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FEATURES Rye’s Megyn Kelly, living in the spotlight by Bonnie Adler
48 IS MARIJUANA THE NEW AMBIEN? Bong before bedtime? by Jacob M.Appel M.D.
62 A POT OF GOLD
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Here’s an Idea NEW YORK CITY is now in the business of erecting abandoned buildings. The most notorious one is on West Fifty-Seventh Street. It is ninety or so stories high and casts a broad and permanent shadow over Central Park. Its apartments go for tens of millions of dollars and are to be owned by Russian oligarchs and magnates from the Arab Emirates who will visit from time to time but not sleep in these apartments more than twenty nights a year. Through my window, I can see one of these buildings near Chelsea Piers. It is terribly, effacingly tall and was designed by an immensely famous British architect who clearly wasn’t trying. You cannot believe how ordinary it is. Nevertheless, its units are selling for fifteen and twenty and forty million dollars and include all the amenities: bedrooms by the dozen, bowling lanes, wine cellars, atriums, screening rooms, en suite carports, and swimming pools. One of them has already been snapped up by an oligarch or magnate–in any event, a very rich foreigner–who is, I think, insane. This is why I think so: Like many of the plutocrats who drop thirty or forty million on living spaces they have no intention of living in, this one bought it without ever seeing the place, which was, in fact, not yet fully built when he made the purchase. He relied on descriptions, illustrations, elevations, and his personal real estate scout, a former Cockney named Neville.
He had neglected to tell his boss that what the panoramic view was of was Fort Lee, New Jersey. This did not make the new owner feel house-proud. He stewed about it all through the very long and lonely trip on the private plane back to Dubai or wherever. What was he to do? It wasn’t as if he could flip a fortymillion-dollar apartment. Then it hit him. You can check this out on Facebook: He is petitioning the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to install a fifty-story mirror at the western edge of the Hudson River to run the length of the High Line. “At these prices,” he writes, “I deserve to be looking at something worth looking at.” Last I visited, the petition had more than three thousand signatures. I’m sure some of them are satirical. --Richard Greenberg has written two dozen plays, including the Tony Award–winning Take Me Out, which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, as was his play Three Days of Rain. He is the winner of Newsday’s George Oppenheimer Award and the PEN/Laura Pels Award for a playwright in mid-career. He lives in New York City.
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legs and cleavage, a decoration enhancing the set of the right wing Insiders at Fox were asked to defend Ailes with public statements network. Despite her rising ratings and frequent promotions, to discredit Carlson. Kelly was pressured to do the same, but she Megyn Kelly was not taken seriously by those with little knowledge refused to do so. She revealed that she, too, had been the subject of of her considerable achievements. his unwanted advances on several occasions early in her career at Fox. Then came the now infamous August 2015 Republican primary In “Settle for More” she writes, “There was a pattern to his behavior. I debate in Cleveland, Ohio. Drawing a deep breath, in front of 24 would be called into Roger’s office, he would shut the door and over the million viewers, Kelly slammed Donald Trump with the question next hour or two, he would engage in a kind of cat-and-mouse game that stopped him, and America, dead in its tracks. “You have called with me–veering between obviously inappropriate sexually charged women you don’t like fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals…. comments (e.g., about the “very sexy bras” I must have and how he’d You once told a contestant on Celebrity Apprentice it would be a like to see me in them) and legitimate professional advice.” Kelly said pretty picture to see her on her knees… Does that sound to you like she tried to laugh it off or pretend not to understand but kept a record the temperament of a man we should elect as president…?” of his comments. In 2006 he “crossed a new line–trying to grab me She knew those provocative words would present a swift upper cut repeatedly and kiss me on the lips.” Kelly said she dodged him and to a man famous for his thin he then asked her, “when is your skin. What she could not contract up?” and tried to kiss know was the extent to which her again. Finally, she consulted Trump would go to retaliate. a supervisor at the company and The retribution came swiftly. the harassment stopped. She His response to her perceived says she never was sure if the accusation came the very next behavior continued with other night on CNN. “You could women until Gretchen Carlson’s see there was blood coming complaint, but, once again, with out of her eyes. There was the whole world watching, Kelly SUDDENLY SHE WAS PERCEIVED AS A JOURNALIST blood coming out of her… took a difficult public stand and WHO WAS TOUGH, SMART AND IN CONTROL. wherever.” In short, the man refused to compromise herself so incisively accused of being and lie about her boss. a misogynist affirmed her Ailes’ fall from grace was as statement by saying she was swift as it was astonishing. He nothing more than a woman was ousted from Fox, albeit with on the rag. And he did it with a hefty $20 million severance. the whole world watching. Carlson got a $20 million Trump was so angry he settlement as well. engaged in an unhinged Megyn Kelly was back in Twitter battle that brought the limelight. Her image had Megyn Kelly into the changed, and her star power TOP: GETTING THE JOB OFFER AT ABC 7 IN WASHINGTON, DC, AND ABOUT spotlight like never before. TO INTERVIEW AT FOX NEWS CHANNEL–ONCE I STARTED SETTLING FOR MORE, was growing. Suddenly she was Millions of Trump fanatical I NEVER LOOKED BACK. perceived as a journalist who followers joined him in what BOTTOM: MY POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE GOES BACK A LONG TIME. was tough, smart and in control. AS THIS JOURNAL ENTRY FROM 1988 SHOWS, I’VE NEVER FELT A STRONG became an unprecedented CALL TO EITHER PARTY. What the public didn’t know, viral attack on a journalist. but was first beginning to The journalist had suddenly become the story. appreciate, was that this was the real Megyn Kelly all along. That pivotal event unleashed something that viewers had not Born in Syracuse, New York, she was one of three children in a recognized in Kelly before. It became a defining moment in her hard-working middle class family that valued independence and public image. Even though she was forced to have two round-the- responsibility. Among many stories in her memoir of a loving clock bodyguards, she stood up to the firestorm, fearless, rational and rough-and-tumble relationship with her older sister and brother, determined to do her job even as the media replayed the clash again and a deep affection for her parents and grandmother, Nana, two and again. It was like an avalanche, with Kelly and Trump tumbling pivotal events in her childhood left lasting marks on her character. downhill in an ever-growing snowball. Suddenly, the issue of women’s When she was in seventh grade, Kelly was bullied, ostracized by her rights was on everyone’s tongue. Kelly, who never wanted to label friends for a year. After that experience she vowed she would stand herself a feminist, had become a kind of standard bearer for the cause. up for herself in the face of any intimidation. The battle with Trump receded after about a year, catapulting her When she was 15, Kelly had a typical teenage spat with her into fame. beloved father. He died of a sudden heart attack that evening. This Shortly thereafter, she was challenged again. loss haunted her for the rest of her life. Her boss and mentor, Roger Ailes, 75, the powerful media mogul After college, Kelly attended Albany Law School, supporting herself who created Fox News and turned it into a billion dollar business, was as an aerobics instructor. She did particularly well in moot court, which accused of sexual harassment by Gretchen Carlson, a Fox news anchor. enabled her to hone her skills at argument and defense. She became a 38
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she does not want to be defined by her hair, long or short. She is a fiercely proud mother of three small children well versed in the conflicts mothers endure while pursuing a career. Her husband, Doug Brunt, is a best selling novelist and shares her commitment to their children. A note about the book cover of Kelly’s memoir, “Settle for More.” Looking drop dead gorgeous, Kelly is wearing a low cut black dress exposing cleavage, collarbones and cut arms. Her blue eyes have an icy “don’t mess with me” glow under thick false eyelashes. A man writing a similar memoir about his career as a broadcast journalist would probably be wearing a suit and tie. Maybe Megyn Kelly is just trying to sell books. Maybe Megyn Kelly is telling us that women can have it all–posing a new kind of threat to the male-ordered society that previously held sway in America. Could she be making the case that women can be strong and feminine, and are creating a whole new definition for the future? --Bonnie Adler is a freelance writer and reporter living in Westport, CT. She is currently working on a book about secrets.
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ONE NIGHT, MISERABLE AND OVERWORKED, SHE CHANCED UPON A MIDNIGHT RERUN OF A DR. PHIL SEGMENT ON THE OPRAH SHOW IN WHICH HE SAID, “THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU AND SOMEONE YOU ENVY IS, YOU SETTLED FOR LESS.” litigator at a corporate law firm, a position she held for nine years. One night, miserable and overworked, she chanced upon a midnight rerun of a Dr. Phil segment on the Oprah show in which he said, “The only difference between you and someone you envy is, you settled for less.” “It was so simple, but so clear to me,” writes Kelly. “This was the moment when I realized I could change my life. I did not have to settle for less. I could settle for more.” She decided to get off the merry-go-round that her life had become as an 18 hour a day corporate attorney on track for partnership, and become a broadcast journalist. At the time, her first marriage, to a physician, also ended. Kelly’s rise to success was phenomenal. She was hired by an ABC affiliate as a legal journalist in Washington, DC and in less than a year, caught the eye of Fox chairman Roger Ailes, who promoted her to a slot in New York at Fox News. Her hard work continued to pay off. She landed a job co-anchoring with Bill Hemmer and ultimately, the plum job of anchor of her own prime time show, The Kelly File. Megyn Kelly wants to be respected and admired for her hard work and her accomplishments, but she loves a killer dress and high heels, too. She has used all the interest in her hair to her advantage. When she cut her long blond coquette style into a bob it was a clear statement that
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MARIJUANA THE NEW
AMBIEN? SCIENCE AND ANECDOTE IN THE QUEST FOR BETTER SLEEP
elections witnessed the legalization of THE November recreational marijuana use in four states and of
medicinal marijuana in another four–bringing the total number of states without cannabis prohibitions below the federal level to 28. Along with these political developments came a slew of health claims about the controversial drug, including a rising number touting marijuana as a sleep aid. A post-election headline in the Marijuana Times asked: “What Are Some of the Best Cannabis Strains for Treating Insomnia?” Meanwhile, a week earlier, Broadly staff writer Gabby Bess published “One Woman’s Quest to Get Really High and Have Dreams,” an article tentatively debunking the widely-held belief that pot use impairs dreaming. Internet forums and websites like “Herb” have been pitching marijuana as a substitute for prescription insomnia medications including Ambien and Xanax–and even for the postprandial martini or bedtime shot of schnapps. One widely-circulated news story reported a tale of pot’s efficacy in
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pets as well as human beings. But does the scientific data support reluctant to discuss their interest with their doctors. So where can these claims? And how does this evidence comport with the they turn? anecdotal experience of individual users? Marijuana-industry professionals, while unable to provide “The one thing about research on the relationship between medical advice, often provide personal and anecdotal information marijuana and sleep that can be said with absolute certainty is that helps their sleep-deprived clients. “In my experience, that more research is needed,” says Dr. Ilana Braun, the chief of marijuana can drastically improve life for those suffering from the Division of Adult Psychosocial Oncology at Harvard’s Dana insomnia,” explains Kayli Nugent, Medical Marijuana Consultant Farber Cancer Center. Braun adds that the nature of marijuana at Dockside Cannabis in Seattle, Washington. “Some find smoking makes these studies more difficult than those on traditional or vaporizing before bed can really help quiet the mind and relax medications because the plant consists of more than three hundred the body so they can drift to sleep easier. Others find a small dose unique, biologically active molecules. “There is a growing sense of edible or sublingual cannabis can be the perfect remedy for that marijuana works through an ‘entourage effect’ in which many those who have trouble staying asleep. The THC metabolizes different chemical compounds operate together,” she explains. slowly as it makes its way through your digestive tract and can “Studies have been done on individual compounds such as THC be more subtle, but [has a] longer lasting effect to help keep users [Tetrahydrocannabinol], but it may not be reasonable to extrapolate asleep throughout the night.” from these studies” to the plant as a whole. Rather, each compound Ian Eisenberg, the proprietor of Uncle Ike’s, one of Seattle’s most may influence multiple other compounds synergistically–either popular marijuana vending joints, observes that his patrons report as promotors or inhibitors. So benefits from a number of pot while a 1981 study in the Journal products. “We have customers of Clinical Pharmacology who say [these products] reported sleep benefits after PROFESSIONALS, WHILE UNABLE changed their lives... who say it consuming cannabidiol (CBD), TO PROVIDE has gotten them off Ambien-type one of these active molecules, products. People have difficulty this data may not translate to OFTEN PROVIDE PERSONAL AND with insomnia for all sorts of those who smoke the entire ANECDOTAL INFORMATION THAT reasons. In my layperson’s nonmarijuana leaf. Another factor medical opinion, stress may be a limiting research is the presence HELPS THEIR major factor.... Cannabis can be of the plant on Schedule I of the CLIENTS. a godsend for these people.” Controlled Substances Act. Typical of this new breed What empirical data does exist is complex, inconclusive and of users may be “Barb Marley” from Connecticut. “I have some often contradictory. As early as the 1970s, researchers Perrie marijuana gummy bears that have been a huge help with my sleep,” Adams and Ernest Barratt demonstrated that marijuana affected she explains. “I either use it to fall asleep–or more importantly– the sleep architecture of primates while John Karacan reported when I wake up at 2:00 or 3:00 and am concerned I won’t fall back to “lack of evidence of major disturbances...of sleep patterns” using sleep. It has been a big help. Unlike with Ambien or Advil PM, I do early EEG-EOG technologies. More recently, British investigator not wake up feeling groggy or ‘hungover’.... I never use it during the Anthony Nicholson and colleagues reported evidence that seems day or recreationally on the weekends. This is purely for sleep aid.” to confirm aspects of this ‘entourage effect’ which may have Or “Midnight Toker” from New Jersey. He relates, “I have always implications for medical use: “THC would appear to be a sedative been a type-A personality, hard-charging workaholic. I find that the compound, whereas CBD would appear to have some alerting relaxation effect provided [by cannabis] allows me to shut down my properties. The distinct activity of these compounds suggests that mind in order to relax enough to fall asleep. Without [marijuana], they could be complementary in clinical practice.” A study led my mind races on the day’s events and I have difficulty winding by Deirdre Conroy of Brown University, published in the Journal down to a sound sleep.” of Addictive Diseases in 2016, compared chronic and occasional Or “Joe,” who shares, “It all started five years ago when I woke smokers with non-smokers and concluded that sleep quality was up one morning having severe joint pain and was diagnosed lower in the first group–although whether this poor sleep was a with Lyme disease.” After being placed on Ambien, Lexapro and cause or effect of marijuana use remains unclear. One area in Lorazepam to combat insomnia, depression and anxiety, he found which marijuana does show considerable medical promise for himself suffering from constant “drowsiness” but unable to sleep. sleep is as an adjunctive agent in people already suffering from “Fast forward ninety days and I had had enough,” he recalls. serious illnesses in whom the drug is principally being used to “Between the sleepless nights, weight loss and stomach sickness, treat other symptoms. Another is in symptomatic management I was ready to try a new route. I read about people using cannabis of certain specific sleep-related illnesses like sleep apnea. Yet for Lyme disease and since I’ve experimented in previous years, the majority of insomniacs are not critically ill nor do they boast I was not afraid to give it a try. I slowly tapered the medications diagnoses of specific organic sleep disorders. Realistically, most down with the help of a doctor and cut out some completely, but troubled sleepers seeking a cure for their tossing and turning have started using cannabis at night before bed. Almost instantly I slept little appetite for sorting through these studies. Many, especially again.... Before long, I was completely off all medications. I was in jurisdictions where marijuana remains illegal or restricted, are back to work, sleeping my normal six hours.”
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This absence of a hangover is one of the attributes consistently Unlike marijuana, medications like Xanax (alprazolam) or extolled by users. “Joe” contrasts marijuana favorably with Ambien Ambien (zolpidem) are relatively well-understood. The former is because “I do not wake up groggy as I did while taking sleep aids or a drug of the benzodiazepine class (which also includes Valium, have fogs at night during which I can’t remember what happened.” Klonipin and Ativan), a short-acting anxiolytic operating on the Eisenberg also reports that he personally prefers marijuana over brain’s GABAA receptors that is often prescribed for panic disorder “Ambien, Xanax, Sonata, and Diazepam” because “it’s almost as good or generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Safety concerns include without the hangover.” Another purported benefit of marijuana over tolerance, dependence and–since the drug does not last long in these prescription aids is a lower likelihood, if any, for addiction or the body–rebound anxiety or insomnia. Ambien, a sedative used for initiating sleep, has also been associated with tolerance and dependence. The most frequent objection one hears to the use of marijuana dependence, as well as daytime drowsiness, rebound insomnia and as a sleep aid is that its long term safety profile remains unclear. high profile cases of sleep walking. Both drugs are FDA approved Yet Paul Armentano, Deputy Director of the marijuana legal reform and legal with a physician’s prescription. So can we expect marijuana to replace Xanax or Ambien as organization NORML, objects to arguments that the safety of marijuana has not been adequately studied. “Simply echoing this the sedative of the future anytime soon? Some in the industry narrative that we don’t know enough about marijuana is popular, believe that day is approaching. “I have seen many patients stop but not based upon available evidence. Cannabis has been used using medications like Ambien, Xanax, etc. because they no safely for thousands of years.” He notes that there are far more longer require them as a sleep aid since using cannabis,” observes Nugent. “While the side effects for references to marijuana in peerthese prescription drugs go on and reviewed literature than there FOR THOSE SEEKING on, there are practically no sideare for many commonly used effects from using cannabis as a sleep over-the-counter remedies like aid, other than a bit of enjoyment Ibuprofen and Tylenol. before you fall asleep. I believe this For those seeking sleeppossibility could save many lives inducing marijuana strains and AND from accidental overdose, a current pot-based sleep products, the crisis in this country.” market offers a wide range of PRODUCTS, THE --products–but few guarantees. Jacob M. Appel is a psychiatrist “Cannabis strain effects come OFFERS A and attorney in New York City. His down to the chemotype of OF PRODUCTS–BUT FEW eleventh book, The Mask of Sanity, is the plant,” explains Jackson due out in March. Holder, Medical Marijuana Consultant and Procurement Manager at Seattle’s Dockside. “Some terpenes tend to provoke various kinds of neural activation, and many so-called ‘sativas’ have a terpene profile that is frequently described as ‘heady’ or ‘cerebral,’ and in its more extreme manifestations can cause racing thoughts or feelings of racing motion, anxiety, and every now and then the occasional panic attack in a novice smoker. These terpene profiles will be unconducive to addressing insomnia in most patients.” He adds that, “As a very general rule of thumb, strain names that imply action and activity are better to stay away from. Strain names that end in ‘Haze’ may very well be counterproductive to sleep; despite what the name suggests, these strains have a reputation for being cerebral and energetic to the point of active stimulation.” Several industry professionals interviewed for this article, including Eisenberg, recommend marijuana-based supplements cultivated by James Hull of Fairwinds Cannabis as particularly popular for sleep with their clients. In a recent Marijuana Times article, Jason Sander pitched five strains reportedly helpful for bedtime: Headband, Bruce Banner, Guava Dawg, Zensation, and the British import Big Buddha Cheese. Holder of Dockside says that “a broad consensus on the subject is difficult to establish” because “the root causes of insomnia are many and varied” and because “an easy system of classification for [the various chemotypes of marijuana] remains elusive.”
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WOMEN CREATE THEIR OWN OPPORTUNITIES IN NEW YORK’S GROWING WEED INDUSTRY
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n a recent Thursday evening in downtown Manhattan, nearly 50 women and a few men, ranging from millennials to baby boomers, gathered in a sleek co-working space to talk about weed. Each month, a different group of enterprising women gives a presentation at Women Grow, a national organization founded in Denver in 2014 that connects, educates, and empowers women in the cannabis industry. Before and after the feature presentation, women have a chance to network with other aspiring entrepreneurs or industry veterans, fostering connections that may help with their own canna-businesses. The group at the most recent meeting included lawyers, nurse practitioners and an edibles chef,
and the presenting company was AnnaBís, a line of luxury accessories to help women keep their medicinal cannabis products safe, secure, odorcontained, and separate from everything else in their purse. Beside a projector screen, a table was set up with various handbags, cut from luxurious Italian leather and designed to be smell-proof. A group of women sipping champagne and munching on finger foods huddled around the table, mingling before the night’s formal programming began. “These bags have been to bar mitzvahs, weddings, and they’ve even been to a wake, I hate to tell ya,” one of the AnnaBís designers told the group, as she demonstrated with a sample bag. Some of the bags, which can cost in the triple digits, have secret compartments where women can keep their stash.
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THE LATEST BUZZ It’s an unexpected community of women involved in the cannabis industry as leaders or consumers, says Jeanine Moss, cofounder of AnnaBís. “We don’t even like to call ourselves ‘stoners,’” says Moss, “These are smart, professional, careeroriented women. They’re a little bit more Prada than they are tye-dye.” According to a Pew Research survey, 21 million American women over the age of 18 who earn $75,000 or more per year have tried cannabis. Women shouldn’t feel like criminals because they use cannabis, says Moss — that’s where the discreet and stylish AnnaBís product line comes in. “We feel like it’s really important that this new legal cannabis culture be created where the stigmas don’t exist,” she says. It may come as a surprise that New York — where the medical marijuana program has received heavy criticism for being too restrictive — is one of just three U.S. cities where Women Grow has set up offices. While bureaus in Colorado and California may be obvious, the presence of Women Grow in New York indicates growing promise for women entering the state’s nascent cannabis industry. “I’m seeing a lot of female entrepreneurs,” says Melissa Meyer, chair of New York’s Women Grow chapter and founder of the patients advocacy company HealthMJ. “And they’re coming from sophisticated professions like law, finance, media, and tech.” “I think here in New York, you’re seeing fewer opportunities to touch the plant, but a lot of opportunities in terms of being able to recruit talent,” Meyer states. “You want to be doing an ancillary business unless you got one of the five dispensary licenses.” Because New York is less congested than other states when it comes to cannabis and startups, it’s a fantastic place to start a cannabusiness, she adds, because, “You’re a big fish in a little pond.” Lauren Miele, cofounder of KushKards — a company that designs greeting cards with space to attach a pre-rolled, er, gift — says New York is a city with a lot of buzz in the cannabis industry. In New York, entrepreneurs are creating an entire cannabis industry from scratch, says Jazmin Hupp, CEO and founder of Women Grow. And unlike many sectors of the economy, it lacks a cluster of several entrenched leaders, leaving more space for women to get involved without already built-in glass ceilings. “Women are going to be powerful consumers in this final equation and teams led by women are going to be the most successful in the long term,” says Hupp. She says women tend to be the primary buyers of cannabis and hemp products. They often make medical decisions for their families and are the leading purchasers of yoga, acupuncture, organic foods, spa treatments and other “wellness” products — including cannabis. Among the five winning companies licensed to grow and sell medical marijuana in New York is Etain LLC, led by Amy Peckham and her daughters Hillary and Keeley. “Everyone underestimated them,” says Hupp, who serves on Etain’s board of directors. “I think the punishment of being a woman and doing the job well is that people underestimate you coming in [so] you have to be better than anyone else, otherwise they’ll discount you.”
NY’s medical marijuana program went into effect in January 2016. Still, it is often criticized for being too restrictive, with only 20 authorized dispensaries throughout the entire state. And only 17 are actually open. Though in the past year there has been talk of expanding the program to include more companies, so far only five “registered organizations” run the state’s dispensaries. However, the legislature just recently expanded the program to include chronic pain as one of the ailments covered under the law. Before, patients with only ten specific conditions could receive medical marijuana. Now, with the addition of chronic pain, the program is more accessible to a much broader range of patients. “Expanding the list of eligible conditions to include chronic pain will help thousands of New Yorkers ease their suffering with an alternative to drugs such as opioids, which can be dangerous, addictive, and have serious side effects,” Assembly Member Richard Gottfried, who originally introduced New York’s medical marijuana program, said in a statement. He also praised the legislature’s decision to lift the cap on having just five types of marijuana products available to patients. Now companies can offer a wider selection of cannabis medicine to accommodate their patients’ diverse needs. Today, Women Grow is in 45 cities around the country, yet Melissa Meyer, chair of New York’s Women Grow chapter, says New York’s cannabis industry has been slow to grow. “In part, that’s because New York’s chosen to regulate in this very conservative way,” she says. “The idea is that if we open up slowly and regulate conservatively, it will create a view of cannabis as a medical product that will in some ways open it up to a larger market than if New York took a very liberal view. In some ways the law seeks to challenge stigma and biases.” Maybe that will be effective in the long run, Meyer adds, but we have yet to see. Meyer notes that NY’s chapter of Women Grow has doubled in the past year. “I think women are doing well in this [cannabis] industry because the cultural norms haven’t already been cemented by a group of men who came before,” she says. “The reason women are thriving is that they’re able to set expectations around community building and networking. We’ve been able to create our own agenda and invite men to sit at our table.” Tools and accessories need to support female consumers and celebrate their choice to consume cannabis, states Jeanine Moss of AnnaBís, which recently moved from New York to Los Angeles. KushKards has also moved its New York base to Colorado. A couple more women-run cannabis-related companies have cropped up in New York, including Kizzle Kit, which makes accessories; Assurpack LLC, a technical and creative pharmaceutical packaging company; and Love and Marij, a cannabis wedding and event planning company. Today, Moss says the stigmas still exist. “Women who are new to the market will be admitting publicly that they’re part of a positive, healthy movement to legalize cannabis and right injustices,” she says. “But the stigma isn’t going away anytime soon. The need to control when, where, how and with whom you share your private life will never go away. In fact, the more people are social with cannabis, the more they have use for a beautiful bag to carry it discreetly!” ---
Madison Margolin is a New York/Los Angeles-based journalist, who specializes in covering cannabis. Her work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Playboy, High Times, VICE, and other publications.
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SAM WATERSTON ON GRACE AND FRANKIE BY THOMAS G. FIFFER
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>> IN GRACE AN D FRANKIE, JANE FON DA (“GRACE”) AND LILY TOM LIN (“FRANKIE”) STAR AS TWO WOMEN WHOSE LIVES ARE SUDDENLY TURNE D UPSIDE DOWN WHEN THEIR HUSBAN DS, MARTIN SHEEN (“ROBERT”) AND SAM WATERSTON, (“SOL”) REVEAL THEY ARE GAY AND LEAVE THEM FOR EACH OTHER. BOTH SPARRING PARTNERS AND PARTN ERS-IN-CRIME, THE WOMEN FORM AN UN LIKELY BOND TO FACE AN UNCERTAIN FUTUR E TOGETHER AND DISCOVER A NEW DEFIN ITION OF “FAMILY,” WITH LAUGHTER, TEARS AND PLENTY OF MOOD ENHANCERS ALO NG THE WAY. SEASON THREE OF GRACE AND FRANKIE WILL AIR IN 2017 ON NETFLIX.
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he first thing you see when you meet Sam Waterston is his trademark sweep of silver hair contrasting those bushy black eyebrows, a pairing that gives his chiseled face the gravitas of a district attorney like the one he played on Law and Order. But as you take in the rest of his features, the serious look softens, brightened by twinkly brown eyes that beam when he smiles. Recently, I had breakfast with Waterston, a long time Litchfield County, CT resident, at Arethusa a Mano, a new bakery in Bantam serving Nitro cold brew and pastries made with farm fresh ingredients. After our espressos arrived, I asked Waterston what made him want to be an actor. A: Oh wow, that’s going back a long way. My father had been an actor in college. My parents both did plays. They both taught at a boarding school. My father directed the plays in the boarding school, and he put me in one when I was six. It was “Antigone,” and I played the Page. I had this extraordinary experience. I had two sisters and a brother, and they didn’t come. I was there with my father late at night with all the coolest guys in the school. So that was addictive. One thing led to another.
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Q: So you were bitten by the bug early? A: Yes, but I don’t know how seriously I took it at the time. I also wanted to be a fighter pilot and a priest. I wanted to be in the foreign service. But I’m glad I went the way I did. It’s a great profession, if they let you do it. It’s great fun. Q: So who were some of your role models as you began to develop your craft? A: Well my biggest hero was Gérard Philipe, who was a very big movie star, a romantic actor right after World War II and into the ‘50s. I saw him perform in Boston once, and I just loved the whole idea. He was part of the TNP—the Théâtre National Populaire— which was an institutional theater, a not-for-profit theater in Paris. I was a student there, spending my junior year abroad, and I dreamt of being the leading man in an institutional theater like that. I loved his work because he was a wonderful comedian as well as being a very great serious actor. He played all the great roles in the French canon. And he was charming and fun. I also had a great teacher in Paris, an expatriate American named John Barry. He taught me everything I know. He was just the right kind of person for me, because I had been brought up very politely in the New England way. And he was from Brooklyn. He had been a prize fighter. And he didn’t like anything mild. He wanted to know what you had to offer, and he demanded it. And it was just great for me.
Q: Well, you seem remarkably natural as Sol. A: That’s good to hear. I’m glad. I think something’s happening— if it hasn’t already happened—that playing somebody who happens to be gay doesn’t seem like such an extraordinary thing. Because I think all our attitudes have changed, or are changing, at an enormous rate, where instead of thinking, “Oh my God, that person is gay, and therefore so foreign to us all,” you think, “Yeah, and?” I think it’s part of the takeaway that the show wants you to have.
Q: So he opened you up as an actor? A: Absolutely. It’s not a bad thing to spend a year in Paris when you’re right around 20, so that opened up a lot of things, too. Anyway I came back, finished college, and went to New York. And then a really wonderful piece of good fortune happened. I started working for an institutional theater. I never became a Shakespeare Festival’s Gérard Philipe, but I got to play an awful lot of leading roles in wonderful plays, so it was kind of a dream come true. Q: How did you get involved in “Grace and Frankie?” A: They sent it to me. I read it. I fell out of my chair laughing, which doesn’t happen. It just doesn’t happen. So I told them if they wanted me to do it, I wanted to do it. The other kind of obvious attraction was that Jane and Lily and Martin were already committed, so it didn’t take too much thought. Y ou’d have to be a real idiot—and I’ve turned some things down that I was stupid to have turned down—but this was just too obvious even for me. Q: Was it hard to shift from your tough guy role in Law and Order to playing a sensitive gay Jewish man? How do you prepare to play that role? A: Well, at this stage of the game your life prepares you—what you’ve known, what you’ve seen. And you need to study. I spent a long time in the theater in New York. It’s a very cosmopolitan community. And then weird little echoes of New England started to surface. And I just thought, “Well, I don’t know what this is for, but why not?”
Q: I think one way the show gives you that takeaway is by focusing more on Grace and Frankie and less on Robert and Sol. A: Well, it’s sort of inevitable. They’re the ballerinas; we do the lifts. Q: Right. We see Grace and Frankie in these intense interactions with one another, and while you and Robert get intense, too, the two of you being lovers is just sort of normalized in a way, which I think works really well. And of course, Sol loves everybody. A: And wants to be loved by everybody. And forgiven for everything. W E STO N MA G A Z I N E G ROUP.COM
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Q: Yes. He’s frequently ashamed of himself and walks around with his tail between his legs, and yet he also comes across as a remarkably strong character. He’s reckless and ruled by his emotions but also firm and fiercely protective. How do you bring all that together so well? A: Well, first of all, they write it. And that’s more than 50% of the whole thing. I’m just amazed at our two head writers. And the whole writing room is just an amazing thing, because they have a map of the season, but they’re going into terra incognita. Nobody has been there before—it’s not the revival of something. It’s
courage and, as you said, resilience, in doing that and just being who you are. And I think that’s hard to do in a comedy series. A: What you’re really talking about when you say that is equality. It’s a founding principle of this country. It’s a founding idea of modern Western thought. And funny it didn’t get into the conversation about homosexuality and women’s rights until kind of recently. And the conversation isn’t over yet, but I think part of the fun of doing the show is that you’re living in a world where that theoretical context or that theoretical structure is actually there. Everybody’s openly living it. At one point Martin and I, one of us,
contemporary, because these are the things people are dealing with now, and because so little conversation is had about what it’s like to grow old. Your body refusing to cooperate with you, and your mind getting weird, and aches, and pains, and loneliness, and all of these things that—you talk about them, but not usually in the context of laughing back at life. These are serious parts of life, and these people are laughing back at them. They take them seriously, they’re hurt, but these characters love being alive. They don’t quit, and they’re really admirable people. They’ve written resilience into all of them.
says something about gay rights, and Lily says, “Yeah, well, I went to that fundraiser.” That was the theoretical world. Now it’s here and it’s different. It’s very cool.
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say that going to work feels pretty much the same, but it does. You negotiate a contract. You go to work. It’s at Paramount, which is a familiar place and has been around since there were only movies. So the fact that this is being streamed and binge-watched, and that Netflix the day before yesterday was a movie rental company and is now a major studio—it’s all breathtaking. And this is one of the things about the whole new shape of the business. It’s made a show like “Grace and Frankie” possible. You don’t have to get everybody to watch it, and one of the astounding things is who does watch. Who stops me in the street. I was just in the library here, and a couple of young women who were in there studying walked up to me and asked, “Are you Sol?” And for a minute I thought, “What are you talking about?” The people this appeals to and that level of enthusiasm is tremendous. You just have to get critical mass for a show. And that mass is smaller now. A show can find a niche and prosper. And sometimes it goes viral. But when you go to work, they point a camera at you. You say your lines—if you can remember them. The acting part is just like the old days. I think maybe—speaking generally, not about “Grace and Frankie”—overall the salaries of actors have gone down, which is a bad thing. But the opportunities for actors have gone up, which is a great thing. I see the world through my own personal lens, which has a lot to do with whether my friends and I are working or not. Q: Speaking of work, you have some exciting things coming up: Godless and Miss Sloane. A: “Miss Sloane” is a movie that stars Jessica Chastain. John Lithgow is in it. John Madden directed it. “Godless” is a really tough western, and I never thought I would get to do that again. The last time I got to do a period western was “Heaven’s Gate.” I thought those kind of westerns were over with. But it turns out they’re not. They’re having quite a revival. Q: Are you glad to be back in a Law and Order type role again? Is that something you’re looking forward to? A: Oh, I’m so delighted I got to do this. It was pure accident. But it’s great. I have a gigantic mustache, a Stetson, a six-shooter. I’m the marshal. And it turns out I’ve got the tallest horse in the show. It just couldn’t be better. Q: Coming back to Grace and Frankie, because of the hype and previews, the viewer knows the surprise that’s going to be dropped on Grace and Frankie at dinner, but the characters… A: They don’t know. That’s a form of storytelling that’s been popular for a long, long time. When I was in New York in the ‘70s, I was in “Much Ado About Nothing.” And one of the great pleasures
of playing Benedick was doing these soliloquies for the audience, while the audience already knew I was in love with Beatrice and that she was in love with me, and that we were inevitably going to get together. And so this idiot’s saying, “I don’t know. Screw marriage, and who needs women, and I’m a completely independent guy.” You could look in their faces and talk to them, and they would be laughing at you—laughing at you. And I think it’s a particular kind of delight for an audience. “You idiot, you don’t know what’s coming.” Q: It’s also fun to see the characters go out of character, especially Grace. It’s hilarious. But so serious at the same time. A: There’s so much comic talent in the show, and it’s not the four of us exclusively. It’s the kids, too. It’s a little bit like the Harlem Globetrotters. You can throw the ball anywhere you want to, and some teammate is going to be there to pick it up. Q: Can you give us any hints about what’s coming in Season Three of Grace and Frankie? A: A lot of cool things happen. But I’m going to apply to you what I apply to myself, which is: I don’t want to know what’s in the next episode. I want to not know. I think there’s an advantage to that, because you’re going to be caught back-footed and be surprised, just like you and I are surprised by what happens next in life. So why spoil it for other people? They won’t be disappointed, I promise. And it’s only a $9 a month bet anyway, so what do you have to lose?” --Thomas G. Fiffer serves as Senior Editor, Ethics, at The Good Men Project and is on the faculty of the Westport Writers’ Workshop. He is collaborating on several film projects and working on his first novel.
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HELLO! WELCOME TO BOOK CLUB BY HELEN ELLIS Hello! welcome to book club. I’m your hostess. My Book Club name is Mary Beth. We all have Book Club names at Book Club. Why, dear? Well, really, why not? The girl who brought you here goes by Delores. The ladies on the red sofa named themselves after TV judges. The ladies on the gray sofa named themselves after the Supremes. The ladies at the buffet table chose Bethany, Marjorie, and Aretha. The elderly lady dozing off in the egg chair calls herself Jane. If you decide to join us, you can give yourself a Book Club name. We’ll laminate a bookmark with your new name on it. We’ll hole-punch a tassel. You can keep your bookmark in whatever book you’re reading. It doesn’t have to be a Book Club book. But your Book Club name will be a secret name that only we call you. Trust me, you’ll like it. It feels like a dollar bill in your bra. That’s right, Jane, I’m talking about bras at Book Club again! Look who’s awake! Jane’s our grande dame. She’s ninety years young. She’s what you call a “real New Yorker.” Meaning: she’s loaded. When it comes to Jane’s money, think of a crazy amount of money, lottery money that you’d like as a windfall. Imagine hundred-dollar bills funneling around you like a tornado of financial freedom. Now double that money. Honestly, triple it. Then add a billion. It sounds better than handing out towels at Flywheel, doesn’t it, dear? Yes, I bet it does. I met Jane at a library lecture by Stephen King. Can you believe this sweetlooking lady who has Chanel suits like some girls have days-of-the-week underpants loves horror novels? She sure does. And that means, from time to time, Book Club loves them too. Personally, I think her love of blood and guts and things that go mwah-ha-ha in the night has to do with her want to invest time and money into things more horrible than what’s happened to her in real life. Jane’s survived two husbands (one had a stroke, and one’s mistress shot him dead in a W E STO N MA G A Z I N E G R OUP.COM
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sex swing) and three children (car accident, ski accident, and one “fell” off the roof of her house). My dear, please don’t concern yourself, Jane’s fine. They all died years ago. Life goes on—and more often than not, goes on quite nicely. Just look at Jane with her feet up on my coffee table. Have you ever seen a woman look more relaxed? Delores, would you refill Jane’s Scotch and soda, please and thank you! See there: look at Delores scurry away from the cheese plate. At Book Club, Jane’s waited on hand and foot because Jane is Book Club’s patron of the arts. Jane buys everyone’s Book Club book in hardback, and tickets for us to attend literary events. If you join Book Club, Jane will take on your Book Club expenses too. All you have to do is pick your preferred theater seating. The ladies on the red sofa like to sit center orchestra for the acoustics. The ladies on the gray sofa migrate to mezzanines so they can whisper. The ladies at the buffet table are claustrophobic, so they ride an aisle like a bobsled. Delores never stops texting, so she sits
SHE’S NINETY YEARS YOUNG. SHE’S WHAT YOU CALL A “REAL NEW YORKER.” MEANING: SHE’S LOADED. at the back. It takes a certain kind of woman to sit in the front. Jane and I are that kind of woman: a front-row woman. A front-row woman is a participant. She never breaks eye contact with the speaker. She laughs when he says something funny, and she makes a funny face when he describes something gross. That day in the front row of Stephen King, Jane and I had so many facial tics the librarians must have thought that strokes were contagious. How many strokes have you had, Jane? That many! My God, it’s going to take a bolt of lightning to take you out. Two bolts and a frying pan to the back of the head? Oh, Jane, you kill me. She still can’t smile right. I know it’s not your fault, Bethany! I didn’t say it was your fault! Bethany is the woman at the buffet table without a plate, to the right of the Caesar salad, rearranging my napkins. She’s Jane’s neurologist. She joined Book Club because Jane invited her to join. She’s forty-something like the rest of us—except for Delores, who’s just out of college—and should have known better than to choose a Book Club name so close to mine. Bethany, Mary Beth. Honestly, the nerve. But tolerating such indiscretions makes me a good hostess. A good hostess is gracious and doesn’t make a big deal about things like a guest showing up in the same Tory Burch tunic. But a same-tunic disaster is only going to happen once in a blue moon, especially now that I will call you a week before Book Club to make note of your outfit. Book Club names are forever. 98
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Yes, I know you can hear me, Bethany! Would you like to take my husband’s last name as well? Just kidding! Bethany works sixteen-hour days and is on call all the time and thus has never married. She wants a baby and for whatever reason wants to personally give birth to that baby, and she refuses to have one-night stands or steal hospital sperm samples, so her biological clock is deafening. Not like yours, dear. At your age, your fertility is like a pocket watch swaddled in cotton, drawn up in a velvet pouch and tucked inside a Pringles can. Book Club is potluck. The ladies on the red sofa don’t eat curry. The ladies on the gray sofa don’t eat shellfish. I hate shredded coconut. Jane’s diabetic, but will eat anything she darned well pleases. Won’t you, Jane? Yes ma’am, open-heart surgery, your foot! Then there’s Bethany, who is lactose intolerant, gluten intolerant, vegan, and has irritable bowel syndrome, which is all code for anorexic. She’s a garnish girl. So, throw a radish rose on the edge of whatever you bring and she’ll feast on that. Honestly, watch her tonight. She’ll suck that celery stick like a Whistle Pop. I am always in charge of the menu. So I’ll call you before our next meeting and help you decide what to bring. I have a chart. So, for example, next to my name this month it says: Tory Burch hedgehog tunic and bacon-wrapped water chestnuts. No, it’s not a spreadsheet. It’s something more akin to our mothers’ PTA phone trees. You’re too young to remember phone trees. Oh, you’ve heard of them? Well, aren’t you an elephant-neverforgets. Not elephant as in fat, dear—I’ll bet you’ve never been on a diet. You can probably have as many bacon-wrapped water chestnuts as you want and never gain weight. What I meant was elephant as being good at remembering. Come to think of it, dear, along with a lack of fat cells, were you blessed with a lack of Alzheimer’s in your family history? You were! How nice. And how old are you exactly, twenty-seven? Twenty-six. Even better. Not like Delores over there with her arm elbow deep in the onion dip. She’s twenty-two and would guess a phone tree is something Matthew Barney glued together for MOMA. Oh hush, Delores, you know you don’t know what a phone tree is! You don’t know the landline number to this apartment. Don’t you dare scroll, Delores. Use your mem-or-ree. It’s in your head, where you keep your will to live. Honestly, I swear, I let that girl into Book Club as a favor to her dear departed mother—who along with me was a founding member of Book Club—and I regret it every month. Delores always nominates books that are the first in a trilogy. Delores’s Book Club choices are YA. YA stands for young adult. Young adult is meant for teenagers the way Seventeen is meant for twelve-year-olds, meaning Delores is too old for it, but she and her Smith sisters cannot get enough. YA is about angst. Will I get that boy to like me? Will I lose the weight? Will I turn into a vampire if he just gives me a hickey? I’m an orphan! I’m a mind reader! I’m biracial! I’m gay! When I get out of high school, I’ll move to New York City, where I’ll find others like me, and then I’ll be happy and I will have it all: a career, a family, good teeth, and takeout Chinese.
Delores has a twisted uterus, is unemployed, and lives in my guest room. She has a fashion blog, which means she posts Instagrams on her Tumblr page of what she wears every day. She used to have a book blog, but gave it up because joining Book Club shuts that sort of public opinionating down. But you can talk about your feelings here, isn’t that right, Delores? Yes, you have so very many feelings. What Delores frets over on a regular basis, dear, is that having “it all” is harder than she thought it would be. At every Book Club, the rest of us old marrieds try to save Delores years of aggravation by explaining to her that she cannot have it all. It all is overrated. Am I right, ladies? Nodding, nodding, nodding. It’s like we’re listening to rap! Except for Bethany, over there. She refuses to be swayed. Bethany’s an overachiever and doesn’t understand why she can’t rope a man into marrying and impregnating her. Because men aren’t bulls and the Upper East Side is not a rodeo, Bethany! Marriage wasn’t the best choice for you, was it, dear? You’re divorced, am I correct? Yes, and your ex-husband left you with a mountain of debt because his idea of having it all was maxing out your joint credit cards on Internet poker. I’m sure everyone’s already said to you: Thank God you don’t have children. Well, there’s a reason for that. Children cost money and a great deal of your attention. Every night, I tell Delores before she turns in for bed that she should thank her lucky stars for her twisted uterus. It’s one less choice she has to make. Well, it is, Delores! Not everyone’s meant to experience childbirth. Except for you, my dear. You look positively born for it. You’ll bounce back from your divorce. And you know what helps? That’s right! Book Club. Oh Delores, buck up. Grab a tissue from Jane’s sweater sleeve. And I implore you, take Marjorie up on her offer of that paying job at Talbots. Marjorie is the lady with a thermometer in her mouth. You thought it was a swizzle stick, dear? Honestly, so did I years ago when I brought my catalog returns into the Seventy-Second Street Talbots. Marjorie is the manager and was working the register. Just look at her, she is the epitome of taste: so much plaid and cashmere; and only one piece of jewelry in addition to her wedding set. She has a stunning brooch collection. It rivals Madeleine Albright’s. She’s wearing my favorite brooch today: a ceramic bunny with tiny onyx eyes. That’s right, dear, we’re all wearing that brooch. You’re very observant. What an excellent quality to have in your gene pool. And guess what: as a member of Book Club, you’ll get Marjorie’s 40 percent employee discount. That goes for sale items too. Can you believe it? I know! Lucky for us, pleats are back. Lucky for Marjorie, her health benefits are stellar. Talbots has paid for Marjorie and her husband to have in vitro six times. They have zero children. But there are pickling jars in their pantry that we don’t discuss. I’m not discussing them, Marjorie! 100
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Marjorie loves celebrity memoirs. She likes to have Book Club read about beautiful people who remain beautiful people despite life’s little challenges such as bankruptcy, infidelity, alcoholism, and infertility. You’ve had three out of four of these challenges, haven’t you, dear? Yes, that worthless cheating drunk of an ex-husband of yours left you feeling lower than dirt. But, let me assure you, you are a treasure. And Book Club is going to dig you out! Men. Famous men are the worst. Did you know Frank Langella had an affair with Dinah Shore? He seduced her by sending her Joan Baez’s Diamonds and Rust, and then she invited him to her house, where they lay in front of her fireplace and listened to that album over and over. That means, Delores, that every time they wanted to listen to the record again, one of them had to get up off the floor and walk over to the record player and pick up the needle—or flip the record and then pick up the needle—and place it ever so gently onto the spinning LP. It’s old-school birth control? Oh, Delores, you should tweet that. Not now, for heaven’s sake! If we were at Jane’s, she’d put Delores’s iPhone in her blender. It’s the horror reader in her. Jane loves to provoke a blood-curdling scream. Book Club rotates apartments and house rules apply. So, that means no cell phones at Jane’s and no gum chewing here. There’s no red wine at Bethany’s. At Marjorie’s, don’t pretend to hunt for an extra box of Cheese Nips so you can search out her jars. The ladies on the red sofa make you take off your shoes. The ladies on the gray sofa make you keep your shoes on. Delores lives with me, so it’s in her best interest that you do what I say. Honestly, for Delores to remain a member of Book Club, dear, it’s imperative that you become a member.
IF WE WERE AT JANE’S, SHE’D PUT DELORES’S IPHONE IN HER BLENDER. IT’S THE HORROR READER IN HER. JANE LOVES TO PROVOKE A BLOODCURDLING SCREAM. And you want to stay in Book Club, don’t you, Delores? Yes, Delores knows: as long as you take care of Book Club, Book Club takes care of you. When Delores found herself in a transitional period, like the one you’re in now, dear, she was eighteen, orphaned and penniless because her dead mother hadn’t worked for a generous company like Talbots. So, I took her in. And because Delores’s mother was a member of Book Club, Book Club sent Delores to Smith. We visit Jane at Mount Sinai when she has her strokes. We set Bethany up
on blind dates. We ignore Marjorie’s hormonal mood swings. The ladies on the red sofa babysit for Aretha. As a matter of fact, so do the ladies on the gray sofa because Aretha can’t find paid professionals willing to cope with all of her kids. Aretha’s the glassy-eyed woman scooping Bethany’s store-bought potato salad into her hand. She came to Book Club through Marjorie, who makes her sales targets every quarter because Aretha—to escape her kids— spends an inordinate amount of time shopping at Talbots. Aretha’s fertility specialist hit it out of the park. Twins: two sets, two years apart. Aretha’s fertility specialist also happens to be her husband. He’s got the highest insemination success rate in the country, but Marjorie won’t go near him. Neither will the ladies on the red sofa. The ladies on the gray sofa will resort to using him only if their acupuncture and herbal immersion tanks fail. At the hospital, Bethany says Aretha’s husband’s nickname is Dr. Uh-Oh. He’ll get you pregnant, but far too often messes up the details. For example: Aretha’s ten-year-olds have her blue eyes and their father’s curly hair, but one is a screamer and the other has to wear a football helmet 24/7 because in order to communicate he has to shake his head like a bottle of Snapple. If you look directly at either one of them, they’ll charge you like lions on the Serengeti. If you look directly at Aretha’s eight-year-olds, they too will take it as an act of aggression, but plot your comeuppance for when you least expect it. Once, they slipped crushed Ritalin into my Pinot. They’re lurkers. Always mushrooming up amid living room furniture like clammy ottomans. At Aretha’s, Book Club resembles a bunch of actresses playing blind, affixing our lines of sight on distant spots and groping for crudité. But it’s so hard not to look at her eightyear-olds, because Dr. Uh- Oh’s slapdash juggling of vials made them unmistakably Hispanic. As a courtesy, Bethany diagnosed Aretha’s eightyear-olds as borderline psychotic. Jane calls them “a handful.” Two handfuls? Oh Aretha, how you manage to keep your sense of humor I do not know! Oh, yes I do, dear. Dr. Uh-Oh keeps Aretha highly medicated. You know the saying: happy wife, happy life? Dr. Uh-Oh’s mantra is: you asked for it, muddle through. Like the majority of his patients, Aretha gave birth in her forties. She defied God’s will, she shouldn’t complain. Aretha likes Book Club to read Southern Gothics because in them children like hers fall easily by the wayside. In Southern Gothics, there is no difference between a slow reader and a serial killer. There are no spectrums, learning or otherwise. If a boy “ain’t right,” he’s institutionalized. Or some sense is slapped into him. Or he’s confined to a room or a shed or a silo. Or he’s allowed to wander down to the swamp to poke a gator with a stick. In Southern Gothics, disease weeds out the weak. One bout of dysentery, and it’s poo-poo to you!
You must try one of my bacon-wrapped water chestnuts, dear. Delores, bring us the platter of bacon-wrapped water chestnuts, please and thank you! Dip it in the spicy sauce, dear. The secret ingredient is mayonnaise. In addition to being an amazing cook, I read everything. And I have the time to do so because I don’t have children. I’m fortunate enough to have found a husband who agrees with me that not having children means that the two of us can have nothing but fun. And, to me, fun is Book Club. Honestly, there is nothing I will not do to be the very best hostess. If you agree to join Book Club, Jane will let you live in one of her empty rooms, perhaps the one next to the terrarium, and she will pay off every cent of your debt. Under Bethany’s watchful eye, Dr. Uh-Oh will perform your first insemination, for which Jane will pay you handsomely. And I mean, George Clooney handsomely. You’ll surrogate Marjorie’s baby first because she’s suffered the most losses. Then Bethany’s, because by that point she’ll be ready to embrace the fact that having it all can be just a couple of things and one of those things doesn’t have to be birthed the oldfashioned way. The ladies on the red sofa will draw straws to decide who uses you next. The ladies on the gray sofa will play rock-paper-scissors. And then— only if you are physically able, my dear—Aretha would appreciate a do-over. I will be in charge of blackmailing her husband. Oh, don’t look so surprised, dear. Win, lose, or jars, we’ll never reject you like that ex-husband of yours. Delores knows this from firsthand experience. Her mother swore Delores was as fertile as a Duggar, so we took her into our fold with great expectations, but we all know how that turned out. A twisted uterus can’t catch. You, dear, I have a feeling, will be better than gift bags. So what do you say? I have an extra Talbots bunny brooch that would love to curl up on your shoulder. I’ve got my laminating machine and hole-punch ready to tassel your bookmark. Have you thought of a Book Club name? Do try and stay away from mine, Mary Beth. Don’t pick Mary Alice or Elizabeth. May I make a suggestion? With that crooked smile, you look like a Hadley. --Helen Ellis is the acclaimed author of Eating the Cheshire Cat. She is a poker player who competes on the national tournament circuit. Raised in Alabama, she lives with her husband in New York City.
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e was the winner of everything in the universe. With a glorious head of hair coiffed into a state of perfection, and a magnificent tan that in no way looked fake or cancerous, he gazed out over the battalions of uniformed soldiers standing at attention in the vast plaza below. God, the power that he had. He had been a business magnate, he had been a television personality, and now he was president of the most powerful nation in the world. He had beaten business, he had beaten entertainment, and now he had proven that he could beat politics. He loved to win. He loved to win. All that he cared about in life, the only thing that he truly loved, was winning. He was the winner of basically everything in the universe. Why exactly was he thinking about art? He had long aspired to become a dictator. He had seized control of the military shortly after being sworn in as president. He had censored media outlets. He had jailed outspoken opponents. He knew how to play this game. All of his idols were dictators. But again, thinking about dictators reminded him of art. The Führer of course was famous for having failed as a painter, but while at exclusive clubs as a business magnate, and later at cocktail parties as a television personality, the president had heard rumors of other dictators: that Mussolini as a child had dreamed of becoming a ballerino; that Pinochet had yearned for renown as a composer, scribbling down sheet music with a visible desperation; that Trujillo had fantasized about a career in acting, flipping through littered playbills with an obvious longing; that Stalin had produced pitiful sculptures; that Mengistu had made feeble ceramics; that Kim as a teenager had pranced shirtless through windswept meadows in Korea, overcome by emotion, reciting original poetry that compared struggles to mountains 106
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and love to flowers. Had all of the great despots in history been failed artists? Even at the height of power, shortly after invading Poland, in a moment betraying both profound insecurity and self-delusion, the Führer had insisted to a British ambassador, “I am an artist and not a politician.” As if the power to control an empire was somehow shamefully insignificant compared to the ability to paint a tour de force. God, his hair was glorious. God, his tan was magnificent. God, what a luxurious suit he wore. He was the winner of just about everything in the universe. What was the source of his rage? He was an incredibly successful entrepreneur. He was a fantastically popular celebrity. He had manipulated and machinated his way to becoming president of the most powerful nation in the world. He wielded unimaginable power. But he was not an artist. And no amount of braggadocio would give him ability. He might compel an artist to produce a work of art under his name, by bribery or force, but he lacked the ability to create a work of art himself. He could not paint anything that a gallery of repute would willfully exhibit. Only under threat of torture would a critic with integrity declare his writing to have merit. He could not sing. He could not cook. He could not sew. He could win business, he could win entertainment, he could win politics, but he would never win art. He loved to win. He loved to win. All that he cared about in life, the only thing that he truly loved, was winning. And here, here was his darkest secret, here was his private shame, as he stood with his arms raised in the spotlight on the stage and in a booming voice called for the destruction of cities across the globe: that in the depths of his sad, frail, withered heart, he suspected that art was the only game worth playing.
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the 1950s and ‘60s, when Lincoln Center was being built and Carnegie Hall was scheduled for demolition, few believed New York City could handle more than one performance space each for concerts, ballet or opera. In the 1970s and ‘80s, when interest arose to restore Brooklyn’s spectacular Flatbush Kings, a classic 1920s movie palace, few thought Brooklyn could handle more than what BAM had to offer. Then came the ‘90s. The city’s steady organic turn-around, underway since the ‘70s, began to be noticed. Today, well, the city is booming, with a population of more than 8 million. Tourism is over the top and theater seats seem to be filled all over town. Performance spaces of all kinds in both Manhattan and Brooklyn have multiplied beyond all expectations and they seem to be thriving. 118
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So it is not so surprising that a new, quite innovative performance space – the Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center – is actually moving ahead at the World Trade Center site with a planned opening in 2020. Optimism about its future is strong.
Ms. Boepple joined the Center in 2012, responsible for developing and executing the center’s artistic and programmatic vision. She has built the artistic team and shepherded the project through an architectural design competition. Prior to joining the Center, known then as PAC@ WTC, Boepple was President of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, where, under ABOVE: DAWN RENDER FROM WEST © LUXIGON
While it may seem like a long time coming, President/Director Maggie Boepple says, “The building could not be built until the Port Authority dismantled the temporary PATH station and built seven stories of foundations. We are right on time actually.”
LEFT: NIGHT RENDER FROM SOUTHEAST (HUB) © LUXIGON. ON THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SITE IN NEW YORK CITY, THE RONALD O. PERELMAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER (THE PERELMAN CENTER) WILL PREMIERE WORKS OF THEATER, DANCE, MUSIC, FILM, AND OPERA, TRANSFORMING LOWER MANHATTAN INTO A VIBRANT, GLOBAL CULTURAL HEART. THE DESIGN IS INSPIRED BY THE PERELMAN CENTER’S MISSION TO DEFY EXPERIENTIAL EXPECTATIONS. ITS CONCEPT EMBODIES THE CENTER’S AIM TO FOSTER ARTISTIC RISK, ORIGINAL LOCAL PRODUCTIONS, AND WORLDWIDE COLLABORATIONS; STAND AS THE MOST TECHNOLOGICALLY CONNECTED AND ADVANCED VENUE IN THE WORLD; AND ENGAGE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. THE KEYSTONE AND FINAL PIECE OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER MASTER PLAN, THE PERELMAN CENTER EMBRACES CREATION AND MEMORY WITH RESPECTFUL INDIVIDUALITY.
gradual regeneration was solid before 9/11 but Wall Street was still a 9 to 5 district. Now, with many formerly commercial historic buildings converted to residential, the financial district has a robust 24-hour population that is still growing. Since 9/11, Lower Manhattan is no longer an outpost; far from it. This historic center of world finance has a diverse menu of cultural offerings that includes the Museum of the American Indian, a splendidly refurbished Battery Park with its sea glass carousel, the Museum of Jewish Heritage, the South Street Seaport and
ABOVE: REHEARSAL ROOM RENDER © LUXIGON REHEARSAL ROOM WITH INTEGRATED BLACKOUT BLINDS LIFTED TO PROVIDE NATURAL LIGHT LEFT: INTERIOR RENDER AT PLAY LEVEL © LUXIGON. ITS MUSCULAR, UTILITARIAN INTERIOR EXPRESSES THE WORKHORSE QUALITY NECESSARY FOR THE CHANGING NATURE OF THE PERELMAN CENTER’S ARTISTIC NEEDS. STEEL WALLS, CONCRETE TRUSSES, WOOD FLOORS, PERFORATED PLYWOOD PANELS, AND OTHER RUGGEDLY BEAUTIFUL MATERIALS ENCOURAGE THE FREQUENT TRANSFORMATION OF SCENERY, STAGEAUDIENCE CONFIGURATIONS, AND EVEN THE RESTAURANT/BAR AND LOBBY. THE BUILDING’S MATERIAL DUALITY— ELEGANT EXTERIOR AND ROBUST INTERIOR— FORMS ‘THE ROUGH IN A DIAMOND”
her direction, the Council ran the largest artist residency program in New York, produced summer performance series, and created innovative arts programs, including the LentSpace Art Park and studios on Governor’s Island. She has held a number of government positions, including stints at the MTA, the Koch Administration and City University. She also served as Senior Advisor to the
Commissioner of Transport in London and led the team that reorganized the newly created super-agency, Transport for London. Some kind of performance space was included in architect Daniel Libeskind’s master plan for the rebuilt 16-acre World Trade Center site but it went through different incarnations over the years that never got off the ground. It could be said that downtown wasn’t ready. Tribeca’s
scores of restaurants, including the oncethreatened landmark Pier A. The National September 11 Memorial, designed by Michael Arad, is, of course, a world tourist attraction. Now it is ‘bookended’ by two enormous upscale shopping malls, Brookfield Plaza, and the three-story Westfield Mall within the striking birdlike structure designed by Santiago Calatrava billed as a transit hub. Any doubt should be put aside that Lower Manhattan, with its current 60,000 residents and 29 hotels, (with more of each coming) can sustain another performance venue. All of which explains Boepple’s optimism for the Center’s future. “Downtown is the fastest growing neighborhood in the country,” she notes, adding that extensive W E STO N MA G A Z I N E G ROUP.COM
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conversations were held with over 300 people in the downtown community to help shape the Center’s vision. “The residents want this performing arts center,” she says. “We will also be an easy one to get to as all the subway lines are here as well as the PATH.” But this performing arts center is not just another theater and, although there is always a certain amount of hype that accompanies a project as high profile as this, the hype seems to have real substance. What makes this facility unique, says Jenny Gersten, the Center’s Producer, is that “we will be both producing and presenting and will be technologically advanced for much more than just theater.” Gersten, most recently executive director of the Friends of the High Line responsible for programming and operation, also held various positions at the New York Public Theater and the Williamstown Theater Festival. Rising 120 feet on the north side of the 9/11 Memorial, the Perelman Center’s veined marble façade will fit comfortably amidst the glass towers of the larger site. What makes the edifice unique is the complexity and flexibility of the interior. Its three performance spaces (499-, 250- and 99-person) plus a rehearsal room can all be
combined into one venue or a combination destination for an area with an unavoidable of any two or three of them. morbid overlay. Center Board Chairperson, “With these multiple arrangements Barbra Streisand, noted that the Center possible,“ explains Gersten, “the Center will “will bring life to this hallowed ground.” The both produce and premiere works” by both Brooklyn-born star, a friend of Perelman’s, emerging and known artists and collaborate joined the board, Boepple says, “because she with artists and institutions around the wanted to do more for New York.” globe. “We can be a birthplace for work, we REX, an internationally active architecture can partner with places like the National firm with notable projects around the globe, Theater of London and we are unique in designed the 90,000 square foot building. how easily we can change the scale or arrangement. We can BELOW: PLAY LEVEL RENDER: MERGED STAGE AND PUBLIC © LUXIGON. OPEN ACOUSTIC DOOR, CLOSED BAFFLE, AND be an arena for theater-in- CLOSED SOUND & LIGHT LOCK MERGE STAGE AND PUBLIC AREAS. the-round, as well as the most BOTTOM: PLAY LEVEL RENDER: 499-PERSON AUDITORIUM THEATER-IN-THE-ROUND © LUXIGON. 499-PERSON AUDITORIUM / technologically connected and IN THEATER-IN-THE-ROUND CONFIGURATION / THEATER PERFORMANCE advanced venue in the world.” The Center will be open to many art forms – theater, dance, music, film and opera and multidisciplinary works while also being the home of the Tribeca Film Festival. “New York is the mecca for the arts,” adds Gersten, which, she says, explains the “enthusiasm” for the center. Clearly the Center is meant to make the 9/11 site more than a memorial to a horrific event and to create a cultural
Center Board Chairperson, Barbra Streisand, noted that the Center “will bring life to this hallowed ground.”
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REX, led by Joshua Prince-Ramus, was chosen after an invitational design competition was held following the cancelling of a conceptdesign by Frank Gehry. This is the first major new building REX will have designed in New York City. Prince-Ramus described the building as “a mystery box, a constant source of surprise for theatergoers and the community.” The building is wrapped in translucent,
veined marble – from the same Vermont quarry as the U.S. Supreme Court and the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. Interestingly, daylight will illuminate the interior and at night, interior lights will give the exterior a glow punctuated by the silhouettes of human movement. “Joshua just blew us away,” says Boepple about the competition. “The bold, elegant exterior and ingenious interior demonstrates a deep understanding of the very specific needs of this performing arts house. The solutions REX offered are brilliant.” The ground floor includes a restaurant that can be transformed into a cabaret or, Boepple proudly says, a ‘living room’ for Lower Manhattan community events
during the day as well as evening. A long community engagement process took place over several years exploring what the community wants here, Boepple says. As part of its planning, she adds, it was important to learn what Lower Manhattan doesn’t have but needs to be both an arts destination and vibrant local neighborhood. It is too soon to know what kind of community events will occur. We will have programming beyond the usual evening shows,” she states. In 2011, the Board for the Perelman Center was formed to move the cultural component forward. Businessman/philanthropist Ronald O. Perelman gave a lead gift of $75 million, but the total fundraising goal is still not known, says Boepple. The most recent cost estimate is $243 million has not been finalized. There is no doubt that the whole 9/11 site has undergone many ups and downs in the last 15 years. The cultural component, as well, has gone through a series of incarnations. But the Perelman Center For the Performing Arts looks like it is on solid footing and will not only see the light of day but add an uplifting and artful dimension to an otherwise somber location. --Roberta Brandes Gratz is an awardwinning journalist who has written five books on urban development issues. Her latest was We’re Still Here Ya Bastards: How the People of New Orleans Rebuilt Their City.
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Stamford, CT From down home to low country, there seems to be a wave of comfort food restaurants sweeping the region, and Judy’s is one of the best of them. A low-keyed, storefront eatery,
South Norwalk, CT Want to ride a mechanical bull, enjoy country western music, line dancing, burgers, brews and other South Western pub grub right in
A cavernous, barnlike space split between bar and dining room is adorned with raw wood paneling, flags, hunting trophies and neon beer signs. Down home, finger licking dishes include slow cooked BBQ; fried chicken wings drenched in honey, Guinness, Siracha, garlic parmesan, or even peanut butter and jelly with a Fluff dipping sauce; hush puppies and deviled eggs; fried green tomatoes and Philly cheese steak egg rolls. But the restaurant may be loudest, and proudest, of its over the top, ginormous milkshakes: among them a chocolate peanut butter milkshake topped with an entire Hershey’s chocolate bar, Reese’s peanut butter cups, (not pieces) whipped cream and roasted marshmallows; the Blueberry Muffin Milkshake rimmed and topped with blueberries, whole blueberry muffins and whipped cream; and a vanilla milkshake topped with bacon, whipped
Fairfield County? Yeehaw, then grab your hat, boots and jeans and head down to Johnny Utah’s in SoNo, at the opposite end of the street – and spectrum – from the Italian, Mediterranean and Continental restaurants that line popular Washington Street. “Country Proud & Living Loud,” is the restaurant’s theme, and in-your-face state of mind.
cream and French fries! All coming in nonalcoholic or alcoholic versions. Half priced drinks during Happy Hour: 4-7 pm. Open for lunch and dinner daily, events, parties, and game nights. 80 Washington St., Norwalk 203/299-0711 johnnyutahssono.com
Should you still have room, finish off with freshly baked desserts such as chocolate peanut butter pie, North Carolina lemon tart, or warm apple skillet cake with brown sugar cinnamon ice cream. Culinary Institute of America trained chef/ owner Judith Roll beams and bustles around the place. She welcomes you into her kitchen, and makes sure you leave happy. Live music Saturday nights. Outdoor, seasonal patio. 927 High Ridge Road, Stamford. judysbarandkitchen.com
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Fairfield, CT. Part restaurant, part sports bar (there are A LOT of screens), Crave is a sprawling, casual, eatery/ pub close to the Fairfield train station as well as downtown. Families, commuters and college kids alike enjoy its varied fare, from pork belly with 16 spices over arugula to sesame crusted Ahi tuna, rigatoni Bolognese to Portuguese shrimp. Dishes are freshly prepared, using seasonal ingredients and family recipes. Both rooms boast exposed brick walls, high and low top tables, and large picture windows that can be opened wide to let the fun and frolicking spill outside. Patio dining is also available in good weather. The list of bottled beers, draft beers, wines and craft cocktails has been carefully created, drawing on local breweries and house-made infusions. Try the Blood Orange Jalapeño Margarita (tequila, blood orange purée, lime juice, Jalapeño simple syrup with a Jalapeño garnish) for something with a kick, or the Cucumber Refresher (cucumber vodka, muddled fresh cucumber and lime, St. Germain liqueur, simple syrup topped with club soda) for something light and aromatic. Bottles of wine are half price Sunday through Tuesday, and Happy Hour food and drink specials are offered Monday through Friday, 4-7 pm. Open daily for lunch and dinner as well as weekend brunch. 52 Sanford St., Fairfield, CT. 203/292-8080 crave52.com
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hotel, whether local food vendors or conference rooms named after Prospect Park and Williamsburg. With 667 comfortable guest rooms, 50,991 square feet of event space, a separate kosher kitchen and Sabbath keys, the hotel is a favorite venue for meetings, conferences, and wedding receptions. Set up your personal workspace at the new M Club Executive Lounge 140
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on the lobby level. It’s an extra charge but well worth it, offering breakfast, hors d’oeuvres and desserts, Wi-Fi and business services. The M Club is like having a hip home office with snacks. It’s not just the gummy bears, M&Ms, black and white cookies and homemade macaroons that are swoon worthy, it’s the multitude of electrical outlets anticipating your need to recharge. You can also recharge in the hotel gym, or the indoor pool and Jacuzzi. And speaking of charges, if you’re brought up on charges, the Supreme Court is directly across the street. Barclays Center is only a few blocks away. Now, if you’ve just seen Beyoncé or Barbara Streisand in concert, why end a memorable evening in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the BQE? Stay overnight at the Marriott Hotel Brooklyn Bridge and spend the next morning exploring Brooklyn. Walk into Brooklyn Heights or Dumbo for Sunday brunch, and you’re one subway stop from downtown Manhattan. Now, that’s a great location! 333 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York. 888/436-3759; 718/246-7000. marriott.com/hotels/travel/nycbk-new-york marriott-at-the-brooklyn-bridge
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From suites on Park Avenue to power breakfasts, the Loews Regency has been defining the “it� spot in midtown Manhattan since 1963. 50 years and a 100 million dollar renovation later, the hotel continues to be the place for chic and spectacular accommodations, intimate hospitality, world class dining, and easy access to New York shopping, shows, business and landmarks. The lobby of the Loews and the professionals who greet guests upon arrival set the tone for any stay; sophisticated, assured, gracious, and with a lot of pizzazz. Note the designer handbags and elegant attire of lobby-lounging guests. The Regency Bar for cocktails and conversation, and the Regency Bar & Grill for nouvelle American breakfast, lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch, flow seamlessly off the
foyer. Sant Ambroeus Coffee Bar, with a separate entrance on 61st Street, is a favorite of guests and locals alike for Milanese coffee, pastries and panini. Updated guestrooms and suites are decorated in lush, calming tones of grey with hints of color, and offer amenities such as Frette linens and bathrobes, deluxe
bath products, state-of-the-art televisions, plentiful electric outlets, complimentary shoeshines, and complimentary wi-fi. A 24-hour business center, exclusive fitness center, and Julien Farel Restore Salon & Spa are all on-site. The expert concierges can help obtain dinner reservations and theater tickets, or provide advice on kidfriendly activities or unusual, New York-centric events. Looking to make the Loews your pied-a-terre in Manhattan? Long term stays with luxury services and amenities as well as entertaining space and Manhattan skyline views or an outdoor terrace are available via a number of suites. Meetings, functions and dream destination weddings can all be arranged at the Loews. 540 Park Avenue at 61st Street 877/878-6204 www.loewshotels.com/regency-hotel
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Culinary pioneer David Burke’s Tavern 62 inhabits two floors of a cozy brownstone at 135 East 62nd St. in Manhattan. While “tavern” implies a casual vibe where you
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event rooms are also available. Choose from excellently grilled steaks, fresh-off-the-boat seafood, original sides and tempting “accessories,” or let the knowledgeable staff help you create a modern “surf & turf ” combo. Start with a first-rate, brandy-laced French onion soup topped with Swiss cheese; jumbo lump crab cakes over sweet corn cream; or goat cheese ravioli with Golden Oak mushrooms. The “smoking” shellfish tower can be custom built from raw bar offerings (oysters, crab meat, chilled whole Maine lobster, Dutch Harbor king crab legs and shrimp cocktail) to suit the number of diners and their tastes. Pair your meal with the sommelier’s recommendation from an extensive new
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can stop by for a first rate burger and a glass of wine, this fine dining establishment can easily be a go to spot for special occasions, with multiple dining areas, including a bar, a solarium, and an intimate curtained alcove with golden Himalayan salt bricks on the walls. Burke’s creative take on modern American cuisine is on full display with signature dishes including the decadent “clothesline,” thick candied and peppered bacon hanging from clothes pins with scissors to cut mouthwatering morsels; as well as other notable starters such as the octopus carpaccio with slivers of fennel and pink peppercorns; the tuna poke served sushi style wrapped in cucumber with avocado, chilies and puffed quinoa; and the angry lobster scramble, made with creme fraiche, basil and lemon and chili oil. The rice-crusted scallops & grilled short rib; Peking pork shank; and the lobster Fra Diavolo are sure to please as entrees. Don’t forget to leave room for the cheesecake lollipop tree served with raspberry-bubblegum whipped cream. (212) 988-9021 tavern62.com
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I T I S N E V E R TO O E A R LY T O G E T B AC K O N YO U R F E E T THE STREETS of downtown Manhattan are pretty quiet at 5:30 am in late October. A truck or two rumble through taking advantage of the absence of traffic and a few scattered individuals braving the early morning chill hurry along, but for the most part there is not too much activity as people savor their last hour or so of sleep until the morning commute begins in earnest. On the corner of Lafayette and Franklin in Chinatown, however, just a few blocks north of City Hall, a group of 15 people are huddling up in the dark. Some of these people know each other and share a familiar and spirited greeting in spite of the time and the sleep in their eyes, and some don’t know each other so instead engage in equally spirited introductions. Some of these people have jobs in the city, and some are in the process of looking. Some of these people came from their apartments to the huddle, and some of them are homeless and came from the New York City Rescue Mission across the street. 146
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The common bond among these people—other than the fact that they are up before 6:00 am and ready to run—is that they are all a part of Back on My Feet, a national organization operating in 12 major cities coast-to-coast with the mission to “combat homelessness through the power of running, community support and essential employment and housing resources.” The people who came from their own apartments are volunteers— the community support—and the people who came from the mission are members of the Back on My Feet program, but since they all wear running shoes and a similar combination of running clothes and sweatpants (the members are given new running shoes and gear when they join), if you didn’t already know these people you wouldn’t be able to tell who came from where—I certainly couldn’t. That blending together of volunteer and member so that the
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group appears to be one team (Team City Hall in this instance) is intentional and important according to Back on My Feet CEO, Katy Sherratt. “When you go out on the morning run, whether you’re a member experiencing homelessness, a teacher, a doctor, a lawyer— we have all sorts of people volunteer for morning runs—you can’t tell any difference between people,” Sherratt says. “And that’s the first step for the members, to recognize
that people do care, someone is out here supporting them.” In addition to the morning runs, which happen in several places around the city three times a week, Back on My Feet has a crucial job training and placement program called Next Steps. After 30 days, members with a 90% attendance rate at the morning runs get the opportunity to enter Next Steps, which provides educational and job placement support, skills training, and
housing resources. As of 2015, Back on My Feet had served 6,000+ members, helping 2,378 of them get employed. Perhaps most impressively from a quantitative impact perspective, Sherratt recently commissioned an Economic Impact Study which found that for every $1.00 invested in Back on My Feet, nearly $2.50 goes back into the US economy. If the Next Steps program and its impact sounds great to you, but like many people hearing about Back on My Feet for the first time you are wondering how running a few times a week in the morning helps homeless people, Sherratt would tell you, “Come on a run with us and you will see how.” I can attest to Sherratt’s point of view as I saw exactly how on my run—how selfesteem and confidence grew around me with each step—but if you are unable to make it, consider Hector T.’s story. Hector was part of the original Team City Hall crew when it formed about six months ago. A month before the team’s formation, Hector had a home, a job as a truck driver, and certainly did not consider himself a runner. His ex-wife and his son—a marine—ran marathons, but, as Hector puts it, “I thought they were crazy for running that far.” Then Hector lost his son, and with that loss came the losses of his job, home, and joy as his life crumbled around him. Hector arrived at the New York City Rescue Mission right around the time Back on My Feet was trying to recruit members from the mission for the brand new Team City Hall. When he heard about the program, he decided that running with Back on My Feet was a way he could honor his son while making some progress in his own life, and he became the first member to sign up. It was a struggle at first. “When I started running I wanted to give up after just a mile or two,” Hector says, “but then I would think about how I was doing this for my son and I would keep going for him. Running for my son became my purpose each day.” Now, six months and many runs later, the man who once thought running 26.2 miles was “crazy,” ran the New York City W E STO N MA G A Z I N E G ROUP.COM
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Marathon with team Back on My Feet. “When I got to the mission I was broken, but running has saved me. It’s cheaper than therapy [laughs], but it’s also time that I have with my son. Every time I lace up my sneakers, my son is with me. Now, whenever I’m going through something,
running is how I deal.” Hector graduates from the Back on My Feet program in December, and the mission—impressed with his work ethic during his time there—has already offered him a job with them. When thinking about his future, Hector knows
THE COMMON BOND AMONG THESE PEOPLE... IS THAT THEY ARE ALL A PART OF BACK ON MY FEET, A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION WITH THE MISSION TO “COMBAT HOMELESSNESS THROUGH THE POWER OF RUNNING, COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND ESSENTIAL EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING RESOURCES.”
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what direction he wants to go in. “I want to go to school and become a counselor,” he explains. “I believe it’s my calling to help people struggling, whether it be with homelessness or addiction or something else, I want to help them. I think it’s awesome to help the next person, and in that process I help myself.” On this morning in late October, however, Hector is just another energetic member of Team City Hall trying to make some progress one step at a time. The bonds among the members of the team are strong and founded on a mutual desire to see the person next to them succeed in running and beyond, but the group is extraordinarily welcoming to new people as well, something I experienced
firsthand when I joined them on that Friday morning. I was on the receiving end of many of those previously mentioned spirited introductions, and it was not long at all before I felt like I was a part of something special—something worthy of getting up for at 4:15 am and taking the subway from Brooklyn to get to. After introductions, stretching, and the posing of that morning’s question to think about on the run—what is your favorite quality that you see in yourself and others?—it is time to get moving. We run south past City Hall before turning east to the Brooklyn Bridge. Everyone in the group is at a different running level— from first-timers to marathoners—but people naturally buddy up so that nobody runs alone, regardless of his pace. The man I ended up chatting with as we ran across the bridge to Brooklyn—he provided me all the early morning energy and encouragement I needed—turned out to be from the town in Connecticut where I went to college. We laughed reminiscing about our favorite hangout spots as we reached Brooklyn and turned around to head back towards the bright lights of Manhattan. If you have never experienced the Brooklyn Bridge, calm and tourist-free in the pale dark of early morning and the
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Manhattan skyline, I highly recommend it. Everyone finishes at different times— Hector was one of the first to do so—but once members of the team make it back to the corner from which the run started, they enthusiastically and genuinely cheer on all the runners who come in after them, shouting encouragements that cut through the quiet morning. Once everyone finishes the run and the sun begins to rise, the members of Team City Hall inevitably have to go to their next destination—a job in the city, back to the mission, a networking opportunity, a skills training class. Despite having woken up well before the sun and completing a three
mile run, I felt more energized and ready to tackle the day than I had in a long time, and that feeling was shared by the people around me as we huddled up to cool down and share our answers to the daily question before going our separate ways. There was one last thing to do—a call and response chant done at the end of every run by every team as part of Back on My Feet. If you happen to be walking through the streets of downtown Manhattan at 6:30 am, you might hear it echoing through the morning: Who are we? Back on My Feet! Where are we from? New York City! How long are we going to run? Forever!
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romantic escape, accessible only to you and your guests. The Rimba Jimbaran puts a modern spin on the more traditional Located just twenty minutes from Bali’s very efficient Denpasar Balinese style at the Ayana. Rooms at the Rimba have large glass International Airport, the Ayana Resort & Spa and the sister Rimba features, metal accouterments, and splashes of bold color in Jimbaran Resort await you amidst 90 hectares of lush tropical jungles oversized modular velvet furniture. and breath-taking sunsets over the Note the elegant and engaging details Balinese sea. The natural beauty of Bali at each of the 17 gourmet restaurants and is preserved here. The smell of Kamboja unique bars at the Ayana resorts. Cuisines flowers (Indonesian frangipani) and from around the globe are represented, indigenous cotton trees linger in the air. all prepared from the freshest ingredients The fallen leaves are composted, water and house made, from the daily seasoned for the vast gardens is recycled, and butters at Dava Steak & Seafood to the there are daily afternoon feedings of the complementary seasoned chips at Unique, wild monkey neighbors. the Mexican rooftop restaurant and bar. The Ayana Resort & Spa offers Kisik Bar & Grill: Walk down the white AYANA RESORT: ROCK BAR TOP DECK classic guestrooms or villas with natural stone steps built into the bluff to private pools. The décor is subtle. Kisik Bar & Grill. Daily specials posted Wood and cotton; shades of whites and browns, breezy curtains, on chalkboards set the scene of a romantic seafood market. Diners intricately carved accents, and massive day beds. The inner are guided past cases of live catch to order dinner. Hear the waves sanctum of the villas are enclosed by Uncle Uncles (traditional crashing tableside. The natural light of Tiki torches casts a glow on Balinese doors). Inside, a bath of fresh flower petals. This is your your meal. This is also the best spot to watch the fireworks most
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weekends, set off in celebration of the many weddings at Ayana. Damar Terrace: Indonesian fusion food served in a Zen house hovering above a Koi pond. Two classic Indonesian dishes to try are the Laksa (a rich coconut curry soup with seafood and noodles) and the Nasi Goreng Kampung (wok fried rice with fried chicken and satay sticks, topped with a fried egg). The Som Tham Thai (Thai style papaya salad) and the Lumpia Udang (Indonesian style spring rolls) are also delicious. Choose to eat at a table or from a tray spread out on a daybed. Local dishes and cocktails are presented simply yet elegantly, turning the expected into the unexpected. A Tequila soda is served deconstructed: a tray with a
rustic staircase to the secluded Kubu Beach where powerful waves sweep away at the silky white sand. Attentive staff at Kubu Beach will set you up with a cabana and
thighs, glutes, lower back, all the way to your shoulders. The pool is great for jetlag and promotes lymphatic drainage and increased circulation via jet streams, micro-bubbles and geysers. Allow yourself the full two hours to embrace the AYANA RESORT: ROCK BAR benefits of this treatment. The best time to go is at sunset; around 6 pm. It’s an infinity pool looking out over the sea, the room lit by cauldrons of fire.
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flute of soda, a shot of tequila, and a bowl of limes to mix just how you like it. Rock Bar: This must be the most famous bar in Bali. And since Rock Bar calls the Ayana home, hotel guests have priority over the nightly visitors who flock to catch the legendary sunset views with a cocktail at this cliffside legend. All guests arrive in style via the mini tramcar, which transports you halfway down the bluff. Bartenders from the best cocktail haunts all over South East Asia come to train at the bar here. Kubu Beach: climb down the 197-step
towels, and offer you a cold drink. Visit the elevated, treehouse-like full bar at the top of the steps before or after your beach sesh. The Spa at Ayana: A massage begins with a delicious glass of ginger tea and a fragrant foot soak saturated with buttery pandan leaves, stalks of lemongrass, and fresh juicy ginger. The Aquatonic seawater therapy pool is like a deep tissue water massage. This, ladies and gentleman, is not to be missed. Water jets reach your deepest muscles. Therapeutic jet streams tenderize your muscles incrementally, from calves, up the
Downtown Seminyak: Just a few minutes down the road from Ayana are the famous Sunday evening sessions at Sundays Beach Club. But, for those eager to explore the island, lively Seminyak is only a 40-minute drive. In Seminyak you’ll find a world-class shopping experience, made up of unique Balinese-inspired boutiques from local and expat designers who live on the island, a vegan/wellness, smoothie bowl, gluten-free heaven, and the nightlife and fine dining capital of South East Asia! ayana.com W E STO N MA G A Z I N E G ROUP.COM
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> “TODO BIEN”: AT THE ST. REGIS BAHIA BEACH IN PUERTO RICO BY BARRY HIMMEL AND ELISE BLACK
This popular expression in Puerto Rico, loosely translated to “Everything is Wonderful,” epitomizes The St. Regis Bahia Beach Resort. From the plush and luxuriously appointed rooms to the 484 acres of the Caribbean’s first Certified Gold Audubon Signature Sanctuary, The St. Regis Bahia Beach is a paradise like none other. With a staff of over 400 and only 139 rooms, the service and attention to detail as well as each guest’s preferences is unique. This romantic setting of a former coconut plantation with an expansive 2-mile manicured beach is only a short 30 minutes from San Juan. Activities include a challenging Robert Trent Jones Jr. golf course, fully PLANTATION HOUSE, ST. REGIS equipped tennis center, tropical lake for kayaking, canoeing and paddle boarding, 4 miles of nature trails on which to bike, jog or bird watch and a fully equipped fitness facility. The 10,000-square-foot Remede Spa offers seven treatment rooms, a relaxation area, gender separate steam rooms, saunas and hot and cold plunges. Relaxing on the St. Regis Bahia pristine beach never require a wait for chaise lounge chairs, towels or a cold drink. If sand, sun and crystal clear water are not your preference, you’ll be equally pampered poolside. Curving like a blue lagoon, the St. Regis seaside pool and esplanade has every imaginable amenity including cabanas, soft lounge chairs, as well as fine food and fresh beverages. After a day at the beach/pool and numerous activities, take a short walk back through a native maritime forest richly populated with 100-foot palms and thick stands of sea grape, almond and flamboyant trees. Once back in your expansive room or suite, you’ll be able to enjoy a drink on a private terrace offering spectacular ocean views. When it comes to dining, the St. Regis Bahia once again lives up to its 5 star diamond status. The Jean-Georges curated Fern Restaurant located in the Plantation House offers an elegant setting and menu. Molasses Restaurant, a more casual option, showcases a more heavily skewed Caribbean menu. Chef Roberto Rosario, trained at the Culinary Institute of America, will make you feel right at home. For lunch, you will want to try Seagrapes alongside the pool and just off the beach. “TODO BIEN” is a wonderful expression but does not come close to capturing the essence of the St. Regis Bahia Beach Resort. To do that, it must be experienced first hand. stregisbahiabeach.com 154
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The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company has outdone itself with an even higher tier of travel. Dorado Beach, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve encompasses three miles of magnificent Caribbean coastline and 1,400 acres of pristine beauty. The former RockResort was originally founded in the 1950s during Laurance Rockefeller’s visionary era of sustainability and preservation. The Dorado Beach Ritz-Carlton Reserve has continued Rockefeller’s pioneering environmental philosophy. The resort includes 14 onebedroom suites set directly on the beach. Outdoor shower gardens, deep soaking tubs, private infinity pools, and floor to ceiling sliding doors provide unparalleled indoor-outdoor experiences. The perfect beach house for a wedding or private event, Su Casa, is a plantation hacienda, which has been painstakingly restored to its original 1920s splendor. The resort also includes four 18-hole golf courses and a historic 11-mile Rockefeller Nature Trail. For outstanding dining, Jose Andres’ restaurant, Mi Casa, offers a fusion of classical local flavors and the Chef ’s native Spanish cuisine. doradobeachreserve.com
The collection of stately Rolls Royces and stylish sports cars parked at Acqualina Resort & Spa is a beacon for its grandeur. This 5 Star, 5 Diamond Sunny Isles Beach resort is set on 400 feet of splendid Atlantic coastline where guests enjoy ultimate luxury, with three magnificent ocean front pools, world class dining, and bespoke service. It is the perfect destination for a romantic getaway or a holiday with the entire family in tow. The rooms and suites are generously sized, have fully integrated multimedia systems, and private balconies. Celebrated Miami designer Isabel Tragash has imbued the resort with soothing colors of the sea and sand in plush velvets, exotic zebrawood, and bronze trim. Accommodations will enchant even the most discriminating visitor. The large suite, fit for a celebrity chef, comes complete with a gourmet kitchen, Italian cabinetry, and an ocean view breakfast room. As for dining out, the resort has several options: Il Mulino, New York’s celebrated restaurant, serves authentic cuisine from Italy’s Abruzzo region. For more casual dining, AQ by Acqualina Restaurant and Bar serves Mediterranean fare with an Italian flare, or the perfect beachside lunch can be enjoyed at Costa Grill.
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If you’re with the kids, the AcquaMarine program is where campers explore sea life, art projects, and poolside games. In the meantime, you can indulge your senses at Acqualina Spa by ESPA. Your experience will start with a welcome foot ritual while you and your specialist customize your treatment. You’re in great hands; ESPA uses the highest quality organic marine, ACQUALINA BEACH CLUB POOL
aromatherapy, and plant active products. Arrive early to enjoy the men’s and women’s lounge relaxation areas including Himalayan salt walls, crystal steam rooms, arctic ice fountains, and Finnish dry heat saunas. Afterwards, guests linger at the spa pool terrace overlooking a shimmering Atlantic Ocean. acqualina.com W E STO N MA G A Z I N E G ROUP.COM
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> MSC CRUISES: DIVINA YACHT CLUB BY PAULA KOFFSKY
Cell phones ring incessantly, Facebook postings are endless and Instagram never stops. There is truly no better place to unplug and unwind than on a luxury cruise. MSC Cruises offers an impressive fleet of 12 vessels, all of which offer sophisticated Mediterranean style cruising. For an easy getaway, the MSC Divina, one of the line’s newest ships, sails out of accessible Miami to the nearby turquoise waters of the Caribbean all year round. The legendary actress Sophia Loren personally christened the MSC Divina in 2012. With accommodations for up to 3,900 passengers, it is the perfect match for TOP SAIL LOUNGE Ms. Loren’s outsized global reputation. Bedecked with Swarovski crystal staircases, infinity pool gardens, and glass elevators, the MSC Divina offers an array of diversions, as Pilates, and Latin dance are held in a studio, which feels as if it is well as relaxing alternatives for those eager to completely chill out. suspended over the ocean. For culinary enthusiasts, MSC Cruises The ship has the largest theater at sea, dubbed the Pantheon, where has partnered with award-winning chefs from around the world to ovation-worthy shows are featured nightly. For aficionados and bring specialty dining onboard. Wine connoisseurs can engage their neophytes, opera is an exciting option and for those who just love senses with a wine making experience by blending 100% varietals music, the ship also entertains guests with 20 hours of live music for the perfect balance. You can even send home a case of your own daily. To nourish the body, Aurea Spa provides traditional Balinese vintage, bottled-at-sea. While you’re feeding your soul, the kids will and Thai massages along with acupuncture, thalassotherapy be having a go at the indoor pool under a retractable glass roof, or at and cutting edge anti-aging facials. Fitness classes like aerobics, the aqua park including movies under the stars come nightfall. The 156
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4D cinema, bowling alley, and Formula-1 Simulator are fun for all ages. With so much onboard, the vacation begins the moment you board. For an unforgettable voyage, you may wish to book your cruise on the MSC Divina’s Yacht Club, a separate area of the ship where guests cruise in high style. This “ship within a ship” option is megacruising at its best. Located on Divina’s three top decks in the fore of the ship, the all-inclusive enclave includes 69 choice balconied suites, and several common areas such as a concierge, Top Sail Lounge, One Pool Deck with solarium and bar, and Le Muse Restaurant. With the swipe of a keycard, guests enter a world of 24-hour butlers and bespoke service at every turn. Your personalized service starts at Port Miami curbside where your bags are collected and delivered to your suite. Guests are then escorted through check-in and security by a butler in black tie and tails, offering Pellegrino and Italian chocolates. Yacht Club members also bypass lines at ports of call with white glove attention. For those seeking a shopping trip or shore adventure, the concierge will gladly design a private excursion. Exceptional service is paired with
luxurious accommodations boasting suites with walk-in closets, mini-bars, Egyptian sheets, and champagne on ice. Conveniently, members can access the Aurea Spa aromatherapy relaxation, steam, and sauna rooms without fees or lines via their own exclusive elevator. THE ONE POOL Our MSC itinerary began with two days at sea. As Divina set sail majestically out of Port sailing and swimming with the wildlife in Miami, we toasted our upcoming journey Nassau, Bahamas. All of the outings were in the Top Sail Lounge, the prime location well organized and professionally run, in for high tea, a sunset pre-dinner drink, or a keeping with the caliber of MSC Cruises. sweet midnight snack. The silence here can MSC sails year-round in the be golden. What’s notably absent from this Mediterranean and Caribbean and cruise are loudspeaker announcements by seasonally in Northern Europe, the French the cruise director and assigned dining times. Antilles, South America, South Africa, Le Muse transports guests to a fine Italian as well as in Dubai, The Emirates and trattoria for a gourmet four-course feast with Oman. MSC’s Yacht Club will be expanding wine pairings. For informal dining, the One its Caribbean sailings out of Miami in Pool buffet serves fresh salads and grilled December of 2017 with the launch of the entrées under umbrellas poolside. Our ultra modern MSC Seaside, designed for adventurous excursions included kayaking warm weather cruising. The new itineraries and snorkeling in the clear blue waters of will include stops in Ocean Cay MSC St. Maarten, treetop rappelling in the lush Marine Reserve, the company’s new island. Puerto Rican countryside, and catamaran msccruises.com
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Ocean House sits high on the bluffs of Watch Hill, Rhode Island, overlooking a private stretch of beach with sweeping views of the Atlantic Ocean, Montauk and Block Island. Inspired by the Victorian architecture prevalent in the great houses of the Watch Hill area, the Ocean House evokes a timeless elegance that captures the residential ambiance of the area’s turn of the century summer estates. As one of only eight Forbes Triple-Five Star property in the world, this beachfront property features 49 guest rooms and 18 Signature Suites, farm-to-table casual and fine dining, the impeccable 12,000-squarefoot OH! Spa and more than 10,000 square feet of event space. Famously known for its warm, yellow façade, the Ocean House opened in 1868 just after the Civil War. The grand Victorian hotel was a genteel beach resort where generations of families and guests from across America came “to summer.” The Ocean House welcomed guests for 135 years, until 2003 when the building closed. In 2004 a new structure replicating the original exterior design was conceived and the $146 million rebuild began. More than 5,000 salvageable artifacts and furnishing elements were lovingly harvested from the original structure’s historic interiors, including all of the resort’s 247 windows, which remain in their original positions. oceanhouseri.com
> WEEKAPAUG INN
Reopened in fall of 2012 after a $20 million renovation, Weekapaug Inn is located in the peaceful community of Weekapaug, Rhode Island, with stunning views of Quonochontaug Pond and the Atlantic Ocean just beyond. Inspired by classic Cape Cod style, the building is covered with red cedar shingles, accented by dark brown trim and red shutters. The property features 31 guest rooms, including four two-bedroom Signature Suites, 158
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with farm-to-table fine and casual dining, and boutique event space. In January 2013, just three months after opening, Weekapaug Inn was invited into the prestigious Relais & Châteaux association. Visitors and local families looking for a summer escape from formal occasions and the dirt and bustle of the city flocked to communities like Weekapaug, Rhode Island. In 1899, owners Phebe and Frederick C. Buffum wanted an inn that would offer vacationers something different than the surrounding towns and act as a center of the community. After the original Inn, and much of the coastline, was decimated in the Hurricane of 1938, the Buffum family rebuilt in a new location, which opened in 1939. The Inn welcomed guests for 108 years, until it closed for renovations in 2007. The exact footprint of the original 1939 structure, as well as the entire exterior, have been faithfully restored. weekapauginn.com
> SPICER MANSION
Commanding majestic views of the town and river, Spicer Mansion has been a fixture in the historic Mystic community since 1853. Paying homage to the Gilded Age of refined hospitality alongside contemporary touches and uncompromising service, this luxury boutique inn offers eight impeccably appointed guest rooms, a worldclass food and beverage program including a restaurant and SPICER MANSION speakeasy-style cocktail bar, exclusive to hotel guests and by reservation, entertaining space and manicured gardens. Owned by the Gates family of Stonington, Connecticut, Spicer Mansion opened in May 2016. Originally built in 1853, Spicer Mansion was purchased by its namesake, renowned sea captain and benefactor Elihu Spicer as his family’s summer home to escape the stifling summer months in Brooklyn. The property remained in the Spicer family for over 70 years before being sold and resold over the next five decades. Through the Great Depression and World War II, plagued by changes in fortune and finance, the grand house dimmed. The building was divided into eight rental apartments before ultimately falling into disrepair by the 1970s, facing being formally condemned. Owners came and went, some working to restore the property to its former glory, but it was not until the Gates family purchased the property in 2013 that this historic gem has been allowed to shine once again. spicermansion.com
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II set set out out for for aa three three day day trip trip to to Burlington, Burlington, Vermont, Vermont, excited excited to to take take in in as as much much as as
possible, possible, since since itit was was my my first first visit visit to to this this sustainably sustainably minded minded town. town. Hotel Hotel Vermont’s Vermont’s design design can can best best be be described described as as modern modern rustic rustic with with aa Scandinavian Scandinavian vibe. vibe. Everything Everything was was sourced sourced and and created created locally, locally, from from the the rough-hewn rough-hewn red red oak oak floors floors to to the the bespoke bespoke industrial industrial bellhop bellhop carts carts and and various various wares wares and and crafts crafts featured featured throughout throughout the the lobby, lobby, restaurant, restaurant, and and guest guest rooms. rooms. In In support support of of local local artisans, artisans, most most items items such such as as the the cool cool glass glass slag slag soap soap dishes, dishes, flannel flannel robes, robes, custom custom wool wool blankets blankets and and unique unique tissue tissue holders holders were were available available for for purchase. purchase. Farm Farm to to table table fare fare including including sustainably sustainably sourced sourced coffee, coffee, Vermont Vermont liquors liquors and and craft craft beers beers are are served served at at Juniper, Juniper, the the hotel hotel restaurant restaurant and and bar bar that that flows flows seamlessly seamlessly from from the the lobby, lobby, where where live live entertainment entertainment is is enjoyed enjoyed several several nights nights aa week, week, including including Wednesday’s Wednesday’s “Jazz “Jazz Night. Night.”” Breakfast Breakfast at at Juniper Juniper was was aa bounty bounty of of organic organic and and delicious delicious choices. choices. Hans Hans van van Wees, Wees, the the hotel hotel general general manager, manager, and and his his young young and and enthusiastic enthusiastic staff staff always always offer offer interesting interesting events events for for their their guests, guests,and andthe thefirst firstnight nightof ofmy my stay stay featured featured aa cocktail cocktail demonstration demonstration by by “mixologist” “mixologist” Chris Chris Maloney, Maloney, of of neighboring neighboring and and award-winning award-winning Hen Henof ofthe theWood Woodrestaurant. restaurant. He He created created three three signature signature cocktails cocktails featuring featuring Hotel Hotel Vermont’s Vermont’s
exclusive gin and vodka blends. Our first full day featured a trip to Shelburne Farms, built in the 1800s by the Webb and Vanderbilt families as a model of sustainable farming. The property is now a nonprofit that continues to be a 1,400acre working farm and Historic Landmark on the shores of Lake Champlain. They produce organic cheese, produce, and meat, while entertaining tour groups from schools and camps. The former residence with a breathtaking view of the lake is used as an inn and restaurant. The next morning we visited a coffee company and were treated to a “cupping session,” a standardized process by which the industry evaluates the flavor of various coffee beans. Next we visited a custom bicycle company whose designer was a NYC transplant who had set out to design the perfect lightweight city bike featuring internal gears and a grease-free carbon belt. We were able to test-drive these beauties, as the hotel has a color coordinated fleet in the lobby available for rental or use during the “Bike and Brew” tasting tour of five hyper local breweries. Grace, our hotel activities coordinator, led us on a trip to the waterfront, just a couple of blocks from the hotel, where we were able to choose between paddle
boarding and kayaking on Lake Champlain. We stopped for “creamies” as the locals call them, or soft serve ice cream cones on the way back to the hotel. Dinner that night was at Bleu, an upscale seafood bistro at the neighboring Marriott hotel, where we settled in for
a memorable six-course tasting menu with paired wines. As an artist, I was particularly excited to visit the South End Arts and Business Association (SEABA) on Pine St. the next day, home to many of the artisans whose work was featured at the hotel. I spoke with two exBrooklynites, Pratt design graduates who were drawn to Burlington’s vibrant creative scene and abundant and relatively affordable industrial space. We happened to be there on Friday, where at 5:00 p.m. people converge on the courtyard amongst the studio buildings to enjoy the delicacies offered by the collection of food trucks, live music and bohemian atmosphere. Despite the whirlwind itinerary, I was able to fit in some shopping at the Church Street Marketplace, a pedestrian mall just a short walk from the hotel, with a mix of popular chain stores, restaurants, boutiques, chocolate shops and the prerequisite Ben and Jerry’s ice cream store. hotelvt.com/home W E STO N MA G A Z I N E G R O U P . C O M
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> COLORADO SKI COUNTRY Yoga enthusiast? Start your day at Aspen/Snowmass with sun salutations at 11,000 feet. Hop on the Aspen Mountain gondola to the summit for a yoga class for skiers, snowboarders and winter sports enthusiasts. Participants of all levels are welcome every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday all season long. If speed is your thing, catch the fastest ski racers in the world competing at the 2017 Audi FIS World Cup Ski Finals March 15-19. aspensnowmass.com How about taking your Valentine to an exclusive moonlight dinner on Copper Mountain? Ride the American eagle chairlift up to Solitude Station for a fine dining experience up in the clouds. Then, head down by the light of the full moon for a celebratory cocktail in Center Village. Available Feb 11th as well as March 11 for those romantic procrastinators. Coppercolorado.com Telluride has an amazing calendar of events. This season’s highlights include the 18th annual Telluride Comedy Festival Feb 16-19; the Women’s Ski and Wellness Weeks Feb 12-16 and March 3-5; and ‘Making Friends with Moguls’ Ski Camps Feb 27/28 and March 4/5. It’s easier than ever to get to Telluride with non-stop flights from NY airports to Montrose, and Denver flights directly into Telluride Airport. Book the 160
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recently opened Dunton Town House for your base of operations to enjoy the spectacular scenery. VisitTelluride.com It’s a joy spending time in the incredible pocket-sized ski town of Crested Butte. There’s fantastic skiing as well as backcountry snowmobile tours; you can even try your hand at snow cat driving. Don’t miss the dinner up at Uley’s Cabin and Ice Bar. A blanketed sleigh ride brings you up to a beautiful cabin in the woods where a crackling fire and a five-course mountain dining experience await. skicb.com
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TAKE YOUR SKIS: Transpack Glen Plake Special Edition SKI VAULT PRO This rolling double ski bag’s all-terrain wheels and adjustable size make for easy maneuverability. Tough water-resistant ballistic nylon exterior, foam padded interior and locking zippers keep your skis safe and secure. Perfect for family travel, and recommended by braveskimom.com the Ski Vault Pro can easily hold two pairs of skis plus lots of additional gear with zipper pockets inside and out. transpack.com
RENT YOUR SKIS: For a bit of nostalgia, hop on Amtrak’s Winter Park Express from Denver’s Union Station running directly to Winter Park Resort. Originating in 1912, this historic train runs Saturdays, Sundays and holidays thru March 26. amtrak.com/winterparkexpress > VERMONT At Okemo Mountain Resort in VT, family skiing is the thing but nondownhillers can discover pristine meadows and rolling hills while snowshoeing or cross-country skiing at the Okemo Valley Nordic center. The Timber Ripper Mountain Coaster and Kids Snowmobile Tours run all season long. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at the Shamrock Scavenger Hunt and Après Ski Party on Friday March 17. okemo.com President’s week at Sugarbush is chock full of winter activities: a bonfire at Mt. Ellen Base Camp, torchlight parade, fireworks, Kid’s Pizza and Movie Night, and plenty of après ski fun. “Chopped Jr.” fans will love the Kids Cooking Classes February 4th, 22nd, March 2nd and 11th. Junior chefs learn basic kitchen safety, food handling, and cooking techniques all while preparing a three-course feast. sugarbush.com Drive up north to Stowe, VT, the quintessential New England ski town. Rest, relax and rejuvenate in the heart of the Green Mountains at the Spa at Stowe Mountain Lodge. Stowe.com STOWE
Skibutlers.com Try the hassle-free convenience of Ski Butlers ‘concierge’ ski rental service. Avoid the rental shop rush by reserving your gear in advance at skibutlers.com and schedule a personalized fitting of premium skis, boots, poles and accessories in the comfort of your hotel room or condo. Available at 37 mountain resort locations across North America.
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hanks to the force of Broadway’s Hamilton, American History is enjoying an explosion of interest that enthralls the Insta-generation and Baby Boomers alike. There is little one can add in the way of applause and blandishments to LinManuel Miranda’s genius musical with all its enthusiasm, high energy, and yes, documented historical errors. But why not take a frame from the never-ending film reel 172
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that is the Star Wars franchise and similarly advance the saga about our complicated young nation with a few spinoffs? By definition, an origin story in comic books lays out “how a character or team gained their superpowers and/or the circumstances under which they became superheroes or supervillains.” In other words we get the back story. As the world awaits the next installment of The Force Awakens (Miranda coincidentally wrote
the cantina music for the first episode of the trilogy), perhaps scholars in alliance with Hollywood might develop several prequels that shed more light not just on the early life of Alexander and Betsey (as Eliza was also known by intimates), but also on the friendships, flaws and intrigues of intersecting Founding Fathers and Mothers of their 18th century circle. Several of the action figures with gripping plotlines of their own could be Gouverneur Morris,
General Horatio Gates and fellow New Liberty.” Speaking no English, von Steuben a double agent for the Americans and the Yorker John Jay. Miranda is correct that nonetheless writes a definitive drill manual British taking instructions from Marquis de Jay only wrote five of the Federalist papers, called “Regulations for the Order and Lafayette and collecting intelligence about but do you know the nearly fatal back story Discipline of the Troops of the United States" Benedict Arnold after Arnold went over to behind that and how Hamilton figures into in French, which is then quickly translated the dark side. it too? Jay “got his scull almost crackd” and by Hamilton and John Laurens, forwarded The brilliance of Miranda’s Hamilton of sustained a traumatic brain injury during by Washington to Jay for expedited course lies in his reminder that the central the bloody Doctors Riots of 1788. This Congressional sanction and finally used to character of his oeuvre was once youthful, transpired while Jay tried with Hamilton, a train the scrappy, disheartened Continental single, even flirtatious! But so were many Prussian officer von Steuben (more on him army with compelling success. The Baron’s of the Founders and their partners. Before later) and a handful of others to quell a mob techniques boost the morale of the rag-tag Hamilton, our ancestors had been lionized of 5000 attacking students and physicians at resistance fighters and their confidence and homogenized into one sepia-toned, quillNew York’s only medical school, Columbia, never flags again. Sound familiar? wielding, white-powdered-hair stereotype, so in protest against the use of cadavers robbed Any and all of these patriots could merit much so that we had a hard time identifying from graves for training. If that’s not a their own CW binge-worthy series. Many of with them as humans. Jay for example was thrilling scene, what is? the women who stood beside them would only 29 when he married his soul mate, two In their day, a baker’s dozen of individuals too – a tome called The Republican Court were lauded and their characters elevated to published in 1855 celebrated strong spouses OPPOSITE: LIVES OF JOHN JAY AND ALEXANDER HAMILTON BY HENRY BREVOORT RENWICK, the then ultimate pantheon of heroes in a like Elisabeth Schuyler, Sarah Van Brugh 1858 (JAY HERITAGE CENTER ARCHIVES) slender volume entitled “Thirteen Portraits Livingston and Martha Dandridge – you BELOW L-R: LISTING OF AMERICAN HEROES of American Legislators, Patriots and Soldiers know – Mrs. George Washington. Enslaved ENGRAVED BY BURNET READING, BASED UPON DRAWINGS BY PIERRE EUGENE DU SIMITIERE. Who Distinguished Themselves in Rendering men and free African Americans also fought PUBLISHED IN 1793 (JAY HERITAGE CENTER GENERAL BENEDICT ARNOLD, Their Country Independent,” published in bravely in the Revolutionary War. James ARCHIVES); ENGRAVING BY BURNET READING, 1783 1783. This collection of engravings based Armistead Lafayette served his country as (JAY HERITAGE CENTER ARCHIVES) on likenesses drawn from life by the Swiss artist, historian MANY NOBLE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE AMERICAN and painter Pierre Eugène REVOLUTION LED A REBELLION OF CINEMATIC Du Simitière, was ironically published in England; it does not PROPORTIONS AGAINST THE EMPIRE. include all the usual suspects. That is to say, not all of modern historian Richard Morris’ acknowledged Magnificent Seven – Washington, Jay, Adams, Franklin, Jefferson, Hamilton and Madison – appear in this homage. In fact, only two of them make the cut: Washington and Jay. The other eleven in the entourage are the Poe Damerons and even Kylo Rens of their era, soldiers like Baron Friedrich von Steuben and General Benedict Arnold. How’s this for a story line: von Steuben is mysteriously discharged from Frederick the Great’s elite staff only to wind up at Valley Forge in 1778 with his droid, that is, dog named Azor. His stated mission to George Washington? “[To] render your Country all the Services in my Power, and to deserve the title of the Citizen of America by fighting for the Cause of your W E STO N MA G A Z I N E G ROUP.COM
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years before the Revolution started. He had reddish brown hair, piercing blue eyes and he was six feet tall. His wife “Sally” was beautiful, vivacious and 11 years his junior; theirs is a romance with a tragic ending that deserves its own Netflix series and several hankies. Few realize that Hamilton probably witnessed the courtship of John and Sarah at close range; in 1774, he was nineteen years old and living in
CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: PAGE FROM VON STEUBEN’S DRILL MANUAL (JAY HERITAGE CENTER ARCHIVES); SARAH VAN BRUGH LIVINGSTON, PORTRAIT ON JAPANESE PAPER (JAY HERITAGE CENTER ARCHIVES, GIFT OF ANNE ANDRUS GRADY); ENGRAVING BY BURNET READING OF GENERAL BARON DE STEUBEN, 1783 (JAY HERITAGE CENTER ARCHIVES)
the Livingston home of Liberty Hall, thanks to his patron, the Governor of New Jersey – and Sarah’s father – William Livingston. Though Jay and Hamilton were a decade apart in age, Elizabeth “Betsey” aka “Eliza” Schuyler, born August 9, 1757 and Sarah “Sally” Jay, born August 7th, 1756 were even closer in bloodlines than age – they were cousins. Some believe that it was a member of the Livingston family, perhaps Sarah or her sister Kitty (with whom Hamilton flirted openly), who first introduced Hamilton to Schuyler. Though their friendship was not reflected in the musical, Jay was in fact close to Hamilton. Hamilton wrote to Jay on December 18, 1792 hinting at the growing
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to render it still more so. The Thorns they strew in your way, will (if you please) hereafter blossom, and furnish Garlands to decorate your administration. Resolve not to be driven from your Station; & as your Situation must it seems be militant, act accordingly. Envy will tell Posterity that your Difficulties from the State of Things, were inconsiderable, compared with the great, growing and untouched Resources of the Nation. Your Difficulties from persons and Parties, will by Time be carried out of Sight, unless you prevent it...
THIS TRANSPIRED WHILE JAY TRIED WITH HAMILTON... TO QUELL A MOB OF 5000 ATTACKING STUDENTS AND PHYSICIANS AT NEW YORK’S ONLY MEDICAL SCHOOL, COLUMBIA, IN PROTEST AGAINST THE USE OF CADAVERS ROBBED FROM GRAVES FOR TRAINING. weight of rumors about his affair with Maria Reynolds not yet disclosed: “Tis the malicious intrigues to stab me in the dark, against which I am too often obliged to guard myself, that distract and harrass me to a point, which rendering my situation scarcely tolerable interferes with objects to which friendship & inclination would prompt me.
Jay offered him this eerily prophetic counsel after Christmas of 1792 about protecting his reputation: “On my Return this Evening from Rye, I found your Letter of the 18 Inst at my House. It is not difficult to perceive that your Situation is unpleasant; and it is easy to predict that your Enemies will endeavour
Real letters like these with mesmerizing back stories and parallel narratives exist in The Selected Papers of John Jay at Columbia University, The Benedict Arnold Papers at Harvard University, The William Livingston Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society and The Liberty Hall Collection at Kean University, to name a few repositories. Thanks to the dedicated scholars who are rapidly transcribing and digitizing these rare documents, a whole new galaxy of American heroes and heroines could one day become household names like Hamilton and Eliza. And so with a young Han Solo spinoff slated for 2018 and a Boba Fett blockbuster rumored for 2020, the challenge and opportunity for historians and creative writers is to build upon Miranda’s legacy. Why not a prequel about our country’s earliest rebels and first rogues, perhaps with Michael Fassbender in the role of John Jay? Why not make a Sundance indie about the man who reveals the hero of the Battle of Ticonderoga to be a traitor – Mike Colter might make an excellent James Armistead Lafayette. Many noble men and women of the American Revolution led a rebellion of cinematic proportions against the Empire. The light saber brilliance of Hamilton sets an inspiring precedent for more of their origin stories to be told. --Suzanne Clary is the President of the Jay Heritage Center. Her favorite Star Wars character is Chewbacca.
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Team Dorothy: An Epic Journey to France
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or Dorothy Crawford of Maryville, Tennessee, going to Paris had been a lifelong dream. But after two cancelled trips, by the time she hit 94 she had just about given up hope. The year 2016 had not been a good one for the Crawford family; in the space of just a month, Roy Sr., Dorothy’s husband, and Roy Jr., her 65-year-old son, had died. This left just Dorothy and her daughter, Mary. Decades earlier, the older Crawford daughter, Serena, and her husband, lawyers in their 30’s living in Atlanta, had died in a car crash, leaving behind two children under the age of four. 178
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One day in summer 2016, when Mary, who lives with her husband Calvin Mew on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, was visiting Dorothy in Maryville, she asked her if there was anything that she wished she had done in her long life. “Well,” Dorothy responded, “I would have liked to see Paris.” “Then let’s do it,” Mary said. And that was the last Dorothy thought about Paris, until a few weeks later when Mary said that plans were taking shape. “Do you think we could see Normandy, too?” Dorothy ventured. “The beach where the D-Day invasion took place?”
Roy Sr., who had practiced law in Maryville well into his 70s, had served in the Army in World War II and later in Korea. He had landed not far from Omaha Beach some months after D-Day. For Dorothy and Roy’s generation – the Greatest Generation – this beach carried significant symbolism. “Why not?” was Mary’s response. Soon, author Elizabeth Titus, and her daughter, Lili Clement, age 22, signed on, and the group numbered four. Elizabeth lived in Weston, Connecticut, as well as on the Upper West Side, a few doors away from Mary and Calvin. Elizabeth and Mary had been friends since 1980, when they were
among the first women MBA students at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Lili was living in New York City and working in digital and social media, and she had enough vacation days saved up for a week in France. The widow of Roy Jr., Cathy Henderson Crawford, a retired nurse, had never been to Paris, and when Mary invited her, she was quick to accept. When Mary was in high school in Maryville, her family hosted an exchange student from Thailand, Tasnee Yangseenat. Now living in Phuket, married to an Austrian man she had met in hotel management school, Tasnee adored Dorothy, calling her “mom.” They had stayed in touch over the years, and when Mary told Tasnee about the epic journey, Tasnee got a visa and made plans to fly to Paris. Her son, Game, a college student in Amsterdam, decided he would take the train to Paris for the weekend. So the group – by that time dubbed Team
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THERE WERE SIMPLY NO WORDS TO EXPRESS THE HUGENESS OF THE CEMETERY AND ITS INHERENT SYMBOLISM, NOT JUST FOR THE AMERICANS IN THE GROUP, BUT FOR THE THAI, CHINESE, AND FRENCH MEMBERS AS WELL. Dorothy – had grown to seven. When Mary’s husband Calvin Mew was in his early 20s, he studied German in Vienna, where he met a young French student, an aspiring diplomat, Emmanuel Rousseau. The two became fast friends, and when Emmanuel was elevated to Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor in 2015, Calvin flew to Paris for the ceremony. Inspired by the idea of a 94-year-old woman from Tennessee coming to Paris to fulfill a lifelong dream, Emmanuel and his wife, Brigitte, began to make plans. Truth be told, many people were incredulous when they heard about the journey. While they loved the concept, they worried about the reality of how it would play out. Paris is not known as a city with smooth sidewalks and accessible tourist attractions. How would Dorothy get around the city? Would she be able to go to the top
of the Eiffel Tower and climb the stairs of double-decker tourist buses? And what hotel would be appropriate for an older traveler? Mary, just shy of 60, was also about to get her master’s degree in public health at Columbia University. After a long career in finance, she had decided to pursue her passion in making a difference in the world by focusing on global health issues. Analytical by nature, Mary did give quite a lot of thought to these concerns, but she was not deterred by such challenges. If Dorothy wanted to see Paris and Normandy, then Mary was going to make it happen. Age had not been an obstacle as she embarked on a second master’s degree and a new career in her 60s, so why should it prevent Dorothy from seeing Paris in her 90s? One concession that Mary made to her mother’s age was to purchase a businessclass seat on American Airlines, from
Knoxville, Tennessee to Charlotte, North Carolina, and then on to Paris. While the group considered using AirBnb, it soon became apparent that there were too many unknowns, such as tiny, treacherous bathrooms and steep flights of stairs. They settled on a 3-star, recently renovated hotel in the 7th Arrondisement called Hotel Vaneau Saint Germain, at a cost of about $200 a night for a double room. From the moment Team Dorothy met in the hotel lobby on arrival day, it was clear that this would be the trip of a lifetime for everyone. Dorothy claimed to have found the reclining seat in business class uncomfortable, but she had gotten some sleep. First stop, Eiffel Tower, where Dorothy gamely rode the elevator to the top. As they walked the city streets, members of Team Dorothy took turns helping Dorothy maneuver her walker, a clever, lightweight device. Rarely tired, Dorothy was enthusiastic about all that she saw in Paris and at nearby Versailles. The trip to the World War II battlefield sites in Normandy, with Emmanuel and Brigitte taking the group in two cars, was emotional for all, young and old, American and foreign-born. D-Day, June 6, 1944, remains the largest seaborne invasion in history, with 156,000 Allied troops landing W E STO N MA G A Z I N E G ROUP.COM
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in a single day: 61,715 British 73,000 American and 21,400 Canadian soldiers. Over 4,000 of these died that first day. Within five days, over 326,000 Allied troops had landed on the five beaches, code-named Juno, Gold, Omaha, Utah, and Sword. Most of the members of Team Dorothy had seen the 1998 Steven Spielberg film about the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II, Saving Private Ryan, starring PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND PRESIDENT FRANÃ&#x2021;OIS HOLLANDE OF FRANCE WALK TOGETHER AFTER VIEWING OMAHA BEACH DURING THE 70TH FRENCH-AMERICAN COMMEMORATION D-DAY CEREMONY AT THE NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL IN COLLEVILLE-SURMER, FRANCE, JUNE 6, 2014. (OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE PHOTO BY LAWRENCE JACKSON)
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Tom Hanks, notable for its brutally graphic 27-minute opening scene on Omaha Beach. Six miles wide, this was the largest, most intensely fought over beach. The entire beach is overlooked by huge cliffs, which made the attack very difficult. The Germans had built formidable defenses, including mines and bunkers with machine gunners. And we had all seen President Obama on TV as he spoke at the 70th anniversary of D-Day at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial. We were moved by his words: “Omaha – Normandy – this was democracy’s beachhead. And our victory in that war decided not just a century, but shaped the security and well-being of all posterity. We worked to turn old adversaries into new allies. We built new prosperity. We stood once more with the people of this continent through a long twilight struggle until finally a wall tumbled down, and an Iron Curtain, too. And from Western Europe to East, from South America to Southeast Asia – 70 years of democratic movement spread.” As Team Dorothy walked through the cemetery on a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach, covering 172 acres and containing the remains of 9,387 American military dead, most killed during the invasion of Normandy, no one spoke. There were simply no words to express the hugeness of the cemetery and its inherent symbolism, not just for the Americans in the group, but for the Thai, Chinese, and French members as well. For many Americans of the Greatest Generation, Omaha Beach has been a “bucket list” kind of trip, as it had been for Roy and Dorothy Crawford. But how important it is for younger generations to experience first-hand the cost of fighting for democracy! At the conclusion of the adventures in France, Dorothy hated to return to her quiet life in Maryville, Tennessee. Invigorated by the trip, she mentioned to her daughter Mary how nice it would be to see Rome, and no doubt Mary is already on the case. --Elizabeth Titus is a communications consultant and freelance writer who loves nothing more than travel, especially epic journeys such as the one with Team Dorothy.
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Professionals at a Crossroads Many of the residents at The Retreat are successful professionals who are having a challenging time managing their careers and relationships. Usually, these are adults who are executives and leaders, and are not used to struggling with anything or needing help. Often, they have been experiencing difficulty with their stress for a while, and come to The Retreat for guidance and solutions that will allow them to better manage their personal and professional lives. Many professionals in the program experience difficulty with: • Professional conflicts • Career stress and burnout • Marital problems • Parenting issues • Interpersonal relationships • Co-occurring substance use and mental health issues Adults Managing Life Stressors The Retreat is skilled at working with adults and older adults experiencing a significant life stressor that has caused them to seek residential treatment to manage the situation. For many adults, marital problems, parenting issues, and dealing with life as an empty nester can cause enough stress that they seek help coping with these challenges. For others, difficulties related to grief or the loss of a loved one and preparing for retirement can cause excessive stress that requires residential treatment. Some of the stressors adults in the program encounter include: • Marital problems • Difficulties related to parenting • Managing life as an empty nester • Grief over the loss of a loved one • Retirement • Personal changes that accompany the aging process • Co-occurring substance use and mental health issues The Retreat offers a warm, supportive, and nurturing environment, with a professional staff that is sensitive to residents’ feelings. They understand that walking through the door on the first day of admission can be an emotional experience, and they are there to guide individuals every step of the way. Stays last from three weeks to several months and includes psychotherapy and a full spectrum of leading-edge psychiatric care tailored to each resident’s needs. For more information, visit their website at: retreat.sheppardpratt.org, or call 410-994-8852.
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The sculpture depicts ten children holding hands, each figure as one of the ten divine utterances in the world’s creation as depicted in Genesis, relaying the message that every child, regardless of ability, is a beautiful part of creating a world community. Shalva offers an Education and Training Center for Disability Studies, therapy training and vocational training for adults with disabilities, a 400-seat auditorium equipped to present performances to inclusive audiences, virtual reality therapy, a sports center with a full-size gym with disability accessible equipment, a semiOlympic-sized pool and a therapy pool. Surrounding the Center is the National Park for Inclusion, six acres of park designed in partnership with the Jerusalem Municipality, with disability walking trails and inclusive playground installations, ensuring that all children, regardless of their disability, can play together as equals. Among the other facilities available are the Leisure and Activity Center, which includes
drama and music rooms as well as an art studio. It is home to Shalva’s after-school program for children and teenagers ages six to twenty-one. The dining and events floor can seat six hundred individuals and is a venue for inclusive community affairs, holiday parties and Bar/Bat Mitzvah celebrations. Shalva also offers a Respite Program for children so that children between the ages of six and twenty-one can have shortterm overnight stays. It provides a rare opportunity for these children to cultivate independence skills while their families experience a vital respite period. The Me-and-My-Mommy Program offers one-on-one therapy for infants with disabilities from birth to eighteen months, and a Rehabilitation Day Care Program is for one to three-year olds. There is also a three-pronged OHEV (Oral Health Wellness Center) Program integrating oral hygiene and wellness routines into the developmental goals of the program’s participants. Catering
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watch designed for professionals asserts its utilitarian and functional purpose by embodying four fundamental principles: legibility, functionality, precision, and reliability. It is 42 mm diameter and adapts to all sizes. By associating a high-tech material with fine craftsmanship, Bell & Ross has created a new instrument with innovative properties. The BR 03 is an icon that pushes the boundaries of resistance over time.
In their quest to create the ideal utilitarian watch —drawing on their experience in the aeronautical and military fi elds— engineers, master watchmakers, designers and professional aviators pooled their expertise to define a novel concept: the instrument watch. Since aeronautical instrumentation is the gold standard in terms of readability, reliability and performance, the BR 03 instrument watch echoes the design principles of a plane’s cockpit clock. A utilitarian watch, perfectly suited for professional use, it is the ideal embodiment of the brand’s philosophy: functionality drives design.
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hile i packed a lunch for our son’s first afternoon at nursery school eleven years ago, I made a quick little drawing in Sharpie on his napkin. I don’t remember what I drew, but I am certain that I wrote a short note on the napkin telling him to have a great lunch and that I loved him. I was hoping to provide a little reassurance from home and maybe to gain him a bit of extra attention from the teachers who were supervising his lunch. This beginning of the napkin thing seems quite reasonable. Thousands of parents whose children go to daycare with a packed lunch containing a paper napkin no doubt do the same thing. But in our case, the situation escalated steadily from there. While my drawing skills were never great, I did attend art school, and sculpting is my day job. I was therefore perhaps slightly more capable than the average parent of producing convincing sketches of Disney, Dr. Seuss or Sesame Street characters. Like all indulgences 192
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of one’s children, after a napkin drawing had been in the lunchbox one time, it could not go missing without prompting violent protest. As I continued drawing for my first son, I discovered that I was nurturing a small art director and media critic. His requests became more and more complicated and challenging. I was pushing my own agenda, trying to demonstrate to his teachers what sort of edifying books we were reading at home. He, however, had no interest in anything that was not on the bleeding edge of cool for three and four-year-old boys. Pretty quickly, the napkins were mostly demonstrating my son’s intense interest in pop culture, and, that maybe he was being allowed to watch too much television. These napkins were going to lunch at a Quaker school. It quickly became a running joke that it was very hard to come up with images that could scratch the boy culture itch and still be appropriate for a philosophically non-violent lower school lunch. I did my best: Superheroes and villains clutched forks
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instead of guns. Swords, knives and claws skewered strawberries and broccoli florets. Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader posed, arms around each other, declaring galactic peace. Our younger son soon joined his older brother in campaigning for more complicated, full color napkins, as well as more action and weapons. I slowly acquired an impressive collection of Sharpies, and then bought more sophisticated art markers. I try my best to honor their requests, but as I do most of the drawings after the kids go to bed, it is often not possible to orchestrate a complicated scene involving multiple unfamiliar characters. There were a few school years and summer camp sessions when both boys were taking a packed lunch, and I had to make some timesaving rules like “no more than two characters per napkin.” When I don’t receive a request, I try to draw something that interests them, ideally something that they have been looking at, playing with, or reading about the day before. At bedtime, we often talk about what would make a good napkin image – some oddly appropriate or ironic combination of characters perhaps. The kids definitely see the napkins as a collaborative project. In recent years, the napkins almost always come back home in reasonably good shape. Early on, they were actually used for their intended purpose, and returned spotted with berry yogurt and mustard, if at all. At this point, however, neither kid uses them for anything besides decoration and social lubricant. Several years ago my older son reassured me, ““Oh, I only use the napkin to get attention. I wipe my hands on my clothes.” We have boxes of hundreds and hundreds of returned napkins at home. The boys enjoyed looking through them, revisiting their previous obsessions day by day, and leaving piles of napkins spread all over the apartment. A few years in, I started the napkin blog mostly because I was tired of picking up the used napkins and putting them back in the boxes. The blog allows the kids to look back at the entire Batman, or the “Star Wars characters riding dinosaurs,” themed napkins at one time with much less clean up. Now that they are older, they also like to read my commentary on the images and argue with me about it. Making the drawings nightly encouraged me to stay in touch with whatever my sons were obsessing about on a given day. Knowing a little more about, for instance, the annoying phrase that they are shouting repeatedly all week long helps to make it a bit easier to tolerate. I may find a video game that they adore mostly irritating, but if I have to discover something inside it that would be interesting to draw, I learn to appreciate it a little more. Now that both boys eat in the cafeteria and I no longer pack lunches during the school year, the napkins are no longer daily year round. During school, I make a couple a week for the “bank” so that they can be used for summer camp lunches. The napkins appear to be a habit that I can’t entirely shake. And I just don’t seem to draw as well on other surfaces. While the napkin drawings are clearly an indulgence, I do see them as a bit more than just that. I get something out of drawing them beyond just the positive effect on my relationship with my sons. I view the napkins as a sort of compulsory nightly drawing practice, an enforced pop culture update, and (in my most pretentious moments) a particularly long running sort of performance art. None of the napkins are notable works of visual art by themselves. But, well, there certainly are a lot of them, and the group comprises both a narrative of a particular cultural time and a personal relationship. Over 1400 of the napkins can be seen at dailynapkins.com
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got into the fifth grade because of comic books,” confesses author and illustrator Eric Velasquez. He’s presenting to a class at Guardian Angel School in Chelsea. Eight-year-olds in plaid uniforms seem to grow taller without leaving their seats as they study the image on the screen—a black-and-white photograph of the building in East Harlem where Velasquez grew up. Learning English as a second language, it was the pictures, and not the words, that inspired him to write. Page Turners, a volunteer-based program of the Archdiocese of New York, brings celebrated artists like Velasquez into innercity schools where enrichment offerings like author visits are a challenge to implement without outside funding. The one-time workshops are no more than ninety minutes, built on the simple 196
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premise that students can enhance their lives with just a pen and paper. Some artists, like Velasquez, keep the presentation informal. He chooses a student to model for an impromptu portrait—his easy sketch so vivid it could walk off the easel and take a seat in the classroom. The unique and unstructured setting of each Page Turners class allows students to approach writing with a new understanding. Creative Director Lynn Pitts introduced eighth graders in the South Bronx to the basics of copywriting, challenging them to collaborate and make tag lines. Laurie Calkhoven encouraged kids at St. Ann School in East Harlem to make nonfiction cool by transforming history. Other classes consider the creative process, experimenting with language, and how to confront and convey our feelings through writing. Some artists come to Page Turners from the greater New
York area. Others are returning to the neighborhoods where they first began to explore the world around them—a possible starting point for every young writer. “Don’t be afraid to draw a character that has your hair,” Jerry Craft tells students at Incarnation, just ten blocks away from his childhood home in Washington Heights. He even shares his vision for The Offenders, a book about bullying (with a twist): “If you were to write a story about a superhero in Washington Heights, would he really want
with Kevin Pilkington, who taught students to energize their writing with similes. The New York poet then prompted the class to stage their own reading. Seventh graders on the Lower East Side were empowered to become contemporary poets who wrote about God, basketball, and birthdays. Left with the tools to create their own writing community at St. Brigid, students wrote their own poetry collection—then sent a copy to Pilkington as a thank you. In Spring 2017, Page Turners will welcome
writers at every level to find their own voice. Additional support for Page Turners is needed to bring more artists into innercity schools in the upcoming academic year. For more information about how to donate or volunteer, please contact Danielle Forsythe at (646) 794-3343 or danielle.forsythe@archny.org
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to come outside in a long cape?” The gym fills with unadulterated laughter. “Maybe he wears a hoodie or some nice sneakers.” That’s Page Turners bringing motivation into the classroom on two feet. Page Turners celebrated poetry month
Annabel Monaghan, who will discuss choosing writing as a career, publishing, and her suspenseful young adult novel, A Girl Named Digit. Todd Strasser, author of over 140 books for teens and middle schoolers, will teach young students exercises that help
Back in Chelsea, Velasquez begins to dance the merengue. As the congas come through the classroom speakers, he reveals that the little boy who learns to dance in his book, Grandma’s Records, is based on him. Writing about his family and his culture helped him to erase the question mark in his identity; becoming an artist was a natural choice. When the song ends, students wave their hands in the air with questions, and a new rhythm. --Caitlan Rossi’s work has recently appeared in The Louisville Review, The Westchester Review, Yellow Chair Review and Distraction Magazine.
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Columbia University’s Summer Sessions offer the opportunity to take classes or begin a certificate program from across the University. Taught by world-class faculty, courses are available in over 50 subject areas, including Arts, Business, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, Human Rights, International Affairs, Mathematics, Prelaw, and Statistics. Summer is a terrific time to learn something new, advance careers, and meet like-minded people in the setting of one of the world’s most vibrant cities. Each summer, Columbia attracts students already enrolled in degree programs, individuals looking to improve their knowledge in anticipation of applying for higher education programs, professionals who want to move toward the next step in their career, and seeking personal enrichment through Postbaccalaureate studies. Summer students have access to the state-of-the-art student center, gym and recreational facilities, as well as one of the most renowned library collections in the nation. The varying academic needs and backgrounds of students who attend the Summer Sessions make the community one of the most diverse and dynamic on campus. Expert advisers help students customize a summer plan of action, whether they have their goals lined up and need a few more courses to fulfill them, or they’re starting a new career and want to deepen their knowledge in a field. Taking advantage of the resources of one of the world’s most esteemed universities can help any student reach his or her next step. Columbia University’s Summer Session 1 runs from May 22– June 30, 2017, and Summer Session 2 from July 3–August 11, 2017. Application deadlines begin in May. To apply, see a complete summer calendar, and learn more about summer options at Columbia, visit http://sps.columbia.edu/summer2017 In addition to classes for visiting and returning students, Columbia University’s Summer Programs for High School Students offer high-achieving students the opportunity to experience college life in the Ivy League while sampling the vibrancy of New York City as well as programs in Barcelona and online. All programs combine academic rigor and instructional excellence with lively extracurricular offerings and careful supervision and support. To learn more and apply, visit sps.columbia.edu/hsp17
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For talented young women entering grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 in fall 2017 Smith College Precollege Summer programs offer intellectually stimulating and unique opportunities for high school girls who wish
to pursue their academic interests in the classroom and beyond. Annually, these programs, offer 250 young women the freedom to explore challenging and intriguing subjects, to strengthen their college applications, and to increase their exposure to the Smith undergraduate experience while living and studying with other motivated and ambitious students from around the world. The program offerings include Summer Science and Engineering, Women’s Writing, Discovering Women’s History, Field Studies for Sustainable Futures, and a College Admission Workshop. Each summer, Smith welcomes to these programs young women from many nationalities and diverse racial and socio-economic backgrounds who together form an extraordinary intellectual community. The learning environment is hands-on, collaborative, exploratory, challenging and rich in role models. Professors who are world-class scholars offer personal attention in the classroom while encouraging students’ interests and passions and helping them develop new academic skills. Here young women are taken seriously and inspired to excel—as scholars, scientists, leaders. smith.edu/summer/contact.php
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On the campus of Purchase College, SUNY, SummerTech has offered the most complete summer technology camp experience designed for rising 4th graders to rising 10th graders since 2002. SummerTech offers weeklong continuing courses in Java, Python, and Web coding, Animation, 3D Modeling, Film Editing and more. Each class is taught at a 3:1 student to teacher ratio, which gives campers the best opportunity to learn at their own pace while working closely with smart, hard-working teachers. SummerTech has earned a reputation of having the most effective and rigorous coding classes for children offered anywhere. “Our data over the last five years shows that a camper attending three weeks of SummerTech, which is 45 hours of coding lessons, can reach a college sophomore coding level,” says SummerTech academic director Matthew Baptist. Aside from the academics, SummerTech offers elective classes, outdoor sports and recreation, arts and crafts, a phenomenal social scene, and of course, our famous nightly gaming tournaments. Each day at SummerTech is an event and each week has its own themes and flavors. Built into SummerTech’s model is a leadership program that begins at a camper’s summer between 9th and 10th grade. Any veteran camper is offered a counselor-in-training week to display their work ethic and team player skills so that they may acquire a Junior Teacher position in their following summer. Almost all of our staff are former campers who have risen to the top to become leaders and teachers and give back the experience they received as campers. SummerTech is offering five individual weeks starting June 25th, 2017. Camp is designed for you to attend any and as many weeks as you choose. You will never repeat your work; our curriculum is built for the individual. We will accommodate you! Most importantly, SummerTech provides an inclusive, warm, and welcoming atmosphere where everyone is accepted for who they are. We understand you because we are you. Nothing is more vital to us than your happiness and comfort while you’re with us at camp. Registration is now open at www.summertech.net or 1-866-814TECH (8324). Our founder and operator, Steven Fink, will take your calls and emails and give you personal service to get you set up for the best summer ever. Day camp is $1250 and overnight accommodations are an additional $600. Save $100 per week if you sign up before January 30! SummerTech, Purchase College, SUNY 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY 10577 summertech.net 866-814-TECH (8324)
The Boston Leadership Institute offers award-winning summer STEM research programs at the Dana Hall School, a premier private preparatory and boarding school located in Wellesley, MA. Students develop high-level research skills and subject matter expertise that strengthen credentials valuable for college admissions, interviews, and essays. High achieving 8th graders through rising high school seniors apply and undergo a selective admissions process. The Boston Leadership Institute was named among five top summer science programs in the country by New York Times subsidiary, about.com, in 2012 and was again included when the list was updated in 2015. The Boston Leadership Institute was named, Top 101 Best Summer Camps, appearing among three top academic summer programs on the 2013 list. Programs are led by teachers who hold major teaching awards, teach at top ranked schools, and/or hold advanced degrees from universities such as Yale, Harvard, and Princeton. Students take advantage of Boston’s prime location to visit premier research universities such as Harvard and MIT as well as world-renowned hospitals. Boston contains one of the world’s heaviest concentrations of leading biotech and pharmaceutical companies and students tour these as well. Graduates have been accepted by top universities all over the world, including Yale, Dartmouth, McGill, Tufts, Columbia, Michigan, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Cornell. Students from 35 states and 10 foreign countries enjoyed hands-on research programs last summer. Comparable numbers of males and females attend. Dana Hall is located in Wellesley, MA, one of Boston’s most affluent suburbs, and is a 7-minute walk to the commuter rail providing access to downtown Boston. Fully equipped science labs contain state-ofthe-art features. For students choosing to board, dormitories are air-conditioned and contain kitchens. The beautifully landscaped campus contains beautiful playing fields, tennis courts, and basketball courts. The indoor recreational complex contains a 21,000-square-foot gymnasium with two NCAA regulation-size basketball courts; a threelane, suspended indoor track; an Aquatics Center featuring a 25-yard, six-lane pool; squash courts; and a large exercise room with pond-views. Boarding students also enjoy weekend trips to Boston, the second most popular tourist destination in the country and a magnet for students. Three-week STEM research programs are offered in Applied Physics Research; Biological Research; Biomedical and Surgical Research; Biomedical Research: Contagious Disease; Biomedical Research: Genetics and Clinical Trials; Chemistry Research; Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry Research; Engineering Research; Marine Biology; Neuroscience Research; and STEM Entrepreneurship. Visit our website: bostonleadershipinstitute.com or call 617 283-4825.
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{ I N D EPE N D E N T S C H OO L G U I D E } SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY’S SUMMER COLLEGE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Syracuse, NY
Students enjoy the college experience – in high school When Sean Dick was in high school in Brooklyn, New York, he was quite certain that he would study engineering when he went to college. Prior to his senior year, Sean enrolled in Syracuse University’s Summer College for High School Students, and a whole new world of options opened up. “At Syracuse, I studied management and entrepreneurship – it was an eye opener for me.” Sean’s two-week college experience didn’t necessarily change his mind about engineering, but it made him decide to explore other career paths. “I now see other things I like, and I really do consider creating a business. It’s something that could benefit society.” Syracuse’s Summer College program features more than 30 different 2, 3, 4, and 6-week credit and non-credit programs ranging from architecture to acting and musical theater, to web design. Students explore their interests, build a portfolio, and experience life on a college campus. It helps them beef up their resume as they prepare for the college application process, and gives them a taste of the independence they’ll experience when they actually go away to college. “It took me out of my comfort zone,” Sean recalls, “and it gave me information about real college courses. I learned that you get your work done first, and then relax afterward because it will catch up to you.” For Maheer Azad, Summer College was an opportunity to make friends from around the world. “I had friends from Thailand, Shanghai, and the Netherlands,” he says. “My Summer College friends are like family to me.” He enjoyed his summer experience so much that he decided to attend Syracuse University when he graduated from high school. Programs like Economics, Engineering, and Graphic Design are all popular for students exploring future major options. Then there are programs like Writing at the College Level and Presentational Speaking that help students develop college-ready skills and give them an edge when they actually enroll. Living in a residence hall, attending campus events, and enjoying local destinations gives students a preview of college opportunities and responsibilities. “The college experience, in a structured environment, is a step between high school restrictions and the ‘anything goes’ of college,” says one parent. “Don’t ever pass up the chance to earn college credits,” says Maheer Azad. There’s nothing I would take back from my Summer College experience. I enjoyed every second!” summercollege.syr.edu
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN PRE-COLLEGE + SUMMER STUDIES Providence, RI
RISD Founded in 1877, Rhode Island School of Design (or “RIZ-dee” for the acronym RISD) is one of the oldest and best-known colleges of art and design in the U.S. The college is located in Providence, Rhode Island, which offers its own vibrant art scene and is conveniently located between two other major cultural centers: Boston and New York. Students at RISD access the institution’s one-of-a-kind Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab, RISD Museum featuring more than 86,000 works of fine and decorative art and the RISD Fleet Library, recently named by Travel + Leisure as one of America’s most beautiful college libraries. Pre-College Each summer, 400+ high school students from around the world come to RISD for a comprehensive introduction to the college art school experience. Definitely not an arts camp, the six-week residential Pre-College program is focused, serious and challenging. Students experience the core elements of a RISD education – critical thinking and artmaking – in foundation drawing and design courses, critical studies in art, and a concentration in one of 21 diverse majors. RISD Pre-College students have varied backgrounds and choose the program for many reasons: to find out if the arts is the right choice for them, to further pursue their art or to build their portfolio for college applications. Whatever the catalyst, students attending RISD Pre-College have one thing in common–they are passionate about art and design and are seeking an incomparable arts education and summer experience. precollege.risd.edu Summer Studies RISD’s Summer Studies program in the visual arts and design encompasses a wide spectrum of interests to meet the needs of beginning, intermediate and advanced students. Students from colleges and universities around the world, as well as art and design professionals interested in new creative experiences, are drawn to RISD’s vibrant artistic community. Scores of accomplished, award-winning artists, designers and educators – including members of RISD’s degree program faculty – teach in the summer programs. Courses include introductions to fine art fundamentals such as drawing and painting, as well as specialized areas of study such as architecture and industrial design, or graphic design, as offered through the Summer Institute of Graphic Design Studies. In addition, RISD Global Summer Programs offer travel-learning opportunities for students interested in understanding the role of art and design in various cultures. Whether augmenting current college curriculum or broadening professional skills, RISD Summer Studies offers students a unique, intense and exceptional learning experience. risd.edu/summer
{ I N D EPE N D E N T S C H OO L G U I D E } FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SUMMER SESSION
More than 250 courses at two New York campuses, in Manhattan and the Bronx Fordham University invites visiting college students and rising high school seniors to catch up or get ahead this summer. Meet your goals with day and evening classes in two convenient locations, affordable tuition rates, and top-tier instruction. Because of Fordham’s strong academic reputation, credits usually transfer easily. Looking for work experience? Fordham’s Summer in the City Internship Program helps students secure New York internships, receive credit, and make the most of their positions with valuable career guidance. Need to fulfill pre-med requirements? Fordham’s extensive offerings in biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics help you stay on track for graduate or medical school applications. Did you switch or add a major? Core and advanced classes in every discipline can help you catch up on requirements and graduate on time. Special programs include the five-week Musical Theatre Summer Intensive, offered by Fordham’s renowned theatre department. The program includes intensive training in musical theatre, vocal technique, dance, acting, and theatre games. Classwork is brought to life by weekly attendance of Broadway, off-Broadway, and off-off Broadway shows. Highlights for summer 2017: Taught by the former ambassador of Iraq to the United Nations, T. Hamid al Bayati, a course titled U.N. and Political Leadership will give students an inside track to learning about diplomacy. For those considering a career in law, the Fordham Pre-Law Institute will cover the fundamentals of the U.S. legal system and help students prepare for the law school admission process. Pre-College Program Getting serious about applying to college? Consider the advantages of taking a class at Fordham this summer: You’ll earn transferable college credits, learn something new, strengthen your college applications, and gain real college experience in the classroom and beyond so you can choose the right school for you. This program is meant for the summer between junior and senior year of high school. Think Summer, Think Fordham. Call 718-817-4665 or visitfordham.edu/summer Fordham for High School Students Pre-College Program: July 5 –August 8, 2017 Manhattan, Bronx Make the most of the summer before your senior year: • Earn college credit. • Enroll in one of several exciting college courses and gain experience at a top-ranked research university close to home. • Strengthen your college application with a proven record of your abilities. Learn more atfordham.edu/summer
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WESTCOAST CONNECTION / 360° STUDENT TRAVEL
Westcoast Connection / 360° Student Travel has inspired more than 31,000 teens over 34 summers of life-changing travel experiences that enhance their awareness of the world around them while increasing their understanding of themselves along the way. Westcoast Connection offers Pre-College Enrichment, Community Service, Language Programs, Global Adventures and Active Teen Tours for students completing 7th through 12th grades. Explore over 100 incredible itineraries ranging from 9 to 40 days. Popular destinations include the USA, Canada, Central and South America, Europe, Australia, Cambodia, New Zealand, South Africa, Thailand and Vietnam. Featured program: Pre-College Enrichment California on the campus of UCLA Our course offering covers a wide range of interests – plus college admission workshops. Get an introduction to filmmaking with the New York Film Academy; meet notable engineers at leading companies with the Popular Mechanics STEM Experience; join the Seventeen Fashion Experience and learn from the publishing teams about what it takes for an issue to hit the newsstands; or take an Entrepreneurship or Psychology class taught by UCLA Extension Instructors. Featured program: Thailand Community Service Become part of a team where you commit yourself to community projects and supporting your fellow volunteers. Rewarding service with Chiang Rai Special Education School, Patara Elephant Farm and the Lahu Tribal Village will deepen your understanding and relationship with your host nation. Featured program: Greece & Italy Global Adventure This small group experience ventures from Rome and the Italian countryside to the Greek mountains and Cyclades islands. SCUBA dive off the coast of Naxos, raft in the heart of the Peloponnese, and explore the red, white and black sand beaches of Santorini. Top it all off with authentic dinners overlooking the mesmerizing sunsets. More about Westcoast Connection Our full-time team and Company Directors have over 379 summers of combined experience working with teens. Along with certified instructors and expert guides, our incredible depth and reserve of resources are unrivalled and critical to providing you with the highest quality programs. Call us! We’d love to hear from you. We take pleasure in providing fanatical customer service for your needs – the more we understand who you are, the better we can recommend the most suitable summer experience. There are many subtle differences (and some large ones) in choosing the perfect travel or educational program and having that conversation with you is an important start. Visit our new website to see detailed program descriptions, reviews and more information. westcoastconnection.com 866.925.2370 info@westcoastconnection.com
{ I N D EPE N D E N T S C H OO L G U I D E } SUMMER PRE-COLLEGE PROGRAM AT WAGNER COLLEGE Staten Island, NY
Be Part of the City The Summer Pre-College Program at Wagner College advances the education of talented and intellectually curious high school students. Our residential summer program allows ambitious high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors to become Wagner students for the summer with a unique opportunity to explore the greatest city in the world, New York City. If you are adventurous, highly motivated, and passionate about making a difference in the world, Wagner College is where you belong. As a Pre-College student, you will experience college-level academics in a small class setting while exploring new subjects. Our instructors are all experts in their fields and are fully committed to sharing their expertise, passion, and experience with all students. Ranging from one-week intensives to three-week programs, each course will help you get a jump on your college education by earning up to 6 credits. The pre-college program is designed to challenge your critical thinking and problem solving skills, both in the classroom and during exciting field trips. Rather than focusing on one subject, each academic program track is paired with a course in a different discipline. Living at Wagner Residential students will have the added benefit of experiencing campus life as an independent student while forming new friendships. When not in class, you will be able to explore the vibrant New York City. In addition, you will have the opportunity to meet with college counselors who will help prepare you for the challenges of the college admission process. Dollar for dollar, the tuition for the Summer Pre-College Program is a substantial savings of more than half the regular cost of college credit courses at Wagner College and similar institutions. But the real value lies in the independence learned, confidence gained, and sense that you are on your way towards being college ready. The Wagner College Difference Immerse yourself in a curriculum incorporating both classroom and off-campus experiences that models the nationally-recognized undergraduate curriculum, The Wagner Plan for the Practical Liberal Arts, where “Learning by Doing” is the focus. It is the bridge that connects your experiences in class, across campus, and around New York City to your specific goals for tomorrow. For additional information, call 718-390-3221 Email lifelong-learning@wagner.edu wagner.edu/pre-college
THE EXPERIMENT IN INTERNATIONAL LIVING
Discovering the Human Spirit in Germany–By Cia We visited a high school and talked to German youth in different grades. At first, I thought that we would just be talking to random teenagers about a specific topic and exchange ideas. But it turned out that wasn’t the case. We did a few icebreakers and then we were given an hour or so of free time to get to know one another even further. It wasn’t until I started talking to a student named Zara that I realized where we were. Johanna-Eck School is a German high school in Berlin whose mission is to educate and integrate migrants. Zara, for example, was 14 when he left his family behind in Syria and went to Germany in order to escape the war. For two years, he’s been living alone and hasn’t had the opportunity to see his family. So many other students had similar stories of seeking asylum in Germany because of the safety and overall better life that Germany could provide them. Meeting the teenagers also reinforced the idea that just because someone seems happy, doesn’t mean that they aren’t hurting. All of the students were so nice and welcoming and I doubt that any of us would have known that the students were refugees if they had not shared their stories with us. I learned a lot from the students and would love to have another opportunity to speak to them. Cia participated in The Experiment’s Germany: Contemporary Politics and The European Union last summer. She and the other Experimenters spent time in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands exploring German politics, contemporary youth culture, and the European Union during a four-week program. The Experiment in International Living has been offering immersive experiential learning programs abroad since 1932. Programs are designed to equip participants not only with essential cultural skills and, in many cases, language skills, but also with a deeper awareness of and sensitivity to critical global issues shaping the diverse communities and regions we visit. All students participate in a homestay, spending a portion of the program living as a member of a local host family, joining in the family’s daily lives and activities. experiment.org/GoAbroad Questions? 1-800-345-2929 |experiment@worldlearning.org Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Tumblr: experimentabroad
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{ I N D EPE N D E N T S C H OO L G U I D E } WHERE THERE BE DRAGONS
Global citizenship & leadership programs in the developing world since 1993 Mapmakers once drew Dragons to represent lands unknown. Bold explorers who ventured beyond the map’s edge were said to go “where there be dragons”… Where There Be Dragons is the leader in cross-cultural education. We offer 4/6 week high school summer programs and 3 month Gap Year semester courses for students ages 15-22. On every course, a team of 3 experienced instructors guide students off the map’s edge to engage them in an intensive exploration of place and of self in 17 different countries around the world. We are dedicated to crosscultural education because we believe that future leaders will be required to think beyond border and tribe when considering the affects of resource scarcity on a global community. Our summer and semester programs are designed to give young adults the crosscultural competencies and selfawareness to be active participants in this conversation. What makes a Dragons course different? A Dragons course is agile. We hire experts. With an average of 4+ years of in-country experience, Dragons Instructors are able to communicate in local dialects and offer expert excellent adult mentorship throughout the student experience. Cultural fluency allows instructor teams to manage responsive itineraries and capitalize on unexpected learning opportunities. A Dragons course is bold. We don’t charter buses and when possible we stay with families rather than in hotels. We believe that traveling “close to the ground” allows us to connect more intimately across cultures. We welcome a crowded public bus or an unexpected cup of tea as a learning opportunity. A Dragons course is instructor-driven. Individual instructor teams collaborate to design a customized course itinerary based on their personal in-country experience and the interests of their incoming student group. This offers students a unique voice in the course design process and it offers our instructors the opportunity to be creative as they execute their own vision. A Dragons course is not designed to be easy. It is designed to challenge every student and offer unique insights into the critical global issues of our time. Going ‘where there be dragons’ takes courage… we still go there. Will you? Toll Free: 1-800-982-9203 For more information: info@wheretherebedragons.com
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GLOBAL ROUTES
You’re curious and adventurous. You’re dedicated to strengthening our global community. You’re far more than a traveler. You are Global Routes. Global Routes pioneers innovative, value-driven, experiential international education. The New York Times calls us “one of the most respected [organizations] in the field.” Over the past 50 years, we’ve led over 10,000 high school and college students on programs around the world. Our blend of community service, adventure travel, cross-cultural exchange, and language immersion changes lives. We believe safe, authentic, fun, inspirational international programs require the right combination of meaningful service, deep cultural immersion, and outdoor adventure—all made possible by a highly trained and caring staff. Our student travelers gain profound perspective on new cultures, the world, and themselves. “It changed everything for me!” -Emily, Ecuador/Galapagos Student. Our Program Model: Orientation, Immersion, Adventure Orientation: Each program begins with program orientation in a spectacular location. In Ecuador it’s the Andes, in Tanzania it’s Mt. Meru, and in Costa Rica it’s the rainforest. Program leaders and local experts teach the language, culture, and traditions of the host country. Lifelong friendships develop within the group. This early bonding lays a powerful foundation for the cultural immersion ahead. Community Immersion: The hallmark of a Global Routes program is an authentic immersion experience. We spend most of our program time in one rural community working on one primary service project selected by that community. Projects are typically construction-based. We may build a school, a community health center, or work on an irrigation system. Students also initiate secondary projects of their own design. We run sports and arts camps. We start recycling, composting, tree planting, or community literacy and health initiatives. Students arrive as visitors, work their projects, experience the daily rhythm of life alongside their hosts, then depart as family. Final Travel: Beauty and adventure create the backdrop for the final days of each program. The group reflects on their experience and celebrates their success. We work with professional guides and outfitters to craft thrilling peak experiences. We end on a high. Kayaking, snorkeling, whitewater rafting, surf camp, sailing, safari, learning traditional arts and music, visiting local festivals, ancient cities, geographic wonders—it’s all possible. Final Travel locations include Zanzibar, the Nepalese Himalaya, the Galapagos Islands, and uninhabited Caribbean islands. Ready to change your life? Take the first step: Contact us today at 413 585 8895 or at hello@globalroutes.org Visit us at globalroutes.org
{ I N D EPE N D E N T S C H OO L G U I D E } UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
International Summer Programmes SUMMER PROGRAMMES FOR UNDERGRADUATES, GRADUATES AND ADULT LEARNERS Over the centuries, the University of Cambridge has helped to shape and change the world through innovative ideas and groundbreaking discoveries: 96 of its affiliates have won Nobel Prizes. The University’s International Summer Programmes (9 July–19 August 2017) offer a heady mixture of tradition and innovation, as new and returning students absorb the atmosphere of this remarkable place,
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learning from some of its finest academics – and from each other. The programmes have a reputation for excellent teaching, fascinating courses, and intriguing lectures. Every year, graduates, undergraduates and other adults of all ages and backgrounds bring their learning and life experience to the classroom. There is no shortage of new ideas and opinions. Over 170 courses make up our open-access programmes: Science, Literature, Shakespeare, Creative Writing, Ancient and Classical Worlds, History, Medieval Studies and Interdisciplinary. Some students stay for all six weeks, others just for one or two. The Interdisciplinary Programme comprises three independent twoweek terms, which allow for two-, four- and six-week study periods. You can focus on courses in the same discipline, or choose courses in different subject fields. The three-week English Law and Legal Methods Programme is primarily for lawyers and law students with no knowledge of the English legal system. Adding to the academic experience, you can choose to stay in one of four historic Cambridge Colleges. Each is different in character, but all offer a warm welcome and the opportunity to meet fellow students studying other subjects. Participants become familiar with Cambridge in a way that few are privileged to experience as they enjoy meals in magnificent dining halls and have time to discover a city that tourists seldom see. Long, light summer days provide opportunities to explore the beautiful Colleges, visit the many museums and art galleries, relax in a punt on the river, or share a traditional English tea in nearby Grantchester. In the evenings there are talks, concerts and ceilidhs (traditional folk dances). At weekends, you can join excursions to Shakespeare plays at Stratford-upon-Avon and the Globe Theatre, and visit Hampton Court Palace and other heritage sites. Our Programmes offer a rich and rewarding mix of range, teaching quality, academic rigour, accessibility, people and place. It all adds up to a winning combination of innovation and tradition: the best of both worlds. Apply online: ice.cam.ac.uk/intsummer or email: intenq@ice.cam.ac.uk
HIGHER EDUCATION SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia; Hong Kong; Lacoste, France; and online through SCAD eLearning
Miles of coastline. Verdant parks. Bustling metropolises. Pastoral vistas. SCAD is one university across four distinct locations and eLearning, offering endless inspiration — and the perfect backdrop for your brilliant future. From the fast-paced cultural epicenter of Atlanta to the international vibrancy of Hong Kong, from the luminous landscapes of Lacoste to the coastal charm of Savannah, each SCAD location is designed to help talented students launch global creative careers. Join an award-winning legacy SCAD offers the most art and design degrees of any university in the U.S., with more than 100 unique programs of study across 42 disciplines and 70 minors. SCAD has pioneered nearly 17 unique programs of study worldwide, including the first user experience (UX) design degree created with Google. These academic programs consistently earn international accolades. The undergraduate and graduate interior design programs ranked No. 1 in the U.S. by DesignIntelligence in 2016 — the fifth consecutive year the undergraduate program earned the top spot. The SCAD graduate fashion programs are also No. 1 in the world for “Best Learning Experience” and “Best Long-term Value” as well as No. 1 overall in the U.S., as determined by London-based The Business of Fashion. Across all programs, renowned faculty, career advisers, remarkable resources and real-world collaborations prepare students for professional success. According to a recent study, 98 percent of Spring 2015 graduates were employed, pursuing further education or both within 10 months of graduation. Celebrate art and design at international SCAD events Step into the spotlight at SCAD signature events featuring the world’s pre-eminent artists, designers and entrepreneurs. Annual SCAD signature events include the Savannah Film Festival, SCAD Fashion Show, SCAD deFINE ART, SCADstyle, Sidewalk Arts Festival, aTVfest, SCAD Sand Arts Festival and the Game Developers eXchange. These internationally acclaimed celebrations allow students one-onone interaction with master artists, designers and icons in their fields. Guests who have lectured, critiqued and taught master classes include Alec Baldwin, Lee Daniels, Arianna Huffington, Mindy Kaling, Stan Lee, Zac Posen, Saoirse Ronan, Alexander Wang and more. Cheer on SCAD athletics As the first art and design university in the U.S. to offer a comprehensive intercollegiate athletics program, SCAD is actively dedicated to helping student-athletes develop their talents to the fullest — on and off the field. With intercollegiate and intramural sports available in Atlanta and Savannah, SCAD men’s and women’s athletics teams have achieved more than 125 team and individual national championships across sports, including recent national titles in equestrian, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming and tennis. Discover the university for creative careers Learn more at scad.edu
{ I N D EPE N D E N T S C H OO L G U I D E } CLARK UNIVERSITY
DAY & BOARDING SCHOOLS
The college that changes lives – Founded in 1887, Clark is committed to scholarship and inquiry that address social and human imperatives on a global scale. Located in the heart of New England—Worcester, Massachusetts—Clark enrolls approximately 2,300 undergraduate and 1,100 graduate students and is featured in Loren Pope’s book, “Colleges That Change Lives.” Clark students are passionate about ideas, events and causes beyond themselves; embrace issues and take action. They regard the status quo and say, “We can do better.” Transformative force in higher education – Clark has emerged as a leader in higher education. LEEP (Liberal Education and Effective Practice), our pioneering model of education, combines life-changing world and workplace experiences with a robust liberal arts curriculum. Through LEEP, you will confront complex problems, collaborate with faculty, learn directly from industry experts, and explore topics of global consequence. Internationally recognized for academics, entrepreneurship, and value – Recent rankings that acknowledge Clark’s growing reputation include U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges, #74 in National Universities; Forbes, #16 in America’s Most Entrepreneurial Universities; Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, #27 in Best Values in Private Colleges; and Princeton Review, #3 in Best Schools for Making an Impact. A dynamic community with global insight – You’ll be known by name and face, as the Clark student-to-faculty ratio is 10:1 and the average class size is 21 students. With approximately 900 international students, faculty members and scholars from more than 80 countries, you will also encounter a variety of cultures, traditions, religions, political ideologies and people in the community. Some of the most popular majors at Clark are Psychology, Biology, Geography, International Development and Social Change, Political Science, and Business Management. Tuition-free Accelerated B.A./Master’s Degree Program – With its excellent graduate programs and research institutes, the University can offer you a unique cost-saving opportunity. If you work hard and meet the eligibility requirements, you can earn both a bachelor’s and an accelerated master’s degree from one of 14 different programs with the fifth year tuition-free. Make a difference in a world hungry for change – At Clark, you will develop creativity, adaptability, resilience, persistence, and more, which enable you to translate your passions and studies into a remarkable career and a purposeful life. You will graduate with the skills employers demand and the world needs, prepared to live the University’s motto: “Challenge convention. Change our world.” Clark University: 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA 800/462-5275 or 508/793-7431; admissions@clarku.edu clarku.edu
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Pawling, NY The goal of a Trinity-Pawling education is to unlock the potential for greatness that exists in each boy. The School pursues this goal through a vigorous learning environment that emphasizes 21st century skills such as innovation, creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking. A commitment to project-based and experiential learning acknowledges the research that has identified learning paradigms proven to be successful for boys. A camaraderie of “brotherhood” is enhanced by the mutuality of educators and students who are dedicated to building a culture of excellence and honor. The Trinity-Pawling learning experience combines a timeless commitment to character with a dedication to prepare young men for an ever-changing world. Trinity-Pawling is located on 150 acres overlooking the Hudson River Valley, just 90 minutes north of New York City. The Campus includes turf and natural grass athletic fields, an all-weather track, tennis courts, squash courts, hockey rink, a contemporary art center with 400 seat theater, and a state-of-the-art science and technology wing of the academic building. A 20,000 square foot major expansion to our current athletic facilities is currently underway. Trinity-Pawling’s new Smith Field House is expected to open by the winter of 2017. With 90% of faculty living on campus, students learn and grow in a close-knit community. Students are guided by teachers who are also their coaches and dorm parents, establishing strong faculty-student collaboration and providing for 24/7 learning. Trinity-Pawling serves 300 boys in grades 7-12 and offers a postgraduate program. The School offers over 100 academic courses and 20 AP courses, interscholastic competition in 13 sports within the New England Founders League, and a diverse menu of activities, clubs, and trips allowing students to explore many interests. Trinity-Pawling’s Center for Learning Achievement houses a number of support services to assist students in recognizing and reaching their academic potential. Specific instructional programs are available for students who have language-based learning differences, and for students with executive function difficulties. Inspired by inquiry, our Learning Labs are the unofficial help desks of Trinity-Pawling. One of the School’s most distinctive attributes is the Effort System, which began 45 years ago. Each boy at Trinity-Pawling is assessed and recognized for the effort he devotes to a given endeavor: academics, athletics, dormitory responsibilities, civic engagement, attendance, and extracurricular programs. The learning objective inherent in this ethos of effort is to teach young people that the more they invest of themselves the greater their accomplishments will be. The Effort System, then, becomes a pervasive characteristic of a boy’s experience at Trinity-Pawling. JP Burlington, Director of Admissions 845-855-4825 700 Route 22 Pawling, NY 12564 admissions@trinitypawling.org trinitypawling.org
{ I N D EPE N D E N T S C H OO L G U I D E } WINSTON PREPARATORY SCHOOL
AVON OLD FARMS
PEOPLE DON’T ALWAYS learn in predictable ways, which is why Winston Preparatory School (WPS) is committed to reaching all kinds of learners. Students often come to one of our campuses in the tri‐state area after struggling in traditional school settings. Many of these students, ranging from fourth to twelfth grade (and the new Transitions program for young adults!), have been diagnosed with learning disabilities such as dyslexia, executive functioning difficulties, ADHD, and nonverbal learning disorders. At WPS, the faculty assesses and understands students where they are, helps them advance at a meaningful pace, and teaches them to move forward independently. The research‐based education model used by the WPS faculty has been shown to profoundly expand the possibilities for students with learning disabilities. Providing a fundamental shift in the process of education at every level of the school organization, WPS faculty and leading educational experts have designed and implemented a model that reflects the best practices in the field, as well as research in learning, teaching, neuropsychology, and school climate. The results? Our specialized academic process typically results in more than 90 percent of WPS students being admitted to college. WPS’s mission is to “facilitate the independence and meaningful participation of students with specific learning disorders through a Continuous Feedback System that develops skill acquisition and the Qualities of a Sustainable and Independent Learner. WPS also seeks to influence the field of education with research and implementation models that achieve these ends, in this way.” This means that the leaders and faculty at WPS are working within a model that requires educators and students to assess, understand, and design curriculum (and all aspects of the school experience) based on individualized understanding, and to continually re‐evaluate the program. This model focuses not only on skill development, but also the development of characteristics that lead to independence such as resilience, self‐advocacy, and self‐regulation. The science behind WPS is how we understand and help students. To help students with learning problems we must be experts in learning and cognition. We are also compelled to be active leaders in bridging the gap between research and practice. At WPS we research so that we can understand, we understand so that we can individualize each child’s school experience, and we do so in a way that makes this school all about them. As we understand them as individuals, they begin to feel understood–and this is where the Winston Prep magic begins. Please visitwinstonprep.edu to learn more and join us for an upcoming Open House.
Nestled among Cotswold-inspired architecture on 860 acres in the Farmington Valley, Avon Old Farms stands as the leader in preparing young men for higher education. The school’s founder, Theodate Pope Riddle, was one of America’s first, successful, female architects, and she serves as the cornerstone of our school’s motto, Aspirando et Perseverando – To Aspire and to Persevere. Mrs. Riddle’s fortitude and vision in 1927 created the groundwork for an institution that challenges boys in the pursuit of knowledge and self-improvement. Throughout this process, students find unwavering support and create fraternal bonds that will last a lifetime. At the core of the Avon Old Farms experience are dedicated and passionate teachers that understand the intricacy of educating boys. Teachers demonstrate expertise in their disciplines, and they also contextualize learning; this helps students to explore meaningful roles as men in today’s complex society. Small classes allow teachers to cater to the learning needs of each individual. As relational learners, boys derive tremendous benefit from faculty that serves as advisors, teachers, mentors, and coaches. Athletics is an honored tradition at Avon Old Farms where boys learn the value of teamwork, dedication, and sportsmanship. Experienced coaches, state of the art facilities, strong competition, and countless athletes at the collegiate and professional level shoulder our athletic program. Each year, Avon Old Farms competes as one of the best programs in the United States. Avon Old Farms possesses a top-tier curriculum in visual and performing arts. Our rich and varied programs provide many opportunities for boys to express themselves creatively. From our top choral group, the Riddlers, to our exquisite visual artists, students are consistently honored on local, regional, and national levels for their talent. Avon Old Farms is a special place for young men to explore drawing, painting, singing, or acting. The College Counseling Office is fully engaged with every student, which allows us to be one of the most successful college preparatory schools in single-sex education. We identify and facilitate the proper matches between Avon students and institutions of higher learning. The foundation of Avon Old Farms, and all that the school offers, will always be rooted in our core values of brotherhood, scholarship, integrity and sportsmanship; these lessons are fundamental to success at Avon and stay with our graduates for a lifetime. Avon Old Farms School: 500 Old Farms Road, Avon, CT 06001 800-464-2866 AvonOldFarms.com
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{ I N D EPE N D E N T S C H OO L G U I D E } THE GOW SCHOOL
THE HUN SCHOOL OF PRINCETON
The Gow School is a college-prep boarding and day school for students, grades 7-12, with dyslexia and similar language-based learning disabilities. Focusing on small class sizes, 3-7 students per class, and a low 4:1 student to faculty ratio, The Gow School offers a
At The Hun School of Princeton, faculty members combine academic vigor with a joyful learning environment because they believe that students do their best work when they can find joy in the process. The Hun School combines its deep roots in Princeton with a highly diverse student body. Students from 18 states and 29 countries enjoy a broad range of academic programs designed to ensure they will thrive in an ever-changing world. Our global education curriculum is enhanced by the diversity of our community, a menu of domestic and international travel programs, visiting thought-leaders, cultural celebrations, and the Wilf Family Global Commons, a state-of-theart classroom and campus center. The School’s Humanities, STEM, and Arts curriculums are taught in a hands-on, student centered learning environment, with an emphasis on seven essential skills: creativity, critical thinking, collaborative problem solving, cultural competency, ethics, communication, and leadership. Faculty members believe learning to analyze, create, and present your own work is essential. Whether students are using a 3D printer to bring an engineering design to life, discussing cardiac bypass with a cardiac surgeon (during a live surgery), or participating in a Harknessstyle discussion, they are fully engaged in their classes at Hun. However, Hun teachers don’t just direct learning within a prescribed timeframe and model. Rather, they facilitate it at every opportunity with warmth and welcome. Strong character and conduct are demonstrated and encouraged through a wellness curriculum and a living community expectation. Teachers who also serve as advisors, coaches, and dorm parents get to know their students well, ensuring that every student receives the individual mentorship needed to maximize their personal and educational journey. The Hun School of Princeton is located on forty-five idyllic acres in Princeton, New Jersey. It is conveniently situated between New York City and Philadelphia, and easily accessible by car, train, or air. One of the most academically minded communities in the world, Princeton is also home to Princeton University, the Institute for Advanced Study, McCarter Theater, and a bustling town center. The Hun School by the numbers: 640 students; 150 courses; 95 members of student government; 71% of faculty hold advanced degrees; 58 clubs; 52 athletic teams; average of 12 students per class; 4 spirit houses; 3 scholars tracks; and 6 different global immersion trips. The Hun School of Princeton 176 Edgerstoune Road, Princeton, New Jersey 08525 (609) 921 – 7600 @hunschool hunschool.org
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multisensory approach to teaching that enables dyslexic students to thrive. The Gow community has a sense of belonging, of equality, and of connection born of common trials and shared triumph. Gow has a start fast, finish strong mentality and students typically start to see progress soon after they step foot in our classrooms. Progress typically comes quickly, soon after they invest themselves in the program. At the School’s core is a structured program designed to help students navigate the academic day and a daily schedule designed to keep students busy. Between a packed class schedule, after-school sports, study hall and Saturday classes, there is little unprogrammed time. The School is settled on a 120-acre campus which gives our students plenty of room to learn and play. Boarding school life does not always allow lots of free time, but it has plenty of room for fun. It is precisely because students are so involved – playing sports, going on trips, and hanging out with each other – they get the most out of the rich residential experience. In July, the school’s co-ed summer program is five weeks of learning and fun for ages 8-16! The Gow School Summer Program is for students who have been experiencing academic difficulties, or have been diagnosed with dyslexia or specific learning disabilities. The Summer Program runs from the end of June to early August with morning academics, afternoon fun and games and weekend adventures! The Gow School Summer Program gives students academic tools and self-confidence they can take with them wherever they go; to the classroom and beyond. By combining a structured program and environment with flexibility, individualization, and room for fun, Gow provides a rich school experience that is precisely what dyslexic students need to learn and to enjoy learning. gow.org
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{ I N D EPE N D E N T S C H OO L G U I D E } THE GOVERNOR’S ACADEMY
THE IDEAL SCHOOL OF MANHATTAN
The oldest continuously operating boarding school in the United States. College preparatory, coed, grades 9-12, boarding and day. From our first headmaster in 1763 who encouraged students to study aloud rather than insisting on the traditional silence in the classroom, we’ve embraced change to remain relevant. Because this isn’t just about the next four years. It’s about the promise of what can happen after that. We’ve always wanted more for our students. Citizen leaders Accountability, responsibility, and cooperation form an unwritten curriculum at Governor’s that has produced generations of leaders. Our earliest graduates shaped a young nation. Today graduates continue to lead as CEOs, policymakers, engineers, entrepreneurs, physicians, teachers, scientists, and more. An environmental focus What does innovation mean at Governor’s? Fish radio frequency tags, for starters. Our Massachusetts location four miles from the Atlantic Ocean is a testing ground for environmental stewardship and research. A 5:1 student-faculty ratio Our faculty members are interesting, passionate people, including editors of award-winning journals, National Science Foundation grant recipients, nationally recognized artists, an Olympic rower, and a best-selling author. All are dedicated to bringing out the best in teenagers. Intellect We challenge each student to ponder, process, and shape the discourse in small, discussionbased classes. The academic program includes honors, advanced, and AP classes in all departments, as well as research partnerships with Harvard and MIT, demanding standards in writing and critical analysis, internships, and five languages to study. Creativity Outstanding facilities and an excellent faculty support a wide range of arts opportunities, from innovative freshman courses to advanced study in art and architecture, film and photography, ceramics, music, drama, technical theater and dance. Strength Governor’s athletic teams are known for their championship titles. Our facilities rival those at small colleges, and we’re home to some of the best athletes in Massachusetts, many of whom go on to nationally ranked college teams. A global view Governor’s invaluable global outlook inspires exchange and study abroad programs, course offerings and class activities. Motivated students from 23 states and 19 countries—two thirds boarders and one third day—form a unique synthesis of cultures in a small town setting. Helping young people discover who they are and who they could be is what we’re all about at Governor’s. Always has been. Always will be. Always Governor’s. Arrange a visit: 978/465-1763 or admissions@govsacademy.org 1 Elm Street, Byfield, MA 01922 thegovernorsacademy.org
The IDEAL School of Manhattan, a co-ed, independent, inclusion school for grades K-12, is New York City’s only inclusion school. Inclusion is the full acceptance of all students – gifted children, typically developing students, and those with learning differences – in order to create a sense of belonging within our community and to empower students to effect change and lead in the world. IDEAL celebrates the social, emotional, and academic growth that comes from learning in a community that mirrors the mosaic of diversity within New York City. Unique from all other independent schools, IDEAL values the dissimilarity that comes not only from a variety of socio-economic, religious, and ethnic backgrounds, but also embraces the opportunities that arise from bringing learners together with an array of profiles, talents, and interests. In Lower School, general educators and learning specialists coteach small classes, ensuring exciting and differentiated lessons, providing flexible groupings, and nurturing students to have fun while expressing themselves with confidence and clarity in our artsinfused, interdisciplinary curriculum. We reinforce foundational skills while allowing more advanced students to grow at their pace. Students compare perspectives and dive into our age-appropriate diversity curriculum through town meetings and assemblies. In IDEAL’s Middle School, students gain confidence, take healthy risks, and develop academic skills through a core program that challenges and inspires each learner. Middle schoolers begin and end their days in advisory groups where they organize, prioritize, and work together on executive functioning skills. The core academic program includes foundational to advanced classes and the faculty includes both learning specialists and general educators where appropriate. Students choose arts electives and engage in STEAM with opportunities to compete in rigorous sports programs and participate in the arts outside of the classroom. During community time, students discuss issues and events, fostering responsibility to their community. A Civil Rights Journey during eighth grade serves as a capstone to our diversity curriculum, inspiring leadership as students visit historical sites. The IDEAL High School gives students an opportunity to map a personalized academic program and goals with an advisor while participating in athletics and the arts. The curriculum becomes more individualized with a range of foundational and advanced courses. High school students participate in IDEAL’s three-year signature RISE Program, in which they study the challenges and opportunities of groups in New York City and pursue an internship and research project. At IDEAL, we make a difference. We value and celebrate every student in our community for their talents, diversity, and attributes. Together, children develop empathy and self-advocacy skills and grow in kindness and confidence, creative problem solving, and leadership in our global world. 314 W. 91st Street, NYC, 10024 (212) 769-1699 theidealschool.org W E STO N MA G A Z I N E G ROUP.COM 209
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{ I N D EPE N D E N T S C H OO L G U I D E } HOPKINS SCHOOL
FRENCH-AMERICAN SCHOOL
Hopkins is an independent, coeducational day school of 714 students in grades 7-12. Located on a 108-acre campus overlooking New Haven, the School takes pride in its distinguished faculty and a dedicated staff. We define ourselves as a community of civility and learning, one that educates students from diverse backgrounds to a full measure of their talents and humanity. Together, we seek to: • develop in our young people the habits of mind of scholars as the foundation for a lifelong love of learning • foster the courage to live and think as distinct individuals who embrace their responsibilities in the larger world • expose every student to the deep satisfaction that derives from service to others • enlarge the educational experience to include the creative joy and aesthetic sensibility of the artist, and the vitality and competitive spirit of the athlete • provide, through the School’s advisers, the wisdom and goodwill necessary to guide our young people to confident self-reliance • nurture the development of character essential to leading a rich and purposeful life These tenets are made manifest in the daily life of the School and in the hopes and ambitions we share as an educational community. Taken as a whole, these values provide us both definition and direction as we strive to fulfill Hopkins’ mission. Hopkins School 986 Forest Rd, New Haven, CT 06515 hopkins.edu
The French-American School of New York is the only school in the tri-state area offering its students to prepare either for the International Baccalaureate (DP program) or for the French Baccalaureate, in addition to graduating them with a New York State High School Diploma. This international and bilingual school located in Westchester County, NY provides a global education to approximately 850 students in Nursery (3 years old) through Grade 12. The school boasts a bilingual immersion program in Nursery (3 years old) through Kindergarten, bringing children fluency in French and English. In grades 1 through 10, students follow a rigorous bilingual program which combines and exceeds the standards of official French and best-in-class American curricula. In grades 11 and 12, students have the option to take either the IB Diploma Program track taught in English or bilingually, or to continue with the French Baccalaureate track taught in French or bilingually. The strong Arts, Music and Athletics programs along with many clubs ensure a well-rounded education and encourage leadership. The community of teachers and students represents over 50 nationalities, and the fabric of the school is one of tolerance, acceptance, and appreciation of diversity. French and American school life traditions are mixed, creating a warm and engaging experience for the students. A strong Community Service program, international educational trips, and a team of counselors who interact daily with the students contribute to the development of balanced and caring individuals. FASNY’s mission to educate internationally minded students occurs within the context of a track record of academic excellence. Its average SAT scores are well above the national and independent schools average, and its French Baccalaureate results places it at the top of the French-American schools in North America. Each year FASNY sends students to the best colleges and universities. Since its first graduating class in 2009, its acceptance list has included: Cambridge, Columbia, Harvard, Imperial College, London School of Economics, MIT, Oxford, Princeton, Sciences-Po, Stanford, UC Berkeley, University College London and Yale. FASNY is accredited by the International Baccalaureate Organization, the French Ministry of Education, and the New York State Association of Independent Schools. With campuses located in Westchester County, FASNY is just 20 miles north of Manhattan (35 minutes from Grand Central Station by train) and 9 miles south of Greenwich, Connecticut. fasny.org admissions@fasny.org (914) 250-0401
New Haven, CT
Mamaroneck, NY
{ I N D EPE N D E N T S C H OO L G U I D E } FUSION ACADEMY
Fusion Academy is a revolutionary private middle and high school where positive relationships unlock academic potential. We are a non-traditional community of learning with the smallest class size possible: one student and one teacher per classroom. This allows us to personalize and customize curriculum for each student’s unique
strengths, interests, and learning style. We are also able to personalize scheduling; students may enroll at any time (even during the summer) and take classes at a time of day that works best for them. Our supportive staff and campus environment provide a safe space for students to flourish emotionally, socially, and academically. It includes a state-of-the-art recording studio and a mixed-media art studio for students to express their creativity. Our Homework Café® is where students complete all their homework before they leave for the day with help and supervision from a teacher. Classes are offered at three levels: essential, college prep, and honors. From algebra to yoga and everything in between, we have a wide variety of classes to choose from. Students can enroll full-time, take classes for credit, or utilize our tutoring services. In addition to academics, we partner with outside therapeutic professionals to support students’ emotional health and help foster a balanced life. While it’s impossible to put our students into categories, we generally serve students with the following backgrounds: ADHD, accelerated/gifted learners, dyslexia, mild learning differences, social challenges, school anxiety, or students with challenging schedules. Students who attend Fusion have one thing in common: traditional school isn’t working. Fusion has over 30 campuses across the country in California, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, New York and Texas. This year we will also be opening schools in Washington D.C. and Virginia. To find your nearest campus, visit: fusionacademy.com/fusion-campus-locations Chevie, a parent at our Dallas, TX campus, says “I’m so grateful for Fusion and what it’s done for my son. He suffers from anxiety and some learning differences… [The staff has] done an amazing job of getting to know him and teaching him in a way that engages him. The entire staff welcomes him and he finally feels like he fits in. He loves the one on one with the teachers and is able to learn at his pace. Fusion has saved his life and brought happiness back into his school world.” Connect with us at FusionAcademy.com to learn more.
MILITARY SCHOOL MASSANUTTEN MILITARY ACADEMY Woodstock, VA
Nestled in the scenic Shenandoah Valley, Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock, Virginia has a long tradition of helping students reach their full potential. Established in 1899, our holistic approach to education not only helps your student to excel academically, but to grow as a well-rounded human being. Throughout the year, your child will be challenged academically while also focusing on character development, leadership, and service to help your student achieve their success. Our small class sizes and college counseling program are designed to support students throughout their educational careers. We offer a full Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) curriculum through Project Lead the Way (PLTW), a nationally recognized STEM curriculum. This program helps middle and high school students identify their interests and plan an educational path in the STEM areas. However, we also offer an array of Art Programs including Communications, Visual Arts, and a Scottish Pipe and Drums Band. We also offer Advanced Placement courses and Dual Enrollment Courses through Lord Fairfax Community College and have entered into agreements with Elmhurst College, Norwich University, and Susquehanna University which state that if our graduates meet the schools requirements, they are guaranteed admission. In order to help your child achieve their success, our unique mentor program matches each of our students with a faculty or
staff member. The mentor acts as your contact on campus and an advisor for your child. These mentor groups meet periodically to discuss grades and offer guidance. Each mentor group is also responsible for working together to complete community service projects. Through community involvement, we strive to teach our students the meaning of our school motto, Non Nobis Solum, Not for Ourselves Alone. Our admissions team hosts Open Houses every month and we would love to show you our school. For more information, call 1.877.466.6222 or email admissions@militaryschool.com
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— Jon Levine ’16, Princeton University
Located between Philadelphia and New York City, The Hun School of Princeton is nestled on an idyllic forty-five acre campus, less than two miles from downtown Princeton and Princeton University.
The hun School of PrinceTon Experience a dynamic community where learning is a passion and each day is infused with a spirit of joy. We prepare students for college and life, with a skill-based curriculum that weaves innovative, student-centered learning opportunities within the context of a challenging STEM and humanities curriculum. We also believe that we do our best work when we are able to find joy in the process, through meaningful relationships and individualized opportunities.
Explore the World and Your Place Within It The Hun School serves 640 Boarding and Day students, from 18 states and 29 countries, in grades 6 – 12 and post graduates.
Experience our Joy. Call or Visit to Learn More. @hunschool
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176 Edgerstoune Road, Princeton, NJ 08540 | (609) 921-7600
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Always we have embraced change. To prepare each new generation with the knowledge and character to be full citizens of the world. The oldest continuously operating boarding school in the United States. An environmental testing ground just off the Atlantic coast, home to highpowered research partnerships, and innovative teaching. An entrepreneurial energy and a global view, with motivated students from the Boston area, throughout the U.S., and around the globe. Always innovating.
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Discover the Hopkins Community Hopkins School is a dynamic community of faculty and students, where a love of learning thrives and lifelong friendships begin. Join us for a day of discovery.
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The IDEAL Difference
In our diverse and inclusive K–12 community and within our robust academic program, IDEAL students recognize their potential to effect change and are equipped with the tools to do so. They strive for excellence in and out of the classroom and recognize and draw out the potential for excellence in their peers. They possess the self-awareness to advocate for themselves and the compassion to stand behind others. They not only appreciate but also seek out difference, understanding that only in community are we IDEAL.
#SchoolCanBeIDEAL Attend an Open House to learn more about IDEAL's rigorous and differentiated program, innovative social justice curriculum, and uniquely inclusive community.
Lower School Open Houses Grades K–5
Upper School Open Houses Grades 6 –12
Tuesday, March 7 Thursday, April 6 9 am 314 West 91st Street New York, NY 10024
Tuesday, March 14 Thursday, April 20 9 am 270 West 89th Street New York, NY 10024
RSVP at www.theidealschool.org For further information, contact us at admissions@theidealschool.org or 212-769-1699.
The Winston Preparatory School does not discriminate against applicants and students on the basis of race, color or national or ethnic origin.
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Choose from over 100 summer programs in 24 countries: • Popular Mechanics STEM Experience on the campus of UCLA
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Learn more about Fusion Academy at fusionacademy.com Our teaching approach is one-to-one. One student, one teacher for the whole period in a single classroom. Why one-to-one? It lets us meet each student where they are and create a real emotional connection. When a student feels understood and supported, we find that they are better able to learn. And a one-to-one classroom allows us to present course materials in a focused enviornment - at a pace and in a style that suits each studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s individual interests, strengths, and challenges. Because we know that every student learns differently.
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DIFFERENTLY ABOUT EDUCATION. DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES. SAME SUCCESSES.
Barnstable Academy is a college-prep private school that offers individualized attention and specialized learning programs for bright and diverse learners in a safe, nurturing, environment for students in grades 5-12.
FOR PRIVATE TOUR OR MEETING, CONTACT LUANNE MCGANN AT 201-651-0200
www.BarnstableAcademy.com 201-651-0200 8 Wright Way, Oakland, NJ
Strength, Character, Success But Not for Ourselves Alone
100+ Years of Excellence
Grades 6—12, Post-Graduate
10:1 Average Class Sizes
Full STEM Curriculum
Co-Educational Environment
Summer Programs
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Advanced Placement and Dual Enrollment
Cadet Mentor Program
Intensive ESL Program
Military Discounts Available
JROTC Honor Unit with Distinction
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Innovative high school summer abroad programs in 25 countries.
Innovative high school summer abroad programs in 25 countries.
For more than 80 years, The Experiment has sent groups of young leaders abroad to build a deep understanding of critical global issues and foster cross-cultural relationships. The Experiment offers 33 programs in 25 countries, which feature themes including sustainability and the environment; arts and social change; language and cultural discovery; leadership training; and peace, politics and human rights.
www.experiment.org/goabroad | 1.800.345.2929
SUMMER · GAP YEAR · COLLEGE-ACCREDITED
Asia | Latin America | Africa | Middle East
MAPMAKERS ONCE DREW DRAGONS TO REPRESENT LANDS UNKNOWN. BOLD EXPLORERS WHO VENTURED BEYOND THE MAP’S EDGE WERE SAID TO GO
“ where there be dragons ”… Going Where There Be Dragons takes courage. It also takes curiosity, empathy, and the willingness to look at the world from a different perspective. We go there… will you?
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Boston Leadership Institute
Award-winning STEM Programs Teens engage in hands-on research in high-paying STEM fields Competitive research programs are beneficial in college admissions Students build resume-strengthening credentials Research alongside top students from all over the world Three week programs include: Engineering, Synthetic Biology, Surgical Research, Biomedical Research, and STEM Entrepreneurship
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Gow is a college preparatory, boarding and day school, grades 7-12, for students with dyslexia and related language based learning disabilities. Gow provides the right environment and the right tools for dyslexic students to rethink the learning process and reinvent themselves. The Gow community has a sense of belonging, of equality, and of connection born through trials and shared triumphs. Come explore Gow.
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In the classroom, as well as outside, Avon Old Farms School inspires excellence. Avon Old Farms is a traditional boys school with both nationally recognized artists and athletes. The Avon experience is well-balanced. Young men feel comfortable to explore their ambitions in an inspiring environment. Come visit our campus and see why we are so successful.
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French-American School of New York Growing Global Citizens
Also offering:
Accepting non-French speakers: • In Nursery, Pre-K and Kindergarten: Bilingual immersion • In High school: IB Diploma Programme taught in English
www.fasny.org/camps
Bilingual Co-ed School • Nursery (3 years old) through Grade 12 Campuses in Scarsdale, Larchmont, Mamaroneck
French summer day camp
www.fasny.org • (914) 250-0401
Boarding and Day for Boys - Grades 7-12 / Postgraduate
At Trinity-Pawling, we see just how deep your potential goes. We will help you turn promise into achievement, and hard work into results. Along the way, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll discover greatness that takes many forms. A breakthrough English paper. An act of friendship. A game winning goal. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about discovering your talents, and putting them into action around you. Because at Trinity-Pawling, no one sits on the sidelines. Get ready, go far.
Visit us in beautiful Pawling, NY or learn more at www.trinitypawling .org
Institute of Continuing Education
International Summer Programmes 9 July – 19 August 2017
Study at the University of Cambridge this summer Over the centuries, the University has helped to shape and change the world through groundbreaking ideas and extraordinary discoveries: 96 of its affiliates have won Nobel Prizes. Our open-access programmes reflect this mix of tradition and innovation. They are delivered at university level and geared towards undergraduates, graduates and other adults of all ages and backgrounds. Over 170 courses make up the programmes which run from one to six weeks and are taught by leading Cambridge academics and guest subject specialists. Classroom sessions are supplemented by themed plenary lectures, general-interest evening talks, visits and practicals. You can choose to stay in one of four historic Cambridge Colleges and get to know fellow students at meals in magnificent dining halls. A range of excursions and social activities will help you become familiar with Cambridge in a way that few are privilged to experience. Long summer days will allow time to explore the Colleges and vibrant city centre, relax in a punt on the river, enjoy a traditional English tea at Grantchester and attend concerts and ceilidhs. Why not join us this summer and become part of our truly international community?
PROGRAMMES Interdisciplinary Ancient and Classical Worlds Medieval Studies History Science Literature Shakespeare Creative Writing English Law and Legal Methods
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Precollege Programs for High School Girls Open to girls entering grades 9 through 12 in the fall of 2017.
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Summer Science and Engineering Program July 9–August 5 Field Studies for Sustainable Futures July 9–22 Hidden Lives: Discovering Women’s History July 9–22 Young Women’s Writing Workshop July 9–22 College Admission Workshop July 23–29
“I liked the ability to take my learning into my own hands. Getting to work at the college level and having access to Smith’s resources was really amazing.” —2016 summer student
“ I made lots of great friends from different backgrounds and around the country. I worked in a real lab and got different experiences than I would have in high school.” —2016 SSEP student
Individual. Global. Exceptional.
Smith College’s rigorous summer Precollege Programs give high school girls the freedom to explore challenging subjects—without the pressure of exams and grades. Here, professors who are world-class scholars offer personal attention in the classroom to college-bound girls while encouraging their interests and passions and helping them develop new academic skills. Smith Summer Precollege Programs 30 Belmont Ave., Room 201 Northampton, MA 01063 413-585-2165 or 413-585-4455 Fax 413-585-4344 Email: Summerprecollege@smith.edu
www.smith.edu/summer
Java Python Web Design Animation 3D Modeling And More! Outdoor Sports and Recreation Gaming and Game Tournaments Music Crafts Lunch and Dinner included! Day & Overnight programs available
3:1 camper to staff ratio! Registration is now OPEN 866-814-TECH info@summertech.net www.summertech.net
Have Fun, Learn Something
On the campus of Purchase College, SUNY
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Clark University alumnus Matt Goldman ’83, M.B.A. ’84, motivates himself with three words:
The Blue Man Group founders (l. to r.) Phil Stanton, Chris Wink and Matt Goldman.
MAKE IDEAS REAL. In 1987 that simple mission statement drove him to co-found Blue Man Group, whose raucous and wry stagecraft turned the troupe’s signature art into a cultural touchstone.
The same spirit for inventive enterprise that drives Matt Goldman recently earned Clark a #16 ranking on Forbes magazine’s list of the nation’s most entrepreneurial research universities.
Matt and his partners have since turned their energies to Blue School, the Manhattan elementary and middle school he co-founded in 2007. The school reimagines education in a changing world by creating communities of learners “who use courageous and innovative thinking to build a harmonious and sustainable world.”
Matt exemplifies the Clark University motto, “Challenge Convention. Change Our World,” which inspires all Clarkies to make ideas real. Here, we regard the status quo and say, “We can do better.” Can you?
clarku.edu
GET A NEW YORK CITY JUMPSTART ON YOUR COLLEGE CAREER THIS SUMMER!
The Wagner College Summer Pre-College Program for High School Students Experience New York City while earning valuable college credit and living on a beautiful campus. Wagner College is nationally known for our educational model, the Wagner Plan for the Practical Liberal Arts. The Wagner Plan is your bridge connecting the campus to New York City to your goals for tomorrow.
718-390-3221 • lifelong-learning@wagner.edu
MUSICAL THEATRE INSTITUTE:
July 9–22, 2017 Application Deadline: March 31, 2017
OTHER PROGRAMS: Microbiology, Pre-Medical, History, Filmmaking, Music Technology, Stagecraft Intensive
July 9–28, 2017 Application Deadline: April 21, 2017
wagner.edu/pre-college
SUMMER PRE-COLLEGE PROGRAM
THE COOPER UNION ALBERT NERKEN SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING SUMMER 2017
SIX WEEKS MON–THU | JUL 10–AUG 17 | 9:30-3:30 OPEN TO HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS SPENDING THE SUMMER IN THE GREATER NYC AREA WE ARE LOOKING FOR HIGHLY MOTIVATED STUDENTS WHO HAVE A PASSION FOR LEARNING AND THE STEM FIELDS APPLICATION DEADLINE: FRIDAY MARCH 3, 2017
summer-stem.cooper.edu @cusummerstem
STEM PROGRAM
The Albert Nerken School of Engineering at The Cooper Union has been preparing high school students to pursue undergraduate careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields for over 25 years. The Summer STEM Program is an intensive experience that immerses students in hands-on engineering design and problem-solving, thereby placing them on the right track for careers in technological innovation. Students work closely with Cooper Union faculty on projects ranging broadly from robotics, digital fabrication, computer programming and app development to biomedical and genetic engineering, improved urban infrastructure and even race car design.
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risd.edu/summer
PROGRAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
3-Week Summer Immersion
Immersive programs for domestic and international high school students interested in living and studying in New York City
College Credit Options
An opportunity for high school students to take courses on Columbia’s campus aside undergraduate students
Global Summer Immersion
Study abroad pre-college summer programs for rising juniors and seniors in Barcelona or Jordan.
Session 1: June 25–July 15 | Session 2: July 17–August 5
Session 1: May 22–June 30 | Session 2: July 3–August 11
Barcelona: July 2– July 22 | Jordan: July 14–August 4
Financial Aid Available*
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Explore your options sps.columbia.edu/hsp17
Experience college while you’re still in high school!
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
summer college FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
JULY 3 – AUGUST 11, 2017 Credit and Noncredit Precollege Programs for 2–6 weeks Explore your interests and college majors Build your resume/portfolio Experience college life firsthand For a list of programs, visit:
summercollege.syr.edu
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Make the most of the summer before your senior year.
Fordham for High School Students
Pre-College Program July 5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;August 8 Manhattan and the Bronx
Earn college credit. Enroll in one of several exciting college courses and gain experience at a top-ranked research university close to home. Strengthen your college application with a proven record of your abilities.
Learn more at fordham.edu/summer.
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By Erica Peplin
Perfect Couple
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I had an aunt and uncle whose lives were perfect. They sent the most beautiful Christmas cards every year. They came in thick envelopes with stamps from foreign countries. It made sense because my aunt and uncle were constantly traveling. They moved from city to city, changing jobs and
I taped the card to the fridge with the rest and when my mother got home from work she took it down and read it out loud, exaggerating the details. “We climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in two hours, we discovered ancient cave drawings in Istanbul and then we flew to Mars, where
starting new lives with more friends, more money, more everything. Their Christmas cards always came with a photo of them smiling, their arms wrapped around each other’s waists. One year they were rock climbing in Fiji, another they were skiing in Switzerland. The card also included a letter sharing news of the year’s developments. There was my aunt’s executive promotion; my uncle’s sommelier certification; the arrival of a rescue kitten named Quiche. The tone of the letter was cheerful yet self-aware enough to know that writing a Christmas letter was a corny thing to do. “We wish we could catch up with each of you, but this dorky card will have to do.”
Jenna befriended a Martian also named Jenna. Life is full of funny coincidences. We wish we could’ve seen you but our lives are better, fuller and we don’t actually like you that much.” She closed the card and we laughed, but then I felt bad. “I love them,” I said. “When I get older, I want to be like them.” “I love them too,” she said. “It’s just different.” The day after Christmas, it was the first card she threw away. --Erica Peplin has been published by Hobart, The Brooklyn Rail and McSweeney’s. She lives in Brooklyn. Reprinted from CosmonautsAvenue.com
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