Arts & Entertainment
Online graphic Westport First Night 912-26-16

First Night Westport/Weston: A Family New Year’s Eve Celebration from 4 to 10 PM

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Dozens of events take place in 15 Westport venues from 4 to 10 p.m. on New Year’s Eve 2016, and for $15 tickets (which are buttons), adults and families with children can celebrate many of them at this year’s Westport First Night. Evening Entertainment

Two 10-minute plays will be presented by Westport Community Theatre, a blues pianist will play at the Historical Society while the school band from the House of Rock play in two performances at Tocquet teen center. A ventriloquist and a magician each have shows at Saugatuck Elementary School, and fortune tellers and palm readers are ready to tell you your future in Town Hall. ___________

Find out more at the First Night Westport/Weston website and on Facebook. ___________

For kids, there’s face painting, and at the inflatable park set up in a school gym, there’ll be animal caricatures and a balloon artist.

Holidays
Peter Straus Maritime Aquarium New Year's Eve 912-30-16

Maritime Aquarium Has a New Year’s Eve Party for You & Your Kids Till 7 PM

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The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk wants its final hours of 2016 to be among the best — and longest — of the year, so the popular attraction is staying open later on New Year’s Eve. And it’s got some special treats planned, especially for kids. For “Maritime ExtraTime: New Year’s Eve,” the Aquarium will stay open two extra hours — until 7 p.m. — and is welcoming a magician, “bubble-ologist,” juggler and other bonus guests and activities to help bid adieu to 2016. “New Year’s Eve can be a tough call for young families, with the parents wanting to do something special with their kids but not wanting to have them out until midnight,” said Aquarium spokesman Dave Sigworth. “So The Maritime Aquarium’s ‘Maritime ExtraTime: New Year’s Eve’ offers early-evening family fun, but also the chance to get home for the night.