The Four Seasons News

As other fine-dining establishments tone down formality given the casual mood du jour, The Breakers' flagship, L'Escalier, has reopened for the season with its perennial refinement intact - floor-length table linens, Versace china, Christofle silver, Riedel crystal and all, not to mention the wait staff that presents each dish like an opening-night ...

Nothing celebrates the warmth of the holidays like the glorious concertos of the Baroque Era performed in the church settings for which they were composed, believes Julie Scolnik, artistic director of the Andover Chamber Music Series.

Enter to win tickets to see The Mountain Goats with Final Fantasy on Tuesday, December 1st at Webster Hall! The Mountain Goats' first recordings were covers of songs by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

Eight local artists have painted, textured, decoupaged, rhinestoned, sliced, smashed and added elements to seven violins and a cello to create the art for "7.5 on the String Scale," an auction benefit for the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, which is celebrating its 75 anniversary this season.

National Ballet of Canada dancer Sonia Rodriguez dons the sugar plum fairy costume she'll be wearing in The Nutcracker to get into the spirit of Christmas shopping at Teatro Verde in Yorkville.

The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra concert at Miller Auditorium on Friday night was a study in contrasts.

A Subway shop will open on top of a crane at the Freedom Tower construction site to serve hungry workers.

By Alex Palmer Spas are embracing social media and shifting their focus to appeal to the Millennial generation, according to the International SPA Association.

South Pacific earned seven Tonys in 2008 for its New York run. Some enchanted evening next summer, Toronto theatre goers will be introduced to an acclaimed version of the classic musical South Pacific at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.

The Forbes Travel Guides yearly round-up of the globe's most lavish lodgings. There's visiting New York, and then there's visiting the heart of Manhattan.

The Berlin Philharmonic at Orchestra Hall might have been the hottest ticket in town Monday night, but you wouldn't have known it from the bustling Harris Theater as Music of the Baroque gave its second subscription concert of the season.

Nicolaie Blaga, 51, of Chicago was charged with felony cruelty to animals after Tuesday afternoon's incident.

Marvin Dixon, the director of engineering at the Four Season, stands next to the pipes that take water to the roof to be heated by the turbines and then take it back to be used in the hotel.

When you're in Manhattan to see the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, you are there for the parade.

Today we wish the amazing Bob Gaudio a very happy birthday. If you don't know him, he was the musical genius behind the Four Seasons.

Up on the roof at the Four Seasons Hotel, behind latticework meant to keep things pretty, three turbines are humming away, transforming the way the luxury hotel produces - and saves - energy.

Four Seasons Restaurant co-owner Alex Von Bidder demands that Four Seasons Caterer owner Jean Mackenzie changes her company's name so as not to show any connection between the two.

The Four Seasons and Green Thumbs garden club members with their arrangements. slideshow Four Seasons and Green Thumb garden clubs held a joint meeting this month.

Maybe it's the fact that the First Family hails from here, but Chicago has lately upped its hipness quotient.

You can change the messenger. You can change the calendar. But travelers know which destinations are the stars that shine like diamonds - at least when visiting the island.