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Golden Age: Operatic Temperament – in Spades
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
“God created man, but Italians created opera.” Heads up opera aficionados! Terrance McNally’s newest contribution to original theatrical cannon, Golden Age, overflows with lexicon, references
The Buzz at the Hirshhorn: Jeroen Eisinga Covered with Bees
Tuesday, August 21st, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
Jeroen Eisinga certainly knows how to enjoy a spring day getting close to nature. His performance art video, Springtime, 2009-11, finds him spending 19 minutes
Three New Exhibitions at the Met
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Playing Around
This Spring, New York’s venerable institution, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is offering us an array of goodies – in addition to Schaparelli/Prada — to
Newseum’s Pictures of the Year Exhibit: Moments Immortalized in the Camera Lens
Monday, October 10th, 2011
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Playing Around
You just have to live and life will give you pictures.—Henri Cartier-Bresson Among the many attractions at the Newseum on Pennsylvania and 6th Avenue is
Maggie Meister: A Classical Original
Monday, March 28th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around
Like most little girls, Maggie Meister dressed up in her mother’s jewelry, much of which she still owns. Unlike most little girls, she circled back
Women Around Town: Maya and Veni—
Maya Handbags and Jewelry
Monday, January 31st, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town
On an early trip to The Philippines on a quest for unusual materials, Veni (Venifreda) Evangelista arranged for herself and her daughter Maya to visit
Beauty is in the Details at Maya
Monday, January 31st, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around
Maya was created and is run by a wonderfully symbiotic mother and daughter (see our Women Around Town story on Maya and Veni Evangelista) who
Patricia Grace Stevens and Elena Agostinis:
Peoria Emporium—A Creative Collaboration
Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town
The multi-faceted Patricia Grace Stevens (above, left) studied at Indiana University where she majored in nursing, but found time to take jewelry design. She became
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