Backstage with Black Star
Growing up I have always known of Mos Def (aka Yasiin Bey) and Talib Kweli‘s rap-duo Black Star. My…
Frank Wess’ 90th Birthday Celebration
The best way to ring in a new year? A party, of course. If Frank Wess’ 90th birthday celebration…
What is the difference between Art and Design?
Have you ever thought whether design and art was the same concept? Well, they are not. There are actually…
Crafting Modernism at MAD Museum
I’ll bet the curator of Crafting Modernism at the Museum of Art and Design didn’t intend for her exhibit…
All of Maurizio Cattelan
Coming into the Guggenheim and seeing their latest art exhibit dangling from the ceiling is a bit unusual and…
Life Will Always Get Better
Jordan Harrison’s play Maple and Vine at Playwrights Horizons, directed by Anne Kauffman was a very intriguing story. Marin…
Nightlands: A Creative Response
These are the Night lands that’s what they said You love someone so much and life takes it away…
Can’t Miss New Magic
“Fast forward, rewind, pause, hit that position…NO, wait, go back a little tiny bit, more, THERE, okay…STOP!” The Martha…
Horsedreams at Rattlestick Theater
Horsedreams by Dael Orlandersmith at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, wasn’t what I expected, but it was a great performance…
The Bumbling Escapades of an American Business Man
David Henry Hwang’s new Broadway play Chinglish at the Longacre Theater, directed by Leigh Silverman, follows the bumbling escapades…
Alicia Hall Moran + the motown project
A flamenco guitarist strums rapidly, his hands painted lavender by the overhanging lights and lasers that coat the walls…
Gretel’s Trail
As is often the case with human beings, we cannot help but fingerprint all that we touch. In the…
Ballet Maribor’s Radio and Juliet
Edward Clug, choreographer and avid Radiohead fan, did a wonderful job with his 2005 creation for Ballet Maribor, Radio…
Footloose vs. West Side Story: A Remake vs. A Classic
The slick sugarcoated remake of Footloose (2011) has trouble standing on its own without a love of the original,…
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The MAD Building
The Museum of Arts and Design. Photo credit: Hélène Binet. The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) is itself…