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Meet Your Neighbors updates: The artists of Forest Hills and Van Ness

May 16, 2022 by FHC 2 Comments

Rose Mosner Rose Mosner, collage artist, teacher and lifelong learner, died in February. She was 95 years old. Mosner taught art at a Queens public middle school for decades, and later, she taught collage art classes to adults through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at American University. Mosner once described her adult students as “vibrant, […]

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Restoring Linnean Avenue’s tree-lined splendor took door-to-door fundraising and a lot of digging

March 11, 2022 by FHC 1 Comment

by David Falk When we moved to Forest Hills in 1964, Linnean Avenue was shaded on both sides by stately elms, creating a beautiful and cool thoroughfare for spring, summer and fall. Then Dutch elm disease arrived, and one by one our street elms withered and died, exceeding the ability of the District to plant […]

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Meet Your Neighbors: A leadership coach writes a book on the difficulty – and necessity – of change

January 14, 2022 by FHC Leave a Comment

Sandi Stewart, an executive coach and consultant, moved to Forest Hills with her husband Michael Abrams in 2012. She’s been lending her expertise to Van Ness Main Street as a member of its board for the past few years. Stewart is also an instructor with American University’s executive coaching professional program. In her time as […]

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Meet Your Neighbors update: An exhibit of watercolors that were a “working antidote” to pandemic isolation

November 15, 2021 by FHC 1 Comment

Our updates from neighbor and artist Milton Shinberg over the past two Covid years have been about decidedly non-painterly pursuits, such as his virtual lecture on the intersection of architecture and neuroscience, and his recipe for Passover matzah brei. Now, we are once again getting updates from our local artists about upcoming shows. And they […]

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Meet Your Neighbors: An advocate for children and the homeless takes a neighborhood leadership role

November 12, 2021 by FHC 1 Comment

When we introduced you in May to ANC 3F’s Schools and Universities Committee, its chair was James Tandaric. The leadership has changed. Tandaric is now an ANC 3F commissioner and Tvonne Donovan, a founding member of the committee, is now the committee’s chair. Like her predecessor, Donovan is interested in engaging and advocating for the […]

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Marjorie Rachlin and the 1970s-80s flight attendants’ fight to be heard

October 27, 2021 by FHC 4 Comments

Well-groomed and smiling, the flight attendant of the 1950s and early 1960s played a traditional woman’s role. Hers was one of the glamour careers for women, usually terminated by marriage after two or three years…. Pilots kept a close watch on their “girls” – expecting deference and admiration both on the plane and off…. As […]

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Meet Your Neighbors update: “A Second Reckoning” and an ongoing search for justice for all

October 25, 2021 by FHC 1 Comment

by Marlene Berlin Since we first met Scott Seligman in 2012, this historian, author and neighbor has written several books about hidden figures of our immigrant history. Seligman tells the stories of the injustices they faced, and at times, their triumphs. He now turns to racial injustice in A Second Reckoning, the story of John […]

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Meet Your Neighbors: She turns ephemeral beauties into lasting works of art

September 13, 2021 by FHC 1 Comment

Floral arrangements, as a rule, are fleeting beauties. But not the ones from District Harvests founder Amanda Starr Bean. Her bouquets of fresh flowers and herbs can be dried and brewed into tea. Her dried floral creations, some preserved under glass, are made to last. Bean sells her creations at districtharvests.com. (And you’ll have a […]

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Meet Your Neighbors update: An artist’s anger and “spiritual quest” on exhibit at Strathmore’s gallery

September 8, 2021 by FHC Leave a Comment

Our neighborhood is home to many artists, and we’ve been curious about what they’ve been up to during the pandemic. So we were delighted to receive an update from Deborah CC Lacroix. We first introduced our readers to the Forest Hills-based painter and sculptor in 2013. Four of LaCroix’s paintings are featured in a new […]

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In memory: Marjorie Rachlin, a lover of and force of nature

August 30, 2021 by FHC 12 Comments

by Marlene Berlin Marjorie Rachlin died on Sunday, August 22nd. She was 99 years old. Forest Hills Connection readers may know her best from her “Backyard Nature” articles. To her friends and neighbors, she was known throughout the years as a labor educator, community activist, and avid gardener and birder. She was also one of […]

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