This afternoon, I was delighted to be invited to a Press luncheon for the 2016 Socially Relevant Film Festival. The press announcements for this amazing film festival were held at Bocca East which is located at 1496 Second Avenue (corner of 78th Street). So below is a photo that I took of Nora Armani, an…
The other day I had the good fortune to visit artist Ida Ivanka Kubler in her studio. Ida was born in rural Bulgaria where she had very few toys and where sericulture, or silk farming used to be quite common. Ida shared with me that silk cocoons pass their lives in complete silence and are…
Today I came across this so fun art form and wanted to share it with my New Yorker Point of View readers! So I found the art of Terry Border and his Bent Object Projects… Here’s just a sample and then I’ll tell you more about Terry. So I found out that Terry Border…
Agatha Christie-what can I say… I’ve been in love with Miss Marple and her amazing sleuth talents since I can remember and to this day constantly run her episodes on Netflix.LOL So when I saw that TBTB (Theater Breaking Through Barriers) http://www.tbtb.org at The Clurman Theater at Theatre Row http://www.theatrerow.org was doing an Agatha Christie’s production of…
The other evening I attended the book launch of Richard E. Farley’s new book, Wall Street Wars: The Epic Battles with Washington That Created the Modern Financial System. The launch was held at The Four Seasons Restaurant, 99 East 52nd Street. The evening’s hosts at this event were Jeanne and Herb Siegel, Robert F. Kennedy…
Art OnCuba debuted in June 2013 as a new quarterly magazine about Cuban art and culture. It’s published by Fuego Media Group the publisher of On Cuba magazine. The magazine is set up in English with Spanish summaries and Hugo Cancio is Art OnCuba’s publisher and editor-in-chief. So what are the goals of Art OnCuba?…
I was lucky enough to visit the Brooklyn Historical Society which is located at 128 Pierrepont Street in Brooklyn. What makes the Brooklyn Historical Society such a treasure(having grown up in Brooklyn myself!) is that it connects the past to the present and makes the history of Brooklyn meaningful for its diverse communities today and…
So awhile back as part of The Spelvin Society package that I found through Playbill.com (check Desmond’s Steakhouse Sizzles’ article in the Food tab) Bullets over Broadway was the play that was chosen. I had actually seen the original Woody Allen movie version and knew that I was in for a treat! I mean how…
I was really wowed away by the one-woman performance of Chloe Brooks, a 17 year old who at The Thirteenth Street Repertory Company (www.13thStreetRep.org) portrayed through song and 15 character shifts the incredible life story of Fanny Brice, comedienne, singer and actress extraordinaire!!! And so without further ado, let me introduce you to Fanny… Fanny…
OK. I admit it. I’ve always wanted to go to a State Fair. I think that it was from watching all those State Fair episodes either on the Food or Travel Channel but yes, they always looked sooo fun! Well, finally, I got my opportunity while visiting family in Georgia. It was actually my sister…
