Is being alone (i.e. without your phone, social media, even real friends) a scary thing? Or is your relationship with yourself strong enough to make solitary down time a welcomed way to retune your batteries? In this story from The Atlantic, author Brett Crane explains why, under...
The point of it all is to break down the headlines, the week’s most controversial issues, determine why a particular issue is important and reveal the best arguments on each side of the story. In a recent iterations of The Short Version, Cleo Abram explored the question of the attack on Syria....
Turner’s "Modern and Ancient Ports" at The Frick through May 14. “The Great Comet” is now up at The Imperial Theatre. The two shows have little in common other than the timing, early 1800s, circa Napoleon. And both razzzle-dazzle – though very differently. One is hot and leads with knowing...
The 78th installment of the Whitney Biennial, the longest running survey of contemporary American art, features 63 artists at various ages and stages of life and work. The art happening is now through June 11 at the Whitney, the first in the relatively new Renzo Piano building, a masterpiece...
"The Emperor Jones" is now up (through April 23) at the Irish Repertory Theatre. Tickets here. The forest is one of these great, universal symbols, ever-present in myth, legend, literature, fine art, film, and other mediums, including theatre. (Think another of Sondheim’s classics, “Into the Woods.") Throughout history,...
"Sunday in the Park with George,” through April 23 at the Hudson Theatre. Seurat’s Circus Sideshow at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art through May 29. "The Theatre of Disappearance" occupies the Met’s roof garden through October 29, 2017. He is a Hollywood insider whose film credits include "Nocturnal Animals,”...
An important (to me) part of our epic cross-country trip during this Spring's off-season in Telluride was a three-night stay in Pensacola, Florida, home of Pensacola Naval Air Station. My routing might cause some to question my navigation skills, but to me it made sense....
"Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern," at the Brooklyn Museum through July 23. Go here to learn more about the jazz club, Mezzrow. [caption id="attachment_65406" align="aligncenter" width="474"] Image, Alfred Stieglitz. Courtesy, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe via Brooklyn Museum.[/caption] As a pioneering modernist painter and feminist icon, the lady...
We’ve heard it time and again: sitting is the new smoking. But sitting too long is not the only everyday event that could shorten our lives: add sleep. Or the lack thereof. In addition to a sitting crisis, wellness experts believe we have a sleep crisis. In...
My friend Katherine Stuart writes a wonderful blog,”Best Friend Handbook,” everything from fashion and beauty tips to nutrition and recipes – including recipes for success. In one of her latest blogs, Katherine waxes rhapsodic about the joys of spring cleaning. Does sorting and tossing really make way for...
