Do You Know Who This Is?
Name this prize-winning actress, shown here at the opening of the Metropolitan Opera’s “Das Rheingold” the … Read more »
Archive for September, 2010
“Brief Encounter”: My Review
I wish I could generate more enthusiasm for “Brief Encounter,” an adaptation of the 1945 Noel … Read more »
Paul Gauguin: Guilty As Charged
Colonialist, chauvinist, exploiter . . . Gauguin may have been all these things and more – … Read more »
Levine Returns To Met Stage
You know that Met Opera conductor James Levine has slimmed down post-surgery when he’s the pip … Read more »
Oprah To Do Show About S & M
Upon hearing that news that Dame Oprah (I used to call her Queen Oprah until Judge … Read more »
My Favorite Genius: A Typographer
My favorite recipient of the MacArthur “genius” grants just announced is not David Simon, creator of … Read more »
Atheists Know Most About Religion
New survey results released by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life are not all … Read more »
