Today was Round 2 of the Westport Farmers Market Chef-at-the-Market Competition. Three renowned local chefs, Matt Storch of Westport’s Match Burger Lobster, Adam Roytman of Norwalk’s Bar Sugo, and Jeff Taibe of Bethel’s Taproot, competed to create a dish using market ingredients. Winner as judged by randomly selected market visitors was Taibe with his “Tosazu cured scallops with ponzu marinated strawberries cucumbers with pickled wasabi stems.” Taibe is brother of Bill Taibe (sunglasses, rear), owner of Westport’s Jesup Hall, Kawa Ni, and The Whelk restaurants. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Westport Library volunteers Mimi Greenlee and Dick Lowenstein today work inside a temporary trailer outside the library pricing, boxing and labeling books in preparation for the 26th annual book sale, July 14-17. Donors can drop off books during library hours. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

By Susan Granger

Fourteen years after the original, Brad Bird’s digitally animated superhero franchise has a super sequel, “Incredibles 2,” revolving around the Parr family.

Bob, Mr. Incredible (voiced by Craig T. Nelson), is the traditional strong, protective patriarch and Helen (voiced by Holly Hunter), is his flexible wife — aka Elastigirl.

Violet (voiced by Sarah Vowell) is their angst-laden teenage daughter, while Dash (voiced by Huck Milner) is her rowdy, impulsive younger brother, and Jack-Jack (voiced by Eli Fucile) is the baby. The family’s best friend is Lucius Best — a, k.a. Frozone (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson).

This story begins where the last movie left off: superheroes are still forbidden from saving lives. So when they dispense with destructive, drill-riding Underminer (voiced by John Ratzenberger), they’re unceremoniously banished from suburbia and forced to live in a cheap motel.

The Westport Country Playhouse announced today that Tony Award-winning Broadway and television star Sutton Foster will headline its 2018 gala on Saturday, Sept. 8, performing Broadway standards with a trio of musicians.

Sutton Foster: two-time Tony winner. Contributed photo

“Sutton effectively stops whatever Broadway show she’s in with her amazing combination of talents in dance, song, and a wicked sense of humor,” said Mark Lamos, Westport Country Playhouse artistic director. “She’s a dazzling throwback to the great Broadway stars of yesteryear.”

Eunice and David Bigelow, co-chairmen of the family-run Bigelow Tea Company, headquartered in Fairfield, will be honored with the Playhouse’s 2018 Leadership Award for their vision and philanthropy, the announcement said.

Actress, singer, and dancer Foster is best known for her role as Reno Sweeney in the 2011 Broadway revival of “Anything Goes,” which won her a second Tony Award. Her first Tony Award came in 2002 as Millie Dillmount in “Thoroughly Modern Millie.”

Scenes from tonight Westport Library BOOKED for the Evening honoring Justin Paul. Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

By James Lomuscio

Oscar, Tony, and Golden Globes winner and longtime Westporter Justin Paul, 33, was overwhelmed tonight when he accepted the Westport Library’s 20th annual BOOKED for the Evening Award held at the Rolling Hills Country Club in Wilton.

“Not too many people have their grandmother at a lifetime achievement award,” said Justin Paul, 33, to laughter from 500 persons at the sold out event. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

In fact, he seemed more in disbelief than when he and best friend and collaborator Beni Pasek won the Academy Award for “City of Stars” from “La La Land.”

Tongue tied at first, he beamed, gesticulated and self-deprecatingly joked about hearing all of the accolades, “the retrospective of a 33-year-old.”

He even quipped concern about it being a lifetime achievement award, and that it would be all downhill from here.