Category: Art

  • Spring Breaks in April

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    By Susan Russo Special Free Events and Short Excursions Manhattan Macy’s Flower Show When: April 1-6 Where: 34th to 35th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues Tartan Day Parade, with bagpipes, kilts and dancers When: April 5, starting at 2:00 p.m. Where: 45th to 55th Street on Sixth Avenue “Pillow Fight in the Park,” teddy…

  • For Your Consideration – And They’re Off! Edition

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    By Jim Keller Last year I equated the Oscar race to a horserace where each studio bets on its thoroughbreds and hopes that they can at least place at the end. I explained that the studio is the owner, the public relations department is the jockey, and the horse is the actor or film in…

  • Midday Melodies

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    By Derek Simon What makes great art? This is a question that thinkers have been pondering ever since civilization’s infancy and I dare not attempt to answer it in less than a page. Instead, I’ll posit what makes a great artist by using, in my opinion, the classical music world’s finest champion: Ludwig van Beethoven.…

  • Culture Corner : music roundup

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    By Bernie Lang In the past couple of months, I’ve been to live concert performances in the major music genres of jazz, rock, and classical music. I found myself reflecting after each show on how these differing types of music are standing up within my own personal test of time. My brother graced me with…

  • Midday Melodies

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    By Derek Simon A friend of mine, who despises classical music, once sniped to me that “the background of movies” is the only fit place for “that kind of music.” Ironically, she hit upon a truth about music, but not in the way that she initially intended. It is true that you often hear classical-esque…

  • Culture Corner – Interview with Michelle Tolini Finamore

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    Interview with a Curator: Michelle Tolini Finamore of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston By Bernie Langs Michelle Tolini Finamore is Curator of Fashion Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and she has written a fascinating and wonderful new book, “Hollywood Before Glamour: Fashion in American Silent Film,” that I started to read…

  • For Your Consideration — Ones to Watch Vol. 3 Edition

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    By Jim Keller With the fall film festivals behind us, we’re staring down the barrel of the Oscars’ gun and in a few short months, we’ll have our nominees. Still, it’s a long time until then on the campaign trail. So while the would-be contenders are out hustling and bustling, shaking the right hands and…

  • Looking War in the Eye

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    by May Dobosiewicz Quick—name how many wars are being fought in the world right now. At the time of writing, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program reported 32 ongoing armed conflicts. Is this fighting noble and just, or chaotic and deplorable? Are there good guys and bad guys? Unless we live in the midst of such fighting…

  • Life on a Roll

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    Photo contributed by Elodie Pauwels, http://elodiepphoto.wordpress.com

  • Midday Melodies

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    By Derek Simon To say that New York is a musically rich city is the equivalent of saying it is a very large city: technically true but completely missing the point. Conveniently, Rockefeller happens to be located in this cultural hub, and as such we all have the opportunity to go listen to this impressive…