Last night I attended a special screening (basically the premiere) of the Michael Jackson rehearsal film THIS IS IT. I can’t really review it like a normal film, because it isn’t one; the footage was not created with any intention of being used like this. It is not really a documentary – there is no [...]

Visiting the Metropolitan Museum with family, we ventured into the Modern Art galleries. After walking on stone and marble for hours, we took a break on the bench in front of the Jackson Pollock painting “Autumn Rhythm (Number 30).” This is what I overheard: One woman to her boyfriend – “I’m not sitting in front [...]

Having a rat invade your home is something that strikes most people in a primal way. There is an immediate sense of disgust and horror. No mere mouse, a rat is, as we are constantly reminded, intelligent, resourceful and ridden with disease. They accompany Nosferatu on his boat journey, terrorize the town of Hamelin, and [...]

Fall is in the air, and I took myself on a date to the Metropolitan Opera. I figured since it had been running a good five years or so, my chances would be good to score a $20 rush ticket to the Julie Taymor production of The Magic Flute, and I was right. I always find [...]