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The Onera Foundation
At 63 Park Street, a historic New Canaan landmark has found a new purpose. The Onera Foundation has transformed the storied property into a center for exhibitions, education, and advocacy, bringing new energy to the field of architectural preservation and helping to safeguard America’s architectural legacy for future generations.
ELISA BULGRIN: ON THE LAND
Inspired by the farms of her Australian upbringing, Elisa Bulgrin set out to create a place where her own children could connect to the land. Along the way, she discovered a creative calling of her own, transforming a New Canaan property into Longfield Farm and building a life deeply rooted in beauty, community, and the land itself.
Steve Zatz’s Native Meadow
New Canaan resident Steve Zatz has transformed a once-swampy backyard into a thriving two-and-a-half-acre native meadow - complete with streams, paths, boardwalks, wildflowers, and wildlife. A former big-time CEO, Zatz shares how ‘rewilding’ his landscape became a meditative and ecological passion.
Alex Coco
New Canaan’s Alex Coco, 33, produced Anora and won the 2025 Oscar for Best Picture. He’s a real rising star in the film industry, and sat down with B&NC Mag on the heels of his whirlwind winning year.
Chef Peter Kelly
@BrunchWithBabs
@brunchwithbabs is the internet’s grandma! Babs opened up the brand new basket house in Silvermine to B&NC Mag and shared her story with Bedford & New Canaan Magazine.
Out & About Sept/Oct 25
See and be seen at the hottest events in the community!
Sharon Prince & Grace Farms
It’s been ten years since Sharon Prince established Grace Farms on an 80 acre property in the Northwest corner of New Canaan…and ten years later Grace Farms has proven itself to be a revolutionary cultural institution providing unique benefits to its surrounding communities - and innovative solutions for the world.
New Canaan Chamber Music
The term ‘chamber music’ is derived from the French ‘chambre’, to connote that this was the kind of music performed inside the private rooms, or chambres, of the day’s elite. So a certain intimacy is inherent in the term and in the form
To The Nines in New Canaan
Jordan and Andrew Terner are delightful. They’re entertaining and enjoyable, family-focused, and fun. They moved into their fabulous farmhouse, across the street from the Glass House, in 2017. And their daughter, Cybil, was born in 2023. …They are an ‘it’ couple in New Canaan these days!
549 Oenoke
Yes, 549 Oenoke is that house! The spectacular white Southern Colonial, that seems almost as wide as two houses, and has a second-floor balcony facing the street…and a couple of drop-dead Drophead Phantom Rolls-Royces in the driveway. On the northern side of Oenoke, right between the two quite notable mid-century moderns - Edward Durell Stone’s Celanese House to the west, and Philip Johnson’s Alice Ball House to the east.
Think global, act local
From Bedford2030’s bold emissions goals to Planet New Canaan’s grassroots recycling and education, local groups are transforming concern into collective climate action… proving small communities can drive big environmental change.
14 Adams Lane
Olga Sweet
New Canaan’s Olga Sweet, trained by presidential portraitist Ronald Sherr, captures the soul of her subjects with striking simplicity… her acclaimed portraits ranging from nobles and designers to presidents and local families.
Joby Harold & Tory Tunnell
Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell are a Hollywood A-list writing and producing duo, who moved ‘back home’ to New Canaan from Los Angeles during the pandemic, and are now living the dream life, with their three boys - Will 13, James 10, and Jack 7 - and their Goldendoodle Bodhi - on an idyllic and secluded estate with a home that dates back to 1710
Newcomers Holiday House Tour
Five fabulously furnished New Canaan residences are showcased on the iconic New Canaan Newcomers Holiday House Tour.