H is for Halston, “Halston” and hot
The No. 1 new Netflix series “Halston” has got us thinking again about the man who gave Jacqueline Kennedy the pillbox hat she wore to husband John F. Kennedy’s 1961 presidential inauguration.
Future Eagle Scout Rebecca Gilder builds libraries and makes history
Rebecca Gilder will become Westchester County’s first female Eagle Scout with her project of creating little free libraries in White Plains. Junior bookworms are rejoicing.
Editors letter
Welcoming May WAG!
Sex and the garden
Gardens and gardening remain lush, moist, sticky, tangled metaphors for hot, sometimes illicit sex, don’t they?
Not so still lives
David Hartt’s landscape design exhibit and related film at architect Philip Johnson’s Glass House in New Canaan, which shines a light on Black artists and musicians, offers a fitting, ironic counterpoint to Johnson’s early white nationalist views as well as to cancel culture.
Running to end narcissistic abuse
Congers psychotherapist Vanessa Reiser has seen narcissism and its effects firsthand. Now she’s running – in a bridal gown, no less – to end them.
From here to Hockney: art of the pandemic
When the going gets tough, the tough get creative, as a new show at ArtsWestchester and a new book by David Hockney attest.
Greenwich through its gardens
A new exhibit at the Greenwich Historical Society charts the town’s history through gardens majestically manicured and casually creative.
A career in full bloom
Jan Johnsen’s passion for flowers has led to a successful career in landscape design and a new book, “Floratopia.”
Untermyer, reborn
The Untermyer Gardens Conservancy’s odyssey from Gilded Age glory to 1970s urban squalor and horror to resplendent 21st-century resurrection is the subject of Caroline Seebohm’s recent book “Paradise on the Hudson: The Creation, Loss, and Revival of a Great American Garden.”
Toscanini at Wave Hill
Of all the celebrated and powerful who strode the rooms of Wave Hill House and savored its conservatory, gardens and scenic pergola, few were more fascinating than fiery maestro Arturo Toscanini, whose authoritative passion, acute ear, attention to detail and photographic memory have made his name a benchmark of classical music conducting.
Judith Ripka’s brick-and-mortar return
Judith Ripka, a luxury jewelry label that’s been part of Xcel Brands since 2011, is ready for a brick-and-mortar relaunch with a new store targeted to open at The Westchester in White Plains on June 7.
The return of NYBG’s Antique Garden Furniture Fair
The Antique Garden Furniture Fair this year is running virtually as a weeklong event from Thursday, April 29 to Friday, May 7
Scarves aren’t just for winter
Even before Covid, scarves were an essentially accessory. Regardless of gender or sartorial inclinations, scarves can be handy in any season if you work out of doors, find yourself going from hot to cold or need to dress up what you’re wearing in a hurry.
HBAR Salon & Spa at Stamford Harbor Point swims against the tide
At just 34 years of age, and amid a global pandemic, Antonio Rende achieved a dream he’s had for nearly two decades – his own hair salon.
Adding color to your stemware
The New York Times has proclaimed it: Colored glass is in.
Your guide to the best skin
Wondering what all the ingredients in skincare products really are and do? Well, wonder no more.
editor’s letter
Welcoming April WAG!
Prez pets
From opossums to pygmy hippopotamuses, the fine furry and feathered friends of our first families have helped to humanize them.
The running of the bull
In 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.