Last Friday, September 27th, I decided to spend my afternoon at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, or the MET for short. As a child, I visited various New York City museums for school field trips, the MET being one of … Continue reading
Daily Archives: October 2, 2013
I am already fifteen minutes late as I enter the Mint Theater Company. I take the elevator up to the third floor, hurry down the hallway, and find the room presenting George Kelly’s 1931 play, “Philip Goes Forth.” In the … Continue reading
Drawn like magnets to the Magnet Theatre As you walk into the dimly lit room covered in photographs and cartoons, you have trouble finding who was in charge. There are table all around and … Continue reading
On September 28, I ventured to the exhibit Discovery Times Square in New York City with a classmate. There we saw the art gallery The Art of the Brick created by Nathan Sawaya. It … Continue reading
One of the best ways for an audience to learn a lesson is through laughter. Through crisp one-liners and hilarious scenarios, Bike America explores the idea of finding one’s self and how the pursuit is sometimes an excuse to … Continue reading
Matilda: The Bedazzling Child Sitting in my seat minutes before the performance, I cannot help but be captivated with the set put forth for Matilda. The set entails several block letters scattered around the stage creating a very child-friendly image. … Continue reading
Matilda: The Musical began awkwardly, a child’s birthday party with hurried pacing, off-time dancing, nearly-adequate diction in singing, and strange interspersing of song-and-dance numbers with theatrical events. However, by the curtain’s close, these minor irritations were corrected beautifully—I would have … Continue reading
“The Unemotional Museum of German Jewry” As one might expect in downtown Manhattan, I found a museum with a name that peaked my interest, The Center for Jewish History. Having toured Israel and Europe extensively, as well as having … Continue reading
“It’s a strange thing the way the game is played…You never really win a chess game…You play the game until the point in which the king cannot move, until you have checkmated the king…Up to … Continue reading
Envision a collection of colors and shapes. Some are strategically placed, some overlap, some are blank, and some are overly decadent. Now take a step back. All this creates one large and captivating design. If you find that impressive, wait … Continue reading