The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra is the love-child of conductor Daniel Barenboim and the late Palestinian scholar Edward Said. Created ten years ago, it is made up of young musicians from Israel and Arab countries throughout the Middle East. The founders shared the belief that music can provide a pathway to […]
Ballet Austin is one of the largest classical ballet academies in the country. The Texas company is growing rapidly and performing all over the country and in venues around the world. They have moved into a repurposed 34,000 square-foot facility, the Butler Dance Education Center and Community School in the […]
Master & Servant London’s hottest new restaurant, has opened in Hoxton Square, in the city’s up-and-coming Shoreditch area. The brain-child of Matt Edwards, previously of the St John Hotel and Hix, M&S was designed by Mhairi Coyle Design. The restaurant serves up Manhattan sophistication with British panache. Specialties include seasonal […]
Everyday Roses by Paul Zimmerman (Taunton Press, $22.95). Noted rose-grower and breeder Paul Zimmerman de-mystifies the many new breeds of shrubs and climbers that are proliferating across the county, with expert advice on what to buy, how to grow and how to use these new roses in the landscape.
2013 marks the third annual Jerusalem Season of Culture (JSOC), a summer-long celebration of all aspects of the arts. Known as the ancient center of Israeli history and biblical culture, the Festival was launched to demonstrate that, along with its ancient history, Jerusalem is a city with a vibrant and […]
The sweeping and spectacular musical extravaganza Les Misérables has been seen by more than 60 million people in 42 countries around the globe. Now the motion picture adaptation that grossed more than $340 million worldwide arrives on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand on March 22, 2013, from Universal […]
by Jon Kunsman After selling out New York City’s Lincoln Center in 2012 and other top venues around the world, Shen Yun Performing Arts has become a global cultural sensation. The remarkable journey of Shen Yun began six years ago with one company. Now, Shen Yun’s three dance companies and […]
Renowned art historian, Donald Kuspit, writes of Aronson’s paintings, “Ben Aronson paints the urban scene, but, more to the esthetic point, his paintings are eloquently urbane: not just painterly, but suavely painterly.” His representation of the modern city is not simply a laundry list of architectural landmarks, but rather the […]