The following is a brief overview of more to see and do and a few suggestions about places to eat. Botero at the Marlborough Gallery, 40 East 57 Street, through November 24: [caption id="attachment_77454" align="aligncenter" width="349"] Primera Dama[/caption] Born on April 19, 1932 in Medellín, Colombia, Fernando Botero...
A.R. Gurney's "Final Follies" is up at the Cherry Lane Theatre through October 21, 2018. Make it a date by treating yourself to dinner at Fifty at 50 Commerce Street. The place is billed as "New American" food with focus on Latin spices. Squeaky clean,...
"Chagall, Lissitzky, Malevich: The Russian Avant-Garde in Vitebsk, 1918-1922" at The Jewish Museum is up through January 6, 2019. [caption id="attachment_77332" align="aligncenter" width="595"] Chagall's Old Man with Glasses, a gem.[/caption] Once upon a time just after the Russian Revolution that toppled the Czar and his family, three...
Colorado's Gov. Hickenlooper announces 2018 Colorado Governor’s Citizenship Medals. Prestigious honor includes the Telluride Foundation's Paul Major. Ceremony scheduled for Thursday, October 11, 2018. [caption id="attachment_77424" align="aligncenter" width="225"] Telluride Foundation's Paul Major.[/caption] Last month, Governor John Hickenlooper announced the remaining recipients of the 2018 Colorado Governor’s Citizenship...
A ferryman demanding payment is a direct reference to the Greek ferryman of the dead. Charon was known to demand an obolus (coin) to ferry dead souls across the River Styx. Those who did not pay were doomed to remain as ghosts on the plane of the mare. The restless dead are everywhere in Jez Butterworth's...
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The"Delacroix" show at The Met runs through January 6, 2019. Franz Marc and August Macke at the Neue Gallerie is up through January 21, 2019. The epic exhibition of the work of the Romantic painter Eugene Delacroix, (1798–1863), more than 150 paintings, drawings, prints, and manuscripts— is...
How about dinosaurs as a distraction from the noisy, noisome headlines? No, not the old white guys in Congress – the ancient relatives of the ones that populated Jurassic Park. Curious about how they met their maker? This story by Bianca Bosker for The Atlantic...
Is your monkey mind keeping you awake at night? Headlines? Both? And could regulating light or inhaling lavender help? We curated a story that appeared in Vox on the subject of getting to good night's sleep. It was written by Sean Illing, a science journalist...
"The Cake" is now up at Denver's Curious Theatre Company. The run is through October 13. Our Denver theater critic, award-winning author Mark Stevens, reviews the production. Tickets here. [caption id="attachment_76840" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Emma Messenger as Della and Jada Suzanne Dixon as Macy. Courtesy, Curious Theatre Company.[/caption] A...
