As the title suggests there are challenges that throw unexpected curve balls. With a combination of resilience, determination and expert medical care, we remain optimistic that life will go on. This has been the story of Gabrielle Protell’s courage and bravery when she learned that a rare form of cancer would necessitate the need for […]

Having lived in New York since birth, I had thought there were few surprises left. I wrote a column about life in the city, with all the slings and arrows attached, I worked for many years as a residential real estate broker. I had seen it all … more and more through a jaded lens. […]

Having spent my entire adult life in NYC, celebrity spotting is commonplace. Jaded and underwhelmed I often pass a film shoot and take note of the location before searching for the icons on set. Despite this blasé take on life, when I was invited to an event last night at the Soho Grand by Marcelle […]

As a frequent gallery attendee, I am often asked for my critique. It began years ago,stemming from the evolution of the mass migration led by gallerists from Soho to Chelsea. Many other art enthusiasts believe this growth was a direct result coinciding with the completion of the High Line – creating a natural path to […]

In 1978 when punk-rocker Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols was residing at the Chelsea Hotel; his girlfriend Nancy Spungen was stabbed to death. Vicious was arrested but died of a heroin overdose days before the case was brought to trial. The murder remains shrouded in mystery while the hotel reeks with other haunted tales […]

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts presents Lou Reed: Caught Between the Twisted Stars, the first large-scale exhibition from Reed’s archive which the Library acquired in 2017. The exhibition displays the life and work of the icon whose profound influence—musically, visually, and culturally—still affects a range of artists and writers today. The exhibition […]

When the Beatles visited Rishikesh India in 1968 to take part in a transcendental meditation with the Maharishi; it was as if the world joined in. We were instantly transformed from one dimensional thinkers, to a collective group of meditating spiritualists. The movement to stop and contemplate your life, your future and the part that […]

by Matthew Asinari di San Marzano Humanity has made incredible progress in the last 50 years. Global poverty has fallen significantly. Life expectancy has risen worldwide. But the environmental and social price we’ve paid is far too high. Climate change is threatening our existence. Nature’s destruction is undermining the ecosystems we need to survive. It’s […]