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Did You Hear … ?

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New Canaan Police are investigating a reported illegal entry of a vehicle on Field Crest Road, received at 7:24 a.m. on April 13. No items were reported missing from the car. ***

“Alice in Wonderland” opens Friday at the Powerhouse Theatre in Waveny, presented by the Town Players of New Canaan. Background on the show here. Tickets here. 

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Speaking of live theater: There are free tickets available to the Connecticut Stage Company’s production of “Little Women” this weekend at New Canaan Library.

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‘An Evening with Lidia Bastianich’ To Be Held Thursday at New Canaan Library [Q&A]

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New Canaan Library at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 25 is hosting celebrity chef, TV host, author and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich. “An Evening with Lidia Bastianich” (tickets here) will include a discussion, Q&A and book-signing in the Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium. We put some questions ahead of the event to Ellen Crovatto, the library’s vice president of external affairs and philanthropy. Crovatto will moderate the Q&A with Bastianich. Here’s our exchange.

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Free ‘Pops In The Park’ Concert Set for June 9 in Waveny [Q&A]

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The third “Pops In The Park” concert from Norwalk Symphony is scheduled for June 9 in Waveny. A local nonprofit organization with two successful concerts under its belt, Pops In The Park is led by Doug Kerridge. We put some questions to Kerridge about the organization and the upcoming concert. Here’s our exchange. ***
New Canaanite: Before we talk about the upcoming June 9 concert, please give our readers some background on Pops in the Park.

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‘A Better Chance for Me’: ABC Marks 50 Years in New Canaan

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Terry Trusty came to New Canaan late in the summer of 1974, a 15-year-old from Freeman, Va.—a small town in the segregated South dotted with tobacco farms.

He’d grown up proud that his father and grandfather purchased the family home using the G.I. Bill. “That was a wonderful thing,” he told NewCanaanite.com on a recent morning. “They had a 26-acre farm there. We had a nice house. Didn’t have any running water.

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‘Lost’ New Canaan Landmark: The Lone Tree

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“Some say that the original Lone Tree has died and been replaced by a new tree. Others indignantly claim that they have been looking at it for 50-60, even 80 years and that it is the same old tree. It is not a large tree, but apparently size is not necessarily an indication of the age of a sugar maple. At any rate, all agree that it has been a favorite trysting place for lovers ‘time out of mind’ and it bears many hopefully entwined initials.” —from “Lone Tree Hill” by Elizabeth P. McGhie, Feb. 26, 1948 (“Landmarks of New Canaan”)

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With few exceptions, the landmarks that New Canaanites associate with their town’s rich history are manmade.