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"True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality" is a documentary from 2019.

WESTPORT, CT — Westport Country Playhouse will host a free screening of the 2019 documentary “True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality” at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 19, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

The event is part of the 20th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, presented in partnership with the Westport Library, TEAM Westport, the Westport Museum for History and Culture and the Westport/Weston Clergy Association.

The film received the Emmy Award for Outstanding Social Issue Documentary, along with a Peabody Award and the National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications’ Vision Award.Following the screening, executive producer Trey Ellis, a Westport resident, will participate in a discussion with Harold Bailey Jr., a trustee of Westport Country Playhouse and chair of TEAM Westport. The program will include a question-and-answer session with the audience.

“True Justice” focuses on Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, and the organization’s work in the U.S. criminal justice system. The documentary examines legal cases involving people who have been wrongly convicted or received lengthy sentences and looks at the impact of those cases on the individuals involved.

Click here to view the film's trailer on YouTube.

The film also documents the opening of the Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, which is dedicated to the more than 4,400 African American victims of lynching.

The 141-minute film is rated TV-MA. Admission is free with a reservation, available through the Westport Country Playhouse box office, calling the box office at 203-227-4177, or by visiting the website. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

The documentary is a co-production of HBO and Kunhardt Films and was produced and directed by Peter Kunhardt, George Kunhardt and Teddy Kunhardt. Executive producers include Trey Ellis and Peter Kunhardt.

Westport Country Playhouse is a nonprofit theater located at 25 Powers Court, off Route 1, in Westport. More information about other events is available at westportplayhouse.org.

M&T supermarket branch closings have been announced.

WESTPORT, CT — Officials at M&T Bank Friday confirmed the springtime closings of eight branches inside Stop & Shop Supermarkets in Connecticut — and one in Westport is on the list.

Here is the list, sent to Patch by M&T Bank officials:

Proposed April 16 closings:

Proposed April 30 closings:

The Waterbury Stop & Shop Branch at 410 Reidville Drive and the Torrington Stop & Shop at 931 Torringford Street will be impacted but M&T has leases for new branch locations in both Waterbury and Torrington, Bank officials said.

M&T released the following statement:

"As the needs of our customers continue to evolve, we are committed to adapting our branch network to best serve our communities. Our dedication to our colleagues, customers and communities in Connecticut remains unwavering, and we have every confidence that by investing in new branches, we will deliver best-in-class advice and guidance that more closely aligns with the needs of those we serve."

M&T had announced it would be winding down our banking service in certain Stop & Shop location in Connecticut.

The bank intends to put stand-alone ATMs in the impacted Stop & Shop locations, officials said.

Said bank officials, "We regularly review our branch network and assess it against several factors to determine where our ability to provide best-in-class advice and guidance most closely aligns with the needs of our communities. We are working hard to increase the number of individual, stand-alone and full service branches in the state."

For example, officials said, the Torrington and Waterbury Stop and Shop locations already have the new leases in new stand-alone spaces.

"We are prepared to work closely with every impacted customer to ensure a smooth transition and believe that by building new branches, we will be able to successfully retain our existing customer base and grow new customer relationships," officials said. "We remain steadfast in our commitment to retaining the best talent and always prioritize offering employees impacted by branch closures with alternative employment opportunities. We remain committed to our colleagues, customers, and communities in Connecticut, and will continue to invest where we have a significant customer base and/or outsized growth opportunity."

Please join us at UU Westport this Sunday where we will be hearing from our guest preacher, the Rev. Dr. KC Jones, as she leads our service. Childcare and nursery care are available at 10 AM. Dress code is as you feel comfortable.

“Exodus 3:7–8 (NRSV) “Then the Lord said, ‘I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry… Indeed, I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them.’””

In a world that trains us to scroll past suffering, divine attention becomes an act of resistance. To observe misery is to refuse denial. It is to tell the truth about what is happening, even when that truth is uncomfortable or inconvenient.

Rev. Dr. KC Jones is the Soul Care Minister at MLK Jr. Community Presbyterian Church in Springfield, Massachusetts. Soul care lies at the heart of Dr. KC’s ministry mission. For her, soul care is more than self-care; it is the intentional tending to one’s inner being, nurturing the spirit, and creating space for healing, restoration, and growth while honoring the divine within and rediscovering a sense of wholeness and peace amidst life’s chaos.

+++All are always welcome to our Unitarian Universalist services at UU Westport, offered each Sunday at 10 AM, both in person and live-streamed online. Services usually include a time of reflection/prayer/meditation; wonderful music; readings; and a homily or sermon to lend insight into our world and how we interact with it and with each other. The Rev. Carlton E. Smith presides over our time together that includes participation from multiple congregants, guests, and friends. Music Director Micah Krajca leads our choirs. Separate children's programming and nursery care is available during the service, 10-11:15AM. Dress code is as you feel comfortable.

As always, our e-newsletter SOUNDINGS has all the information one needs to find out what's going on in our congregation. Contact the office at 203.227.7205 x 10 if you have specific questions.

UU Westport is a diverse and welcoming religious community, free of creed and dogma, and open to people of all backgrounds and beliefs. We welcome all who are in search of a non-judgmental, loving, safe community to come together to explore what it means to be human and alive in today's world, and how we can best serve one another and those around us, near and far.

Our services take place in UU Westport's iconic sanctuary building, a glorious architectural masterpiece of mid-century modernist Victor Lundy (1923-2024). The building has just undergone a major renovation and is spectacular with its soaring rooflines, sparkling glass walls, set in the woods with the beauty of nature all around it.

WESTPORT, CT — All the Water in the World, by Whiting Award-winning author Eiren Caffall, has been selected as the community book for the 2026 edition of WestportREADS, the Westport Library announced. The title was chosen because organizers believe it "sparks imagination, invites conversation, and resonates long after the last page is turned."

The library will host an exciting lineup of thematic programming that promises to enhance readers’ immersion — culminating on Thursday, February 19, in the Library’s Trefz Forum as Caffall joins the community for a keynote conversation on her debut novel with moderator Catherine Shen, host of CT Public’s Where We Live.

The full flight of copies of All the Water in the World are currently available for borrowing (including as an e-book and an audiobook).

From the announcement:

Launched in 2002, WestportREADS remains one of the Library’s most cherished annual traditions: a chance for neighbors to meet over a shared reading experience, for new and old friends to delight in discussion, and for the entire community to reflect together on literature that challenges, inspires, and stays with us.

From January through March, there will be discussion groups, including a lively Book Pub at Walrus Alley; screenings of thematically resonant films; an expert environmental talk that will connect the novel to our own lives; and even more communal happenings in the WestportREADS 2026 run of events.

In true community spirit, more than 550 attended the 2025 WestportREADS keynote address with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hernan Diaz, and in 2024 Michael Finkel drew almost 400 for his keynote conversation about The Art Thief.

WestportREADS is supported through a generous bequest by the estate of Jerry A. Tishman.

About "All the Water in the World"

Selected for its masterful storytelling that speaks to the enduring human condition in the face of disaster, All the Water in the World follows the journey of Nonie, a girl with an intuitive connection to water, in a flooded future New York where a small group of families have built a makeshift settlement atop the American Museum of Natural History. As the group works to safeguard the remnants of humanity’s stories and knowledge, a catastrophic storm forces them north up the Hudson River in search of safety, community, and the possibility of a life rebuilt.

“Eiren Caffall created a fully imaginable world within a horrific new future that wasn’t all doom and gloom within a flooded city," said Jennifer Keller, one of the members of the WestportREADS 2026 selection committee. "All the Water in the World explores family and climate change in a rich coming-of-age story that we can all relate to in some way.”

Released in January 2025, this captivating literary thriller blends climate fiction, adventure, and family drama with stunning prose poignant as it is hopeful. By drawing parallels to real-life stories of curators in Iraq and Leningrad who protected their cultural collections during times of war, Caffall asks the reader to consider how we endure, what we value, and how we care for one another in uncertain times.

Best-selling author Rene Denfield praised the novel, urging, “Each sentence is a treasure. Read this and be changed.”

WestportREADS 2026 Events

From a PageTurners discussion group to weekly Tell a Yarn… read-aloud crafting circle sessions to a conversation at the Westport Center for Senior Activities, WestportREADers will have several opportunities to read and discuss the book with others at the Library and around town.

A complementary film series offers a cinematic interpretation of the novel’s shared themes, exploring stories of climate, family, and adaptation with screenings of The Day After Tomorrow (2004), 2040 (2019), Waterworld (1995), and Night at the Museum (2006).

Prefacing Caffall’s keynote conversation is a special talk on Thursday, February 12 with executive director of CIRCA (the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation) James O’Donnell, who will bring local context to the global themes woven throughout the novel. Using calculated projections, O’Donnell will share the real impact of rising sea levels and offer practical changes we can make to offset the effects of climate change on Connecticut’s shoreline and the Long Island Sound — areas that Caffall herself has a long history with, outlined in her award-winning 2024 memoir The Mourner's Bestiary.

All the Water in the World promises to take the reader on a journey that offers hope in the survival of what matters most — love, community, and knowledge. These themes speak to the true mission behind WestportREADS: to share a love of reading and connect with your fellow readers.