From Otis to Kawasaki, a legacy of industry in Yonkers
byOtis Elevator Co. may be gone, but its former space still hosts major commercial development in Yonkers that is helping to position the city for a brighter future.
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Thriving at Wartburg
byAt Wartburg in Mount Vernon, multigenerational, aesthetic programs add up to the wider community’s commitment to life and joy as it cares for its elders.
The running of the bull
byIn PBS’ “Hemingway” (April 5, 6 and 7), one of America’s finest storytellers, Ken Burns, considers another, Ernest Hemingway, weighing the writer’s towering talent against his equally epic ego.
Yes she did
byLaid off from IBM at age 57, Marjorie Madfis couldn’t find the job she wanted. So she created it instead as founding executive director of Yes She Can, a nonprofit that seeks to empower young autistic women while rehabilitating secondhand American Girl dolls for purchase.
A tale of two charitable chefs
byCelebrating the return to indoor dining in New York City with two chefs who wrote the book on giving back.
Tough grrls
byCivilization may have given men the upper hand for millennia as they lorded it over women politically, economically and physically, but in the natural world, the females of the various species still call the shots. So what’s that got to do with all the single young women in China?
Beyond the cliff
byGretchen Carlson, who describes being fired from Fox News in 2016 – and her subsequent sexual harassment suit against its then chairman, Roger Ailes – as “jumping off a cliff,” has found her footing.
Spring awakening
byThe ecosystem is reborn on PBS’ “Nature: American Spring LIVE,” which the Emmy- and Peabody-award winning series will air April 29 through May 1.
‘Still’ a classic
by“In the Still of the Nite” is celebrated as one of the seminal achievements in the evolution of popular music.
When cats were king
by“Dog” may spell “god” backward, but cats were once worshiped as gods, as Audrey discusses.
Victoria’s secrets
byQueen Victoria, the woman who gave her name to an age of probity and prudery even – think piano legs sporting a kind of pantaloons – was herself not particularly Victorian. At least not when it came to men.
A for ‘American Masters’ – and the arts
byThe PBS series covers culture with a capital “C.”
That singular species, from ancient Egypt to Andrew Lloyd Webber
by“Oh, he don’t belong to nobody. Cats don’t belong to nobody. He just rooms with me.” — John Wayne to Kim Darby in “True…
The electric man
byHe created the alternating current induction motor, ensuring that the world could have continuous electricity. He pioneered wireless technology — he is credited with…
Chef of the future
byWAG’s next issue is all about the food. Our annual celebration of the topic will be filled with stories about tasty dishes and chefs,…
“MAKERS” makes it
byThe six-part documentary series “MAKERS: Women Who Make America” just concluded its second successful season on PBS, focusing on specific fields in which women…
The creative mind of Judy Collins
byA lot of elements – a lot of thought – go into a Judy Collins concert. “There’s the element of surprise – something new,…
A most fashionable day trip
byFans of “Downton Abbey” are a loyal, enthusiastic bunch. They – let’s be honest, we – replay DVDs of the hit television show that…
On the go with Mo
byMo Rocca launched his Cooking Channel show, “My Grandmother’s Ravioli,” with a simple premise. He grew up enjoying his grandmother’s elaborate Sunday dinners, but…
Uneasy lie the heads…
byIs there anyone who’s having a better afterlife than William Shakespeare? This past summer – the Bard’s high season, as it were – saw…