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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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Events

Putnam Gaga Fest Helps Kids In Need PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- Ready for camp yet? Get a taste of what your kids get to do each summer with the Gaga Fest and Family Fun Day at Kiwi Country Day Camp in Carmel. The event, held May 2 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., benefits Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival and the Pajama Program. Activities include an ultimate gaga tournament with 10 championship gaga courts, a SkyRider zipline, rock wall, crafts, inflatables and more. Admission ($35 per family up to five or $15 per child and $5 for adults) includes all activities, camp T-shirt and food voucher for burgers and hot dogs. (For those not…

by Daily Voice

04/29/2015

Lifestyle

Larchmont Resident Featured In Rothman's Ad Highlighting 'Real (Local) Men' MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- Next time you're on Metro North and the guy next to you looks familiar, it may be because he's also the same person in the Rothman's ad running above you. The new "Real Rothman's" campaign, to be revealed May 1, features four local men -- two from Scarsdale, one from New Rochelle and one from Larchmont -- who, save for one of them, have never modeled before. The family-owned men's clothing store, which has locations in Manhattan and Scarsdale, has always been about catering to "regular guys." So explained Founder and Co-President Ken Giddon who lives in Larchmont an…

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/29/2015

Events

Chocolations In Mamaroneck Features Pop-Up Shop For Mother's Day MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- Chocolations, in Mamaroneck, is gearing up for Mother's Day with a Pop-Up Boutique. The showcase of local artisans is being held April 28 and April 30 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the shop's new party room on the basement level. With each purchase at the Pop-Up shop, shoppers get a certificate for 10 percent off at Chocolations. More information: 607 E. Boston Post Rd., (914)777-3600, www.chocolations.com/.

by Daily Voice

04/28/2015

Events

White Plains Organization Awarded Grants By ArtsWestchester WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- ArtsWestchester CEO Janet Langsam jokingly called the April 24 ceremony awarding 32 grants to area artists and organizations a "breakfast of champions." And it was. That's because the event, held in conjuction with the New York State Council on the Arts, was a "Who's Who" of state and local officials including New York State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins –Democratic Conference Leader, New York State Assemblyman David Buchwald, New York State Assemblyman Steven Otis, New York State Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, Deputy County Executive Kevin Plunkett, Executive Directo…

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/27/2015

Lifestyle

New Rochelle Producer Stresses Importance Of New Holocaust Film NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Ron Stein, the founder of Four Of A Kind Productions (FOAK) is all about making thought-provoking, powerful films. The New Rochelle film producer was behind "The Kids Are Alright," starring Annette Bening and Julianne Moore and "The Romantics" with Katie Holmes and Anna Paquin, and is now promoting his newest project, "Anita B." about a Hungarian Jewish girl who survived Auschwitz, only to find she's not so wanted in the world of her one surviving relative. "We've all heard the stories of the War," said Stein. "But many of us have not heard the 'after.' These folk…

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/27/2015

Neighbors

Westport Family Enjoys A Day In New York For Take Your Child To Work Day WESTPORT, Conn. -- Westporters Jack Huber, 11, and his sister, Margaret, 10, took the 5:15 a.m. train into Manhattan April 23 to join their dad, Ted, for "Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day." According to their mom, Selina, they didn't mind the morning commute to Deerfield Management and learned a lot about the financial world. "They learned what a stock is, the difference between a private company and public company and that statisticians sometimes do math problems that are five pages long," she said.

by Daily Voice

04/25/2015

Neighbors

Briarcliff Father And Son Enjoy Take Your Child To Work Day BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. -- Not many 8-year-olds can say they sat in one of the chairs on the TV show, "The Voice." But for 8-year-old Drew Packer, who got to spend the day with his father, Steven at WNBC/NY in Manhattan it was all part of a day's work. The two Briarcliff Manor residents participated in "Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work Day" April 23 and the elder Packer said Drew had a blast. "He wrote and filmed a recycling PSA, reported breaking news as a news anchor, created and put on a puppet show, wrote a letter to a child in The Children's Hospital, and got to turn his chair on…

by Daily Voice

04/24/2015

Neighbors

A Pure Joy And Love Of Dance Is Key To Success For Yorktown Choreographer YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. -- Nalini Rau always knew what she wanted to do. Growing up in India, she began dancing at age seven and was choreographing by 11. As the founder of the Natya Anubhava Academy, with studios in Yorktown Heights and White Plains, she said dancing is her passion. Over time, her pieces developed and changed focus, from solo pieces concentrating on the joy of pure dance to more serious ballets to pieces that deal with issues relevant to our times. "I'm all about experimenting," said the Yorktown Heights resident. "My Gurus generously gave me formal techniques …

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/24/2015

Lifestyle

Putnam, Do You Drink Blue Moon? A Poll Says It's New York's Favorite PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- Cheers to Blue Moon, which, according to a recent poll by Blowfish for Hangovers (go here to view) is the top-selling beer in New York. Other stats from the survey: Maine claims the most drinkers per state, with Wyoming and Alaska not far behind. The ones that complain about their hangovers the most, however, are folks in Washington, D.C., Wisconsin and Utah. And, to file under "You're not alone:" Fifty percent of respondents admit to being hungover at work, 25 percent have been late to work due to a hangover and 20 percent have called in sick as a result. W…

by Daily Voice

04/24/2015

Events

Organizers Look To Premiere A New Kind Of Film Festival For Greenwich GREENWICH, Conn. -- If Greenwich residents Carina Crain, Wendy Reyes and Colleen deVeer have it their way, the Greenwich International Film Festival, playing for the first time this June, will become an annual mini-Cannes with a social impact focus. The three women, who met through their kids' schools, have backgrounds in screenwriting, nonprofits, fundraising, acting/producing, fine arts and fashion, respectively. (Among the three of them and GIFF's COO, they have 12 children under the age of 10 among them.) It has taken two years, but their vision of a different kind of film festival…

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/24/2015

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