The Arts in NYC Fall 2012

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I’ve lived in New York City all my life. Every Thanksgiving until I was 11 I would get up early, make my breakfast and proceed to watching the Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV. Even though the parade was less than a two-hour travel by public transportation I never went to see it in person. It’s […]

A few days ago, I was walking through Madison Square Park and I saw this exhibition called Buckyball, made by this artist Leo Villareal. It’s this 30-foot tall, illuminated sculpture that is made from LED tubes in geometric figures. This structure changes shape and color as time goes on, creating new figures all the time. […]

When I first learned that we were going to the opera in the beginning of the year, I was sort of intrigued. I’ve never been to an opera before so I had no real expectations. I only heard people’s opinions of the opera; some raved about it, and some absolutely despised it. I would say […]

Hi guys! This is the blog that I mentioned in class: http://www.scoutingny.com/ And this is the post I was talking about — with the drowning man art installation. http://www.scoutingny.com/?p=615 Super cool! Also, check out this dude. Hanksy  — a la Banksy and Tom Hanks. I usually see his stuff around SoHo, so keep an eye […]

Aida. Oh Aida. I always thought that operas are just boring. So, I tried to think of ways to stay awake during Aida. Surprising, I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. Maybe because I was already familiar with the Aida theme, I knew what kind of music they are going to […]

Over the weekend I went to the Chelsea Piers exhibits with a couple of my friends and walked through the many galleries there. One of the exhibits really stood out to me. “Badges” by Lin Tianmiao consisted of enlarged embroidered sewing circles that hung from the ceiling. Each circle had one word that a woman […]

I have to say, I was really excited to see Aida. Now that I feel more comfortable frequenting museums and art installations, I was kind of hoping that the opera would become more accessible to me too. And it did, but it was kind of alienating in a way? I walked in with a few people […]

My attitude towards operas in general is somewhat indifferent; I never really found them interesting and even after seeing Aida I still feel the same way. There is just something that irks me about going to the opera, sitting there for about 4 hours and listening to a play in another language, let alone the […]

After a good meal of Korean grilled Barbeque in K-town, I headed down to Lincoln Center via 1 train. As I walked up the stairs out of the subway station, I got lost. The area was filled with grandeur buildings that I was unsure which was the Lincoln Center. So I had to ask random […]