The fleeting beauty of life

In a year that celebrated the centennial of American women’s suffrage and confronted the coronavirus, “Floating Beauty: Women in the Art of Ukiyo-e,” at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich through Nov. 1, is a timely exhibit times two.

Mister Butterfly

To the papillon oeuvre we can add the works of Paul Villinski, whose butterfly sculptures are the subject of the recent book “Villinski” (Vivant Books/Paul Villinski, 269 pages, $95.)

Tough enough

Known for her frankness, former Obama U.N. ambassador and National Security adviser Susan Rice is perhaps hardest on herself.

Equestrian style

One equestrian who has excelled in the words of jumpers and hunters is Kara Hanly Raposa, who joined Old Salem Farm’s team of trainers in May.

‘Stardust’ memories

A new book by the Hudson Valley publishers of coffee-table tomes on Elizabeth Taylor’s jewelry and Madeleine Albright’s pins considers the brief life and fantastic art of French jeweler Frederic Zaavy.

An environmental ‘actionist’

Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, who’ll speak in a virtual event of the Jay Heritage Center in Katonah Sept. 10, counters fear with facts in her delightfully conversational “Inconspicuous Consumption.”

EDITOR’S LETTER

In this most unusual of summers we present our most unusual take on recreation. Call it “Visionary Re-creations,’” for along with this past spring this is a season in which we have all had to reinvent ourselves.

Playing his best

Balancing a love of tennis with realistic professional goals has led Patrick McEnroe to a multifaceted career in this highly individual sport.

The multiplicity of Maple Hill Farm

An arts center, an equestrian/athletic facility, a sugarhouse and a working farm in a complex with ties to the native peoples, the early days of this country and even “Winnie-the-Pooh.” Maple Hill Farm is all this and more.