arts. writing. culture.

I didn’t post this yesterday in order to stay, at least to a degree, in line with the internet-wide blackout in support of stopping SOPA; however, I do believe that the cause is vital to address.  It’s important to become educated in order to help prevent our freedoms from being taken away.  Know thine enemy, [...]

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*UPDATE [10/25/11]: A video of the full episode of Smithsonian’s “Hip-Hop: The Furious Force of Rhymes” can now be viewed at the link posted at the end of this article* As part of their “Inside the Music” series during the month of October, the Smithsonian Channel presents their latest feature— Hip-Hop: The Furious Force of [...]

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Seeing as how this is a website dedicated to arts & culture, it’s quite necessary that I acknowledge the passing of Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs.  After all, he all but created our current culture by altering both the way we communicate and the way we view the world.  He enhanced our lives with his innovative [...]

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Alfred Hitchcock was known to have a surprise or two up his sleeve. But now he’s really done it. Just as we thought we’ve thoroughly consumed the catalog of his masterpieces we receive, posthumously, a film that is chock-full of contributions from the legendary filmmaker. Earlier today, it was revealed that half of “The White [...]

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Book of Mormon and War Horse nabbed top honors at last night’s Tony Awards. The charming Neil Patrick Harris received high praise for his performance as host as the presenters gave us the usual best and worst dressed, flubbed lines, network-bleeped moments we’ve come to expect from any respectable awards show. I’ll admit that I’m [...]

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Browsing through rows and rows and, well, rows of diverse, forward-thinking and emotive artwork. That’s how I spent my Sunday. Not bad, right? With an overwhelming amount of artwork, lectures and special guest appearances to sift through, Artexpo New York 2011 did not disappoint. Really, it’s difficult to sum up, in one small article, an [...]

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Want to share a cab ride with Chuck Close? Perhaps you already have, if you’re a New Yorker. Through the end of the month, many cabs in the city are displaying works of art by Close and painter Kehinde Wiley in the ad space that rests on the roofs of 500 taxis citywide. Show Media, [...]

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Well the hunt for graffiti artist Banksy’s true identity continues after an eBay auction which claimed to solve the mystery was shut down by ebay.  The name of the famous street artist has been unknown for as long as his eye-catching murals started popping up along the streets of London.  The quest of the public [...]

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art plans to launch a new component to their website tomorrow, called Connections. The concept of the interactive online video series is to introduce 4-minute weekly videos that invite individual staff members to speak about their personal perspectives on works within the museum. Joining the video will be 3 elemental structures [...]

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A while back, I heard that Natalie Portman was training with NYC Ballet for a new movie.  They had me at “Portman” and then at “Ballet.” Then I heard that it was a Darren Aronofsky film.  Sold.  I was absolutely sold right there and my expectations were rising. Winona Ryder, Based on Swan Lake… With [...]

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