5 Things To Do in Greenwich Today

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(1) Disney’s High School Musical on Stage

August 3 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Arch Street Teen Center100 Arch Street

Come to the Arch Street Teen Center to see Off-Beat Players, Inc. (OBP), the Greenwich based theatre company devoted to teen and young adult performers with wide-ranging abilities and disabilities, perform Disney’s smash hit High School Musical.

Based in Greenwich, CT, Off-Beat Players currently includes approximately 40 teens and young adults who come together each summer to produce a fully staged musical.  Established in 2007, the group is a 501 (c)  (3) nonprofit charitable and educational organization. Learn more about OBP at  www.offbeatplayers.org.

Tickets, $20 each, are available online at www.offbeatplayers.org, or at the door the evening of the performance.


(2) Wednesday Night Concert Series: SWING BANJO MASTER CYNTHIA SAYER

August 3 @ 7:15 pm – 8:45 pm

Roger Sherman Baldwin Park

Join the Department of Parks and Recreation as internationally renowned jazz banjoist and vocalist, Cynthia Sayer, performs with her band for the Wednesday Night Concert Series. Award-winning instrumentalist, vocalist and bandleader Cynthia Sayer defies all the banjo player assumptions. Sayer is celebrated as one of the top 4-string jazz banjoists in the world today: soulful, edgy, both contemporary and classic. Get ready for a family-friendly evening of fun, eclectic music, based on 1920s & 30s hot jazz!

For more information please call the Recreation Office at 203 618-7649, or visit www.greenwichct.org. The rain date is Thursday, August 4 – the rain cancellation number is 203 861 6100 (after 4 PM).


(3) Sign Up for Greenwich Adult Pickleball Online Only Until Aug. 11

August 2 – 11

Eastern Greenwich Civic Center90 Harding Road, Old Greenwich, CT 

The fun, the excitement, the intensity of Pickleball is once again taking over Greenwich. The Department of Parks and Recreation will be offering adult pickleball at The Eastern Greenwich Civic Center for the fall season. Registration is currently opened online. To register online go to www.greenwichct.org/webtrac and select Activity Registration. Mail-in registration begins Friday, Aug. 12. Three regulation sized courts at the Eastern Greenwich Civic Center gymnasium will be available for players on Monday’s from 11:30  a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday’s from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Thursday evenings from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

This, by the way, might be a topic on Greenwich Sentinel’s Doubleheader radio show on WGCH (see the bonus item below).


(4) The Future of Fossil Fuels

August 3 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich1 West Putnam Avenue

Join the Retired Men’s Association of Greenwich as Jonathan Chanis talks about the future of fossil fuels. The world’s economy runs on fossil fuels. Unfortunately the resulting carbon dioxide emissions threaten intolerable changes in our climate.  Jonathan Chanis will discuss that problem and future of fossil fuels, including insights on the pace of conversion to non-fossil fuels, the economic impacts of this conversion which include the displacement of countless employees and commercial assets, technology trends, and the effects on world politics and nations.


(5) Sign Up for Fall Soccer Through Greenwich Parks and Rec.

August 1 – 5

Greenwich Town Hall101 Field Point Road, Greenwich, CT 06830 United States

The fall athletic season is quickly approaching, and that means that soccer will be on the minds of many. Beat the rush and sign up for the Greenwich Recreation Department’s fall soccer clinic. Greenwich residents may register online only until Aug. 5 To register online go to Wreenwichct.org/webtrac and select “Activity Registration.” Mail-in registration begins Friday, Aug. 5.  Soccer sessions will be held on Saturdays from Sept. 10 through Oct. 29.


(BONUS) Listen to Sentinel’s Adams and Silverfarb Talk Sports on WGCH Starting at 3

August 3 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

WGCH71 Lewis Street, Greenwich, CT 06830 United States

OK, you’ve looked at all of the options above. Pickleball? Fossil fuel? Soccer? BANJO PLAYING?! High School Musical? All solid choices, we say. So while you’re pondering all of that, how about turning on the radio? Or your computer? Or your tablet or smartphone? Tune into 1490 am or wgch.com and check out unpredictable sports talk with the Sentinel’s own Rob Adams, Paul Silverfarb, and Andrew Mitchell. OK, Andrew is sort of an extended part of the Sentinel, but he’s a Greenwich High School guy, and that’s what it’s all about, right? In fact, having nothing to do with sports, Rob sent Paul a message on Facebook tonight that only said the word “Greenwich” roughly 100 times. Oh, and they talk about a lot of sports, and they’re really good at it. Anyway, that’s at 3pm Monday through Friday. Listen. Call (203-661-5051). Change your life. Something like that.

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