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On Location: New York Botanical Garden Antique Furniture Show
Eleven 1stdibs dealers are among the 30-plus exhibitors who will offer their finest quality pieces at the New York Botanical Garden's Antique Garden Furniture Show and Sale. The three-day event beckons novice collectors and garden designers alike.

On Location: Legends of La Cienega
1stdibs is proud to return as a sponsor of The Legends of La Cienega Design Walk, for which L.A.'s famed design district opens its doors to the public. Among the three-day-event's highlights: a series of free panel discussions, whose focus this year is great design seen on the silver screen and on TV.

On Location: The 2010 Alpha Awards- May 10th
Alpha Workshops, which supports and assists artists who are HIV positive, holds its Annual Awards Reception. This year's honorees are Steelcase, House BeautifulITALICS's Kate Kelly Smith and Newell Turner, and 1stdibsITALICS's Michael Bruno.

Not To Be Missed: Mark Rothko
Anthony Barzilay Freund
Red-hot on Broadway, in museum exhibitions, on the auction block and even in the mail, Mark Rothko is having his moment forty years after his death.

Style Compass with Michael Hainey
Andrew Myers
Artist, poet, writer, GQ editor and listener-extraordinaire, Michael Hainey is not afraid to ask the big questions and attempt to answer them through his painting. "The more personal you can be in your art," he says, "the more you will connect with the viewer."

Required Reading: Room for Children
Reviewed by Erika Heet
Showcasing the work of top designers, 1stdibs contributing editor Susanna Salk's latest book addresses one of the most challenging spaces in the family home: the kid's room.

Style Compass with Michelle Nussbaumer
Marcia Sherrill
Dallas' Michelle Nussbaumer has achieved the triple crown of interior design: With her own store, product lines and critically lauded residential projects, she's found her spot in the winner's circle.

Shop Talk at Lost City Arts
Susanna Salk
In 1982 James Elkind's grandmother gave him a gift of $5,000 with which he opened a West Village shop specializing in architectural ornamentation from demolished buildings. Since then, both the shop and its owner have flourished.

Required Reading: My Mother's Clothes
Reviewed by Caroline Rennolds Milbank
In a poignant biography of her mother, filled with photographs of the society figure and fashion-plate's clothes, Jeannette Montgomery Barron reveals the heartache of losing a parent to Alzheimer's.

Not To Be Missed: Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World)
ICA, through June 6, 2010
Anthony Barzilay Freund
A traveling museum show - first stop: Philadelphia - celebrates the many magical elements of Maira Kalman's singular style.

Shop Talk at Urban Country
Erika Heet
Casey Hale and Steven H. Schwartz of Urban Country have an eye for the unusual -- from the carnival banners and oversize neon trade signs to the carousel horses that fill, what they call, an "Indiana Jones warehouse" and their alluring Venice, California, store.

Creators: Boucheron and the Chic of the Place Vendome
Tavernier
For more than 100 years, the Parisian sun has lit the bejeweled corner of the Place Vendôme that's occupied by the House of Boucheron. 1stdibs-Introspective steps inside and looks back at a century of sparkle.

The Junior League of New York's Spring House Tour
May 1, 2010
It's springtime in Manhattan, so celebrate, eat, drink and tour some of the most stylish homes designed by renowned decorators and architects - and support the charitable initiatives of the Junior League of New York.

On Location: Los Angeles Modernism Show
May 1-2, 2010
1stdibs is proud to sponsor the Los Angeles Modernism Show, held May 1-2 with a preview party the evening of April 30. This year the show moves to its new, larger home at Santa Monica Airport's Barker Hanger, where 18 1stdibs dealers will offer their best examples of modern furniture, art, jewelry and couture from throughout the 20th century.

Saturday Shopping with Jonathan Adler
Move over Harry Potter, the real wizard at the pottery wheel is Jonathan Adler. And this week, the design and media star with stores and brand influences across the country shops 1stdibs – for you. Go Saturday Shopping with Jonathan Adler.

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