Mother’s Day was first suggested in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe (who wrote the words to the “Battle Hymn of the Republic”) as a day dedicated to peace. In 1907, Philadelphian Ana Jarvis began a campaign to establish a national Mother’s Day. She persuaded her mother’s...
Our last days in New York were the usual mix of art and theatre: galleries in Chelsea and the Lower East Side near the New Museum (with a little help from our friend, artist and long-time, part-time Telluride local Matt Kleberg). "Moroni: Riches of Renaissance...
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, but Fountain House is on the job every day. The nonprofit is dedicated to the recovery of men and women with serious mental illness by providing opportunities for their members to live, work, and learn, while contributing their talents...
A gem of a show titled "German Expressionism and 20th Century Masterworks From Galerie Thomas, Munich" is up through May 16 at the Richard Feigen Gallery, then the art travels to Art Basel. Lucien Freud monumental nudes are on display at Aquavella through May 24....
Shakespeare's "King Lear" starring Glenda Jackson at the Cort Theatre, 138 West 48 Street, and "INK" at the Manhattan Theatre Club, 261 West 47, are both up through July 7, 2019. [caption id="attachment_80575" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Glenda Jackson as Lear and Ruth Wilson as Cordelia and The...
"Frida Kahlo:Appearances Can Be Deceiving" at the Brooklyn Museum runs through May 12. Advance tickets are now sold out through the close of the exhibition. Same-day, on-site tickets are timed, offered on a first-come, first-serve basis, and sell out quickly each day. However, you get...
Since 2017, Suzan Beraza has nailed it as Festival Director of Mountainfilm. (Go here for ongoing coverage of the weekend. ) She is also an award-winning documentary filmmaker in her own right. In fact, her latest effort, "Massacre River," about the crisis (and its victims)...
After a weekend in Ashland attending early days of the productions in the 2019 season of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, we are betting two of three plays will wind up as hits in New York. "Cambodian Rock Band" is already scheduled for the Signature Theatre...
Bill Jensen, Partner of the Telluride Ski & Golf Resort, (per Forbes) the “alpha” in North America, was honored in April 2019 by the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Club, inducted into that elite snow industry fraternity as a thought-leader among the eight industry leaders in...
A Telluride local, Dr. Paul Hokemeyer is an internationally recognized expert on treating clinical issues at the nexus of relationships and behavioral health. His upcoming book, "Fragile Power," coming out soon with Hazelden Publishing, is all about the psychological challenges of celebrity. It turns out mental...
