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AIPAD Showcases Photography for Professionals and Fans
Thursday, March 29th, 2012
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Playing Around
This is photography week in New York City. Exhibitors and collectors from Boston to Beijing are in town to participate in The Association of International
Fiorini—Classic Italian Fare from Lello Arpaia
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Dining Around
If you are looking for a calm, grown up midtown restaurant for lunch, after work, a movie or day of shopping, where the food is
The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso And the Parisian Avant Garde
Friday, February 24th, 2012
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Playing Around
Ten years in the making, The Steins Collect, a stunning exhibition, not only offers us great paintings by Matisse and Picasso (as well as Bonnard,
Cindy Sherman: From the 1970s to the Present
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Playing Around
Two major exhibitions arrived in New York this week: a retrospective of Cindy Sherman at MoMA and The Steins Collect at the Met. They are,
Vincent Chirico’s Vai—West Side Newcomer is Hot
Monday, February 6th, 2012
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Dining Around
The blocks between 79th and 81st Streets on Amsterdam are chockablock with restaurants but few good ones. A newcomer, Vai, whose focus is contemporary Mediterranean
The Renaissance Portrait: From Donatello to Bellini
Friday, December 23rd, 2011
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Playing Around
It’s hard to over praise this landmark exhibition. It’s so filled with ravishingly beautiful portraits – paintings, drawings, sculpture, manuscript illumination and medallions – by
Morso—Reasonably Priced Food with a Pedigree
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Dining Around
Good news for Upper East Siders: Morso, a new, reasonably priced top-drawer contemporary Italian restaurant with Mediterranean ingredients recently opened, tucked away on the ground
Welcome to the Neighborhood—Not!
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Playing Around
Is there anything more dangerous – or funnier – than self-righteous extremists? Yes, those who live in a gated community, as Alan Ayckbourn deftly demonstrates
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