Due to the weather, the Levitt Pavilion’s free show tonight, Phil Rosenthal’s “This Land is Your Land,” will move indoors to the Saugatuck Elementary School Auditorium, 170 Riverside Ave., organizers announced
Please note, with the exception of water, no food or beverages are permitted inside the school.
By Susan Granger
Special to WestportNow“Whitney” Houston broke more music industry records than any other female singer in history. With more than 200 million album sales worldwide, she was the only artist to chart seven consecutive U.S. No. 1 singles.
But who was Whitney Houston, the woman? Where did she come from? And what torpedoed her career and, eventually, her life at age 48 in 2012?
Utilizing never-before-seen home movies, archival footage, and revelatory interviews with those who knew her best, filmmaker Kevin Macdonald strives to unravel the mystery behind “The Voice.”
From the time she sang at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, Whitney was a shy tomboy whom her friends and family called Nippy.
The Levitt Pavilion tonight presented Danny Lipsitz and The Brass Tacks: A Not Impartial Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll Featuring the Saxophone. The band reviewed the history of the saxophone’s influence on rock ‘n’ roll music. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo
Kathie Bennewitz (r), town curator and co-chair of the Westport Schools Public Art Collection, chats with Westport artist Amy Kaplan today on the second and final day of the 45th annual Westport Fine Arts Festival. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
The large cast of “A Flea in Her Ear” gathered around Westport Country Playhouse artist director, Mark Lamos (white jacket, c) who also directed the play, following the opening night performance tonight. The play, newly adapted by David Ives from the original by Georges Feydeau, runs through July 28. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
The Straighjackets, an award winning premier four piece “power-pop” rock n’ roll cover band entertained at the Levitt Pavilion tonight. They have been voted the “best classic rock cover band” in Fairfield County CT by 95.9 The Fox Radio. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) J.C. Martin for WestportNow.com
The Westport Downtown Merchants Association held an artist awards reception tonight at Design Within Reach, 154 Post Road East, for those participating in the annnual Westport Fine Arts Fesival, which continues Sunday. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) J.C. Martin for WestportNow.com
Art of all kinds was on display today at the 45th annual Westport Fine Arts Festival. Artists set up booths on Main Street, Elm Street, and Church Lane. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo
Emma Charles, a folk/pop singer from Westport, provided music to buy art by today on Church Lane at Bedford Square as part of the Westport Fine Arts Festival. She is the daughter of jazz singer Rondi Charleston and hopes to be a professional musician. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo
The Naan, a northern India cuisine restaurant, opened today at 361 Post Road West in the apace previously occurred by Kibberia, a Middle Eastern cuisine restaurant that closed two years ago. Raman Bindra, a resident of Orange, who co-owns The Naan with family member Sonny Anand of Glen Oaks, New York, said the eatery features a buffet, full table service dining a full bar and seats 100 patrons. Bindra and Anand also own Namaste Restaurant & Cafe in Queens, New York for the past three years. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
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