Across the street from the New York Stock Exchange, a 37-year-old painter crouches over a black-and-white portrait of an elderly woman concealing her face with her gnarled hands. As tourists from across the world bustle on the street below him, the Armenian-born artist works in complete silence. Equipped with a laptop, a gray couch for two, and a station full of paint pots, he … [Read more...] about Portrait of a Painter
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Have Guitar, Will Travel
Whether it’s his autumn colored flannel shirt and scuffed up brown boots, the unraveling wiry strings bursting from the head of his guitar, or the red flower pinned to his fedora, there’s something about folk-singer Robert Leslie that gives audience members a feeling of being thrust back in time to the 1960′s. This feeling becomes even more prevalent when he … [Read more...] about Have Guitar, Will Travel
Ping Pong, from Kitsch to Cool
Three years ago, Damien Provost left France to live in a poorly lit, flesh-colored cubicle at the Chinese Herald Crusade Church deep in the heart of Chinatown. In order to have Provost train and coach at the club, The New York Table Tennis Federation sponsored his stay. Since the federation closed its doors in 2011, the top-ranked 29-year-old table tennis professional has been … [Read more...] about Ping Pong, from Kitsch to Cool