Cherry Blossom Time-lapse at Brooklyn Botanic Garden from Brooklyn Botanic Garden on Vimeo.
Now until April 20, Presented by the Wall Street Journal
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
Madison Avenue is home to New York City’s most extravagant stores and fashion-forward retailers. This is particularly true when it comes to the thoroughfare’s selection of watches. Now until April 20, 2016, Madison Avenue invites watch connoisseurs and collectors to celebrate the industry’s finest timepieces at its 6th Annual Madison Avenue Watch Week (MAWW).
Isaac Mizrahi, 2015
Check out the Museum’s major exhibit and events focused on the fashion celebrity
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
Brooklyn-native Isaac Mizrahi is known for his eponymous fashion lines, but his larger-than-life personality has stolen the hearts of those in the fashion world and beyond. A true renaissance man, Mizrahi is a designer, media personality, author, creative director of Xcel Brands, and most recently, the focus of a major exhibit at The Jewish Museum between Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street in NYC. more
Friday, April 8
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Public Ice Skating at The Ice House in Hackensack, NJ.
8 p.m.: The Bergen County Players present Enchanted April, 298 Kinderkamack Road, Oradell, NJ. more
CLASSICAL BOOK COLLECTION FROM DOT & BO
Give your bookshelf a face lift with these gorgeous editions of your favorite literary classics.
From April 7 - 10 the Park Avenue Armory in NYC will be the mecca of rare and historical books
Bibliophiles rejoice – as of April 7, 2016 the Park Avenue Armory in NYC will be converted into one of the world’s most distinguished book fairs, The New York Antiquarian Book Fair. This year’s event, presented by The Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA), will feature over 200 international exhibitors of rare books, maps, illuminated manuscripts, photographs, ephemera and singular items of historical interest. Featuring items like Robert Frost’s personal cane carved “Miles to go Before I sleep,” to a First Edition copy of “Where the Wild Things Are,” the fair will interest everyone from a seasoned collector to a literary novice. Preview tickets are $50 and include a return visit and daily tickets are $25, both of which can be purchased here. more
Thinking about laser hair removal? UA gets all the hairy details about this trendy procedure
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
According to Rebecca Herzig’s 2015 book, Plucked: A History of Hair Removal, “99% of American women have tried laser hair removal, and at least 85% regularly remove hair from their faces, armpits, legs, and bikini lines” (goodreads.com). Additionally, IBISWorld recently reported that hair removal businesses are part of an $11 billion industry. With such staggering numbers, Urban Agenda decided to take a closer look at why so many people are going under the laser instead of the razor. more
Svetlana Rabey Untitled #51, 2015 Watercolor on paper 22 in x 30 in $1,500 Courtesy of Sugarlift (Brooklyn, NY)
Where you’ll love the art and the price tags
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
Buying art can be among the most intimating shopping experiences. This is especially true for young people who are looking to start-up their own art collection, but aren’t looking to go broke in the process. Luckily, Affordable Art Fair NYC (AAFNYC) is once again making extraordinary pieces of contemporary art accessible to all in their 21st edition of the Fair. Today until April 3, 2016 the Metropolitan Pavilion, located at 125 West 18th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues, will house one of NYC’s biggest, and most convivial, art events. more
Model Bijou Barrington on location in Arizona. Photography by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, color proof, featured in Harper’s Bazaar, January 1942. Collection of The Museum at FIT, © 1989 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents. 74.84.60
Get a final look at the exhibit spotlighting the dynamic trio that changed fashion editorial forever
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
Since March 1, the Fashion Institute of Technology’s School of Graduate Studies, together with The Museum at FIT, has been illuminating the 22-year collaboration between Harper Bazaar’s editor-in-chief Carmel Snow, fashion editor Diana Vreeland, and photographer Louise Dahl-Wolfe. more
Now that spring has arrived, there is no excuse not to take advantage of the beautiful weather. Whether you're running, walking, biking or surfing, exercising outdoors is a great stress reliever. These products will help to track your workouts and progress, allowing you to keep a helpful record and to stay accountable of your daily fitness. Simply click on each product image to purchase. more
The timeless classic makes its way off the page and onto the stage
Author and illustrator Eric Carle has delighted three generations of readers with his iconic and colorful collage style art. Now, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show" has come to the 47th Street Theatre in New York City for a very special 60-minute performance that is perfect for families and kids of all ages. more
Dress-up your spring wardrobe with dark florals from adidas and L.K. Bennett London.
Simply click on each product image to purchase! more
Get those baskets ready!
Make Easter fun for the whole family with these personalized Easter gifts. Simply click on each item to purchase.
Friday, March 18
4 to 9 p.m.: Open Trampoline Time at Skyzone, 80 Commercer Drive, Allendale.
5 to 10 p.m.: 2016 Northeast Automotive Services Show at the Meadowlands Expo Center, 355 Plaza Drive, Secaucus (through Sunday, March 20).
6:30 p.m.: Adult Cooking Class: Salmon Cookery at Chef Central, 240 Rt. 17 North, Paramus.
8 p.m.: Concert: Johnny Mathis at NJPAC, 1 Center Street, Newark. more
This St. Patrick’s Day, let the luck of the Irish influence your fashion and decor selections. Simply click on the images seen below to purchase.
Ariana Horry, owner of Milk & Honey Babies, tells Urban Agenda why being a mom is the best business education you can have.
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
A momtrenpreneur is a woman who has created a family and a business, and Ariana Horry, owner of Englewood’s Milk & Honey Babies, has created a business that’s rooted in family. As the mother to daughters Avery (2) and Maya (7), Horry has the best training there is to succeed in the mom and baby industry.
After the birth of her daughters, Horry became aware of the lacking quality of many baby products. “I was tired of the chemicals companies were using that weren’t good for my little ones,” explains Horry. “Thanks to social media platforms and brands that support nontoxic and eco-friendly products like Jessica Alba’s The Honest Company, more moms have become aware of the products they buy for their children.”
Horry channeled her personal frustrations into an entrepreneurial endeavor that combined her motherly instinct with her natural eye for design. more
The co-owners of Mommybites tell us the things that make them tick as both business women and moms.
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
Mommybites is the mecca for everything mom-related. Whether you’re looking for a prenatal yoga class in your neighborhood, a tofu veggie bowl recipe, or a sleep solution for your toddler, Mommybites has you covered. In addition to an online community for moms, Mommybites offers free tele-classes, e-articles, one-on-one phone or Skype sessions with parenting experts, a nanny directory, coupon codes, giveaways, and more. (We weren’t exaggerating about the whole mommy mecca thing.) more
Friday, March 11
10AM-9:30PM Meet the Easter Bunny at Paramus Park Mall in Paramus, NJ (through March 26)
4PM Meet The Very Hungry Caterpillar at The Curious Reader in Glen Rock, NJ.
7PM The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Presents Legends at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. more
Shop unique products for your favorite pooch. more
Non-Format (Minneapolis, USA, and Oslo, Norway, founded 2000): Kjell Ekhorn (Norwegian, b. 1965) and Jon Forss (British, b. 1966); Illustration by Von; Poster, Elsewhere exhibition, KK Outlet gallery, London, 2014; Silkscreen printed in black and bronze ink; 70 * 50 cm (27 9/16 * 19 11/16 in.)
By Joyce Perisco
Undefined and often random, beauty is no one absolute thing.
Some may find it in a baby’s smile or the latest runway creation of an up-and-coming clothing designer. It can elicit powerful visceral responses or a calm sense of serenity. When something is viewed as “a thing of beauty,” notes Andrea Lipps, Assistant Curator of a the new exhibit, “Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial,” beauty usually “lies in the eye of the beholder.” more
The architectural designs of Amale Andraos embrace nature
By Ilene Dube
Getting kids to eat, and like, their vegetables isn’t usually the work of an architect, but for Amale Andraos, who is working on her second design for the Edible Schoolyard Project in New York, there is a connection between designing buildings and “the artistic and aesthetic dimensions of food.” Teaching the next generation about both is a big part of what she does. Named one of the 25 Most Admired Educators for 2016, Amale Andraos, 42, the new dean of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University, has taught architecture at Princeton, Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and American University in Beirut. more
By Ellen Gilbert
Illustrations by Maira Kalman
That is so not me,” emphatically says writer/illustrator Maira Kalman after being asked if she would please consider being nominated to serve as the next Librarian of Congress. With the recent retirement of James Billington, who dutifully filled the post for nearly 30 years, one could only hope that someone with some joie de vivre—someone capable of exclaiming, as Kalman once did, “hallelujah for the knowledge and for the honor of Language and Ideas and books”—would come on board. In retrospect it probably was an unfair question. Kalman, whose work will be familiar to many from her regularly featured New Yorker covers, thrives on disorder, randomness, serendipity and lightning flashes of intense pleasure during the course of everyday life; promoting digitization and literacy in a nine-to-five job would probably do her in. more
Interviews by Lynn Adams Smith
The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade and has pledged to gradually increase rates in the future. We invited a group of senior banking executives to answer the same six questions concerning how rate hikes will impact consumers, savers, corporations, and local economic growth. more
Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy The Musical
Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey presents: Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy The Musical – Sunday, March 13, 2016 at 1PM and 4PM. Purchase tickets at www.ticketmaster.com or Box Office at 201.227.1030.
This world premiere musical will buzz into your heart, as Lulu, Sam, and their playground friends explore the power of imagination and promote a sense of adventure and exploration of the world around you. more
By Mort Zachter
Sixty years ago this month, the Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees to win their first and only World Series. Less than two years later, the Dodgers played their final game in Brooklyn and moved to Los Angeles.
For Brooklyn, the loss was immeasurable. The Dodgers were a source of civic pride—a final link to a time, before 1898, when Brooklyn was an independent city. Especially when it came to baseball, Brooklyn had always been cutting-edge, as well as quirky.
In 1862, the first enclosed baseball field ever built, the Union Grounds, opened in Williamsburg. A Brooklyn writer, Henry Chadwick, invented the box score. A Brooklyn pitcher, Candy Cummings, threw the first curve. A Brooklyn player, Dickey Pierce, laid down the first bunt. A Brooklyn manager, Wilbert Robinson, was the first, and probably the only person to try catching a grapefruit dropped from an airplane. And a courageous Brooklyn player, Jackie Robinson, became the first black man to play in the major leagues in the 20th century. more
By Linda Arntzenius
He was America’s most eligible bachelor. She was an ambassador’s daughter born to privilege. Tall, slim and boyishly handsome, he swept her off her feet and into the clouds. Literally. Before long they were flying together, exploring together. They were golden and the tabloids couldn’t get enough of them. But when tragedy struck and the paparazzi became an intrusive burden on their personal lives, they fled to Europe in search of peace. It was bad timing to say the least. Europe in the 1930s was readying for war. Almost inevitably, the expert aviator was drawn into a mire from which he would never fully emerge.
Anne Morrow met Charles Lindbergh just seven months after the young aviator had landed at Le Bourget airfield near Paris at the end of his astonishing 1927 non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic. He was the most famous person on the planet, the first modern superstar, an overnight celebrity welcomed into the most exalted of circles. She was a top Smith College student visiting her parents in Mexico, where her father, Dwight Whitney Morrow, a former partner at J.P. Morgan & Co., was U.S. Ambassador. Lindbergh was on a goodwill tour. more
Banana split chaise lounges? Gummy bear chandeliers? Anything goes at Jellio
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
They say that some people never grow up, but in the case of Mario Marsicano of Jellio, his desire to hold on to his childhood has worked in his favor. For decades, the New York native collected antique toys, but instead of stashing them in boxes, he started having glass cubes made that both put the toys on display and acted as furniture. From coffee tables to end tables, Marsicano’s home became like a functional toy museum. But, what started out as a hobby turned into a business idea when Marsicano’s friends started asking him to build furniture for them. more
From Pulitzer Prize winners to former Secretaries of State, some of the world’s most influential minds have also established themselves as college professors.
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
There’s a key question involved in the college course selections for the upcoming semester – “Who’s the professor?” While most faculty require a quick search on the oft-used website ratemyprofessor.com, other names speak for themselves. Here, Princeton Magazine highlights an elite sampling of celebrity professors teaching courses this fall. more