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In the four-and-a-half years we’ve been publishing B&NC MAG, we’ve introduced you to over 200 of the most interesting people in the B&NC area! We’ve focused-in on hugely famous stars, normally behind-the-scenes leaders of local charities and cultural institutions, authors and artists, trendsetters, and some otherwise unknown folks who we’ve included in order to bring attention to their good deeds or philanthropy. In each instance, we’ve worked hard trying to go beyond the kind of facts you can find on Wikipedia…and to delve into each subject’s true personality and character. …We certainly hope that you readers finish each read with the feeling that you’ve really ‘gotten to know’ our featured subjects! Getting to know each and all of these people…is the great joy of publishing B&NC MAG! It’s been nothing short of astonishing to discover how many fascinating folks - who we might otherwise pass in the supermarket without notice - actually live amongst us and share our community. And it is admittedly a thrill for me to have met and become friends with some of our local icons! …Yet I would be remiss to not make particular mention of our Cover Feature stars in this January/ February 2025 issue of B&NC MAG…Marissa Winokur and Judah Miller. You can read all about them in the article starting on Page 100, but I just have to add that, notwithstanding their stardom, they are amongst the nicest and most gracious people we’ve ever encountered! Our mission is to be ‘Always Positive’…in this instance it was easy! We continue to be particularly intrigued by the wave of stars of stage and screen who are migrating to the B&NC area…and promise to remain diligent in our efforts to introduce each of them to each of you! Very Truly Yours,

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THE OCEAN CLUB:

A TIMELESS GEM IN THE BAHAMAS

The Ocean Club, now a part of the Four Seasons portfolio, is the iconic resort known as the ‘Crown Jewel of the Bahamas’.

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THE BODACIOUS BARISTA AT STARBUCKS

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Old Town Barns Old Town Barns Crafted with Care in the Equine Tradition

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Crafted with Care in the Equine Tradition

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FIONA DAVIS

SOUTH SALEM LOCAL PENS MANHATTAN’S MYSTERIES

Fiona is a New York Times bestseller and has just released her eighth book, titled The Stolen Queen, set at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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JOE LAPORTA

HEARD BUT NOT SEEN

Joe LaPorta is a mastering engineer…and Joe has won two Grammys for Record of the Year, been nominated 8 other times, and is now again nominated - at the 2025 Grammy Awards - for Best Engineered on Willow Smith’s album Empathogen!

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MARISSA WINOKUR & JUDAH MILLER BACK HOME IN BEDFORD Marissa Winokur is a star of stage and screen, most famous for having played Tracy Turnblad in the Broadway production of Hairspray, and Judah Miller is a comedy writer who most recently wrote and was the showrunner for the television series called Bupkis. Together, Marissa and Judah are amongst the elite of ‘Hollywood’ power couples… and in 2021, they bought a house in Bedford!

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CLAIRE MILLERICK & BEN POWERS

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Claire Millerick and Ben Powers were married at the Keeler Tavern in Ridgefield on September 21, 2024. Claire grew up in Ridgefield, and from the time she was young, she knew the Keeler Tavern was where she wanted to get married!

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Nestled on the eastern edge of the aptly named Paradise Island, The Ocean Club is the iconic resort known as the Crown Jewel of the Bahamas. A quintessential luxury destination with a sparkling presence. Just three hours on a direct flight from New York. Making it the perfect place to escape for a weekend or a weeks-long vacation. The resort is part of the Four Seasons portfolio, which means an award winning spa, highly attentive staff, extremely well maintained grounds, and the high-end and recently renovated rooms and suites for which Four Seasons is known. But the storied property also has the charm and character that comes with a decorated history. Here, where the dazzling waters of the Atlantic meet the soft, white sands of one of the most exclusive corners of the Caribbean, The Ocean Club offers a seductive combination of understated elegance, old-world glamour, and contemporary style.

A Timeless Gem in the Bahamas

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The Ocean Club’s legacy began with visionary Huntington Hartford, heir to the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, who sought to create a new kind of luxury winter getaway. One that didn’t fall into what he saw as the existing categories of ‘private and dull or public and cheap’. In 1962, after two years and $20 million (a whole lot of money in 1962) in development, The Ocean Club was born, its opening marked by the star-studded Bal du Paradis gala, where Hollywood’s elite mingled with global aristocracy and world leaders. The guest list that evening included the likes of Walter Cronkite, Zsa Zsa Gabor, princes and lords from across the world, and five US Senators. Indeed, The Ocean Club’s glamorous history is a veritable who’s who of 20th-century celebrities. Multiple scenes in the 1965 James Bond Thunderball were filmed on the property with Sean Connery, and then again with Daniel Craig as Bond in the 2006 Casino Royale - each contributing to the panache of the Martini Bar and its signature Vesper. The Beatles shot their iconic Help! movie onsite, and Whitney

Through multiple renovations and updates the property has maintained an elegant but restrained British

Houston performed for another star-studded gala in the

Colonial style, which has been fused with contemporary Bahamian chic design. The property is one of the

early 2000s. And, The Ocean Club has been host to various

most photographed and filmed beach resorts in the world - including by Slim Aarons, who was a B&NC local,

high profile weddings, like Cindy Crawford’s and B&NC MAG

and who’s best known for photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places.

locals Jim Dunning and Susan Magrino.

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The Ocean Club A British Colonial main house offers an impressive backdrop to the resort’s modern amenities…and guests are welcomed - with drinks - in a large family room. In the lobby, there’s art by the resort’s resident artist, the renowned Jane Waterous, and a grand piano topped with silver framed black and white photos of some notables who’ve visited. Each of the low-rise wings of rooms and suites are set on unique courtyards or gardens. The original Hartford Wing, set around a gorgeous courtyard, features a sunken reflecting pool and lush plantings. The Crescent Wing’s 52 room renovation was unveiled in 2023 - with each of the well-appointed oceanview rooms overlooking a rolling lawn scattered with carefully positioned mature palm trees and ample hammocks for an afternoon lounge.

The resort offers lavish three and fourbedroom oceanview villa residences, which each include a private infinity pool — just perfect for those seeking the ultimate in privacy and exclusivity.

DUNE,

a restaurant helmed by

Michelin-starred chef - and B&NC local -

Jean-Georges Vongerichten, sits atop a white-sand bluff in the central area of the resort, with sweeping ocean vistas and fantastic food. It’s sophisticated, but just the right amount of cool for a vacation.

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The Ocean Club

The stunning beachfront location offers guests completely clear water and views of the mesmerizing blue of the Atlantic Ocean, while the extensive grounds boast amenities including three Har-Tru tennis courts with night lights, an advanced fitness

center,

and

spectacular

oceanfront 18-hole golf course. The resort’s exquisite grounds, spread over 35 lush acres, are lavish and yet completely refined, with the definite feeling of tranquility and privacy. Three pools offer just the right space for every guest to relax at their own pace. The Ocean Pool, which allows all guests to marvel at the ocean vista over a vanishing edge, is the centerpiece of the resort - installed as part of The Four Seasons’ transformation of the property - is situated between DUNE and the more casual Ocean Blu, with casual western-Caribbean fare. At the lagoon-style Family Pool, surrounded by tropical jungle plants, kids of all ages are happy splashing around in the refreshing waterfall. And anyone looking for a more tranquil respite can retire to the adults-only and very elegant Versailles Pool - which has views of the resort’s terraced Versailles Gardens, designed in the French Baroque style and installed by Huntington Hartford with imported remains of a 12th Century Franciscan monastery

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The resort’s exquisite grounds, spread over 35 lush acres, are lavish and yet completely refined, with the definite feeling of tranquility and privacy. BEDFORD & NEW CANAAN

And, of course, the beach is unmatched! The clear water is a stunning shade of aqua blue - and known for being home to lots of sea turtles. The waves melodically lap against the expansive white-sand beach. Plush and well-spaced lounges are appointed by a team of beach attendants with an umbrella and a fresh bucket of boxed cold water that’s replenished throughout the day. Like each pool, the beach has a generous sun lotion station, with plenty of reef-safe sunscreen for every guest!

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The Ocean Club is more than just a resort; it is a living testament to the glamour and elegance of a mostly bygone era. The Ocean Club stands as a shining beacon of what a great beach resort can be…where every moment feels like a scene from a glamorous movie…where the legends of the past continue to echo…and where new stories of luxury and indulgence are just now being written. The Ocean Club experience is like no other!

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Jed declares. “I wake up every morning and decide that it’s going to be a good day! I got divorced in 2008 and decided I was going to reset my life and become the best version of myself that I possibly could… and I’ve been working on that ever since. …I started working here at Starbucks around the same time. I didn’t take this job for the money, that’s for sure,” Jed laughs, “but I enjoyed doing this, and found a place where I could finally be happy while at work.” Jed grew up in Norwalk but attended Darien public schools because his mother was a teacher in the Darien school system. “I’ve experienced a little bit of everything in my life and I know all kinds of people…but I’m definitely really comfortable with the kind of customer that’s coming into the New Canaan store,” Jed measures. “I’ve realized that people want consistency, and that most people here - where everyone is an expert on something - want expertise as well…so I became an expert on coffee. I’m comfortable providing valuable insight to people that are coming in and looking for it!” Jed is frenetic. He’s constantly moving and gesticulating, and he talks fast. “The thing is, I taste a lot of coffee - so I know what I’m talking about. And I love coffee. But I can’t drink a ton of coffee because I’m a naturally really energetic person,” Jed sarcastically understates the reality. “I’d be off the walls if I had too much caffeine! …I usually drink an espresso in the morning and then a cup of decaf later on, and then it’s matcha after that for me. Matcha is my favorite drink, and I’ve turned a lot of people onto it who can’t deal with all of the caffeine in a typical coffee drink.”

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It says “Next Station To Heaven” on the sign at the New Canaan Train Station, and Jed is mixing matcha at Starbucks across the street. …Someday, Jed might just get the job of barista serving-up coffee at the ‘Pearly Gates’!

Although Jed’s shift at Starbucks starts around 9 a.m. most mornings…Jed starts his day at 2 or 3a.m. each pre-dawn! “I think one of the foundations to being happy is being healthy, and I’m a bit of a health nut, and I’m really extreme in everything that I do,” Jed says succinctly. “So I’ve kind of become obsessed with all of the ways that I can make myself better. I wake up between 2 and 3 a.m. and I have a lot to do…and the mornings are my time! I’m an amateur stock trader and trade purely on analytics, so I do a lot of work on that when I can really focus…and I’ve done pretty well!”.

general. And I’m a minimalist,’ Jed describes. “I got rid of my car because I like simplicity. And about five years ago, when I was preparing to do some mountain climbing, I started rucking - which means carrying a heavy rucksack. Now, I carry a 70-80 lb backpack and wear 8 lb ankle weights for my mile-and-a-half walk to the Stamford train station to catch the 8:16 to New Canaan each morning.” Jed has completed the Grand Canyon Rim-To-Rim hike, has climbed Mt. Washington, and says he’s “...never more than 3 months of stepped-up training away from being ready to go on any big climb.”

Quite open about his idiosyncrasies, Jed continues, “I’m type O blood and I think it’s really important to eat based on your body …and mine requires a lot of meat and protein. My day starts with a plain hotdog and sauerkraut for the probiotics, and over the course of the rest of the morning, between multiple workouts and an ice cold shower - as I’m influenced by Wim Hof - I’ll typically also eat some beef jerky, muscle clams, sashimi style tilapia, and whatever other proteins I can find.”

Peculiarly, Jed has chosen not to pursue the New Canaan store manager role or any other managerial role at Starbucks. “Like I said, for me the fun is making people’s day…not managing the people and the problems. I like what I do!”

“I crave routine, and I need my body to always be moving. I love working-out and fitness in

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Each barista at Starbucks is called a ‘Partner’, and the Founder and former CEO Howard Shultz has famously encouraged each barista to act like an entrepreneur, and to be Starbuck’s only public relations and marketing campaign. …With anyone who’s got Jed Johnson working for them, that’s a winning strategy!

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Sam Fertik moved to Pound Ridge with his wife, Julie Levitt-Fertik, and their then two year old daughter Emily, in 2022 - looking for a super suburb to raise a young family…and a place to make a splash showcasing his Carbon Custom Builders next-gen building techniques and capabilities. …They’re

The Fertik’s home is a masterpiece of engineering, architecture, and design. The home includes 7,000 square feet of living space - with 5 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, a massive dining room and even more impressive kitchen/pantry and adjacent family room, a living room, an office, a playroom,

now ensconced in the spectacular home Sam’s Carbon Custom Builders constructed on Upper Shad…

and gym - and an additional 4,750 square feet of basements, with a full machining and workshop and a

Emily will start elementary school next year…and Sam and Julie are expecting a second child in May!

hoist for lifting heavy objects from the basement to grade level, and an oversized 3-car garage.

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The home is constructed utilizing insulated

concrete

forms,

known

simply as ICFs, which consist of a recycled plastic skeleton embedded in 2 panels of recycled EPS foam insulation, with a core of 8 inches of reinforced cast-in-place concrete, for a total assembly that’s 16 inches thick - and over 1,000 yards of concrete were employed in this build! This system, rated at R70, is at least 4X more energy efficient than the standard ‘stick-built’ wooden code-compliant equivalent. Giant windows all around comprise an

astonishing

50%

the

total

square footage of the house walls, yielding a tremendous flow of light and making the inside feel open and airy notwithstanding the super-thick concrete structure. All the glass is triple-pane and imported exclusively from Europe, and while no glass can be as energy efficient as the ICF walls, these windows are rated at R8 - or about 3X more energy efficient than a more standard top-of-the-line doublepane window.

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LUNAWOOD thermally-modified Spruce siding dressing the exterior of the home is pre-baked to take the moisture out. It’s a great look - modern and country at the same time - and way more bug and mold resistant and maintenance-free than standard wood or manufactured siding. The HVAC is based on a geothermal system, with radiant floors, as well as forced air for heating and cooling - and the additional cost of this set-up will be recouped, after accounting for tax credits, over only two years - with significant ongoing energy and maintenance savings thereafter. The roof is entirely standing-seam aluminum, which is more resilient than a standard shingle roof - and will last decades longer.

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The water and air systems involve special

filters

and

self-testing

mechanisms that ensure the purest water and air supply possible. All plumbing

materials

have

been

screened to be as plastics-free as possible. Lime plaster on interior walls works to passively sequester carbon and filter air. No potentially toxic glues or VOC paints are used. Floors throughout the interior are American White Oak, and all millwork is custom-built with European White Oak and American Walnut. All-in, the house is about 10X more energy efficient - and carbon neutral - than just about any other house in town! …And the whole thing is bug and rodent-free, with no organic material decaying in the walls, and absolutely free of toxins that seep from plastics and other inorganically manufactured products! And the entire home is mastered with a SAVANT integrated smart home system that runs the USAI lighting system together with all security, visual media, sound, energy, and water and air filtering systems throughout the house. “I’m a bit obsessive,” Sam admits - with a proud smile. “I believe that homebuilding is, ultimately, about the living experience in the finished product. Every homeowner wants, and deserves, the peace of mind of knowing their water and air are as pure as can be, and that they are as safe and secure as possible.”

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THE BACKYARD

THE BACKYARD at the Fertik house demonstrates the same attention to detail that Sam employs in everything he does. The 1500 square foot outdoor patio has outdoor lighting that can be adjusted to be appropriate for a small gathering around the fire pit or a large outdoor gala, and the hidden sound system is capable of pumping-out concert quality acoustics. The food and beverage facility includes a state-of-the-art BBQ, a wood burning Argentine grill, a top-of-the-line pizza oven, a sink, and ample counter space for food prep and service. The outdoor vegetable garden is set in a bed of attractive and functional Corten steel walls - instead of the less attractive and short-lifespan lumber usually utilized. And the outdoor walls and walkways are built with granite and local stone and, of course, superior concrete construction underneath.

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SAM FERTIK CARBON CUSTOM BUILDERS “It’s all about the feeling and mood of your home,” Sam continues. “That includes your health and wellness. We use a lot of windows to bring-in a ton of natural light - but we also employ lighting systems that adjust to the circadian rhythm and project in a warm LED spectrum. Our homes are extra-quiet and calm.”

“While our building techniques can add incremental

“We seamlessly take any project from start to

upfront costs, the extra expense is often recovered

finish,” Sam commits. “We can find the land or fit

in energy cost savings rather quickly…and it’s the

the project to land you’ve already acquired.

only way to produce the level of quality that is our

We have a lot of local knowledge and can take

standard,” Sam boasts.

the project through the planning and approval process - without hiccups. We’re happy to work

“As a very rough rule of thumb, we can get a house

with the architect of your choice, or bring the

done at a cost of approximately $1,000 per square

right one to the table. As a construction manager

foot - and all the costs are completely transparent

or owner’s rep, we can take total charge of

to my customer.”

every aspect and detail of the project, but we’re pleased to have you as involved as you want to

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“…And I want to emphasize the way we work with

be. Importantly, we are a builder, not a contractor,

clients,” Sam entreats. “While we think of ourselves

and keep costs and delays down by working with

as artists rather than builders, and prefer projects

our own team of highly qualified tradesmen and

that we think are interesting and different…our

laborers. Most of our work is new build, but we

mission is to achieve the customer’s vision. I often

take on substantial renovations as well. …We like

say ‘When our clients’ vision meets our approach,

to build cool projects for cool people…and make

extraordinary homes are built.’”

dreams come true!”

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While Sam is incredibly focused on each and every project, Carbon Custom Builders expertly

manages

multiple

large-scale

projects. Currently, his team is building a 20,000-square-foot

estate

Greenwich,

featuring a guest house, tennis court, pool, spa,

and

extensive

estate

landscaping.

Simultaneously, they’re also spearheading a modern architectural masterpiece perched on a cliff in North Salem, designed in partnership with the renowned firm Olson Kundig, with three more under development.

“I couldn’t be happier with the decision to have moved to Pound Ridge…and must say we’re really enjoying living in this great home!” Sam exclaims. “I invite anyone thinking about building a home to come by and have a look at what we can do…and how comfortable your new home can be.”

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Built in the late 1800s as a summer estate for the Tuttle Smith family, and named Oatland, this Main Street manor has long been a prominent fixture of Ridgefield…and one that’s served many purposes over its years of different iterations. After the Tuttle Smith family enjoyed the home, it was sold to another family that lived there for about three decades. Then, around 1940, the Schlumberger Oil & Gas Company purchased the large home to use as its executive office space while their research facility, the famous building atop the hill on Sunset Lane, designed by Philip Johnson, that now houses ACT, was being built. During that time, the servants quarters were reconfigured into office cubicles, but the main floor was kept largely intact. When their research facility was complete and Schlumberger no longer needed Oatland, the corporation gave it to the nextdoor St. Stephen’s church for $1! …And, over time, the Church created apartments for clergy, rented some of the second floor to the Ridgefield Department of Education for office space, and used the main floor’s large-scale rooms for events and entertaining. By 2020, the house was in need of significant repairs…and the Church decided to put it up for sale. J A N U A R Y / F E B R U A R Y

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Rob worked closely with the owners to realize the vision for Oatland, “The owners wanted the house and its interiors to be traditional… and respectful of the architecture of the

Ready for the next iteration, a local couple

substantial and well-made. The millwork

house. It’s a Georgian Revival, and they felt

decided to purchase the historic home

and mantles were still intact. The scale of

strongly that it should look like one,” Rob

and embark on a reimagining of the house

the rooms was perfect, and the layout of

explains. “My style is pretty traditional and

and property…and Robert Rizzo from

the public rooms was actually great. And

classic anyway. I’m comfortable with brown

Cobble Court Interiors was brought on to

the house has an amazing presence! We

furniture and love English-style interiors.

implement the grand vision. “The house

welcomed the challenge and opportunity

We sourced from everywhere and designed

was in disrepair… but had such incredible

some spaces around antiques or heirlooms

bones!”

restoration of this magnificent edifice.”

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Rob

shares.

“Everything

was

undertaking

the

renovation

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that the couple had collected over the years.”

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Cobble Court Interiors is a luxury interior design firm with offices and a home furnishings shop in New Canaan on South Ave. The firm does many whole-house projects locally in New Canaan, Darien, Ridgefield, Greenwich and Bedford, and is also known for some larger projects like the Presidential Suite at the Ocean House in Watch Hill and the private Hoggs Head Club in Ireland, as well as other prestigious projects all over the country and the world.

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OATLAND’S FRONT FOYER is an incredibly inviting space, filled with character, that serves as a comfortable entrance to the rest of the house and an introduction to the palette found beyond. “We used this amazing hand-screened and

hand-painted

George

Spencer

Royale Palm wallpaper that the owners had seen at a hunting lodge in Georgia, and that mustardy green/yellow color

really drives everything else throughout the house,” Rob elucidates, “We chose a Georgian period library table with with original green leather top because of its amazing scale for the room. And we carefully preserved all the original dental molding, sweeping archways, and fabulous original pocket doors.”

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Two large winged-back chairs in the living room are the perfect place to relax by the fire and read a book – but the room also has ample seating to be conducive to large-group entertaining.

Rob is careful to note that all of his designs are informed by what the client wants - be it functionality or aesthetic - but adds that there is a very distinct ‘Cobble Court look and feel’ - that’s showcased at Oatland. Textured rooms, abundant with sumptuous fabrics and interesting patterns, completely layered, and yet never overwhelming and always grounded in cohesion. “I like to design a room that I want to walk into and enjoy completely. I never want to be overwhelmed by any specific element. The way I think about it is that there should be a feeling that’s created by having all of the pieces and elements together, and that no one item or area should be the main character. Everything should be wonderfully warm and inviting. Once I sit down I want to start to notice and appreciate each beautiful detail,” Rob says. True to form, at Oatland there are rich textures on almost every single surface, including grasscloth and fabric wallpapers, a Nobelist fauxwood grained wallpaper on the ceiling in the Garden Room, and decadent fabrics on custom sofas that are both visually and tactilely pleasing. 88

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“Because the house was built in the

back of the house into a large open

1800s - when lifestyles were much

space for the Kitchen, Family Room,

different - and there were never really

and the intimate Breakfast Nook,”

any major renovations to bring it into

Rob adds. “A lot of the Kitchen design

the modern era for family living - the

was rooted in having a semi-hidden

biggest

was

Butler’s Pantry, which houses a special

in turning what was the servants

GE Monogram pizza oven that heats-

quarters and service kitchen in the

up to 1600 degrees.”

structural

renovation

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UPSTAIRS,

Rob custom-framed two 58-inch fabric squares from the iconic final collection of Oscar De La Renta to adorn the large wall above the staircase.

“It’s a technique I employ in a number of projects to create an artistic and treasured focal point on a large wall that might otherwise be a difficult place for appropriate artwork,” Rob reveals.

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a true extension of the living spaces and designed for family living and entertaining at any scale. One of the owners is an avid gardener, and has quickly transformed the front and backyards into a lush and private respite with an impressive array of blooms. “We were excited about building a home for our family that would have the best of both worlds - downtown living and a large private property - and to have a home that could be a fun project that we’d make our own!” the owners shared.

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Judah Miller is a comedy writer who most recently wrote and was the showrunner for the television series called Bupkis, starring Pete Davidson - who’s also recently moved to Bedford. Together, Marissa and Judah are amongst the elite of ‘Hollywood’ power couples …and in 2021, they bought a house in Bedford!

This is the house I grew-up in! My father was an architect and built this house in 1965.”

“This is the house I grew-up in!” Marissa announces. “My father was an architect and built this house in 1965. He bought these five acres for $8,000 - but, unfortunately, didn’t buy all the adjacent land that was for sale, because he couldn’t afford it - and we moved up from Manhattan. I was the youngest of four and we all went to Fox Lane. …My parents sold the house in 1999. …Then one night in 2021 - and I was one of those people who was going crazy washing vegetables during Covid - I’m lying in bed with Judah in our house in L.A., and I have an impulse - and I believe that there’s all sorts of energy in the universe - and I looked up the house on Zillow and, sure enough, it had just been listed for sale! We called up and bought it the next morning. … For me, Bedford has always been ‘home’! It’s just awesome to live in the energy of my childhood!”

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Marissa is over the top, volume up, upbeat, and gregarious. Her positive energy fills the room… and no one needs to ask her a question to get her started…

“I’ve always been an actress and a singer,” she proclaims. “I was the youngest of four kids, so the genesis is probably based in my wanting more attention! I always felt like an oddball growing up…but I embraced that I was different. I went to Fox Lane and took every opportunity I could find as a kid to get up in front of an audience. I’ve always been pretty fearless! I even worked as an usher at the Bedford Playhouse, just because it was a job ‘in theater’ and because I got to watch all the movies at the same time. When it was time to go to college my dad said the regular path was a waste of time and money in my case, and that I should instead go to work on my craft…and I enrolled at the American Music and Dramatic Academy in Manhattan. At 20, I landed the role playing Jan in the Broadway production of Grease!” “Grease was a great gig, but I’m a person who wants to take everything to the top…so I moved out to L.A. to do TV and movies,” Marissa continues. “I was the only person that looked like me and I celebrated that! The chubby diva…auditioning against a field of plain boring girls! I got a lot of work, including a standout role in American Beauty. Norman Lear even developed a TV show with me in a lead role but that never got produced. …And then, at age 26, I was diagnosed with cervical and uterine cancer…” “I got the call for Hairspray from Marc Shaiman in 2001, while I was still being treated for cancer. I didn’t tell anyone, because I feared they wouldn’t want to invest in me and because I didn’t want to ruin the character by being generally identified as the sick girl,” Marissa admits. “But then I realized I could inspire other people by telling my story…and ever since then I’ve worked with just about every cancer organization trying to convey the message that ‘you can be OK’! I’ve got a lot of energy and a lot of life, and found the zen of accepting that whatever happens in life…is great! I’m pretty fearless!”

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“Doing Mama I’m A Big Girl Now, together with my co-stars from Hairspray, Laura Bell Bundy and Kerry Butler, is the culmination of my journey over the twenty years since that fountainhead,” Marissa proclaims. “I love being a strong woman with strong girlfriends - who all support each other! I think there’s a need for hard comedy and escapism. And I believe the play will strike a chord with almost everyone. Kind of like appearing on Dancing With The Stars! Moms come with their grown daughters to kind of explain their own histories. Laura, Kerry and I brought the show to Lisa Dozier Shacket to produce, and when Hairspray producer Doug Meyer joined in on the project, we went full bore. It took a lot of effort, but at the same time it was so much fun that it felt effortless. Good art is very powerful. It can do a lot of things! This show brings joy!”

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While Judah is pleased to play the role of supporting actor when it comes to Marissa, he’s a standalone superstar in the world of comedy writing. “I grew up in Alamo in San Francisco’s East Bay area and was Pre-med at UC Berkeley…but down deep I always wanted to go into showbiz,” Judah recalls. “Right out of school, I got a job working in the mailroom at William Morris in L.A., and got swept up for a couple of years in becoming an agent …but one day my boss called me in and told me I ‘wasn’t enough of a killer to make it in the agency business’. By that time I’d determined that I really wanted to be a writer. So I got a computer and started to write! I wrote a spec script with my brother, and we were hired by Phil Lord and Chris Miller to work on a cult hit animated show called Clone High. As I continued, writing on my own, I got as much TV work as I could possibly handle. I feel absolutely fortunate to have been able to work with comedy legends like Lorne Michaels, Judd Apatow, Seth MacFarlane, Danny McBride, Mike Judge, and Steve Levitan. I’m currently working on a screenplay for Bradley Cooper. It’s always a bit of a carny existence not having steady work, but I can’t think of anything I’d rather do!”

“I think I’m funny,” Judah reflects, “...but I’m usually the quiet guy in the room. My writing is much funnier than I am in real life. I’m certainly

The couple met way back when Judah was still in college at Berkeley. “I

much more of an introvert than Marissa - we’d be way too

went with Sally Struther’s daughter to go see the production of Grease

annoying otherwise! I view myself as being kind of scrappy

in San Francisco and got backstage afterwards,” Judah explains. “I wasn’t

- but only as a writer…I bring my car to the dealership to

too suave about it when I announced to Marissa that I thought she was ‘a

change plates!” ...Marissa breaks-in to sing Judah’s praises,

star’ and that she was destined to emerge as a leading lady on stage and

saying, “Judah can come in with a strong point of view and

screen. …Four years later, I was working at William Morris and Marissa came

his humor is based in truth, but his work almost always

to the office to meet with my boss. I was wearing a suit and tie and Marissa

expresses a definite optimism. His humor is usually dry, but

didn’t recognize me or remember that we’d met…maybe even after I told

he has the ability to write in a variety of tones and, unlike many

her I was the guy who predicted the stardom she was then achieving.”

other comedy writers, understands that women can be funny

…As Marissa picks-up the story saying, “I may not have remembered him,

too! And while he’s being quite honest about not being handy,

but I certainly noticed him! I asked his boss ‘who’s your assistant’ before

when he’s in the role of being a showrunner he’s quite capable,

he tried to get reacquainted, and I was thrilled when he asked me out on

takes definite charge of everybody and everything, and gets

a date. When he called to follow-up, he said he was going to Vegas for the

the best out of everyone.”

weekend with some of his buddies…and asked me to join him! …We’re the same age and get along really well, but before I even started to think of him as my boyfriend, he said ‘we should get married’! …I was all in!”

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“Despite my cancer surgery, we were able to have our son Zev through a surrogate,” Marissa says with the huge smile of a proud mama. “He’s 16 now. …He’s a great kid, does really well in school, and - although we don’t know where he got it from - he’s a real athlete. He’s determined to become a tennis pro and, completely on his own initiative, after three years training at IMG Academy, he is now finishing high school at Weil Tennis Academy in Ojai, California.” Sometimes,

these

two

creatives

write side-by-side. Judah comments, “Marissa is actually a brilliant writer. She often dictates fully-formed comedy, practically shouting it out at me! And she edits everything I write before I send it out. Her opinion helps me so much. She’s brutally honest with me!” …It’s as if Mel Brooks and Bette Middler got

together…and

yet

Judah

and

Marissa each humbly blush at that comparison. “I’ve been obsessed with Mel Brooks since I was a little kid. He’s the master, and everything I’ve done

If we’re going to wax on abou t my career,” Marissa continues, “I’ll say that I’m most proud of what I’ ve done to empower other women - and as a plus-size role model. I paved the way for other cu te chubby girls to believe that they don’ t have to play the sidekick . Women come up to me all the time to say ‘ you changed the way I saw myself ’! Even Rebel Wilson told me that when she saw me in Hair spray i t made her realize that she could do musical theater.”

has been informed by him. We have the same sensibilities and comedic bent. But I can only aspire to pioneer in humor as he did, or leave behind the kind of body of work that he boasts,” Judah tributes. And Marissa remarks, “I’m incredibly flattered. Bette was an inspiration to me growing up. And I do share a small part of the cult following in the gay and lesbian community that Bette first championed. I’ve even been the Grand Marshall at the NY and LA Pride Parades. But Bette was a real movie star, and I’ve yet to land a leading role in film like hers playing C.C. Bloom in Beaches and singing Wind Beneath Your Wings as the theme song.”

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Judah and Marissa are a fun pair! …And pressed to determine a guest list of the folks - dead or alive - they’d put together for a fantasy dinner party at their home in Bedford… Judah

sets

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FIONA DAVIS SOUTH SALEM LOCAL PENS MANHATTAN’S MYSTERIES Fiona Davis didn’t start writing historical fiction until she was 49…but It seems like it’s what she was born to do! Fiona is a New York Times bestseller and has just released her eighth book, titled The Stolen Queen, set at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each of her novels is based in, around, and about one of New York City’s iconic buildings, including, in order of publication, The Dollhouse set in the Barbizon Hotel for Women, The Address set at The Dakota, The Masterpiece set at Grand Central Station, The Chelsea Girls set at

the Chelsea Hotel,

The Lions of Fifth Avenue set at the New York Public Library, Magnolia Palace set at the Frick Museum, The Spectacular set at Radio City Music Hall, and now The Stolen Queen. Fiona was born in Canada and the family moved around a bit because of her dad’s work as a chemical engineer. She graduated from Brick Township High School in New Jersey. She pursued a minor in English at William & Mary, but moved to New York to start working as an actress right after college. “I worked as an actress for about ten years,” Fiona recalls. “I was in a couple of shows on Broadway, including one that was nominated for a Tony. I was in several soap operas and commercials, and worked with a theater company called Willow Cabin where we produced three shows each year. I enjoyed the work, but I didn’t like the lack of control, the way life changes on a whim with each audition and you can’t plan ahead.”

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“So, in my thirties, I took one of those Meyers Briggs tests that tells you what you should do with your life,” Fiona says, recognizing with a smile that it sounds like too convenient of a plot line, “and it said I should be a journalist or a cop! I didn’t think working as a police officer in New York City was quite my style, so I enrolled in the Masters degree program at the Columbia Journalism School. That’s where I learned how to do research and how to shape a story. After graduation, I edited and wrote for a theater magazine, and then, over the course of about fifteen years, eventually developed an emphasis as a freelance writer focusing on health and women’s issues for magazines like Oprah and Women’s Health.”

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“One day I came across the old Barbizon Hotel for Women on the southeast corner of Lexington Avenue and 63rd Street. The Barbizon Hotel sometimes referred to around town as The Dollhouse – catered to women only, and had a long history as a women’s oasis and incubator. A place where future icons like Joan Didion, Grace Kelly, and Sylvia Plath stayed when they were just starting out. In 2005, the building was converted into luxury condominium apartments, and I learned that a dozen or so of the long-time residents still lived there. I was curious as

as much of the building as I could. I use the factual

to what it was like when these women – who paid

history as a kind of scaffolding, and then layer a

around $300 a month in rent – shared the elevator

fictional story and characters over it. The Address

with the guy who bought the $17 million penthouse.

weaves together the tale of The Dakota from the

I thought it would make a good article,” Fiona says.

time when it was a lone fortress, standing alone

“I did a ton of research but almost all the long-time

on the West side of Central Park amidst ‘rocks,

residents, who were in their 80s and 90s, didn’t

swamps, goats, and shanties’ - as one newspaper in

want to be interviewed. Then I realized it might

the 1800s described the neighborhood – and then

make a better book than an article,” Fiona says, with

one hundred years later, from the point-of-view of

hindsight proving her theory. “In my story, a resident

a decorator who is stripping a Dakota apartment

who’s a nosy journalist starts digging into the

of its glory in order to install floor-to-ceiling mirrors

background of one of her neighbors and a mystery

and shag carpeting for one of the newly-minted

ensues. As I’ve done in each of my books, the story

millionaires moving in. I always include a mystery to

is set in dual timelines - in The Dollhouse I wove

keep the reader turning the pages, and let the two

the circumstances and tales of the women in 2016

timelines collide.”

with those of the residents during the ‘Golden Age of the Barbizon in the 1950s. And I used the story to

“Finding the story in each building is kind of organic.

address the ways that women’s voices and agency

Each building reveals a unique history of its own, and

have changed over time – and the ways in which

there are always surprises. Did you know that the

they haven’t. I didn’t tell anyone I was working on

New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue and 42nd

the book while I was writing it, but figured I’d keep

Street has a 7-room apartment that was designed

going and see what emerged.”

for the superintendent and his family? Or that the painter John Singer Sargeant co-founded an art

“Each book and each story has had its own way

school that operated on the top floor of Grand Central

of coming into being,” Fiona reveals. “When The

Terminal?” Fiona says. “I usually do research for four

Dollhouse was about to be published, I passed by

or five months, then write the first draft, which takes

The Dakota and thought it would be a fascinating

about four or five more months. I’m looking to see

building to write about, and began my fairly

if the mystery holds up from beginning to end, and

exhaustive research process, where I try to learn

that there are no holes. I do about ten rounds of

everything I can about the building and the people

revisions, and then my agent does an edit, before I

in it. In the case of The Dakota, I met with Andrew

send the manuscript to my editor. I’m proud to say

Alpern, who’d written an incredibly detailed and

that Dutton/Penguin Random House has been my

elaborative book about the building and who is

publisher from the start. They’re wonderful to work

considered the leading expert on the edifice - and

with and the entire team is incredible. Finally, I write

maybe on New York City’s architectural history in

the author’s note, where I try to make it very clear

general. I met with residents and people who’d

what’s fact and what’s fiction, as I know readers of

worked in the building, I reviewed floor plans of

historical fiction love to go down the same rabbit

each apartment, I toured as many apartments and

holes I did while researching.”

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Not surprisingly, Fiona reads a lot. “I loved Agatha Christie as a kid, and I adore Edith Wharton,

research. “In the novel, Charlotte is enthralled with

the way she starts a sentence making you think one way and then, with the turn of a phrase,

the story of Hatshepsut. Hatshepsut was regent to

bends it to imply the complete opposite. I do read a lot of historical fiction, and think Kate

an infant pharaoh and ruled successfully for twenty

Quinn is one of the best in the genre. I also like Geraldine Brooks, Dolan Perkins Valdez,

years, and then after her death she was erased -

and recently finished a book by Evan Friss called The Bookshop: A History of the American

her images were actually hacked out of reliefs, her

Bookstore, which emphasizes the importance of bookstores. And while I’m on that topic,

sculptures destroyed. At first, it was believed that

let me give a shout-out to our local booksellers, like the Reading Room in Katonah, Booksy

the acts were ordered by the pharaoh because he

in Pound Ridge, and Elm Street Books in New Canaan. It’s exciting that a new bookstore is

was angry at being usurped, and the Met catalog

opening in Bedford, as well. I’ve also been lucky to speak at a number of our local libraries,

from the last century even describes Hatshepsut

including

as a ‘vain, ambitious and unscrupulous woman’.

Bedford, and New Canaan, and the

Later, a new theory came about, which the curator

librarians and staff have been so

discovers during the course of the novel. I like to

supportive of me and my work. And I

say that Hatshepsut was ‘revered, erased, reviled

love the book series they have going

…and then restored’.”

at the Bedford Playhouse.”

In real life, Fiona spends the work week based

“I

on the Upper West Side and then escapes for

extraordinary it is that we have so

weekends and most of the summer to what

many prominent female authors

she calls her ‘forever house’ in South Salem.

living in the area,” Fiona declares.

Her boyfriend, Greg Wands, writes thrillers.

“Lynda

“We met one cold and rainy November night at

Orman Schnall, Amy Poeppel, Ann

Shakespeare & Company on the Upper West Side.

Leary, Wendy Walker, Jimin Han,

I was doing a book signing, and Greg introduced

Elise Hart Kipness. Some of us even

himself – it turns out we shared the same publicist

have an occasional writers’ lunch and

and publisher. We got a drink, and that was that.

get together on an informal basis to

Not long after, I was looking for a weekend house

share ideas and talk shop.”

also

those

have

Cohen

Lewisboro,

mention

Loigman,

how

Susie

and found the perfect one in South Salem,” Fiona says. “During Covid we spent most of the time at

Four

the house, set up on opposite ends of the dining

an author, at age 53, Fiona was

years

into

room table, and that’s still pretty much how we

diagnosed

work. Things really flow for us when we’re up here.

with proper treatment, exercise, and

We both like being able to look up and ask for a

medication, Fiona is doing well and is

synonym or bounce the way something sounds

working hard on her next book, which

off the other person.”

is set at the Morris-Jumel Mansion in

with

her

career

Parkinson’s.

as But

Upper Manhattan. “As well as writing About her life as a B&NC local, Fiona details, “On

novels, I’m also focused on drawing

Saturday, we hit the Gossett Brothers Farmer’s

attention to Parkinson’s and acting as an advocate. I serve on the Patient’s Council of the

Market on Route 35 – and our regular stop there

Michael J. Fox Foundation, and included a character with Parkinson’s in my book set at

includes a standing order for coffee cake from

Radio City Music Hall - The Spectacular. Since then, I’ve had so many readers come up to

Sharon of Sharamel. We like to cook at home

me at book talks and signings and share their story as a patient, care partner, or relative,

most nights when we’re up here. But when my

which has been truly rewarding,” Fiona says.

very English mom visited last month, we took her to the Horse & Hound in South Salem for a pint…

Fiona is looking forward to the upcoming book tour for The Stolen Queen. “I’m very grateful

which she loved. Greg and I also love to hike in the

to be able to connect with readers all over the country. And I don’t regret any of the crazy

Ward Pound Ridge Reservation.”

turns that got me to this place…actress…journalist…columnist…each career switch brought me closer to what I really love…which is to write novels. I just didn’t know it yet.”

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About her most recent release, The Stolen Queen, Fiona says, “It’s about mummies and secret curses, and reclaiming women’s proper role in history. Part of the story takes place in 1978, when an associate curator at the Met Museum named Charlotte is unwillingly teamed up with a over-eager young assistant. The story also jumps back to 1930s Egypt, when Charlotte was a young archaeologist. I love the way both ancient art and pop culture are embodied in the Met Museum, between the Egyptian Art Collection and the Met Gala, also known as the ‘Party of the Year’.”

Fiona spent two weeks in Egypt as part of her

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JOE LAPORTA

HEARD BUT NOT SEEN

Joe LaPorta is a mastering engineer - which means that he’s

Joe has mastered tunes for

the guy who puts the final touches on an audio recording.

Shawn Mendes, Future, Foo Fighters, J. Cole, and Jelly Roll,

And, though the mastering engineer is - particularly since the

to name just a few big stars,

disappearance of credits being printed on an album cover -

but he’s also a giant in the

invisible to the listener, the subtle changes the mastering

Contemporary Christian space.

engineer makes can make all the difference in how a

And he’s the ‘go to’ for quite a

recording is received by listeners. …Joe is heard but not seen!

few top artists, including Keith Urban, who, as Joe says, “...is way involved! The artist is always in control…it’s

their

vision.

But

sometimes the artist wants to attend the session in person,

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Mastering engineers are only eligible

and other times I work with

to win Grammys in 5 of the 65 award

their team remotely and don’t

categories…and

the

actually get to meet the artist.

Grammy for Record of the Year for Miley

The downsides of my business

Cyrus’ Flowers and the Grammy for

are that I always have to be

Best Engineered for David Bowie’s final

available, artists and mixers

album Blackstar, been nominated 8

often set tight deadlines that I

other times, and is now again nominated

have to meet, there isn’t much

- at the 2025 Grammy Awards taking

flexibility with working remotely

place in Los Angeles in January 2025 -

as I need to be in my studio to

for Best Engineered on Willow Smith’s

get the best results, and…that I

album Empathogen!

don’t share in the residuals!”.

Joe

has

won

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JOE LAPORTA

I’m just in love with music.

Joe lives in Armonk with his wife Tara and their two sons, Jayden who’s 12 and Justin who’s 9. But Joe grew up in North Salem, and traces his start in the music industry - and meeting Tara - to his days at North Salem High School. “I used to make rap beats on a four-track cassette recorder and put together recordings with other local rappers,” Joe recalls. “At some point during my senior year in high school, my friend and I started a label and secured what’s called a production and distribution deal with a subsidiary of EMI Records. They would only make 5,000 or so copies of each release, but it was really cool to go to the mall and see our albums on display!”

“I listen to music all the time,” Joe comments. “I often listen to my current projects while I’m commuting, and I’m mostly thinking about how I could improve on what it is that I’m hearing. I’ve got the Sonos system in my house blaring until it’s time for the kids to go to sleep. …And whether it’s a concert, wedding, or even snow blowing my driveway - to protect my ears - I’ve got earplugs in!”

I like rap and rock and EDM and jazz. And I’m totally intrigued by the way music is made,” Joe declares. “I went to NYU for a Bachelors in Music Technology, and had an internship at a mastering studio called The Lodge. I was given a ton of responsibilities very early on and once I realized I could do it, I was on my way. My internship turned into a job for the first eight years of my professional career. Then, in 2013, I joined Sterling Sound, which is the preeminent mastering studio in the world. We have studios in Nashville and where I go to work in Edgewater, New Jersey. I work in a specially-built listening room - that, among other things, is built on springs to avoid any interference or distortion caused by the music output or any vibration or sound happening outside the room. The sound I’m listening to has to be a perfect production of what’s recorded. …And when I’m listening, I can tell if there was a dip in a particular frequency range, or if there’s an issue in the room where the sound was recorded.” “My job,” Joe explains, “...is to take the work of the recording artist and the mixer who’s already assembled the multi-tracks of the recording…and make it better! There’s no room for error! I can make

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a recording feel more balanced, more dynamic,

Still a bit starstruck about getting to work with

more striking, and more pleasing. And while people

entertainment giants, Joe tells about having been a

say I ‘have the ear’, it’s also my musical intuition that

guest at a dinner thrown by the Foo Fighters…with

I’m bringing to the table. …When I’m mastering, I see

Johnny Depp, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello,

the music like an array of colors, and what I’m doing

Paul McCartney, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and

is filling-in colors or shades that are missing from

Tony Hawk all in attendance! As to who Joe would

the picture. Accentuating something, or turning

have over for a fantasy dinner party of his own,

down the bass or some other facet of the way a song

Joe remarks, “My list would consist of some of my

is recorded. Most often, my personal comments are

biggest influences in different genres of music…

drum related, as the drums are almost always the

James Brown, Led Zeppelin,

backbone of the creation. …All of these subtleties

Miles

can help take an artist’s work to the next level.”

& J Dilla!”

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LET THERE BE

Mosello’s Design Lighting By Marks has done more residential indoor and outdoor lighting in this area

LIGHT

than any other concern, period. And his 23 Banks Design Group has a long history of completing sophisticated and simple residential redesigns and renovations, on time and on budget. Mark exclaims, “At 77, I know a few things about lighting, but you know I still focus on each job like it was my first. I want to light up my customers’ lives!” Mark grew up in Yonkers, the youngest of three boys, raised Catholic in a working class family with an Italian father and Jewish mother. He lived near Van Cortlandt Park Golf Course, and as a young kid he made cash collecting lost golf balls and selling them, and Kool-Aid, to the golfers. He graduated from Lincoln High School and, at the age of only 17, married his first wife…and welcomed their daughter, Pauline, into a world…where Mark needed to immediately start making a living!

“God said let there be light, and there

“I got a job working as a Shop Boy for a rough

was light! …But there still wasn’t really

and tumble guy named Luca Cappelli, who was

great indoor or landscape lighting until

an enterprising electrical contractor expanding into development - and the father of the White

I came along!” says Mark Mosello in his

Plains developer Louis Cappelli. I spent a decade

typically irreverent and jocular manner.

working my way up and in every capacity of Luca’s

…But he can back it up - with his more

organization, and learning everything there is to

than 50 years of lighting up Westchester

Mark recalls. “I was in the Electrical Workers Union

know about doing electrical work of every kind,” and, in 1969, I got viral meningitis and spent

and Fairfield Counties as his proof!

two weeks in the hospital. When they sent me a $16,500 check for workers comp…I went into business for myself.” “I started driving around to jobs in a 4-door Chevy with an extension ladder tied to the passenger side of the car. Then I bought an old milk truck and converted it to my purposes,” Mark smiles remembering his hardscrabble start. “My first job was putting in an exhaust fan, I had to go back four times to finish the work, and I got paid $15, but I made sure I got it right. I put a crew together, and then another and another, and I developed a pretty successful business doing electrical contracting, and eventually I expanded into roofing, landscaping, masonry, and carpentry.”

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“In 1971, I was working on an interior renovation job in Scarsdale and, for no particular reason, I took particular notice of the splendid Magnolia that was the center attraction on the front lawn. I suggested to the homeowners that I light-up the

“AND I DO ALMOST AS MUCH INDOOR LIGHTING AS LANDSCAPE WORK,”

tree…which was a novel idea at the time! I hadn’t seen it done, I just imagined how great the tree would look, and knew I had the know-how to do it right. The homeowners were hesitant about the $300 cost, so I offered to install the lighting and only collect the fee if they were thrilled with the result. …They were! …Then a neighbor saw it and called to get the same…and outdoor lighting has been a principal focus of my business ever since!”

“I’m proud to say my work always stands out! When someone drives by a house and landscape I’ve lit up, there’s a substance, balance and professionalism that’s just right!” Mark proclaims.

Mark continues. “With good indoor lighting I can change the mood and feeling of a home. Sometimes even some small lighting adjustments will warm a room or make a whole house feel more inviting and welcoming. Beyond the color and intensity of the light inside the house, installing proper lights to highlight art, or to backlight a bar, or uplight a ceiling, can change your living experience.”

around Westchester and Fairfield like the Eveready Bunny…but, like Superman, he always shows up when you need him. He’s with his third

Adding finally, “And, beyond

wife, Laurie, and has four biological children and four stepchildren. He and

lighting, with my 23 Banks

Laurie recently sold their own estate in Waccabuc - and there’s a rumor

Design Group, also based in

that Taylor Swift was the buyer! - and he and Laurie now reside in South

Bedford, I still do all kinds

Salem. He gets out for an occasional round of golf…but is almost always

talking about a job or, worse, having to leave golfing early to make sure his

high-end

landscaping,

masonry, and carpentry.”

guys got it right lighting up some customer’s property.

Running Design Lighting By

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Good lighting can be transformative. …In the B&NC MAG area, Mark

Group

Mosello is the man!

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WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT

Claire Millerick & Ben Powers

Married in Ridgefield Claire Millerick and Ben Powers were married at the Keeler Tavern in Ridgefield on September 21, 2024. Claire grew up in Ridgefield and went to the Ridgefield public schools. She drove by the Keeler Tavern most days, had school field trips there, and even had her senior portrait done in the gardens. …And from the time she was young, she knew the Keeler Tavern was where she wanted to get married!

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WEDDING

“We wanted the evening to feel like an intimate dinner party for our closest family and friends, and ended up having about fifty guests. My sister Charlotte Whatley is a wedding planner and she helped us out a lot!” Claire recounts, On wedding morning, Claire got ready at the Fountain Inn and walked from there to the Keeler Tavern. “Some of my favorite photos from the day are the ones of me walking down Main Street in my gown!” The ceremony was held in the Keeler’s Sunken Garden, which was in full bloom on a nice cool fall day.

Claire and Ben met at the Southport School, a special school for kids with dyslexia and ADHD, where Claire and Ben were both working at the time, and where Ben is now the Executive Director. They’d been professional colleagues for three years before they finally admitted that they liked each other and decided to go on a date…and just four months later Ben popped the question on a beach in the Florida Keys! “As soon as we started dating I knew Claire was the one for me!” Ben smiles. “We were house-sitting at Claire’s parents in Ridgefield and while I was playing with the dog in the backyard, I looked up and caught a glimpse of her through the kitchen window …and I had the very clear realization that I was in love!” “I say ‘coincidentally’, earlier that same day Ben and I had driven by the Keeler Tavern and I’d mentioned to Ben that

‘That’ s where I want to get married one day! ’ ” Claire shares.

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WEDDING “We’d called each other ‘partners’ from the beginning of our relationship,” Claire explains, “…and I didn’t really resonate with the idea of being ‘given away’, so I walked down the aisle alone - and had my parents, Carol and Michael Millerick, and my sister, waiting for me in the front to give me a big hug.” Ben reflects, “We chose not to do a first look, so the first time I saw Claire was when she was walking down the aisle towards me… it was such a special moment!”

The couple had a close friend from Southport School officiate the ceremony, and exchanged custom vows…

tory s e v o l r u O Clairem: oved fast, btuedt has ve never doub es. I hawe are soulmat as that ed knowing you en I lov worker, and th ad a co ved falling he nd I lo heels for you, a a over I love building now together. life

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Ben: The a day that re isn’t where I don goes by about how I ’t reflect luckiest. It’s am the we’re getting fitting at a museum, married you are s because exquisite anduch an creation, and unique like the luck I feel I get a lif iest that appreciate yo etime to u.

A live string orchestra performed for the ceremony and through the cocktail hour, which was held in a tent on the Terrace, and followed by the reception in the Garden House. “The whole affair was really lively and elegant and sophisticated, and centered around the dinner. And it was heartwarming to see the way our two families got together,” Claire says, glowing with the memory. To add personal touches to the evening, Claire’s mom made the wedding cake and Claire’s aunt, Bonnie Kaehler, did the artwork that was printed on each napkin. The color scheme was autumnal, with lots of Sunflowers and Rhenunculas filling the room. Ben made a speech, the couple shared a first dance, and Claire danced with her dad to Tupelo Honey. “We hired a watercolor artist to create on-the-spot portraits of our guests as favors to take home and remember the evening by…and now we love hearing from our friends and family how cherished those portraits are,” Ben relishes. At the end of the evening, the couple walked right down the street to spend the night at the Fountain Inn. The next day the newlyweds left for a celebratory weekend in Cape Cod. And, while B&NC locals are reading this, the couple will be honeymooning in St. Lucia.

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On Friday December 6, Martha Stewart hosted a fabulous Christmas tree lighting at the Bedford Post Inn. Merriment flowed, as did adorably themed cocktails like a mezcal hot apple cider and mulled wine being cooked and served in an outdoor kitchen. The collaboration included Martha overseeing the holiday decorations that were erected in the Farmhouse area of the Inn, and contributing a tree cut down from her own property from her Christmas tree farm. To kick off the festivities, Martha Stewart officiated the lighting of the towering tree at dusk with a countdown, followed by joining in with local carolers for a few songs. Later on, a champagne tower surprised and delighted an onlooking crowd. 6

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Martha Stewart on the cover in her Katonah home in front of her own Christmas tree, was displayed throughout the Inn.

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Ridgef ield Academy/ Landmark Preschool 50th Anniversary Gala Ridgefield Academy/Landmark Preschool celebrated their 50th anniversary on Saturday, November 2nd, at GlenArbor Golf Club in Bedford Hills. Nearly 175 current and past parents, faculty, staff, and friends

Preschool - Grade 8

gathered to honor this important milestone in the school’s history. Thanks to the generosity of sponsors, donors, auction winners, and attendees, more than $200,000 was raised. Event proceeds will support

tuition assistance, allowing future generations of students to benefit from the personalized, comprehensive

education the school has provided for five decades.

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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Sculpture Garden at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum On Friday, November 15th, following a yearlong construction project, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum celebrated the reopening of the Sculpture Garden with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

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3. Gail Gluckman, Diana Bowes, Eric Diefenbach, Neil Marcus, Julie Phillips, KK Streator, Amy Pal, Kristina Larson, Cybele Maylone, Claude Amadeo

Darien Chamber’s Annual Awards & Holiday Cheer The Darien Chamber’s Annual Awards and Holiday Cheer event, celebrating

Chamber members and dedicated volunteers who’s hard work and commitment make all the difference.

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4. M ichelle Donzeiser, Amy Daniels, Brandi Maniscalco, Kesti Aysseh, Missy Dye, Jennifer Erdlen, Susan Demark

5. K esti Aysseh, Suzanne Brannan Employee of the Year and Bill Jensen

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and bites. Margie Nugent, the owner of Making Faces, was quite the hit with kids and adults as she helped lots of little girls transform into the Glinda of their dreams! Dan Reardon, from Drs. Orders Baking Co created custom Glinda and Elphaba hand-decorated cookies. Cotton Candy Time spun pink and green cotton candy for everyone. And themed games and photo booths were enjoyed by all!

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The Prospector Gala at The Prospector Theater November 20th 2024 marked the 10 year anniversary of The Prospector first opening its doors. To celebrate a decade of competitive and inclusive employment for people with disabilities, The Prospector hosted a sparkly Gala!

1. K ennedy Blaire, Ryan Wenke, RJ Mitty 2. E J Greczylo and Brad Bellagamba 3. Cindy Mann, Dillion Tepfer, Kris Mann

Blossom Hill’s Holiday Bazaar @ Carriage Barn Arts Center Blossom Hill’s Holiday Bazaar showed the incredible power of women-owned businesses uniting for education and peace — strengthening their impact across 14 schools and programs.

4. R osy Nimroody, Ann Reed, Mahshid Nasseri

5. J ason Bennett, Ellen Badanes, Alan Badanes, Danika landers, Lauren Nussbaum, Shiva Sarram

Wicked with Special Guest Dan Micciche at Bedford Playhouse A sold-out screening of Wicked, featuring an exclusive discussion with Broadway’s Dan Micciche, offering insights into the musical’s legacy and its transformation from stage to screen.

6. D an Micciche and Jennifer Funigiello

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On Friday December 6th, New Canaan kicked off the Holiday Shopping season with their annual Holiday Stroll.

1. Kelsey Jensen, Quinn Jensen, Carter Jensen, Kelsey Priebe, Hunter Priebe, and Warren Priebe

2. Malcolm Willis, Hilary Willis, “Finley Willis, and Hudson Willis

3. A bby Stinchfield, Bea Stinchfield, Oliver Dennis, and Andy Stinchfield

4. L ance Munger, Wesley Munger, Jack Loop and Paula Loop

Person 2 Person Annual Holiday Toy Store On December 12th, Person 2 Person held its annual “Holiday Toy Store,” in Darien, ensuring its clients have gifts for their children during this special time of year. The event was made possible thanks to the kindness of local residents and businesses who donated toys, books, board games, gift cards, and money!

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CELEBRATING 100 YEARS! 4TH GENERATION FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED

5th Annual Peppermint Parade in Katonah Santa Claus came to Katonah on a sleigh on a truck, escorted by vintage cars and the Katonah Fire Department. This was the 5th Annual Peppermint

Parade put on by the Katonah Chamber of Commerce and was co-sponsored by the Katonah Village Improvement Society.

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5. S usan Leighton, Allison Turcan, Ellen Best & Lisa Cohn

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Mather Homestead Fall Harvest Festival

WOMB Music Project Sips Sounds & Ceremony

The Mather Homestead sixth annual

The event raised awareness about

Fall Harvest Festival welcomed families for old fashioned fun on October 26.

Serenity Music Org and the WOMB

Music Project, a compilation album to

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2. Jessica, Cliff, Quint and Tuck Merrill

create a calming sensory experience in environments where women are

3. Zara Hardy, Mari Finn, Rob Hardy,

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1. Lee Triffon, Jacqueline Paolino

North Salem Open Land Foundation 50th Anniversary Celebration

2024 Katonahween Parade! The KVIS Katonahween Parade in Katonah, New York was a spooky success! From creative costumes to festive fun,

300 members and guests gathered

the community brought the Halloween

at Staysail Farm, celebrating 50 years

magic. Huge thanks to everyone who

of land conservation. NSOLF accepted the NY State Senate 2024 Empire Award and was also able to secure

Gadigian, Kory LaFalce Farzam, Arielle Kebbel

joined in and made it unforgettable. An estimated 800 people filled Katonah Ave.

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2. Charlie Colaco Curry, Fiona Foster

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3. C lockwise: Ben Thielen, Garrett Thielen, Helena Thielen, Brittany Lowrey

4. Hilary and Paraic Sweeney, Roberta DiBlasi

5. K en Lippmann, Lydia Hatch,

The Games Afoot

Lois Lippmann, Duncan Dayton

Bedford Playhouse presented Ken

6. M ichael Handler, Anita Zander,

Ludwig’s thrilling mystery-comedy

Robert Kotch, Debora Handler, Elizabeth Almeyda

The Game’s Afoot, where murder and intrigue disrupted a festive weekend

7. S hari Soward, Elizabeth Almeyda,

at a Broadway star’s castle.

Teri Mendelsohn, Pete Harckham, Pam Pooley, Peter Kamenstein, John Baker, Carol Goldberg, Warren Lucas, Ken Jenkins

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Out & About Ridgefield Playhouse Fall Gala with Elvis Costello & The Imposters with Charlie Sexton

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Merry Mather at the Mather Homestead

Mather Homestead Workshop: Holiday Greenery

The Mather Homestead Foundation

The Mather Homestead kicked off the

celebrated the holiday season and the

Christmas season with their Wreath

generosity of their donors with a holiday

Making Workshop. Guests created

event in the Elizabeth W. Chilton Center

beautiful wreaths using natural greens

which included a performance by the Soundwaves, Darien High School’s a

and assorted baubles while sipping on

champagne and nibbling on goodies

cappella group.

from Saucy Spoon.

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1. E liot Jacobs, Phillip Jacobs, Lisa

1. B ritney Bazlawski, Haley Cozza,

Laura Lynch

Thorén, Peter Thorén, Heather Raker

2. C laudia Sheehan, Alison Feeley, Amy

2. K evin Gray, Adria Bates, Janet

Keating, Joann Corney, Lyle Carter, Gayle Appleby

Olmsted, Jonathan Olmsted, Joellyn Gray

3. Ania Janis, Cliff Merrill, Michael Janis, Jessica Merrill

Shine Bright Bedford An event that was fun for all featuring

Merry Meadowlands: A Holiday Home and Market - Darien Community Association

The fundraiser saw the historic

nonprofit decorated by Browne & Co, 3

the Tree & Menorah lighting, caroling,

The Linen Shop, Nielsen’s, and Palmer’s Market. Local shops were open while

luminary display, holiday market and

guests mingled and shopped.

Fezziwigs at the 1787 Court House and an appearance by Santa!

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3. S arah Lyden, Lisa Frye, Margaret Arrix, Debbie Murray, Karen Elders

4. Poppy Gavigan, Chase Hyland,

4. K elly Lesko, Heidi Heaney, Laurie

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Waldron, Stacy Book and Susan Graham

5. T he Fox Lane Foxtones 6. L iz Hallock and Alix Lamotte

5. J ocelyn Kaoutzanis, Caroline

7. T he NEW Bedford Village

Jennings, Lauren Stever, Joana Nassa, Jenn Garcia-Alonso

Christmas Tree

8. S hine Bright Luminary Display on

the Bedford Village Green

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January 4 @ 11am

PRESENT LAUGHTER BY NOËL COWARD

January 10 @ 7:30pm

JAY PRINCE & FRIENDS IN CONCERT

The Ridgefield Playhouse

Lewisboro Library

January 7 @ 7-9pm

January 10 @ 6pm

SCREENING + Q&A:

BATTLE AT VERSAILLES

Bedford Playhouse

January 9 @ 7-8pm

ADULT MOVEMENT AND MEDITATION

WITH DR. KATIE

Darien Nature Center January 9 @ 6:30-8pm

HARVEY SCHOOL UPPER

SCHOOL PREVIEW NIGHT

Harvey School, Katonah

January 9, 16, 23, 30, and Feb 6 @ 10am

GLOBAL ISSUES SPEAKER SERIES:

INDIA TODAY

Darien Community Association January 9 - May 11

WEN LIU:

TAME TANGLE EXHIBITION

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The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield

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January 15 @ 7pm

EMPOWERING NONPROFIT BOARDS:

INFLUENCING POLICY & DRIVING CHANGE PANEL DISCUSSION

NEW CANAAN SPORTS TRIVIA NIGHT

Hosted by the Mount Kisco Child Care Center

New Canaan Museum & Historical Society

January 16 @ 7:30pm

WITH TERRY DINAN

January 11 @ 4-6pm

OPENING: LIVING COLOR FEATURING YUKO

NISHIKAWA, DEBBIE HESSE & COURTNEY ALAN ROSSY Yellow Studio, Cross River January 12 @ 9-1pm

REFLECT & RENEW:

A HALF DAY MINI RETREAT WITH GROUNDED MEDITATION

Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan January 14 @ 7pm

LIFECHANGERS:

CLARA BINGHAM

Bedford Playhouse

January 15, @ 6-7pm

KMA ADULT COURSES:

PHOTOGRAPHY, HISTORY, AND FASHION

BOOZY CANDLE MAKING WORKSHOP

Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan

LISTEN TO THE MOVIE:

Bedford Playhouse

January 24 @ 8pm

THE MARTIN SEXTON ABBEY ROAD SHOW

The Ridgefield Playhouse January 25

January 20 @ 3pm

OWL MOON NIGHT HIKE

29TH ANNUAL

New Canaan Nature Center

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY CELEBRATION

January 25 @ 8pm

ANDERS OSBORNE

The Ridgefield Playhouse

January 26 @ 7:30pm

January 21 @ 7-8pm

JIM BELUSHI & THE BOARD OF COMEDY

LECTURE WITH STEVEN BRILL

The Ridgefield Playhouse

Bedford Playhouse

January 30 @ 12-2pm

January 22 @ 7pm

TEA + TALK AT THE HOMESTEAD

DARE I SAY IT FEATURING NAOMI WATTS AND STACY LONDON

January 24-25

AND GRADES 3-5

PURPLE RAIN WITH ROB CAVENAGH

The Ridgefield Playhouse

January 15 @ 6:30-8:30pm

SATURDAY SERIES ACTIVITIES FOR AGES 2-4

January 24 @ 7-9pm

HOUSATONIC HABITAT CHARITY COMEDY SHOW WITH ADAM FERRARA

New Canaan Library

January 24, February 1 & 8 @ 9am

New Canaan Country School

Hotel MTK, Mt. Kisco

Katonah Museum of Art

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Mather Homestead, Darien January 31 - February 15

HUMANITY IN ARCHITECTURE FILM FESTIVAL

“WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME” PRODUCTION Ridgefield Theater Barn

Grace Farms, New Canaan

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February 1 - March 5

45TH ANNUAL JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan February 3 @ 4-5:30pm

LEATHERMAN FILM SCREENING AND Q&A

WITH THE CREATOR

Pound Ridge Library February 4 @ 7pm

AUTHOR TALK:

ON A MISSION: WWII THROUGH THE EYES OF A BOMBER PILOT AND A WAR CORRESPONDENT

Bedford Playhouse

February 4 @ 7:30pm

A NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC STRING QUARTET

The Ridgefield Playhouse

January 24-31

AFTERNOON TEA

February 5-11

Caramoor, Katonah

RIDGEFIELD RESTAURANT WEEK

Downtown Ridgefield

February 5 @ 6-8pm

THE M FACTOR:

SHREDDING THE SILENCE ON MENOPAUSE

Bedford Playhouse

February 5 @ 10am-12pm

GRATEFUL GATHERINGS WITH FLOWER POWER:

A NEW COMMUNITY SERIES AT LOUNSBURY HOUSE WITH SOAR TOGETHER

Lounsbury House, Ridgefield February 6 - March 9

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

ACT of CT, Ridgefield

February 6 @ 7-10pm

GALENTINE’S PARTY

WITH FRIENDS OF KAREN

Coliseum, White Plains

February 8 @ 7-10pm

MYSTERY AT THE MEADOWLANDS

Darien Community Association February 8 & 9 @ 10am-3pm

MUSCOOT FARM’S WINTER FESTIVAL

Muscoot Farm, Katonah February 9 - March 3

YOUNG ARTISTS 2025 EXHIBITION

Katonah Museum of Art

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WEST POINT BAND WIND QUINTET PERFORMANCE

Pound Ridge Library February 13-20

LOVE ME TENDER:

BIG SCREEN ROMANCES SERIES

Jacob Burns Film Center, Pleasantville February 13 & 14 @ 1pm

VALENTINE’S DAY AFTERNOON TEA

Caramoor, Katonah

February 21 - 22 @ 8pm

DIONNE WARWICK

The Ridgefield Playhouse February 21 - March 9

TERRA NOVA

(OBIE AWARD WINNER) PRODUCTION

Powerhouse Theatre, New Canaan

February 22 @ 4-6pm

OPENING:

CAROL BOUYOUCOS & TINA SCEPANOVIC Yellow Studio, Cross River

February 22 @ 4:30-6pm

MUSIC AT GRACE FARMS

ANDROMEDA TURRE

Grace Farms, New Canaan February 26 @ 7-8:30pm

FEB

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH LECTURE:

CHARLES YOUNG, FIRST BLACK NATIONAL PARKS SUPERINTENDENT

2024-2025 Season

Mather Homestead, Darien February 27 @ 8pm

THE FAB FOUR

USA MEETS THE BEATLES

The Ridgefield Playhouse February 28 @ 7-8pm

PLATON AND THE DEFENDERS: HEROES

GALA

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SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT

Grace Farms, New Canaan

S AV E T H E D AT E

February 15 @ 8pm

THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND

The Ridgefield Playhouse

FEB 6 – MAR 9

February 21 @ 5:30-7:30pm

MAR 26 – MAR 30

MAY 29 – JUN 22

POLAR BEAR PICNIC

Grace Farms, New Canaan

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