Langston Hughes: A Life Dreamed in Letters
When I think of Langston Hughes at pivotal moments in his life, I think of my favorite photographs of him, such as the one with him in a jacket, tie, and rather urbane looking fedora. That is the way I...
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How Do Actors Act?
How Do Actors Act? A review of Peter Brook's documentary film The Tightrope Lloyd I. Sederer, MD How do they do it? How do (good) actors get us, the audience, to suspend belief -- even recognition --...
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NCCA Kronstadt: All Ways But Still
59.99233° N / 29.78160° E February 3rd 2014 25° F / -4° C For centuries, man has placed his faith in an invisible force. Something that could be felt, feared even, but which remains unseen....
View Article10 Questions With Orlando Theatre Director and Actor Scott Browning
In the nineties I was a college student at an uptight Evangelical college in a small town in Virginia. Whatever its drawbacks the experience put me in touch with a great group of life-long friends who...
View ArticleFrom Ballet Novice to Ballet Lover With Romeo & Juliet
Until last week I was a ballet novice, but when the opportunity presented itself to watch my favorite love story played out by the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, there was no turning it down. Romeo and Juliet,...
View ArticleDespite Woody Allen Backlash, We're Still Not Serving Abuse Victims
In her tribute to Woody Allen while accepting his Cecile B. Demile award, Diane Keaton said, "Woody's films have been changing the way we think about life, love and the pursuit of neuroses forever." In...
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Rene Ricard
Artist, poet, writer and art critic Rene Ricard has died. Rene was frighteningly smart and brutally honest. If he liked your work, it meant a lot. Many people cared about Rene, but some artists and...
View ArticleWhy You Can -- and Should -- Write Poetry
Whether it's writing a flowery sonnet, a complex ode or letting words fly through free verse, poetry can be a cathartic experience for amateur and professional alike. Daniel Scott Tysdal, award-winning...
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Fred W. McDarrah: Save the Village
Demolition of Artist's Studio, Greenwich Avenue, May 19, 1960 © Estate of Fred W. McDarrah, courtesy Steven Kasher Gallery, New York Fred McDarrah (1926-2007) looked at Greenwich Village for 50 years...
View ArticleAn Unforgettable Glimpse Into Pete Seeger's Genius
While a college student in the 1970s, I sailed a 41-foot sloop with my brothers and some friends from Maine to the Hudson River to join the Clearwater in the effort to restore the Hudson. The 106-foot...
View ArticlePhilip Seymour Hoffman: Trying to Hold Mercury
This piece, I originally wrote for NoTofu.com, the online presence of the up-and-coming avant-garde print magazine, NO TOFU. It went live on NoTofu.com this morning. Here it is again, with a few small...
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In a Word: The Art of Simon Evans
British-born artist Simon Evans is known for fusing language with everyday items to create an imaginative body of work that illustrates and documents observations on life. Evans forthcoming show,...
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Elements: Andy Moses, Ned Evans and Stephen Robert Johns
LA ArtCore, February 2014 I selected Andy Moses and Ned Evans to show with me for a few reasons. Andy's shaped canvases, shimmering compositions and his unique processes for applying paint collude to...
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Specials on C
It's a Friday in January, rainy and cold, and I'm on my way to meet Peter Knocke and Jim Chu, the faces of an organized committee financially backed by GothamSmith and friends, whose latest venture,...
View ArticleThe Operatic National Anthem -- Now What?
Last week, despite the fact that I'm in the middle of rehearsing a show in Omaha with my one-year-old son tugging on my leg in between rehearsals, I couldn't help but write a blog post about the...
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Notes From the Road: Boston
Boston-based artist Cobi Moules's paintings of landscapes, created from his own travels across the United States, honor the traditions of the Great American Landscape as envisioned by the Hudson River...
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Janetta Rebold Benton: Art History Alive at Pace University
Dr. Janetta Rebold Benton, Distinguished Professor of Art History, Pace University (Photo by Kevin Yatarola) The wonderful Janetta Rebold Benton is lecturing again at the Michael Schimmel Center for...
View ArticleDestroy Nate Allen: A Love Story
"Glow In The Dark" by Destroy Nate Allen, published with permission from the album 'Glow In The Dark'. At some point in your life you'll meet a couple who just so completely gets it right, it...
View ArticleSuper Glam Fashion Week
"Come with me, and you'll be, in a world of pure imagination....". Ah... the magnificence of those simple songs lyrics from my childhood came rushing forth the second I walked into Giuseppe Zanotti's...
View ArticleLearning When to Hold On -- and When to Let Go
Music memory is a funny thing. Some songs take me back to a precise moment or moments in time. Every time I hear a certain Red Hot Chili Peppers song, I'm reminded of the people who introduced me to...
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