Archive for January, 2020

Meet Later in Life Father Richie Jackson: Interview by Robin Gorman Newman


AGE:  54 RELATIONSHIP STATUS:  Married RESIDENCE:  New York City CHILDREN’S NAMES/AGES: Jackson (19) and Levi (3) I am the author of Gay Like Me (HarperCollins), and I recently produced the Tony Award-nominated play Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song on Broadway. I also executive produced Showtime’s Nurse Jackie for seven seasons and co-executive produced the film Shortbus. Visit https://www.richiejacksongaylikeme.com/   What did ...

“Emojiland: The Musical” Show Review by Andrea Santo Felcone


What if all the emojis in your smartphone came to life? How would they interact? What kinds of friendships would they form? What would their love lives look like? What would they do? Maybe you have never thought about your emojis in this way, using them merely to punctuate the ...

Thomas & Friends: Explore the Rails! at the Long Island Children’s Museum: Review by Alyson Treglia


  © 2020 Gullane (Thomas) Limited Thomas & Friends™: Explore the Rails! was created by Minnesota  Children’s Museum, presented by Fisher-Price. Sponsored locally by People’s United Bank. The Long Island Children's Museum (LICM) has been a favorite place to visit over the years, located on museum row in Garden City nestled next to the ...

4 Great Gift Ideas for Young Adults Ideal for Any Occasion


Holiday season may be over, but gift shopping and giving doesn't just end in December. For those special young adults in your life, you'll likely want to buy them birthday gifts, just-because rewards, graduation presents and/or housewarming goodies throughout the year. With this in mind, here are four gift ideas for the ...

An Interview with Ada Calhoun, author, Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis


In a few sentences, can you please tell us what Why We Can’t Sleep is about? Why We Can’t Sleep is a book for middle aged women who are having a hard time. If you’re sleepless, anxious, freaked out, broke, exhausted, or overwhelmed, this book is about all the reasons why ...

UP CLOSE Festival 2019: Review by Hannah Singer


Sometimes I think I am younger than I am, after all, I write for Motherhood Later! (In my case it was later and later and later!) But I also forget I have a moody tween, and I never know if she will enjoy anything. But, when I was offered tickets ...

Don’t Let Fear Stop You by Dr. Ivy Ge, author, The Art of Good Enough. (Book Excerpt)


Don’t Let Fear Stop You   Do you have something you’ve always wanted to try but never get around to doing? What has stopped you from real- izing your goal? Too much responsibilities and too little time? No, the real answer is fear. Fear of the Unknown   Fear is like a locked ...

The Grip of Childhood by Cecile David-Weill, author, Parents Under the Influence (Book Excerpt)


Like it or not, we have no more control over our role as par­ents than we do over whom we “choose” to fall in love with. Just as in some measure we fall for partners based on our childhood rather than on our conscious desires as adults, we instinctively model ...

“Mrs. Maisel’s Marvelous Tour of New York City” by On Location Tours–Review by Andrea Santo Felcone


Fans of the popular Amazon series, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, which follows Miriam “Midge” Maisel, a Jewish wife and mother through her journey to become a stand-up comic, know how meticulously detailed Midge’s world is. Her story takes place in the late 1950s mainly in New York City. What stands ...