An itch for Hitch

For Louise Krasniewicz, it’s a small world, after all. The Stamford native is not only an artist, but an anthropologist. And, she says, “If…

For the birds

It’s fair to assume that Daniel Ksepka wins the “So, what do you do for a living?” game at cocktail parties. He’s a paleontologist,…

Blind faith

Richard Hunter was a U.S. Marine intent on making the corps his career when he was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited, degenerative eye…

Gimme shelter

Bob Kreek has had a long, successful career in television. He was senior vice president of film acquisition for HBO in the late 1970s…

Show me the Moneigh

At first glance, they look like Abstract Expressionist paintings — all bright colors and bold shapes. But they’re actually more paddock than Pollock. They’re…

Forward thinking women

Assouline’s “Visionary Women” ($50, 165 pages) offers readers 20 inspirational tales ripped, as they say, from the headlines — and history. They are as…