Missed the recent Staples Pops Concert at Levitt Pavilion?
Were you there, and want to hear — and see — every performance again?
The Music Department has just posted a full video of the superb show.
The choral, orchestral and jazz groups — and several small ensembles — are all there. They sound (and look) great.
Click here for the entire evening. And if you only want a few numbers, there’s a link for each.
But we recommend the whole thing.
A night to remember. (Photo/Dan Woog)
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Speaking of the Levitt Pavilion: Chris Pierce returned last night with his full band. It was a moving night of folk, blues and Americana songs and stories, celebrating Juneteenth.
The set included songs from his new album, Songs for the Heavy Hearted,” to be released this August. This fall he’ll also perform at FarmAid.
There are 2 shows this weekend: Lucius with Wild & Company tonight (Saturday, 6:30 p.m.), and Dark Star Orchestra tomorrow (Sunday, 5 p.m.).
Click here for tickets, and details on all shows.
Chris Pierce, at the Levitt. (Photo/Sean Bernand)
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Also last night: Another large crowd enjoyed great weather at the Yankee Doodle Fair.
The 100-plus-years annual event — a major fundraiser for the Westport Woman’s Club — continues at their Imperial Road headquarters today (Saturday, 1 to 10 p.m.) and tomorrow (Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.).
A Sensory Hour tomorrow (Sunday, noon to 1 p.m.) is reserved for people in the neurodiverse and special education communities. It’s an opportunity for reduced crowds, lower noise levels and a more comfortable atmosphere, with their families, caregivers and support networks.
Fun at the fair! (Photo/Johanna Shields)
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An enthusiastic crowd recently celebrated the opening of “Between Universes,” at the University of Bridgeport’s Peter Schelfhaudt Gallery.
Westport artist Eric Chiang collaborated on the show. The theme is “connecting and integrating the universes we have — one in the outside that we all live in, and the other in the inside that we sometimes sense we have and is particularly our very own.”
A special string quintet piece from the Greater Bridgeport Symphony anchored the opening reception. The exhibit runs through August 31.
Part of Eric Chiang’s exhibit.
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Indigo Wellness Group — women-led, and multidisciplinary — has moved to an expanded location, at 212 Post Road West.
Services includes acupuncture, massage therapy, functional medicine, holistic skincare, pelvic floor physical therapy, nutrition counseling and other wellness services.
The new Indigo Wellness space.
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The 3rd annual Westport Country Playhouse Golf Tournament teed up at Birchwood Country Club this week.
The winning team included (photo below, from left) Westporters Justin Brunwasser and Jonathan Levy, Glenn Levinson of Fairfield and Stamford’s Hudson Fetzer.
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Back in the 1980s, Mort Sherman was an assistant superintendent of Westport Schools.
He became a superintendent in other districts, including Alexandria, Virginia.
Now retired, he and his daughter Sara have written a book.
But it’s not about education.
Called “Resonant Minds: The Transformative Power of Music, One Note at a Time,” Amazon says it “invites readers to reimagine music as a dynamic, interactive force that reshapes how we live, learn, and connect. By blending personal stories-recalling childhood car rides where ‘Ode to Joy’ was joyfully reinvented with animal noises and made-up words-with cutting-edge research and practical insights, the father/daughter writing team … help us understand how to use music intentionally.”
TAP Strength founder Dr. EJ Zebro and Westporter Dr. Bena Kallick, founder of the Institute for Habits of Mind, recently used Sherman’s book as a springboard for a Psychology Today article called “Body Awareness: Listening for the Resonance.” Click here to read.
Sara Sherman and Dr. Morton Sherman
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Today’s “Westport … Naturally” photo is a great metaphor for … well, probably many things.
Feel free to interpret this scene at the Library Riverwalk however you wish.
And admire its beauty, too.
(Photo/Lauri Weiser)
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And finally … Eric Chiang’s spectacular art exhibit (story above) reminds us of one of the galaxy’s greatest songs ever:
(Forget the pools of sorrow. We’ll feel waves of joy if you click here to support “06880.” Thank you!)
