| Winter Antiques Show Gets Set To Dazzle
On Thursday evening, the Winter Antiques Show at the Seventh Regiment Armory will open to a crowd of collectors and socialites who have paid hundreds of dollars a ticket to get a first look at the objects for sale. The Winter Show, which, along with the International Show, is one of the premier antique shows in New York, exhibits the finest examples of everything from English furniture to American quilts; from antique jewelry to Chinese ceramics, and from medieval sculpture to objets de vertu the French term for beautiful but useless things, like Faberg. "Dealers save their most important pieces for the Winter Antiques Show, so people know they are going to see things they wouldn't see the rest of the year," the show's executive director, Catherine Sweeney Singer, said. "Dealers will say to a client: I have a piece that I know you're going to be interested in, but you need to come to the opening night party to see it.'" The party, sponsored by Elle Decor typically raises over a million dollars for the show's owner, the East Side House Settlement.
Main Street reviews projects
At the meeting, Kevin Moran, newly elected president, reported on the previous quarter's activity and talked about upcoming projects and events.In October, with the help of "Ramblin Rob" Mize, Sallisaw Main Street hosted an antique car show. The event was a huge success and brought many people to the Main Street business district, Moran reported.Mize has now been recruited by the Sallisaw Chamber of Commerce to organize his crew of antique car enthusiasts for the upcoming Diamond Days Centennial Festival in May."Look for Rob and his 'burnouts' during the three-day festival, sponsored by the Sallisaw Chamber of Commerce and local businesses," Moran said.Moran also talked about the Main Street grant program, saying that he anticipates the organization will sponsor another grant competition for downtown businesses later this year.
Career musicians to open Speakeasy in New Albany
East End residents Brad and Lori Tharp have leased a former antique store on State Street between Main and Market streets. By late spring, they plan to open a restaurant and bar and host jazz performances on a near-daily basis. Speakeasy will be the first jazz club they've managed, although "we've played in a lot of them," Brad Tharp said Thursday. He plays trumpet, she's a pianist and both teach music, Brad privately and Lori in a Pekin school. The couple conceived the business model five years ago, only recently deciding to add the food element — chef Kevin Crum and his Cajun and Creole specialties came recommended by Dave Clancy, owner of Bistro New Albany, Tharp said. After the weekly newspaper LEO edged them out a year ago for a building off Louisville's Theater Square, the Tharps connected with Mike Kopp, a real estate broker who has catalyzed several commercial deals in downtown New Albany.
Man Confesses To Brazen San Francisco Art Heist
SAN FRANCISCO -- A 42-year-old man has confessed to masterminding the holiday heist of millions of dollars of artwork and antiques from a Presidio Heights home, San Francisco police announced Monday. Burglary Inspector Denise Fabbri said that James Reem, a San Francisco man, confessed last week to gathering a group of thieves who were able to steal several valuable antiques, including a book of etchings, coins, furniture and a John Singer Sargent portrait of a gray-haired woman valued at over $1 million. The painting, along with a smaller portrait and two antique chairs are now being stored safely in the Hall of Justice where burglary detectives continue their investigation. According to Fabbri, a scheme to burglarize the Jackson Street home of Robert Kendrick began in September when Reem snuck into the mansion and stole jewels and other small items.
Earni Young | Lots of condos to suit your needs
NEW CONDOS IN Center City and Manayunk are nothing new. It is new, however, to find this trendy product in West Mount Airy. It's even more of an oddity on Germantown Avenue. Mt. Airy USA held an open house at Winston Commons (http://www.winstoncommons.com), on Germantown Avenue at Phil Elena Street, recently to show off the buildings - five two-bedroom, two-bath and a single one-bedroom, one-bath unit - for the first time. The condo project has been at least four years in the making. It's no easy feat for a non-profit community development corporation to round up $4 million in financing for a purely market-rate project. Mt. Airy USA executive director Farah Jimenez gathered a veritable village of financial sources to back her plan to convert the historic Victorian building into a mix of residential and retail.
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