Recently Dr. Paul Hokemeyer was interviewed by thestir.cafemom about the impact of the general election on our sanity. He even has a name for what is going on with all too many of us. And yes, it is not just you. A second story, which...
Dr. Haley Perlus is a regular presenter at the Telluride WOW Festival. This week, Haley talks about how to stay mentally tough even when the chips are down and it appears all is lost - like a trip to the World Series. How the Chicago Cubs did it. How you can...
Want to boost productivity, sleep more soundly, even have better sex? Who would say “no” to that? But how? One word: meditate. All those benies and more with a commitment of only 20 minutes. Read on in Dr. Mark Hyman’s article in EcoWatch on the subject....
Writing for the Huff Post, Katherine Brooks details 23 McArthur geniuses for 2016, pushing the boundaries in the arts and sciences. From a 44-year-old microbiologist to a 32-year-old long-form journalist to a 67-year-old jewelry maker, the 2016 class of MacArthur Fellows is a diverse selection of the...
Two of the must-see films from the Toronto Film Fest on Matthew Jacobs’ list in his Huff Post blog launched at the Telluride Film Festival: ”La La Land” and “Aliens.” My review of TFF here. Attending the Toronto Film Festival is like stepping into a la-la land where bloated summer...
East meets West at a show up now at Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue (through January 8): Zao Wou-Ki “No Limits” takes the viewer through the life and work of work of a master of post-WWII abstraction. According to the show’s curator, Boon Hui Tan, Vice-president for...
Telluride Painting School announces merit scholarships, discounted housing for 2016 classes. Every fall, the Telluride Painting School brings visiting artists to the Ah Haa School for the Arts to teach a series of three two-week painting intensives. This year is no exception. But there is more. The Telluride Painting School expanded...
Brian Friel’s “Afterplay,” is now up at the Irish Repertory Theatre, 132 West 22nd Street. The run is through November 6. Tickets here. Two people, obviously strangers, try to connect over tea, later vodka, talking trivia and telling lies about their lives around a table in the dining room...
Dan MacIvor’s “Communion” is now up at Urban Stages, 259 West 30 Street, through October 30. Tickets available here. [caption id="attachment_61918" align="aligncenter" width="226"] Writer-Director Daniel MacIvor[/caption] Blame it on a Blythe spirit. Actress Blythe Danner had seen and admired Daniel MacIvor’s ‘Marion Bridge” and asked if he might be...
A great injustice happened 135 years ago: the San Juan Mountains, which the Ute people called home, were opened up for settlement by the U.S. military. Against their will, various Ute bands were removed to reservations in Colorado and Utah. In an effort to address this historic injustice...
