The idea of a single precious object being passed from one person to another on a quixotic journey follows a plot device as old as fairy tales. In "A String of Pearls," currently at Artists Repertory ...

I, TOO, HAVE ONE: a chaste string of graduated pearls, once my mother’s, that I never wear. I own the requisite pair of pearl studs, which get nowhere near my earlobes because they send me back to the ...

ELMIRA — Thanks to Jeanne and Chris Polak, String of Pearls is one of Elmira’s gems. The shop is chock-full of handcrafted and painted furniture and out of the ordinary gifts. Jeanne recalled her ...