Scene\u2026 The 2026 annual Malta House Gala took place on May 8 at Woodway Country Club in Darien. \u201cThe enthusiasm, generosity and compassion shown throughout the evening was extraordinary,\u201d said Michael O\u2019Rourke, Malta House board chair and co-founder. \u201cThe support we received will help us continue building a place of refuge, renewal and opportunity for women and their children.\u201d Since its inception in 1998, Malta House has offered shelter, stability and hope for over 900 vulnerable mothers and their babies. O\u2019Rourke and his wife A.C. O\u2019Rourke, Stamford residents, were seen over the holiday weekend with good friends at Louie\u2019s Italian Restaurant & Bar on River Road in Cos Cob.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scene\u2026 NBA All-Star and Cleveland Cavalier\u2019s guard Donovan Mitchell\u00a0was seen grabbing lunch at Rinaldi\u2019s Country Deli in\u00a0Cos Cob last week. Mitchell, a Greenwich Country Day School graduate, is a huge benefactor of the school, resulting in the Donovan Mitchell Family Athletic Center on its campus. His mother, Nicole Mitchell, also taught school there for over 10 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Out there\u2026 The Woman\u2019s Club of Greenwich is hosting a concert on the lawn on Friday, June 5, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. to benefit the Greenwich Scholarship Association, dedicated to helping students achieve a college education. The evening will feature live music by the popular local band Chasing Romeo on the lawn of the Woman\u2019s Club at 89 Maple Ave. Bring lawn chairs, food and drink. Doors open at 5:30. For tickets (adults $20\/kids under 12 free), cash at the door or\u00a0Zelle: wcogct@gmail.com<\/a> is accepted. The rain date is June 12. For more info, call 203-869-2046 or go to www.womansclubofgreenwich.org.<\/a><\/p>\n Scene\u2026 Some New York Knicks stars were out and about in Westchester County, N.Y., last week. Forward Josh Hart was seen with his wife, Shannon, at Caf\u00e9 Deux in Harrison, and guard Jordan Clarkson was seen having lunch at Kee Oyster House in White Plains.<\/p>\n Out there\u2026 The Friends of the Wallace Center are hosting a fundraiser happy hour at\u00a0Caren\u2019s Cos Cobber on Monday, June 8, from 4 to 6 p.m. to coincide with National \u201cBest Friends Day.\u201d Each attendee will receive a ticket for a change to win fun door prizes. Supporters can enjoy drinks, appetizer specials, and prize drawings. The Friends of the Wallace Center, a nonprofit organization, provides supplemental financial support to The Wallace Center, Greenwich\u2019s senior center, and is currently raising funds for its renovation to create a more functional and welcoming space to better serve the community and provide a variety of programs for healthy living and purposeful aging for Greenwich adults ages 55 and up. Beverage proceeds from the event will be donated to Friends of The Wallace Center.<\/p>\n Out there\u2026 The Riverside Garden Club is offering tours of the Colonial herb garden at Putnam Cottage on 243\u00a0E. Putnam Ave. in Greenwich on Sunday, June 7, from 2 to 4 p.m. The event will feature light refreshments and Two Roads Brewery of Stratford will brew ale using hops grown in the garden at Putnam Cottage (Knapps Tavern) that the Riverside Garden Club restored. For more info, go to www.riversidectgardenclub.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n And that\u2019s all for now.<\/p>\n \u201cNothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.\u201d \u2014 Marie Curie<\/p>\n Got a tip? Seen a celebrity? Email Susie Costaregni at thedish2@yahoo.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scene\u2026 The 2026 annual Malta House Gala took place on May 8 at Woodway Country Club in Darien.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,222053,255964,459,82,255965],"class_list":["post-703763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ct-insider","tag-greenwich-time","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-stamford-advocate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}