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Spare Some Changes?
Met Museum Presents Gotham Chamber Opera. Photo by Stephanie Berger We humans spend so much time trying to nail things down: objects, habits, spouses, ideas. As a species, we tend to abhor change....
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Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen Welcome All Into No Man's Land
I walked into Broadway's Cort Theatre for a Thursday night performance of No Man's Land to see Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen, icons of theater and nerd culture. I walked out of the same...
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America Fares Well, Through the Message of Jamaica, Farewell
Debra Ehrhardt reminded me of something important the other day. Who is Debra Ehrhardt, you ask? Figuratively she is your neighbour, co-worker, a friend...and, at the moment, someone who provoked my...
View ArticleSeattle Opera's The Consul
When the Seattle Opera announced its 2013-2014 season, the most intriguing question was "Will it be able to make a compelling case for Gian Carlo Menotti's The Consul?" Since that opera has had a...
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Finding Art In Transit Arteries
Long before the word "infrastructure" entered the popular vocabulary, I was discovering its meaning in a peculiarly personal and subterranean way. As a child, one of my favorite places to stand was...
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Sister Corita Kent Retrospective in Berlin (VIDEO)
Sister Corita (1918-1986) was an artist and an educator who worked in Los Angeles and Boston. Her artwork, with its messages of love and peace, was particularly popular during the social upheavals of...
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1973 Ford Pinto with Tanguy Sky (3 Women), 2011 Oil on canvas 40 x 60 inches Courtesy of Martha Otero Gallery
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Derek Walcott, Old Master
Fortunately, Derek Walcott didn't study psychology. So he never had to read Harvey Lehman's claim that he was supposed to peak early - "the golden decade for the writing of secular poetry occurs not...
View ArticleThe Balancing Act of the Executive Director
One of the questions I am asked most often by board members of arts organizations is, "What should we be looking for as we hire a new executive director for our organization." There are numerous skills...
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One Year After 'Enlightened' Was Unjustly Canceled, Why Netflix Should Revive...
One year ago today, we lost a dear friend in Amy Jellicoe. Amy was 40 when she returned from a California holistic-treatment facility that provided a vital spiritual awakening after the mega-meltdown...
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Dance, Intimacy and the Human Heart: 4CHAMBERS
In 4CHAMBERS there are four spaces that people enter and go through, like the flow of blood, in one direction, and come out on the other side, having had a deeper experience, hopefully, of their own...
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Krewe Of Muses: Mardi Gras Parades Explained! (PHOTOS)
Okay, I'll admit it. When I first came to New Orleans back in the '80s, I didn't know much. I was here to do a gig (I am, among many other things, a musician), and I was given home hospitality with a...
View ArticleSex and Dating Advice from Matthew McConaughey's Characters
There's been a lot of talk lately about how Matthew McConaughey has reinvented himself as a serious actor, launching himself out of the chick flick ghetto (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past et al.) and into...
View ArticleA-Sides with Jon Chattman: Ride the Fame Wave with MisterWives; "Dream" with...
Dear Apache, Jump on this. Love, Jon MisterWives are a New York-based band and are probably the next band you should be getting behind. That's what she said. Anyway, the New York City band (Mandy Lee,...
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The Adventure Is in the Detour
I took a detour more than 15 years ago upon graduating from the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford. My plan was to further my studies in opera. I'd determined this at age 13 during a...
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Stage Door: Stage Kiss
A theatrical rule of thumb: if Jessica Hecht is in a play, see it. Her latest effort, Stage Kiss, at Playwrights Horizons, is a gem. An actress known as She (Hecht) is cast in a silly 1932 melodrama,...
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The Art of Everyday Photography
Many photographers, both professional and serious hobbyists, find a lack of motivation and opportunity to shoot during the winter. This is probably truer this winter than those in recent memory thanks...
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The Cut That Divided Jews and Christians -- and the Mystery of the Missing...
I was puzzled when I first learned about the Christian Feast of the Circumcision. The celebration, which dates to the sixth century or earlier, commemorates the circumcision of Jesus. Over the...
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Here's What Family Values Really Look Like
One of the joys of watching world cinema is that it takes you outside your standard frames of reference. In some cases this means stories with fewer guns, gore, and explosions. In other situations, it...
View ArticleFirst Nighter: Consumer Guide to London Theatre Now
London -- If you're heading this way with theatergoing in mind, here's a short list of what's on offer in the next couple of months: Versailles: June 28, 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of World War I...
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