Topic: Doris Duke

Last month, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation announced a major new program to assist artists. The Doris Duke Performing Artists Initiative will...
To keep things fresh, historic house museums must be creative with annual events. Lyndhurst in Tarrytown, New York, hosts an event called "Fairy Tale Holidays. At Rough Point, the Newport, Rhode Island home of heiress Doris Duke, the staff coordinates an event ...
Newport, Rhode Island for many years served as the home, at least seasonally, to some of the nations richest families. The mansions of Newport draw thousands of visitors every year hoping to catch a glimpse of what that life is like. The ...

Bernard Lafferty

Bernard Lafferty was the The New York Times:

Famous Debutantes

There is nodoubt that the pampered and privileged lives of young ladies like , Barbara Hutton, and Brenda Frazier were filled with as much tumultas glamor. Her case was watched closely in the press, asAmericans reveled in the intimate look into the twists ...

Bird Cam Frustration

My aunt recently told me about a bird cam that was being broadcast from an estate near her home. The Bald Eagle Cam located at Doris Duke's Estate in Central New Jersey is by far the best bird cam I've ...

Wine from cellars of heiress Doris Duke to be auctioned

NEW YORK (Reuters Life! ) - Wine from the cellars of a woman once dubbed the "richest little girl in the world" will be up for auction next month at Christie's in New York.Each of the four lots of three bottles of ...

Celeb Estate Mistakes

What do Princess Di, Marlon Brando, Heath Ledger, Jimi Hendrix and former Supreme Court Justice Warren Burger have in common? Princess Di relied on a "letter of wishes" to give away belongings, and her godchildren got shortchanged. "Everyday people can learn from ...

Doris Duke's Islamic Art Retreat

In 1938, American tobacco heiress Doris Duke embarked on one of her periodic shopping trips to Europe and Asia. Duke, who died in 1993 at age 80, spent nearly 60 years filling her secluded Hawaiian home with more than 3,500 art ...

First times a charm for musicianactor Nick Rolfe

The article presents information on the acting debut of jazz pianist Nick Rolfe. It informs that Rolfe beat out 30 other actors for the coveted role. " According to Rolfe, sharing the screen with veteran actors like Sarandon and Fiennes didn't intimidate ...