Month: July 2014

<i>Art in the Parks</i>: doing NYC Socrates Sculpture style

Art in the Parks: doing NYC Socrates Sculpture style

I always make a point to check out the current Art in the Parks series on display because they are all always equally as amazing as the next. This time, two lovely installations at Socrates Sculpture Park in Astoria: 1) “Scarecrow” by Zilvinas Kempinas, a 

A <i>lot</i> to do in six seconds: Vine challenge calls for stop-motion take on classic film

A lot to do in six seconds: Vine challenge calls for stop-motion take on classic film

In the case of Vine slowly taking over the world (OK fine, it already has), the latest challenge via Mashable is asking Viners to create a six second version of a classic film using stop-motion technique. Meaning: pretty much anything goes. Simplifying a movie classic is the 

12 good reasons to check out the Whitney’s Retrospective Jeff Koons Exhibit even if you’re not a die hard Koons worshipper

12 good reasons to check out the Whitney’s Retrospective Jeff Koons Exhibit even if you’re not a die hard Koons worshipper

The other day I bared the crowds and ventured on up to the Whitney Museum of Art to see Jeff Koons’ latest Retrospective exhibit. And I mean, not going to lie: I’m not even that much of a die-hard Koons worshipper; I was in it 

Cheryl Strayed’s epic adventure life doc <i>Wild</i> gets an official trailer

Cheryl Strayed’s epic adventure life doc Wild gets an official trailer

“How wild it was, to let it be.”  Cheryl Strayed is never not producing amazing works, so it’s no wonder filmmakers are eager to get their hands on the author’s fabulous stories, especially in the latest adaptation of her memoir Wild: Lost And Found On the 

The Funk Don’t Quit: no other movie matters until <i>Get On Up</i>

The Funk Don’t Quit: no other movie matters until Get On Up

Something about summertime makes it SO hard to go sit at the theater, and I say that as a movie fanatic myself. But when I saw the preview for the new James Brown biopic Get On Up starring Movie 42 superstar Chad Boseman, it’s no 

Whatever King James decides to do, we will always love his shoes

Whatever King James decides to do, we will always love his shoes

#KickGameCray When LeBron James made the decision to move on down to South Beach as a Heat player, thousands of Cleveland native hearts (self included) were broken into pieces. “How could he just leave?” we kept asking. It was madness. The Northeast Ohio city had 

Neil Gaiman’s <i>American Gods</i> is coming to Starz

Neil Gaiman’s American Gods is coming to Starz

“Every hour wounds. The last one kills.”  A while a go it was rumored that Neil Gaiman’s fourth prose novel American Gods would be developed into a TV series by HBO (AND that The Rock would be starring in it), but it seems after some