Mad Men as Artists

A luxury that the MOMA has is that it can stage long running exhibitions. George Lois: The Esquire Covers, April 25, 2008–March 30, 2009, provides for multiple visits and chance to recognize how radical these covers were in there time. What gets overlooked about advertising in the 1960′s is that a...

Still a Supreme Super Star

Diana Ross is still in her element. A wonderful stage performer and always...

Cold Enough For Ya?

If not, you can always go northwest to Vancouver, Canada for a few days. I live in San Francisco and we declare an emergency whenever the temperature drops below 45. I can’t really complain when I compare our weather to back east where digging your car out of the snow is a community event. But, just in...

“August Wilson Century Cycle” – Box Set

The ambitious intentions of the playwright August Wilson, (Apr. 1945 – Oct. 2005), consisted of a play for every decade of the 20th century that would chronicle some part of the black experience in America. Through the use of his great ear for dialogue, Wilson was able to give us some insight into...

‘The Wire’ – A DVD Experience

All episodes of this dynamic HBO series about Baltimore are now in a DVD box set. Jaded inhabitants, dangerous streets, glaring corruption, greed that knows no gender, race or creed could probably be found in aging inner cities anywhere, but the series creators chose this eastern port city, up the coast...