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CitySketch: Stern
The Stern Brothers – Isaac, Louis, and Benjamin – were sons of German Jewish immigrants who started selling dry goods from their store in Buffalo in 1867. Twelve years later they hired Henry Fernbach, a fellow Jewish immigrant from Germany, to design their flagship store at 32 West 23rd Street in Manhattan. Ladies from all… Read more
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Twelfth Night by the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival
The last time I saw Twelfth Night, Mark Rylance played both Viola and Sebastian. It’s an understatement to say that’s a tough act to follow but in the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s production there is nothing missing from Kerry Warren’s Viola. This is her debut season with the HVSF and her talent is sure to… Read more
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Cut Flowers
Not in blue vases theseNor white, cut flowers are seenBut in the August meadowsWhen the reaper falls clean —And the shining and ridged rowsOf cut stalks show to the eyeAs if some child’s hand thereHad ranged them, and passed byTo other rows, other swathes,Moondaisies, pimpernel,Eyebright, sorrel, the pathsAre shining, the heaps as well.Violets in spring,… Read more
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It’s only water in a stranger’s tear
This song, from Peter Gabriel’s third album is another of those depressingly relevant songs that keeps popping up these days. The album was the third in a row to be titled Peter Gabriel and it is also known as Melt due to its cover photo of Gabriel’s melting face. The sleeve’s designer Storm Thorgerson said:… Read more
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