“In a few minutes, the peppy music will come on, an interval timer will buzz, and we will begin lifting, pushing, leaning, stretching, pulling and bending until the timer tells us to stop.”

Drop and Give Me 20! MSO’s Bach Fest, 100 Years of Rhapsody in Blue, Richard Serra, The Color of Film.

“On the big screen in front of me, Don Alvaro called for camaraderie in the long war ahead. On the seat beside me, the candy sang its own silent aria: "Paulo….Live for today! Seize the candy-coated moment! Moderation be damned!"

Junk Food with Giuseppe, Trollope Two Ways, Lost in Translation, M. Emmett Walsh.

“Watch the kids of the bucket brigade, gathering waves, slopping them into carefully dug craters, creating for a moment a personal ocean.”

South Florida moments; Oscar post-mortem; Jury Duty; Viva Verdi; Pamuk on The Political.

“You can almost sense the instrument and the hand itself, making mark after mark, the careful caress of bristle on canvas.”

Brush with Greatness, Reruns, Nina Conti, Julio Torres, All the Arts News That’s Fit…

“Resistance is futile. But even if you avert your eyes, steel yourself and turn the corner, you’ll likely contend with the come-hither glow of a Halal cart”

I’ll Take Eat Manhattan, NYCB, Dwight Garner, Pilsen Murals, Annie Dillard