Community Corner
5 Things All About Westport: June 7
"The Circle" opens at the Westport Country Playhouse, the RTM meets, and Westport author Nina Sankovitch will speak at Barnes & Noble.
- “The Circle” by W. Somerset Maugham, and directed by Nicholas Martin, opens at the Westport Country Playhouse at 8 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, June 7. A scintillating and witty comedy of manners, “The Circle” seamlessly blends romance and repartee. Tickets are $35 to $65. For more information, call the box office at (203) 227-4177 (toll free: 888-927-7529) or visit www.westportplayhouse.org.
- The Representative Town Meeting will convene at 8 p.m., Tuesday, June 7, at town hall, 110 Myrtle Ave. On the agenda are, among other items, three budgetary requests by the director of public works -- one for an appropriation of $275,000 for the replacement of the Hillandale Road force main serving Pump Station #9; another for an appropriation of $500,000 for the HVAC upgrade and energy efficiency project for Town Hall; and another for an appropriation of $425,778 to cover the expenses incurred to the highway department during the previous winter.
- Dr. Mark Schenker, Associate Dean at Yale College, will lead a discussion about “Much Ado About Nothing,” the comedy about two of Shakespeare’s famous lovers, Beatrice and Benedict, from 7:30 to 9 p.m., Tuesday, June 7, at the Westport Public Library. Like so many modern couples, they are quick to defend themselves from love with wit and humor. An interrupted marriage, a couple tricked into love, and a bungling constable make Much Ado a play that shows how powerful rumor and innuendo can be, and how wit and desire can be a magnetic combination.
- Author and Westport resident Nina Sankovitch will be discussing her book “Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading” at 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 7, at the Westport Barnes & Noble store, 1076 Post Rd. E. The presentation and book signing is part of the Barnes & Noble Bookfair supporting the School Volunteer Association of Bridgeport. Parents are encouraged to bring their children to hear how Sankovitch faced the death of her sister through reading and reviewing great books. (Sankovitch will also be discussing the book at the Westport Public Library from 12 noon to 1 p.m., tomorrow, Wednesday, June 8.)
- On June 7, 1913, Hudson Stuck, an Alaskan missionary, and three companions led the first successful ascent of Mt. McKinley, the highest point on the American continent at 20,320 feet. Although they were challenged by difficult weather and a fire at one of their camps, which destroyed food and supplies, the group persevered and on June 7, Harper, followed by the rest of the party, was the first person to set foot on McKinley's south peak, considered the mountain's true summit.
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