Pop Up Park

Summer Theatre Pops In to Pop-up-Park

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On Saturday, June 28, Summer Theatre of New Canaan will prove that you CAN be two places at once! With three shows playing under the tent on Saturday, Summer Theatre will also bring its players to the pop-up park for photos, games and fun. 11:00 – 11:45 AM: Local singer/songwriter, Nick DePuy. Nick will also perform at first “Under The Stars” New Artists Summer Theatre Works series on On July 1,
12:00 – 12:30 PM: Merrilee Mannerly star of Merrilee Mannerly—a Magnificent New Musical
12:30 – 1:00 PM: The Little Mermaid’s own Sebastian and Flounder

Around Town

Kiwanis Club of New Canaan Awards $16,000 to 25 Local Organizations

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Six years ago, the Kiwanis Club of New Canaan—a nonprofit organization whose mission is “serving the children of the world”—doled out $1,800 to seven local recipient groups in line with its cause, with monies coming from established, though limited, events such as the St. Patrick’s Day Dinner. On Friday—thanks mostly to the more recent, very popular Zerbini Family Circus, which Kiwanis presents in conjunction with the New Canaan YMCA—Kiwanis was able to give nearly $16,000 to 25 organizations. According to 6-year Kiwanian David Hoyle, an attorney in town who helped host a gathering at the Y to mark the handing out of those funds, the circus “has really changed what we’re able to do.”

“We work really well with them and they do stuff that we can’t do and vice versa,” Hoyle said. “[YMCA Marketing Director] Kristina Barrett and [Kiwanian] Kathy Holland just do yeoman’s work.”
Local organizations receiving allocations include ABC House, CERT, Future 5, New Canaan Historical Society, Pesticide-Free New Canaan and Summer Theatre of New Canaan.

Faces of New Canaan

Faces of New Canaan: Scott Cranston

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After catching wind of a new collaboration between the New Canaan High School Band and Jazz Ensemble and Summer Theatre of New Canaan—it’ll culminate in a 7:30 p.m., May 6 concert at the high school called “Musicals, Masters and Marches,” more on that below—NewCanaanite.com set out to meet NCHS Band Director Scott Cranston. We found the Trumbull resident pleasant and engaging, and discovered some very interesting things about his heritage in the field he has chosen for a career—for example, the fact that Cranston’s own grandfather was the first civilian to serve as U.S. Marine Band conductor. That man, Cranston’s grandfather—and I’m sorry now I didn’t ask for his name—directed the high school band in Westchester where Cranston’s own parents met. During our talk—transcribed in full below—we reviewed all of this rich personal history and also discussed the 2014 New York Yankees and their retiring captain, the great Derek Jeter. Since we talked, the Yankees picked up another win over the now last-place Boston Red Sox (ahem).