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Saxophonist Harold Land has been a major contributor to the rich tapestry of jazz. Check him out.
This Italian fairy tale is more whimsical than groundbreaking, but it has all the delights of a day at the beach.
Truman & Tennessee is a meticulously researched and edited documentary about two gay men and their differing commitments to art.
Overall, “Remember the Ladies” is a love letter to an era and to a cheerful vision of painting.
Edgar Wright’s first documentary looks into why the long-lived, constantly risk-taking, dazzlingly original band Sparks remains relatively unknown.
This version of the band is less gritty and angry then back in the ’90s, but it is still identifiably anarchistic.
Biographer June Cummins considers the first All-of-a-Kind Family book, published in 1951, as groundbreaking and Sydney Taylor as “one of the first writers of multicultural literature for children.”
In addition to generalizations about Asian cultures — the voice actors come from a variety of Asian, but not all Southeast Asian, backgrounds — there are other issues a grown-up viewer might object to.
Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and this month’s list includes Leonard Bernstein, Leon Russell, The Faces, Carla Bley, and Rod Stewart.
Visual Arts Interview: The Colonial Elephant in the Room — Talking with Barnaby Phillips, author of “Loot: Britain and The Benin Bronzes”
Last week, just a month after the publication of Loot in the US, the Met in New York announced that it was returning two Benin Bronzes to Nigeria.
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