Artist Vicente Saavedra’s path was once conventional, until art set him free. By Isabella Aranda Garcia Photography by Justin Negard The walls of Peekskill artist Vicente Saavedra’s Dobbs Ferry studio are lined with unfinished canvases, paint-splattered sketchbooks and scattered stacks of well-loved brushes. Classical or jazz music hums in the background. The space is an in-between, neither pristine nor chaotic, ...

By Ilyssa Panitz Photography by Rianjali Bhowmick & Fay Fox When Pound Ridge resident Sharbari Bose Kamat was a journalism student at NYU, she had a vision to write a piece of fiction, in the form of a novel or a short story, or possibly even an essay. She even came up with a title for it, “Incarnations of I.” ...

By Elijah Willner In 2020, brothers Rowan and Christian Dias approached their mother with an idea. They loved that their younger sister, Elle, who was diagnosed with a rare genetic neurodevelopmental disorder called MED13L Syndrome, always enjoyed playing lacrosse with them. However, her disabilities meant she was unable to participate in the same children’s lacrosse classes as her neurotypical peers ...

Dr. Monica Grover’s compassion and curiosity are the driving force behind her patient-centered, individualized approach to care The first thing you notice when you walk into Dr. Monica Grover’s Yorktown office is how little it resembles a doctor’s office. There’s no antiseptic smell, no buzzing fluorescent lights, no stiff-backed chairs. Instead, you’re greeted by a plush gray sofa, a glass ...

When Rhett Taylor was just two years and eight months old, he came down with what his parents believed was a cold. But as the cold lingered, more symptoms emerged, and something didn’t add up. “He wasn’t eating or sleeping well, and he was so congested,” recalls Rhett’s mom, Maryana Kodner. “We kept going to the doctor, but they couldn’t ...

By Alexandra Zodda Photography by Tomoko Rahenkamp At the end of the 2024-25 school year, seventeen-year-old Byram Hills High School student Angelina Nie, a junior at the time, brought home her final assignment—a 3’ x 4’ three-dimensional four-foot-thick fiberglass heart sculpture she had yet to complete. The heart, part of the 2025 Armonk Outdoor Art Show’s public art installation, the ...

By Ilyssa Panitz Photography by Justin Negard Ray Benza was only 17 years old when he found his professional calling as “The Curator of Sound” during a visit to his sister’s apartment in Ossining. Moments after he walked through the door, Benza’s eyes became fixated on what he saw. Various pieces of hi-tech stereo equipment pressed up against an eight-foot ...

Writing by Emma Lazar Yasmin De Soyza: violin/fiddle, vocals, percussion; director of learning strategy at Grammy Global Ventures and co-host of The Peak’s morning show Bryan Grone: lead vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar, mandolin; head of production & artist relations a B-Side (“a new player in the live music space”) Marc Lowenstein: guitar, vocals; marketing director at Caramoor Center for Music and the ...

Writing by Alexandra Zodda Steve Giner: guitar; real estate and fashion Robin Reitzes: vocals (and sometimes tambourine); public relations and marketing Julie Rosenberg: guitar; musician and artist The band Reservoir Road named themselves after the popular Katonah walking path. “It’s a beautiful road that the entire community walks on, and we are all about community,” Robin explains. “We’re acoustic, and we’re ...