New York
Q&A: Molly Forsyth of 8 Point Wellness
Remember Molly, who I volunteered with after Superstorm Sandy? And then used her acupuncture skills on me? Well, now I’ve done a Q&A with Molly for Hoboken’s hMAG about her business, 8 Point Wellness.
It Was 20 Years Ago Today
Kurt Cobain took his own life on April 5, 1994, but we didn’t learn the news until Friday, April 8. Can you imagine that today, three days passing? No distraught tweet from Courtney Love? No Instagram of the body from an assistant coroner, whose account is taken down the next day? It was bad enough […]
Jackupuncture
Jack, what’s happening? Are you interested in acupuncture? said the text message from my friend Molly. Well, the truth is, I hadn’t ever really given it much thought. Mention acupuncture to me and the thought that comes to mind is drinking a glass of water afterward, and it comes spurting out from all over your […]
Parades de Blasio WILL March In
by Ron Barrett and Jack Silbert Just a little St. Patrick’s Day gift that we quickly threw together for the fine people of New York City. Sláinte!
Carded at the Library
What’s that old saying? “Unless we know a historian, we’re doomed to repeat it?” Something like that, anyway. Well, I am lucky to have a historian friend, Christina. When she recently told me she had helped put together an exhibit called “Driving for Justice: The New York Taxi Workers Alliance Records,” I was very eager […]
Record Store Review: Rough Trade NYC
I guess I first heard about Rough Trade when I was in high school (not to be confused with lower-case “rough trade,” which is another story for another day). It was a record label, and also a store, or vice-versa, and it was British and mysterious and cool, with an iconic logo, perfect for us […]
Movie Review: If These Knishes Could Talk
4 stars out of 5 When my family moved to California when I was a wee lad, I remember people poking gentle fun at the way my Bronx-raised mom spoke. They’d point out her saying “A glass of wawtuh,” instead of waaa-ter, or however they said it way out west. It was my first inkling […]
I Add Some Words to a Snippet From the New York Times
Kerry Cheeseboro, a manager at Dorrian’s Red Hand, a Yankees-leaning bar on the Upper East Side most known as the place preppy murderer Robert Chambers and his ex-girlfriend Jennifer Levin were hanging out just before he killed her, said it would be difficult for many fans to come to terms with Mr. de Blasio’s feelings. […]
Jack Silbert, curator