Right after Halloween leaves our midst, New York City transforms into a magical winter wonderland. As the city gets decked out in snowflakes and sparkling Christmas lights, New Yorkers are enveloped in the urban winter atmosphere. While I wandered through Bryant Park’s Winter Village, I couldn’t help but sing that classic Christmas jingle to myself: […]
As one leaves the Winter Garden Theater after experiencing School of Rock: The Musical, it may take some restraint to keep from waving your arms in the air and chanting “Stick it to the man!” That’s the spirit and energy evoked by this new Andrew Lloyd Weber undoubtedly-soon-to-be major hit, the stage production of the […]
“50 East 34th Street.” I close the cab door. Tall buildings revealed an inch of sky and grayness hung everywhere. Where were the autumnal colors I had left behind in Ohio? The triangle shaped advertisement on top of the taxi next to me flashed bright words, and the television set inside my own cab kept […]
Everyone who has ever been a child has seen Disney’s Aladdin. It’s the beloved tale of the street-rat-turned-prince on his quest to steal the heart of the woman he loves. After the overwhelming success of The Lion King musical, Disney decided to take another stab at adapting one of its movies into a Broadway show. […]
Female Mexican painter Frida Kahlo was an evolutionary artist. She was proud, bold and unapologetic throughout her life and within her work. The Frida Kahlo fall exhibition at the New York Botanical Gardens was an exquisite triumph, successfully showcasing the late talent’s remarkable grasp on the natural world. The show was titled Frida Kahlo: Art, […]
When one thinks about different genres in the world of theater, one tends to think that comedy and opera would not be put together into one piece. Contrary to what we know, there are a few pieces of theatre that do combine the two, and I recently had the opportunity to see Gilbert and […]
The following is an excerpt from the first chapter of Zach Neuman’s original story, The Origin Story of Peter Pan. Zach is a senior at Yeshiva College majoring in psychology with a marketing minor. He is from Woodmere, New York. The playground square was coloured with green grass and grey stones, surrounded on three sides […]
Immediately after settling down in the Brookdale dorms in Midtown, I set out to explore what incredible adventures the City That Never Sleeps had to offer me. I created a bucket list for myself: the MOMA, Upright Citizens Brigade, Sugar Factory, Radio City, Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum, Student Rush Broadway shows and more. I managed […]
About two weeks ago, I started a blog dedicated to female artists and patrons throughout art history. I had been sitting in my Women in Art class learning about a painter named Rachel Ruysch. Like many others I had never heard of her before; Ruysch was from Amsterdam and a contemporary of Rembrandt. Now here […]
The Stern Girl’s Guide to Winter Break
So, it’s finals week, and everyone is desperate to have vacation. Oh, vacation—we’ve been waiting for you dearly since we got off one day for Thanksgiving too many months ago! Some of you have been planning your winter break for months. But there are others of you (yes, we know who you are), you procrastinators, […]