Witnessing Tania Stavreva on piano at the National Opera Center of New York- Opera America, one rainy October night, rekindled my affinity for the lost art. Taking lessons, performing recitals and wooing family members on the black baby grand in our marble-sky lit living room as a kid, the piano became less accessible and more of a […]
Pioneer Works, the thought-provoking art gallery in western Red Hook, Brooklyn debuted two exhibitions on February 22. One was interactive and intriguing but perhap too ambitious, and the other was an interesting hodge-podge. My 16 year old daughter and I first checked out “En El Monte”, created by three artists and involving a set of […]
“This is not a woman thing; this is a human thing. Until men soften and see themselves as emotional creatures as well as rational ones, we will continue to be nihilistic.” –George Lewis New York City epitomizes the reconciliation of opposites: Rich and poor, dark and light, or high and low. George Lewis re-privileges the […]
