The Man Who Lived at the Café Central
Peter Altenberg was a writer who wore sandals in the snow, chased underage girls, and wrote small works that could reflect an entire world. Altenberg: The Little Pocket Mirror is a documentary about his life, well worth watching for its beautiful images, its eloquent stumble through modernist and modern day Vienna, and its spotlight on [...]
Days of Art & Imagination at Burg Wildegg
When I was offered the chance to spend a weekend modeling for artists at a castle, I didn’t need details. I couldn’t help imagining Neuschwanstein,…
Open Air: The Taming of the Shrew
William Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew will be performed outdoors at Palais Liechtenstein. This much-acclaimed production, staged by TNT theatre Britain and touring with the American Drama…
Luring la Vida Loca
From the outside it didn’t look like much – I desperately searched the door for some indication of Latin America. Nothing. Not knowing what to…
Restaurant Review: Particularly Persian
For insiders, Pars is old news. It’s long been the go-to place for Persian expats. When he began working at his parents’ small establishment in…
Ray Monk first public appearance in Vienna
Wittgenstein is considered the most influential philosopher of the 20th century and Prize-winning biographer Ray Monk will discuss the philosopher’s…
Cathedral Curiosities History Lines St. Stephen’s
Visitors seem well-versed in the lore of the Stephansdom. They know roughly where and what it is: a…
11 Women & Their Wines
I will side-step the many clichés in introducing a piece on women in wine – overalls and calloused…
Körperwelten: Body Worlds Reaches Out
“One can tell the morals of a culture by the way they treat their dead.” – Benjamin Franklin…