Ahead of Time Documentary directed by Bob RichmanRun Time: 73 minutesMPAA Rating: Not RatedIn English and Hebrew, subtitled http://www.ruthgruberthemovie.com/ Ruth…
Renata Polt
Renata Polt, a freelance writer and critic, is the translator and editor of A Thousand Kisses: A Grandmother's Holocaust Letters.
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould Directed by Michèle Hozer and Peter RaymontRun Time: 109 minutesMPAA Rating: Not…
Frank Lloyd Wright, 20th-century America’s most famous and probably greatest architect, was a busy man: in addition to about 200…
Whistler, Before the Olympics In case you’ve been doing a Rip van Winkle for the past several years, here’s breaking…
Vienna, Minus 100 Detail from an Olbrich structure. During the last half of the 19th century, Vienna’s massive fortifications, which…
The California Academy of Sciences Golden Gate Park, San Francisco http://www.calacademy.org/ The newly remodeled California Academy of Sciences, located in…
A look at a New York state map shows a large, almost bare area in the state’s northern triangle. Compared…
What’s north of San Francisco? Ask many out-of-state visitors, and the only answer you’ll hear is “Napa Valley.” Yes, Napa…
Los Gatos, California, is the home of Netflix and the birthplace of the Pet Rock. John Steinbeck wrote The Grapes…
For years, I’ve lulled myself to sleep imagining I was riding in an old-fashioned Pullman car, rocking along the tracks,…
“Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the…
Shenandoah. As if that word weren’t melodious enough, consider its meaning, derived from an Indian creation legend: “Valley of the…
Las Vegas’s premier hotel is 123 years old but has only 36 rooms.The town’s main drag is lined with historic…