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Visual Arts Commentary: Preservation, Two Cases of To Be or Not to Be

February 7, 2021
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Today’s increasingly heated argument about architectural preservation revolves around discerning which pieces of the past are worth saving, which buildings are valuable to our present and future.

Arts Remembrance: Christopher Plummer, 1929-2021

February 6, 2021
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It is difficult to think of a harder-working actor or one more devoted to his craft.

Film Review: “The World to Come” — A Haunting Female Frontier Romance

February 5, 2021
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The excitement of these films – perhaps the word frisson would not be amiss – is that these women are envisioned as explorers in the land of Eros, map-makers of new terrain, discovering and inventing love as they go.

Book Review: The Glory of “Full Dissidence”

February 5, 2021
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Full Dissidence is not just about the corruption of professional sports. It is a fierce polemic that will alter the way you look at America.

Film Review: “Son of the South” — The Civil Rights Movement, Served on Wonder Bread

February 4, 2021
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What we need is to see the world through the eyes of Black activists, even though that might be frightening to White audiences reluctant to deal with the unmediated truth.

Opera Album Review: Croatia’s Best-Known Opera, “Ero the Joker” — Folk Fun and Games

February 4, 2021
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Croatia’s best-known Opera is like The Bartered Bride or a lighter-spirited Porgy and Bess: tuneful, engaging, and stageworthy.

Book Review: Nashville Songwriter Aimee Mayo is “Talking to the Sky”

February 3, 2021
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Nashville songwriter Aimee Mayo’s memoir offers an eye-opening perspective on the problematic treatment of women in the country music industry.

Rock Album Review: Viagra Boys’ “Welfare Jazz” — Macho Bluster, Satirized

February 2, 2021
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On Welfare Jazz, Viagra Boys succeed through their skillful manipulation of pure bombast, spurred on by haywire grooves as well as plenty of oversized personality.

Television Review: “Strip Down, Rise Up” — The Liberation of Pole Dancing

February 1, 2021
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An intriguing look at smashing the patriarchy through the art of pole dancing.

Film Review: Buster Keaton’s “The Cameraman” — The Final Feature-Length Blaze of Brilliance

February 1, 2021
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The Cameraman is the hilarious capstone to a glorious period that began for Buster Keaton in the late teens.

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