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Book Review: “The Art of Classic Planning” — How to Build Beautiful and Enduring Communities

April 1, 2020
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By so memorably reestablishing the fundamentals of urban design and planning, The Art of Classic Planning will be a strategic addition to any architecture or urban planning library.

Opera CD Review: A Tenor as a Villain? Donizetti’s Unusual Two-Tenor Opera Gets a First — and Fine — Recording

April 1, 2020
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An 1829 opera about Elizabeth I and her supposed lover — enlivened by underhanded threats, virtuous resistance, remorse, and an attempted poisoning — proves well worth reviving.

Film Review: “Vivarium” — Sheltering in Place

March 31, 2020
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Vivarium offers such a completely well-thought out narrative that it hardly matters whether we are dealing with magic realism or a satirical fable.

Visual Arts Feature: Go Out There and Shred the Vote!

March 30, 2020
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Andrew Child pictures the candidates riding a skateboard, each in a slightly different pose and dressed in slightly different cool gear.

Film Review: Recommendations — Architecture and Design Documentaries for the Housebound

March 29, 2020
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Films for those who practice — or are just interested in — design, architecture, and urban planning

Music Interview: Mike Mattison Supplies a Powerful “Afterglow”

March 28, 2020
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The new album demonstrates just how versatile a singer/songwriter Mike Mattison really is.

WATCH CLOSELY: Netflix’s “Pandemic” is Harrowing, Prescient

March 27, 2020
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The sheer breadth of information presented here will, at the very least, raise public awareness by deepening our understanding of how pandemics work and why it is important to prepare for the inevitable.

Album Review: “Mixing Colours” — The Brothers Eno

March 26, 2020
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Ironically, Mixing Colours is best experienced by taking in its video presentations.

Book Review: “Four Futures” — Surprisingly Relevant ‘Social Science Fiction’

March 25, 2020
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Peter Frase envisions how our current bedeviling social contradictions and economic abuses may play out in the future.

Book Review: Clive James and the Rewards of Writing Poetry

March 24, 2020
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English writer Ian Shircore’s book-length study gives Clive James’ poems the loving attention they deserve.

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