buzz STATUS REPORT
TYLER BOE DREXLER Horizons at CT State Norwalk
KIRA GREENFIELD Hearts in Harmony Foundation
JENNIFER LAU Genevieve Lau The Loved Movement
FIERCE PHILANTHROPISTS FIVE WOMEN CHANGING THE FACE OF SOCIAL IMPACT
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JUDY MICHAELIS Weestport Volunteer EMS
ANDREA MOORE The Carver
PHOTOOF ANDRES MOORE BY ANDREA CARSON; ALL OTHERS CONTRIBUTED
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ifty years ago, Richard Nixon was resigning, Barbra Streisand’s “The Way We Were” was the No. 1 song and a stamp cost 10 cents— that was 10 cents more than the cost of a ticket at the new performance space Westport residents erected on the site of the town dump that year. Fifty years later, the Levitt Pavilion, named after benefactors Mimi and Mortimer Levitt, offers as many free concerts per year as years the community gathering space has been in existence. “We are closer to sixty this year,” say Carleigh Welsh, the Levitt’s Vice President and Executive Producer. “We are the Dolly Parton of presenters,” quips Carleigh. “We believe more is more!” Carleigh pretty much grew up at the Levitt; her mom Freda has been running the show. westportmag.com
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