For the first time in fourteen years, Leonard Cohen is on tour. The kickoff was in Fredericton, Canada, on May 11. How many more tours could he possibly have in him? The guy is 74, a bit long in the … Continue reading →
If you’ve ever wondered what dancers wear inside their pointe shoes—well, it’s not the same as what Scotsmen wear under their kilts: The video brings back long-buried memories of my own pointe shoe rituals. First there was the taping of … Continue reading →
It’s time to rewrite the lyrics of the Irish pacifist folk tune “Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye” to fit Barack Obama’s gift for sizing up character.
Continue reading →In my continuing quest to bring you the best (and worst) of jello, I offer more of the artwork of Liz Hickok, who makes cities out of the substance. It may sound like a joke, but it’s not.
Continue reading →Has Hillary been the victim of sexism in her quest to become President? How’s this for an equivocal answer: Yes and no.
Continue reading →David Parsons is not a well-known dancer/choreographer, except among dance aficionados. But his company, which I’ve followed for decades, is most definitely worth watching. In 1982 Parsons choreographed a solo with strobe lights known as “Caught.” I’ve seen it about … Continue reading →
I can think of no better song for Memorial Day than Tim McGraw’s “If You’re Reading This“:
Continue reading →Okay, so I watch “American Idol.” So sue me. I see it as a brief weekly escape from our drab, wretched lives, a la Michelle Obama. I see it as a continuing soap opera with music, although the sort of … Continue reading →
There’s an old Jewish joke that goes something like this: A Jewish grandmother walks down the street proudly pushing her new grandchild in a baby carriage [that’s how old this joke is; a carriage rather than the $1000 stroller that … Continue reading →
Hillary Clinton’s become persona non grata to Democratic leaders and the pundits sympathetic to them, who’d like nothing better than for her to go away and make nice to the new nominee, Obama. Why oh why won’t she just fall … Continue reading →
Folks are not happy about this. Martin Luther King is about to earn his place on Washington DC’s Mall with a 28-foot high memorial statue that is likely to dwarf those of nearby Lincoln and Jefferson. But that’s not the … Continue reading →
In my continuing quest to bring you the best of the jello molds, here’s a 50s twofer to help you while away those leisure hours spent without the cocktail parties and get-togethers of yesteryear: It combines two crazes whose decline … Continue reading →