The Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts is a nonprofit, open-air summer festival, provides a platform for established and the emerging talent. It offers between 50 and 60 nights of free entertainment from mid-June through August, and the audience ranges from 500 to 2000 every night. The funds for the event are obtained from foundation grants, corporate sponsorships, individual support and a select number of special ticketed events. For more information, visit the Web site or call the number provided.
Guests are invited to bring blankets, chairs and picnic supplies to events, but are advised to arrive early. Seating is open one hour prior to showtime.
All free performances have rain locations: Tuesdays- Sundays: Saugatuck School, 170 Riverside Drive; Mondays: Toquet Hall, 58 Post Road East.
Chi Dancentre is located on Main Street in the heart of downtown Westport. The space is large and bright and the classes are upbeat, challenging and fun. The dance center's staff is highly trained and motivated, offering group classes as well as one-on-one training in dance, strength training, yoga, pilates and meditation. For more information about the classes offered, visit the Web site.
Gene Pino, a professional jazz and classical guitarist who has studied at the Berklee School of Music, has been providing lessons to aspiring guitarists in his home studio since 1992. In addition to jazz and classical guitar, he teaches electric and acoustic guitar, and electric bass. His home studio has a large song library and is equipped with digital recording equipment. Students are taught music notation, technique, chords, picking, scales and music theory and progress at their own pace.