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JAG Productions’ goal is to stage plays that reflect the lives of African-Americans — in Vermont, the second-whitest state in the nation.
Colm Tóibín travels back to ancient Greece in House of Names, a vibrant retelling of the tragedy of the House of Atreus.
Large parts, if not all, of this well played, eclectic disc should appeal to various tastes in modern improvised music.
The program’s goal is to educate young people about writing arts criticism.
Denis Johnson sees that New Age thinking is a response to something very American, very late-twentieth-century—namely the precariousness of identity.
In his profound new book Age of Anger, historian Pankaj Mishra finds the key to Trump-worship.
Lope de Vega’s classic story of how the powerless stood up to authority — and won –deserves better treatment than clumsy caricature.
Matisse said his objects were his “working library,” sources to mine for formal qualities and their ability to evoke an emotional response.
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich has an uncanny understanding of what instruments can do and how to showcase them best.
Literary Homage: Denis Johnson, American Dostoevsky
Denis Johnson’s spiritual vision was dark and more than a little scary but also supremely generous.
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