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A collection of Beatles memorabilia is among the exhibits on display at the Westport Arts Center’s “A Community Collects” exhibit opening today. (CLICK TO ENLARGE ) WestportNow.com photo

Friday, April 1st, 2005

Westport’s Hank Herman Tells “Today” About Raising Kids

Westport author and Westport News columnist Hank Herman was among those appearing today on the NBC “Today” show debut segment of its month-long series “Raising Kids Today.” Herman said, “I think all three of my sons don’t like it when there’s kind of an iciness around the house. I mean the punishment is one thing, but when a day or two go by where nobody is talking a whole lot, that worked as well as anything.” NBC/WestportNow.com photo

“A Community Collects” Exhibit Opens Saturday

Curator Elise Meyer (r) watches as Morgaine Pauker installs her collection of Colonial-era choppers for the Westport Arts Center exhibition “A Community Collects” opening Saturday at 4 p.m. The show features area residents collections that also include African tribal art, chopsticks, early American pewter, snow globes, Beatles memorabilia, Pez dispensers, lingerie, telephones and telegraph equipment, and Connecticut and Westportiana. (CLICK TO ENLARGE ) Erin Hauber for WestportNow.com

Rabbit Hill Literature Festival Opens at Library

The fifth annual Rabbit Hill Festival of Literature opened tonight at the Westport Public Library. Library Director Maxine Bleiweis welcomed participants at the opening panel discussion. The Rabbit Hill Festival is named to honor Robert Lawson, the only author/illustrator to win both the Caldecott and Newbery Medals for excellence in children’s illustration and literature. He created his work in his Westport home and studio on Weston Road, which was called “Rabbit Hill.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Ron Malone for WestportNow.com

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

A Play Within a Play

Staples Players members (l-r) Zack Shornick, Waylon Jacques, and Scott Weinstein perform the play within a play, “Pyramus & Thisbe” as they prepare for this weekend’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Described by one participant as “Fun Shakespeare,” the show is set in the 1960s and includes a rock soundtrack featuring the Beatles, The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, and other icons of the decade. Performances are Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and next weekend. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Kerry Long for WestportNow.com

Getting Ready for “Annie Get Your Gun”

Tech crew members of Coleytown Company are hard at work on bringing the Wild
West alive for next month’s Coleytown Middle School production of “Annie Get Your Gun.” Director Ben Frimmer promises a fresh and lively take on a perennial favorite among American musicals. Opening night is Thursday, April 7. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) David Dreyfuss for WestportNow.com

Wednesday, March 16th, 2005

Playhouse Reopens for 75th Season; Partners with Westport Arts Center

The Westport Country Playhouse, under the artistic direction of Joanne Woodward, today announced details of its 75th anniversary summer season when it reopens its doors after a $17.8 million renovation.
Back Home: Westport Country Playhouse announced its 75th anniversary season at a Westport news conference today. (CLICK TO ENLARGE Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

It also said it will partner with the Westport Arts Center on other programs in the fall and winter months. Woodward will direct one play in the four-production summer series running June 16 through Sept. 4.

“This is my swan song the fifth season. It’s been a trip, I can tell you,” said Woodward, who is giving up her post at the end of the year to become artistic director emeritus. She spoke at a news conference at Westport’s Acqua Restaurant.

She said there was one common theme running through selection of “Finian’s Rainbow,” Dear Brutus,” “The Member of the Wedding,” and “Journey’s End” ֖ “those plays Joanne always wanted to do and better do it now.”

Woodward on Playhouse Season Theme: “Plays Joanne Always Wanted to Do”

Joanne Woodward, artistic director of the Westport Country Playhouse, was among those on hand today as the Playhouse announced its schedule for its 75th anniversary summer season at a Westport news conference. Woodward, who is giving up her post at the end of the year, said there was one common theme running through selection of “Finian’s Rainbow,” Dear Brutus,” “The Member of the Wedding,” and “Journey’s End” “those plays Joanne always wanted to do and better do it now.” WestportNow.com photo

Monday, February 14th, 2005

“The Gates” Viewed by a Westporter

The $21 million art project “The Gates” in New York’s Central Park attracted out-of-towners over the weekend, among them WestportNow contributing photographer Larry Untermeyer, who provided this view. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Larry Untermeyer for WestportNow.com

Friday, February 11th, 2005

Playwright Arthur Miller Dead at 89

Arthur Miller, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright whose most famous fictional creation, Willy Loman in “Death of a Salesman,” came to symbolize the American Dream gone awry, died Thursday night at his Roxbury, Conn., home. He was 89. Miller was featured speaker in November 2003 at the Malloy Lecture at Westport’s Saugatuck Elementary School sponsored by the Westport Public Library and the Westport Arts Center. (See WestportNow Nov. 22, 2003) WestportNow.com photo