ARTS+CULTURE

SPANKING HANKY-PANKY

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:44:00 GMT

Recently, a throng of WAG staffers (OK, one) has urged me to weigh in on “Fifty Shades of Grey.” I don’t know why it is that whenever the subject of S&M comes up, the staff naturally thinks of me, but anyhoo, I said, Sure...

HE'LL ALWAYS HAVE DENVER

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:37:00 GMT

Forget football. Tim Tebow’s presidential press conference was a clinic on how to lose and gain a job gracefully.

WHEN YOU'RE A JET

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:26:00 GMT

From a cultural standpoint, Tim Tebow is the gift that keeps on giving. Today, he became a Jet all the way, and while I’m a Yankees-Giants fan – albeit one who likes to see all New York teams succeed – I am swooning with rapture.

LOVE SONG

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:23:53 GMT

When I heard that Whitney Houston died, I burst into tears. Maybe you did, too. She had that kind of effect on people. Gifted with a mezzo-soprano voice of striking range and astonishing power...

THE ETERNAL NEMESES

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:49:00 GMT

Well, congratulations to the New England Patriots: They’ve been Djokovic-ed. One of the greatest teams of all time – to borrow the hyperbole of sports journalism – lost, again, to the underdog, visiting locker room-assigned New York Giants...

BREAD AND CIRCUSES

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:44:00 GMT

Well , what to say of Madonna’s halftime performance? Is it un-sisterly, sexist and certainly un-feminist of me to say she somehow seems too old for this sort of thing? I read that in The New York Times this morning and had a frisson of distaste...

THE OFFICES OF THE NIGHT

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:10:00 GMT

“The Borgias” – the sumptuous Renaissance-set series that Showtime is bringing back for a second season beginning April 8 at 10 p.m. – is almost good enough to make me wish I had cable. (Actually, you can sample episodes on the channel’s website.)

THE FEMININE SIDE

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:26:00 GMT

Once I get an idea, I’m like a dog with a bone. So herein is another post about my latest obsession – Tim Tebow. One of my favorite luncheon pastimes is to read about men fulminating over Tebow’s shortcomings...

BOUND FOR GLORY

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:06:00 GMT

The Native Americans called him “Son of the Morning Star,” because he liked to attack at dawn.Tonight at 8 on Thirteen/WNET, PBS’ “American Experience” explores the life and legacy of George Armstrong Custer – the Civil War hero who in June of 1876..

GRIDIRON GALAHAD

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:43:00 GMT

With everyone talking about Tim Tebow, I wanted to weigh in – not because I know anything about football but because I can’t stand being left out of a conversation...

THE DON LIVES

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:58:23 GMT

Polish baritone Mariusz Kwiecień returned to the title role in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” a mere two weeks after having surgery on a herniated disc, aggravated during a rehearsal for The Metropolitan Opera’s new production.

THE MET: LIVE IN HD

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:54:00 GMT

On the docket at the Met - Hunky tenor Jonas Kaufman is the titular antihero with the devil of a problem, bass René Pape is You-Know-Who and soprano Marina Poplavskaya is Marguerite, Faust’s pure love, in this Des McAnuff update.

HOLIDAY MOVIES

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:49:00 GMT

One of the great family traditions around holiday time – right up there with politely avoiding the fruitcake, unraveling the Gordion’s knot of Christmas tree lights and warming yourself by “The Yule Log” on the CW 11 – is popping in a Christmas movie

SAM, I AM

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:41:00 GMT

Westchester Broadway Theatre presents “Seussical, the Musical” through July 31, based on the stories of Dr. Seuss. With music by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, direction by John Fanelli, musical direction by Michele DeAngelis and choreography...

THE ULTIMATE REALITY SHOW

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT

An authentic experience. That is what ArtsWestchester’s CEO Janet T. Langsam told me the arts lover is looking for today, perhaps favoring grassroots workshops over performances at big cultural institutions.