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A New Swan Lake in Black, White and Intriguing Shades of Gray
The story ballet is back. And next week, one of the most beloved of all time is swooping into New York -- with a bold, new interpretation by Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo. Directed and choreographed by...
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The Wheel of Time: Old Songs and Tunes from Folk Alliance 2014
Larry Hanks and Deborah Robins. Used by permission of Larry Hanks and Deborah Robins. The wheel of time turns, a year goes by, and once again I'm writing about CDs that people put into my hands at the...
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These Two Artists Are Living Together in a Gigantic Hamster Wheel
If you thought sharing a small apartment was difficult, imagine being these two artists sharing a gigantic hamster wheel. Taking the challenges of co-habitation to a new level, Ward Shelley and Alex...
View ArticleListen to Music Like a Teen: A Guide for Grown-Ups
Remember that uniquely teenage feeling of hearing a song for the first time and knowing it had just changed your life forever? If you are of my vintage, that memory is rooted in the seventies, a...
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If You Let Them Color, They Will Come: The FLAG Art Foundation Baby Art...
On Saturday morning the alarm went off at 8am. I had a renewed respect for people with kids. Getting out the door by 9am on a Saturday isn't a regular occurrence in our household. But, on March 1,...
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Mardi Gras: Parade Dance Krewes
In the wake of Mardi Gras, I still have a lot of thoughts and experiences to process. As it is every year, Mardi Gras 2014 was a huge experience, filled with sights, sounds, music and art that one...
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'Grey's Anatomy' 'You Got to Hide Your Love Away' Recap: Yang and Owen Back...
Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 10, Episode 14 of ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," titled "You Got to Hide Your Love Away." Sorry, Stephanie and Leah. You can't take the love out of the...
View ArticleFirst Nighter: LBJ Bio All the Way With Bryan Cranston Goes All the Way
Missing for deliberate reasons or reasons of chronology from All the Way, Robert Schenkkan's sure-fire hit at the Neil Simon, are Robert Kennedy, Sam Rayburn, Lynda Baines Johnson, Luci Bird Johnson,...
View ArticleWATCH: These iPod-Based Magic Tricks Are SO. MUCH. FUN
What if deception is in the eye of the beholder? And what if lies can help us tell the truth? Enter into the multimedia world of magician Marco Tempest and decide for yourself. Ideas are not set in...
View ArticleThe Brainchild Of The Riyadh Writing Club
This story is the second installment of a three-part series on the Riyadh Writing Club, a group of young female writers in Saudi Arabia. Read the first part here. I'm sitting in Caribou Coffee, one of...
View ArticleEddie Shapiro's Nothing Like a Dame Profiles 20 of Broadway's Most Iconic Divas
The 1927 Broadway musical Show Boat introduced the memorable line, "Life upon the wicked stage ain't ever what a girl supposes." Eighty-seven years later, that sentiment still rings true for the 20...
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The Chainsmokers' Bring Cheeky Smash "#Selfie" to SF March 8
It's been a good week for The Chainsmokers! As the New York-based DJ/production duo embarks on its inaugural North American tour, including a March 8 stop in San Francisco, the act's infectious,...
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High and Dry
Vast expanses of California desert remain largely defiant to human trespass. While awed by the natural splendor of this rugged, inhospitable terrain, Photographer Osceola Refetoff is particularly drawn...
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Brick Sculptures Built Piece by Piece
When you think of bricks, you're probably thinking of LEGOs or house building materials, but probably not a medium for making sculptures. Brad Spencer is setting the record straight, using the red...
View ArticleDiplomacy
As I prepare for the world premiere of my Violin Concerto "Al-Andalus", a work that is rooted in medieval Arab history, my thoughts are squarely focused on the present day. Current events have been...
View ArticleInsiders Are Not Outsiders: A 2014 Whitney Biennial Review
Thirty years in the art world and I had never been to a Whitney Biennial. That was actually something worth bragging about and especially after having been to one I can unabashedly lament that I will...
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Alexa Torre: Mexican Utopia
Alexa Torre is a Mexican photographer currently living in Mexico City. A graduate of the New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts, Torre has been working on a project about her...
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Sinister Wisdom and the Legacy of Adrienne Rich
In 2009, I took on the editorship of Sinister Wisdom with some trepidation. Did I have the time and energy to steward a lesbian-feminist magazine, especially one with such an august history? Was I up...
View ArticleOn Making Harmontown
Neil Berkeley's documentary Harmontown, about Community creator and show runner Dan Harmon, premieres tomorrow night at the SXSW Film Festival. Halfway through shooting, the subject of my new movie...
View ArticleFirst Nighter: The Met's New 'Wozzeck' with Matthias Goerne Confidently...
The first performance of the new Wozzeck production at the Metropolitan Opera House turned into one of those show-must-go-on episodes that turn up not only on the arts pages but also as local news....
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