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“Journey’s End’ Opens at the Playhouse
Staples Summer Theater’s “Aida” Closing Tonight
Westport Banker Moonlights as Lifestyle Guru
Mar Jennings: new lifestyle guru. Contributed photoBy day, Mar Jennings is a Westport banker. But in his off hours, he’s the town’s newest lifestyle guru.
With Martha Stewart spending enforced time in Bedford, N.Y., and rumors that her Turkey Hill Road South home is quietly on the market, the Westport lifestyle guru field is wide open for Jennings, 40, who recently introduced a cable TV show.
Seen Saturday mornings at 11 a.m. on Cablevision channel 84, the effort is called “Mar Jennings Home & Garden.” It was taped at his Westport home, not far from the town’s center.
In June, Jennings hosted a successful series of fundraisers for the Westport Historical Society, “The Passionate Gardener,” which showcased his gardens and guests shared private sessions with him and his passion.
Retrospective for Westporter Killed in Boston Bicycle Accident
There will be a retrospective art exhibit in Boston next week for Kirsten Anne Malone, a 1993 Staples graduate who died in June 2004 at the age of 29 as a result of injuries received when she was hit by a car while bicycling.
“Kirsten A. Malone: Retrospective,” a three-day exhibition, opens Thursday at the Copley Society Boston, 158 Newbury St. It will be the first retrospective of her photography, video, sculpture, and performance since her death.
An online description of the exhibit says: “Malone introspectively integrates her own experiences with acute commentary on the social constructs affecting her life as a young woman in Boston. Employing her characteristic intelligence and sharp wit, personal histories become pertinent social critique of stereotypes, consumption, and technology.”
Malone grew up in Westport and after Staples attended Boston University where she graduated in 1997 with a bachelor of arts in photo journalism. She went on to study at the Massachusetts College of Art, graduating in 2003 with an additional bachelor of arts in fine arts.
Jazz at the Levitt
The West Point Jazz Knights performed pieces by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Nat King Cole, and several others tonight at Westport’s Levitt Pavilion. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Jonathan Thrope for WestportNow.
Book Display Highlights Playhouse Production
A book display put together by the Westport Public Library highlights trench poets, writers of World War I and histories of The Great War— the subject of the Westport County Playhouse production, “Journey’s End” by R.C. Sherriff. The play has its first performance Thursday night and continues through Sept. 4. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo
Second Teen Movie Night at Levitt
More than 100 people attended tonight’s second teen movie night at Westport’s Levitt Pavilion. The event, sponsored by the Westport Youth Commission and the Parks and Recreation Department, featured the 2001 comedy “Zoolander.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Jonathan Thrope for WestportNow.com
Large Turnout for Photography Show
There was a large turnout tonight for the opening of the first annual exhibition of the Fairfield County Photographers Collective in Norwalk. The show, “A Passion for Photography,” includes works by several Westporters and WestportNow contributors. It runs through Sept. 29 at Rockwell Art & Framing, 235 Main Ave. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Thom Burrows for WestportNow.com
Folk Heat Relief
A group of children, along with a few parents, got some much needed relief from today’s extreme heat as folksinger/storyteller Adam Miller provided them with afternoon entertainment in the McManus room of the Westport Public Library. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Jonathan Thrope for WestportNow.com
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