by Joanna Brady Schmida Many readers today are acculturated to the faster pace of a story’s development. A mindful prolific reader will appreciate Brady’s lyrically lush language. The rhythmically paced slow build lulls the reader into the tempo of the time, the late 1800s in Key West. Set against the Key’s historical backdrop, Brady’s masterful …
by Richard Berenholtz Promethean Panorama’s New York, seen through the bird’s-eye of an architectural photographer, elevates the city’s horizons to vibrant painterly panoramas and inspiring new heights. As a native New Yorker, underwhelmed by every and anything, Skylines of New York overwhelms with a seductive majesty; it is the must-have cocktail table bookend to Berenholtz’s …
1. Why rely on memories if they are malleable and unreliable? Public and historical events are etched into memory, especially when they overlap personal memories. For example, in March of 2011, I was hosting a Meet the Candidates Night for the upcoming village election. The incumbent, the Mayor of East Hills, was being challenged. Why …
Many of you, with time on your hands, watched the film Bad Education the night of its airing, April 25. Many of you have not. I had planned to view the film that evening, given the massive press build-up and “artificially contrived excitement,” thanks to its exceptional cast. Fortunately for all those vested in the …
April 25, 2020 View this in advance of the HBO airing of Bad Education For a real eye opener go view and listen to Coach Mike Bayer’s podcast before viewing the movie. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/exclusive-frank-tassone-true-story-behind-hbos-bad/id1497576248?i=1000472153052 Thanks to COVID-19, Bad Education is getting hyper-press coverage from Newsday to Esquire to the New York Times to CNN, etc. The …