On a cold snowy day in March, in our search to find a film that was low on violence and high on happy values, we came upon “Beauty and the Beast,” and so, may I add, did a lot of other folks. (digitalspy.com) This is a wildly over- produced live action-plus-animation addition to the Disney…
If you haven’t been downtown recently to see what’s happening, take a ride on the east or west side train to Broadway and Fulton to see the Handel Project–continuing this Wednesday with Act II and the following week with Act III of Handel’s Jephtha at St. Paul’s Chapel. (ny-pictures.com) After that, they will perform all…
Many others have pointed out Trump’s odd choice of the term “America First” before me, but I will just remind everyone that its most well-known use was by the anti-Semitic Charles Lindbergh to argue that America should stay out of a war that he saw as promoted by the Jews, the British and Roosevelt. The…
When we went to see “The Skin of Our Teeth” at the Theatre for a New Audience in Brooklyn (tfana), (tfana) written in 1942 shortly after Pearl Harbor, we were wondering how it would stand up. We soon found out. “Skin” tells the story of Mr and Mrs Antrobus who have been married 5,000 years…
How many times in a day or week have you looked online at the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post? If you’re like me, many many times. But just lately, I’ve realized how critical they are to our way of life. That is why we subscribe to the NYT, the…
Don’t get me wrong–I love the country, its people, its very fine French food, and it was the home of one of my favorite writers, Robertson Davies. (CBC) But.. It is cold there, very cold, (tripadvisor) and those who know me know that I spend part of every winter complaining to my long-suffering husband, who…
Here we are, retired, on fixed incomes, but hungry for music. This is what to do. Go to the Juilliard Box Office at 165 West 65th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam. In front of you is a board with all the free concerts listed. Stand on line with other savvy New Yorkers and get your…
