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Vira Mamchur Schwartz

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vschwartz@dailyvoice.com

Vira Mamchur Schwartz is the quintessential jack-of-all-trades... and master of a few of them. Vira’s editorial career started in technology publishing, writing and editing at the Ziff-Davis publication Computer Shopper. Later she served as Managing Editor at CD-ROM World and then Internet World, before moving to freelance writing.

Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, L.A. Times, Folio, Portable Computing, Internet Shopper and other websites and magazines that no longer exist. She ghost-wrote and designed an award-winning diet and fitness book for a popular fitness personality and, currently, loves to tell stories about people and animals.

Vira Mamchur Schwartz's Contributions

Lifestyle

New Canaan's Roger Sherman Inn Invites You To The Royal Wedding Everyone loves a wedding. And if past TV viewership is any indication, Americans definitely love royal weddings. If your invitation to Saturday’s celebration of the marriage of Prince Harry and his American bride-to-be Meghan Markle got lost in the mail, New Canaan’s Roger Sherman Inn has a unique viewing party in the works, featuring special guest Chris Ely, former Footman to Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Diana of Wales, which it hopes you'll consider attending. With champagne cocktails and a lavish buffet breakfast – complete with elderflower and lemon scones, the flavors of the wed…

by Vira Mamchur Schwartz

05/15/2018

Lifestyle

Westchester's The Ground Glass Exhibits Art Photos at Pound Ridge Library A picture is worth a thousand words. An exhibit, which opened at the Pound Ridge Library on May 10 and runs through June 23, 2018 certainly proves that. Entitled “Personal Choice,” the exhibit features the works of 11 members of The Ground Glass, a Westchester-based association of fine art photographers. The exhibitors are residents of Mamaroneck, Larchmont, Armonk, White Plains, Greenburgh, Rye, Harrison, Tarrytown, Yorktown and Yonkers. The Ground Glass, founded in 1975, is an independent association dedicated to promoting the practice and appreciation of fine art photography in Westch…

by Daily Voice

05/12/2018

Lifestyle

Remembering Moms, Babies They Grieve In Norwalk Do you have to stop identifying yourself as a mom if your child dies? No. “In 1997 I lost my son to SIDS,” said Alison Jacobson, CEO of New Canaan-based First Candle. “One year I had a baby and was celebrating Mother’s Day and the next year my son was gone. “Even though I was still a mom, people were hesitant to wish me Happy Mother’s Day because they didn’t want to upset me. Every mom, whether her child is here on earth or in heaven, should be acknowledged on Mother’s Day.” Begun as the SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) Alliance in 1987, the organization changed its name to First C…

by Daily Voice

05/11/2018

Lifestyle

New Post-Secondary Occupational School Opens In Downtown Stamford Changing careers or training to find a new job just got a little easier if you're interested in starting in the healthcare field. More than 50 people gathered to celebrate the opening of a new post-secondary occupational school, the Northeast Medical Institute, in downtown Stamford on April 30. Former Stamford Health Medical Group member, Daniel Remiszewski, owner of the new school, was inspired to open the hands-on training facility while working with a cerebral palsy patient and realizing the dire need for healthcare professionals in the lower Fairfield community. Remiszewski, received ac…

by Daily Voice

05/10/2018

Lifestyle

Paul Winter Brings Sounds Of Brazil To Westport To Benefit Bridgeport Kids If you didn’t make it to Rio for Carnival this year, you can still catch the beat of Brazil with Grammy-winning saxophonist and band leader Paul Winter and his My Brazil quartet when they play in Westport at Voices Café on Saturday, May 12 at 8 p.m. The concert is to benefit the Kids Empowered by Your Support (KEYS) program which gives one-on-one musical instrument lessons and group music instruction to underserved inner-city youth in Bridgeport, Conn. Without this group, the children would have no access to this empowering life experience. KEYS began in 2004 when musician and music educ…

by Vira Mamchur Schwartz

05/08/2018

Lifestyle

Is It Art Or Is It Furniture? You Have Both With Trumbull's I.M. Smitten Admit it, you’ve watched your share of home design shows. We've all learned that a key piece can serve as a focal point in a room and make all the difference in how a space looks and the feelings it conveys. Norwalk resident George Holley learned that lesson when he was trying to decorate tiny bedrooms in a new summer home. The beds – let alone other furniture – barely fit, so he decided to make the headboard the focal point, only Holley couldn’t find what he wanted in any retail, antique or online shop. Luckily for him, he had access to factories and craftsmen in Thailand from a specialty …

by Vira Mamchur Schwartz

04/27/2018

Lifestyle

Fairfield County's Ranger Ready Insect Repellent Wants To Be On Every Shelf The makers of Ranger Ready insect repellent are sounding the alarm. Mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, chiggers, and gnats are more than annoyances. “The rules of the game have changed,” said Chris Fuentes, Norwalk resident and founder and CEO of startup Pic20 Group, LLC, maker of Norwalk-based Ranger Ready insect repellent, “we’ve gone from pesky mosquitoes at barbecues to tiny ticks that can maim you for life.” Around here, Lyme Disease poses an ever-present threat. In fact, area states like Connecticut have issued warnings, see “Lyme Disease Warning Issued By CT Department Of Health." And wh…

by Vira Mamchur Schwartz

04/25/2018

Schools

Area High School Sophomore Takes Lead In National School Walkout Day This year, April 20th marks the 19th anniversary of the horrific shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado that first truly brought school shootings to the national consciousness, and it’s also – for the first time – National School Walkout Day. At 10 a.m., students all over the United States will be walking out of class to protest governmental inaction in preventing gun violence. These days, we’re used to seeing high school students lead the charge for change in gun laws, and Lane Murdock, a sophomore at Ridgefield High School in Fairfield County and leader behind National Student Walko…

by Vira Mamchur Schwartz

04/20/2018

Lifestyle

Norwalk Now Promotes Norwalk With City Hunt We pay money to be locked in rooms with others to figure out how to escape; books with mystifying brainteaser plots rise to the top of the bestseller charts; and Sudoku remains as popular today as it was when it hit newspapers in the mid-2000s. We like our puzzles. Norwalk Now is counting on this for its first City Hunt through the city’s Wall Street and SoNo neighborhoods on Saturday, April 28. Participants meet up at 10:30 a.m. at O'Neill's Irish Pub on 93 North Main Street, “hunt” between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and then hit the after party from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. (You'll have to solve the clues…

by Vira Mamchur Schwartz

04/19/2018

Lifestyle

Come With Me Or Go Alone: Jerry Garcia In Music, Art in Fairfield County There’s a whole generation out there that fondly remembers touring along with the Grateful Dead. Alas, with Jerry Garcia’s death in 1995, the Dead, as they had been known and loved, were no more, but the spirit continues in the remaining members’ projects and in the many tribute bands that crisscross Fairfield County. This Friday, April 20, at 8 p.m. the freshly refurbished Wall Street Theater at 71 Wall Street in Norwalk, is hosting The Garcia Project. This band takes one specific show of the Jerry Garcia Band anywhere from 1976 to 1995 and recreates it, song by song. If you can’t make it …

by Vira Mamchur Schwartz

04/17/2018

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