Saying it with music

Scarsdale’s Hoff-Barthelson Music School celebrates the great Germanic composers and then some with its nine-day “Spanning the Centuries Music Festival,” which begins today, March 6.

In the kitchen

When it comes to kitchen design, St. Charles New York has been at the forefront for some 85 years, and the venerable firm – whose creative director is Scarsdale resident Karen Williams (pictured) – shows no sign of slowing down.

Editor’s letter

Design is not a topic that you usually associate with breaking news. But recently, the design world found itself in the crosshairs of controversy as the Trump Administration, spurred by the National Civic Art Society, announced that it would be “Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again” by decreeing they should be classical in style rather than Modernist.

Lights, please

When it comes to design, lighting is one element where creativity, literally, can truly shine. That was our thinking when we saw the latest…

Botanical wonders

WAG tours “Botanical Expressions,” part of the ongoing “Nature By Design: Selections from the Permanent Collection” series at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in Manhattan.

The most important lesson

THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON A friend recently asked me what’s the most important lesson I could teach young brokers—and what’s the most important lesson…

‘In the stars’

The Rockland Center for the Arts screens “Lost in the Stars,” about the late New City and Stamford playwright/screenwriter Maxwell Anderson.

Swing time

Play golf without ever leaving the comfort of The Westchester at the new Golf Lounge 18, having its grand opening Saturday, Feb. 22.

The many sides of New York

A wealth of photographs and memorabilia bring “Collecting New York’s Stories: Stuyvesant to Sid Vicious” to life. The sweeping exhibition, open now at the Museum of the City of New York, is culled from the hundreds of additions to the museum’s permanent collection over the past three years.