Victor Navasky, noted author and liberal icon who headed The Nation for 27 years, passed away at the age of 90. His book, Naming Names about Hollywood’s black, list won the National Book Award for non fiction in 1982. Photo: Amazon Victor Navasky, Left Wing Literary Lion Dead at 90 Victor Navasky, a giant in book publishing, magazines, and at Columbia University School of Journalism died Jan. 23 at the... News 29 Jan 2023 | 08:21
Ken Leung (right) Jeb Kreager in “Evanston Salt Costs Climbing.” Photo: Monique Carboni Ken Leung Can Do It All “Ken Leung?” Actor-filmmaker Edward Norton gushed when I mentioned who I had just interviewed. “He’s genius! I’ve cast him... News 15 Nov 2022 | 11:14
Book cover of “The Revolutionary.” Photo via Amazon.com A Pulitzer Historian Has Another Winner She has spent years researching, and then giving readers fascinating takes on, people like Cleopatra, the Salem Witches,... News 26 Oct 2022 | 11:36
Cover of “Shy.” Photo via Amazon.com Mothers Are Having Their Artistic Moment In “Shy,” the new book by, and about, Mary Rodgers, (the late daughter of composer Richard), she recalls her friend Stephen... News 11 Oct 2022 | 01:32
The company of “Strings Attached” – Jonathan Hadley, Bonnie Black, Paul Schoeffler, Robyne Parrish, Brian Richardson, Russell Saylor. Photo: John Quilty The Big Bang With Magic Realism I am writing this on a train, which matters. Because the play I am discussing is about an (allegedly true) train ride. “Strings... City Arts 05 Sep 2022 | 01:51
Family photo: Paul Newman with Harold Willens. Photo courtesy of Michele Willens Paul Newman: Having Yet Another Moment They were longtime Upper East Siders, though many think of Connecticut as the favored home of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.... Voices 25 Jul 2022 | 09:16
Steph Del Rosso, writer of “53% OF.” Photo: Ella Pennington Old Venue Reopens With New Take On Women “I have many, many supporters. They’re all fantastic people. But they’ve had to deal with some very very bad things I’m gonna... City Arts 14 Jul 2022 | 03:41
Cartoonist Ken Fisher, AKA Ruben Bolling. Photo courtesy of Ruben Bolling NYC’s Star Cartoonist Does the name Ken Fisher mean anything to you? Okay, how about Ruben Bolling? Finally, how about Tom the Dancing Bug? They... City Arts 20 Jun 2022 | 10:32
Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga (front) in “Macbeth.” Photo: Joan Marcus She Makes The Sets They Act On Actor Edward Norton says, “she is a genius.” Theater directors obviously agree, as Christine Jones has been the set designer... City Arts 05 Jun 2022 | 12:48
Roger Angell and Michele Willens. Photo courtesy of Michele Willens Remembering Roger Angell This old man was a hero to sportswriters: in fact, to all writers for almost eight decades. Roger Angell, who just passed... News 25 May 2022 | 05:11
From the “Holy Sparks” exhibit. Photo: Michele Willens A Moment for Women Rabbis It started a dozen years ago with Ronda Spinak’s dream of creating something to celebrate women rabbis. She runs The Braid... News 05 Apr 2022 | 03:15
Lynn Nottage. Photo: The Huntington, via Flickr She’s All Over New York Stages Right now, it’s hard to find a theater in New York that is not canceling performances due to COVID. It is also, by the way,... News 04 Jan 2022 | 02:30
JJ Velazquez. Photo: Michele Willens Clemency, Freedom ... and Giving Back For 23 years he was known as AA2803. Jon-Adrian Velazquez (known to many as JJ) spent 23 years in maximum security at Sing... News 15 Dec 2021 | 01:45
Photo via Amazon.com A Music Mogul Writes About the ‘Hollytics’ of 2020 New Yorker Danny Goldberg has had a long and varied career. He has run prestigious record companies, managed folks like Kurt... News 02 Nov 2021 | 11:25
Erik Larson speaking in Toronto, 2015. Photo: Wanderland, via Flickr Erik Larson Tells a Ghost Story Erik Larson has taken us inside a World’s Fair in Chicago in 1893, filled with magic, mystery and murder. He has taken us... News 28 Sep 2021 | 02:16
