The Culture Mom

Giveaway: Win a Pair of Tickets to Broadway’s How to Succeed with Nick Jonas

CultureMom — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:01:22 +0000

While my kids were on February break, we headed to a matinee of How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying with a new cast including Nick Jonas, Beau Bridges and Michael Urie. I had seen Matthew Broderick in an earlier Broadway production years ago and was curious to see the difference in this production [...]

Giveaway: Four Tickets to the Werner Chamber Quartet at Carnegie Hall, NYC

CultureMom — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:38:13 +0000

If you live in or near NYC, this is an incredible opportunity to take your family to both see and hear a group of four young cellists, who happen to be siblings and travel the world making music. They are the Werner Chamber Quartet and they’re coming to Carnegie Hall late next month. Each of the [...]

Bucket List: Woody Allen – Live at Cafe Carlyle

CultureMom — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:07:51 +0000

If you haven’t already figured it out from reading my many blogs about Woody Allen, I’m a huge fan. I’ve written about his movies, his plays and his impact on my life and move to NYC from Atlanta, GA. But he means so much more to me than I can write here on this blog and after many years [...]

A Weekend in the Lehigh Valley with the Kids

CultureMom — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:12:52 +0000

Last weekend, we found an unexpected hidden gem of a family travel spot in the Lehigh Valley. Located just less than two hours from where we live in the heart of Pennsylvania near the Poconos Mountains, lies several quiet towns filled with museums, restaurants, antique shops and things to do. As my daughter correctly stated [...]

Giveaway: Two Tickets to the New York Theatre Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty

CultureMom — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:50:49 +0000

We are big fans of the New York Theatre Ballet. Ever since my daughter started taking dance lessons, it has been a key part of our NYC experience every winter. They are about to conclude their family-friendly Once Upon a Ballet series with the audience favorite, James Sutton’s Sleeping Beauty on March 10 & 11. The hour-long [...]

Pan Am Season Finale Preview (and My Visit to the Set)

CultureMom — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:42:05 +0000

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of visiting the set of Pan Am. We toured the Silvercup Studios, the studio where it’s shot in Brooklyn. Inside we walked through the 707 used in the program and explored economy, first class, the plane’s bar (yes, remember when they had bars on planes?) and the [...]

A Life Free From Hunger with Save the Children

CultureMom — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:44:14 +0000

This morning I headed to the Millennium Hotel near the United Nations to hear a very special talk co-hosted by Save the Children in support of the U.N. Secretary General’s Every Woman Every Child movement for maternal, newborn and child health with a group of other bloggers from MamaDrama. The session was empowering as [...]

A Dose of Fashion Week at Barbie’s Dream Closet

CultureMom — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:41:23 +0000

One of the many perks of blogging is the events that I’m invited to. From time to time, my children are also extended invites to these events. I’m quite careful about the events that I choose to attend, for so many reasons. For one thing, I live in Westchester and it’s not easy to take [...]

Review: Assistance at Playwrights Horizons

CultureMom — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:37:25 +0000

Do you ever have flashbacks of particular experiences that weren’t particularly pleasant but supposedly paved your future and helped you become who you are? I did when I saw the film Swimming with Sharks with Kevin Spacey, for example. Who hasn’t had vivid dreams of tying up their boss after one snide remark too many? [...]

Two Book Reviews: Cutting For Stone and A Reliable Wife

CultureMom — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:26:28 +0000

I usually like to record my thoughts about books that I read on this site and the last two are worth reporting on. So, without further ado, they are A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick and Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese. I highly recommend one, the other not so much. I’ll start with [...]