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19 Apr TIO NYC: Not Your Mother’s (or the Wait ‘Til Next Year Dodgers’) Brooklyn
“B” is for…. Brownstoners, who helped restore the mansions and brownstones in neighborhoods such as Park Slope to their former picturesque grandeur. Our new BFFs, Craig and Phoebe, live fully, seamlessly, at the nexus of deep thought, professional accomplishment, savoir faire, social consciousness, and devoted parenting. We met them...
16 Apr Local Quilter Semi-Finalist, International Quilt Show
Telluride-area quilter Val Franzese, a founder of the Telluride’s Many Hands Fiber Arts Festival, was selected as a semi-finalist for the 2016 AQS QuiltWeek in Paducah, Kentucky, April 20-23, 2016, at the Paducah McCracken County Convention & Expo Center in Paducah, Kentucky. Franzese was chosen to display the quilt,...
13 Apr TIO NYC: Portraits X 3
Major talent – and legend in her own times. But a relatively minor brand today – despite her unique talent and rolling legacy. And yet… Cole Porter adored the woman. It was just one of those things…. So did Marlena Dietrich (who paid her passage to America to escape the...
10 Apr TIO NYC: Art Stops & More
Pill bottles, elastic bandages, and a nail clipper are among the motorized items in a rusty old medicine cabinet attached to the gallery wall, each able to tell time in a different world city A mop whines in an almost-human, but fully comprehensible voice. A huge exploded blown-out...
09 Apr TIO NYC: Unfinished Times Two
Work interrupted. A life interrupted. One show at the New Met Breuer; the other at New York’s Metropolitan Room. Once upon awhile ago in Florence, an art historian introduced us to the concept of non finito or “unfinished” in art while in awe standing in front of...
08 Apr TIO NYC: “Bright Star,” A Review
I ain’t telling no lie (or my nose would grow like Pinocchio): when you wish upon a “Bright Star,” your dreams of a magical night on Broadway come true. The inspiration for Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s unapologetically old-fashioned, twangy musical is based on a real-life, incident from 1902 involving...
21 Mar Louise Gerdts: Legendary Lady of the Land: June 27, 1918-February 26, 2016
The first time I set eyes on Telluride was in the summer after I graduated high school, 1970. The town was so small and funky, and far away! But a ski area was supposed to be in the making and I couldn’t imagine a more...
15 Mar Madeline Hotel & Residences: Reflecting on a Culinary Adventure
Not sure what uni is? You are not alone. But then you are also not a foodie in the know. “Uni” is the Japanese word for sea urchin – or more specifically, sea urchin’s gonads. Once relegated to sushi bars alone, uni is now everywhere...