Disco and devotion on the Hudson during the Hudson River Park Friends’ annual gala
I have long suspected that I lived and died in the disco era in a previous life. The…
Toscanini, La Scala and ‘The Next Act’
Opera heard from only a few feet away carries a particular enchantment. In a great house, sound travels…
Former Vice President Al Gore, Bishop William Barber II and a world still worth saving
There is something profoundly moving about a man who continues to sound an alarm long after the world…
‘Arias With a Twist’ returns to HERE Arts Center 18 years after original debut
“Fabulous” might be, literally, one of the most overused words in the English language, but there’s really no…
Fifth Avenue has secrets—and LizaBanks Campagna knows where they’re buried
Fifth Avenue has always been a boulevard with a superiority complex. It rises through Manhattan dressed in limestone,…
When rain became modern: Hiroshige at Asia Week New York
Rain has rarely fallen with such intelligence as it does in Utagawa Hiroshige’s Ohashi Bridge, Sudden Shower at…
At Tavola, every dish comes with a century of New York
Some restaurants feed you. Others, rather more seductively, remind you that New York once possessed a memory longer…
Little Island and the private luxury of August in New York
August has arrived, which means New York now belongs to the faithful. By this point, much of the…
The Race of Hope returns to Southampton
Beyond the poolside parties and Aperol Spritzes, Southampton gathers in a sea of yellow for the rather exquisite…
Art Dame hot takes for August: Art never goes on vacation
To live surrounded by art is to possess one of New York’s least advertised forms of wealth. After…
Frederick Anderson, Man Cave Health, and the power of blue
Blue has always known how to carry more than one meaning. It is the color of midnight velvet,…
Lincoln Center’s love letter to creative life
Sacred institutions matter most when they refuse to harden into monuments to themselves. They matter when beauty is…