We are awash in content these days and one thing that’s clear after a year of lockdown is that great writing stretches and adapts over time. William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is fresh and relevant right now. Here are …
The Future – Magic at the Geffen
Hands down, the best Zoom adventure I have had this year came from a theater in my neighborhood, The Geffen Playhouse.
Lotusland
An excellent socially distanced outing in Montecito.
March Reading List
Joan Didion’s new book What I Mean is a collection of old essays, and besides the pleasure of a trip down memory lane (profiles of Nancy Reagan and early Martha Stewart are particularly pleasurable), the slim volume includes a …
3.2.21
Nomadland
One of the best films of 2020 is not always easy to watch but will leave a powerful impression.
3.2.21
What We Keep Getting Wrong About Fame
A peek at three docs we've been talking about in 2021 -- "Fake Famous" and "Tiger Woods" and "Framing Britney Spears" - mothers, don't let your babies grow up to be famous!
Minari’s Quiet Confidence
Empathy and humor abound in a quiet tale about the farming dreams of a Korean American family in the 80s.
2.21.21
Basquiat + Jazz at The Broad
We can’t get to museums right now, and fortunately the best institutions are pivoting with creative quarantine programming. This three-part video series from The Broad features jazz musicians interacting with the museum’s new installation of it’s thirteen Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings …
1.26.21
Undine, for the Wharton Win
My book group met on Zoom from April to December last year, and we’ll likely be doing the same for most of 2021. Struggling at the end of 2020 to choose a cheery title, we turned to a time-honored trick. …
1.24.21
