Newark has always been the place to go for good Spanish and Portuguese food, and NJPAC is a terrific concert hall. But there are other omens and portends in the air indicating that Newark may finally be turning a corner. Since any omens worth their salt come in threes, here are the ones I’ve seen: [...]
While not officially part of the festival, Big Train will be playing four sets between 3 and 7 p.m. at Scotland Yard in Hoboken. If you find yourself in Hoboken on Sunday, September 24, tear yourself away from the nobodys playing on the big stages for a little while and stop by and say hello.
If you haven’t seen this movie, get up, go to the video store and rent it.
Edward Norton plays a very unusual magician in fin de siècle Vienna. His childhood friend (and adult crush) Sophie, played by Jessica “sexiest woman alive” Biel, is about to be engaged to the Crown Prince Leopold, the heir to the throne. She’s unfortunately out of his league, at least as far as others believe. Forcibly [...]
Well whose fault is that? A fine review of Stravinsky: The Second Exile: France and America, 1934–1971 (see also the petulant rebuttal by Robert Craft) closes with the thought, “The composer George Perle observed when Stravinsky died that the world was without a great composer for the first time in six hundred years. It still [...]
If you haven’t yet tuned in to “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia” on the F/X Network, take a look. Danny DeVito is involved, and the brand of wicked black comedy seen in “The War of the Roses” and “Throw Momma From The Train” permeates. Think of “Cheers From Hell,” or a twisted version of Seinfeld [...]
Last night my two teenagers started yelling, “Dad, Dad … hurry ! … come here … you’ve got to see what’s on TV!”
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