Arts Fuse Editor
The Midnight Club contains all the ingredients necessary for a perfect spooky season binge: a Gothic mansion, extremely disaffected yet self-aware young people, moody cinematography, and gorgeous interiors, including the coolest library you’ve ever seen.
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Eri Hotta’s biography of Shinichi Suzuki is about optimism, gentleness, doggedness, belief in children, humanity, and the affirmative properties of art in the face of violence and ignorance.
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I put Joni Mitchell on a short list of the most remarkable pop music artists of the ’60s and early ’70s. Longevity of excellence isn’t the point here, just peak incandescence.
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These are individual expressions of how it feels to live in a war zone, not scenes of valiant fighters intended to recruit more combatants.
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Presumably, as a policy specialist, Ann Bookman sought to turn ideals into practical reality. Conversely, here in Blood Lines, she unwinds reality to find emotional clarity.
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In addition to being a clever paranormal thriller, Something in the Dirt is a brilliant commentary on our burgeoning world of content creation.
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It’s hard to convey what a benison these books have been to me, as I’ve read them in my narrow, monkish bed late into the night.
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is miraculous, in that it’s a Marvel movie that doesn’t come across as a link of sausage plopped wetly out of the Disney grinder.
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Revelations continue: a composer best known for his sonatas and concertos (the Four Seasons) is a master of vocal music as well.
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Arts Remembrance: Art and Technology Guru George Fifield
The new media advocate, curator, and artist mentor passed away at the age of 72.
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