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Georgette Gouveia
GOING FOR THE VIEWERS
Peter C. Sutton, executive director of the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, and Liz Wooster, its director of development, pose before the entrance to the museum’s timely new show “The Olympic Games: Art, Culture & Sport” (through Sept. 2).
May 21, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in INSIDE
WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS
Just in time for Mother’s Day – and to anticipate WAG’s June garden issue – our area retailers are offering a bouquet of perfumes.
May 8, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in INSIDE
MARVEL-OUS
“The Avengers” is a thoroughly entertaining blend of high tech and hijinks, with some unexpected poignance thrown into the mix. A rollicking good time
May 5, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in GUIDES
READY TO RIDE FOREVER
Over the winter, the horse-show circuit was once again in full swing in Florida, where one of its bright spots was Westchester’s Alexa Adelson, who distinguished herself in the Tampa Bay Classic’s division for amateur-owners ages 18-35.
May 2, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in INSIDE
BORN THAT WAY
It’s fair to say that Lisa A. Krist, an account executive at 103.9 WFAS-FM, has had her share of peaks and valleys...
May 2, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in INSIDE
THE AMAZONS – MORE THAN A MYTH?
It’s the stuff of men’s and women’s fantasies, though for vastly different reasons – a society of females who made love and war like the men they would occasionally enslave and ravish for procreation.
May 2, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in INSIDE
OFF TO THE RACES
Long before Seabiscuit took on War Admiral, he starred at Yonkers Raceway – just one juicy nugget in the track’s piquant history.
May 2, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in INSIDE
BONDED FOR LIFE
Judith Huntington, president of The College of New Rochelle, is also an accomplished horsewoman. “I just fell in love with it from the first time I was on the back of a horse,” she says. “I felt as if I was one with the horse.”
May 2, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in INSIDE
SECRRETARIAT, C'EST MOI
For many, the irresistible lure of racehorses lies in the intoxicating blend of aesthetics and athletics. But we identify with them as well...
May 1, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in INSIDE
AMERICA'S LIVING ROOM
If you want to understand the soul of a country, you need to look at its art. And nowhere do you get a fuller, more thrilling exploration of America’s psyche than in the New American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts at The
Apr 9, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in INSIDE
READY FOR ITS CLOSE-UP
Is Acura revving up its profile, along with its fleet? At Super Bowl time, the automaker scored with a cinematic commercial about its revamped sports car the NSX, starring comedian-collector Jerry Seinfeld. Now a modified NSX co-stars with Robert Dow
Apr 9, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in INSIDE
WHERE THE BOYS AREN'T
In 1963, actress Dolores Hart became a Benedictine nun at The Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, Conn. But as the new HBO documentary, “God Is The Bigger Elvis,” attests, she didn’t leave Hollywood. She just took it with her.
Apr 9, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in INSIDE
HOUSING HISTORY
Historic Hudson Valley’s handsome new digs in Pocantico Hills marry the past to the present – a symbol of what the nonprofit hopes to do with its future programming.
Apr 5, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in INSIDE
A WORLD LIT BY FIRE
Why do we preserve historic buildings, particularly houses? “It’s a good question, because it makes us think about what we’re doing,” says Michael Botwinick, director of Yonkers’ Hudson River Museum, which includes the Victorian-era Glenview mansion.
Apr 5, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in INSIDE
IN THE KEY OF LIFE
He is one of the greatest pianists of our time. She is his partner in exquisite recordings and performances of the four-hand and duo-piano repertoire...
Mar 7, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in INSIDE
POOCH HAS STARRING ROLE ON SCREEN AND OFF
Winston, a Jack Russell/Tibetan Terrier mix, has two day jobs. He’s the star of a new Disney Channel movie and a therapy dog making weekly visits to Blythedale Children’s Hospital in Valhalla...
Mar 7, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in INSIDE (1 Comments)
FREEDOM COMES WITH A COOL, WET NOSE
The dogs trained by Guiding Eyes for the Blind, headquartered in Yorktown Heights, are the wind beneath local autistic children as well as visually impaired individuals around the world.
Mar 7, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in INSIDE
ANIMAL HOUSE
With drawings, prints, manuscripts and ancient seals, The Morgan Library & Museum’s “In the Company of Animals: Art, Literature and Music at The Morgan” (March 2-May 20) attests to the breadth and depth of the library’s collection, primarily the frui
Mar 7, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in INSIDE
MARCH MADNESS
Assassinations, depositions, foiled coups: For Julius Caesar and others, the ides has been one bad hair day.
Mar 7, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in INSIDE
LET 'EM EAT CAKE
At Lulu Cake Boutique in Scarsdale, you can have your designer handbag and eat it, too. Or your bulldog. Or your classic bottle of Chanel No. 5.
Feb 6, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in INSIDE
HEARTS AND MINDS
Robi Ludwig, clinical psychotherapist, “Today” contributor and Go Red for Women supporter, talks about seeing red for heart health, spouses who kill and what makes a successful marriage. Hint: It has a lot to do with R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
Feb 2, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in INSIDE
A VAGINA MONOLOGUE
When it comes to discussing what’s under the hood, the v-word is still somewhat verboten. But just in time for V (as in Valentine’s) Day, comes “V is for Vagina” by Alyssa Dweck, MD of the Mount Kisco Medical Group, guaranteed to blow the lid off lad
Feb 1, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in INSIDE
MATTERS OF THE HEART
Has there ever been another organ, symbol or word that has been so written about, fought over and yearned for as the heart? After all, Tony Bennett didn’t leave his liver in San Francisco.
Feb 1, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in INSIDE
MAKIN' WHOOPEE
Passion, scandal, marriage, remarriage, divorce, murder – sometimes all in one relationship. We’ve combed the tomes, tabloids and tweets of history to give you a little Cook’s tour of amour.
Feb 1, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in INSIDE (1 Comments)
THE STATE OF DISUNION
First comes love. Then comes marriage. Then comes divorce, at least in 41 percent of the instances. So do you need a prenup, a postnup, or both? What about mediation? A collaborative divorce? We get the skinny from the experts, including Dr. Estrange
Feb 1, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in INSIDE