A second Westport Republican has announced a run for statewide office.
Planning & Zoning Commission member John Bolton has filed for the attorney general race, Kevin Rennie’s Daily Ructions reports.
He joins Jen Tooker. The former 1st selectwoman is running for comptroller.
Bolton is “unlikely to face any competition for the Republican nomination for the job when it meets in May to select a candidate,” the political news source reports.
William Tong, the current Democratic AG, is seeking a third term. Click here for the full Daily Ructions story.
John Bolton
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Bloodroot is closed. But it’s not forgotten.
And to ensure that the vegan/feminist/iconic Bridgeport restaurant — co-founded by Westporter Selma Miriam — the very popular Bloodroot Giant Tag Sale returns this week.
On Friday and Saturday (March 27-28, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 85 Ferris Street, Bridgeport), tons of Bloodroot “stuff” will be on sale.
For example: vintage and antique tables, chairs, bookcases, and other furniture; vintage pine farmhouse style bins, cubbies and bookshelves; high quality looms and spinning wheels; patio furniture, outdoor tables and outdoor chairs; stone and concrete benches; vintage and mid-century lamps; farmhouse-style pendant lighting and ceiling lamps.
Plus books and paper ephemera with LGBTQ, feminist and vegetarian themes; original signed art (prints, sculptures, photos and posters); antique and vintage china, glassware and tableware; tools and office supplies; pots, pans, cooking supplies and restaurant equipment; household items, clothing, shoes, fabrics — “pretty much everything under the sun.”
The Bloodroot tag sale crew (from left): Lauren, Noel, Sarah, Stephanie and Marina.
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There are plenty of grandparents — with grandchildren — in Westport.
On Saturday, May 2 (1 to 3 p.m., Westport Weston Family YMCA), they’ll have a chance to play together — without screens.
The pilot program, called Grand Play Day, brings together grandparents and their grandkids (ages 5-12). Using simple tools (question cards, paper-and-pencil table games and other easy activities), they’ll laugh and share stories.
Grand Play Day is built on “Connections Thru Play,” created by Playocracy founder Lynn Campanella in partnership with the National Institute for Play — where Joe Miller, a member of the Y’s Men of Westport and Weston, serves as a volunteer executive.
The event will be facilitated by Campanella and Miller, include academic input from professors of Childhood Development and Aging, and serve as a potential model for other community groups.
To participate in Grand Play Day with one or more grandchildren aged 5–12, register here on the YMCA website.
No screens in sight.
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Calling all local residents!
MoCA\CT is seeking ideas for Ellen Harvey’s upcoming exhibit, “The Disappointed Tourist.”
Is there a place you wish you could revisit — a landmark, neighborhood or gathering spot that has disappeared?
Harvey has asked that question around the world, transforming hundreds of public memories into a haunting series of paintings that reimagine sites erased by time, tides or bulldozers.
From June 25 through August 2, she brings her project to MoCA\CT.
Nominations close April 25. Harvey will select 4 sites to immortalize in paint.
Click here to submit an idea, or explore existing works and stories from around the world,
Ellen Harvey in front of a portion of “The Disappointed Tourist.”
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Calling all local musicians!
The 3rd annual Route 57 WestFest wants you.
All ages and genres — and solo artists and groups — are welcome. Click here for more information, and to apply.
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Everyone should start the day with a good breakfast.
To help those who can’t, brothers Aaron and Brett Fortunoff — along with the Staples Cereal4All Club — are host a 4th annual cereal drive.
There are 4 ways to help.
- Come to this weekend’s drive (March 28-29, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Stop & Shop).
- Click and purchase from their Amazon wish list.
- Venmo @lauriefortunoff; Aaron and Brett’s mother will purchase cereal.
- Make a tax-deductible donation at www.cereal4all.org.
The Fortunoffs and friends, at last year’s cereal drive.
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“Primary Trust” — the 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning play about change, friendship quiet courage and mai tais — comes to the Westport Country Playhouse next month.
Performances are April 14 to May 2. Click here for tickets, and more information.
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Trumpeter/composer/arranger Michael Mossman has apprenticed with Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie and Art Blakey. He’s performed and recorded with Tito Puente and many other greats.
Pianist Zaccai Curtis is an acclaimed recording artist and producer. The Curtis Brothers Band, which he leads with his brother Luques, was earned a 2025 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album.
They — and bassist Edward Perez, drummer David Alvarez, percussionist Marlon Sobol and saxophonist Greg “The Jazz Rabbi” Wall — take over VFW Post 399 this Thursday (March 26, 7:30 and 8:45 p.m.), for this week’s “Jazz at the Post.”
Dinner service starts at 7 p.m. Click here for tickets, and more information.
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In today’s “Westport … Naturally” featured photo, these guys in Robin Jaffee Frank’s back yard are giving thanks it’s March, not November.
(Photo/Robin Jaffee Frank)
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And finally … on this date in 1721, Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated what are now called the Brandenburg Concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt.
(You may not have time to listen to nearly 2 hours of the Concertos. But hopefully you’ve got 30 seconds to click here, to help support the “06880” blog that brings you great music — and much more!)
