A year ago this month, Barack Obama was inaugurated President of the United States. Over the past 12 months, the celebratory fervor for this country’s first black President has ebbed and flowed along with the ripples from the stock market, the unemployment rate, and the endless political mud-slinging that has perhaps become most symbolically visible [...]
The New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend is approaching quickly. For a mere $30, you get to dive into the minds of all your favorite performers, authors and all sorts of engaging personalities. Intelligent hosts offer insightful commentary on each person’s career, as well as a chance for audience q&a. I had the pleasure [...]
By Jennifer DeMeritt Depending on your opinion of the genre, you might think a musical is a lousy tribute for an artist as charismatic, influential, and flat-out funky as Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the Nigerian political activist and father of Afrobeat. Me? I’ve always hated musicals, which typically seem like boring songs in service of a boring [...]
It’s the twentysomething Catch-22: You can’t get experience without a job. You can’t get a job without experience. But in the throes of the worst economic recession since the 1930s, this crisis gets all the more menacing for young adults. No job (or trustfund)? No apartment. No relationship. No survival. And maybe for some, the [...]
For this quintessential American holiday, I asked NY food and wine luminaries for their Thanksgiving meal plans, thoughts, memories and advice. RR: WHAT WAS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE THANKSGIVING EXPERIENCE, WHETHER FABULOUS OR FIASCO? DANA COWIN: (Editor-in-Chief of Food & Wine Magazine)?My most memorable Thanksgiving fiasco took place about 20 years ago. I made a huge spinach side [...]
Bob Dylan and His Band United Palace Theatre New York City November 19, 2009 Gonna change my way of thinking Make myself a different set of rules Gonna change my way of thinking Make myself a different set of rules Gonna put my best foot forward And stop being influenced by fools Bob Dylan kicked off the final night of his three-night stand (and [...]
Shuffling through daily life in an often anonymous city, we may tend to forget that behind all those impassive faces on the subway, each person has their own story…their own anxieties, troubles, and fears. In Albert Tapper’s Sessions, the life struggles that we normally never see or hear are endearingly humanized as we eavesdrop on [...]
It’s Broadway Cares drive season again, and after today’s matinee performance of A Steady Rain, two women EACH bid $10,000 for a shirt off the backs of Hugh Jackman or Daniel Craig. For charity of course. They also walked away with autographed photos and a meet-and-greet with Broadway’s resident Wolverine and James Bond. It was a [...]
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POETIC LICENSE: The Academy of American Poets "Poetry & The Creative Mind" Benefit
Memphis: A New Musical
