Archive for June, 2015

Recipe For Flag Cake

Come the Fourth of July, images of red, white and blue desserts are dancing through each … Read more »

Lost Harlem Renaissance Opera Soars

This past weekend’s concert-presentation revival of “Voodoo” – a 1914 opera by Harlem Renaissance composer Harry … Read more »

Amy Schumer Turned Down “Daily Show”

That’s right: she turned down the offer to succeed Jon Stewart. I find Schumer spectacularly unfunny, … Read more »

Your Weekend: A Selective Guide

Movies: “Ted 2“? I didn’t laugh once during “Ted 1.” “Batkid Begins” tells the story of … Read more »

Coppola Worked On Nudies!

One of the great moments in world cinema comes in 1967, when Patty Duke, as an … Read more »

New Museum Is A Potential Masterpiece?

Hailed as “a wake-up call to architecture” that champions the idea of public space, the design … Read more »

Tom Hardy Plays Twins