‘Putting Plants to Work in your Garden and Homestead’. Learn how to analyze and gage specific sites for specific-type plantings. Also on hand will be community experts on green roof design and uses as well as rain water gardening- the how’s and why’s of creating these important types of vegetated areas for water runoff and natural watering. August 10, 10am-noon, at the Armstrong Education Center, 1361 Old Post Road, Pound Ridge. Phone 914-205-3533
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News- First, a Feminist Utopia. Now, a Dollhouse in the Country.Audrey Gelman, the creator of the Wing, is taking another stab at shaping millennial tastes, this time with a pastoral inn — and more hotels on the way.
- Exonerated in Alice Sebold’s Rape, He Lost a Chance to Tell His StoryTimothy Mucciante, a former lawyer convicted of fraud, helped exonerate Anthony Broadwater of rape in 2021. Soon after, their friendship fell apart.
- These Robots Do WindowsOzmo, a system for washing windows, is safer and faster than humans, its company president says.
- Can Video Art Bring Young Audiences to Galleries? A New Venue Hopes So.A museum veteran and a financier are planning Canyon, an organization on the Lower East Side that will focus on video, audio and performance art when it opens next year.
- 6 Hidden Shops in New York Worth VisitingHand-forged armor. Prehistoric bones. Music that’s never been digitized. This isn’t retail — it’s an invitation-only obsession.
- For the Sheep of Governors Island, a Final New York SummerThe five animals are back for a fifth season to munch on invasive species, but they won’t be needed next year.
- I Scream, You Scream. They Don’t Scream for Ice Cream.The Museum of Ice Cream in SoHo wants to expand its hours and liquor operations, but nearby residents say the exhibition space already detracts from their quality of life.
- Homes for Sale in Manhattan and Staten IslandThis week’s properties are in Turtle Bay, Lenox Hill and Tompkinsville.
- Homes for Sale in New York and New JerseyThis week’s properties are a five-bedroom house in Ardsley, N.Y., and a four-bedroom in Upper Saddle River, N.J.
- The Spaghetti ‘Pretty Much Every Kid Loves’Spaghetti Napolitan, a Japanese favorite that’s stained and seasoned with ketchup, grows up — just a little.
- First, a Feminist Utopia. Now, a Dollhouse in the Country.
