A conversation with the chief theater critic of the New York Times (formerly of the New Yorker), with music from Leonardo Reyna (from the Broadway show Buena Vista Social Club), and the usual Randy Cohen (recently in his living room). Presented with the Hunter College Office of the Arts. Wednesday, March 25, 4:00 Lang Recital Hall 110 East 69 … Continue reading »
Can architecture be witty? At that scale? At those prices? This architect ponders. “It can certainly be smart, and it can do unexpected things, which doesn’t necessarily make it witty. That might make it clever,” he says wittily. Presented with the Center for Architecture. Continue reading »
This playwright directed his When the Hurly Burly’s Done in Kyiv. “It’s about six young women putting on a play in the middle of a war, to be performed by six young women putting on this play in the middle of a war.” There was an opening-night air raid. Presented with the Hunter College Office of the … Continue reading »
The leader of the Willie Mae Rock Camp describes a device she uses to teach girls about blues and STEM: “It is a collision of culture and technology and future possibilities.” One of those robot vacuum cleaners? Her electronic banjo. Electronic Banjo! Continue reading »
“There are only two reasons to be a journalist,” says this one, “To bear witness—to see things that your viewers or readers or listeners can’t see themselves—and then to use that to hold power to account.” No mention of the food in the greenroom. Austere! Presented with the Hunter College Office of the Arts. Continue reading »