Exhibitions draw upon interviews, intimate snapshots Open Sesame In this exhibition, organizer Ola El-Khalidi revisits the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, which happened on August 2, 1990. The Gulf wars that ensued contributed to the violence that is still very much a part of the region today and which shaped the lives of a whole generation. [...]
Continue reading …Home to more private art galleries and studios than any place in the world, the West Chelsea arts district is a destination for art lovers every day of the year — and on one of those days, every year, a destination event affords casual observers and serious collectors alike the rare opportunity to access a [...]
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Work of Ross, Butler among compelling exhibitions Richard Ross: Juvenile-In-Justice Ross focuses on the lives and stories of incarcerated youth. The exhibition is composed of photographs Ross has taken, excerpts from his interviews with those in the juvenile courts and detention facilities and items he has seen during his visits to juvenile incarceration centers across [...]
Continue reading …Edward Albee and his ‘Woolf’ still flourishing BY JERRY TALLMER | They’ve taken Edward Albee’s heart apart and put it back together again — oh yes, kiddies, unlike the Tin Woodman, Edward always had a heart — but America’s three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright has lost none of his salt. “You never saw the film?” Albee [...]
Continue reading …THE 28th ANNUAL NY SWORD DANCE FESTIVAL Sword dancing is a winter celebration that’s come down through the ages from the coal mining regions of northern England. This family-friendly yet loyal interpretation of that tradition is accompanied by live fiddle and accordion music. In both stately longsword and rapper sword dancing, the dancers are linked [...]
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DANCE NEW AMSTERDAM: RAW DIRECTIONS Dance New Amsterdam’s “Raw Directions” showcases the work of five post-emerging and mid-career choreographers. In the world premiere of “Charles” (by Netherlands native Pascal Rekoert), the Flexicurve company performs a fast-paced piece set to Beethoven and Mozart, inspired by Charlie Chaplin. David Appel’s untitled piece employs a series of short [...]
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Founders Fest takes liberties, to plumb their depths BY SCOTT STIFFLER | More memorable (and intriguing) than 1,787 years’ worth of history lessons, the Founders Festival bills itself as a “Theatrical celebration of the work of the founding fathers…and mothers.” The eighth year of this Metropolitan Playhouse presentation offers eight works (most of them world [...]
Continue reading …Exhibitions offer a return to form in familiar settings Stefanie Gutheil: Die Beobachter In Gutheil’s third solo exhibition with the gallery, an array of fable creatures referred to as “Die Beobachter” (The Watchers) dominate the scenery and provide a somewhat Baroque sense of drama. These grotesque figures translate as surreal caricatures, whose narrative context [...]
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SUPERMAN AT 75 From the pulpy Fleischer brothers cartoons of the 1940s to the fleshy George Reeves of 1950s TV to Christopher Reeve’s chiseled 1978 big screen incarnation, the last son of Krypton has been reimagined dozens of times since his first appearance in 1938’s issue #1 of Action Comics. Throughout 2013, as Superman turns [...]
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Winter season brings musical diversity to Downtown BY SAM SPOKONY | If you’re like me, the idea of actually following through on a typical New Year’s resolution has become a meaningless myth. Quit smoking? Meh. Stop eating McDonald’s or go back to the gym? Maybe next year. Make more money? No thanks. I’m good with [...]
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