Alan Rickman’s Curtain Call God what a week. First we lose David Bowie one of the greatest rock icons of all time and this morning the news came out that Alan Rickman [...] January 14, 2016
A Funny Thing Happened: Songs From The Road To Broadway The 92Y’s estimable Lyrics and Lyricists begins its 2016 series with a program helmed by Director/Choreographer Kathleen Marshall from [...] January 13, 2016
Joy Nevin’s Joy of Retirement – When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade Most people know when and where they will retire and are able to plan for that transition well in advance. Every now and then, however, [...] January 13, 2016
Street Seens: The Astrid Effect-Making Room for Good Luck One of the amazements of life in an urban “village” is that a person about whom you know very little can have such a large effect on [...] January 10, 2016
Jackson Pollock at MoMA – An American Master When the Museum of Modern Art cleared the fourth floor to make way for the massive Picasso Sculpture show, it yielded an unexpected [...] January 8, 2016
DiCaprio Fights for Survival in The Revenant Be warned: The Revenant is not for the faint of heart. It’s gritty, grisly, and gruesome, and the violence is jarring since the bloody [...] January 8, 2016
Serving Time on the Grand Jury Things I learned after one month on grand jury duty: Female assistant D.A.’s wear black or gray suits, no stockings even in freezing [...] January 6, 2016
Geek Rock – Smart Music for Smart People To the misinformed, geek rock may seem an oxymoron. In the past, geeks were seen as anything but cool, while rock continues to be viewed as [...] January 6, 2016