Club203 wasted no time kicking off 2025.
Our town’s social organization for adults with disabilities gathered at the Westport Academy of Dance last night, for “moving, grooving, board-breaking, ballet-shaking, foot-stomping frolic.”
Club203 organizers thank Craig, Nancy, Megan, Mr.Dave & Pam from the studio; Sensei Palardy’s martial arts, MOCA CT’s art station, and a team of great volunteers, including members of the Westport Rotary Club.
Meanwhile, every attendee brought enthusiasm, exuberance and joy. Click here for more information on Club203.
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Registration is filled for next week’s Westport Library panel examining the news media and the 2024 election.
But the Library may have space for the January 12 event, if there are no-shows. People arriving at 1:30 p.m. will be seated, if possible.
The panel includes CNN host John Berman, national journalists Alisyn Camerota and Dave Briggs, “06880” executive editor Dan Woog, and US Senator Richard Blumenthal. Students and staff from Staples High School’s Inklings will also take part.
The Y’s Men of Westport & Weston are co-sponsoring the event. Past president John Brandt will moderate.
Clockwise from top left: Alisyn Camerota, John Berman, Dave Briggs, Senator Richard Blumenthal.
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Speaking of the Westport Library: It opens at 10 a.m. tomorrow and the following Sunday (January 5 and 12) — but only for high school students preparing for mid-term exams, papers, study sessions and project planning.
The Library offers a welcoming space for teens during this high-stress season.
Doors will close at 12:30 p.m., so the staff can prepare for their regularly scheduled opening. Students in the building can stay until doors open to the general public at 1.
In addition to the early Sunday hours, the Library will offer students a chance to de-stress with therapy dogs on Tuesday (January 7).
Therapy dogs reduce anxiety, lower blood pressure, and bring comfort and joy to all — especially students during midterms!
Come to study — and de-stress.
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Westport Country Playhouse will honor Martin Luther King on his holiday next week, with a free screening of “King in the Wilderness (January 20, 7 p.m.).
The Emmy Award-winning 2018 film follows Dr. King from the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to his assassination in April 1968. The film includes some never–seen interviews with people closest to King, interspersed with historical archives.
Interviewees include Andrew Young, Harry Belafonte, John Lewis, Joan Baez, Jesse Jackson and C. T. Vivian.
One of the film’s producers is Trey Ellis. The playwright — a Westport resident — directed the Playhouse’s 2024 Script in Hand reading of “Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Swing.”
The event is part of the 19th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration, in partnership with the Westport Library, TEAM Westport and Westport/ Weston Clergy Association. Click here for more information.
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Jodi Rabinowitz is the Westport Book Shop January exhibitor. She shows some recent collage creations.
A reception is set for Wednesday (January 8, 6 p.m.), at the Jesup Road store.
Judy Rabinowitz, with her work at the Westport Book Shop.
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Eve Potts captured today’s dramatic “Westport … Naturally” feature, yesterday afternoon:
(Photo/Eve Potts)
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And finally … in honor of last night’s Club203 kickoff to 2025 (story above):
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