For the past 12 years the Queens World Film Festival (QWFF) has wowed audiences and participating filmmakers with its power to tell stories from around the world in one of the most diversified corners of New York City: the Borough of Queens, and this year’s edition will not disappoint. Festival...

Betti Franceschi. Photo: Ken Pao Photo shoots may be the least invasive channel to allow others entry into a person’s soul, to transform the private realm and deliver it to the public in nuanced ways. This is what Betti Franceschi has been doing for much of her life as an...

Feet, what do I need them for if I have wings to fly?-- Frida Kahlo To know her is to love her, is to imitate, and possess her, just a little. A visionary of art, culture, feminism and independence, Frida Kahlo was a complex and compelling figure who is now...

A trio of manageable museums are currently exhibiting some of the most talked about work in town: the Hudson River Museum, the Jewish Museum, and the Morgan Library and Museum are three off-the beaten track venues for pint-sized immersions in carefully cultivated and curated shows.

At first, I told myself this would be a good exercise: revisiting Italy without my husband, the recently deceased poet Gil Fagiani. Like widows all over the world, I was floundering, finding my way without him, and visiting Italy without him presented a particular challenge. In the end, I returned...

After a successful debut last year, the IDEA Boston festival is returning packed with an expanded lineup of more than 25 panels, 60 guest speakers from academia to award-winning authors, poets, artists, social and political analysts, actors, musicians, a photo exhibit (open to the public) and a gala to wrap...

In 1973, while bedridden, Levi used a special wooden notebook, built with strings attached to the sides to help guide his hand when drawing or writing. He labeled it "Quaderno a cancelli" (fenced notebook), the name given to his final collection of prose and poetry that accompanies these blind drawings,...

Ten artists confront identity, history and heritage in a multi-media exhibit, and try to deliver ways of understanding the world when truth is censored, borders are closed, mobility is obstructed, and civil liberties are being upturned daily.

Since she took office five years ago, Brewer has passed legislation to add caregivers to the city’s anti-discrimination law, remove criminal history questions from initial employment applications (the Fair Chance Act) and enforced the requirement for street numbers to appear on buildings in Manhattan (to better aid emergency workers).

A black and white photo of wisteria draping the courtyard walls welcomes visitors to the Frick’s current exhibit, Tiepolo in Milan: The Lost Frescoes of Palazzo Archinto, on view April 16 through July 14, 2019. That wisteria survived the Allied bombing that took place August 13-16th, 1943, that tragically destroyed...