Two weeks ago, a lovely elderly woman stopped by our table. She asked, gently, “Is this the tea party?” (This has been a common inquiry since the New York Times ran a story about us.) She told me that she had read the article and was glad to have had the chance to join us….
For the past eleven years, weather permitting, I have been hosting a weekly tea party in Bryant Park on Thursday afternoons. It began as a lark in the summer of 2014. I was looking for free things to do in the city with my sons. In the summers, Bryant Park hosts “Broadway in Bryant Park”…
The Women in the World Summit brought together people, mostly women, to share the stories, tragic and triumphant, of the status or plight of women around the world. There were over 30 panel conversations that covered topics such as violence against women in India, to the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram, to human trafficking around…
I have been having a lot of conversations lately about love. That, in itself, is not unusual for me, but the nature of the conversations has shifted in terms of frequency and focus. These conversations were sparked a year ago when I attended the Women in the World Summit at Lincoln Center. The focus of…
As we re-launch our website, I am happy to invite everyone to the space we call Liz’s Voice. This week’s post was inspired by two men who might be surprised to find themselves on the same side in the same sentence-Famous Atheist, Bill Maher and Pope Francis. Friday night I was watching Bill Maher’s show….