Zen-like quiet and profundity? Psychedelic bomb exploding? Take your pick. Both are available in three sprawling exhibitions at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts – not to mention the wonderful work in a town house across the street. For five decades, Richard Nonas has created a body of work...
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ production of "Sweeney Todd” gets a rave from Tall Tales columnist Mark Stevens, TIO’s Denver theatre critic. Through May 15. Tickets here. [caption id="attachment_58314" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Robert Petkoff as Sweeney Todd, the bloodthirsty barber of Fleet Street. Courtesy, The Denver Center.[/caption] Before...
“B” is for...
Telluride-area quilter Val Franzese, a founder of the Telluride’s Many Hands Fiber Arts Festival, was selected as a semi-finalist for the 2016 AQS QuiltWeek in Paducah, Kentucky, April 20-23, 2016, at the Paducah McCracken County Convention & Expo Center in Paducah, Kentucky. [caption id="attachment_57975" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Saint Kathryn, by...
Major talent - and legend in her own times. But a relatively minor brand today – despite her unique talent and rolling legacy. And yet...
Last week, Cleo Abram blogged about the controversial tampon tax. Do tampons fall under the category of “necessities,” which in most, read 45, states are not taxed? This week’s subject is no less, ahem, taxing: As The Donald gets closer to his pot of gold,...
Pill bottles, elastic bandages, and a nail clipper are among the motorized items in a rusty old medicine cabinet attached to the gallery wall, each able to tell time in a different world city A mop whines in an almost-human, but fully comprehensible voice. A huge exploded blown-out...
Work interrupted. A life interrupted. One show at the New Met Breuer; the other at New York's Metropolitan Room. Once upon awhile ago in Florence, an art historian introduced us to the concept of non finito or “unfinished" in art while in awe standing in front of Michelangelo’s Prisoners or...
I ain’t telling no lie (or my nose would grow like Pinocchio): when you wish upon a "Bright Star,” your dreams of a magical night on Broadway come true. [caption id="attachment_58082" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Carmen Cusack makes her Broadway debut in “Bright Srar.” (courtesy, broadway.com)[/caption] The inspiration for Steve...
Did you know you can deduct pet expenses on your tax return? Well actually you can’t, but I tried that one out on April 1 as a joke. Roped a lot of humans in. Sadly, the truth is otherwise: unless you use your pet for specific purposes...
