Community Corner
5 Things All About Westport: April 29
It's Friday, Friday. Got to get down on Friday.
- Spring is here, and the Westport Weston Family Y is looking for help to clean up their camp. On Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., come down to the Camp Mahackeno on Sunny Lane, not far from the Red Barn Restaurant. There might some raking, some picking up of branches and possibly some painting.
- The Westport Community Theatre, which operates at Town Hall, is putting on a free (!) staged reading tonight of "A Good Place" at 8 p.m. Directed by Richard Mancini ("The Women," "Orson's Shadow") the cast includes many faces familiar to Connecticut theatregoers: Larry Greeley, Nadine Willig, Manny Lieberman, Robert Watts, Geoffrey Gilbert, Dan Fitzgerald, Maureen Cummings, Tom Costaggini, Jack Rushen, Quillian, Jessica Mancini, Rodney Moore, Ann Kinner, and Andrew Morris.
- A sign of character is being able to laugh at yourself. That's exactly what a number of local politicians and organizations will be doing on April 30 at the . The event is at 7:30 p.m. at Bedford Musical Revue. The Sunrise Rotary, which is organizing the event, says proceeds goes to the Homes with Hope charity. Photos of the rehearsal can be .
- Connecticut's schools are in bad shape for a variety of reasons, according to Patch education columnist Henry Allen. His details exactly why Connecticut is falling behind the rest of the country (and the world).
- On this day in 1992, riots in Los Angeles erupted when police officers were acquitted in the beating of Rodney King.
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