Trisha Yearwood participated in a special conversation event at the Paley Museum (The Paley Center for Media) in New York City as part of PaleyFest NY 2025. Titled “In Her Own Words: An Evening with Trisha Yearwood,” centered on a discussion with the GRAMMY Award–winning artist. The conversation celebrated herContinue Reading

The world of design and architecture still mourns the loss of Gaetano Pesce, an Italian visionary whose half-century career defied convention and categorization. Born in La Spezia in 1939, Pesce was a pioneer of the radical design movement and with his peers, he was part of the pos WWII Italian waveContinue Reading

Noted composer and jazz pianist Phil Lentz will be performing on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at The Iridium Jazz Club in midtown Manhattan. Phil Lentz BIO Mr. Lentz will be the pianist for a jazz band, organized by Music Makers, that features jazz singer Paula Newman in a show titled: “BroadwayContinue Reading

VAPE IS THE WORD! …Vape! The Grease Parody launches a 10-week Off-Broadway engagement at Theater 555 (555 W 42nd St, NYC) is an unhinged, hilarious, and thoroughly modern spoof of the classic musical Grease. It takes the familiar story, characters, and iconic moments and drags the, “through a cloud of strawberry-scented vapor andContinue Reading

Oghlan Bakhshi’s New York appearance at Roulette Intermedium on November 1st was an entrancing and profound journey into the seldom-heard musical traditions of the Turkmen people.  ​The performance, “Journey Across the Steppes of Central Asia & Iran”, featured Oghlan Bakhshi, a virtuoso of the two-stringed lute known as the dutar,Continue Reading

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It was my second visit to the PAC NY. I went specifically to see the Es Devlin show CONGREGATION. I have been following Devlin’s career since her theater days in London. I’m a fan. The PAC NY elevates the World Trade Center complex (WTC) in Lower Manhattan, with a low key sophistication. It offers a varietyContinue Reading

The performance marked the acclaimed QuĂ©bĂ©cois progressive folk group Le Vent du Nord first New York City appearance since 2020. The concert celebrated the U.S. launch of their new album, Voisinages, released in October 2025. The return of Le Vent du Nord to Brooklyn’s Roulette Intermedium, presented by Robert Browning Associates, on October 25,Continue Reading

The exhibition “To the Holy Sepulcher: Treasures from the Terra Sancta Museum” offers a spectacular, once-in-a-lifetime glimpse into a collection that has been almost entirely inaccessible to the public. Comprising more than forty rare and opulent objects, the show features extraordinary examples of European gold and silversmith, in addition to sumptuous textiles, giftedContinue Reading

Kiran Ahluwalia’s “Diwali Celebration” at Roulette Intermedium delivered a boundary-defying fusion of sound, capturing the festival’s spirit of light overcoming darkness. Kiran Ahluwalia is from India and Rez Abbasi, from Pakistan: their bond is a testament to lasting love, a twenty-year duet that survived the diaspora and blended their distinct ethnic andContinue Reading

Claudio Mascarenhas is known for his multifaceted career as an actor, opera singer, and practitioner of martial arts. As an opera singer, he is listed as a Bass Baritone with performance highlights including roles in Iolanta, Pagliacci, and Don Giovanni in New York City productions. Yesterday I went to see ClaudioContinue Reading