Proving Up is a new opera from Opera Omaha written by Missy Mazzoli (music) and Royce Vavrek (libretto). Wednesday the 26th marked its New York premiere (a second performance on Friday the 28th is already sold out). (Your humble correspondent had never seen an opera in his life before tonight, so if you thought this […]

Snowstorm scheduled to hit NYC today. Having already delivered further south, it came through for us, too, just like last year. (CNN) Twenty years ago, NY Times launched its online website. Could they have imagined that one day excellent news would be delivered entirely online? (NY Times) Actress Charlotte Rampling called boycotting the homogeneous Oscars […]