Art & Authenticy

At first glance, one might look at this exhibit and dismiss it for another weird concoction of Modern Art.  I mean, you’re sitting (or standing, unlucky you) and watching seemingly unrelated videos of women doing wacky things over and over. But if you squint your eyes a bit, you might catch a quick glimpse of […]

Titanic– The Artifact Exhibition Rating: 4 stars Reasons: For as long as I remember, I have loved Titanic (the movie) with all my heart. Of course, this affinity has something (or everything) to do with Leonardo Dicaprio being the main actor. So out of curiosity, I visited the Titanic exhibition at the Artifact museum. Their […]

Who Shot Rock & Roll–Brooklyn Museum Rating: 4.5 stars Reasons: I don’t think we, as the young generation, care about who actually shot rock and roll, but what did they shoot it of. In other words, we don’t care about the photographers; we only care about their photographs. I was not expecting to see such […]

Vermeer Exhibit At the MET–The Milkmaid Rating: 5 stars plus permanent admiration Reasons: Ok, first, let’s address the naughty aspects of Vermeer’s maids. I didn’t put naughty in my title only to make you read my blog. There is a subtle kind of sexuality and desire in Vermeer’s paintings that is hard to find by […]

My favorite poet’s, Rives Meet the Artist- Poetry reading Rating: 5 stars and much more Reasons: I came to Meet the Artist a few months ago, expecting to hear a middle age man talk about the art of poetry writing, but I got four amazing poets in return. The experience is so powerful that I […]

Wasp- Short Film Rating: 4 stars Reasons: I am a big fan of short films and the reasons are simple: they are short and straight to the point. And that’s why I enjoyed watching Wasp. The main female character in Wasp is the epitome of teenage mothers in America– running around the street, trying to […]

Looking at Music- MOMA Rating: 4.5 stars Reasons: I went to the MOMA and BAM, photographs of legendary musicians of the 60’s were surrounding me. I love the up close and personal aspect of this exhibit as the viewers are able to see their favorite artists in various points of view. From all of the […]

Joseph O’Connor’s book reading Rating: 3.5 stars Reasons: 1) Likes: He is really Irish and he doesn’t mind showing it in his writing. His knowledge is so immense that I have to look up his references. His accent is beautiful. The man is great at writing poetry (how many middle-age men can actually put Eminem into […]

ICP Exhibit Rating: 5 stars Reasons: All of the photos are extraordinary in someway. Let’s look at three examples: 1) The first set of three photographs about African American women were so colorful and eye-popping that viewers can’t help but feel the subculture of African Americans, I’m guessing, in the 70’s and 8o’s. 2) The […]

Short films are exactly what they sound like – “short”, “films”. The first two minutes was as confusing as putting together a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle.  The opening scene was a man getting out of the bed after intimacy. Malcolm, a man working to get others to convert to his faith, wasn’t converting Carmel’s faith, but […]