Katie Petersen, a student at Westport’s Coleytown Elementary School, looks at the 3-D effect of some of the works on display during Friday night’s Town Hall opening night reception for the Town-Wide School Art Show. That’s Katie’s painting of a mermaid over her left shoulder.(CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Some Westport students view the works on display at Westport Town Hall during Friday night’s opening night reception for the Town-Wide School Art Show. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

The Friends of Hall-Brooke held a preview reception Friday night for The 3rd Annual Mother’s Day Weekend Art Show & Sale. Phil and Alice Katz of Fairfield view some of the exhibits. The event, featuring 13 area artists, continues today from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. with a “Meet the Artists Reception” and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. with a special Mother’s Day showing at Westport’s Hall-Brook Behavioral Health Services, 47 Long Lots Road. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Stephen Rubin for WestportNow.com

The Westport Garden Club held its annual plant sale today in front of the Saugatuck Congregational Church. Despite overcast skies and a chilly wind, sales were brisk. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Bill Balch for WestportNow.com

The Westport Country Playhouse has announced that it has scheduled an encore performance of its 75th Anniversary Season Re-opening Gala starring Christopher Plummer.

The Sunday, June 5, 5 p.m. event was scheduled after the Friday, June 3, 6:30 p.m. performance of his one-man show became a sell-out, an announcement said.

Written, arranged and performed by Plummer, �A Word or Two, Before You Go� will be the inaugural public production in the newly renovated theatre following an 18-month, $17.3 million renovation and expansion.

Tickets for the encore performance are $75; student/youth seats (age 25 and under) are $25.

The Westport Public Library had a good turnout tonight for its second of a four-lecture series to honor the 400th anniversary of Cervantes’ novel “Don Quixote.”  Award-winning dancer and choreographer Felice Lesser showed clips and talked about how “Don Quixote” has been interpreted for the ballet. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

The Westport Public Library today launched the first of four lectures to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the publication of “Don Quixote.” The series explores the influence of Cervantes’ major work and the sensibilities of the Spanish people in that era. Prof. Angeles N. Dam, a native of Spain with a Ph.D in literature from the Universidad de Granada, spoke to about 100 people in the McManus Room about Cervantes’ desires, aspirations and deep appreciation for the Spanish culture that inspired the book. Another Cervantes lecture, “Don Quixote in Ballet” by Felice Lesser, will be held Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., also in the McManus Room. Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

John Cunningham, 39, won Westport’s annual Minute Man race at Compo Beach today with an unofficial time of 16:30. Pascale Butcher of Southport (not shown), 43, won in the female division with an unofficial time of 20:01. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Stephen M. Rubin for WestportNow.com

Many flooded the finish line as today’s 27th annual Wetport Minute Man race came to an end in drizzly weather. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Stephen M. Rubin for WestportNow.com

In one of the preliminary races at today’s 27th annual Minute Man Race, 5-to-12 years olds ran the One Mile Scamper at Compo Beach despite the pouring rain. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

There was no lack of enthusiasm as the kid�s race got underway. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Stephen M. Rubin for WestportNow.com

The Friends of the Westport Public Library Friday night honored Carol Gluckman (inset) at its annual meeting. The Beachside Express a cappella group from Greens Farms Academy serenaded Gluckman (inset) for her years of service bringing a variety of authors to offer lectures at the Westport library. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo