Morning Weather Report
Today
Sunny, with a high near 61. Light west wind becoming southwest 8 to 13 mph in the morning.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Tomorrow
A 20 percent chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. Light southwest wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Tomorrow Night
A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Southwest wind 7 to 10 mph.
“Damn Tall Buildings” Heads to Voices Cafe; “one of the country’s hottest bluegrass/indie/Americana bands”
Voices Café is thrilled to bring Damn Tall Buildings to our music-loving audience for a lively evening with one of the country’s hottest bluegrass/indie/Americana bands, on Saturday, April 1st at 8pm.
Damn Tall Buildings, hailing from Brooklyn NY, bring together an engaging, creative trio with unmatched energy and enthusiasm, for a formula that promises to infectious, toe-tapping, hand-clapping bluegrass and so much more! Bluegrass, roots rock, old time, and vintage swing are among the influences on this acoustic Americana trio. Whether sharing lead vocals and instrumental solos or blending their voices into loose, joyous harmony, the three members of Damn Tall Buildings—multi-instrumentalist and primary lyricist Max Capistran (guitar and banjo), bassist Sasha Dubyk, and fiddler Avery Ballotta—delight in entertaining.
“If you like your bluegrass served with a little punch, attitude, grit and gravy, [Damn Tall Buildings brings]… bluegrass at its heart, but pulling from a wide range of influences including swing, ragtime, jazz, and even a hint of contemporary perspective in the songwriting, they offer virtually unmatched energy and enthusiasm, underpinned by intelligent songs that don’t skimp on the infectiousness...” — Savingcountrymusic.com
Damn Tall Buildings shares, “Our innate desire is to connect with people on a level that’s beyond day-to-day interaction. Our hope is that the joy that making this music brings us will somehow get passed along to the people listening, which they can then take with them to pass along to someone else. It’s a shared celebration of positive energy, and that’s what keeps us cooking.”
Enjoy café-style seating (at tables) or individual seating, bring your own beverages and snacks, or buy a snack from our sweet treats table. General admission: $25 per person. Groups of four or more can reserve table space. (Doors open at 7:30pm.) Livestream is also available. Tickets and Info at voicescafe.org
Voices Café and the artists share a deep commitment to social justice and a portion of this concert proceeds are dedicated to the support of social justices causes in our community, under the guidance of The Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Westport’s Social Justice Council.
Voices Cafe is located at The Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Westport, 10 Lyons Plains Road, Westport CT.
Morning Weather Report
Today
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 52. Northwest wind around 9 mph becoming west in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 28. Wind chill values between 20 and 25. West wind 11 to 14 mph.
Tomorrow
Sunny, with a high near 40. Wind chill values between 15 and 25. West wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
Tomorrow Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 27. West wind 10 to 15 mph.
Wheels2U Westport Asks Public to enter Haiku Contest
Wheels2U Westport, the Westport Transit District’s on-demand, group ride, door to train platform shuttle service, is launching its second annual poetry contest to help promote the use of its Wheels2U commuter shuttle.
This year’s contest features haiku poetry. Sample haikus appear throughout this release. The first two are by Diane Meyer Lowman, Westport’s Poet Laureate Emeritus.
Haikus, which originated in Japan, are unrhymed poems consisting of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively.
(Diane Lowman)
Leave the car at home
Leave the driving all to us
Door to door service
Gift certificates to Westport restaurants of their choice will be given to the top seven entries. One first prize winner will receive a $100 gift certificate, two second prize winners will receive $50 gift certificates, and four third prize winners will receive $25 gift certificates.
Peter Gold, Director of the Westport Transit District, stated “Wheels2U Westport provides many benefits. It’s easy, inexpensive, and convenient to use. It comes when you call it, picks you up right at your door, and takes you right to the train platform at the Westport and Greens Farms stations. No more walks from the parking lots in the cold and dark, no more need to scrape snow from the windshield in winter. And it’s a greener way to get to the train.”
(Diane Lowman)
Wheels2U for you
We ferry you to the train
Worries left behind
Westport residents and commuters to Westport can use the Wheels2U Westport app to request a pickup between 5:45 AM and 10 AM and between 4 PM and 9:30 PM and be taken to or from the Saugatuck or Greens Farms train platform and their front door anywhere in Westport. Pickups should be requested about 20 minutes before you would normally leave to drive to the station. The fare is $2.00 when paid with the Wheels2U app.
(Diane Lowman)
The bus to the train
Take Wheels2U for the ride
Easy, no hassle.
For more information about Wheels2U go to www.wheels2uwestport.com. For more information about the Westport Transit District’s services for the elderly and people with disabilities go to www.WestportTransit.org
Official Rules
The contest is open to all residents of Westport. Enter as often as you like. Entries should be sent to Peter Gold at pgold@westportct.gov no later than March 27, should have Haiku Contest in the subject line, and must include the sender’s name, address, and email address. Winners will be chosen by Diane Meyer Lowman, Westport’s Poet Laureate Emeritus, and Peter Gold, the Director of the Westport Transit District, in their sole discretion. All entries become the property of the Westport Transit District. Entrants give the Westport Transit District permission to use their entries without compensation to promote the operations of the Westport Transit District and Wheels2U Westport as the Director of the Westport Transit District sees fit, including, but not limited to, using the entry as an advertising poster at the Westport and Greens Farms train stations or using it in marketing emails. The Westport Transit District may modify entries if necessary to meet the needs of the Westport Transit District.
Wheels2U—the bus
Goes door to train, train to door
No need for parking