Art & Authenticy

Danny Senna’s Where Did You Sleep Last Night? showed us her past as a bi-racial child of a black father and a white mother. I thought it was interesting how she wrote about her family and her father’s past. Even with her father’s disapproval of the book, Senna continued with it. It seems to be […]

As I walked through the Abraham Lincoln and New york exhibition in the New York Historical Society, I realized how influential New York had been to Lincoln and his presidency. Even though, Abraham Lincoln has only been to New York for a couple days, New York’s support for Lincoln’s run for presidency was immense. I […]

As I walked through the Museum of Art and Design, the Read my Pins: The Madelein Albright Collection exhibition caught my eye the most. There were so many different pins that Albright owned and it seemed like every time she had a meeting with somebody as the Secretary of State, her pin had a meaning […]

The use of videos and films as a means to reflect their views – now that’s way to reach a broad audience. I feel that through these means the female artists can be more free and liberal of the society’s limitations in expressing their beliefs. One of the most interesting and also the most “active” […]

As I walked around watching the videos in the Reflections on the Electric Mirror: New Feminist Video Exhibition, there seemed to be a lot of videos that were hard to understand and somewhat redundant and meaningless. Most of the videos seemed like the women were doing short, small actions that only took five seconds but […]

Without much of a plot, Barber of Seville was not a very interesting story to follow. However, the comedic scenes throughout kept some of us awake. Filled with weird acts and an elongated and ridiculous plot, this opera seemed to be the most random play I had ever seen.But it didn’t seem to make sense […]

“Wow!” was my first reaction as I stepped foot into the Eugene O’Neill theater that night. The graffiti-designed shrine, the photos, the computer screens, and then finally… the band from New York’s magical city of Brooklyn, Antibalas. Afrobeat music, hips that don’t lie, and Fela Kutti (acted by Sahr Ngaujah and Kevin Mambo – alternating) […]

Ramones, originally from Queens, NY, is one of the most renowned bands of all time. When I saw their song, “Beat on the Brat” at the exhibition, I thought it was going to be one of the best tracks I’ll have ever listen to. I was right. With their three chords, a guitar, bass, and […]

The wonderful thing about audiobooks is that you get to hear your favorite authors read their own work in the way they intended to.  There is something about adding their own voice and emotions that create a new kind of dimension in the reading. Luckily for us, we had O’Connor come in to read his […]

The work of Claes Oldenburg must’ve been treasured by the folks at the Whitney Museum.  He practically got an entire floor devoted to his work. If you look past the weird subjects of his drawings and sculptures you will find an interesting exploration of differences, in this case, the difference between the soft and malleable […]