Just another day in Manhattan: A bank robbery, some penny candy, the FBI, and a dog day afternoon.
New York. As the summer dragged on, each day seemed a bit more oppressive than the one before. As the …
Coming to Broadway next month: A new-age musical celebrating first love and the power of music.
I have high hopes for this show. Ben Brantley writes in The New York Times, “A boy presses ‘play’ and the …
Typewriters are wonderful machines. Two are coming to auction, and they’re more wonderful than most.
I started earnestly writing when I was 15 years old. I wrote with a Parker 75 fountain pen filled with Sheaffer’s …
This fascinating 1928 film, part of a year-long series from The Met showcases the back-of-the-house.
The Met is marking its 150th Anniversary. Throughout 2020, as part of their sesquicentennial, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in …
“Get out of town!” Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Library is offering yet another great service.
Applying for a passport in Baltimore just became a whole lot easier. And, a much more pleasant experience. The The …
A Gargantuan Goof at the Getty, or the Acquisition of a Glorious Gauguin Gone Wrong.
The Art Newspaper is reporting that a carving of a horned devil bought as an original Gauguin by the J. Paul …
Online: NYC’s Museum of Modern Art is digitizing every exhibition since MoMA’s opening in 1929.
Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, Van Gogh was name of the inaugural exhibition of the Museum of Modern Art when it opened …
Video: On restoring Alexander Calder’s mobile, Red Lily Pads (1956), at the Guggenheim.
The Guggenheim’s Nathan Otterson, Senior Conservator, Objects, and Tracey Bashkoff, Director of Collections and Senior Curator, describe the demanding process …
Here’s the complete 2020 Academy Awards Ballot. Download your copy, print, and party on!
Each January, the entertainment community and film fans around the world turn their attention to the Academy Awards. Interest and …
Dulé Hill reads “As Fast As Words Could Fly.” A wonderful, thoughtful, & teachable 16 minutes.
I joined Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists—now, SAG-AFTRA—in 1972. For the past 48 …
Baltimore Restaurant Week, 2020. There are some tasty options on the winter menus. My Favorites…
The winter edition of Baltimore’s Restaurant Week kicks off tomorrow, and local foodies are all aflutter and with good reason. …
Get ready to vote. Here’s your 2020 Golden Globes Award ballot. Download, print, and party on.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s 77th Annual Golden Globe®Awards ceremony will air live coast to coast on NBC from The …
Music subscriptions get expensive. Streams from Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center are free.
For me, the start of each New Year is a time to evaluate all of the various subscriptions that I’ve …
Explainer videos are exceptional or awful. 1950s explainers were films and usually pretty great.
Today, corporations make short explainer videos fast and on the cheap. And, most of them look it. While popular data …
The one about a banana duct-taped to a wall. And, that Cattelan person—crazy, crafty, or clever?
In describing Maurizio Cattelan, The Museum of Modern Art says, “In the grand tradition of Italian comedy that stretches from the …
Joy, Joy, Joy. And, Happy Holidays! Here’s a video visit to the 2019 Christmas Windows in New York City.
From Bergdorf to Bloomingdales and Macy’s to Saks—take a video stroll through Rockefeller Center and down Fifth Avenue. @JamesandKarla bring …
Nominations announced for the 26th Annual SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS. Here’s your printable ballot.
On March 8, 1998, John Lithgow took the stage and the 4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® and said, “I …
