When you see a Muslim woman wearing a hijab, the headscarf, what does that mean to you?
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Billy Collins Shines His Poetic Light at the New York Botanical Garden Holiday Train Show
When the former U.S. Poet Laureate read the phrase "frying pan of yourself/into the fire..." a young child in the audience gave a magnificent whoop. It was the perfect sound effect to punctuate the hot metaphor.
Read More »Concert/Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘The Count Meets The Duke’ Celebrates Count Basie and Duke Ellington
Count Basie and Duke Ellington, both phenomenal pianists, composers and bandleaders were fierce competitors. But not at the recording studio or concert hall.
Read More »DOC NYC Film Review: ‘NOMA: My Perfect Storm’
What does it take to be awarded "The Best Restaurant in The World?"
Read More »Irish Repertory Theatre Hosts Memorial Honoring Brian Friel, With Gabriel Byrne and Jim Dale
As Broadway dimmed its lights for a minute on Tuesday evening in remembrance of this great soul and most unique voice of the theater, all those in the theater world understood that Friel's shoes will not be filled easily. And who better than the Irish Rep to honor him?
Read More »DOC NYC Grand Jury Prize Award Winning Documentary: ‘Motley’s Law’
Would you seek employment in a foreign conflict zone if the money was enough to pay off your college loans and keep your family prospering back in the U.S., even though you would be jeopardizing your own safety?
Read More »Theater Review (NYC-Off Broadway): ‘A Child’s Christmas in Wales’ at The Irish Rep
In a land far away and a time long ago, a Welsh boy once celebrated the beauty of falling snow.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘(T)ERROR,’ Sundance Film Festival (2015) Candescent Award Winner
When documentarians Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe secretly filmed Saeed working as a paid informant in an on the ground FBI sting operation, never did they imagine their filming would lead where it did.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘H2O’ by Jane Martin, Directed by West Hyler
Jake is an actor who has it all: success, wealth, fame, women, misery. Deborah is a devout Christian actress who feels God's presence. When these opposites meet, the explosion is inevitable.
Read More »Hamptons Film Festival: ‘The Lady in the Van’ Starring Dame Maggie Smith
Miss Shepherd arrives at writer Alan Bennett's curbside in her ramshackle van. With ungracious and manipulative presumption, she wins a place in his heart and a choice spot in his driveway.
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