Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Artist Mark Naftalin Brings The Blues To the Westport Library
A new concert series at the Westport Library's Trefz forum "Blue Sunday" was launched on Sunday to a large cheering crowd who gave these very talented artists a standing ovation after enjoying two hours of simply outstanding Blues music.
Westport's Mark Naftlin, famed keyboardist, noted producer and radio host assembled a tremendous pool of talent, some of whom are very familiar to Westport music lovers including Chris “Otis” Cross Smokin’ Joe Najmy of Otis and the Hurricanes, percussionists Matt Moadel who has performed with Mystic Bowie, sax master Crispin Cioe who has played with James Cotton,and many others including Naftlin himself, who played piano on multiple numbers with the band.
For more information on Sunday's show and this exciting new series, visit: Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Mark Naftalin Coming to The Westport Library for New Blues Series | The Westport Library
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Japan Comes To Jesup Green To Celebrate Fall
The Japan Society of Fairfield County located in Ridgefield once again brought it's annual Fall Festival to Westport's Jesup Green on Saturday to celebrate Japanese culture with traditional music, dancing and crafts. Visitors enjoyed performances of Taiko drumming and even were invited to join in traditional bon odori folk dance. There was also a martial arts demonstration.
Vendors offered kimono, beautiful tengui, a traditional thin cotton hand towel used as tapestries, and information on meditation.
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Banning Books At Public Libraries? Not In Westport!
Most Westporters are aware of the growing movement to ban certain books from public and school libraries by some groups based on content they find objectionable for a variety of reasons.
The Westport Library has responded with a resounding no, not in our library.They have been clear, saying:
“Banned Books Week kicks off today (Monday) as a celebration of the freedom to read! To commemorate, we have a dedicated display in the Library and have a series of readings of passages from banned books from our board, patrons, and staff. Enjoy the videos, and please stop in sometime this week and check out your favorite banned book!”
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They have provided WestportLocalPress a link to their Vimeo showcase featuring all the readings: https://vimeo.com/showcase/9826600.
They did an Instagram post yesterday introducing the series and driving back to the showcase.
That post can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CiqLaY7DOOs/
They will also be posting one video per day to their Facebook page and will post all 15 videos to Twitter during the week.
Morning Weather Report
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Northwest wind 7 to 11 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Northwest wind around 7 mph.
Tomorrow
Sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
Tomorrow Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, then a chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Southwest wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
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