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Jeanne Muchnick

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Jeanne Muchnick, Daily Voice Deputy Editor, Content, has covered everything from baby advice for Parents Magazine to travel finds for The Rough Guides to human interest features for The New York Times to lifestyle insights for prevention.com. She has been a Senior Editor at top national women's magazines including Woman's World and Woman's Day and was instrumental in the launch of Gannett's InTown, Rockland and Putnam magazines. She is also the author of Dinner for Busy Moms, a 2010 Mom's Award winner. Among her favorite things to write about: Her neighbors and surrounding communities. So email her and fill her in on what's happening near you. And, follow her on Instagram @dailyvoicefeatures.

Jeanne was formerly a deputy editor at Daily Voice.

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Lifestyle

Newtown's EverWonder Museum Encourages Learning Through Stories NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Who doesn't love a story? At EverWonder Children's Museum in Newtown, "Story Lab" is a once a week event that tends to draw young children and their caregivers. The museum, founded in January 2011, prides itself on cultivating a lifelong love-of-learning for children by encouraging them to think, inquire, and wonder about the world around them. Among the exhibits, guests will find an art lab, a three-wheeled racer car track, a magnet table, tornado tubes, a giant pendulum, a dancing wall and a swinging art harmonograph. The museum is at 31 Peck's Lane, (203) 36…

by Jeanne Muchnick

06/09/2016

Neighbors

'Orange Is The New Black' Actor Spends Down Time In Westchester NORTH SALEM, N.Y. -- Yes, Westchesterites, that's Michael Chernus from the Netflix comedy-drama series "Orange is the New Black" grabbing his coffee at Hayfield's Market in North Salem. The actor, who's appeared in numerous TV shows, theater productions and films including "Captain Philips" alongside Tom Hanks, divides his time between Brooklyn and Brewster where his wife, Emily, runs SPACE on Ryder Farm, an artist residency and retreat program housed on the grounds of Ryder Farm, a 220-year-old working organic farm. "’I'm on the farm as much as I can be because I l…

by Jeanne Muchnick

06/09/2016

Lifestyle

Jerry Seinfeld Takes Detour To Westchester In Latest Crackle Series RYE, N.Y. -- Season eight of Crackle's "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" will once again, feature familiar landscape. The show, which premieres Thursday, June 16, and airs every subsequent Thursday, has Westchester getting its 15 minutes of fame with shots of Wainwright House in Rye. As reported in an earlier Daily Voice story, Seinfeld was on the grounds filming in a 1959 vintage Triumph TR3. A Wainwright spokesperson said the segment will include Comedian John Oliver. No release date has been set for the Seinfeld/Oliver show -- at least no one at Crackle was willing to comment…

by Jeanne Muchnick

06/08/2016

Lifestyle

Director Who Grew Up In Darien Gears Up To Screen First Film In Greenwich GREENWICH, Conn. -- Robert McKeon has come a long way since his days minding the counter at the now-defunct Roxy Videos in Darien. McKeon, who grew up in Darien and worked first as a clerk and then as an assistant manager at the store, is about to preview his first film at the Greenwich International Film Festival (GIFF). "Wifey Redux," a drama/comedy that he directed and produced, follows the story of man who becomes maniacally obsessed with chasing off his teenage daughter’s handsome new boyfriend, putting his familial bonds and his own sanity to the test. It's based on a short…

by Jeanne Muchnick

06/08/2016

Events

Mamaroneck Students Plan 'Song For Syria' Event MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- "Song for Syria," a benefit concert featuring Mamaroneck High School (MHS) students playing a mix of rock, jazz, classical and alternative music will be held Thursday, June 9, with monies going to help Syrian refugees. Performers are current MHS students along with a few solo artists and alumni. The concert is the brainchild of The Refugee Project, a student-run MHS club of 15 spanning grades nine to 12 that was founded in the fall. Chloe Malushaga, president of the club, said the group was moved by the image of three-year-old Alan Kurdi on the shores of a Turk…

by Jeanne Muchnick

06/08/2016

Neighbors

'Orange Is The New Black' Actor Juggles Films, TV, With Farm In Brewster BREWSTER, N.Y. -- Yes, indeed, that's Michael Chernus from the Netflix comedy-drama series "Orange is the New Black" grabbing his coffee at Hayfield's Market in North Salem. The actor, who's appeared in numerous TV shows, theater productions and films including "Captain Philips" alongside Tom Hanks, divides his time between Brooklyn and Brewster where his wife, Emily, runs SPACE on Ryder Farm, an artist residency and retreat program housed on the grounds of Ryder Farm, a 220-year-old working organic farm. "’I'm on the farm as much as I can be because I love it there…

by Jeanne Muchnick

06/07/2016

Lifestyle

'Muscle' Tackles Death, Marriage In Greenwich Film Festival Short Drama GREENWICH, Conn. -- "Muscle," a drama that tackles the difficulties of disease within a marriage, will have its world premiere at the Greenwich Film Festival on Thursday June 9 at 3:30 p.m. and Sunday, June 12 at 5 p.m. The film is executive produced by Frank Oz and follows Amanda (Actress Fiona Graham) as she takes care of her bedridden husband, Craig (Marc Menchaca) as he inches closer to death. Graham found that producing her own work allowed her to tackle stronger female driven narrative and more complex characters as well as create jobs for women in film on both sides of the …

by Jeanne Muchnick

06/07/2016

Neighbors

Trumbull Teen Plans Summer Filled With Sounds Of Music TRUMBULL, Conn. -- The old question, "What are you doing this summer?" is a bit of a mouthful for 15-year-old Julian Shively, a student at Fairchild Wheeler Inter-district Magnet High School in Bridgeport. The Trumbull teen will be touring for eight days with the Fairfield-based Greater Bridgeport Youth Orchestra (GBYO) in Italy for the first part of summer. (see previous Daily Voice story HERE). Then, he'll attend a chamber music institute at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., playing mostly piano. And in August, he's off to an intensive chamber music camp playing two com…

by Jeanne Muchnick

06/07/2016

Business

Darien Couple Start Toy Company Meant To Manage 'Happy Chaos' Of Parenting DARIEN, Conn. -- Parenting can be tough. Which is why Darien residents Jess and Andrew Black, parents of three ages seven, nine and 11, came up with tools to successfully manage the "happy chaos." The company, N+B Toys, is all about offering moms and dads basic tools to help parents “keep their cool.” New to the line: three high-design tools to help foster family interactions, deepen connections and ultimately help limit some of the frustrations of parenting. "In many ways we're all on this parenthood journey together," said Jess. "Families with young children deal…

by Jeanne Muchnick

06/07/2016

Lifestyle

Where Do You Brunch Rockland? DVlicious Contest Seeks Nominees ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. — Where do you like to go for brunch, Rockland? Now's your time to tell us -- and select a DVlicious winner. Send nominees to dvlicious@dailyvoice.com by Wednesday, June 8 at 4 p.m. Finalists will be announced later in the week, with profiles on each to follow. Winners receive a DVlicious award and bragging rights to serving the best combination of lunch and breakfast in the county.

by Daily Voice

06/06/2016

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