Susan Lucci celebrates anniversary in Belle Haven
Scene… Scarsdale, N.Y., native and Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress Susan Lucci and her husband Helmut Huber celebrated their wedding anniversary at The Homestead Inn-Thomas Henkelmann in the Belle Haven section of Greenwich last week. The 73-year-old actress, best known for her portrayal of the oft-married Erica Kane on the ABC daytime drama “All My Children” from 1970 to 2011, mentioned that it is their favorite place and shared a photo of her and her hubby of 51 years at the historic Inn and Restaurant on Instagram.
Out there… The Greenwich Historical Society is presenting a Zoom lecture about Anya Seton, the best-selling author of “The Winthrop Woman,” which chronicles the life of Greenwich’s founder Elizabeth Feake. The event, set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, will be presented by Lucinda MacKethan, author of the newly published book, “Anya Seton: A Writing Life.” Seton, who was born in 1904, was the daughter of writer and artist Ernest Thompson Seton and Grace Gallatin Seton, a leader in the women’s suffrage movement. He built the Wyndygoul estate in Cos Cob later known as Pomerance, where he started the Boy Scouts of America. The estate, located in Montgomery Pinetum on Orchard Street, was torn down in 2014. For more info and tickets, go to greenwichhistory.org/ anya-seton-a-writers-lifewith-author-lucindamackethan/. Free for historical society members; $10 for nonmembers.
Scene… Actor and producer Chazz Palminteri, who lives in Bedford, N.Y., is opening an Italian restaurant called Chazz Palminteri Restaurant & Pizza at the former location of Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza on Main Street in White Plains, N.Y. Palminteri and his business partner Jack Sinanaj also own Chazz Palminteri’s Italian Restaurant in Manhattan.
Out there… The Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens in Stamford is offering a fourweek Botanical Illustration Class in October. At the workshop led by Kathie Miranda, a contemporary multimedia artist, educator and past-president of the New York chapter of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, students will learn how to create a realistic botanical drawing using seasonal plants from the Bartlett’s collections as inspiration. Classes take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 1, Oct. 8, Oct. 15 and Oct. 22. Participants will be seated six feet apart. Class size is limited to 25. The registration deadline is Sept. 24. For more info and to register ($240 for Bartlett members and $250 for nonmembers), go to www.bartlettarboretum.org .
Out there… Greenwich Library’s AuthorsLive is featuring a virtual conversation with award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29. She has penned several children’s books, including “The Day You Begin,” “Brown Girl Dreaming” and her most recent bestseller “Red at the Bone.” Woodson will be joined in conversation with local author and longtime Greenwich educator Valerie Bolling, author of the picture book “Let’s Dance!” A limited number of signed copies of Woodson’s books will be available to purchase through Diane’s Books. For more info, go to www.greenwichlibrary.org.
Out there… Dana’s Angels Research Trust will sponsor its DART to the Finish Charity Walk from Sept. 26 to Oct. 3. Participants can walk anywhere to support DART, a nonprofit formed by Phil and Andrea Marella of Greenwich. The funds raised will be used to research treatments for Niemann-Pick type C disease, a rare genetic metabolic disorder with no cure. The 2-mile walk can be completed at a park, in your neighborhood, yard, beach or treadmill. Participants who register will receive a DART to the Finish T-shirt. Once you register, you will receive a unique referral code link to invite family and friends to join the walk and earn up to $50 in local restaurant gift certificates. For more info and to register, go to www.danasangels.org or call 203-861-2063.
“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”
— Francis of Assisi
And that’s all for now. Later…
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