Compass A&E

The stately old New Marlborough Meeting House is tucked away among trees and rolling lawn and steps away from the venerable Old Inn on the Green. 

With this week’s issue we celebrate 125 years of publication for The Lakeville Journal, which continues as a privately owned community newspaper dedicated to shining a light on government and the democratic process. 

 The actor Treat Williams is know for starring roles in diverse films that range from “Hair” (yes, that’s him with the flowing locks and the sweet tenor voice); “Once Upon a Time in America;” and “Prince of the City.” He anchored the television series “Everwood,” and he’s performed on Broadway in “Grease,” “The Pirates of Penzance” and “Stephen

We caught up with author and angler Mark Kurlansky on Thursday, July 15, before he disappeared into the Alaskan wilds for a week’s fishing.

Kurlansky will be at House of Books in Kent, Conn., on Thursday, Aug. 12, 6 p.m. to talk about his new book, “The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly-Fishing.”

Big errors are humbling but also an opportunity to learn. Such was the case last week when the Compass touted an upcoming laser show at Sharon Playhouse in Sharon, Conn., and incorrectly said that one of the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) tribute bands would be onstage.

The annual summertime Weekend in Norfolk, Conn., (also known cheerfully as WIN) will be held from Friday, July 30, to Sunday, Aug. 1. Small but mighty, Norfolk is bubbling over with an astonishingly diverse array of activities, from hiking and boating to classical music to dance music to visual arts to farming (and of course eating). 

Even before the show opened, works by Tristate area artists were selling briskly from the website for the ArtWall at the D.M. Hunt Library in Falls Village, Conn. — perhaps because there are some extremely yummy pieces, many of them by artists with national reputations. 

Last week we ran photos in Compass of some of the more common wildflowers that have been bursting to life in fields and along roads in the late-summer heat.  

There are so many varieties, that we are sharing still more on this week’s pages.