AAPI Westport Announced Lunar New Year Celebration on Saturday at the YMCA
From AAPI WestportAAPI Westport is excited to announce that we will be having a Lunar New Year celebration at the Westport Weston Family Y (14 Allen Raymond Ln, Westport) on Saturday, Feb 5 from 1-3pm (rain date: Feb 12)! T
here will be games, crafts and a cooking demonstration. All are welcome and admission is free!
Click here to register. Although registration is preferred, it is not required.
MoCA Announces Summer Day Camp Registration is Open for Campers
Registration is now open for Camp MoCA, MoCA Westport’s [Museum of Contemporary Art Westport] weekly summer day camp.
Camp MoCA, located at 19 Newtown Turnpike in Westport, CT, features weekly sessions from June 6th - August 22, 2022. Each week of the camp includes art activities, hands-on agricultural and gardening lessons, outdoor fun, and special events. Campers also have unique access to engage with MoCA Westport’s contemporary art exhibitions.
Camp MoCA Westport is led by certified art educators & CPR/First Aid-certified camp counselors.
Camp MoCA operates weekly from Monday - Friday, rain or shine. Campers can sign up for a single week or multiple weeks at a time. Camp MoCA 2022 now offers more options including:
Full Day Camp (Ages 3.5 - 8): 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM.
Half Day Camp (Ages 3.5 - 8): 9:30 AM -12:30 PM. Great option for younger campers.
Afternoon Intensive Art Camp (Ages 9 - 12): 1 - 3 PM. Each week will feature intensive art enrichment opportunities for our older campers led by certified art instructors.
Anne Greenberg, MoCA Westport’s Director of Education, stated, “We look forward to welcoming returning and new campers to Camp MoCA this summer. Campers will love the diverse indoor and outdoor activities led by our talented art educators and counselors.”
“Each week has a unique twist so campers who join us for several weeks will never get bored - campers will be grouped by age and will have opportunities to explore nature, express themselves through the arts, and discover all that a day camp at a Contemporary Art Museum has to offer,” she added.
MoCA Westport features a HEPA-grade air filtration system, and all health and safety protocols will be explicitly followed.
Register for Camp MoCA on MoCA Westport’s website (mocawestport.org), or contact the Museum at 203/222-7070.
More About Camp MoCA
Camp MoCA is a fully-accredited youth camp held both indoors and outdoors, weather-permitting. All campers must be potty trained. MoCA will be closely monitoring best practices from state governance to implement for the safety of all campers, visitors, and staff. Moreover, we will be requiring all staff, visitors, and campers over the age of two to wear face masks, socially distance, and wash their hands routinely while indoors. Increased vigilance will be given to our cleaning and disinfecting procedures of shared indoor spaces. As COVID recommendations continue to evolve, we will be flexible in adjusting to those changes and anticipate multiple revisions to our protocols over the course of the summer.
Westport Country Playhouse Announced Script in Hand Playreading of “Murder of Misadventure”
Westport Country Playhouse will present a Script in Hand playreading of the thriller, “Murder by Misadventure” by Edward Taylor, before a live audience on Monday, February 21, at 7 p.m. The performance will be captured on film for on-demand streaming at home, from Thursday, February 24 through Sunday, February 27. Script in Hand playreadings offer intimate storytelling as professional actors bring the words to life without sets or costumes. Director is Mark Shanahan, who is curator of the Playhouse’s Script in Hand playreading series and Playhouse Radio Theater.
“’Murder by Misadventure’ is a clever cat and mouse thriller filled with enough twists and turns to warm our Script In Hand audiences on a cold winter night,” said Shanahan. “Edward Taylor’s ingenious and funny play updates the classic thriller genre while paying homage to the great stage mysteries of the past. Intermission may be filled with theories about who did what when, but this clever tale will keep the audience guessing right up until curtain call.”
In “Murder by Misadventure,” Harold Kent and Paul Riggs have been successful writing partners for years, winning awards and making money. Harold saved and invested his earnings; Paul spent his cash on alcohol and women. Harold wants to break the partnership that is Paul's lifeline, but Paul knows a sinister secret from Harold's past. As they finish concocting the perfect crime for their latest television film, old grudges and devilish schemes boil to the surface causing their alliance to face its final curtain.
Director Mark Shanahan appeared at Westport Country Playhouse in “Around the World in 80 Days,” “Tryst,” “Sedition,” “David Copperfield,” “Journey's End,” and over 20 Script in Hand playreadings, and directed readings of “Butterflies Are Free,” with Blythe Danner and Jonathan Groff, and “The Greatest Gift” by Weston playwright David Wiltse. He is the creator and curator of Westport Country Playhouse Radio Theater and writer/director of the Playhouse radio adaptation “A Merry little Christmas Carol.” New York acting credit includes “The 39 Steps,” “Small World,” “Checkers,” “Tryst,” “The Shaughraun,” “As Bees in Honey Drown,” and “The Internationalist.” His directorial work has been seen at Alley Theatre, George Street Playhouse, Virginia Stage, Arkansas Rep, White Heron, Fulton Opera House, Weston Playhouse, Florida Rep, Penguin Rep, Merrimack Rep, The Cape Playhouse, and many more. He has written numerous radio plays for White Heron’s Ghost Light Series (featuring Christopher Plummer and Judith Ivey, among others), and is the author of the Off-Broadway and regional hit comedy, “The Dingdong“; “A Merry Little Christmas Carol”; “A Murder at Fernly Hall”; and “A Sherlock Carol,” which premiered last fall Off-Broadway at New World Stages. www.mark-shanahan.net
Casting will be announced soon.
Tickets to attend the playreading in person are $20. Patrons must be masked and fully vaccinated with an FDA-authorized vaccine to attend an indoor performance and must show proof of vaccination with their valid ticket to enter. For updates on Covid-19 health and safety protocols at the Playhouse, visit https://www.westportplayhouse.org/visit/covid19safety/
Tickets for on-demand streaming are $20 individual, $40 pair, and $80 household. Each purchase entitles the ticket buyer to one individual link.
Script in Hand memberships are $125 each (including membership fee) for all five playreadings in the 2022 Script in Hand season. Membership secures a ticket, seat location, and the opportunity to renew the same seat for the often sold-out evenings.
Upcoming Script in Hand playreadings include “Dot” by Coleman Domingo on Monday, March 14, a comedy/drama about mid-life crises and aging parents; and other selections on June 13, November 14, and December 12, titles to be announced.
The Script in Hand Playreading Series is supported by Stephen Corman and the White Barn Program of the Lucille Lortel Foundation.
All dates, titles, artists, and formats subject to change.
To purchase tickets, visit westportplayhouse.org, call (203) 227-4177, or email boxoffice@westportplayhouse.org. Stay connected to the Playhouse on Facebook (Westport Country Playhouse), follow on Twitter (@WCPlayhouse), and on YouTube (WestportPlayhouse).
Kindergarten Registration Opens for Westport Public Schools
Westport Public Schools:The 2022-2023 Kindergarten Registration is underway. If your child turns five years of age on or before January 1, 2023, please register him/her as soon as possible. Registering now allows the District to optimally plan for your new kindergartener. All registration information is located on the district website under the Kindergarten Registration link on the homepage. Kindergarten Registration
Guardians are invited to attend a virtual informational meeting about Kindergarten in Westport on March 16 from 9:30-10:30. Families can access this Zoom webinar. We will send a link for this webinar at a later date.
In May, an orientation session will occur at your child’s elementary school. At that time, you will have an opportunity to hear more details about Kindergarten from kindergarten teachers and other staff members. A school specific invitation will be sent to all registered kindergarten families. If you are unsure about the elementary school your child should attend, please go to our school locator website.
If you need further assistance, please contact the Superintendent’s office at (203) 341-1026.