My first introduction to James McBride was James McBride the musician who had a really cool day job as a writer for the Washington Post. I also knew James had a pretty good rep for being a top notch journalist and quitting, then getting journalism jobs that any graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism [...]
Too much, too much. June must be the final push on the event scene before people begin dispersing to the vacation scene. Again, just scratching the surface: ITVS COMMUNITY CINEMA PRESENTS – “TWO SPIRITS” June 5 at 3 PM (Washington DC Jewish Community Center) June 12 at 5 PM (Busboys and Poets) FREE – For [...]
Years ago while studying the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 for a cultural anthropology class, we held a kiddush in honor of and as a living interpretation of the young women, many Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, who died when the 9th floor factory accidentally caught fire near closing time. It was the practice [...]
I’ve never seen the NYC window displays at night. Boy, did I almost miss something at Saks Fifth Avenue across from Rockefeller Center! [Snowflake & Bubbles] Here’s just a taste. Bergdorf Goodman is always on the level of art. Fashion is art. Windows are canvas with a built-in frame. This year’s theme was “Wish You [...]
Let us commemorate the anniversary of 9/11 by pausing to reflect and meditate and tone down the vitriol and rhetoric that serves only to strengthen the radicals and weaken our friends’ belief in our values. Cordoba House, aka Muslim Cultural Center, aka Muslim Mosque at Ground Zero (though in reality it is blocks away from [...]
