Fine Art

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...

Jealousy, personal politics, and the high price of lies and betrayal. individual and national. The socio-cultural-political themes of the powerful "People of the Book," the most recent (and sadly recently closed) play at Frances Hill Barlow's Urban Stages, could you have been snatched from today's...

A stroll along Seattle’s storied waterfront is a must. Recently completed is the Overlook Walk at Salish Steps, just above the Ocean Pavilion, the new addition to the Seattle Aquarium. Olympic Sculpture Park, which includes Calder’s "The Eagle," comes with the view. We also dived into...