A most exciting ‘First Monday in May’
byAny careful reading of the operating hours of The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan yields the fact that in addition…
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What’s the buzz at the New York Botanical Garden?
byGarden enthusiasts are still talking about the bee-autiful “Antique Garden Furniture Fair” last weekend at the New York Botanical Garden. Twenty seven vendors –…
Hats off to a fun Yonkers Raceway event
byLast year, WAG donned its best chapeau and headed on out to Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway to help judge the racino’s “Fancy…
Lockwood-Mathews receives grant
byThe May WAG includes a story about the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum in Norwalk. In keeping with the issue’s “Celebrating Spring” theme, we paid a…
The scents of spring
byContinuing our May issue’s fling with spring theme, we’d like to suggest a lovely way to add a seasonal – and artistic – note to…
‘Jewels’ and jewels shine
byIt was Louis Arpels of Van Cleef & Arpels who collaborated with New York City Ballet co-founder George Balanchine on the 1967 work “Jewels,”…
A WAG favorite – the ‘Antique Garden Furniture Fair’
byWhen cherry blossoms bloom, my thoughts turn to the last weekend in April and an event I cannot miss – the New York Botanical…
Time for Westchester Community College’s Native Plant Sale
byLovers of birds, butterflies and other pollinators will enjoy a feast for nature – hundreds of perennials, shrubs and trees favored by wildlife –…
Walk and run to support the Breast Cancer Alliance
byGreenwich Avenue will be in pink Sunday, May 1 as hundreds of Breast Cancer Alliance supporters from toddlers to grandparents walk and/or run to…
Destination design
byThere’s great anticipation for the 44th annual Kips Bay Decorator Show House, which soon opens its elegant doors in Manhattan. This year’s edition of…
Birds, butterflies and more
byIsabelle Grace Jewelry — you may remember the company, as we previously featured its Sugar Pearls Collection necklaces — offers many options ideal for adding…
A musical start
byWe’ve had another update from Songs for Seeds, the award-winning children’s music program that came to Westchester last year. Mazel Tots, Scarsdale Synagogue’s early…
Welcoming Lalique’s elegant ‘Muses’
byThere’s always a bit of excitement when an invitation arrives from Lalique. And when we were asked to attend the Manhattan preview of the…
Two degrees of Edward Hopper (Three degrees of Rockland)
byIf there’s a more delightful experience than being in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Greek and Roman galleries on an April morning, I can’t…
A glittering tribute
byJewelry lovers will certainly be dazzled by a new large-format illustrated biography devoted to Suzanne Belperron (1900-1983). Sure, the French designer might not have…
A toast to the warmer days
byThis past weekend’s weather told us, in no uncertain terms, that spring is truly here – and even got us anticipating those relaxing days…
WAG named ‘Best Magazine’ by the New York Press Association
byFor the second year in a row, WAG magazine, a luxury lifestyle publication of the Westchester and Fairfield County Business Journals, has been judged…
Met opens “Pergamon,” unprecedented Hellenistic show
by“So,” a publicist at The Metropolitan Museum of Art asked teasingly, “are there enough Alexanders for you?” She knows me only too well. Lover…
Happy anniversary, Martha
byHappy 90th birthday to the Martha Graham Dance Company, which is celebrating in a big way. From April 14 through 18, the company performs…
A solo exhibition unveiled
byHeather Gaudio Fine Art in New Canaan will open its latest exhibition, “Jill Moser: Paintings & Prints,” on April 16. The solo show is…