The title is intriguing: “Living Progressive Values in a Polarized Election Season.”
So is the sponsor: The Unitarian Church in Westport.
The liberal faith tradition opens its Zoom room on 4 Tuesdays in October (6 to 7 p.m.). Everyone — of all political persuasions — is welcome.
Senior minister Rev. Dr. John Morehouse will begin each hour with observations about Unitarian-Universalism. Then the “floor” is open for discussion, debate and conversation.
Topics include:
- October 6: Civility, Tolerance and Grace
- October 13: The Blurring of Church and State
- October 20: Public Convictions and Private Behaviors
- October 27: Our Children: Our Pupils and Our Teachers.
Email events@uuwestport.org for Zoom information.
Another Westport congregation had a big day yesterday.
Christ & Holy Trinity Episcopal Church officially inducted Father John Betit as rector. The ceremony — which was also livestreamed — marked the first Sunday morning gathering since COVID-19 struck in March.
But that was not all. CHT also welcomed new confirmands — and celebrated a baptism.
The busy — and welcome — morning at the handsome downtown church was followed by a courtyard liturgy, and blessing of the animals.
Rev. John Betit’s official induction.
The Westport Woman’s Club Yankee Doodle Fair takes months of planning. It raises important funds, which go toward much-needed community grants and scholarships.
COVID put the kibosh on last June’s century-old tradition. Now — in a matter of days — the WWC has organized a new, socially distanced, outdoor fundraiser.
A jazz concert with the great Chris Coogan Trio is set for this Friday (October 9, 5 to 7 p.m.). The clubhouse upper parking lot — where the Yankee Doodle kiddie rides and carousel usually are — is the site.
A limited number of tickets are on sale ($40 for 1 adult, $65 for 2; children are free); click here. Venezuelan food is available from El Chamo. Bring your own chairs and blankets.
An added attraction: Concert-goers can buy a ticket for the Remarkable Theater‘s special “Greatest Showman” feature that night, at 7:30. It’s a fundraiser for Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities — so you can support 2 local profits that day.
Old Hill residents don’t know who stole the Biden/Harris signs from their lawns.
But there was a witness to a similar act Thursday afternoon, on Compo Road South across from Longshore.
A man with gray hair — perhaps in his 60s — in a gray Volkswagen sedan was spotted stealing a Biden/Harris sign from private property. A police report was filed.
The signs were quickly replaced. Here they are, yesterday afternoon:
When she was singing and acting at Staples High School, everyone predicted that Cara McNiff would be a star.
The 2014 graduate has just released a new single. “See the World”is an ethereal, uplifting pop song evoking wanderlust and dreams of escape in a time of restriction and risks. She and 2 other artists recorded it remotely, while scattered across the country by the coronavirus.
Cara — who now calls herself Caraa — pushes the boundaries of pop and R&B.
Click here to stream “See the World” on major music platforms.
Cara McNiff
And finally … today — October 5 — is the most common birthday in the United States.
On a normal day, 750,000 Americans celebrate a birthday. Today, more than 960,000 will.
Why is today unlike any other day?
One theory is that the average length of a pregnancy is 274 days. Counting backward, the date of conception for babies born today is December 31 — New Year’s Eve.
i guess not everyone spends the night watching the ball drop.
Behind those changes are human beings. Getting to where we are today was a gargantuan task. It’s not perfect — as superintendent of schools Tom Scarice notes often, it’s a fluid work in progress — but it is a tribute to the Westport Public Schools staff that our public schools are open, with adaptations made for both in-person and distance learning.
