St.Roch'sFeast in Greenwich, summer concerts and other neighborhood notes
Aug. 6—The feast will feature carnival rides, food, music and a raffle, which will be held on Aug. 12 at 11 p.m. The feast's famous pizza fritta will also be available for revelers to enjoy.
Roch was a 14th century Catholic priest who was part of the Franciscan Order. Roch was born to a wealthy family in France, but caught the bubonic plague while ministering to the sick in Italy. He was and is popular among Italian Catholics, including those who settled in Chickahominy in decades past.
The feast will be set up at the Hamilton Avenue School's field; part of St. Roch Avenue near the church will be closed to road traffic during the event in the evenings, from about 6 to 10 p.m.
St. Roch's Roman Catholic Church, is at 10 St. Roch Avenue.
Glenville
The Department of Parks and Recreation will host its second and final movie night of the summer at the Bendheim Western Greenwich Civic Center, 449 Pemberwick Road, on Aug. 7.
The town will screen "Cars," the 2006 Pixar movie about Lightning McQueen and his time in Radiator Springs ahead of his race for the Piston Cup.
Movie night is free and open to the public. Families are encouraged to bring their own chairs, snacks and blankets to claim a spot on the field with the perfect view of the movie.
Drumming About You will provide some pre-movie entertainment, starting at 6:30 p.m.; the movie starts at dusk.
The movie may be moved inside if it is raining. Call 203-532-1259 for weather information
Greenwich
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There are a pair of summer concerts this week: one at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park and one out on Greenwich Point.
The first concert is in downtown Greenwich, where the Future Heavies, an '80s cover band, will play as part of the Parks and Recreation summer concert series.
This concert is free and open to the public. The Future Heavies show starts at 7 p.m. Aug. 9 at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park, 101 Arch St.
Parks and Recreation will host additional summer concerts at RSBP on Aug. 16 and 23.
The second concert this week is in Old Greenwich, where Oh La La will play jazz music. The concert is hosted by the Friends of Greenwich Point, which will host additional concerts on Sept. 10 and Oct. 8. The concerts are free and open to the public.
The Oh La La concert starts 1 p.m. Aug. 13 at Greenwich Point Park near the Founder's Rock, 11 Tod's Driftway.
Downtown
There have been some changes to the parking rules on and around Greenwich Avenue this year, so the Parking Services team has recently created a digital brochure to help people find a place to park their ride.
The parking guide shows the locations of 12 parking zones downtown, primarily longer term lots off Greenwich Avenue that can be used for 12 hours at a time. Parkers are encouraged to use the ParkMobile app to pay for fares.
Additionally, the town is expected to roll out new "express" parking spaces on Greenwich Avenue later this month that will have 30-minute time limits. The express spaces are not noted in the brochure, but they are designed to improve traffic circulation and give people running quicker errands a place to park.
Old Greenwich
Andrea Elliott, a journalist and author who has twice won the Pulitzer Prize, will visit Greenwich in October as the featured speaker at Person to Person's Transforming Lives Luncheon.
Elliott is an investigative journalist at the New York Times and her book, "Invisible Child," about homelessness in the city, won the 2022 Pulitzer in general nonfiction. The luncheon fundraiser will benefit Person to Person's operations in lower Fairfield County, which include offering food, clothing and financial assistance to families in need.
The luncheon is at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 20 at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich, 1800 East Putnam Ave. Visit the Person to Person website for tickets and more information.
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