Summer Trip to MASS MoCA
MASS Moca is an art gem in the Berkshires. We go a few times a year and were drawn in by the Nick ...
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NYC fun- Robert Rauschenberg, Sicilian Food, Cocktails
A belated gift to my best girl friend Deb was taking her for a night of decadent fun in NYC. In our ...
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James Baldwin Still Speaks Truth to America
The documentary “I Am Not Your Negro,” is less a movie than a plea for awakening and transfiguration of American culture. I was so stunned the first time I watched it, that I had to see it again two days later. Since then, I’ve been thinking about James Baldwin and his call to truth. In 1979…
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome! Review of “Cabaret!”
You should probably go see Cabaret at Proctors, especially since it’s only here until May 14th. Go if you want a sexy, bawdy good time that will also make you think and awaken inner conflicts. Cabaret is, in essence, one of the strangest musicals I’ve seen. I was lucky enough to catch the ’98 Broadway version…
Tom Waits, Photography, and Coffee in Albany
On Good Friday, I took a half day to go to service at the Cathedral of All Saints, drink spendid coffee ( I fasted ’til 3pm, which is always a hungry mistake for me, but I was well-intentioned) and see some interesting photography. Let’s talk about each of these things. The Good Friday service was…
Gethsemane – A Poem and Mediation
Tomorrow, He will be broken. Tonight, He wonders and cries, “Must this be so Father?” To leave this dusty world, these faces filled with trust, is beyond Him now. “I love them all Father,” as he thinks of each friend and their follies, their frailties dearer to Him than their strengths: stubborn, proud, envious, but…
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