Westport Library book sale co-chair Mimi Greenlee (r) today directs workers in preparation for the Westport Library’s 27th annual book sale starting Saturday at 9 a.m. Avid book buyers usually begin the waiting line during the very early hours of the morning with several hundred present when the entrance gate opens. The sale runs Saturday 9 a.m.to 6 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday (half price day) 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Tuesday ($5 per bag day) 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The sale coincides with the Westport Fine Arts Festival downtown on Saturday and Sunday. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Final preparations were underway today for the Westport Library’s summer book sale beginning Saturday at 9 a.m. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Josh Lovelace and his band drove from Tennessee to play Westport’s Levitt Pavilion tonight as part of the Melissa & Doug children’s series. The bad weather scared away all but the heartiest spectators. Lovelace, best known as the keyboardist for the rock band Needtobreathe, said he was driving straight back to Tennessee regardless of the weather so that he could be with his two children in the morning. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) J.C. Martin for WestportNow.com

The Westport Summer Teen Theater, in partnership with Westport Continuing Education, presents “Disney’s The Little Mermaid JR.” this weekend at Saugatuck Elementary School.

Performances are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7 p.m. and a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m.

The production is led by director Ryan Smith, a Westport native and co-director of Bedford Middle School’s Bedford Acting Group alongside Karen McCormick.

For ticket information, click HERE.

By Susan Granger

From “Jaws” to “The Shallows,” featuring Blake Lively vs. the shark — there have been a number of aquatic actioners, strategically timed to make us wary of what lurks in the water. Now there’s “Crawl.”

A Category-5 hurricane is headed toward Gainesville, Florida, where top-ranked college swimmer Haley Keller (Kaya Scodelario) is trying to call her semi-estranged father (Barry Pepper), who has obviously ignored mandatory evacuation orders.

Making her way down wind-swept roads, Haley spies his truck at their childhood home which is up For Sale following her parents’ divorce. After retrieving the family dog, she locates her injured dad in the basement crawl space. He’s imprisoned by a 20-foot-long alligator that lumbered in through the storm drain pipe.

Soon, they’re both trapped down there amid the arrival of more alligators, as torrential rain threatens to flood the entire area. Can they get out? And what faces them when and if they do?

There were plenty of memories recalled at the Levitt Pavilion tonight as a near-capacity crowd heard Vince Giordano, the Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist and bandleader, and his Nighthawks. In delightful summer weather, they played an evening of classic ‘20s and ‘30s standards that had many up and dancing on a makeshift ballroom floor in front of the stage. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Vince Giordano explains to the Levitt Pavilion audience tonight the background of some of the selections he and his Nighthawks played from his vast repertoire of standards. In addition to being the bandleader, he played the tuba and string bass. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Le Vent du Nord, a Canadian folk music group from Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu in Quebec. entertained tonight at the Levitt Pavilion. The band performs traditional Québécois music, as well as original numbers in this style, in French. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

Guitarist Scott Sharrard and Band Free played an encore to a packed crowd tonight at the Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo