Sweaters Worth a Second Look Beyond basics, there are details that make simple apparel distinctive- a color, a sleeve, the neck, proportion, a weave. Some are [...] October 11, 2018
Have a Question for Journalists Covering the White House? Come to the NY Press Club’s Conference this Saturday There’s no shortage of news lately and no shortage of controversy. Do you have questions for the reporters covering the White House and [...] October 10, 2018
Respectful Culture: Gaslighting As a Macroaggression By Dr. Karyn Trader-Leigh This is the second in a series of three essays exploring the issue of gaslighting, a form of emotional abuse [...] October 10, 2018
On Beckett – Challenging and Silly “You may love this language, you may not, but as the Irish people say, we’re not here together long.” Bill Irwin is besotted with [...] October 9, 2018
Final Follies– Three One-Act Plays by A.R. Gurney A.R. Gurney is cemented into theater history for exploring the declining upper class “wasp.” In the first of these slight one-acts, [...] October 9, 2018
Happy 100th Birthday, Madonia Bakery in The Bronx! Madonia Bakery on Arthur Avenue in The Bronx is celebrating its 100th anniversary. What a milestone. Not only are those connected with this [...] October 8, 2018
Poet’s Corner: 100% Certain I remember my first kiss: I remember the boy’s name; I remember the crispness in the autumn light; I remember walking on a country lane; [...] October 7, 2018
The Magic Behind Harry Potter – Spellbinding Once upon a time, in 1997, Nigel Newton, then an editor at England’s Bloomsbury Publishers, gave his eight year-old daughter Alice a copy [...] October 6, 2018