2,000 people had a great time at yesterday’s “06880”/Westport Downtown Association Holiday Stroll.
But greeting hundreds of youngsters, listening to their lists and offering “ho ho ho”s can be tiring. This Holiday Stroller took a much needed — and quick — break, amid plenty of action.
Soon enough, it was back to work. This is, after all, his busiest time of the year.
(Photo/Lynn Untermeyer Miller)
If you enjoyed last night’s “06880”/Westport Downtown Association Holiday Stroll, here’s a quick look back.
If you weren’t there (why not?!), here’s a chance to see what you missed.
The video was created by photographer extraordinaire Jerri Graham. Enjoy!
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In just 3 years, the “06880” Westport Downtown Association Holiday Stroll has become one of our town’s most cherished traditions.
Last night, over 2,000 Westporters and friends filled downtown.
Parents strolled (many with strollers). Kids raced around. Adults chatted with neighbors and friends they hadn’t seen in years.
(Photo/Jerri Graham)
The Staples Orphenians caroled, at 4 different spots.
Staples Orphenians, by Savvy + Grace. They also sang at the Tunnel of Love, Anthropologie and Sconsct Square. (Photo/Jerri Graham)
A random group of Greens Farms Elementary students added their own impromptu songs and dance.
Kids entertaining on Main Street. (Photo/Dan Woog)
Santa listened to wishes.
“06880” founder Dan Woog wished for happy holidays for all. (Photo/Jerri Graham)
A face painter worked her magic.
(Photo/Jerri Graham)
Staples Players dressed up in costumes. A 21st-century photo booth got a workout. Nearby, a firepit and s’mores offered a tasty, warm respite.
(Photo/Dan Woog)
Up and down Main Street, Church Lane and the Post Road, merchants and restaurants offered hot chocolate, wine, and special shopping deals.
(Photo/Jerri Graham)
(Photo/Jerri Graham)
Art lovers at Sorelle Gallery. (Photo/Jerri Graham)
The weather was perfect for strolling, singing, and having fun.
Ho ho ho!
(Photo/Jerri Graham)
(Photo/Jerri Graham)
Orphenians at Anthropologie … (Photo/Stacie Curran)
… and Sconset Square (Photo/Mary Sikorski)
(Photo/Jerri Graham)
(Photo/Jerri Graham)
True love, at the “06880” Westport Downtown Association Holiday Stroll. (Photo/Jerri Graham)
(“06880” and the Westport Downtown Association offer great thanks to sponsors David Adams Realty and SCA Crowley, and everyone who helped).
The weather looks great for today’s big, family-friendly and fun event: the “06880”/Westport Downtown Association Holiday Stroll.
Temperatures will be in the low 50s — with not a raindrop in sight — for tonight’s 5 to 7 p.m. event.
Up and down Main Street, and on Church Lane, Sconset Square and the Post Road, carolers will sing, 60 merchants and restaurants will offer freebies and deals, and everyone will enjoy a traditional, community-wide and very holiday-esque time (complete with “strolling” carolers).
At Stroll “headquarters” — in front of Savvy + Grace, in between Brandy Melville and Cold Fusion — kids can visit with Santa. They’ll meet costumed characters, jump into a photo booth, and be entertained by Staples High’s elite Orphenians.
Youngsters can drop off letters to Santa too (he’ll personally answer each one, with a self-addressed, stamped envelope).
Here’s the latest list of the 60 stores, restaurants and more who will hand out goodies, offer discounts, or find other creative ways to welcome Strollers.
The Holiday Stroll includes vendor booths too, including Tend, Stretch Zone, SugarKrisp and Westport is the Bestport. Non-profit booths like Homes with Hope and MOSS will also be in attendance. Sponsors David Adams Realty and SCA Crowley make it all possible.
See you from 5 to 7 p.m. tonight at the “06880”/Westport Downtown Association Holiday Stroll.
Santa hats and ugly sweaters are optional.
The Staples High School Orphenians are a huge attraction at the Holiday Stroll.
The newest addition to next Saturday’s “06880”/Westport Downtown Association: costumed characters for the kids.
Several Staples Players — members of the award-winning high school drama troupe — will dress up. They’ll be at the Stroll headquarters — outside Savvy + Grace on Main Street — to greet, and pose for photos with, youngsters (and their parents).
The Holiday Stroll is this coming Saturday (December 2, from 5 to 7 p.m., throughout all of downtown Westport.
That’s in addition to another 13 retailers, restaurants and merchants who have just signed up to offer specials.
That brings the total to 52 stores, eateries and more who are handing out goodies, offering discounts, or finding other creative ways to welcome Strollers.
New additions include J. Crew, Birddogs, Rowan, West/Out East, Walrus Alley, Offline by Aerie, La Plage, Vince, Bobbles & Lace, Mexicue, Westport Country Playhouse, Le Rouge Aartisan Chocolates, and Ron Lake Gallery.
The Holiday Stroll is very family friendly. There’s a visit from Santa, photo booth, holiday music from the Orphenians, caroling and more. Youngsters can drop off letters to Santa too (he’ll personally answer each one, with a self-addressed envelope).
The Orphenians draw a large crowd, at the Holiday Stroll. (Photo/Danielle Dobin)
Here are the treats:
Questions? Email Huong Belpedio (operations@westportdowntown.com) or Jessica Isaacs (marketing@westportdowntown.com).
See you at the Stroll!
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Squirrels are so ubiquitous here, we barely notice them.
But this guy — the subject of today’s “Westport … Naturally” feature has drawn the notice of Jerry Kuyper. He (the squirrel) has taken up residence underneath a table on his (Jerry’s) deck.
(Photo/Jerry Kuyper)
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And finally … on this date in 1922, Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon became the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3,000 years.
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Saturday’s Roundup included news about Walter Fischel.
The Westport resident was carjacked and shot in the face in South Africa. His passport, phone and credit cards were stolen.
A GoFundMe page has been created, to help with travel, medical expenses, and living expenses for him and his family.
Many Westporters know the Fischel family. Many also know Valerie Fischel — the name of Walter’s sister.
But the Westport Valerie Fischel, and Walter’s sister Valier — who lives in Maryland — are not related.
Our Westport Valerie Fischel does not have a brother. But — like all of us — she hopes the unrelated man who shares her family name makes a full recovery.
Walter Fischel
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Back when I was a Westport teenager, my friends and I spent a lot of time dodging cops.
Today, that phrase means something different.
Next Monday (November 20, 5:30 p.m., Staples High School fieldhouse), students and police join together, in the Westport Youth Commission’s annual Dodge-a-Cop dodgeball tournament.
Five students play at once, along with a Westport officer. There are winner and loser brackets, with the winners earning prizes. There’s food and drinks too.
The 16 teams will be filled fast. Tickets are $10 per student. The event is sponsored by Gault and Mitchells; all funds raised go to the Homes with Hope and Westport Woman’s Club food pantries.
Tickets are being sold at Staples, during lunch. Questions? Contact Cabry Lueker, Youth Commission chair: cabry2006@gmail.com.
Last year, Staples school resource officer Ed Woolridge (back row, white shirt, blue headband) was on the winning Dodge-a-Cop team. The winners posed with RTM member Andrew Colabella (far right).
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Yesterday, Staples’ Service League of Girls packed over 200 boxes with toys for needy children around the world, as part of Operation Christmas Child.
They filled colorful shoeboxes with items like solar calculators, toothbrushes, Baby Yodas and stuffed animals, then labeled each by age.
The SLOGS initiative — led by Emma Morris and Lily Ashford — enlisted nearly 2 dozen girls.
SLOGs, with their holiday boxes.
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Clemson University won its 2nd ACC championship in 4 seasons yesterday, in a penalty kick shootout over the University of North Carolina — and there were 2 Westport connections.
The Tigers are coached by Mike Noonan. The 1979 Staples graduate (and a star on their ’78 state championship team) won his third overall ACC championship overall. In 2021, he led the South Carolina school to the NCAA Division I title.
Paddy Donovan (Staples ’22) is a reserve keeper on the squad.
The Tigers earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Seedings are announced at 1 p.m. today.
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Over 2 dozen retailers, restaurants and merchants have signed up for the 3rd annual “06880”/Westport Downtown Association Holiday Stroll — and it’s still 3 weeks away.
The Saturday, December 2 (5 to 7 p.m.) event is very family friendly. There’s a visit from Santa, special kids’ activities, photo booth, holiday music from the Orphenians, caroling and more. Headquarters is a tent outside Savvy + Grace.
Among the treats:
Questions? Email Huong Belpedio (operations@westportdowntown.com) or Jessica Isaacs (marketing@westportdowntown.com).
See you at the Stroll!
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The thermometer struggled to reach the mid-40s yesterday.
But a number of sailors were out on the Sound.
I thought it was part of the Frostbite series.
Apparently though, it must be a lot colder for those races.
(Photo/Pamela Docters)
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Brilliant fall sunshine yesterday at Willowbrook Cemetery highlights today’s “Westport … Naturally” image:
(Photo/Claudia Sherwood Servidio)
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And finally … on this day in 1940, Walt Disney released “Fantasia.” It was an experiment in animation and classical music, and took a while to become a classic.
There is probably no connection between the Fantasia below and the Disney film, but today is one of the most boring days in history.
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The “06880 Holiday Stroll” returns!
Mark your calendars for the 3rd annual event. It’s Saturday, December 2 (5 to 7 p.m.).
Once again, we’re teaming up with the Westport Downtown Association, for an extra-special evening.
It’s family friendly, with a visit from Santa, special activities for kids, songs from the Orphenians, caroling and more. There will be a tent outside Savvy + Grce.
Downtown merchants — including some across the river — will offer promotions.
Merchants and restaurants wishing to participate should click here, to fill out an online form.
Questions? Email Huong Belpedio (operations@westportdowntown.com) or Jessica Isaacs (marketing@westportdowntown.com).
See you at the Stroll!
Caroling at the Holiday Stroll. (Photo/Danielle Dobin)
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It’s the magic of the holiday season.
Moments before the 2nd annual Holiday Stroll yesterday, the weather cleared.
Hundreds of Westporters of all ages — including tons of kids — headed downtown.
A small part of the large crowd. (Photo/Lynn Untermeyer Miller)
They met Santa, dropped off letters to him, and gave gifts for the PAL toy drive. They had their faces painted, and got animal balloons.
11-year-old Owen Hill (blue jacket) provided animal balloons for dozens of even younger kids. (Photo/Dan Woog)
They were serenated by Staples High School’s Orphenians, and Greens Farms Academy’s Harbor Blues. They wandered all around downtown too, joining in carols led by professional singer Nick Calabrese (plus 1st Selectwoman Jen Tooker).
Nick Calabrese leads carolers. No, the teenagers are not checking their notifications. They’re reading the lyrics to holiday songs. (Photo/Dan Woog)
They nibbled free food and drank hot chocolate at a dozen restaurants, and snagged giveaways and discounts at a few dozen shops.
Garlic knots at Joe’s Pizza! (Photo/Dan Woog)
It was a magical evening. Thanks to the Westport Downtown Association, which partnered with “06880” for the event.
And to the weather gods, who delivered big time when we needed it most.
Staples Orphenians, directed by Luke Rosenberg, offered wonderful music … (Photo/Lynn Untermeyer Miller)
… and the crowd grew larger with every song. (Photo/Dan Woog)
Both 1st Selectwoman Jen Tooker and a young constituent were decked out in blinking lights. (Photo/Dan Woog)
Aarti Khosla offered hot chocolate at her Le Rouge chocolatier. (Photo/Lynn Untermeyer Miller)
Nomade handed out candied almonds in bamboo cones — and chocolate chip cookies. (Photo/Dan Woog)
The main tent was outside Cold Fusion. There were plenty of treats inside too. (Photo/Dan Woog)
More hot chocolate, at Manna Toast. (Photo/Dan Woog)
Savvy + Grace put out holiday treats. (Photo/Lynn Untermeyer Miller)
WEST owner Kitt Shapiro drew crowds with a $150 gift card raffle. (Photo/Dan Woog)
Some kids mailed letters to Santa in the Savvy + Grace mailbox … (Photo/Dan Woog)
… and some parents handed them directly to “Santa.” (Photo/Lynn Untermeyer Miller)
Santa greeted youngsters, who were excited … (Photo/Lynn Untermeyer Miller)
… and serious … (Photo/Dan Woog)
… and who photo-bombed him. (Photo/Dan Woog)
Santa was also popular with Greens Farms Academy’s Harbor Blues, after they sang. (Photo/Dan Woog)
Westport PAL collected gifts for kids in need. (Photo/Dan Woog)
Staples freshman Ava Carter and friend Nelly Kaminski painted dozens of young faces. (Photo/Jen Cirino)
The 2nd annual Holiday Stroll was sponsored by “06880” and the Westport Downtown Association. We’re already getting ready for next year’s! (Photo/Dan Woog)
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Important note: Today’s Holiday Stroll is on — rain or shine!
Over 40 stores and restaurants — plus Santa, face painters, a balloon artist, Staples and Greens Farms Academy singers and other carolers — look forward to seeing you this evening, from 5 to 7 p.m. on Main Street, Church Lane, the Post Road and across the river. The main tent will be outside Cold Fusion.
Dress warmly. Wear reindeer — I mean, rain gear — if needed. Ho ho ho! See you there.
And for more information — including all the participating stores and restaurants — click here.
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USA! USA! USA!
If you can’t be in Qatar this morning (10 a.m. kickoff, our time) cheering the American team on in its World Cup round of 16 match against the Netherlands, go to the next best place.
The Westport Library.
Today’s broadcast begins a series of matches, live on the 18-foot screen. The Trefz Forum will also host the quarterfinals next Friday (December 9), 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.), and the semifinals on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 13 and 14 (2 p.m.).
The games will be very exciting. The players will be larger than life. But — hey, this is still a library — fans should bring a mobile device to download the Sennheiser app, and headphones or earbuds to listen.
Christian Pulisic’s pulsating goal powered the US past Iran on Tuesday. The win vaulted the Americans into the knockout round. (Photo/Odd Andersen for AFP)
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Also at the Westport Library: the final evening of the Short Cuts Film Festival.
Five narrative films will be screened on Thursday (December 8, 7 p.m.).
“Pragma” is a British rom-com. “Hallelujah” is a reminder that “trouble won’t last always.” “Lilith & Eve” is a feminist reimagining of Lilith, Adam’s first wife. “Life Remembered” is a hybrid live-action and virtual reality short depiction of a cowboy who leads a double life.”F^cK ‘Em R!GHT B@cK” follows a queer aspiring rapper who accidentally eats an edible. A talk back follows the final film.
Click here for more information on the films, and to purchase tickets ($25, including refreshments).
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One of Westport’s favorite toy drives begins today.
The Westport Police Department and Police Athletic League will again collect gifts for underprivileged children in Fairfield County.
Officers will accept new, unopened and unwrapped toys — plus cash donations — in the ASF Sports & Outdoors parking lot (1560 Post Road East), this weekend and next, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Toy collection boxes are also available at:
Questions? Contact Officer Craig Bergamo: 203-341-6000; cbergamo@Westportct.gov.
Westport Police toy drive at ASF.
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A couple of hundred kids thronged Wakeman Town Farm yesterday, for the annual Christmas tree lighting.
Over 50 young musicians played carols …
… and 1st Selectwoman Jen Tooker, with Wakeman relative Tom Constantino, counted down to the lighting up …
1st Selectwoman Jen Tooker (far right), and the Wakeman Town Farm tree. (Photos/Dan Woog)
… and then everyone enjoyed hot chocolate and cookies.
All that was missing was snow.
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Club 203 — the great new social group for adults with disabilities — is planning its biggest event yet.
A holiday party is set for Wakeman Town Farm on Tuesday, December 13 (7:30 to 9 p.m.).
Outdoor and inside activities include a hot cocoa bar, cookies, cider donuts and more. Click here to register.
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The Westport Garden Club has made its annual deliveries of wreaths to non-profit and service organizations around town.
Each year the club organizes a workshop for members. They bring cuttings and natural embellishments from their gardens, making special bows for unique designs.
Among the recipients: Homes with Hope, the Gillespie Center, Wakeman Town Farm, the Westport Museum for History & Culture, the Senior Center, Westport Parks & Recreation Department, the Aspetuck Health District, and Earthplace.
Westport Garden Club wreaths are on sale today at the Westport Museum’s Holly Days Market.
Westport Garden Club members, ready to deliver their holiday wreaths.
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“Something from Tiffany’s” — the romcom produced by Reese Witherspoon — begins streaming on December 9 (Amazon Prime Video).
Westporters should have a special interest in it: The director is 2002 Staples High School graduate Daryl Wein.
The other day, he hung out at the official Los Angeles premiere, with her:
Daryl Wein and Reece Witherspoon
(Hat tip: Fred Cantor)
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Hear ye, hear ye!
Our Local Town Crier has just published its annual Holiday Gift Guide. There are plenty of good ideas and links, plus a comprehensive list of December events. Click here to see.
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Speaking of gifts: Pop down to a holiday pop-up this Friday (December 9, noon to 4 p.m., Yoga 45 at 201 Main Street).
There’s a great selection of clothing, jewelry and artwork from local businesses — and a portion of the sales benefit A Better Chance of Westport.
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After 3 riveting performances of “The Laramie Project” last month, the Unitarian Church’s UU Players offer an encore.
They’ll repeat the powerful drama about the Wyoming community’s reaction to the 1998 murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard next Saturday (December 10, 7 p.m., Unitarian Church of Westport). There’s a talkback with the director and cast right after the show.
It’s a benefit for Triangle Community Center, Fairfield County’s center for LGBTQ programming and resources.
Click here for tickets ($20 suggested donation; pay what you can) and livestream information.
“Laramie Project” talkback, at the Unitarian Church. (Hat tip and photo/Jill Johnson Mann)
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Sandy Rothenberg notes that the Bayberry Lane bridge — which up until recently announced a completion date of November 30, 2022 — now has nothing listed.
(Photo/Sandy Rothenberg)
Sandy wonders, “Is that a bad sign?”
I’d say yes, it’s a bad sign.
In both senses of the term.
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The Westport Pod of B.I.G. Connecticut — a global women’s empowerment community — hosts a holiday cocktail networking event at the Westport Woman’s Club (December 15, 5:30 p.m.). Local women-owned businesses will be featured.
The public is invited. Tickets are $30, and include wine and appetizers. For more information, email bigconnecticutregion@gmail.com.
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Looking for a non-holiday event?
The Westport Astronomical Society’s free online science lecture series welcomes Dr. Brett Denevi, of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and deputy principal investigator for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera.
She’ll talk about “the moon up close and personal,” including unprecedented mapping of its surface.
The virtual event is December 20 (8 p.m.). Click here for the livestream.
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Today’s “Westport … Naturally” photo comes from Rick Hochman.
Let’s hope they grow their winter coats soon.
(Photo/Rick Hochman)
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And finally … in honor of tonight’s Big Event (see top story above):
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‘Tis the season to be … tree-lighting.
Twin ceremonies take place this week.
The “official” town event is Thursday (December 1, 5 p.m., Town Hall). The evergreen by Myrtle Avenue will glow, and Staples High School’s Orphenians will sing.
The next night (Friday, December 2, 4:30 p.m.), it’s Wakeman Town Farm’s turn. This one features treats from The Porch, hot chocolate from The Granola Bar, a bonfire and local musicians.
1st Selectwoman Jen Tooker does the honors at both. She’ll be joined at WTF by Wakeman family member Bill Constantino.
The Christmas tree at Town Hall, following a lighting ceremony.
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The huge Trefz Forum screen at the Westport Library is not just for author talks and music concerts.
Today (Tuesday) at 2 p.m., they’ll show the equally huge US-Iran World Cup first round match.
How huge? If we win, we advance to the round of 16. If we tie or lose, we’re out.
You don’t need to be a soccer fan to enjoy this one. Everyone is welcome.
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Are you a fan of the other football, but didn’t get a chance to see the Staples High School football team’s dramatic 39-38 win over archrival Greenwich on Thanksgiving Day?
Click below, for a very cool highlight video. It was produced and edited by senior Daniel Burgin, with video shot by junior Charlie Scott.
The win vaulted the Wreckers into tonight’s state “LL” quarterfinal playoff game against Fairfield Prep (6:30 p.m., Staples’ Paul Lane Field). It’s the blue-and-whites’ first post-season appearance in 7 years.
Can’t make that one either? Click here for the livestream.
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“Fine jewelry” and “rescue animals” may never have appeared in the same sentence.
Thanks to JL Rocks, they do now.
The high-end Post Road East retailer partnered with designer Peggy Reiner, for a new collection of whimsical animal-inspired pieces. Proceeds benefit PAWS (Pet Animal Welfare Society) in Norwalk and 4LittlePaws rescue in Southport.
“It’s a great gift that gives back to pets in need,” says JL Rocks founder/owner Jamie Camche. “Animals have given us so much. We want to give back to them.”
The collection features 3 diamond-studded designs: petite 14K gold pawprint earrings, 14K gold chains with diamond pave dog bone, and paw charms. It’s available at JL Rocks’ Westport and Greenwich stores, and online.
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“Pepsi, Where’s My Jet?” debuted on Netflix this month. The docuseries is about the Leonard v. Pepsico, Inc. court case — you know, the one where the college kid thought he found a loophole in a Pepsi promotion, and sued them to win a fighter plane. Reviews were good.
The “06880” connection: 2007 Staples High School graduate Nick Boak is an executive producer.
Spoiler alert: The guy never got his jet. (Hat tip: Mark Mathias)
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Face painter alert!
We need a face painter for this weekend’s Holiday Stroll (Saturday, December 3, 5 to 7 p.m., Main Street and environs).
If you (or your daughter or son) are available to help with this great kids’ activity, please email 06880blog@gmail.com.
For more details on the Holiday Stroll — co-sponsored by “06880” and the Westport Downtown Association — including the nearly 40 participating retailers and restaurants — click here.
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The weekend weather report is good. But Bedford Middle School will be “Frozen.”
On December 2, 3 and 4, Bedford Acting Group takes the stage in “Frozen Jr.”
The 7th and 8th grade actors were toddlers when the movie hit theaters in 2013 (!), Yet they know its characters and songs well. At last, they can perform it.
The curtain rises Friday (7 p.m.), Saturday (3 and 7 p.m.) and Sunday (3 p.m.). Click here for the few remaining tickets.
The Bedford Acting Group cast and crew of “Frozen Jr.”
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What has the Greens Farms Garden Club been up to?
Every year they design and maintain the Atrium Garden at Earthplace in Westport, and the Victorian Cottage on Fairfield’s Town Green.
They provide horticultural therapy events at STAR in Norwalk, and make flower arrangements for the Pequot Library Art Show.
The Greens Farms Garden Club also manages 3 “Growing for Good” gardens: Prospect Garden and Wakeman Town Farm in Westport, and St. Timothy’s Church Garden in Fairfield.
They were planted and cared for throughout spring, summer and fall, with over 180 buckets of fresh organic produce harvested and donated to help with food insecurity at Mercy Learning Center and St. John’s Family Center in Bridgeport.
A highlight of the year came at the Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut 93rd annual awards luncheon. Wynn Herrmann — a 30-year veteran — was recognized for Civic Development. Dina Schmidt and Jude earned Certificates of Merit for the club’s monthly newsletters and website, respectively.
For more information about the Greens Farms Garden Club, including events and membership, click here.
Greens Farms Garden Club members (seated, from left): Chris Supernaw, Wynn Herrmann, Judy Reynolds, Ann Watkins. Standing: Kate Carroll, president Kathy Mitchell, Carol Shear, Jude Smith, vice president Maybette Waldron.
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Fewer than 5% of rainbows occur in the morning (according to Google). And the ones that do are most often seen in summer (ditto).
But yesterday — driving to work on the Merritt Parkway — this is what Larry Bartimer saw:
(Photo/Larry Bartimer)
We could probably blame the same culprit as everything else. (No, not Joe Biden — climate change.)
Nah. Just chill, and enjoy this very rare late November scene.
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Melissa Newman headlines a cool evening of hot jazz this Thursday, at VFW Joseph J. Clinton Post 399.
Westport’s own vocal star is joined for Jazz at the Post by guitarist Tony Lombardozzi, bassist Phil Bowler and drummer Bobby Leonard,
There are 2 shows: 7:30 and 8:45 p.m. Dinner begins at 7 p.m. Reservations are highly recommended: JazzatthePost@gmail.com.
Melissa Newman
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“A Charlie Brown Christmas” — Vince Guaraldi’s timeless, feel-good music — gets the jazz treatment on Saturday (December 3).
The Heather Pierson Trio comes to the Westport Unitarian Church’s Voices Café at 4 p.m., for an in-person and livestreamed holiday concert.
Show-goers can bring snacks and beverages. Groups of 4 or more can reserve tables. For more information and tickets, click here.
Voices Café and its artists are committed to social justice. A portion of the proceeds benefit the battle against food insecurity, through Mercy Learning Center.
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It’s late November. But the leaves on a few trees are still hanging on.
Fred Cantor photographed one of them at Old Mill Beach. Its a vivid reminder of the “Westport … Naturally” beauty that surrounds us everywhere we look.
(Photo/Fred Cantor)
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And finally … in honor of today’s crucial World Cup clash between the US and Iran (story above), here is the greatest pump-up soccer song ever. Crank the volume up to Spinal Tap 11, and enjoy!
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