AMERICAN MONA LISA

She was the American Mona Lisa, a woman so singularly self-possessed that she became the riveting still point in a decade of both promise and turbulence. We plumb the Jackie mystique.

Oct 5, 2011 by in INSIDE

MIZNER MAGIC

Amid the society folk of New York City and Palm Beach in the Jazz Age, Addison Mizner could’ve out-Gatsbyed the Great Gatsby himself.

Oct 12, 2011 by in INSIDE

FALL'ING FOR THE ARTS

The temperate seasons – spring and fall – are always associated with beginnings. But spring is more about nature’s reawakening, while autumn is about civilization’s. The clean crack of the spine of a new textbook, the return of your favorite shows...

Oct 12, 2011 by in INSIDE

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PASSION, FROM THE SACRED TO THE PROFANE

What is passion? Is it all heaving bosoms and throbbing loins, Stanley howling for Stella or Cathy calling to Heathcliff across the moors and time? Or is it something larger, grander, more mystical than sex?

Nov 14, 2011 by in INSIDE

PURSUIT

THE UNENDING PURSUIT OF THE QUEST MYTH

Achilles at Troy, Don Quixote tilting at windmills, the searches for the Holy Grail, the Golden Fleece and the Fountain of Youth: Where would we be without our quests?

Nov 14, 2011 by in INSIDE

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CALL OF THE WILD

For Deborah Heineman, executive director of the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, the love of nature is all in the family – both the four-legged and two-legged kind.

Nov 14, 2011 by in INSIDE

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THE WOLF AT THE DOOR

Forget Lon Chaney’s Wolf Man. Taylor Lautner’s Jacob in the “Twilight” phenom, Joe Manganiello’s Alcide Herveaux on HBO’s searing “True Blood” and Michael Sheen’s lucent Lucian in the “Underworld” series are werewolves for our time – hot, hunky and

Nov 14, 2011 by in INSIDE

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A HOWLING GOOD JOB

Maggie Howell knows just what you’re thinking – a woman who is managing director of the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem and her last name is pronounced “howl”? What are the chances?

Nov 14, 2011 by in INSIDE

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SHARING A PASSION FOR A CHINESE DANCE TROUPE

Donna Karan, Princess Michael of Kent and Cate Blanchett are among the admirers of the Chinese classical dance troupe Shen Yun. So are Jeanne Mitchell and Levi Browde, who promote it locally.

Nov 21, 2011 by in INSIDE

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SUSAN OF THE WOLVES

The Croton-on-Hudson filmmaker Susan P. Todd has always loved two things, nature and filmmaking. She combines those loves in “Julie of the Wolves,” a film based on the beloved children’s book set to start filming next spring.

Nov 21, 2011 by in INSIDE (1 Comments)

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DRIVE, THEY SAID

Paul Newman, Steve McQueen and James Dean shared more than Midwestern roots and a devotion to Method acting. They were also passionate, talented racers who blazed across the track as well as the silver screen.

Nov 21, 2011 by in INSIDE

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WILDE ABOUT ALEX

Up-and-coming poet (and Sarah Lawrence College grad) Alex Dimitrov is the founder of Wilde Boys, a roving salon of self-described queer poets. But this disciplined writer is anything but wild himself.

Dec 14, 2011 by in INSIDE

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BAD TO THE BONE

A staple of cultural history from the ancient Greek epic to Baroque art, from Romantic poetry to ’50s’ Method acting, the bad boy archetype abounds. Google “bad boys,” and you’ll get close to 92 million results. Not-so-good news for wary dads, but o

Dec 14, 2011 by in INSIDE

CELEBRATE

DANCE FEVER

Despite the best efforts of the ancient Hebrews and Romans and the medieval Church, we are just hard-wired to celebrate and let the good times roll.

Dec 15, 2011 by in INSIDE

'TIS A GIFT TO BE SELFLESS

A gift is just a scarf, a book, a piece of jewelry. Except, of course, it’s more than that. It’s about another, a relationship and just how unselfish the giver is willing to be. In this season of giving, we consider the true gift of the gift, with a

Dec 15, 2011 by in INSIDE

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MAGMAN

David Hochberg, former spokeman for Lillian Vernon, can’t get enough of magazines. So isn’t WAG lucky to have this artists’ agent and man-about-town as its very own features adviser?

Dec 15, 2011 by in INSIDE

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IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD (OF ART)

What is the connection between the mind and the arts? Indeed, is it even possible to distinguish where the one leaves off and the other begins? For not only is the mind used to create the arts, but as the new film “A Dangerous Method” and other work

Dec 27, 2011 by in INSIDE

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PIANO MAN

Music is eternal. Pianos, not so much. That’s where John P. Ford comes in. He is owner and president of Ford Piano Inc. in Peekskill, a fourth-generation business that specializes in rebuilding the popular instruments.

Dec 27, 2011 by in INSIDE

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HEY, LIGHTEN UP!

Psychiatry and psychology are complex, ever-changing fields that came of age in the 19th century, a time that also saw the rise in psychoanalysis. Today new approaches to analysis, neuroscience and insurance coverage are helping patients lighten up.

Dec 27, 2011 by in INSIDE

SOUNDS

THE INVISIBLE MAN

Steven Visscher is the sound and the fury of “Boardwalk Empire,” HBO’s Prohibition answer to “The Sopranos.” It’s his job as the Emmy-winning Foley editor to direct and filter the kinds of sounds you hear on the hit series.

Dec 27, 2011 by in INSIDE (1 Comments)

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THE BUDDY SYSTEM

Butch and Sundance. Kirk and Spock. Starsky and Hutch. When it comes to guys, nothing says love quite the way the buddy movie does.

Feb 1, 2012 by in INSIDE

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LOVE DUET

Megan Fairchild and Andrew Veyette have been married to each other many times. Not only do these New York City Ballet principals get hitched in works like “The Sleeping Beauty” and “Coppélia,” the Dobbs Ferry lovebirds also tied the knot for real las

Feb 1, 2012 by in INSIDE

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TIGER MOM

When Melissa Leo plays a strong mother, Oscar sits up and takes notice (nomination for “Frozen River,” award for “The Fighter”). In the new short “The Sea Is All I Know,” she’s at it again, as a fiercely compassionate woman witnessing her daughter’s

Feb 1, 2012 by in INSIDE

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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 in INSIDE

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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 in INSIDE (1 Comments)

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