Ends and beginnings at Hudson Street Gallery

The Hudson Street Gallery’s inaugural show has officially come to an end.  I helped take the show down yesterday.  When and what will be the next HSG show?  I can’t say just yet, but we’re still interested in hearing from artists and others who want...

Atypical tintypes at ICP

Thanks to the Connections program, I used my PRC membership card to get in to the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York city free.  There were three shows of serious photojournalism and documentary photography by Susan Meiselas, Cornell Capa and W....

Trembling before dog with the dumpling diva

They say that New York is one of the few cities where you can get road rage walking. The post-Christmas shopping crowd on lower Broadway was appalling. And I wasn’t even really shopping. The density of tourists and out of towners meandering and stopping suddenly...

Science theater grows in Central square

Maybe Central Square isn’t going to the dogs after all.  This weekend I caught a performance of a stage adaptation of one of my favorite books ever, Alan Lightman’s Einstein’s Dreams.  The show is closed now, and you can read better reviews of it in...

The Mukherjee proposition

I took one of those networking meetings this morning.  It was unusual because someone was seeking my help and advice, not the other way around.  I hope I didn’t damage her career too much, and at the end of the meeting, I offered her a deal which I call The...

Gaming the Yankee swap

Many of you are facing company holiday parties this time of year.  I’m staring down the barrel of one tonight.  Some of these parties include some sort of gift exchange, perhaps a Yankee swap.  Clearly running a little low on material, I’ve been wondering...