Wilson, 18. Wilson, a Hamden native, wowed judges on NBC’s hit reality talent show “The Voice” and later auditioned for Davis, who signed him to a contract and played a short excerpt of his singing tonight for the audience. Avery is pictured with his father, Gramen Wilson, (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

Scenes from tonight’s Westport Library Malloy Lecture in the Arts featuring famed record producer Clive Davis at Westport’s Bedford Middle School. The event was sold out with more than 800 in attendance. Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com