Culture

It’s the middle of winter in the middle of a pandemic. Does it really matter what you wear at this point? For many of us, the urge to surrender to comfort and low-key came early in the pandemic. Or, as Alyson Walsh from That’s Not My Age has made clear,…

With a new year upon us, many will likely welcome fresh distractions for engagement and entertainment. With movie theaters, concert halls and most other performance venues still closed to audiences, that likely means investigating the viewing options available in your own home- either on the television, computer or Kindle. Fortunately,…

It’s never too early to think about the December holidays and, especially this year, it’s a welcome distraction to think about the coming new year. For some of us, this has been a year of reflection and reconsideration of what’s important in life and how we can uplift and enlighten…

No doubt many of us are on the hunt for entertaining distractions these days, as COVID cases pick up, outdoor social engagements drop off, and threats of quarantine once again hang in the air. While movies and books may lure you in, for many of us there’s nothing better than…

At a moment in time when we could all use an escape, the words of the choreographer Agnes de Mille offer a clear path. She said, “To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is…

Many of us have watched way too many reruns, gotten tired of binging on detective series, and outpaced the introduction of new streaming movies. Let’s face it- if we’re looking for mental stimulation, we may be weary of trying to find new prospects. So perhaps just in time, we have…