E. Donna Shepherd

Known as “The Pope of American Cuisine,” Chef Patrick O’Connell is a legend. He’s revered as a pioneer of refined American cooking, and as the eclectic restaurateur who transformed a country inn into an international culinary temple. But, behind the fairytale – behind the humor and whimsy – lies a story of a self-taught chef who started with nothing and overcame a decades-long feud with a fiercely conservative rural town to create one of the most renowned restaurants in America.

An examination of how President Abraham Lincoln used contemporary telecommunications to his maximum advantage in the American Civil War.

Performance artist Marina Abramovic prepares for a major retrospective of her work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.