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Take Compliments Seriously
People are saying nice things to you all the time. But I'm guessing you let most of them slide right past you. And some of you even deflect them ("Oh, no, it's not that great...") or immediately turn...
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The Joffrey Ballet and Chicago Philharmonic Set the Auditorium Theatre Ablaze...
As symphony orchestras buckle, opera companies bite the dust, and ballet companies abandon live music or fold altogether, count as a rare blessing the Joffrey Ballet and its continued alliance with...
View ArticleFirst Nighter: Amusing "Billy & Ray," Affecting "brownsville song (b-side for...
The Billy & Ray of the vague title Mike Bencivenga gives his play at the Vineyard are Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler. By practically sheer accident the two men--and only after director Wilder...
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Isabel Lewis on Hosting 'Occasions'
Nightlife culture is constantly evolving, constantly changing. Event organizers and club owners are forever trying to get ahead by coming up with the next big thing, whether it's the most desirable...
View ArticleArt vs. Begging and the Reality of Modern-Day Manhattan
My name is Sean Bradford. I've been "busking" for over a year in Berlin and the last few months in other European cities, including Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmo. I'm currently...
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'Na Maloom Afraad': Revival of Pakistani Cinema in Progress
A shabby, ramshackle Datsun 120Y, with only the steering wheel in its proper position and graffiti all over the four-wheel structure packed with praises for the movie Na Maloom Afraad stands not in a...
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Contemporary Artist Edel Verzijl -- Redefining Femininity
Pictures: Edel Verzijl It is difficult enough to create an inimitable signature as a creative. It is masterful to be able to maintain that signature while shooting commercial, as well as artistic...
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A-Sides with Jon Chattman: Bastille's Dan Smith on "Eh Ohs," Covers, and the...
Photo/Jesse Jenkins Most of the time, a song gets stuck inside your head for hours, days courtesy of a catchy chorus or well-written verse. In the case of Bastille, however, their orca-whale-sized hit...
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Gustavo Dudamel Will Conduct His First Ever Complete Beethoven Symphonies...
Gustavo Dudamel will conduct his first ever complete Beethoven symphonies cycle, July 8-12, 2015, in Bogotá I was recently in Bogotá, Colombia, for the press launch of the classical music season at the...
View ArticleFirst Nighter: The Death of Klinghoffer on and Off Stage at the Met
Whatever else you might think about The Death of Klinghoffer, John Adams's 1991 opera with Alice Goodman's libretto, there's one thing it is not: anti-Semitic. By no stretch of the desperate and...
View ArticleBook Review: Rendez-vous With Art by Philippe de Montebello and Martin Gayford
Rendez-vous With Art by Philippe de Montebello and Martin Gayford Thames & Hudson Publishers, 2014 Imagine if you had all the time, money, and knowledge of art to fly around the world, visit...
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The Gentrification of Bushwick -- As Told By 'East WillyB'
Since I moved to Bushwick, New York in early 2013, I've witnessed the rapid neighborhood changes commonly identified as "gentrification." With Bushwick bordering the notoriously hipster home of...
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Samurai and Jazz Invasion of LACMA
Attention, my friends, I have breaking news. Last week, Los Angeles County Museum of Art got invaded by a small but vicious army of soldiers --some on foot, others on horseback. All of them looking...
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Dance Celebration Dances on With Stellar Line-Up
Those unabashedly buff Ballet Boyz, late of the Royal Ballet; kick off the 2014-15 Dance Celebration season this month as part of artistic director Randy Swartz's programming that includes performances...
View ArticleProtest Music and the Hong Kong Umbrella Revolution
These days, I watch the news feeds from Hong Kong. I only half-listen to the announcers, the people on the barricades or the experts. Instead, I listen to what's going on behind the live shots of the...
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From Budapest With Love
New Yorkers expect the best of everything, and recently I had the opportunity to see one of the best: Zoltan Maga, Hungary's most celebrated violin virtuoso, a man who brings Hungarian cultural...
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Everyartist Live! and Why Creativity Matters
Last year Everyartist Live set a world record for the most works of art created on a single day. 230,000 children in 46 states shared a day of painting, drawing, imagination and creativity. On...
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Takashi Murakami After Tōhoku
Takashi Murakami's upcoming New York show foregrounds faith in the face of disaster. Photo by Shin Suzuki. Artwork © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Courtesy Gagosian...
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Domke Metro Messenger Camera Bag Review
Photojournalist Jim Domke designed the first Domke camera bag in 1975 while he was on staff at The Philadelphia Inquirer. The bags haven't changed much over the years (for good reason) except for the...
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A Relevant Requiem in St. Louis
St. Louis Symphony Associate Concertmaster Heidi Harris and Principal Double Bass Erik Harris performing at Washington Metropolitan Church, part of the IN UNISON program. Photo courtesy of St. Louis...
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