Mushroom afficionado, accomplished basketweaver, potato farmer – and poet extraordinaire Art Goodtimes lets the Goodtimes roll in his short, but oh so sweet Christmas poem. And quoting the dearly beloved showman, Garrison Keillor: “A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and...
The winter solstice is not the full day of December 21. Rather it occurs at a specific time, at the point the sun is shining farthest to the south, directly over the Tropic of Capricorn. Of course, the sun is not actually moving; the...
MAKE WAY FOR BERTHE WEILL: ART DEALER OF THE PARISIAN AVANT-GARDE features Berthe Weill (1865-1951), who promoted Matisse and Modigliani, and was Picasso's first dealer. This overdue tribute show includes many pieces that once hung in her Paris gallery, a treasure trove of fine art...
For our last cultural hit in NYC, we headed to the hills, Jez Butterworth's "Hills of California," which were alive – but with the sounds of Yorkshire, England, laid on as thick as molasses. So the moving domestic drama about sibling rivalry, family grief, and...
With apologies to Buffalo Springfield, something's happening here. What it is is becoming clear...
STAY IN THE KNOW: Tune in for more 2025 Fashion Week events, and buy tickets at www.aidsbenefit.org. Go here for more on TAB’s history. The Telluride AIDS Benefit (TAB) is a nonprofit organization established in 1994. The mission is to fight HIV by heightening awareness and generating financial...
"Berkeley Plantation, VA: The autumn sun was rapidly dropping toward the broad James River when two pieces of reddish baked clay, each not much larger than a thumbnail, emerged from the Virginia mud. Mark Horton, an archaeologist from the UK’s University of Bristol, gave the...
This is New York, where black has always been and remains a thing, on and off the rack. And in this iteration, breathtakingly beautiful on stage. Don't miss Complexions at The Joyce or "Edges of Ailey" at the Whitney. Sorry to say two other happenings...
We are always on a high in New York- even when the art we are seeing goes low. Such was the case with "Oh Mary!" The high: also saw the show at the Met all about Sienese art and the rise of painting in the...
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (or DEI) is the subtext of our ongoing cultural bath in Manhattan and surrounds, just as post-election, the acronym still echoes loud and clear in the zeitgeist. Yellow Face at the Roundabout Theatre: Identity, noun: The fact of being who or what a...
