Cultural Celebrations

9+ hour, 5+ min ago   (345+ words) A glass of prosecco began the evening with the appropriate sparkle. From there, the menu took familiar steakhouse pleasures and nudged them toward delightful excess. This was naughty girl dinner in its most civilized form: excellent ingredients, sharp appetites and…...

11+ hour, 35+ min ago   (253+ words) Opera is born disappearing. Breath leaves the body, trembles through the room, enters hundreds of strangers, and is gone. The vibration remains somewhere beneath the sternum, yet the sound itself cannot be held. This is the form’s great seduction and…...

12+ hour, 4+ min ago   (345+ words) The art of photography becomes revolutionary when it shows us more of a person than our prejudices know how to accommodate. Gordon Parks captures Blackness as a living abundance: poised, restless, tender, self-directed. His subjects possess the quiet authority of…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (176+ words) Lawyers from the NYC Bar Association and others gathered on Oct. 1 for an introduction to the Japanese Way of Tea to learn about the centuries-old tradition and take part in a traditional tea gathering. The “Lawyers Connect: A Japanese Tea…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (502+ words) Inside or out, no one is safe from the frights of Blood Manor. Whether you are literally in the dark and trapped in a room with who knows how many people that hide in the shadows or simply waiting in…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (808+ words) Long before a child can explain creation, they understand its thrill. Strike a drum and the air changes; sweep a brush across paper and blankness surrenders; plunge an entire hand into jewel-toned paint and the body becomes an instrument. Later,…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (309+ words) Ears are perked and tails are wagging in anticipation for the Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade on Oct. 17. Returning to the East Village for its 36th year, the parade continues to grow in attendance and participation. Held from 1-4 p.m., the festivities are…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (964+ words) One enters Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous with Jackson Pollock already lodged in the cultural imagination. His poured filaments belong to modernism’s grammar; even those who have never stood before one recognize the ritual of the man circling a canvas....

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (338+ words) “Donald is in my bones,” Barbara said, recalling the hours they spent discussing who they were and why they had chosen one another. “When you lose someone, hug them spiritually and keep them all around you as much as you…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (485+ words) The Paley Museum and Southern Rounds, a Nashville-based music series, showcased the first event of their new six-part songwriter series partnership on Thursday, Sept. 24. The event, titled “Southern Rounds: Bringing Nashville to New York!” featured three acclaimed country artists at…...