“Hear the sledges with the bells–
Silver bells!
What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
In the icy air of night!”
These are the opening lines...
In the age of cancellation and critical reappraisal, the question of whether great art can—or should—be separated from the character of its creator looms larger than ever. Museums wrestle with the...
B&W galore. Creating a sense of place. Highlighting the day. Meyerowitz’s viewpoint of the world and his surroundings. These are all points of perspective that Joel Meyerowitz highlights in his photography...
Opera, over time, has seen its fair share of modernization. Brilliant new minds conceptualize, construct, and refine new sets and costumes to tell old stories in abstract ways. The Metropolitan Opera’s...
As they say, ‘necessity is the mother of invention,' and the exhibit ‘Toward Joy: New Frameworks for American Art’ at the Brooklyn Museum exemplifies this in all that it has become. Drawing from...
Through every curving and expressive paint stroke, the American visual artist Alice Neel (1900-1984) captured the spirit and uniqueness of each of her subjects. She delved deeply into the lives of the...
Before streaming put entire seasons at our fingertips, watching T.V. meant being there when it aired. In the 1990s, sitcoms weren’t just background noise, they were what people were actively watching....
In a world where life plays out like a spontaneous record, arduous toil--whether in school or a nine-to-five--spins ceaselessly like a carousel, holding out until that sweet eventide mark, before whirling...
Most of us have, at one point, dreamed of having the ability to skip the mundane work hours of our days entirely. Severance on Apple TV explores a world in which this concept becomes a reality—workers...
If you ask someone to name a popular teen show today, there’s a strong chance that a significant number of the actors playing high schoolers are well into their 20s, maybe even pushing 30. This has become...
Tucked away on a quiet residential street at 146th Street in Harlem, the restaurant Chopped Parsley is easy to miss. But for those who step inside, the experience is unforgettable. On winter nights, the...
Imagine the life of a courtier in the Japanese emperor’s court a thousand years ago. Few can, simply due to the lack of reputable historic sources from this period. Yet we are able to glimpse into the...
Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita stands as one of literature's most disquieting achievements, a novel whose extraordinary prose and narrative complexity continue to captivate readers nearly seven decades after...
I was never the biggest fan of Italian food. Coming home from school, there would often be an enormous pot of spaghetti waiting for me that would take an eternity to wear down. It was really easy to get...
It’s 1929. The average movie ticket is 25 cents. Mickey Mouse was just introduced to the world. MoMA had just opened. Despite the end of the Roaring Twenties, the film industry had roared back.
The...
I was nine years old when my dad showed me my first Calvin and Hobbes book—The Days Are Just Packed. I remember sitting on my bed, eagerly flipping through the pages of the comic series as I delved into...
Over mid-winter break, much like many of my fellow stressed out classmates, I was seeking a way to unwind and relax. I had gotten sick and tired of social media, reading, and just going out. I sat down...
Yuja Wang is a name that resonates deeply in the classical music world. Born in Beijing, China, on February 10th, 1987, she has become one of her generation’s most celebrated and technically accomplished...
Many children grow up exposed to different types of books and quickly find interest in a specific genre or series. Whether the book is Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan or Warriors by Erin...
I was nine when I first made contact with the Darkness.
Its emissary was Siouxsie Sioux. My dad played Siouxsie and the Banshees for me and I watched the music video for Spellbound. I saw Sioux dance,...
