Category Archives: THE ARTS

Much Ado About Nothing – A Synopsis in Plain English.

Above Art is the cover art from the Dover Books edition of the original and complete play, “Much Ado About Nothing”.  We recommended this book if you want to read the original text of this play. ———   EDITOR’S NOTE: I love Shakespeare’s plays. I have been lucky enough to attend many fine performances of […]

Albert Schweitzer in Aspen – 1949

ALBERT SCHWEITZER PHOTO IN ASPEN. Albert Schweitzer in Aspen during the first week of July 1949 was significant. He was the keynote speaker for the Goethe Bicentennial Convocation, which essentially launched the Aspen Music Festival, the International Design Conference in Aspen, the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, and the foundational values that brought the best […]

The Van Gogh Immersive Experience – Touring the World

This exhibition is the work of Annabelle Mauger and Julien Baron, who collaborated on the creation of immersive shows at Cathédrale d’Images in Les Baux-de-Provence, using the concept of Image Totale© conceived by Albert Plécy. For Imagine Van Gogh, they employed advanced techniques of multi-projection and immersive audio to add emotional depth to each image, allowing us to live and […]

Meet Alan Z. Feuer, Esquire – Inventor of His Own: Character & Reality

Photo: Alan Z. Feuer, Esquire in top hat and tails, leaving The Pierre Hotel. By Jack Atkinson This retelling by ARTS&FOOD Editor Jack Atkinson incorporates many parts of a story told in the New York Times article “The Secret Life of a Society Maven” by NYTimes staff writer with the same name as the subject, […]

Herman Melville and the Divisive Politics of Chowder

Herman Melville

Herman Melville, 1870. Oil painting by Joseph Oriel Eaton Melville lived in Manhattan and New England, did he prefer to eat Red or White chowder? By Joel Clark In 1819, Herman Melvill(e), he later added the “e”, was born into lavish living at the southern tip of Manhattan Island, at 6 Pearl Street. His family possessed […]

The Beatles Arrive in the U.S.A. (1964)… Popular Culture Changes Forever

ART / MUSIC:  THE BEATLES ARRIVE IN U.S.A. A While Back – The New York Public Library recently presented an exhibition “Ladies & Gentlemen, THE BEATLES!”    Entrance to the N.Y. Library exhibition.   In 1964, The Beatles arrived in the United States launching a revolution that changed the course of popular music. Their influence also dramatically […]