Theater Etiquette For Dummies
It's that time of year: the time of year when millions of tourists descent upon New York City to celebrate the holidays. While there are an endless amount of sights to see while visiting New York,...
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A Brazil-Bound American Art Star
R. H. Quaytman, O Tópico, Chapter 27 (2014); installation view, Barbara Gladstone Gallery WHILE AT ART Basel Miami Beach, a week ago, I found myself encouraging people to join me on my annual April...
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With the Churchills in London
The Churchill family beckoned and I followed. It's really that simple. The invitation arrived and I opened it. "A Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey," it read, "for the Life of the Lady Mary...
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Returning for the Feast
The night was deliciously still, an occurrence rare in the Cyclades where summers are riotously gusty and winters prone to punishing gales. I was going to the island of Syros on the eve of the...
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How to Find a Woman: Tracing Mottie Winters Through 1800s Kentucky
I am new to Ancestry.com and I am hoping you can help me. My great-great-grandmother is S. Mottie Winters. She was born 22 January 1866, possibly in Tennessee, and died 18 May 1891 in Murray, Kentucky....
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A Roving Locus: A Conversation with Amy Adler
I first saw Amy Adler's work at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego many years ago when I was probably still in college. Her "Director" series was being exhibited and the work continues to stick...
View ArticleConversation About Billy Joel Bio With Author Fred Schruers
Fred Schruers and I discuss his Billy Joel: The definitive Biography (Crown).
View ArticleThe Definitive Top Ten Renditions of 'Oh Holy Night'
In the annals of Christmas music, one song stands out. In the holiday cannon, it is the carol of carols. It's also the benchmark of aspiring vocalists, and the end all of so many singers. This Holy...
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A Holiday List of the Best Art Around Town
So my friends, this is the time of year when our guestrooms and couches get crowded with kids, friends, in-laws, you name it... And we are expected to feed and entertain them. For tasty ideas, you...
View ArticleHoliday Cheers! A Rhyming Farewell to 2014
Happy hols to you all! Let good cheer abound. The yule log is glowing, so gather around. Think back on the year, while you warm up your toes, It's time to reflect on the highs and the woes. Snow on...
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Miami Communiqué
Paris's new Fondation Louis Vuitton, design by Frank Gehry: "Vaux le voyage..." AND THE HIGH-PITCHED art world whining continues.... All through the week of events and art fairs surrounding Art Basel...
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The 2014 BSA Year in Images (VIDEO)
Here it is! Our 2014 wrap up featuring favorite images of the year by Brooklyn Street Art's Jaime Rojo. Before our video roundup below here is the Street Art photographer's favorite of the year: Ask...
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Convergence of Mobile Art
All images and video Shot with the Nokia 1020 Download the song "Sunrise" by Slaptop Written by Dutch Doscher Read the full article at Grryo. Music, Dance and Photography. Most people travel through...
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RIGHT NEXT DOOR: Paul Lindahl, Advertising Muralist
Along with a friend, Lindahl founded Colossal Media to resurrect the dying art of hand-painting enormous advertising murals on the sides of buildings. Their company, headquartered in a warehouse in...
View ArticleAt Home at the Met
I've been going to the opera since I was a girl, at both the Metropolitan Opera and New York City Center. But few years ago I stopped going to the Met, I didn't know why. Though I continued to listen...
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JT Burke's Paradise Circus Pops Up at the LA Art Show
JT Burke in his studio You know how some people deal with thorny topics and controversies by using humor? Self-deprecating or satirical, comedy can go a long way toward defusing tensions and...
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Jules Muck Brings Street Art to Santa Monica's Hotel Casa del Mar
Street art is not what you expect to encounter in the elegant lobby of Santa Monica's luxurious Hotel Casa del Mar, which makes the hotel's newly installed temporary street art installation a most...
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Sculpture of War's Remembrance
Photo courtesy of Yann Toma © 2014 Most monuments that commemorate the memory of war dwell on glory--glory won, glory lost, and the sacrifices made by the patriot sons. As this year ends, a century...
View ArticleWhen the Daily News Weighs My Spirit Down, I Turn to Art
News headlines and social media buzz these past few weeks has put us face to face with the ugliness of police brutality in America. The cry that #blacklivesmatter has grabbed the attention of people...
View ArticleTheater: Bradley Cooper Gets Ugly; TR Knight Gets Closeted
POCATELLO ** 1/2 out of **** THE ELEPHANT MAN ** out of **** POCATELLO ** 1/2 out of **** PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS What a pleasure to see actor T.R. Knight back on stage in a role that might have been...
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