For 26 years Central Park’s Summerstage has been synonymous with “great shows, free!,” and this season’s opener, Josh Ritter and the New York Pops, was no exception. The forecast said rain, but the weather was balmy and sundress-perfect. The Pops warmed up the crowd with a dramatic string intro as Ritter-32, confident, capable and oh-so-gracious-strolled [...]
In the past few days, a swathe of gritty street photographs have emerged across a handful of main stream media outlets, blogs, and, twitter feeds, leaving us with an impression that everything in post-election Iran is very much not OK. And yet, last night, when I flipped to CNN for one of those “just [...]
Tens, and possibly hundreds
of thousands of protesters are in the center of Tehran in opposition to the government’s declaration that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was re-elected. Leading opposition candidate, Mir Hussein Mousavi, as well as fellow opposition candidate Mehdi Karoubi, are expected to appear. Le [...]
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When the election results from Iran first came out, and the Interior Ministry told the world that the polls were wrong, that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was still popular, and that he would remain President, there were supposed to be experts explaining what had happened. [...]
As protesters take to the streets in Iran in the wake of recent elections, they are being met by government forces and violence in a despotic show of power by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Bet I’ve spent less money and seen twice as many great shows as you have this week. Just so you know.
As Monday evening dawned, overcast and defiantly cool, I made the lengthy trek from Washington Heights to Brooklyn, in an attempt to witness David Byrne-57-years-old and still carrying off a form-fitted white suit better than [...]
It’s a little remarkable how few Virginia Democrats care whom their next nominee for Governor will be. In what was once a solidly Republican state, the Democrats have managed to pull off a remarkable winning streak, keeping the Governor’s mansion for the last 8 years, having both of the Senate seats, and even voting for [...]
An exhibit traces the history of alluring Western dress.
The ’80s dominated the catwalk at a recent showing of senior-thesis collections from Syracuse University’s Visual and Performing Arts program, but a few young designers looked forward instead of back.
The Democratic Mayor of Newark received a significant amount of praise for his handling of some of the city’s debilitating problems, but nobody thought he’d have a chance to go for higher office so soon. A Farleigh Dickinson poll of NJ voters, however, is showing incumbent Democratic Governor Jon Corzine with dangerously low levels of [...]