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A New York State of Mind
A bounty of exemplary singer/songwriters have embraced their native New York as their core inspiration and a powerful component to their personal brands. Let's look at five top pop artists among the...
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The Electric Poetry of Kwame Dawes
(Pictured above: Kwame Dawes) Kwame Dawes is one of the most consistently thrilling poets at work today. Not only is he prolific but the level of excellence he has maintained over the course of his...
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Searching for Madame X
-- Drawing by Eliane Gerrits Madame X. In terms of our profiles, I'm told, I look like her. But I'm not so pleased with my profile, so it's with some trepidation I find myself looking for the famous...
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Cirque De La Symphonie P+Fab Phils = Classical Fun
Cirque de la Symphonie returned to Verizon Hall in front of and often flying over the musicians of thePhiladelphia Orchestra with their troupe of aerialists, acrobats, jugglers, clowns and...
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We Want You to Be Loud!
Robin Hood - A Very British Pantomime is at the Burgdorff Performing Arts Center. A very loud British holiday theater tradition is wowing audiences in New Jersey with Robin Hood: A Very British...
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Interview With Dina Martina, Hilariously Surreal Raconteur
Photo Credit: David Belisle There are some artists that defy definition by being so fiercely original that any attempt to classify them winds up being reductive, and then there is Dina Martina. For...
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Hollywood of Exiles and Émigrés
So my friends, now that Hanukkah and Christmas are behind us, let's pay tribute to the Gods and Goddesses of Hollywood. After all, the Golden Globe Awards are only a few days away, and the Oscars are...
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Noteworthy Sights in Miami Beach
Text and photography by Lee F. Mindel for Architectural Digest. Bal Harbour's classically styled Admiralty apartments. As Miami Beach prepares for its centennial celebrations this year, I thought it...
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Isabella Kelly-Ramirez and The Beauty-Industrial Complex
Isabella Kelly-Ramirez: Golden Bunny "I follow a lot of drag queens on Instagram," says artist Isabella Kelly-Ramirez. "They really know what it takes to be a woman!" Kelly-Ramirez's photo-based mixed...
View ArticleWhat 'Whiplash' Can Teach Us About Pushing a 'Great' Too Far
Every sport, art and industry has "greats." They are people who have exceeded all expectation and pushed their passion to the next level. Names like Louis Armstrong, James Brown and Duke Ellington are...
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Terry Baum Talks Hick: A Love Story: The Romance of Lorena Hickok and Eleanor...
This week I talked with playwright/actress Terry Baum about her solo play Hick: A Love Story: The Romance of Lorena Hickok and Eleanor Roosevelt. Lorena Hickok was the most famous woman journalist of...
View ArticleWhat Will Ever Be Enough?
Enough may never be enough. As human beings, it seems that once we attain what we think will make us whole, we grow bored quickly and need something new in order to feel satisfied. We are addicted to...
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Dusting Off the Wurlitzers: Preserving the Theatre Organ in Indianapolis,...
Thanks to the efforts of restorers like Indianapolis-based Carlton Smith (referenced in Part I of this article), the theatre organ no longer faces imminent extinction. Using organizations like the...
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Filling the Cavity
Human beings are like dentists who find inventive ways of filling cavities. Sometimes when a loved one dies, you'll get lucky and find a replica, someone with an uncanny morphological and...
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Haiku Reviews: ART 2014 Roundup II
YVETTE GELLIS, 1000 Ways to See It, mixed-media installation at Garboushian Yvette Gellis paints with such energy and ambition that the very boldness of her approach becomes its own raison d'être....
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The Wonder Working Power of the Circus Arts
"The Boys Choir of Harlem Saves Lives," is the phrase that welcomed members, including myself, to rehearsal each and every day. The expression was scrolled across a custom made flag positioned for all...
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5 Tips for Becoming a DJ and Creative Entrepreneur from Jasmine Solano
For Philadelphia native and New York-based DJ, Jasmine Solano, music has always been a driving force in her life. From a young age, Solano's mother raised her on classic soul music with the vibes of...
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Noche Flamenca's Martín Santangelo on Antigona
Co-authored by Ellen Dobbyn-Blackmore Soledad Barrio in Noche Flamenca's Antigona, Photo by Chris Bennion In a recent interview, Martín Santangelo, artistic director of Noche Flamenca, gave some...
View ArticleJe Suis Charlie
What do we do with words now? There's no way to bring back the dead. Twelve people at Charlie Hebdo were killed today for standing up for the right to speak about -- and even dare to laugh at -- the...
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Under the Radar 2015: An interview With Co-Diretcor Meiyin Wang
Meiyin Wang photo credit Eric Ting Beginning January 7, "The most exciting 12 days in the New York theater season have arrived," said Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis. "Under the Radar...
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