Opera, now there’s something I don’t often write about. I have only seen a handful of operas in my life and I am always pleasantly surprised as to how much I enjoy them. I was invited to see Tchaikovsky’s “The Queen of Spades” which premiered in St. Petersburg in 1890. I was not familiar with [...]

You have plenty of time to see this show which is up through January 2, 2011. Nara is a leading artist of Japan’s Neo Pop art movement. The children and animals he uses as subjects make his work popular to a broad audience. This is the first major exhibition of his work in New York [...]

On Saturday I had plans to deliver meals to the homebound, go to the Morgan Library, the Met and The Jewish Museum ending up at my friend’s birthday party. But instead, for the first weekend in a long time, I slept in, went for a walk in the park, sat down on a bench, and [...]

For 30 years, Christian Marclay’s work has explored music in all its facets. He is an artist, musician and composer. “Sound an image are very closely intertwined in my work,” he says. At the Whitney, he invites visitors to participate in the exhibition. Viewers are asked to write notes on the large chalkboard which performers [...]

On Saturday late night I had the pleasure of going to see and support a very talented woman whom I went to high school with. Her name is Rozz Nash and she is the lead vocalist and songwriter of a group called Coulon. I have been wanting to see a show of theirs for awhile [...]