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Congregation offers non-theistic Jewish High Holiday services
Three non-theistic Jewish High Holiday services will be conducted by the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Fairfield County, at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation located at 10 Lyons Plains Road in Westport. According to a news release, the services will also be livestreamed on YouTube. Rosh Hashanah Service, Friday Sept. 15...
Costco plans to demolish Doubletree, expand parking area
Costco would demolish the Doubletree Hotel and expand its parking garage, creating an entrance to the underground deck from Connecticut Avenue, under an application in front of the Norwalk Conservation Commission. This would improve Connecticut Avenue traffic and improve the environmental conditions along the Five Mile River, representatives said at...
1960s-themed gala benefits Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum
NORWALK, Conn. – Neighbors, friends, and patrons will recall the 1960s when the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum holds its annual gala on Saturday Oct. 14 at 7 p.m., at Shorehaven Golf Club, 14 Canfield Ave., Norwalk. The event’s theme Get in the Groove! The Mansion’s 1960s Gala reflects the storied edifice’s 1966 public opening and subsequent National Historic Landmark designation.
Documentary ‘Girl Talk’ to air in Stamford
Rampant anti-female sexism in high school debate competitions is probed in Lucia Small’s 2022 feature film Girl Talk. See it and stay for a Q&A with the movie’s star actress Gil Anon at the Avon Film Center on Monday Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. The Avon is at 272 Bedford St. in Stamford.
Norwalk Planning and Zoning Commission approves plan for apartments, retail at former YMCA Site
A new mixed-use development, featuring more than 200 apartments, a first-floor restaurant, and amenity spaces was approved at the site of the former YMCA site on West Avenue. Randy Salvatore, the owner of RMS, which is developing the site, said that this is their latest project in Norwalk, which include spots like Hotel Zero Degrees on Main Avenue.
Westport Country Playhouse presents ‘100 Saints You Should Know’
Celia Keenan-Bolger portrays a rebellious teenage girl’s single mother seeking religious validation in a “Script in Hand” playreading of Kate Fodor’s 100 Saints You Should Know, directed by Maria Dizzia at Westport Country Playhouse on Monday Sept. 18, at 7 p.m. Broadway star Keenan-Bolger’s portrayal of...
BMHS alumni plan Hall of Fame ceremony
Brien McMahon High School Alumni Association’s new Hall of Fame inductees are Lisa Wilson Grant (class of 1981), B.J. Lawless (class of 1990), and Alexander Restrepo (posthumous inductee, class of 1977). According to a news release, the public is invited to the Association’s ninth induction ceremony and reception on Sunday Oct. 22 from 2 until 5 p.m. in the Global Studies Community Room at BMHS, 300 Highland Avenue, Norwalk.
Norwalk approves plans for 200 apartments at train station
In the latest phase of Spinnaker’s redevelopment efforts around the South Norwalk Train Station, the Norwalk Planning and Zoning Commission approved plans for 200 apartments, retail and restaurant space, and a public courtyard at 15 Chestnut St. As a part of the project, Spinnaker will be taking over some...
Veterans group does ‘fireman’s carry’ through Norwalk
Shepherd’s Men, is an organization that aims to bring awareness to veteran suicide and advocates for treatments, made its way through Norwalk streets Sunday. “The Shepherd’s Men march is comprised of a 10-member team of medically retired and honored discharged servicemen and civilian patriots,” a City news release said. “They will ‘fireman carry’ each other for 22 miles to symbolize the veterans who die by suicide every day and will also honor the brave first responders who ran into the chaos on September 11.”
Bus tour to review Norwalk’s vintage factory building’s reuses
Climb aboard Norwalk Preservation Trust’s Tenth Living History Bus Tour to see how adaptive reuse has made the city’s remaining historical factory buildings amenable to present day needs. Formerly the manufacturing venues for a wide array of products (notably hats, textiles, pottery and apparel), these archaic structures now house residences, community spaces, and new businesses.
NAACP Banquet planned
NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk NAACP’s 20th Freedom Fund Banquet, featuring keynote speaker Connecticut District Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery, is planned for 6 p.m. Friday Oct. 13 at The Water’s Edge at Giovanni’s, 2748 Boston Post Road, Darien. A ceremony feting this year’s Outstanding Community Service Honorees...
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A ceremonial ribbon cutting Thursday celebrated the coming of the Oyster Festival in Veterans Park, located at 42 Seaview Ave. The festival takes place rain or shine from 6 until 11 p.m. Friday Sept. 8, from 11 a.m. until 11 p.m. Saturday Sept. 9, and from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. Sunday Sept. 10 Gary LeVox will perform on Saturday night.
You’ll ‘drink to that’ at Westport theater presentation
Laurence Maslon’s new book I’ll Drink to That! combines theater-based anecdotes with cocktail recipes inspired by classic Broadway performances. The author, who is also an NYU Tisch School arts professor, will hold forth in a 70-minute presentation augmented by two actors’ renderings of Broadway songs and scenes at Westport Country Playhouse’s courtyard and adjacent Lucille Lortel White Barn Center at 6 p.m. Friday Sept. 22.
State closes fence opening over Merritt Parkway
NORWALK, Conn. — State workers hustled to close a fence opening over the Merritt Parkway after NancyOnNorwalk alerted authorities to the dangerous condition Thursday. The temporary patch with plastic fencing and caution tape went up around 1 p.m. The Connecticut Department of Transportation rebuilt the Grumman Avenue overpass last...
CCP offers colorful art exhibit
A kaleidoscopic array of wildly colorful prints brought to Norwalk from all corners of the U.S. will comprise “Visible Rhythms: Pattern and Color” at The Center for Contemporary Printmaking’s Grace Ross Shanley Gallery, from Sunday Sep. 10 through Sunday Oct. 29. Admission is free. The free opening reception is planned for Sep. 10 from 2 until 4 p.m.
MTC presents Jersey Boys
Music Theatre of Connecticut starts off its new season with a sure-fire crowd pleaser: Jersey Boys, the Tony Award-winning musical bio of chart-topping vocal group Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Directed by MTC co-founder Kevin Connors, the show stars Michael Fasano as Frankie, with Sean McGee, Nathan Cockroth, and Stephen Petrovich supported by a seasoned cast with many credits.
Nathan Hale AC project complete, but what of other schools?
It will likely take eight years to install air conditioning in the five Norwalk Public Schools buildings that don’t have it, NPS Director of Facilities Bill Hodel said Wednesday. Hodel’s comments came hours after NPS sent students home early from those five schools due to the 90-degree temperature and...
After seven years of lawsuits & negotiating, why is the City resorting to eminent domain?
For years everyone in the City and Redevelopment Agency told us all that they had no plans to use eminent domain in any circumstances. They told us that the 2019 Wall Street West Avenue Redevelopment Plan did not contemplate using eminent domain. There was absolutely no mention of eminent domain in the draft Plan, until the very last minute when it was quietly slipped in. It was a major bone of contention in the plan lawsuit I filed.
Norwalk Symphony opener features Grammy nominee
NORWALK, Conn. — World class soprano Laura Strickling, a Grammy nominee, will lift the audience to a higher plane when she fronts the Norwalk Symphony on Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 at the Symphony’s season opener, “American Masterpieces” on Saturday Sept. 23. at 7:30 p.m. in the Norwalk Concert Hall at 125 East Ave. Rounding out the program will be Duke Ellington’s orchestral reflection of a Sunday uptown Manhattan stroll Harlem, and Bartok’s multi-soloist fusion piece Concerto for Orchestra.
Library and Health Department events
Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease will be discussed in three Norwalk Public Library “Especially for Seniors” episodes representing the Library’s collaboration with Alzheimer’s Association of Connecticut. A news release outlined this schedule:. “10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s,” Tuesday Sept. 12 from 6:30 until 7:30 p.m. at...
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