Performance venues are more than places of entertainment. They are places that renew us. They are places where we share our enjoyment with others. They are the intersections of our lives, not from our obligations, but our interests. In this, they contain the spirit of the times. One of the legendary venues of New York… Read more »
In James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the novel’s protagonist Stephen Dedalus is listening to an argument his father and aunt Dante are having with a Mr. Casey about the place of the clergy in Irish society. The talk was prompted by the scandal surrounding Charles Stuart Parnell, an Irish… Read more »
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his idea to put in a light rail that would connect Brooklyn and Queens. With the exception of Red Hook and Sunset Park, his light rail system would not be bringing public transit to places that need it but rather add additional tourist glut and uber-gentrifying cachet to… Read more »
Central Park is not just your average neighborhood park. It is the nation’s first public park and is one of the greatest urban parks in the world. This giant rectangular park is about 843 acres of landscaped goodness in the middle of a bustling city. A visit to Central Park will make you one of… Read more »
The other night I left home to walk to the Parkside Pub in Whitestone, Queens to see an excellent hardcore punk rock show. I love punk rock music and this show was so close it took only a few minutes to walk there. I have loved punk rock for a long time and knew some… Read more »
There are now two National Basketball League teams within the borders of New York City. The Knicks have been here since 1946, the Nets moved to Brooklyn from New Jersey in 2012. Neither team is doing very well right now, but only one is worthy of your support. The Knicks are the city’s loveable losers…. Read more »
We’ve all heard about the “American Dream”, it’s something we’re taught in school, and if we’re lucky get to experience it first-hand. The notion and drive to build something great for yourself from nothing is what gave generations before us purpose and a burning want to get up in the morning. It’s what made this… Read more »
New York City is the city that never sleeps and never shuts down. It take events of epic proportions to knock us off of our game, and even then nothing is ever completely deserted. This is, after all, where the world takes its pulse and sets the pace for Western Civilization, and we take that… Read more »
David Trotter’s film Mother India: Life Through the Eyes of the Orphan shakes your foundation and perception of reality. He lays bare the complexity of homelessness in searing images that haunt with chilling intensity. Through the film we are introduced to Suresh Kumar Kathera, who has taken on the seemingly insurmountable challenge of being surrogate… Read more »
Sid Yiddish is a Chicago performance artist who is running for president as a write-in candidate. He describes himself as a “Lincoln Republican” though his politics are more in line with the Democrats, but you are welcome to write him in on whatever ballot you choose; he’s not picky. He is the only candidate promising… Read more »
