Tag Archives: Central Park

St. John joined The Knights for Avner Dorman's violin concerto based on Jewish songs from around the world.

The prize-winning composer found surprising commonalities among Jewish musical traditions from around the world as he researched 'Nigunim', which he unveils for New York audiences on July 26.

The 'Four Seasons' benefitted especially from the outdoor setting. A real bird sang during the twittering of the violins in the first movement of 'Spring.' A dog barked. During 'Summer' real crickets formed a chorale as, in the music, a goatherd wept and a storm threatened.

The text of this well-staged new adaptation strikes a smile-inducing, attention-grabbing, and surprisingly believable balance between literary authenticity – this is indeed Euripides' play in all its essentials – and contemporary informality and even snark.

It is easy to become jaded in these difficult times in which we live, but this human peace sign should provide comfort and joy for people all over the world.

A young girl meets a masked boy at a political rally in Manhattan and agrees to go home with him to hang out, only to be surprised that he lives in a luxurious apartment overlooking Central Park (Title comes from a line in Lennon's song "Imagine." This is part of the first chapter of an in-progress YA novel).

Bringing the kids to New York is like eating a Big Mac right before your colonoscopy.

A New Yorker gets separated from a friend from Dublin at the St. Patrick's Day Parade.

Treasure of New York City Parks is an enjoyable and informative history of New York's five major parks.

This trial is more about Major League Baseball, specifically how baseball has turned a blind eye to the problem of performance enhancing drugs for years.