My guest blogger this week is Alvin H. “Skip” Reiss, a long time friend and colleague, whose nationally recognized newsletter Arts Management celebrated its 50th anniversary this year. Skip is the author of eight books on the arts and taught arts management for over 40 years. The thing about Skip is that he is a […]
Think of the smooth sensual shape of a Henry Moore sculpture, the cushiness of a soft Kid Robot designer toy and a cartoonish playfulness and you might want to tickle your way to the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Arts(HVCCA). There you’ll chuckle, and, at the same time, thoughtfully ponder, as I did, the funky […]
At last the secret is out. Some call it a Carla Bruni lyric. We call it a new refrain for Westchester. At a recent press conference, County Executive Robert Astorino let the cat out of the bag. He revealed what some know intuitively, others just hint at, but most are unaware of – “Westchester is […]
It’s not so easy to find a barbershop in Westchester, let alone a $10 haircut or a barbershop quartet. Back in the old days, men would hang out at barbershops waiting their turn for a hot towel and a shave with a straight edge razor. Mainly of African American roots, barbershoppers would harmonize away the minutes […]
Never thought I’d see the lowly river herring as front page news. But, there it was in the Journal News. Seems like the herring (alewife and blueback) are disappearing on the east coast and New York State is considering setting limits on how many anglers can take from the Hudson and its tributaries. You may […]
My guest blogger this week is Lynn Honeysett, Director of the Pelham Arts Center Venus is now passing in front of the sun – that once-in-a-century dot of a shadow traversing across our giant ball of life-giving light. As if responding to a universal prompting, six contemporary artists currently exhibiting at Pelham Art Center’s Light […]
The eyes of the world seem to be on Chongqing, where politics, corruption and art exist side by side. It was the municipality governed until recently by Bo Xilai, a prominent Chinese party official who was high up in the succession chain before his wealth and political ties became a notorious issue in the Chinese […]
Like many parents of my undisclosed vintage, I raised my kids and grandkids on Maurice Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are. His books inspire imagination. They also encourage parents to value their children’s imagination. And, not for nothing, they create an interest in nature. Naughty Max is sent to bed without his supper, yet alone […]
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