Instagram star, former Yankee dine out in area
Scene... Instagram star and TV personality Leo Kelly of @TheShirleyTempleKing fame was at Happy Monkey on Greenwich Avenue with chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten last week reviewing the menu and having a Shirley! The popular 8-yearold, a Fairfield native and son of Lisa and Tom Kelly, has earned over 217,000 Instagram followers and his own line of beverages with his review of Shirley Temple drinks from different restaurants.
Scene... Former New York Yankees center fielder and musician Bernie Williams, a Westchester County, N.Y. resident, was seen dining at Caren St. Phillip’s restaurant, Cobber North, at the Griffith E. Harris golf course on King Street in Greenwich last week.
Out there... After two years of performing virtually, The Off-Beat Players Inc., a Greenwich nonprofit, inclusive musical theater company for teens and young adults with differing abilities, returns with “Seussical” at the Greenwich Country Day School Performing Arts Center on Old Church Road. Featuring a live orchestra, the OBP production of the musical based on the works of children’s author Dr. Seuss, takes place on Aug. 4-6 at 7 p.m. with an additional matinee on Aug. 6 at 2 p.m. To purchase tickets to these live performances, visit www.offbeatplayers.org.
Scene... Olympic swimmer and gold medalist Katie Ledecky, was named the “Best Female Athlete” at the 2022 ESPY Awards which aired on Wednesday night on ABC. Ledecky, a Stanford University graduate and winner of 10 Olympic medals and 22 world championships, is the niece of Greenwich High School graduate Jon Ledecky, co-owner of the New York Islanders and their affiliate Bridgeport Islanders.
Movie Scenes... The longrunning NBC drama “Law & Order” starring Jeffrey Donovan was filming in White Plains, N.Y. on Church and Chambers streets. HBO’s “The Gilded Age” is filming at the Lyndhurst Mansion in Tarrytown. And scenes from Showtime’s “City on the Hill” starring Connecticut resident Kevin Bacon are being filmed in New Rochelle, N.Y. and White Plains.
Out there... The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, N.Y. is featuring 90’s rock band Counting Crows on Aug. 2. For the Butter Miracle Tour, Adam Duritz, Jim Bogios, David Bryson, Charlie Gillingham, David Immerglück, Millard Powers and Dan Vickrey are joined by special guest singer/songwriter Stephen Kellogg, founding member of Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the concert starts at 8 p.m. For tickets ($79.50$149.50) and more info, go to www.thecapitoltheatre.com or call 914-937-4126.
“You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.” —Dale Carnegie
And that’s all for now. Later…