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New chefs, restaurants and offerings that are creating big buzz

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FAST & FRESH Healthy food just keeps getting better

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+ ENTERTAINING IN STYLE Tips and inspiration from the pros

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Food Loverˇs Guide to Good Eats BY MARY KATE HOGAN

There’s plenty to dig into in our annual look at the food scene in and around Greenwich: new faces and places, hot party spots, truly authentic fare, great deals, genuinely healthy options, entertaining advice. It’s all served up right here.

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The Art of Conversation BY TIMOTHY DUMAS

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DEPARTMENTS Mary Himes and Helen Klisser During are on a mission to change that. The gun safety advocates are using the power of art to create civilized dialogue between those on both sides of the debate.

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Small But Mighty BY BETH COONEY FITZPATRICK

Twenty-two years ago the Breast Cancer Alliance was formed by a small group of determined Greenwich women. Today, with only two paid staff members, the organization is a driving force behind prevention and treatment efforts and groundbreaking research.

20 | EDITOR’S LETTER 28 | FROM THE FOUNDERS Of Entertaining at Home

35 | STATUS REPORT BUZZ: Jillian Aufderheide; Best kept secret: Old GreenwichRiverside Community Center SHOP: The new look at Saks HOME: Lillian August; Tailored Home; ROOM GO: Vermont bound: Four Columns Inn DO: United Way: Eighty-five years

56 | G-MOM What to do when your college freshman is having second thoughts.

59 | PEOPLE & PLACES Greenwich Point Conservancy, Beach Ball; Brunswick School;

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131 | C ALENDAR 143 | INDEX OF ADVERTISERS 144 | POSTSCRIPT Spotted! Wonder Woman patrolling the Avenue

On the Cover: Douro’s Seafood Bolognese: torchio pasta, ground octopus, squid, shrimp & shellfish tomato ragù PHOTOGRAPH BY THOMAS MCGOVERN

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Time to Eat! culinary household is a pretty big understatement. Sure, my mom had a handful of dishes that she considered her “specialties.” But, umm, clams casino, mashed potatoes and chicken parmigiana are not exactly the dishes of haute cuisine (sorry, Mom). My brother, on the other hand, is a creative cook who will take on any gastronomic challenge—usually with pretty tasty results. I once asked him how he learned to cook given the epicurean vacuum in which we were raised. His answer? “I like to eat.” Therein lies the difference between us. I, too, like to eat. I just prefer it when someone else is in the kitchen. And that’s why I love our annual food issue. So many kitchens. So much great food. This month our veteran food writer Kate Hogan has created “A Food-Lover’s Guide to Good Eats,” or what we now affectionately refer to as the food monster—twenty pages of all the news that’s fit to eat. • In “Welcome Home” (page 80) Kate lets us in on who’s got a new chef, who’s come to town and who’s revamped their menu. Trust us, there’s a lot going on. • For those with picky international palates, she’s got the 4-1-1 on where to find the most authentic cuisine from

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the Mediterranean to South Asia. Lamb vindaloo, anyone? (“Keeping It Real,” page 83). • And although we may not be able to dance until dawn out here in the burbs, there are some cool new offerings in the sip-a-cocktail-and-let-loose category (“Party Central,” page 89). • No food section would be complete without a roundup of great deals—check out where to find a gourmet ice cream factory store, the longest happy hours around, football season steals and more (“Best Buys,” page 94). • Health food can get a bad rap for either tasting like cardboard or fooling us with a healthy claim (something can be gluten free but about as healthy as a Big Mac). Not at these creative eateries. (“Lite Bites,” page 98). • And finally, Kate talks to some of the area’s top kitchen magicians. Caterers give advice on everything from the dishes they wouldn’t live without to the must-have ingredients for the perfect party (“Fete Accompli,” page 102). It’s a lot to digest. We know. Take it one bite at a time and enjoy! WILLIAM TAUFIC

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the one thing he did grumble about was that we didn’t entertain at home enough. We went to a million benefits and dinners parties, but it was pretty much a one-way street. I can’t help feeling guilty about that. The reason for my reluctance was not only that I was a working girl (and still am), but that I am a perfectionist, an uptight Type A, while he was a laid-back Type B and wondrously welcoming. As a commuter when we first moved to Riverside (thank heavens for Metro-North because he’d gotten so many speeding tickets in Ohio, he was about to lose his license), he’d meet an old buddy on the train and invite him home to dinner—on the spot. I was never quite sure who’d walk in the door. I didn’t need Rosemary Clooney singing “Come On-A My House” for inspiration. I had Jack. Anyway, I’ve always liked cooking—it’s creative, after all—and did try my best to play the happy hostess now and then. So for this, our annual food issue, I’ve dug up a few examples that may help explain my whole mindset. The summer of ’63, the first in our home here, we had a buffet dinner for twenty— mostly brand-new friends and neighbors plus Bob Dick, a business associate of Jack’s

from Cleveland. Butterflied lamb on the grill, Jack insisted—something I’d never cooked before, let alone outside. That Saturday morning, while our houseguest and his wife went into the city for a bit, Jack took off on what Bill Crane had billed as a “little race around the buoys.” But it turned out to be a 100-mile ocean race. Thus at 5 p.m. just before the guests arrived, I got an emergency ship-to-shore call—breaking radio silence, a no-no during a race: He couldn’t get home before dawn. With all those sailors listening in, I groaned “Oh, boy” and dared say no more. So Bob returned from the Big Apple to find himself both bartender and chef, in the process ripping his new Pucci pants on the Weber grill. But we sang lustily around the piano til the wee hours and left all the dirty dishes in the kitchen sink for Jack to clean up when he finally slunk into the house at 6 a.m. with Bill Crane as bodyguard. As hostess of our next summer buffet, I served myself last and then joined the group on the terrace. There I spotted one unoccupied chair and, figuring some thoughtful soul had left it for me, sat down— right on top of Sandy Sulger’s heaping plate of Hungarian goulash. He was saving his seat while he went to the loo. Believe me, it’s tough to exit gracefully while holding

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up a hostess skirt with noodles hanging off your backside. Jack told me later that when Sandy returned, he took one look at his flattened food and said: “Oh well, I’ll just put some more sauce on top.” (Ironically, I would later go into the hostess apron business with Dinny Robins, selling just enough “Din-Dons” to stores like Outdoor Traders to take Jack on a cruise of the Greek Islands before I bailed. But that’s another story.) Then there was the time I decided to have a séance around the dining room table for ten of daughter Audrey’s thirdgrade classmates, but she got mad at something (probably the Happy Birthday song, which she always hated) and disappeared upstairs until most of her guests had gone home. “I hid in Dad’s laundry basket,” she recalls. Tradition has it that on Christmas Eve Jack and I have hosted a family dinner for sixteen or so (depending on who’d been born yet), and I’ve always knocked myself out for a week getting it together. But one year I made the mistake of putting on a pair of old patent leather flats whose soles had become hard and slick; and just as the kids started to arrive, I slipped on the brick steps leading down into the family room and fractured a few ribs. Lying there in pain on the floor, I remember Jack and Jonathan looking down at me debating when they should pick me up. In any case, with the hostess immobilized, everybody pitched in and the dinner went on as scheduled, but afterwards I landed in the E.R. at Stamford Hospital. In 2012 we had an engagement party for our godson Doug Herman in the middle of a major hurricane. We handed out bath towels to the hardy souls who made it through the front door. In general, my idea of entertaining is inviting people to the house for a drink before taking them out to dinner someplace. But even that can go wrong.

There was one couple who had never been in our home, though we had enjoyed a number of lovely parties at theirs; and I wanted everything to be perfect. When they arrived and Jack was taking drink orders, the lady asked for red wine. Humm. We didn’t drink red or know much about it, but Jack dutifully ran down to the basement and brought up a bottle of who-knows-what from the wine cooler. It must have been there forever, because our guest took one polite sip—and her full glass was still sitting there when we got home that night. Then came the day I asked Jack what he wanted for his eightieth birthday. And guess what he said? “Friends here for dinner.” Should I have been surprised? No. Guilty? Yes. So I called ten of our closest pals and told them I had to have them over. They laughed—and, God love them, they came. And we did have fun. Why is it that some people are such naturals at home entertaining? I think of the Gilliatts’ elegant dinner parties at candlelit tables set with proper silver for each dish, crystal finger bowls and centerpieces of yellow roses grown in their backyard. They did their own cooking—Mary in high heels, I’m sure; while Neil smoked the trout and turkey. And the Heimbolds’ Christmas buffet dinners with all things Swedish, from glögg to herring and princess torte, along with the appearance of Saint Lucy coming down the staircase singing “Santa Lucia” in white robes with a crown of candles. And many other talented friends come to mind who with style and grace can pull off memorable dinner parties at home. This is a real art, especially if you allow yourself to have a good time while you’re at it. Is it too late for me to put on a hostess apron again? Well, maybe on occasion. But—to paraphrase the old saw—the easiest thing to make for dinner is still reservations. That I’m good at! G

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ew people can make a fur vest and leggings look like the outfit you never knew you needed. Local mom and entrepreneur JILLIAN AUFDERHEIDE, owner of Aufderheide Furs is one who can. The first time I met Jillian, I was in my mom uniform of jeans, sweater, down vest and Stan Smith’s. Jillian was wearing workout leggings, high-heeled sneakers and a fabulous mink vest with a funnel neck. It’s no wonder she is the go-to girl for stylish custom fur pieces. In 2013 Jillian began turning vintage mink coats into chic couch pillows (she’s still known for them in interior decorating circles). She then decided to try her hand at fur coat design and apprenticed with

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artisans in New York City who had been making coats for generations. Instead of sewing the coats herself, she partnered with these artisans and combined her modern aesthetic with their timeless talent to create modern and eminently wearable coats. Jillian visits with the client in-home for the first meeting, bringing all of her styles—from a cowl-necked vest to a short-sleeved Persian lamb jacket adorned with a cheeky sequined eye patch to glamorous mink shrugs. She peruses the client’s closet to understand her taste and ensure that the bespoke piece will fit into her wardrobe. Once the client has a sense of what she wants, the customization begins—type of fur (mink, sable, fox, karakul, chinchilla, lamb and special requests), color, cut and lining. The process can take two weeks for a rush job on an existing style or up to three months if a fur needs to be special ordered or custom dyed. —Kim-Marie Evans 36

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White Persian lamb jacket with silk animal-print lining

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BRING IT INSIDE No more handing your gorgeous fur off to the unseen realm of the coat check. Many of the designs are meant to be worn indoors in lieu of a jacket or sweater.

ALL YEAR-ROUND Jillian wants women to change their perception that fur is only for fall and winter. A great piece in gray, white or a soft pastel or neutral can be perfect for a breezy summer night on the water.

Cross fox and mink vest with cashmere lining

Prices for Jillian’s pieces vary greatly —$2,500 to $68,000—and are obviously dependent on the type and amount of fur used.

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Jillian will also update a favorite wardrobe staple with a pop of fur. “We’ve seen it with shoes and bags, but sweaters and pants with fur accents are big this season. Adding a fur cuff, collar, pocket or perfectly placed block of fur to your favorite top or pants feels modern and fresh,” she says.

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Pillows are how it all began for Jillian. (Above) Double-sided goat pillow (Below) Double-sided bobcat pillow

Your grandmother likely wore a massive swinging A-line coat, and only for special occasions. These are not your grandmothers’ coats. The patterns are modern with clean lines and designed to make a statement. If you’re emotionally attached to a fur you inherited, Jillian can remake it into a fresh, fashionable piece.

pieces are meant for everyday wear. “My pieces allow you to look chic at lunch or dinner, yet cozy and cool at the kids’ sports games. It all depends on how you style them,” says Jillian. “And my clients love that I have lots of lightweight shorter pieces—great for getting in and out of the car.”

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n 1943, while our nation was in the middle of World War II, thirty Old Greenwich and Riverside families realized the importance of community and how their teens could benefit from a recreational program close to their homes. From that germ of an idea the Old GreenwichRiverside Community Center (OGRCC) was born. Now 1,800 families strong, the organization attracts more than 2,000 people annually to its sports, arts and lifestyles programs. It gives out thousands of dollars of college scholarships annually and draws a loyal base of more than 100 volunteers who coach, manage and lead a wide-range of program offerings. At OGRCC’s helm is executive director Tom Casazzone, who not only took part in its programs as a child, but whose children have been participants. Casazzone was a member of the start-up team of

SAIL AWAY The main event is the regatta—now in its fifty-fourth year—when model boats take over the pond for an hour of competition. The boats are mostly hand built, some sailboats, some sails with motors, others just motors. Races are broken down by age, model and size categories. This year, the OGRCC will schedule a day (to be announced) when an instructor will guide participants—of all ages—in making their own boat to race.

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Greenwich residents come out to cheer on entrants at the annual sailboat regatta.

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Sports are the main draw at the OGRCC with more than 900 youths participating in travel and recreational soccer and more than 650 playing baseball. Other activities include:

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Pencils of Promise, a $10-million nonprofit founded in 2008 by Greenwich native Adam Braun—a compelling reason for the OGRCC board to hire him. Kirk Schubert, board president, has been active in OGRCC since the oldest of his five sons started competing on sports teams two decades ago. For him it’s the perfect place to stay connected with his kids while giving something back to a community he loves. “We have fantastic board members who are

willing to invest time, and in some cases a significant amount of time, to ensure that OGRCC will be around for another seventyfive years,” he says. “And it is very gratifying each year to see way over 100 volunteers coaching and managing teams.” “Currently, two-thirds of our members are from Old Greenwich and Riverside,” Casazzone adds. “Our goal is to expand into central and western Greenwich. We want everyone in town to know what we offer.” —Valerie Foster

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Avoiding Overuse Injuries: Tips for Parents of Young Athletes

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Parents, too, can play a crucial role in protecting kids’ health and encouraging safe sports participation. Here are some dos and don’ts for young athletes:

Do mix it up. Some of the best athletes do not specialize at a young age. Trying a variety of sports and activities throughout the week and across seasons can help kids improve their overall coordination and sports-related skills.

Don’t join too many teams. The damaging effects of repetitive stress are cumulative. Rather than play on a local team, travel team, and all-star team, pick just one.

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ith renovations wrapping up at the end of the month, the debut of a refreshed Saks Fifth Avenue will mark the completion of the Saks Shops Greenwich. Joining The Collective, 10022-SHOE and The Vault, the reimagined space will house designer ready-to-wear collections and an upgraded beauty department. Shoppers can explore fresh-from-the-runway finds throughout the main floor, designated to feel more like a residence than retail destination. On the lower level, handbags, intimates and a fur salon are on display alongside expanded beauty offerings. VP and General Manager Joe Gambino refers to the Saks shops as “an entirely new shopping environment,” where four stores—all within walking distance—provide a luxury boutique experience.

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FOUR COLUMNS

BY KIM-MARIE EVANS

Beıng Green From Greenwich to the Green Mountains— the perfect weekend escape

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erhaps you, like us, have planned on getting away each fall to enjoy the unique display that Mother Nature serves up to us hardy New Englanders. It’s as if she’s trying to apologize for the winter she’s about to send by creating a sweeping tableau of crimson, orange and yellow. We make plans to slip into a comfortable sweater, grab a book and a camera and head north crossing Vermont’s wooden bridges until we find the deep peace that has drawn so many before us. But the chaos of back-to-school, back-to-work and well, real life foils the best-laid plans. This year,

consider making the relatively short trek to Four Columns Inn in southern Vermont. Just a three-hour drive, the bucolic village of Newfane, home to Four Columns, is like a vintage painting of small-town New England—chockfull of white-clapboarded, black-shuttered Greek Revival buildings and set at the foothills of the unspoiled Green Mountains. There are also lots of great activities—golfing, skiing and the arts and culture scene in nearby Brattleboro. Guests head to Four Columns to embrace everything that makes Vermont, Vermont.

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Cozy charm makes Four Columns a perfect spot for a romantic New England getaway.

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In warmer months you can enjoy the luxury of a massage in the crisp mountain air. Don’t worry, it’s all private, they construct a cabana-style tent that lets the fresh breeze in but keeps everything else out. Whether you take your relaxation indoors or out, the menu of services and treatments is impressive. Thai Yoga massage or craniosacral therapy anyone?

THE RESTAURANT At Artisan you’ll find the true meaning of farm-to-table (roots that date back to the 60s). Executive Chef Frederic Kieffer and Chef de Cuisine Erin Bevan work with thirty local farms, sourcing almost everything they use for their seasonal menus locally. Artisan perfectly reflects the vibe of the Inn—relaxed sophistication at its best.

THE DETAILS RATES START AT $650 PER NIGHT IN THE FALL. BREAKFAST IS INCLUDED, AND THIS IS NO BORING BAGEL AND ORANGE JUICE AFFAIR. (FOURLEGGED FRIENDS ARE WELCOME AND FOR OUR FANCY ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS FRIENDS, THERE’S A TESLA CHARGING STATION ON THE PROPERTY.)

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Most media like to tout the inn’s famous guests as a reason to visit. Not us. Mick Jagger may have slept here, but let’s be honest, he fathered his eighth child at the age of seventy-three; he has slept many, many places. We head to Four Columns for comfortable elegance. It is owned by Greenwich resident Charles Mallory, who also owns the Delamar Hotels in Greenwich and Southport. Originally built in 1960, the property recently underwent a massive renovation. There are now fifteen luxury rooms and one stand-alone farmhouse for larger groups. There’s a pond between the hotel and the house; you’ll also find a huddle of Adirondack chairs around a fire pit just waiting to be lit. A hammock rocks near the river and 138 acres of New England woods surround you. To get up close with nature, hit the wellmarked hiking trail. However, you might not want to leave your cozy room. We suggest booking a Williamsville or Windham room. Both feature clawfoot tubs, walk-in showers and double-sided fireplaces. Every bed has a plush pillowtop and is sheeted in the finest of French linens. According to general manager Nick Squire, the service is both discreet and luxurious. They know you’re there to unwind and are happy to meet whatever need you might have—from a blanket for snuggling by the outdoor fire to a gourmet meal created to meet your dietary needs. Of course the best reason to venture outside is for a trip to the spa.

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LILLIAN AUGUST • THE TAILORED HOME

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED NEW OPTIONS FOR THE UNIQUE HOME

The Lillian August Atelier opens

on Greenwich Avenue

“We’re excited to be back on the Avenue in a illian August made a move this summer, and prime retail location for our target clientele,” says it couldn’t have come at a better time. DAN John “Greenwich Avenue is a luxury shopping WEISS, CEO, and JOHN WEISS, COO, brothers and destination, and it’s the perfect place for the Lillian co-owners of LILLIAN AUGUST FURNISHINGS + DESIGN, have August Greenwich Atelier.” Adds Dan, “The new opened a new showroom on Greenwich Avenue. Greenwich Atelier space is larger, and with its This new Atelier is primely located in a space that central placement, it offers greater exposure for is 50 percent larger than its previous Greenwich the brand. We couldn’t be happier about the move.” location on East Putnam Avenue. The brand has a The Greenwich Atelier offers a curated long history here—it had its first showroom on the experience that delivers a boutique approach to Avenue for a ten-year span from the late 1990s to expansive design services, which are available in 2000s, followed by a location on Elm Street, and Greenwich as well as at the company’s Norwalk most recently at the East Putnam location for the Design Center, SoNo Annex, Stamford Warehouse past five years. This new store is the biggest yet. and online. The light-filled space with freshly The decision to move to a bigger showroom painted white brick walls showcases a range of in the epicenter of the Avenue comes at a time home furnishings, accessories and rugs that Lillian when Lillian August is focused on expanding August is known for. Featured products include its retail presence in Fairfield County, the new Lillian August Modern Living building upon its extensive design 195 Greenwich Avenue; signature collection and an area of resources and growing the global reach 203-489-3740; “buy off the floor” furniture. of its licensed collections. lillianaugust.com

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Moving Along Lillian August’s new Greenwich Atelier is light-filled, welcoming and full of inspiration.

Westport-based interior design and custom furniture duo JHON ORTIZ and SCOTT FALCIGLIA opened THE TAILORED HOME’s second retail location in Greenwich in June. “We needed the right kind of venue for our new designs,” says Ortiz. “After our last visit to Europe, we realized our passion for unexpected designs. Greenwich will be the stage for our most remarkable creations.” The showroom boasts a collection of new patterned designs spotted with reimagined vintage accents, and design accessories discovered during recent journeys will also be available for sale.

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GREENWICH UNITED WAY CELEBRATING

85 YEARS

Leading the Way For eighty-five years, Greenwich United Way has

been finding the right people at the right time

THEN: Helen Wilshire Walsh, Greenwich United Way founder

NOW: David Rabin, Greenwich United Way CEO

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n 1933, tireless town philanthropist Helen been CEO of Greenwich United Way since 2016. Wilshire Walsh brought a lot of heart and the He estimates that every day the Greenwich right connections to those in need. Tasked to United Way helps 12,000 people in town, living raise $175,000 to launch the organization during either below the poverty line or on limited the Great Depression, she raised $192,000 incomes. But he also notes: “That doesn’t instead (the equivalent to $3.7 million today). take into account certain things that cross Back then it was the Greenwich Community socioeconomic lines, like domestic abuse and Chest and Council, a big name for a big mission. substance abuse.” “In eighty-five years, the principle is the same,” While known for channeling funds to CEO, David Rabin notes. “Uncover unmet programs run by outside agencies, Greenwich health, education, and self-sufficiency needs in United Way now runs so-called “Direct Impact” the community, raise awareness programs of its own. Rabin and support, and, with is particularly excited “In eighty-five years, community partners, develop about Early Childhood the principle is the lasting solutions.” Achievement Gap Solutions same,” David Rabin Over the last ten years, (ECAGS), a data-driven notes. “Uncover Greenwich United Way has instructional coaching unmet health, raised over $20 million and program for at-risk children education, and selfinjected that into the programs from birth to age five. sufficiency needs of partner agencies. Like a “There’s an old saying: in the community; hedge fund, Greenwich United ‘The smart money starts at raise awareness and Way seeks opportunities to the beginning,’” Rabin notes. support; and, with invest capital where it will do “You can’t start any earlier the most good. Their only goal than birth.” community partners, is to give, not earn. Helen, no doubt, would develop lasting Rabin, a former banker, has have agreed. » solutions.”

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DO CELEBRATING

85 YEARS

FINDING THE WAY THROUGH THE YEARS 1930s

1933

Greenwich Community Chest is founded, established around the model of other community chests around the country to raise funds for the public good. Its first office was located at 45 East Putnam Avenue.

1934

A council of community leaders is designated to preside over funding decisions by the Greenwich Community Chest, rebranded Greenwich Community Chest and Council.

1939

Greenwich Community Chest establishes Greenwich Center for Child and Family Services to look after children of local poor. It later expands and becomes Family Centers. 1940s

1946

Greenwich Community Chest sets up Greenwich Housing Authority. Later, it will fund Wilbur Peck

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Court (1953) and Quarry Knolls (1960), among other affordable housing facilities. 1960s

1966

Greenwich Community Chest drafts report, Study and Care of the Aged, setting new standards for local home care.

1968

Helen Alvord, first executive director of the Greenwich Community Chest and Council, steps down after thirty-five years. 1970s

1971

Greenwich Community Chest sets up Community Answers at Greenwich Library, for years a fixture for people with questions about the town.

1972

Greenwich Community Chest helps establish Gateway School Child Care Center to assist a growing population of working mothers.

1975

Greenwich Community Chest sets up Argus (now Youth Options) and the Greenwich Commission on Aging. It also becomes

Greenwich United Way, a chapter of United Way Worldwide.

1978

GUW helps launch a local youth shelter, today known as Kids In Crisis. 1980s

1981

GUW publishes the first Assessment of Human Service Needs of Greenwich. Future editions come out every five years to the present day.

1984

GUW helps set up Transportation Association of Greenwich (TAG) and Youth Services Council. 1990s

1990

GUW sets up a youth crisis team at Greenwich Hospital. 2000s

2001

GUW funds a Youth Suicide Prevention Handbook.

2003

GUW helps launch First Steps Childcare Center.

Some of the milestones that made the GUW the force it is today 2004

The start of the Sole Sisters initiative begins, “women stepping forward to help others step forward,” which has since raised over $1.5 million.

2007

GUW launches the Children’s Day School at Western Greenwich Civic Center.

2008

GUW sets up Reading Champions Tutoring/ Mentoring Program. 2010s

2012

GUW sets up Mental Health Providers Group.

2013

Greenwich High School/ Greenwich United Way/ Police Department Youth Interagency Team established.

2016

GUW unveils the Wiffle ball field at Byram Shore.

2018

GUW launches Early Childhood Achievement Gap Solutions program. »

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$1 million

Annual amount invested in twenty different community initiatives and organizations

600

Scholarships provided to children of low- and moderateincome families

57,000 Rides a year given to the elderly or disabled

100

Greenwich residents with developmental disabilities provided with housing

1,500

Greenwich residents who receive food and clothing

Elderly Greenwich residents enrolled in day programs that enhance quality of life

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85 YEARS

COMMUNITY PARTNER PROGRAMS ABILIS

Support for people with intellectual disabilities BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREENWICH

After-school and vacation programs THE CENTER FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT CRISIS

Providing counseling and education CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER

Crisis and mental health services

FOOD BANK OF LOWER FAIRFIELD COUNTY

Food distribution for those in need RIVER HOUSE ADULT DAY CENTER

Support for seniors, caregivers and families GREENWICH FAMILY YMCA

Childcare and preschool services JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES

Food shopping for seniors KIDS IN CRISIS

Children’s shelter, support for youth and families

COMMUNITY CENTERS, INC.

Family and children’s programs

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Childcare, preschool, Head Start, mental health counseling, tutoring in English and reading

Longtime supporter Joan Warburg with students of the Joan Melber Warburg Early Childhood Center

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LIBERATION PROGRAMS

Substance abuse prevention and treatment NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR

Food and clothing for those in need PATHWAYS, INC.

Housing and support for people with mental illness PACIFIC HOUSE

Emergency shelter and transitional support for the homeless TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION OF GREENWICH (TAG)

Transportation for

seniors and people with special needs YWCA OF GREENWICH

Childcare, preschool, summer camp, domestic abuse services

DIRECT IMPACT PROGRAMS RUN BY GREENWICH UNITED WAY EARLY CHILDHOOD ACHIEVEMENT GAP SOLUTIONS (ECAGS)

A brand new enriched

preschool program aimed at promoting learning to at-risk children from birth to age five. YOUTH IMPACT PROGRAMMING

Multipronged program aimed at Greenwich youth includes Reading Champions, Financial Planning Champions, Junior United Way. HUMAN SERVICES TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

Provides community answers and human-needs data in real time.

IT’S TIME TO GET INVOLVED! Greenwich United Way will celebrate its eighty-five years of impact with a Pearls & Prohibition gala. Billed as an evening of "Puttin' On The Ritz, featuring glad rags, gold diggers, gin and jazz, and gigglewater.”

WHEN:

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, AT 6 P.M.

WHERE:

GREENWICH COUNTRY CLUB, 19 DOUBLING ROAD For more information: greenwichunitedway .com

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A MIGHTY REACH

A look at the critical care and services that the Greenwich United Way supports in our town

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A Whole New World

Freshman year can be tough. Here are a few pointers to help figure out whether it’s growing pains or something bigger

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1. KNOW THERE IS AN ADJUSTMENT PERIOD Roommate problems can be a huge factor. Adjusting to sharing a bedroom and a bathroom with one or more strangers takes some getting used to. Combine this with close living quarters, differing cleanliness styles, early/ late study habits, and your student can feel like they have no space to call their own. Help them be realistic. But if the situation is completely disruptive to sleep and study habits, encourage them to reach out to a floor resident

assistant (RA). Another resident of the dorm may also be unhappy and want to consider a roommate swap. The RA is often the first to know if there will be any students leaving after the first semester, which could open up a new housing slot.

2. ENCOURAGE SOCIAL ACTIVITY A number of colleges hold sorority and fraternity rush at the very beginning of the year, and not getting an offer to join a specific house can make students feel isolated. Social media often compounds these issues, giving kids

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ctober is the month when many parents find themselves fielding tearful phone calls from their college freshman. After the initial excitement of new faces and independent living fades, the reality of challenging coursework and doing their own laundry sets in. Whether it is a roommate issue or the geographic distance, it can be hard to tell if your child is merely homesick or if the college just isn’t the right fit. Despite rosy parental social media posts that their kids are “loving it,” most college freshmen go through this phase. You’ll need to discuss issues openly and without adding your own personal history. Hear their concerns and take them seriously. The decision that they spend four years there—at a substantial cost—is a huge choice (for both of you).

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the impression that everyone else is having a better time at college. Encourage your student to get involved. Colleges anticipate freshman homesickness and offer a variety of groups, clubs and activities to help students develop a network of friends. Also, if your child is already thinking of transferring schools, getting involved is important—any potential new college wants to see that students gave their first school a real shot.

3. DON’T MITIGATE THE “BLUES”

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Be alert for issues like depression and anxiety that can creep up and sidetrack even the most confident student. Make sure your student is aware of mental health services available through the college. Managing adult living and demanding academics can be overwhelming, and it can help to talk to someone. Mental health has become a major issue on college campuses and counseling services are available for free or for a nominal cost at most schools.

4. TIME TO TRANSFER? Sometimes looking at alternatives will help students realize that they prefer their current school. Other times it won’t. If that’s the case, know that transferring is a similar process to applying to college the

first time around—filling out the Common App, providing transcripts, writing essays and getting references. College freshmen will need references from their current colleges. If they have a transfer goal in mind, suggest they do a little sleuthing and look for professors who went to the university where they hope to go. One Greenwich mom told me she felt an alumni professor reference helped her child get accepted to a highly competitive college. And grades matter. Unless the situation is seriously intolerable, students should complete their freshman year. They need to show that they can handle college work. The better they do the less important standardized test scores are. Joan Thakor, an independent educational consultant with Alma Mater (almamateredu .com), advises choosing future classes wisely to avoid losing course credit. Websites like transferology.com and collegetransfer.net help students determine what

credits will transfer to specific colleges. And finally, make sure your student has someone to talk to other than you. Academic advisors are often underutilized.

Encourage your student to get involved. Colleges anticipate freshman homesickness and offer a variety of groups, clubs and activities to help students develop a network of friends.

Talking with an advisor about dissatisfaction with the university can open doors and help students make the most of their current situation and ease the transfer process.

5. CONSIDER CALLING IN A PROFESSIONAL Managing the search for a new college and all of the transfer paperwork can be a lot for a parent and student to handle. A fresh perspective can lighten the load. Local professional college counselors like Joan Thakor and Hilary Stark (hstarkconsulting .com) work not only

with high school students applying to college, but also with college students looking to transfer. Educational consultants can typically be hired to advise on the whole process or for individual aspects such as essay editing. When hiring a consultant, look for certification in college counseling and membership with groups such as Independent Education Consultants Association and National Association for College Admission Counseling. G

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GREENWICH POINT CONSERVANCY• PHOTOGRAPHS BY MOFFLY MEDIA’S BIG PICTURE/BOB CAPAZZO

Beach Ball Blowout

nce a year Tod’s Point stays open late for the lucky guests who have tickets to the Beach Ball! The evening is always a must attend for those dedicated to seeing the beach thrive and grow. Guests enjoyed a steel drum band and raw bar during the cocktail hour, a delicious seated dinner and then danced the night away on the bluff overlooking Manhattan. greenwichpoint.org »

1 Jim and Kate Clark, Brooke Bremer, Abby and James Ritman, Ginge Cabrera, Dan McGarvey 2 Dick and Belinda Benincasa 3 Magali Swanson, Laura, Ariel and Megan Sullivan 4 Jay, Debbie, Justin and Erica Shaw 5 Mark and Gia Burton, Elizabeth and David Coelho 6 Tom and Liz Johnson 7 Nicholas and Brooke Bohnsack 8 Eric and Karen Hopp

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11 Eric Hopp, Dr. Danielle Goodwin 12 Jonathan Moffly, Marianna Sarkissova, Bob Capazzo, Elena Moffly 13 Leigh Hanson, Lauren O’Malley, Elizabeth Dank, Courtney Montgomery, Jess Zackham 14 Suzanne Prunier, Frank Smurlo, Judy Donahue 15 Cathy Lewis, Bill McGowan, Sarah Marshall 16 Amy Kappelman-Johhnson, Janea Neuenfeldt, Nina Calo Lindia, Gia Burton, Elizabeth Coelho, Sarah Sippel, Jacquelyn Smith, JJ Worden, Jennifer Perez, Dara Johnson 17 John Nelson, Easy Kelsey, Eddie Keller 18 Abby Fox, Eric Passero, Laura and Sam Sullivan 19 Marco and Ana Kostovic, Chelsea and Frank Altomaro 20 Olivia and Brad Walker »

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West Coast Vibes

1 Megan and Graham Officer 2 Sarah Meindl, Meg Russell, Janine Braun 3 Lonny and Randi Henry 4 Mara and Chris Shore 5 Keith and Tracy Grossman 6 Stephanie Hoover, Trisha Dalton, Chrissy von Oiste, Donna Rogers 7 Brooks Borcherding 8 Holle Franke, Maria Avila, Lee White 9 Maggie and Will Cook, Larkin Nash 10 Mike Kenny

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he surf was up, the palm trees were swaying and there was no lifeguard on duty for the California Dreamin’ beachthemed extravaganza at the Brunswick Parents’ Association spring benefit. Partygoers hit the dance floor, chilled around a makeshift fire pit and walked down the boardwalk of auction items. Top billing went to a behind-the-scenes Billions experience, where one lucky winner and a guest will visit the set of the hit Showtime drama, meet the cast and crew, watch filming and play a part as an extra in season four. Cochaired by Janine Braun and Meg Russell, the evening drew more than 600 Brunswick parents, faculty and friends. brunswickschool.org »

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1 Sen. Richard Blumenthal, gala cochairs Sonya Rolin, Astrid Womble, Stephanie Ercegovic and Global Lyme Alliance CEO Scott Santarella 2 Christina and Gabby Womble 3 Scott Santarella, Angel and Jim Miller 4 Victor, Alex and Debbie Slezak 5 Haley, Christina, Ella and Astrid Womble 6 Guests having fun taking a bite out of Lyme 7 Sonal Khichadi, Brett Kristoff 8 Dr. Nicole Baumgarth accepts the Lauren F. Brooks Hope Award 9 Jesse Ruben 10 Gretchen Carlson 11 Dana and Diane Blanchard, Amy, Marisa and Charles Balducci 12 Mary Beth Pfeiffer, Dr. Robert Miraldi, Dr. Michele DeAntonio, Mike Schneider

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No Time for Lyme

he Global Lyme Alliance (GLA) recently honored Lyme disease patients and researchers at its annual Greenwich Gala at the Hyatt Regency. The evening supports GLA’s mission to conquer Lyme and other tick-borne diseases through research, education and awareness. Gretchen Carlson, TV journalist, female empowerment advocate and a Lyme disease survivor, served as the gala’s emcee. globallymealliance.org »

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Rye Country Day School

2018 Admissions Open Houses

A coeducational day school of 900 students located in Rye, New York.

Lower & Middle School (PreK-Grade 8)

Sunday, October 14, 1p.m. Middle & Upper School (Grades 5-12)

Sunday, October 28, 1p.m.

To RSVP visit www.RyeCountryDay.org/openhouse or call 914.925.4513

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t was a beautiful day in the neighborhood when Greenwich Country Day School seventh grader Katarina Forstmann set up her “lemonaid” shop on the corner of Taconic and Stanwich roads to raise money for the Robin Hood Foundation. Robin Hood is New York City’s largest poverty-fighting organization. Katarina had quite an assortment of products, including a variety of baked goods as well handmade jewelry and art. This do-gooder and her pals raised over $2,000. robinhood.org »

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t was a night of British elegance, style and tradition as Family Centers transported more than 350 guests back to jolly old England for its London Calling benefit. Held at a backcountry Greenwich home, for inspiration the event drew on everything from the royal family to London’s explosive arts and music scene to create an authentic British experience. Nancy Casserley, Kate Clark, Ashley Reid, Abby Ritman and Jean Witmer served as cochairs. Guests enjoyed a traditional English feast prepared by Marcia Selden Catering and danced the night away to the sounds of Element Music. The evening raised more than $860,000 for the agency’s health, education and human services. familycenters.org »

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BCA Goes to Washington

he Breast Cancer Alliance recently partnered with Washington, D.C.-area institutions to present a world-class medical symposium, Take Action Against Breast Cancer. The panel, moderated by Judy Woodruff, consisted of leading experts in the field. Dr. Eleni Tousimis, Dr. Troy Pittman, Dr. Clifford Hudis, Dr. Rachel Brem and Dr. John Niederhuber discussed new discoveries and technology that can play a significant role in improving risk assessment, prevention and early detection of breast cancer. Proceeds will support breast-health services for underserved women and early-stage breast cancer research and education. breastcanceralliance.org 70

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he folks at Alice and Olivia recently teamed up with Greenwich resident Jessica Mindich, founder of the Caliber Collection, to host a lovely evening of shopping for a cause. The Caliber Collection is a line of cuffs, bracelets and cufflinks created with the metal from illegal guns and shell casings that have been swept from crime scenes or turned over during gun buyback and amnesty programs. Each piece is engraved with the serial number from an illegal gun. Twenty percent of sales from the evening benefitted the Caliber Foundation’s mission to help those impacted by gun violence. calibercollection.com »

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t was a beautiful summer evening on the water for this year’s Under the Stars benefit that raised over $600,000 for Women’s and Children’s Health at Greenwich Hospital. A sold-out crowd of over 400 supporters gathered at Riverside Yacht Club to enjoy a special night of music and to support the important cause. Andrea Sinkin Jaffe and Jennifer Turano cochaired the evening. Jeff Glor of CBS Evening News served as master of ceremonies. Country-pop sensation and Greenwich native Caroline Jones took the stage and got everyone on their feet. greenwichhospital.org G

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rik and Juliana met through a mutual friend, Kaitlyn Shorrock (who would eventually serve as their officiant). Kait was Juliana’s roommate during their time with Teach For America in Connecticut and had met Erik in college. The girls stayed with Erik and his family while touring southern California on spring break. Erik and Juliana began dating long distance and eventually settled in San Diego. Erik proposed to Juliana on a hike near his family home, “Gray Birches,” in Maine. Juliana’s close friends and family joined the Pierce family at their home on Lake Pennesseewasee to celebrate. The ceremony took place at Migis Lodge in Maine, where the reception followed. (Erik and Juliana had the guests in tears with their personal vows.) Following the ceremony, they took off by Chris-Craft for a quick spin on Lake Sebago before a night of celebration that included a live band, karaoke and fireworks. The bride, daughter of Paul and Laura Pugliese of Old Greenwich, graduated from Greenwich High School, Georgetown University and UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. Juliana is a project manager for Mitchell International in San Diego. The groom, son of Dr. Paul Pierce and Lynne Pierce of San Diego, graduated from Mount Carmel High School and UC San Diego. Erik is an education account executive at ServiceNow in San Diego. The newlyweds honeymooned on Catalina Island, where they also celebrated Juliana’s thirtieth birthday, before returning home to Berkeley. G 1 The wedding party 2 Sealed with a kiss 3 Paul and Laura Pugliese, the newlyweds, Alex Pugliese 4 Erik and Juliana at their rehearsal dinner 5 The cutting of the cake 6 Away they go 7 The sparks fly for Juliana and Erik

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WELCOME HOME New faces, new openings, new looks—here’s what’s happening NEW CHEF

A Perfect Addition

Café 47

47 Arch Street, 203-900-1131; theperfectprovenance.com Chic shop-and-nosh spot Perfect Provenance and its Café 47 have welcomed a new executive chef, Duane Shand. Chef Duane, who trained at Le Cordon Bleu and has cooked at top restaurants around the world, is originally from Trinidad—“a melting pot of cultures,” he says. His global influence turns up in creative ways on the evolving dinner menus: a starter of coconut rice cake with smoked trout caviar, for instance, and an entrée of pork with cherries, chilies and sorrel in a Chinese barbecue sauce (outstanding). For lunch, favorite staples such as the Perfect Burger, Pasta Bolognese and Perfect Chicken Sandwich will remain on the menu along with the freshest seasonal dishes like a strawberry gazpacho with a chimichurri and a corn, shrimp, tomato and watermelon salad. To-die-for ice cream sandwiches (made with gooey homemade cookies) are also on the dessert list as are more savory options like a warm fig and goat cheese tart with vanilla ice cream, rosemary and honey. As delicious as the food is here, the selection of home goods, art and clothing tempts you to take a midcourse breather and browse.

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WELL, HELLO THERE! Executive Chef Duane Shand is now at the helm of the Café 47 kitchen.

Back 40 Kitchen

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SUNDAY FUNDAY: Bloody Mary station at The Spread’s Sunday brunch Earlier this year, Chef Ian Vest was named executive chef of Back 40 Farm Group, and he’s now overseeing Mill Street Bar & Table and Back 40 Kitchen. A CIA grad, Chef Ian honed his skills under Daniel Boulud in New York, working first at three-Michelin-starred Daniel and then as executive chef at DBGB. He’s continuing the restaurant’s focus on seasonal ingredients, many sourced from the Back 40 organic farm in Washington, Connecticut, while putting his own imprint on the food with exceptional homemade pastas (try the bucatini with peas and egg yolk and rigatoni Bolognese) and loads of fresh seafood and pasture-raised meats. Chef Ian and his team will host a special Harvest Dinner on Tuesday, October 23 at Back 40. “The idea is to celebrate the current bounty coming from our farm,” he says. There will be two seatings, one earlier three-course family-style meal that’s more casual and then a four-course plated dinner. Both Mill Street and Back 40 cater

to those who have special food requirements or allergies and the chefs will happily prepare custom, off-the-menu meals for those who request it. At Mill Street, the patio stays open through the fall and it’s a fun spot for after-dinner drinks and s’mores.

a brioche French toast with local strawberries and a beef tongue sandwich with truffle, fried egg and garlic aioli. Also check out the buildyour-own-bloody Mary bar and bottomless mimosas (for $18).

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Spreading the Love

The Spread

18 West Putnam Avenue, 203-900-1887; thespreadgreenwich.com People may think of The Spread as a hangout for night owls, but the new brunch is drawing a daytime crowd, too. Before you order your hair-of-the-dog, you may want to request one of the divine cinnamon rolls; the pastry chef bakes only fifteen of them every Sunday, so they’re a soughtafter item. Other worthy options include an Alaskan Benny (smoked salmon meets eggs benedict),

A Very Familiar Face

Tony’s

1114 East Putnam Avenue, 203-698-6999; jhouserestaurant.com Tony Capasso is in the house, the JHouse that is. The popular maître d’ and trivia master who has taken care of guests at Greenwich hot spots for years (not to mention a cameo on Billions) now has his own restaurant within the JHouse. “It’s an experience I’ve been waiting my whole life to have,” says Tony of being a restaurant co-owner. At the new Tony’s, he plans to bring “added wow factor to a beautiful place” with a topshelf menu and strong wine list.

He’s hired a young, talented chef, Dennis Radovich, to take things to the next level. He’ll continue his trivia gig, making it a restaurant that’s comfortable and fun. “We’re in the dining business, but we’re also in the entertainment business,” he says, noting that most people tend to stay after dinner and make a night of it, enjoying live bands and some dancing on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Expect to see some minor renovations and tweaks to the place followed by a grand opening party this fall.

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Lighten Up!

Gabriele’s

35 Church Street, 203-622-4223; gabrielesofgreenwich.com Gabriele’s is getting a makeover, lightening up from its Italian steakhouse days and morphing into Gabriele’s of Greenwich. »

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Mill Pond Shopping Center. The market, called Il Pastaficio, will sell homemade pastas and sauces as well as a range of dried pastas (some gluten free). Try the spinach ravioli, lasagna, bicolored tonnarelli and other prepared dishes that will make it easy to put a home-cooked dinner on the table.

“We’re not changing the quality or the sophistication but it’s going to be a place where you go not only for special occasions, but also somewhere you’ll visit with your girlfriends after a movie for light bites and drinks,” says Peter Barhydt, who’s handling the P.R. for the new restaurant. The second-floor ballroom is being renovated to make it lighter and brighter, with more windows. Downstairs, the artwork will be lightening up, too. And expect some décor changes in the bar area. What’s on the new menu? Excellent steaks will still be served for those who want them, but the chef is also creating some lighter fish and pasta dishes.

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The Next Colony

Colony Grill

35 Abendroth Avenue, Port Chester, New York 914-934-2428; colonygrill.com Fans of Colony Grill’s superthincrust pizza can indulge their cravings at the new Port Chester location. Though the huge brick building—with double-height ceilings and giant windows overlooking the river—has a historic feel, it's actually a brand new space with lots of comfortable booths, views of the boats outside and outdoor seating, plus a large bar with four big TVs. The simple menu is painted in black and white on the massive brick walls; near the entry, there’s a Wall of Heroes

with photos of first responders. The twelve-inch pizzas are true to Colony tradition (perfected over eighty years in the business), with the crispy thin crust and simple toppings ranging from cheese to salad to breakfast (yes, you can get bacon or sausage, egg and cheese on your pie). But Colony fans know that the ultimate indulgence here is the original hot-oil bar pie topped with hot peppers. NEW MARKET

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Il Pastaficio

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COZY FARE FOR FALL: Welcoming two comfort food newcomers, Colony Pizza and Bedford Hall Craft Kitchen & Bar

NEW SPACE

Modern Comfort

Bedford Hall Craft Kitchen & Bar

135 Bedford Street, Stamford, 203-973-7888; bedfordhallstamford.com A newcomer to Stamford, Bedford Hall Craft Kitchen & Bar serves comfort food in a modern-industrial space. With a fireplace, upholstered chairs and plenty of banquette seating, it’s cozy for cooler months. The menu features hearty dishes like pulled pork nachos and shortrib tacos, plus splurge-worthy snacks: think bacon popcorn and warm pretzel with smoked gouda fondue. But there’s also a range of salads and wraps for those seeking lighter options.

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NEW PIZZA

232 East Putnam Avenue, Cos Cob, 917-251-7821; gelatoecioccolato.us Gelato lovers are in luck: There’s an authentic new gelateria in town. The gelato “of the Dolomites” offered at Gelato & Cioccolato is the real deal, made fresh every morning and super creamy. The fruit flavors and rich, dairy-free dark chocolate have developed a cult following. New flavors are introduced each week, but classics like hazelnut, pistachio, mint and stracciatella are always available. For parties, you can book the gelato cart, which is staffed by two servers who will scoop up a choice of seven flavors for your guests; or pick up a party pack to treat guests DIY-style at a smaller gathering.

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Mediterranean Master

Douro

253 Greenwich Avenue, 203-869-7622; dourogroup.com Chef Rui Correia, who’s from the Douro region of Portugal, opened this lively Mediterranean restaurant Douro nine years ago. His menu features a fusion of cuisines, from Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece and Israel. The results are something you won’t taste elsewhere, and soon you’ll sample them at a one-of-a-kind location. The Douro team has been working on the restoration of the 100-year-old historic space at 253 Greenwich Avenue (former home to Morello Bistro). It’s a prime example of the work of the original engineer and builder, Guastavino, who completed Grand Central Station, Ellis Island and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The new Douro will open this fall. MENU HIGHLIGHTS Codfish and potato fritters, pirinaise sandwich, piri-piri chicken, Valencia or Marisco paelhas, frango chicken, bitoque (creative take on steak and eggs). Piri is a Portuguese hot sauce made from vinegar, spices and a roasted hot red pepper that’s used both on its own and blended with mayonnaise. GREEK

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FGK

10 North Water Street, Byram, 203-531-6887; famousgreekkitchen.com If you’re craving Greek food with traditional roots but a modern edge, Famous Greek Kitchen—a Byram favorite for more than three decades—is the place. Chef Stavros’s innovative dishes made with locally sourced, organic

Douro's Chef Rui Correia puts the finishing touches on the Pacific Cod.

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produce make this destination our Greek go-to. Think classics like moussaka, souvlaki and spanakopita alongside plates with a twist, like warm honeyed feta, risotto-stuffed peppers and salmon wrapped in phyllo. Choice ingredients add to the flavors, such as the highest quality feta imported from Greece (taste it in the salads and dips like the tangy tyrokafteri) and steaks, chops and burgers procured from La Frieda Meats.

Rack of Lamb from Famous Greek Kitchen

MENU HIGHLIGHTS Seasonal specials include the lush tomato and fig salad and the slow-roasted lamb shank with jasmine rice and crumbled feta. Try the signature dishes: chargrilled octopus, Five Shades of Green salad and rack of lamb. HAPPENINGS FGK’s heated patio will remain open into the fall for outdoor dining. Wine-pairing dinners are in the works. Check the website for dates and tickets.

INDIAN

Passage to India 249 Railroad Avenue, 203-7171567; indiaavenuect.com India Avenue serves up traditional Indian in a chic, contemporary space. The chefs capture the flavors from different regions of the South Asian country as well as a selection of Indo-Chinese dishes; it’s fragrant, well-spiced food that’s also affordable. The authentic clay tandoor oven infuses a variety of “tikka” dishes with subtle flavor. Dosas, an Indian street food, are a specialty here. From chaats to curries, all of the dishes are designed for sharing.

MUST-TRY MEXICAN

MENU HIGHLIGHTS Coriander chicken tikka, masala dosa, gobi Manchurian, lamb vindaloo »

El Charrito

Masala Dosa from India Avenue

1019 East Main Street, Stamford, 203-588-1519 7 Apache Place, Riverside, 203-990-0200; elcharritoeats.com This tiny Stamford eatery turns out some of the most genuine Mexican food in our area, from tacos to tortas. It first opened as a food truck and received national attention on TLC’s Best Food Ever. If you’re adventurous, sample fillings you can’t get at an Americanized Mexican: fried pork skin, pig ear, cow tongue. The ambience is no frills; they serve Mexican beer and margaritas. You can also order from the takeout spot in Riverside.

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MENU HIGHLIGHTS Guacamole, carnitas taco, suadero (beef brisket) taco, chicharrones (fried pork skin) taco, tinga chicken taco, torta azteca, torta hot and sweet, tamales, alambre

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f you ask people in town to name their favorite special-occasion restaurant, many will answer Thomas Henkelmann at The Homestead Inn, recalling anniversaries, birthdays and other events celebrated there. While this one-of-a-kind destination in Belle Haven—perhaps the most European-style French restaurant in our area—is a lovely spot to mark a milestone, it’s also a treat for lunch and dinner on a more regular basis. You can sit out on the veranda and have a drink and light bite or enjoy a cocktail at the bar. “This is a great place to come on a Monday or Tuesday night. Our prices are not different than any good restaurant in town,” says co-owner Theresa Carroll. “We’re a bit more formal than most restaurants. But people like to dress when they come here. It’s nice to get dressed up once in a while.”

So many elements distinguish the restaurant and boutique hotel, which is set in a Victorian manor house dating back to 1799. The elegant dining room is framed with chestnut beams that reflect its history. The natural beauty of the grounds is enhanced with sculpture: Bjorn Okholm Skaarup’s eighteen-foot-cast bronze Hippo Ballerina is in residence after being at Lincoln Center. To ensure the best experience, the restaurant staff follow European traditions with a brigade de cuisine (hierarchy of kitchen staff) and brigade for service (back waiters, waiters, captains and sommeliers). Guests are in intriguing company, as the restaurant and inn attract travelers from around the world. Every detail about the cuisine reflects the exacting standards of chef Thomas Henkelmann, who is trained not only as a master chef but also as pastry chef and sommelier. »

You can’t miss with the classic French menu, but we asked Theresa Carroll for her personal favorites. “I love the sweetbread. I love our foie gras because it’s like silk. We have a trio that’s a terrine, sautéed and a mousse. I think you measure a great chef by his terrine of foie gras,” she says. “I love the grenadin of veal, also the Dover Sole and the rack of lamb. It’s unreal.” For dessert? She’s not a sweets person but says she can’t resist the Vacherin. The dessert layers macarons with ice cream and sorbet (made in house each morning), all piped with crème Chantilly and finished with a berry or apricot coulis on top. 420 Field Point Road; 203-869-7500; homesteadinn.com

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L'ESCALE COCKTAILS An American in Paris Bourbon, Aperol, chartreuse, apple cider, citrus, bitters and thyme syrup

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La Dolce Vita Gin, honey ginger syrup, fig purÃ©e and lemon

GETTING SOCIAL

PARTY CENTRAL Where to go when you want a night (or day) out with friends

WE’LL DRINK TO THAT

The signature cocktail “How to Marry a Millionaire” is required drinking at l'escale (mixed berry vodka, elderflower and lychee), but all of the Film Noir cocktails are intriguing. Also try l’escale’s new line of rosé made in Cotes de Provence. Michael Kolesar

BAR SCENE

l’escale

500 Steamboat Road, 203-661-4600; lescalerestaurant.com

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For a South of France vibe close to home, grab a spot at the new Bar Octopus at l’escale. While l’escale has long been a haute meeting spot for cocktails, the newly design bar and its eye-catching artwork have enhanced this chic waterfront locale. Owner Rick Wahlstedt and his team designed a fifteen-seat bar facing the water, with an intricate mosaic of an octopus on the face of the bar, hand-placed by Swedish artist Jonas Wickman. The lounge area of the bar has also been revamped, along with the new bar menu from Executive Chef Frederic Kieffer, who added a beautiful crudité— like a colorful bouquet in a glass globe of ice—and avocado tartine. ENTERTAINMENT: Live music every

Thursday, 7 to 10 p.m. and Friday, 7 to 11 p.m.; acts include a Brazilian guitar player and singer. »

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PARTY ALL THE TIME

The Spread

WE’LL DRINK TO THAT Wine bottles are half price on Sunday and Monday nights. Popular cocktails include the “Una Mas,” with jalapeno tequila, Aperol, pineapple, lime; the “Tea Bag” tea-infused bourbon, smoked lemonade and bitters; and the Manhattan. ENTERTAINMENT DJs from 10 p.m. until close on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. »

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18 West Putnam Avenue, 203-900-1887; thespreadgreenwich.com A sister restaurant to The Spread in SoNo, The Spread Greenwich has been a go-to for nightlife since it opened last winter, and it was just named Moffly Media's Best New Restaurant for 2018. The Spread’s owners—five guys who are restaurateurs, bartenders and longtime friends—have been part of the Greenwich scene for years. They plan impromptu events (like Monday night tequila tastings) and a lineup of music to keep the party rolling. Tuesday nights are popular for the $1 oysters. Some crowdpleasing apps include the crispy Brussels sprouts, grilled corn off the cob, veal and ricotta meatballs and fried potato gnocchi.

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Lugano

1392 East Putnam Avenue, 203-990-0955; luganowinebar.com As home to possibly the longest bar in Greenwich, this is a seriously social spot. Lugano is a mainstay for ladies’ nights out, date nights and more with a daily (Monday to Friday) happy hour from 4 to 7 p.m. There’s also Saturday and Sunday “bottomless” brunch with mimosas and Bloody Marys. Fave small plates include truffle sprouts, eggplant rollatini, clams casino, baby lamb chops and meatballs; also try the satisfying selection of salumi & formaggi and items from the raw bar. WE’LL DRINK TO THAT During happy hour, wine is $5 a glass, cocktails $6.50 and beer $3.50; the wines-by-theglass menu is more

comprehensive than most. ENTERTAINMENT A range of live music and DJs on Thursday and Friday nights, and acts like Pimpinella, a funk-disco party band.

Enjoy a relaxed lunch before hitting happy hour at Lugano.

ROCKIN' BRUNCH

Le Fat Poodle

20 Arcaida Road, Old Greenwich, 203-717-1515; lefatpoodle.com

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Lobster Eggs Benedict from Le Fat Poodle

Prime If you want to feel transported to the islands—or at least a cool coastal vacation spot—head to Prime’s new cabana bar. Overlooking the Sound, the outdoor space at Prime was renovated and relaunched this summer with a large bar, custom-made by Vermont Islands, that opens to the water with comfortable seating under twinkling lights. No doubt, it’s a prime spot for sampling sushi or seafood from the oyster bar. 78 Southfield Avenue, Stamford, 203-817-0700; restaurantprime.com/stamford

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WE’LL DRINK TO THAT Bellinis, mimosas, Bloodies and a select wine list

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WE’LL DRINK TO THAT There’s a whole menu of “docktails.” Try Blame It on the Aperol (a spin on the Italian Aperol twist) or one of the crowdpleasing margaritas.

ENTERTAINMENT Saturdays: Margaritaville party with live music, 6 to 9 p.m., and $10 margaritas from 4 to 7 p.m. Sundays: Lobster Eggs Benedict at Calypso music from Le Fat Poodle 5 to 8 p.m.

LUGANO BY JULIE BIDWELL; LE FAT POODLE BY HULYA KOLABAS

Maybe nothing good happens after midnight, but what about at 11:30 a.m.? That’s when “La Boum”—an adults-only brunch and dance party—gets underway on select Sundays at this Old Greenwich eclectic French eatery. The restaurant transforms into a club with black cloths over the windows, lights all around and a dance floor for grooving to the DJ. Bellinis are flowing, corks popping, and there’s no one under 21 allowed. Brunch favorites include the tuna tartare, lobster eggs Benedict, daily omelets and ropa vieja with eggs. La Boum is a sought-after reservation; check the website or get on the email list for dates. Sunday Funday at its best.

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“Our guests love coming to Gabriele’s for the exquisite food, unparalleled service and great atmosphere. That’s our best recipe, and we will maintain those traditions. Our refreshed menu is a nod to our past but with the addition of a few lighter items that will be equally as exquisite.” Executive Chef

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BEST BUYS There are plenty of great deals to be had— you just need to know where to look

Cut It in Half

Old Greenwich Social Club

148 Sound Beach Avenue, Old Greenwich, 203-990-3033; ogsocial.com It pays to eat early at Old Greenwich Social Club, where the happy hour happens from 3 to 6 p.m. seven days a week, and many items are half price, including apps like meatballs, tuna tartare, wings and crab cakes; entrées such as pulled pork and beef tacos; as well as select beer, wine and cocktails.

Wine Down

Z Hospitality Group

Greenwich Avenue zhospitality.com A cure for the Tuesday blues: wine specials during dinner at Terra, Mediterraneo and Eastend. All bottles under $100 are half price and bottles over $100 are discounted 25 percent.

Longford’s Factory Outlet

425 Fairfield Avenue, Stamford, 203-542-0700; longfordsicecream.com If your family loves ice cream, pick up some frozen treats for less at Longford’s Factory store in Stamford. Grab quarts of your favorite flavors (banana, bear tracks, chocolate caramel crackle, to name a few) of this handmade, small-batch ice cream and ice cream cakes, all for 20 percent off. Also watch for special sales: In the past quarts have been priced buy-one-getone-free on select days.

A Bunch of Lunch

Mumbai Times

140 East Putnam Avenue, Cos Cob, 203-625-5500; mumbaitimesct.com

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The Lunch Box To Go from Mumbai Times is a hearty, satisfying option for a great price. For $8.95, you can get an entrée such as saag paneer, navratan korma or aloo gobi, plus dal, naan bread and rice. Portions are substantial enough that you may even have leftovers for dinner.

Holy Cow!

Fleishers Craft Butchery

160 East Putnam Avenue, Cos Cob, 203-900-1800; fleishers.com Fleishers Craft Butchery in Cos Cob features top-quality, pasture-raised meats. You can stock up for 50 percent off by hitting the freezer case, where ground meats and sausages are buy-one, get-one free. Perfect for making a batch of sauce or being prepped for a barbecue.

Special Delivery

Beach House Café

220 Sound Beach Avenue, Old Greenwich, 203-637-0367; beachhousecafe.com At the Beach House, favorite wines and beers are $5 a glass from 4 to 6:45 p.m. Monday to Friday, and there are also app specials. Try the veggie gyoza ($7) or spicy fish tacos ($10).

Bet on It

Bobby V’s Restaurant & Sports Bar 268 Atlantic Street, Stamford, 203-883-4320; bobbyvsrestaurant.com Bobby V’s in downtown Stamford lets kids twelve and under eat free all day every day with the purchase

of an adult entrée or burger. Kids' meals, which come with a drink and carrots or fries, are already well priced at $6.95, and your little sports fans will love watching any one of the 200-plus HD TVs.

Lots of Happy Hours

Sonora

179 Rectory Street, Port Chester, 914-933-0200; sonorarestaurant.net At Sonora, a modern Latin spot in Port Chester from Chef Rafael Palomino, the happy hour deals run much later than most restaurants. From 4 to 8 p.m. weekdays, enjoy classic margaritas for just $5 and well-priced tapas: two tacos de Brussels for $5, homemade chimichurri and sourdough bread for $3, Peruvian empanadas for $6. »

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Tuna tartar and beef tacos from Old Greenwich Social Club

WINE APPRECIATION NIGHT EVERY MONDAY

Customers and critics agree: Famous Greek Kitchen serves up tradition with a high-energy twist Family-owned and food-focused, FGK offers only wholesome foods with fresh and organic ingredients—for a local farm-to-table experience. So prepare your palate for delicious favorites and creative new dishes that change with the season—from Watermelon Feta Salad, to Lamb Spring Rolls, to Roasted herb Lamb Shank. Our signature dishes include Grilled Octopus, Salmon wrapped in Phyllo, and hand-rolled Dolmades. For two consecutive years, we’ve been voted “The best Greek

Restaurant in Greenwich” AND “Diner’s Choice” by OpenTable. And it doesn’t surprise us. Each savory dish that arrives at your table is crafted by our Culinary Institute of America-trained Chef Stavros Karipides. To ensure your satisfaction, our smartly dressed, knowledgeable staff can make tasty menu recommendations and help you choose from our wide selection of California vintages and international wines.

FGK is where delicious food, good people and great times come together. So join us for lunch, dinner, weekend brunch, or your private party. Or stay home and we’ll cater your special occasion. Here’s to seeing you soon— and soon after that. — The Karipides Family

10 North Water Street, Greenwich CT 203-531-6887 www.Famousgreekkitchen.com

Mangia!

Fortina

135 South Ridge Street, Rye Brook; 914-937-0900 120 Washington Blvd., Stamford; 203-703-9080 fortinapizza.com Indulge at this Italian hot spot, in Stamford and Rye Brook during its happening happy hour, Monday to Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. Pizzas and cocktails are half price, plus house wines and draft beers for $5 a glass, and popular items like chicken parm sliders, Italian sandwiches, steak frites and garlic knots are also only $5. And on Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays, football fans who wear their fav team jersey get a free pizza (and lots of other special football discounts).

Greenwich Restaurant Week

greenwichrestaurantweek.com greenwich magazineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant Week is packed with great meals and hot deals. The annual event kicks off with an opening night party on Wednesday, February 28, at the J House from 6 to 9 p.m. Restaurants all over town will offer special pricing through Friday, March 8. Be on the lookout online for details and opening night tickets. Âť

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GOOD-FOR-YOU FOOD

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Eating right is a way of life here. These creative local eateries make it easy (and delicious) to feed your healthy appetite seasonal ingredients and where they’re grown. What to order? One satisfying customer fave is the spicy avocado and lime bowl with kale, veggies and tomatoes, black bean and corn salsa and queso fresco with a chipotle puree adding punch. We also liked the seasonal watermelon feta and the harvest kale salads. If you’re bringing kids, check out the veggie burgers downsized for them and served with sweet potato fries, and instead of the mini milkshakes, try the acai berry smoothie. Lunchtime lines can be long; order ahead via the b.good app to avoid the wait.

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B. Good

342 Greenwich Avenue, 203-489-3255; bgood.com What’s good? Not only the food here but also the mission of this Boston-based healthy-eating chain. B. Good serves fast eats made from ingredients sourced from local farms, and runs its own community farm with customers volunteering to work the crops; 75 percent of the harvest is donated. Inside the Greenwich location, a chalkboard with a map of New England and neighboring states highlights the

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Myx Creative Kitchen

LOSE THE GUILT: A BGood buger and the Rustico sandwich from Myx

19 West Elm Street, 203-8611150; myxkitchen.com Anyone who craves variety will appreciate the set-up at Myx Creative Kitchen. In addition to a lineup of salads, and rice and noodle bars (try the Casablanca kale & quinoa bowl or the Mykonos or Kale Caesar salads), the options for customizing dishes are extensive. You select your greens and grains as a base and pick from a list of forty veggie, cheese and nut add-ins as well as a protein like spicerubbed shrimp. If you’re ordering online, once you hit “create,” you’ll see how many calories the dish you concocted will have, plus view nutritional values such as grams of protein, fat and carbs. The custom Myx bowl can be delivered to you or enjoyed at the restaurant on West Elm, which has dedicated parking. Also popular here are the juices, smoothies, and grab-and-go snacks such as peanut butter energy bites. »

BGOOD BY ANDREW SULLIVAN; MYX CREATIVE KITCHEN BY JULIE BIDWELL

41 Greenwich Avenue, 203-883-5220; thegranolabarct.com At this popular meeting place at the top of the Avenue, the menu mixes healthier vegetarian dishes and a range of salads with a few indulgences (think Brioche French Toast and Crazy Eggs with brisket). The eatery recently upped its daily hours to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and has also added locations nearby in Stamford, Armonk and Rye. In August Granola Bar rolled out a new menu with new healthy bowls (try the macro with kale, roasted beets, walnuts, sweet potato in a tahini vinaigrette over quinoa, or the Buddha with eggs, avo, spinach and tomato over quinoa). If you’re already a fan of the avocado toast here, try the avo grilled cheese for a twist on this modern-day classic. New vegan choices include the grain-free granola and vegan blueberry chia-seed parfait. To elevate an office lunch, PTA meeting or other event, call on Granola Bar’s new food truck to bring the coffee and goodies to you.

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7 Strickland Road, Cos Cob 85 Railroad Avenue, 203-869-1376; greenandtonic.com A go-to spot for vegetarian and vegan meals, Green & Tonic has expanded, opening a new 6,000-square-foot kitchen in Stamford. With new chef Andrew Werblin, a CIA grad from New York, at the helm, G&T is rolling out many new items this fall, including juices, hot drinks, baked goods, salads, indulgent treats and plant-based foods and meal programs inspired by the seasons. Just in time for the cooler weather, G&T will serve locally roasted organic coffee (from PATH). For a warm pickme-up, sip on the spiced pumpkin cashew latte (the cashew milk is surprisingly creamy) or spicy Mexican mocha latte. G&T will offer espresso drinks, too, with dairy alternatives including hazelnut, oat, almond, cashew or coconut milk. Pair your morning coffee with some of the new egg-, dairy- and gluten-free treats like carrot-hemp spice muffin, citrus-cranberry chia muffin or pumpkin-pecan-molasses bread. The cafes in Cos Cob and Greenwich are getting a fresh look and more seating to allow for a new menu of plated dishes such as avocado toasts, breakfast bowls (the acai bowls with fruit-and-crunch toppings are amazing), salads, grain bowls and veggie burgers. Must-orders for fall: the spicy avocado toast, roasted autumn veggie & quinoa bowl, and gem lettuce salad with roasted kabocha squash, gala apples, pumpkin seeds and maple-shallot vinaigrette. »

Get the best seasonal produce, grass-fed meats, pasture-raised eggs and wild seafood delivered straight to your kitchen. Everything is notably fresh; we’ve never seen berries and apples this beautiful without picking them ourselves. Egg lovers will taste and see the difference of the free-range eggs from Hemlock Hill. There are also healthy snacks such as organic apple sauce, organic snack bars and nut butters, pickles and cooking oils. The company, which partners with local farms and fishermen, offers same-day delivery for Greenwich. Order by 11 a.m. on Tuesday and receive your food by 5 p.m. Shop Mike’s Organic Warehouse in Stamford every Tuesday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This month Mike’s will host Chef Geoff Lazlo for evening pop-up meals and live music. 377 Fairfield Avenue, Building 1, Stamford, 203-832-3000; mikesorganicdelivery.com

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FROM THE PROS

FETE ACCOMPLI Hosting a special event? We asked some of the area’s top caterers to share insider advice and inspiration

OnTheMarc Events Marc Weber

Most memorable party

People tend to underestimate the amount of work to be done while entertaining. Whether you're hosting ten guests or 100, the base amount of work to entertain (especially in your own home) is the same. My pro tip is to add an additional person to whatever amount of support staff you think you need. If you’re feeling like you need two people, get three, etc.

Pros you recommend

Family-style dinner by OnTheMarc: Moroccan chicken and savory granola kale salad

The hospitality industry is tremendously collaborative. I’d need a whole magazine for a list of the vendors I love. What I can recommend is that our clients consider lighting, especially for evening events. DJs, production companies, venues and even tent companies can provide this.

Desert-island dishes I could survive on salt-crusted fish, french fries and a cucumber-tomato Greek salad.

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Lauren Martin

The first unusual party that comes to mind is an event we catered closely following the 2016 election themed “We’re In This Together.”

Best ingredients for a successful event People, people and people! A successful event hinges on the people: great guests, a great vendor and staff team and a great host who is both excited to work with us and sensitive to the needs of their guests.

Marcia Selden Robin Selden

Most memorable party A month ago in Bridgehampton, we had one of those careerhighlight kind of parties. We have a client who wanted to create a full-on commercial kitchen with subway tile, all new equipment, pots and pans to hang from the ceiling. In an entirely glass tent, it was like a French open kitchen and guests could see everyone cooking and plating. We had twenty-two chefs at the event, all wearing

DESERT-ISLAND DISHES My mom’s [Marcia Selden] phyllo hot dogs are our most popular hors d’oeuvres. We wrap them in phyllo and stuff them with sauerkraut and mustard, and you can’t get enough of them. Also our truffle-Parmesan french fries. And for entrées, I love our miso sea bass with shiitake beurre blanc. I could eat the sauce alone because it’s so delicious. brand-new chef’s uniforms and chef’s hats with handkerchiefs around their necks. Everything was clean, sparkling and new, including the appliances. While the guests were partying in this over-the-top tent, they were also watching everything. It was like performance art. The party had a Parisian theme, a very elegant menu. Her favorite thing is Floating Island, and we made that for 200 guests—not a simple dessert to

prepare for that many people. It was spectacular, like something out of the movies.

Pros you recommend We work with so many from Connecticut to New York City to Boston. What’s so great about Fairfield County and New York City is there’s always going to be the perfect fit for every party. Be sure to interview the people. It’s not just about their reputation, it’s about the people.

Food Design

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Gallia Batt

Great food, great music and, as a host and hostess, you set the tone. If you’re relaxed and ready to have a good time, your guests will be, too. Candle scents and food that smells delicious are little details that excite people.

One of my favorites was a celebrity client’s daughter’s wedding. What was so fantastic is that they could do whatever they wanted—sky’s the limit—but it was so down-toearth and grounded. Everything had a personal touch. They picked a date in October called The Sweetest Day and had customized mugs with a huge candy bar, years before people were doing them. They went to a vintage bookstore and picked up a book for each couple and put a bookmark in it with the guest’s name as a thankyou. It was all meaningful. I felt so good being a part of that. Another memorable party was a surprise fortieth birthday party: The husband gave me carte blanche. He sent his wife into the city with friends, and we had the tent company, the rentals, the designers literally down the road waiting to see her car leave. Then it was go time! She was so surprised! They had such a good time that at the end of the night, they pushed me in the pool. They made me feel like a part of the family. They were just so thrilled. It was a fun, fun, fun party.

On the horizon My mom’s working on a cookbook, after we’ve begged her a thousand times. We’re also rebranding our website. It’s incredible to see how we continue to grow and try new things.

Personal inspiration My mom’s work ethic. For decades she has poured blood, sweat and tears and a lot of love into this business as if it’s her third child. To see someone work so hard and love something so much, it definitely rubs off.

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Sesame Chicken Roulade by Marcia Selden

Lighting really impacts the ambience of a party. Little things like luminaries outside the house or on a walkway are the simplest, cheapest thing, but stunningly beautiful at dark. For a pool party, we get waterproof twinkle lights to throw in the pool. Even the right candle in the powder room makes a difference. I like Jo Malone and Nest Diffusers.

Pros you recommend There are so many great people. For DJs, I love Jason Fioto and Ray

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Susan Watson Scully Most memorable party It was a tented party in the parking lot of the White Castle on Bruckner Boulevard. Our client loved White Castle, so we had a lot of fun creating an extravaganza with that as the focus. I loved this event because I adore unique venues; we can really get creative and think outside the box.

Jarrell, both New York City-based. I met Ray when I did Rick Hilton’s fiftieth in Southampton. For florists and decor, I love Perfect Surroundings, based in Rhode Island. They’re really easygoing, brothers Evan and Jordan Carbotti, who can do soup-tonuts, anything you want. In town, we work with Winston’s, McArdle's and Greenwich Orchids, and they’re all great.

Best ingredients for a successful event We’re really big on everything being homemade. Mike will always say that homemade stock makes the biggest difference in any dish. We make everything from scratch, and we cater to customers’ special diets. Even with juicing, it has to be cold-pressed, all organic. Honey over sugar when possible.

Personal inspiration I love what I do, and I get really passionate about it when there’s a tie-in of giving back. When the Celebrating Hope benefit for Alzheimer’s started at Richards, we were a part of that. To be able to do what I do as a career and also make a difference, that has become a driving force for me. When I can do a charity event or give a donation, there are no words for that.

On the horizon We’re looking to do a juice program, and I’ve been working on a line of food called Purest Food. There’s a whole science behind flashfreezing food and pulling in the nutrients. This concept came to me because the Howards are one of our clients—Ron, Cheryl and all the kids—and at the end of every season they would send us tomatoes, garlic and basil, and we would make sauces, soups, pesto, garlic paste and deep-freeze it. Then I remember doing a walk-

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DESERT-ISLAND DISHES A few years ago, Michael [Gallia’s husband and Food Design chef] started doing one-bite dinners as hors d’oeuvres, like short ribs and mashed potatoes, and they have been tremendously successful. We’ve taken it to the next level doing parties with three-inch dinner dishes such as five-spice halibut over oyster mushrooms and asparagus with citrus emulsion, steak frites [short rib and truffle fries] and classic vegetable lo mein [served in a mini Chinese takeout container with chop sticks]. Rather than filling up a plate with one entrée, they get a variety. through at a client’s and she said, “We’re going to have your short ribs tonight.” She had used a Food Saver to freeze leftovers from her Christmas party. The wheels started turning. I started making individual frozen meals for clients. A hedge fund client asked me what part of my business comes from catering versus the frozen foods? I said we’re not in that business and he said, “Well, you should be.”

Unexpected entertaining tips If it is a sit-down dinner, I suggest having my new favorite Pandora station (thanks to Elizabeth Moyer at Pretty Pink Tulips), Boney James, playing upon your guest’s arrival. When it comes time for dinner, I think separating spouses makes for more interesting conversations and even inspires the likelihood that everyone participates in one big table conversation rather than simply sidebars.

Best ingredients for a successful event An amazing Plan A and an equally amazing Plan B if it rains. A creative, balanced variety of food and drink. A fun blend of people.

Pros you recommend April Larken, Girl Power DJ. She recently came on the scene

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How two women are using art to encourage civilized discussion about gun safety

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Deactivated guns acquired at a gun buy-back program in Hartford partially funded by #UNLOAD. The decommissioned gun pieces were brought to Artspace, New Haven for the “knolling,” where they were arranged by a studio assistant of Tom Sachs, a contemporary artist born in Westport.

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WE AMERICANS ARE CONFRONTED WITH TWO ANTAGONISTIC REALITIES: WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS—GUNS BEING A CORE SYMBOL OF OUR LIBERTY—AND WE HAVE A GUN VIOLENCE PROBLEM THAT NO AMOUNT OF CHILDREN’S BLOOD WILL INDUCE THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO ADDRESS. SO WHAT DO WE DO? WE ARGUE. AFTER EVERY MASSACRE, DEMOCRATS PRESS FOR NEW GUN CONTROL LAWS AND REPUBLICANS COUNTER WITH ASSERTIONS OF THEIR USELESSNESS. “THE ONLY WAY TO STOP A BAD GUY WITH A GUN,” GOES ONE POPULAR GUN RIGHTS POSITION, “IS WITH A GOOD GUY WITH A GUN.” WHO IS RIGHT? WHAT WOULD REDUCE THE KILLING WHILE PRESERVING THE SECOND AMENDMENT? UNFORTUNATELY, ANSWERS HAVE BEEN IN SHORT SUPPLY SINCE 1996 WHEN REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS, BACKED BY THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION, EFFECTIVELY SHUT DOWN GOVERNMENT RESEARCH INTO GUN-DEATH PREVENTION. JAY DICKEY, THE ARKANSAS REPUBLICAN WHO LED THE EFFORT, CHANGED HIS MIND AS GUN KILLINGS MOUNTED. “RESEARCH WILL LEAD TO A SOLUTION,” HE SAID IN 2015. “[GUN VIOLENCE] IS AN INSIDIOUS SOCIAL PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IN AMERICA, AND IT’S GETTING WORSE, IN MY OPINION.” 108

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e do know that tough gun laws work in other involved,” Mary notes. “There’s a silent majority of Americans who developed countries, such as Germany, are gun owners, possibly Republican or Independent, who have felt where gun ownership is high and gun crime for a long time that they are not welcome in the conversation that the is remarkably low. After mass shootings in gun safety people are having. We need people to feel heard.” The women know there are limits to what they can do. “We’re not 2002 and 2009, horrified Germans spoke with a unified voice in favor of restrictive trying really hard to reach out to survivalists, with an arsenal in their gun laws that include a national gun registry and psychiatric testing. home,” Mary says. “So we are not getting the trolls—yet.” But unity of opinion never materialized here, not even after Sandy Hook, where in 2012 twenty children and six adults were murdered by a lone gunman armed with a semiautomatic rifle and two semiANGER INTO ACTION automatic handguns. In the aftermath of Sandy Hook, President Obama called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention We’re sitting in Helen’s Weston living room—a bright, airy space to resume studying gun violence, but Congress hindered that direc- decorated with abstract art—as the aroma of baking bread drifts tive by drawing the purse strings tight. (The CDC did manage to in from the kitchen. Hung on a nearby wall are Helen’s striking produce one report, but research has not continued.) In 2015 House photographs of Haiti, which she took shortly after the catastrophic Speaker John Boehner defended the lack of appropriations with the earthquake of 2010. “I’ve always been interested in art and social consciousness,” she says. Helen is the New dubious semantic argument that “a gun is Zealand-born daughter of Dutch parents not a disease.” The CDC also studies traffic AMONG THE MOST DISTURBING who founded a popular artisanal bakery deaths, and nobody complains that a car is PIECES IN THE SHOW IS ADAM based in Auckland (her father, Johan, not a disease. survived the Holocaust by hiding out in So we argue to the usual stalemate—on MYSOCK’S “THE LAST SIX, Amsterdam less than a mile from where Facebook and Twitter, in the news media, UNDER SIX, MURDERED BY Anne Frank was keeping her diary). at dinner tables, in the halls of Congress. A GUN IN THE SIXTH,” WHICH In these parts, Helen is an arts powerHow, then, do we proceed? Two Fairfield AT FIRST GLANCE SEEMS TO house, having cofounded the Connecticut County women, Mary Himes of Greenwich BE BE A SERIES OF RANDOM Arts Council and served as gallery direcand Helen Klisser During of Weston, want tor of the Silvermine Guild Arts Center in to reframe how we talk about guns. As BULLET HOLES IN THE GALLERY things stand, we talk about guns in terms New Canaan and as artistic director of the WALL. BUT WHEN YOU PEER of politics, as inevitably we must; in doing Westport Arts Center. She remains a curaCLOSE, YOU SEE THE BULLETS so, Mary says, we fall into the usual “boxing tor and an advisor to private collectors. THEMSELVES LODGED IN match,” in which people trot out their arguMary’s life has long straddled art and ments and return bruised to their corners. politics. A native of Montreal, she graduTHE SHEETROCK—WITH THE But what if we looked at guns through the ated from McGill University in Montreal TINY FACES OF CHILDREN lens of art—what if art could stimulate fresh and from Parsons School of Design in New PAINTED ON THEM. angles of approach to this most divisive York, where she studied environmental subject? In the stubbornly optimistic view design; later she worked in retail-design that it can, Mary and Helen have created #UNLOAD: Arts Trigger a and magazine publishing. She is married to Jim Himes, who has repConversation, a vigorous little foundation that puts on art exhibits, resented our corner of the state in the U.S. Congress since 2009. “My plays, dance and spoken word performances, poetry slams, and chil- family is a family of duck hunters,” she says, “so I grew up with guns dren’s art workshops, among other events. in the house. I’m not opposed to all guns in any way.” After Sandy “Our hope is that by bringing the conversation into the realm of the Hook, Mary joined the board of CT Against Gun Violence, an advoarts, we are providing a more welcoming space, less for debate than cacy group that has played a role in getting legislators to pass new gun for conversations and listening,” Mary says. “And hopefully, we can laws—laws that have expanded the list of banned assault weapons, come to consensus.” banned high-capacity ammunition magazines, and established uni“With art, it’s open to interpretation,” adds Helen. “It’s not hostile.” versal background checks. “Connecticut really has led the country in “We’ve had Republicans reach out to us and say they want to get creating sensible legislation,” Mary says. OCTOBER 2018 GREENWICH

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opposite page: Artists of all ages who attended a workshop at Artspace, New Haven, were invited to create new artwork using parts from decommissioned firearms collected in an #UNLOAD-funded gun buyback in Hartford. The final exhibition, #UNLOAD: Pick up the Pieces will be presented at the Ely Center for Contemporary Art. top row: Natalia Maria Padilla Castellanos, Jahmane West, Margaret Rolke second row: Christian Ayala, Darcy Hicks, Dave Coon third row: Katie Heinlein, Miggs Burroughs, Kim Weston fourth row: Kobe Randolph, Christina Spiese, Raven Von Kohler

But at the federal level, the stalemate has endured. The great post- the artists are gun owners and forty percent have been impacted by Sandy Hook effort, launched by senators Joe Manchin, Democrat gun violence.” So what kind of art are we talking about? Several pieces are of West Virginia, and Pat Toomey, Republican of Pennsylvania, was a modest bill to strengthen background checks. It failed—despite a constructed with decommissioned guns. In “Epitaph,” artist Paul range of polls showing that 90 percent of Americans favor just the Villinski has taken an old shotgun and attached aluminum butterflies kind of background checks that Manchin and Toomey proposed. to it. Villinski’s artist statement that accompanies the piece makes “When there are that many Americans who feel strongly about a clear where he stands: “Guns fundamentally do one thing: destroy piece of legislation and it doesn’t pass, the legislators aren’t hearing life—take something away. Art does the opposite.” This guns-into-art them,” Mary says. “At that point, I just felt frustrated about the lack of idea echoes the Biblical ideal, set forth in Isaiah, of turning swords progress—and I felt you can’t keep doing the same thing over and over into plowshares. A piece that young viewers gravitate to, assembled by Matt Vis and and hope for a different outcome.” Connecticut seemed particularly fertile for #UNLOAD, given its Tony Campbell, is a vintage gumball machine that dispenses 9-milhistory of gun manufacture and (alas) gun massacre, not to mention limeter bullets in little plastic casings, like prizes. Jonathan Ferrara’s its love of the arts. “But I realized that I have absolutely no profes- “Excalibur No More” consists of a 12-gauge shotgun driven into a boulder, like the storybook sword. The idea sional expertise in the area of exhibits,” concerns the breaking of a cycle of vioMary says. “And I knew Helen During “WE’VE HAD REPUBLICANS REACH lence: This weapon will stay put. But before would be the perfect partner.” Even so, OUT TO US AND SAY THEY WANT Ferrara stuck the gun into the stone, he took the dynamic duo got shut out early on. it to a range in order to fully engage with Their goal was to mount an art exhibit TO GET INVOLVED,” MARY NOTES. the gun experience: “I started shooting,” with guns as the theme—following on a “THERE’S A SILENT MAJORITY he writes in a statement accompanying the now historic exhibit called Guns in the OF AMERICANS WHO ARE GUN piece, “and I must say it was a total rush.” Hands of Artists, first put up by a pair OWNERS, POSSIBLY REPUBLICAN OR Among the most disturbing pieces in the of New Orleanians, artist Brian Borrello show is Adam Mysock’s “The Last Six, Under and artist-gallery owner Jonathan INDEPENDENT, WHO HAVE FELT Six, Murdered by a Gun in the Sixth,” which Ferrara, in 1996. “We went to MoMA, FOR A LONG TIME THAT THEY at first glance seems to be a series of random we reached out to the Wadsworth, the ARE NOT WELCOME IN THE bullet holes in the gallery wall. But when Aldrich—nobody wanted to touch it,” CONVERSATION THAT THE GUN you peer close, you see the bullets themsays Helen. SAFETY PEOPLE ARE HAVING. WE selves lodged in the sheetrock—with the “Too toxic,” Mary says. “That was three or four years ago, and for whatever tiny faces of children painted on them. NEED PEOPLE TO FEEL HEARD.” reason, they weren’t ready.” Guns in the Hands of Artists was actually Not long after the Las Vegas massacre the second show that #UNLOAD sponsored. of October 1, 2017, Mary and Helen approached Peter Van Heerden, The first, a lively one-nighter in March called Up in Arms, took place executive director of the Quick Center at Fairfield University, about at artist Lee Milazzo’s capacious studio in Stamford. Lee and his wife, putting on a new iteration of Guns in the Hands of Artists. He said Cindy, owners of Samuel Owen Gallery of Greenwich and Nantucket, yes. (Though the Quick Center’s Walsh Gallery was booked solid, curated the exhibit of some twenty pieces, seeking work that would he agreed to open it for the summer, when it’s usually closed.) be open to interpretation. (Shepard Fairey’s “Gun Mandala,” for #UNLOAD: Guns in the Hands of Artists will run through October example, is a lovely patterned target—but since a mandala traditionally 13, so there’s still time to visit. “Unlike a lot of colleges these days, represents the cosmos, one might imagine that violence itself is in the Fairfield University really embraced a very difficult conversation,” crosshairs.) Still, Lee doubted whether the two hundred attendees Mary says, noting that the university held panels on gun issues in would talk constructively about guns, as Mary and Helen hoped; he conjunction with the exhibit. “As Jesuits, they see the value of rigor- foresaw instead a roomful of vocal gun-control people “and then some ous discussion.” pro-gun people, sitting quietly, sipping a cocktail, who’d then get in “It’s a very serious show,” Helen says. “But you won’t leave weep- their cars and say, ‘Man, I can’t believe all those liberals.’” ing. You’ll leave feeling you have a voice.” But the exhibit had a novel feature—a platform that allowed view“A key point about the exhibit,” Mary adds, “is that 40 percent of ers to text their responses in real time to three display monitors. » 110

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COURTESY OF THE JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY

#UNLOAD: UPCOMING Where to continue the conversation RIGHT NOW #UNLOAD: Guns in the Hands of Artists, an exhibit at the Fairfield University Art Museum, Walsh Gallery in Fairfield, through October 13.

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opposite page: Generic Art Solutions’ silkscreen “One Hot Month,” from the #UNLOAD: Guns in the Hands of Artists exhibit top: #UNLOAD: Guns in the Hands of Artists exhibit at Fairfield University Art Museum, Walsh Gallery below: Artist Marcus Kenney’s “Girl with a Gun,” 2014 Archival pigment print

“I would say about 75 percent of the comments were anti-gun,” Lee says. But there were also viewers who quoted Clint Eastwood. “There was an immediate awareness of different perspectives on the same works,” Helen remarks. Lee noted that in Fairfield County people tend to be guarded about their political opinions “and never really drill down to the point. But here,” he says, “I felt we really had a conversation without getting in anybody’s face. It’s amazing how this topic speaks to people.” Helen says that audience reaction is critical to #UNLOAD’s mission, as it is to art in general. “It’s never just about a picture on the wall. It’s about audience response, participation, discovering what that image is about. Sure, it can be about the pure aesthetic. But for me, it sings once there is audience engagement.”

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Until recently, young voices had gone mostly unheard. Then, on February 14, a troubled teen opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing fourteen students and three staff members. The classmates of the dead spoke out, and did so with a moral force that led to actual change—stiffer gun laws in Florida and elsewhere (though nothing, again, at the federal level). #UNLOAD has taken care to include children’s voices, through art workshops conducted by artist Jahmane West and artist-visual literacy specialist Darcy Hicks. (Hicks’ brother, Tyler, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist who has captured some of

#UNLOAD: Pick Up the Pieces, art made from or inspired by decommissioned guns, presented in partnership with Artspace. At the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, through November 11.

OCTOBER 12 A dance performance commissioned by the Quick Center for the Arts will debut at the closing night party for #UNLOAD: Guns in the Hands of Artists at 7 p.m. in the Quick Center. For tickets, 203-254-4010 or email boxoffice@quickcenter .com. Ticket includes cocktails and dance party.

NOVEMBER 1 #UNLOAD recommends: Thousand Pines, a play by Matthew Greene, at the Westport Country Playhouse. The drama, premiering at the Playhouse, explores family grief in the wake of a school shooting. Runs through November 30.

TO BE ANNOUNCED An #UNLOAD-sponsored night of storytelling; and perhaps a night of poetry. For more information, visit unloadusa.org

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above: Opening of #UNLOAD: Aiming Higher, a teen art exhibit at the Blends Gallery in Bridgeport: Congressman Jim Himes, Mary and Helen, Darcy Hicks, #UNLOAD’s director of education programs and #UNLOAD artist and partner, Jahmane West • Semi-automatic from the Hartford gun buyback program

above: #UNLOAD director of education programs, Darcy Hicks, (standing, third from right) and artist, Jahmane West, (standing in yellow) with teen students installing #UNLOAD: Aiming exhibit

above: Hartford Deputy Police Chief Brian Foley with Helen and Mary, picking up decommissioned gun pieces acquired from an #UNLOAD-funded gun buyback program in Hartford • #UNLOAD supporters from Westport at the March for Our Lives rally in Washington, DC.

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the most memorable war images of our time.) “All school children are mythology in America—the individual hero who will take on the bad affected by this,” Helen says. “All school children have lockdowns. guys and solve the problem,” Mary says. “The gun is the perfect impleIt’s not just areas of urban violence.” At a workshop the previous day, ment. It allows the hero to exist and succeed.” Art has reflected these things—Warhol’s guns are “sexy, sleek, a thirteen-year-old named Lily had made a painting of a girl entering school. We see the back of her head and the smoky color she’s headed sculptural,” Helen points out—but increasingly the art of the gun has turned darker, reflecting disturbing realities that the artists clearly into. It’s titled, “Warning: Possible War Zone Ahead. Hazard.” “These students, they have all sorts of stories,” Helen continues, want us to think about. (Among those realities: our gun murder rate scrolling through her photographs of the workshop. “His grandfather is about twenty-five times higher than the rate of other developed was shot dead in Mexico … Her father died a month before she was countries.) The poet W. H. Auden suggested that art can’t do much to effect change: “Poetry born—shot dead at a bar in makes nothing happen.” Bridgeport.” Helen and Mary disagree. “I think stories are real“A dear friend of mine who ly critical to what we’re is a major art collector and doing,” Mary says. “People philanthropist said prearen’t persuaded by facts, cisely that”—that art can’t right? People are persuaded change things, Helen says. by narrative—and then you “It annoys and disappoints weave in the facts.” me. And then I think, ‘You Helen says, “Even yesknow what? You can think terday, seeing these kids that, and you can do nothopen up and respond with ing.’ But I keep sending their stories by making him pictures of #UNLOAD art—it might be a drop in events. I might be able to the bucket, but it makes a turn him around.” difference.” Art doesn’t change Among the spoken-word things with the speed of a events that Helen and lightning strike, Helen and Mary have in mind are a Mary note, but art does last night of storytelling modGun components that artists used to create artwork that will be on exhibit at the Ely Center as a kind of collective truth eled on the Moth Radio of Contemporary Art in New Haven October 11 through November 11 in great works like Goya’s Hour, bringing together, “Disasters of War” series for example, a gun owner, “IT’S NEVER JUST ABOUT A PICTURE ON THE WALL. and Picasso’s “Guernica.” an ex-gang member, an IT’S ABOUT AUDIENCE RESPONSE, PARTICIPATION, Closer to our own experiemergency room doctor to DISCOVERING WHAT THAT IMAGE IS ABOUT. SURE IT ence are the protest songs tell their true gun stories. CAN BE ABOUT PURE AESTHETIC. BUT FOR ME, IT of the sixties and Maya They plan as well to hold Lin’s Vietnam Veterans grassroots events in peoSINGS ONCE THERE IS AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT.” Memorial, whose minimalple’s homes, “mini-Moths” —HELEN DURING ist design provoked furious that would prompt conversation, and art nights in which a curator would present works for debate (critics called it “a black gash of shame”) before it came to discussion. “One of the goals for #UNLOAD,” Mary says, “is to create be acknowledged as a masterpiece, and a healing one at that. These works impart something we need to know or feel. They charge the a blueprint here in Connecticut and export it to other states.” But what can art really do, given the national psychology? “Our air. They get people talking—and that’s what #UNLOAD is really all nation was born at the end of a musket,” historian Walter Isaacson about. “Painters painting, writers writing, people speaking—these are writes in the “Guns in the Hands of Artists” catalogue. Guns run through our lore, from the backwoodsmen and the Wild West outlaws ways, through the arts, of just loosening up that knot. Because, at the of old America on up through the Dirty Harrys, Die Hards, Missions moment, we are in a knot,” Helen says. “If you’re a sailor, if you pull too Impossible and other pleasurably violent dramas that Hollywood tight on a knot and you keep pulling on it, it’s never going to undo. You produces. A gun is self-reliance, it’s potency. (“All you need to make have to loosen both sides of the knot, right? Somehow you have to gena movie is a girl and a gun,” said D. W. Griffith.) “There’s this hero tly loosen it, and I think the arts can do that. They have that magic.” G

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Mary Jeffery, President, BCA

Yonni Wattenmaker, Executive Director, BCA

Two decades later, what those friends began when they launched Breast Cancer Alliance (BCA) is even more remarkable considering its long—make that staggering—list of accomplishments for a grassroots nonprofit that has a paid staff of only two and relies on hundreds of dedicated volunteers. Since its inception the Greenwich-based BCA has been mission driven—investing more than $25 million in research. Last year it distributed close to $2 million to jump-start groundbreaking studies and support young researchers; awarded five fellowships to promising doctors training as breast oncology surgeons and dedicated almost $300,000 to prevention and treat-ment efforts close to home. “It’s so moving to think of the foresight the [founders] had and how that focus has been so far-reaching and remarkable,” Mary Jeffery, president of the BCA, says of the legacy created by friends of the late breast cancer victim Mary Waterman (Lucy Day, Susan Elia, Kenny King Howe, Valerie Marchese and Cecile McCaull). “What began with women who were so passionate and committed has evolved into an organization with a unique mission focused on improving survival rates and quality of life.” The BCA is also known in these parts for its hot charity-circuit ticket. Its annual October luncheon and fashion show—the largest fundraising benefit in Greenwich— draws more than a thousand people to the Hyatt Regency in support of the cause. As the BCA gears up for th eluncheon on Tuesday, October 30, we take note of the ways this event—along with the expanding efforts of the nonprofit—are making a difference in the lives of those near and far impacted by breast cancer.

COMMUNITY IMPACT: PREVENTION & HEALING The core of the BCA’s mission is to support breast cancer victims and prevention

It has been rewarding to help men and women learn that there are so many new treatment options, and that survival rates with early-stage breast cancers are high … It’s humbling and satisyfying to watch the warrior spirit emerge as a woman endures and finishes her treatment for breast cancer.” —Dr. Ibrironke Adelaja

efforts by underwriting community-based programs at regional hospitals. “It goes back to our roots, that history of friends and neighbors coming together to help each other in a very community-minded way,” explains BCA Executive Director Yonni Wattenmaker. Last year, the nonprofit spent close to $300,000 funding programs at hospitals is Fairfield and Westchester counties, including Greenwich, Stamford and Norwalk hospitals, St. Vincent’s Medical Center and Bridgeport Hospital’s Norma Pfriem Breast Center. Yonni notes that at each of these institutions, the BCA has focused its generosity on women considered marginalized by the healthcare system. The group favors supporting a diverse array of projects that help people access prevention and treatment regardless of their ability to pay. That includes funding programs that provide tumor biopsies for women who can’t afford them (at Stamford Hospital) or staffing mobile mammography vans and patient hotlines with bilingual professionals. “What b y tare i m omeasurable t h y d u m a s results,” says we look for

Yonni. “We want to know these efforts are making an impact.” She explains that the BCA’s definition of who qualifies as “underserved” is intentionally broad. While serving low-income women is an important consideration, so too, is meeting the needs of breast cancer patients who might struggle with unexpected burdens while in treatment—issues such as childcare expenses, the inability to work or crushing medical bills. “Breast cancer can create a whole new set of challenges for someone who had a lot of stability before the diagnosis,” she says. “And so, when we say underserved, we’re thinking of all kinds of people with breast cancer, because it can complicate lives in so many different ways.” To increase access to care for low income women, the BCA has helped fund a mammography program at Greenwich Hospital that’s provided more than 300 free screenings in the past two years. “We can’t stress enough the importance of early detection, and mammography is the key to that,” says Dr. Barbara Ward, medical director of the Breast Center at Greenwich Hospital and a member of the BCA’s Medical Advisory Board. “With regular mammography you can find things like stage-zero and stageone breast cancers, which are highly treatable. The idea that early intervention is life-saving and game-changing can’t be stressed enough, so this program is really providing basic healthcare at the most grassroots level.”

TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF BREAST SURGEONS Typically, women who undergo mastectomies are operated on by general surgeons, not oncological specialists who devote their operating room skills exclusively to patients diagnosed with breast cancer. “And for many reasons, it’s just not ideal,” says Yonni. “When you are undergoing treatment for breast

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With regular mammography you can find things like stage-zero and stage-one breast cancers, which are highly treatable. The idea that early intervention is lifesaving and game-changing can’t be stressed enough.” —Dr. Barbara Ward

cancer, you want the person doing that surgery to understand your disease from a physical and psychological perspective in the most complete way possible. That just can’t happen with someone who is only doing a small percentage of breast surgeries a year.” To provide breast cancer patients with access to true experts, BCA has awarded a total of thirty-three $75,000 fellowships to doctors training in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. Five more doctors started BCA fellowships last August. When choosing one-year fellowship recipients, the BCA seeks aspiring oncological breast surgeons who are truly exceptional. “They are coming from great schools with great credentials,” Yonni notes. “And they have real interest in serving those impacted by breast cancer.” “These doctors are making a broad impact because they are now practicing in all corners of the United States and as far away as Ireland,” says Lisa Fischer, a BCA volunteer and breast cancer survivor who serves as the organization’s Breast Fellowship Grants chairman. “While their training is focused on breast surgery, they are really poised to help patients by becoming experts in the disease in all areas. Their grants continue to give back because they are becoming leaders in the field and are making a difference in care in their communities.”

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Case in point is Dr. Ibrironke Adelaja, who was awarded a BCA fellowship in 2013, while training at Rutgers Cancer Institute. She went on to establish a comprehensive breast cancer program at the Fresno branch campus of the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Adelaja’s program has been profoundly impactful, because, as Yonni points out, “she brought it to a community that was underserved and lacked a strong community-based breast cancer program.” Dr. Adelaja says her fellowship honed her surgical skills, but also taught her about the psychological toll breast cancer takes. “It has been rewarding to help men and women learn that there are so many new treatment options and that survival rates with early-stage breast cancers are high and to share the promising treatments for late-stage cancers,” she says. “It is humbling and satisfying to watch the warrior spirit emerge as a woman endures and finishes her treatment from breast cancer.”

SPEARHEADING EXCEPTIONAL RESEARCH At the University of Illinois’s Chicago campus, Dr. Peter Gann and a small team of researchers are attempting to look at breast cancer tumors up close in the most personal and detailed way possible. With the help of a BCA-funded $100,000 Exceptional Project Grant, Dr. Gann’s team is using computerized patterned analysis to look at malignant cells taken from breast cancer patients, employing some of the same technology that’s been used to advance computerized facial recognition and self-driving vehicles. “What we’re trying to do is take advances that have happened with computerized vision and look at breast cancer in a way that isn’t possible with the human eye,” explains Dr. Gann. Through its work the research team is hoping it can reveal unique characteristics in an

Focus on Hope A 2017 American Cancer Society report highlighted an encouraging trend in breast cancer. In the past twenty-five years, survival rates f or the disease have increased by 40 percent. “A lot of what’s changed for breast cancer victims is directly attributable to research, and the Breast Cancer Alliance has very much been a part of that,” says Dr. Ward. “If you think of the idea that research builds on itself and is part of the big picture [the BCA’s] effect has been farreaching in the way it has funded and supported research.” “The message we like to get out is that there is so much hope and good treatment, even with the tougher cases,” says BCA President Mary Jeffery. “With all the energy we’re putting into fighting this disease, I would like someone to imagine she’s got a world of teams out there trying to support her.” DR. WARD HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE GAME-CHANGERS CREATING A MORE HOPEFUL OUTLOOK FOR WOMEN AND MEN AT RISK OF OR DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER.

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Increased awareness about the importance of mammography screenings. “It saves lives. We know it, see it and live it every day,” she says.

The advent of personalized medicine. “Research has taught us so much about how to personalize care. We know that one size doesn’t fit all when it comes to treatment.”

The evolution of surgical interventions. “Everything is more targeted. We’re targeting tumors, targeting with radiation treatments. The result has been fewer side effects, less pain and better survival.”

Improved understanding of genetics, which has motivated women carrying BRCA1 and 2 genes to consider prophylactic mastectomies. “Those women will likely never have breast cancer,” she says. These advances have also revolutionized the treatment of some breast cancers, helping some women with metastatic disease live longer.

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individual’s breast cancer tumor, which may ultimately help doctors pinpoint genetic variations in their cancer cells. “Breast cancers, like most cancers, are very heterogeneous within themselves, but we can’t see that on a pathology slide using techniques that are almost two hundred years old,” he explains. He says that not being able to see all those potential variations “is a major barrier to precision oncology.” Dr. Gann hopes that by revealing them, his team’s work may ultimately allow doctors to better personalize therapies and therefore improve patient outcomes. At the heart of his research is the question of why some breast cancer patients presenting with the same kinds of cancer respond better to treatment than others. Dr. Gann’s study is in many ways typical of the kind of nascent and potentially groundbreaking research the BCA seeks to support. “The potential for impact and innovation are the two main things we look for,” says

The core of the BCA’s mission is to support breast cancer victims and prevention efforts by underwriting communitybased programs at regional hospitals. “It goes back to our roots, that history of friends and neighbors coming together to help each other in a very communityminded way,” says BCA Executive Director Yonni Wattenmaker

Karen Lowney, a breast cancer survivor and BCA volunteer who cochairs the Research Grants Committee. “We want things that show promise, but not necessarily the hot thing being funded at the moment by the big organizations.” Karen notes that the more than $25 million the BCA has pumped into research since its inception is especially significant because it gives researchers such as Dr. Gann a chance to jump-start scientific investigation in an increasingly competitive environment for research dollars from major institutions such as the National Institutes of Health. Attracting those dollars is particularly difficult when research is innovative. “You need good data before you go forward, but how do you get it?” says Karen. “We’re trying to give promising researchers that chance.”

THE PROCESS Getting research grants from the BCA isn’t as simple as writing a well-crafted proposal. Careful analysis goes into each proposal that the BCA receives, and the multistep review process takes months. Karen explains that besides a knowledgeable volunteer committee and medical advisory board, the BCA relies on modestly compensated medical reviewers—an expert panel that includes surgeons, radiologists and oncologists—to help it zero in on the most promising and innovative proposals. “And we ask ourselves hard questions,” Karen says. “Does this proposal really match with our mission of eradicating breast cancer?” Applications are scored on a scale of one to ten, and typically those scoring in the eight to ten range go on for more vetting. Once awards are granted, the BCA stays in touch with research teams. “We take a real interest in these grants from start to finish,” says Mary. “We visit our research sites, and we are also starting to hold medical symposiums in other cities. It’s one way we are expanding our influence and outreach as we grow.” G

MYTH VS. FACT

What You Need to Know Now October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and when we asked the BCA team to identify a myth about the disease they would like to dispel, there was striking unanimity in their answers. “I think the biggest one, without a doubt, is that you are immune from breast cancer if you don’t have a strong genetic connection in your family,” says Yonni. Indeed, Dr. Ward points out that the vast percentage of breast cancer cases—as many as 80 percent—have no traceable family history of the disease. “I see breast cancer in the most healthy people,” she says. “They are able to battle it better because of their health, but it’s so important to stress that no one is immune.”

DR. WARD’S ADVICE FOR ALL WOMEN

Start getting annual mammograms at age forty. “This habit gives everyone a chance to catch the disease early when it is so treatable.” She makes her recommendation despite a controversial 2017 change in guidelines from the American Cancer Society, which suggests mammograms are optional before age forty-five. “The confusion this has caused is enormously frustrating,” says Dr. Ward. “And without that mammogram, there’s a potential lost opportunity for an early diagnosis.”

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Art & Antiques ALDRICH MUSEUM, 258 Main St., Ridgefield, 438-0198. Tues.-Sun. noon5 p.m.; Fri. until 8 p.m. AMY SIMON FINE ART, 1869 Post Rd. East, Westport, 259-1500. Tues.-Sat. 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m., or by appointment. BRUCE MUSEUM, 1 Museum Dr., 869-0376. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 1-5 p.m. Free for members, $8 general admission. CANFIN GALLERY, 39 Main St.,Tarrytown, NY, 914-332-4554. Tues.Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. or by appt. Fine paintings and sculptures by established and emerging contemporary artists from all over the world.

After Van Eyck by Devorah Sperber, 2006, 5024 spools of thread, stainless steel ball chain and hanging apparatus, clear acrylic viewing sphere, metal stand, 122” x 100”x 60”

Gilles Clement Gallery Beginning on Friday, October 12 through Wednesday, November 21, the Gilles Clement Gallery at 45 East Putnam Avenue in Greenwich will be showing a new exhibit, MARCK + SPERBER: Through the Looking Glass. Both artists use their creative license to manipulate reality and perception, and utilize their respective mediums to draw the viewer into a wonderland of optical illusion, playful visual layering and unexpected use of space and scale. Expect no ordinary art browse—the eyes are engaged as never before, the brain challenged and teased and the spirits uplifted by this delightful pairing of conceptual and technical artistry. An opening reception will be held on Friday, October 12 from 7 to 10 p.m. ( for more events visit greenwichmag.com )

CAVALIER GALLERIES, 405 Greenwich Ave., 8693664. Mon.-Sat. 10:30 a.m.6 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 p.m. and by appt. A showcase of a select group of established and emerging artists who represent the finest in modern painting, sculpture and photography. CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING, 299 West Ave., Norwalk, 899-7999. Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 p.m. CLAY ART CENTER, 40 Beech St., Port Chester, NY, 914-937-2047. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. or by appt. DISCOVERY MUSEUM AND PLANETARIUM, 4450 Park Ave., Bridgeport, 372-3521. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.5 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 p.m. Permanent exhibits include Energy Exhibit, Sound and Light Galleries, Preschool

Power, Sports Science and Solar Legos. Exhibits at the Discovery Museum are designed for hands-on interaction and learning. FAIRFIELD MUSEUM AND HISTORY CENTER, 370 Beach Rd., Fairfield, 259-1598. Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.4 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., noon-4 p.m. FLINN GALLERY, 101 W. Putnam Ave., 622-7947. Mon.-Wed., Fri.-Sat., 10 a.m.5 p.m.; Thurs. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sun. 1-5 p.m. GERTRUDE G. WHITE GALLERY, YWCA, 259 E. Putnam Ave., 869-6501. Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. GREENWICH ARTS COUNCIL, Bendheim Gallery, 299 Greenwich Ave., 862-6750. Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat., noon.4 p.m. The Bendheim Gallery hosts major exhibitions every six weeks; visit greenwicharts.org to learn about upcoming exhibits. GREENWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 39 Strickland Rd., 869-6899. Wed.-Sun. noon4 p.m. See highlight on page 141. J. RUSSELL JINISHIAN GALLERY, 1657 Post Rd., Fairfield, 259-8753. Tues.-Sat. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. A large selection of original Marine and Sporting Art by Arguimbau, Blossom, Demers, Kramer, McGurl, Mecray, Mizerek, Prosek, Shilstone, Stobart and Thompson. KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART, Rte. 22 at Jay St., Katonah, NY, 914-232-9555. Tues.-Fri. and Sun. 1-5 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. »

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CALENDAR ROWAYTON ARTS CENTER, 145 Rowayton Ave., Rowayton, 866-2744. Tues.-Sat. noon-5 p.m.; Sun. 1-4 p.m. SAMUEL OWEN GALLERY, 382 Greenwich Ave., 325-1924. Mon.-Sat., 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun., 11-3 p.m. The gallery is committed to exhibiting the work of emerging to mid-career artists, as well as a variety of strong secondary market works. SILVERMINE GUILD ARTS CENTER, 1037 Silvermine Rd., New Canaan, 966-9700. Wed.-Sat., noon-5 p.m.

SM HOME GALLERY, 70 Arch Street, Greenwich, 629-8121, Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 11 a.m.5 p.m. or by appointment. Featuring award winning regional and national contemporary artists. Visit sandramorganinteriors .com for exhibit for more information. STAMFORD ART ASSOCIATION, 39 Franklin St., Stamford, 325-1139. Thurs.-Fri. 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. noon-3 p.m. STAMFORD MUSEUM & NATURE CENTER, 39 Scofieldtown Rd.,

BackCountry Jazz What better way to start BackCountry Jazz’s eleventh season than with the critically acclaimed jazz orchestra Disorder at the Border? Enjoy an evening with some of the world’s finest jazz artists at St. Bede’s “jazz club” with drinks, tasty bites and desserts. Saturday, October 27, 270 Lake Avenue, Greenwich, doors open at 7 with music from 7:30 to 9 p.m. For more information visit backcountryjazz.org.

KENISE BARNES FINE ART, 1947 Palmer Ave., Larchmont, NY, 914-8348077. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.5:30 p.m. or by appt. Visit kbfa.com for show information. LOCKWOOD-MATHEWS MANSION MUSEUM, 295 West Ave., Norwalk, 838-9799. Wed.-Sun., noon-4 p.m. LOFT ARTISTS ASSOCIATION, 575 Pacific St., Stamford, 247-2027 or loftartists.com. Fri.-Sun. noon-5 p.m.

MICHAEL FLORIO GALLERY, 135 Mason Street, 858-5743, Specializing in established and emerging contemporary artists, marine art and curiosities. Open most days by chance or by appointment, Michaelflorio.com. NEUBERGER MUSEUM OF ART, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase, NY, 914-251-6100. Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. PELHAM ART CENTER, 155 Fifth Ave., Pelham, NY,

914-738-2525 ext. 113. Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat. noon-4 p.m. QUESTER GALLERY, 119 Rowayton Ave., Rowayton, 523-0250. Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.6 p.m. Sat.-Sun., by appt. 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century Marine Art and Antiques, including works by Bard, Bareford, Beal, Bishop, Brown, Buttersworth, Dawson, Demers, Gray, Hoyne, Jacobsen, Moran, Stobart, Waugh and Yorke.

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Dana’s Angels Research Trust Join the team at Dana’s Angels Research Trust (DART) on Saturday, October 6, at Greenwich Point Park to help raise crucial funds for Niemann-Pick type C disease (NPC)—a rare and fatal cholesterol-storage disease affecting children that is often called children’s Alzheimer’s. To register, visit danasangels.org. »

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CALENDAR Thurs. until 8 p.m.; Sun. 16 p.m. Permanent collection includes African art, American decorative art, American paintings and sculpture, ancient art, Asian art, coins and medals, and modern and contemporary art.

Concerts, Film & Theater ARENA AT HARBOR YARD, 600 Main St., Bridgeport, 345-2300. Visit arenaharboryard.com for show listings. AVON THEATRE FILM CENTER, 272 Bedford St., Stamford, 661-0321. Visit avontheatre.org for special events and guest speakers. CARAMOOR INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL, Girdle Ridge Rd., Katonah, NY, 914-232-1252. Caramoor is a renowned oasis for musical inspiration that offers audiences the opportunity to hear an in-depth spectrum of music in one of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legendary outdoor settings. Visit caramoor.org for details.

Stamford Health Expo The seventh annual Stamford Health, Health Wellness & Sports Expo 2018 presented by WABC-TV will be held at Chelsea Piers Connecticut, the world-class sports complex at 1 Blachley Road in Stamford on Caroline Jones Saturday, October 20, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, October 21, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Created to fuel your mind, body and soul, Expo 2018, the largest health and wellness expo in Connecticut, will feature health education by Stamford Health, fun activities for children plus the latest information, products and services from over 100 exhibitors. hws-expos.com Stamford, 977-6521. Mon.Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. THOMAS J. WALSH GALLERY, Fairfield Univ., 1073 N. Benson Rd., Fairfield, 254-4000, ext. 2969. Tues.Sat. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. noon-4 p.m.

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UCONN STAMFORD ART GALLERY, One University Pl., Stamford, 251-8400. Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. WESTPORT ARTS CENTER, 51 Riverside Ave.,

Westport, 226-7070. Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. noon-4 p.m. YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART, 1080 Chapel St., New Haven, 432-2800. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 p.m. Permanent collection on view.

YALE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE GALLERY, 180 York St., New Haven, 432-2288. Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.5 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m., YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, 1111 Chapel St., New Haven, 432-0611. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.;

THE CHAMBER PLAYERS OF THE GREENWICH SYMPHONY, Sun. 7 at Round Hill Community Church, 395 Round Hill Rd., 4 p.m.; Mon. 8, at Greenwich Arts Concil, 7:30 p.m. CURTAIN CALL, The Sterling Farms Theatre Complex, 1349 Newfield Ave., Stamford, 329-82071. Visit curtaincallinc.com for show dates and times. DOWNTOWN CABARET THEATRE, 263 Golden Hill St., Bridgeport, 576-1636. Mon. 1-14, Legally Blonde. FAIRFIELD THEATRE COMPANY, On StageOne, 70 Sanford St., Fairfield,

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Flinn Gallery celebrates 90 years of bringing exceptional art to the community.

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Featuring six exhibitions, opening receptions, related films, artist talks, lecture series and community events. All events are free and open to the public. Visit ﬂinngallery.com/90th-anniversary/

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Oct 25 - Dec 5 All Together

Dec 13 - Jan 23 Forces of Nature

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October 10

The Long Run, a current exhibition at MoMa Lecturer: Heather Cotter, Museum of Modern Art.

April 10

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS Looking Forward, Looking Back

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The Artist as Writer Lecturer: Brian Catling - sculptor, poet, performance artist, painter, filmmaker, novelist, Emeritus Professor at The Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford.

May 15

Art Investments and the Auction House Lecturer: Noah Kupferman, Christie’s Education New York. All lectures held 7-8 p.m. in the Cole Auditorium at Greenwich Library.

Fluid Terrain

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Spaces of Uncertainty

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Time and Place: Works on Paper

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