Guest Diary
Debbie’s Week at a Glance: Back to the (Hearst) Castle
Guest Diary• October 2, 2019.Debbie is out in California again, at the Annual Hearst Castle Preservation Foundation Weekend, a weekend event to raise funds to insure that the beautiful artifacts within the castle are preserved for the hundreds of thousands of annual visitors...
JILL KREMENTZ PHOTO JOURNAL: Vija Celmins’ To Fix The Image in Memory at The Met Breuer
Guest Diary• September 27, 2019.Vija Celmins (born 1938) has been making paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture for more than fifty years. Having immigrated to the United States from Latvia as a child, she began her career in Los Angeles in the 1960s and moved to New York in the early 1980s. While she is perhaps best known for distilling […]...
Jill Krementz attends the dress rehearsal for “Porgy & Bess,” prior to its much awaited opening this evening.
Guest Diary• September 23, 2019.Tonight: The Gershwins’ modern American masterpiece has its first Met performances in almost three decades, starring bass-baritone Eric Owens and soprano Angel Blue in the title roles. Director James Robinson’s stylish production transports audiences to Catfish Row, a setting vibrant with the music, dancing, emotion, and heartbreak of its inhab...
“Hustlers” — The Latest “Empowerment” of Women? Really?! Also — Ken Burns’ “Country Music”…”The Deuce”…”Succession” and Carol Lynley
Guest Diary• September 20, 2019.“SHE’LL carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding,” sang Billy Joel on “She’s Always a Woman.” This lyric, if not the basic dreamy sentiment of Joel’s ballad, fits perfectly with the latest film in the genre of Women Gone Bad Because Times Are Tough and Men Are Pigs. I do mean “Hustlers,” starring Jennifer Lopez [&...
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