October 2005


Feature
Getting ready for her performance at Tilles Center this month, Bernadette Peters chats about her favorite music and some of her “pet projects.” 

When she was growing up, Bernadette Peters was the “odd girl out.” The only 5-year-old on television, little Bernadette thought acting and singing were just fun pastimes, not realizing that she was actually gracing the small screen on shows such as Horn and Hardart’s Children’s Hour. “To me, it was just like playing, just singing and playacting with this big thing in front of me, which was the camera,” she laughs. And, the frizzy curls didn’t help her popularity either. “I didn’t want these!” Peters says, looking back on what later became her signature look. “When I was growing up, straight hair was very ‘in.’”

Beauty
Esthetician and makeup artist Susie Galvez offers tips on how to safely preserve your makeup from season to season.

It’s that time again. Time to pack away those cute print tops, bead-legged Capri pants and straw handbags, and bring out the jeans, cable-knit sweaters and rainbow-striped scarves. But, if the box labeled “Summer ‘04” is filled only with clothes, you’re forgetting something major: your face. That’s right, says Susie Galvez. To look fresh and vibrant in the season of falling leaves, hayrides, bonfires and (eventually) snowball fights, you’ve got to bring out the burnished burgundy lipstick – but, first, you must properly preserve the pearly peach.

Fitness
Though 75 years old, Pilates is only now hitting gyms and fitness centers. Elyce Neuhauser explains the phenomenon and how it can change your body.

Pilates is more than simply just an exercise program. It can relieve back pain through core stabilization, teach balance and control, strengthen your body from the inside out and firm and sculpt your abs like never before.

FYI
Special events are scheduled for National Depression Screen Day and to celebrate Breast Cancer Survivors. Reports find that yoga stimulates weight loss and Tumi has created a line of luggage geared towards the female executive.

Health
Volunteers, survivors and social work interns staff a free, confidential hotline that answers any questions about breast cancer across New York State.

“More than 25 years ago, in 1980, when a woman heard that terrifying diagnosis, ‘You have breast cancer,’ there was nowhere to turn,” says Hillary Rutter, Director of the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program in Garden City at Adelphi University’s School of Social Work. She continues, “For information about mammograms, hospitals, treatments and second opinions, women were fearful, confused and, perhaps most alarming, felt utterly alone in making the next crucial decisions affecting their lives and those of their families.”

Health and Fitness Guide
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Happenings
Consult our extensive guide to what’s new and interesting this month on the Island.

Support Groups
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