Celebration Of America's Birthday Continues With Fireworks At Calf Pasture Beach In Norwalk
housands came to Norwalk's Calf Pasture Beach on Sunday to celebrate the July 4th holiday weekend where they rocked to the sounds of a favorite local band, Darik and the Funbags on the main stage. DJ Vinnie Campisi kept the party going after the thrilling fireworks display from the barge just offshore. More fireworks could be seen in the distance from the north shore of Long Island and also from Fairfield's Jennings/Penfield beaches.
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Town of Westport Public Meeting Schedule
Historic District Comm & Architectural Review Board - REVISED: 7:00 PM
Representative Town Meeting: 7:30 PM in-person for the first time since 2020
Morning Weather Report
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Light southwest wind becoming south 8 to 13 mph in the morning.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8pm and 11pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. South wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tomorrow
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am, then a slight chance of showers between 7am and 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. West wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tomorrow Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. North wind 6 to 8 mph becoming east after midnight.
High Tides
3:49 AM / 4:20 PM
Low Tides
10:10 AM / 10:39 PM
Eric Chiang Exhibits Art in Westport Book Shop’s Drew Friedman Art Place
Press ReleaseThe Westport Book Shop is pleased to welcome artist Eric Chiang as guest exhibitor for the month of July at the Book Shop’s Drew Friedman Art Place.
Eric is exhibiting his oil painting entitled “Moon Light Sonata” from his Musical Planet series. Eric’s artwork delves into the weighty issues of human connectedness and the meaning of existence, showcasing his empathy of panhuman loneliness, desperation, love, connections and hope. “Wherever we go in this planet, there is music. Most of the time we never hear it, until we deliberately seek to hear it. Human beings have let the visuals dominate their senses, I thus want to present to you visually the music of our planet.”
Eric is a full time professional artist. His artwork has been exhibited internationally, including in the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts; Art Revolution Taipei in Taiwan; the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Texas; the Queens Museum; MoCA Westport; Silvermine Guild Gallery; the New Canaan Arts Center; as well as many other venues and communities in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Taiwan. In September 2016 he was given a Citation from the New York State Assembly for his outstanding artwork about humanity.
Eric Chiang’s artwork will be on exhibit at the Book Shop through July 31, 2022. More of Eric’s artwork is also on view at the Westport Library through July 14. To learn more about Eric, visit his website: www.ericchiangart.com
Westport Book Shop, a nonprofit used book store, is downtown Westport’s only source for gently used and antiquarian books, vintage vinyl records, CDs, DVDs and audio books. It is located at 23 Jesup Road, right across Jesup Green from the Westport Library.
The Book Shop’s “Drew Friedman Art Place” is an area of the store dedicated to exhibiting the work of community artists year-round, on a rotating basis. Miggs Burroughs, a Trustee of the Drew Friedman Community Arts Center, and a founding member of The Artists Collective of Westport, is curating these exhibits, which change monthly. The art exhibit is open to the public during the Book Shop’s business hours: Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sundays from Noon to 5 p.m. (closed Mondays).