April, 2017 Archive

Ayurvedic Cooking Is a Tasty Pathway to Better Health

Ayurveda is one of the old’s oldest forms of holistic healing. It originated between two and five thousand years ago and is still practiced today. It teaches that the body can...

"How to Survive a Plague:" AIDS and Hard Lessons Learned

Looking to the past for lessons on struggling against stubborn silence. As 2016 concluded, The New York Times reported that the number of people diagnosed HIV positive in Russia...

Tina Fey and Robert Carlock Make Great News Together

As though Tina Fey and Robert Carlock had not already given the world enough laughter (in the form of hit shows like 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), they are now producing...

Scientists Agree That Grapefruit Isn’t Always Great Fruit

Grapefruit is a snack with a variety of health benefits — but if you take certain medications, you may have to take it off the menu. Grapefruit can be a delicious delicacy. Some...

Flipping the Script on Chekhov with Stupid F#@king Bird

April 21-22; 25-29 Even people who love theater enjoy hating it — sometimes. Just like NPR’s cerebral navel-gazing and an evening watching James Lipton pontificate over...

The Bucket List: Enough Adventure to Last a Lifetime

Life is short, but the bucket list is here to help you fill it with priceless memories. Its adventures are geographically organized by latitude — from north to south. Edited by...

Sydney Summer: One Sure Way to Beat ‘the Seattle Freeze’

When he heads Down Under for a break from winter weather, Kevin also finds himself charmed by the sunny dispositions of his new Aussie pals. At the end of 2008, my partner Ray and...

Turn into Page, Arizona for Spectacular Canyon Views

The last stop on our National Parks road trip is Page, Arizona, where we wanted to visit a few well-known attractions — Horseshoe Bend, Antelope Canyon and Lake Powell/the Glen...

Streisand to Speak in Series at Tribeca Film Fest

April 19-30 As in past years, the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival’s impressive lineup of films is reason enough to attend. But the news that really had us clutching our pearls is...

The Lost City of Z: It’s a Jungle out There

Charlie Hunnam — who played a beguiling twink in the original British Queer as Folk and a gruff biker in Sons of Anarchy — here takes on the role of real-life explorer...

Idina Menzel’s Odessey Continues at the Greek Theater

April 14 When you think of big voices, you once thought of Aretha Franklin and Beverly Sills. These days, that rarified territory belongs to Adele and Idina Menzel — and...

Run (Like Forrest Gump), Don’t Walk to Monument Valley

If you’ve seen ever watched Forrest Gump, there’s a scene where he takes a run all by himself. That moment is set in Monument Valley. And that’s how many young people...