Everyone in Westport cares about — and for — their yard.
But how many care in an eco-friendly way?
Sustainable Westport, Wakeman Town Farm and Wild Ones can help. On June 25 (6:30 p.m.. Wakeman Town Farm), they offer a hands-on evening dedicated to eco-friendly yard care.
This event is part of Sustainable Westport’s “Your Yard, Our Climate” initiative, aimed at building a more resilient, biodiversity-rich Westport, one backyard at a time.
Attendees will learn how to create a beautiful, thriving outdoor space without synthetic pesticides. That includes natural strategies to deter pests, support for local pollinators, and building healthy soil.
Participants can also pre-order mosquito buckets. They’re safe, very effective and targeted ways to control mosquitoes at the source, without indiscriminate insect death caused by other pesticide treatments.
Click here to register for the event. Then click here to order mosquito bucket kits (deadline June 23).
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A special Pride concert, the launch of the Children’s Series, and 2 ticketed shows highlight this week’s Levitt Pavilion Schedule.
Isle of Klezbos Pride Concert (Tuesday, June 16, 7 p.m., free): “Yiddish music traditions with loving irreverence and profound respect.
Luke Taylor Shelton (Wednesday, June 17, 7:30 p.m., free): “Soul-soothing rock & roll.”
Dirty Sock Funtime Band (Thursday, June 18, 7 p.m., free): First children’s show of the season.
Chris Pierce (Friday, June 19, 7:30 p.m., free): Juneteenth concert; folk/ blues/Americana.
Lucius with Wild & Company (Saturday, June 20, 6:30 p.m., tickets on sale now)
Dark Star Orchestra (Sunday, June 21, 5 p.m., tickets on sale now).
Click here for details on all shows.
Chris Pierce offers a special Juneteenth performance.
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It was a busy few days for Westport’s Troop 36.
On June 7 the troop held a Court of Honor. to award the rank of Eagle Scout to Dylan O’Brien, Nathaniel Greely and JC Gura. Each earned at least 21 merit badges, and led a community service project.
This past weekend, Life Scout Finn Martens led his own Eagle service project at VFW Post 399. He coordinated a crew of Scouts to clean up the grounds and repaint the parking lot lines.
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The “Career Coach” will be in the Westport Library parking lot this Thursday (June 18), for a session on “Intro Excel.”
It returns July 16, covering “Intro to AI: Job Seeker Strategies ,” and August 20 (Tips for Resume and Cover Letter).
There are 2 sessions ( 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.) each day; both are 2 hours long. Registrants can choose one.
The service is available to people who are exploring career opportunities, actively looking for a job, or seeking additional part-time employment. Click here to reserve a spot.
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More than 1,800 teen artists across the country — including students from Westport’s One River School of Art + Design — are participating in what may be the largest teen art exhibition ever organized in the US.
The exhibition includes 15 One River locations from New York to Oregon.
Students were challenged to create artwork based on the prompt “a place that matters to you.” The result: 1,800 interpretations expressed through painting, drawing, mixed media, animation and digital design.
Eight students will be invited to a special studio experience with Daniel Heidkamp at his Brooklyn studio later this summer.
A public reception for Westport students is set for June 25 (4 to 5:30 p.m.). The show will remain up for 3 weeks.
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Grammy Award-winning pianist/composer/ arranger Alan Broadbent and master bassist Harvie S. Alan headline this Thursday’s “Jazz at the Post” show (June 18, 7:30 and 8:45 p.m.; dinner at 8
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There have been some crazy clouds over Compo Beach recently.
Ken Runkel thought these were particularly interesting. We do too … so they’re the stars of today’s featured “Westport … Naturally” photo.
(Photo/Ken Runkel)
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And finally … on this date in 1967, the Monterey International Pop festival began in California. There were many big names, including The Who, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and The Animals.
But perhaps the most stunning performance of all was this:
And, for the full Otis Redding Monterey
(There’s only one thing more exciting than Otis Redding: Clicking here to support your hyper-local blog. Well, maybe not. But we thank you anyway.)
I have four tickets to sell for Dark Star if anyone is interested!
The incredible rhythm section of Booker T & The MGs were Otis Redding’s backing band that night, as they were on so many of his classic Volt/Stax/Atlantic hits.
Drums: Al Jackson Jr
Bass: Donald “Duck” Dunn
Guitar: Steve Cropper
Organ: Booker T. Jones
…along with the Memphis Horns
Trumpet: Wayne Jackson
Tenor Sax: Andrew Love
Each and every one an iconic and legendary musician.
Sadly, the only one still with us is Booker T. Jones. Age 81.