My 2-year-old daughter placed her head on my shoulder while I investigated every face in Picasso’s Le Moulin de la Galette. I explained to her that this painting was an earlier work by Picasso, before he began to create his own unique style. We stood while I chatted away about Moulin being Picasso’s first painting in Paris and the epicurean body languages of the painted figures over to Kandinsky’s Composition 8. I bent down and pointed at the geometric war taking place while circles provide warmth and calmness. With a quiet voice, I spoke about the circles within the painting and how they … [Read more...]
NYC School Buses to Get GPS so Parents Can Track Their Students
Disclosure: NYC Dads Group received compensation from Here Comes the Bus for this post. The quotes from our City Dads Group parents are genuine. Many NYC moms and dads in November experienced one of a parents’ greatest fears: they couldn’t locate their children. An early-season snowstorm paralyzed afternoon traffic, leaving students taking school buses home stranded on the road for hours and making parents frantic. This was especially upsetting to those with special needs students or little ones without cell phones. As a result, the New York City Council in January approved several … [Read more...]
King Kong on Broadway: A Gigantic New York Story
Midway through the first act, King Kong made his first appearance in the new Broadway show bearing his name, and the audience just didn't know how to deal with what they were seeing. "Is that ... is that ... video?" asked my wife, Robin, trying to make sense of things. "No," I answered, "I think that's actually on stage right now." But we're getting ahead of ourselves. My wife and I were enjoying a rare date night, and we'd gone to King Kong at the Broadway Theatre. Obviously, any story with Kong in it is going to need to have a gigantic ape -- the promotional materials teased his … [Read more...]
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