7Eleven Gallery is open only for the summer: it’s donated space, curated by three daughters of the art world (one of whom, full disclosure-ily, is my cousin). The opening exhibit is composed in substantial part of works by their personal friends. With all this vague nepotism, one might expect that the art would [...]

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Rereading Wharton’s Old New York novellas–very few authors I like better, if any. Wharton’s absolutely brilliant at getting at why people make decisions, and how, and making visceral the fear and thrill of making small, important decisions that resonate personally, interpersonally, and socially. Lizzie Hazeldean, from “New Year’s Day,” is essentially the same [...]

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I heard from an acquaintance last night that the Delacorte’s Hamlet no longer kicks off with “To Be or Not To Be.” Interesting. I wonder which is the norm—if they intended it to start that way and changed it around after getting poor feedback, or if they were experimenting with foregrounding it at [...]

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