by Neil | Nov 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
…and indeed, emerging from the elevator at the Jewish Museum in NYC at mid-day on Friday, November 14, 2025, I came face to face with this striking piece by Christian Boltanski (1944-2021) — an artist I have admired over four decades for his elegaic,...
by Neil | Oct 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
Wednesday evening, October 22, 2025 – On the occasion of the third anniversary of the publication of MARTHA GRAHAM – WHEN DANCE BECAME MODERN what a delight to speak at the venerable Salmagundi Club/Coffee House, in animated conversation with my editor at...
by Neil | Oct 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
Saturday, October 11. 2025, mid-day. My bemused friend and literary comrade Amanda Vaill is seen here poised to sign copies of her new book, Pride and Pleasure – The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution at the Morristown (N.J.) Festival of Books, where she...
by Neil | Oct 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
Friday night, October 9, 2025. Dancers Ane Arieta and Leslie Andrea Williams display their exuberant esprit de corps in celebration of the just-published lavish, eye-popping, monumental MARTHA DANCE COMPANY 100 YEARS, a labor of impeccable love by photographers Ken...
by Neil | Oct 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
October 1, 2025 – My first invitation to join Phong Bui and likeminded friends — and he says it best: “The Beauty of Friends Being Together: What a joy to see our brilliant friends the other day at Rail HQ in Greenpoint where I hosted a another...