Articles Posted in the Lifestyles Category
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Scene on Film: ‘Albert Nobbs’
By Joan Ellis Albert Nobbs is a curiously uncomfortable experience precisely because it is beautifully acted by all hands. Director Rodrigo Garcia deposits us directly in the culture and class system of 19th century Ireland…
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From The Wine Cellar: For Conservatives And Liberals, Wine Is Always Right
By Charles B. Rubinstein “If a conservative is a liberal who has been mugged, a liberal is a conservative who’s been arrested.” Thomas Wolfe, 1900-1938 About a month ago I met a fellow guest at…
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Brookdale Art Exhibition Features Works By Lisa Ficarelli-Halpern
The Center for Visual Arts (CVA) Gallery at Brookdale Community College will host “objex.desire,” a solo exhibition by Lisa Ficarelli-Halpern through Feb. 29. The show includes recent original prints, sculpture and more than two dozen…
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M Shanghai String Band And Carolina Chocolate Drops Present A Night Of Americana Music At Pollak Theatre
The M Shanghai String Band will open for the Grammy Award-winning trio Carolina Chocolate Drops on Friday, Feb. 17 at Monmouth University’s Pollak Theatre. Conceived in the basement of a Chinese restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn,…
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August Wilson’s ‘Jitney’ Takes Two River Theater Audiences On A Great Journey
Some lessons take a lifetime to learn; some truths surface only after long struggle, and sometimes, getting to your destination requires a bumpy ride in a gypsy cab, on the “wrong” side of the city.…
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Scene on Film: ‘The Iron Lady’
By Joan Ellis The critics haven’t warmed to The Iron Lady. Though Meryl Streep has won raves for her performance as Margaret Thatcher, the movie itself has become as controversial as its central figure. Why?…
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Skywatch: Horoscopes for the week of February 10 – 17
By Flo Higgins People born this week are known as cusp babies and have a combination of Aquarius and Pisces. They combine the unique formula of the Aquarian with the gentle nature of the Pisces.…
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Monmouth Players Presents ‘Lost In Yonkers’
Life wasn’t always so full of distractions. There was a time when time was passed talking, listening to the radio or playing games with our relatives. The family was the center of a person’s universe.…
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Scene on Film: ‘A Separation’
By Joan Ellis Imagine a movie so real and immediate that it seems to be unfolding right in front of you. This is A Separation, Iran’s entry for this year’s Best Foreign Language Film at…
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Monmouth Symphony Presents German Romantic Music
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the Monmouth Symphony Orchestra will present a “Deutsche Romantik,” an afternoon of 19th century German Romantic music, on Sunday, Feb. 12, at 3 p.m. at the Count Basie Theatre, 99…
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