What’s Happening in November 2019
WAG’s list of local happenings for the month of November.
November 2019
Editor’s Letter
Welcome to our “Fascinating Avocations” issue, in which the line between what we do to live and what we love to do is often imperceptible.
Second acts
Or when a passion transforms your work life.
The lure of the lake
Whatmore’s Lake in Waccabuc is a place of beauty, serenity and creativity.
‘Cooking’ up a life that gives back
“Hamilton” and its lead producer are paying it forward in the spirit of the couple who inspired the blockbuster musical – helping underserved students and families at risk.
Natural regrowth
Photographer and environmental activist Josh Lehrer is both a student of the land and an artist intent on capturing it.
The eternal student
In teaching her students about artists, Wendy Shalen became one.
A paradise built for two
After 15 years of driving four hours roundtrip for a two-day weekend, real estate supremo Leonard Steinberg and his partner Thom Caughlin discover heaven in their own backyard.
Fighting for your rights
Media and intellectual property lawyer Edward Klaris takes a kid gloves approach to the law – until the gloves need to come off.
Passion and purpose
Real estate investor Yale Paprin brings a passionate eye to his art collection.
America’s curator
Philippe de Montebello wasn’t merely one of the world’s longest-serving museum directors and the face (and voice) of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was the epitome of what an American museum director could be.
Mr. Entertainment
Bronson Van Wyck, event planner extraordinaire, comes to Greenwich.
Rock of (all) ages
Laurie Berkner stands at the top of “kindie rock” with songs that appeal to parents as well as their kids.
Real estate styles of the rich and famous
Realtor Sally Siano is back in WAG with her new memoir.
The Met at 150
The Met’s 150th anniversary next year will feature plenty of special exhibits, events, installations and acquisitions in tribute to a place where everyone is welcome.
Stamp collecting is not licked yet
Reports of the death of stamps and stamp collecting in the digital age are greatly exaggerated.
A Stanwich stunner
The classic meets the contemporary in this Colonial Revival property.
A tale of two Marys – two centuries apart
Life only appears to be imitating art when Jeremy Wayne meets journalist, TV anchor and writer Mary Calvi.
Colorful yarns
The enduring popularity of knitting is celebrated at Flying Fingers Yarn Shop in Tarrytown, where WAG visits to get the latest from longtime owner Elise Goldschlag.
Feats of clay
Loretta Lam is an award-winning Hudson Valley jewelry designer with an international following. Her passion for jewelry extends beyond her own work, though, as she’s putting the finishing touches on a contemporary-jewelry book due out in April.
Passion for fashion
The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its fall exhibition this month. “In Pursuit of Fashion: The Sandy Schreier Collection” spotlights a pioneering collector who assembled one of the finest private fashion collections in the country.
In ‘Bloom’
Bloomingdale’s at the new SoNo Collection in Norwalk opens Nov. 14, just in time for holiday entertaining.
New for Nordy
Nordstrom arrives at The SoNo Collection in Norwalk.
Modern comfort
American furniture designer Vladimir Kagan – best-known for his mid-century organically sculpted furniture – excelled at luxurious Modernism and livable furniture.
Saying it with music
A pair of mandolins speak eloquently of a tuneful past and the capacity of music to bring people together in harmony.
Collecting and editing in home décor
Once known for its hedonism and glitzy excess, Marbella, Spain, is back with welcome restraint and a stylish new beachfront hotel.
Spain’s once and future playground
Once known for its hedonism and glitzy excess, Marbella, Spain, is back with welcome restraint and a stylish new beachfront hotel.
Where consumption is always conspicuous
For more than 375 years, Newport, Rhode Island, has welcomed tourists from near and far – even in the colder months when the lights and holiday decorations are as warming as the Rhode Island chowder.
Living it up in London
The Corinthia Hotel London is as first-class as it gets
A tasty work in progress
A new Rhinebeck restaurant with a forest in its backyard makes a bid for glory.
Skills that serve
Navod Jayawardhane, a 16-year-old Wilton High School student, relied on his affinity for electrical engineering to develop a unique Food Pantry Box that serves the community through the Jefferson Valley Mall in Yorktown Heights.
Wine tourism takes off in Spain
Spain has several established and supported routes throughout the country designed to direct oenophiles into wine regions and to wineries, where they will be enthusiastically welcomed for a tour and tasting and perhaps food.
A place for this mom as health advocate
In a more than 40-year career as a TV journalist, public speaker and author, Joan Lunden has reported on virtually every topic. But there are two that she is especially passionate about, in part because they have hit close to home – breast cancer awareness and senior care.
Back in the race
How ONS helped one skittish knee patient return to triathlon form.
Hands-on help for carpal tunnel syndrome
While new techniques make treatments for carpal tunnel syndrome more effective, there are ways to minimize symptoms as well.
Moving in new ways
WAG’s fitness guru Giovanni Roselli finds that there’s a lot more to health and wellness than lifting weights.
At long last love
Benji, a happy, wiggly Yorkie, needs a forever family.
You’ve come a long way, Ellie
How a Southern pup found a happy home in Yankee country.