Roundup: Snow, Fire, Ice …

Yesterday’s snow was slippery for some, beautiful for many.

Here’s a view through Ted Horowitz’s Wilton Road window:

(Photo copyright/Ted Horowitz)

This was the scene at Mark Taglia’s home. The flamingo is a street mascot, passed back and forth by neighbors on Mystic Lane off North Avenue.

(Photo/Mark Taglia)

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A pair of Saturday Father’s Forums — places for fathers to talk about parenting challenges and strategies — are set for January 25 and February 22. Both are from 9 to 10 a.m., at Toquet Hall.

They’ll be led by Vince Benevento, founder and CEO of Westport’s Causeway Collaborative. The forums are sponsored by Westport Together. For more information, click here.

Father and son.

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It’s purely coincidental — given the recent tragedy in Los Angeles — but the current exhibition at MoCA CT is called “On Fire.”

Curated by Ive Covaci, Anne Boberski, and the Westport Public Art Collections Committee, it includes over 75 works in a variety of media.

The exhibit explores the ways in which artists from the 1930s to today have envisioned and responded to the interrelationships of energy, infrastructure and the environment.

This 4th annual exhibition by WestPAC at MoCA is inspired by 8 paintings, “The Evolution of Heat,” created by Ralph Boyer in 1934 for the old Staples High School as part of a WPA project.

The paintings usually hang at Westport’s central fire station, so this is a rare opportunity to see them in a museum setting.

Contemporary works — including scenes of  local bridges, waterways and infrastructure — ask visitors to consider the past and imagine the future of our community.

The gallery is open Thursdays (4 to 8 p.m.), and Fridays,  Saturdays and Sundays (noon to 4 p.m.). The exhibit runs through March 2.

Upcoming programs include:

January 23 (5 p.m.): Exhibition tour with curators Anne Boberski and Ive Covaci, co-chairs of the WestPAC Committee.

February 27 (6 p.m.): Community conversation: “Art, Infrastructure, and the Environment,” moderated by Ive Covaci.

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Pamela Rae Schuller — a “comedian, speaker and advocate who brings a unique perspective to inclusion through humor and storytelling” — will be here on February 6 (7:30 p.m., Chabad of Westport).

Click here for more information, and tickets.

Pamela Rae Schuller

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A recent photo of a Cybertruck parked in a handicap spot at the Westporot Weston Family YMCA — without a visible sticker — brought this comment from the owner:

“I have Parkinson’s and a handicap sticker from CT for more than 2 years.”

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Right before the snow, Anne Bernier snapped this shot of Deadman Brook, near the Levitt Pavilion and Imperial Avenue parking lot.

“I thought it beautifully encapsulated these cold, bright, winter days in Westport,” she says.

It does — which is why it’s today’s “Westport … Naturally” feature.

(Photo/Anne Bernier)

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And finally … in honor of the 2 events happening simultaneously today, along with the Westport Together event on January 25 (story above):

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