Georgette Gouveia

Georgette Gouveia

A 2020 YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester Visionary Award winner and a 2018 Folio Women in Media Award Winner, Georgette Gouveia is the author of “Burying the Dead,” “Daimon: A Novel of Alexander the Great” and "Seamless Sky" (JMS Books), as well as “The Penalty for Holding,” a 2018 Lambda Literary Award finalist (JMS Books), and “Water Music” (Greenleaf Book Group). They’re part of her series of novels, “The Games Men Play,” also the name of the sports/culture blog she writes. Her short story “The Glass Door,” about love in the time of the coronavirus, was recently published by JMS. Read WAG’s serialization of “Seamless Sky” here. For more, visit thegamesmenplay.com.

March 2022

EDITOR’S LETTER

For two weeks in February, Stamford stood at the center of the sporting universe — and indeed, the geopolitical one — as NBC Sports carried the controversial Beijing Winter Olympics over 2,800 hours using more than 1,500 employees — mainly from its headquarters in the city. It’s a symbol of how important Stamford has become to the region — and why we chose it for our second salute to a municipality in our coverage area, fresh off the success of our December Yonkers tribute.

March 2022

Celebrated Stamford

From the man who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier to Lucille Ball’s beloved second banana, Stamford has had its share of groundbreaking luminaries. Here are just a few:

March 2022

Cultural Stamford

As befits the second largest city in Connecticut (after Bridgeport) and the largest financial district in the metro area outside New York City, Stamford is home to an array of artistic and botanical attractions.