Ongoing Events: “The Latino List” exhibition; twenty-five large-format full color portraits of accomplished and influential Latinos in the worlds of culture, politics, business, and sports, taken by photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders; exhibition currently open, runs through December 11, 2011; see museum website for hours and admission...
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Summer is almost over and that annual recognition of the mismanagement of time can be seen in the furrowed brow of many a tanned face. Don’t fret. Here are some musical examples of mismanagement: Leonard Cohen vs Kelley Lynch In the fall of 2005, Leonard...
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I’m often asked, by people who only read the Spark Notes of books for school, why I read so much. The very deep and soul-probing answer I typically come up with is: “It’s interesting.” So why do I read these “interesting” things? Reading may be interesting, but so are black holes and antique fairs, in my opinion. As for why people read, I...
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I’m twenty-one years old. Stop pressuring me. Whenever I write a (long-ish) story, the end is always substantially better than the beginning – because in the span of writing it, I’ve already improved the general quality of my writing. No amount of editing and going backwards will fix this. College and MFA creative writing courses emphasize...
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Any art-loving tourist visiting New York City would be remiss in failing to see the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, or the Guggenheim. On a recent trip to MOMA, I found myself surrounded by European and Asian tourists who had traveled far to see Picasso and Duchamp. Walking from floor to floor I was more likely to hear Mandarin,...
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