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Inked Up: An Interview With Mike O'Farrell

Inked Up: An Interview With Mike O’Farrell

Mike O’Farrell isn’t your typical tattoo artist. Though he may be a seasoned pro now, O’Farrell’s career in the tattoo industry began with trial and error. Nearly nine years ago at the age of 19, O’Farrell began tattooing on himself and friends. “The first year of tattooing was the hardest, but the thing I love...
Literature to Life: The Things They Carried

Literature to Life: The Things They Carried

War. Though the majority of us could do without it, it is an inescapable reality in the world today. But without the brave heroes who have sacrificed their safety and in many cases their lives to protect us, the lives we lead would be much different. In honor of Veterans Day, the American Place Theatre’s...
Dana Schutz: If the Face Had Wheels

Dana Schutz: If the Face Had Wheels

Combining the absurd with the real, Dana Schutz is perhaps one of the most innovative contemporary artists to emerge in recent decades. With a vibrant color palette and a fantastical sensibility, Schutz’s work contains a level of intensity that is nearly impossible to ignore. Beginning Nov. 11, Dana Schutz: If the Face Had Wheels will...
Trick or Treat: An Evening With Edgar Allan Poe

Trick or Treat: An Evening With Edgar Allan Poe

“True! –nervous –very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses –not destroyed –not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in...
The Denver Art Museum Presents: Becoming Van Gogh

The Denver Art Museum Presents: Becoming Van Gogh

After months of anticipation, the time has finally arrived. On Sunday, the Denver Art Museum opened its exhibition of Becoming Van Gogh. Featuring more than 70 paintings and drawings by Van Gogh (as well as nearly 30 works by artists he responded to) Becoming Van Gogh illustrates the methodical steps that Van Gogh took over his...
Money Can't Buy You Class: Reunion Part II

Money Can’t Buy You Class: Reunion Part II

I am disappointed. When I came into these reunions I expected screaming matches, hair pulling and tears. What I got instead was a room full of timid women who were more apologetic than angry. Talk about a buzz kill. While Reunion Part II of The Real Housewives of New York City began with a bang,...
Money Can't Buy You Class: Reunion Part I

Money Can’t Buy You Class: Reunion Part I

After all the ladies have been through, you’d think that reunion host Andy Cohen would waste no time delving into the biggest blowouts the season. To my surprise (and displeasure) Reunion Part I of The Real Housewives of New York City began by probing into the most trivial and inconsequential of issues. Yawn. Battle Royale...
Ramping Up: The 5th Annual Bordo Bello

Ramping Up: The 5th Annual Bordo Bello

You know that something is going to be good when there’s a long line. Sure, it’s a pain in the ass (or just downright boring) to stand for two hours waiting for the premiere of a new movie or the opening of a popular store, but in the end, doesn’t it make the experience that...
Money Can't Buy You Class: The Final Punch

Money Can’t Buy You Class: The Final Punch

After 18 episodes we have finally reached the end of The Real Housewives of New York City season five. Between rainy days in London, Aviva’s sex addict father and an alcohol-fueled vacation in St. Barths, it certainly has been one hell of a wild ride. I hate to see it coming end, but if there’s...
The Other Primary Colors: Black, White and Gray

The Other Primary Colors: Black, White and Gray

Red, blue and yellow. The primary colors. Mix them together and you can get virtually any color in the rainbow. But what about the other primary colors? I’m talking about black, white and gray. What can be made with such drab hues? Last Friday, Space Gallery held its opening reception for The Other Primary Colors:...
Colorado Ballet: An Evening Under the Lights

Colorado Ballet: An Evening Under the Lights

I used to be a ballerina. No, really, it’s true. In fact I danced for nearly 10 years (bet you didn’t know that.) So you can imagine my excitement when I had the opportunity to go see Colorado Ballet: An Evening Under the Lights at the Parker Arts, Culture and Events (PACE) Center this past...
Money Can't Buy You Class: Aviva, Aviva, Aviva

Money Can’t Buy You Class: Aviva, Aviva, Aviva

We’ve all seen the Brady Bunch (or at least heard of them.) Who could forget Jan’s infamous line: “Marsha, Marsha, Marsha?” Replace Marsha, Marsha, Marsha with Aviva, Aviva, Aviva and you’ve got this week’s episode of The Real Housewives of New York City. Whether it be at a dinner party or a night on the...