After discussions with Weston officials, Aspetuck Land Trust is reopening Trout Brook Valley’s largest parking lot — the one on Bradley Road. It will be available starting tomorrow (Monday, April 27), on weekdays only. NOTE: Dogs are not allowed!
Click here for information on all 42 ATL preserves’, and their hiking trails.
Staples High School 1988 graduate Scott Froschauer is now a Los Angeles artist. He’s gotten lots of attention for works that use street signs to convey more useful instructions (like “Breathe” and “All We Have is Now”).
Longtime Westporters Ann Sheffer and Bill Scheffler — who spent part of the year in Palm Springs — are huge fans. They bought some of his work even before they knew the local connection.
Now, Ann reports, Scott is making face masks. They’re like his street signs, with messages like “Dream,” “Smile” and “Do Your Best.”
And, of course, “Breathe.” Click here to order.
Good news: Barnes & Noble is back open. Curbside pickup is available from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
That news comes from Nina Sankovitch, who has particular reason to be pleased. Her newest book — American Rebels: How the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution — is well stocked there.
Anyone buying her book there will receive a nice gift: one of Nina’s American Rebels tote bags (below).
And, she promises, once the virus is gone, she’ll be happy to sign your book.
Two weeks ago, “06880” posted a video of 1970 Staples High School graduate Stephen Wall — now a tenor with the Seattle Opera — entertaining his socially distancing neighbors with a rousing rendition of “Nessun Dorma.”
This week he’s back, bolder and more rousing than ever. Here he is, with his “Friday Figaro.”
This is not stop-the-presses news: raising teenagers is hard. These days, it’s even tougher.
Tomorrow (Monday, April 27, 12 to 1 p.m.), Westport Together sponsors a webinar: “Parenting High School Juniors and Seniors During the Coronavirus Pandemic.”
The program features local mental health professionals Deb Slocum of the Staples High School Counseling Department, Karen Krupnik of Positive Directions, and director of Westport Public Schools psychological services Dr. Valerie Babich. They’ll discuss ways to develop social, academic and emotional skills needed for life after high school. To register, click here or watch on Facebook Live.
Next month, Westport Together hosts more virtual discussion groups for parents of elementary, middle and high school students. Click here for their website.
Beechwood Arts’ “Coming Out Of COVID” event planned for this Wednesday (April 29) is postponed. The reason: a death in the organizers’ family. from complications of the coronavirus.
It will be rescheduled. For more information, click here.
And finally … Dionne Warwick reminds us of a simple, yet very important, truth:
Thanks for sharing Dionne and Co. in “That’s what Friends are for” – beautiful! Makes the angels weep!
Beautiful especially in these times of stay six feet apart distancing times , thank you for posting🙏🏼
Fantastic. I kept thinking as Stephen Wall was thinking…he probably got his start singing in Staples concerts. Thanks for sharing all the news and brightening these days.
I closed my eyes and it was a Sunday matinee at The Met (Figaro). I’m crazy about this man!. Thank you, Dan.