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Robert Israel

Book Review: “Before the Coffee Gets Cold” — Would You Like Time Travel with That Latte?

To his credit, Kawaguchi is a canny enough craftsman to give the time tripping cliché a healthy spin.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Hanover Square Press, Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Book Review: Black Food Matters — “The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food”

The Rise is the rare cookbook that does more than offer a culinary and educational journey. It inspires.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Books, Featured, Food, Review Tagged: Marcus Samuelsson, The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food

Poetry Feature: Louise Glück Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Louise Glück crafts her poems with an insinuatingly thorny power that demands the reader pay close attention.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Books, Featured Tagged: Louise Glück, Nobel Prize in Literature

Theater Review: Penny Arcade — Provincetown, Puritans, and the Pandemic

I’ve hated enough people,” Penny Arcade confessed, “I can’t hate anyone new until 2022.”

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: David Kaplan, Longing Lasts Longer, Penny Arcade, Tennessee William Theater Festival

Book Review: “The Atomic Bomb on My Back” — Witness to Apocalypse

Reading Sumiteru Taniguchi’s book brought back my memories of meeting a man who had witnessed the unimaginable.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Nagasaki Day, Rootstock Publishing, Sumiteru Taniguchi, The Atomic Bomb on My Back

Arts Remembrance: Terrence McNally — Dramatist and Father of the Serious Contemporary Musical 

The late Terrence McNally was more than just a masterful playwright. He also forged new roads in musical theater.

By: Christopher Caggiano Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: Christopher Caggiano, Robert Israel, Terrence McNally

Arts Remembrance: Flutist Doriot Anthony Dwyer

Doriot Anthony Dwyer was a virtuoso flutist, one who could coax brightly burnished tones out of the instrument.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured Tagged: Doriot Anthony Dwyer

Theater Review: “The Children” — After the Damage Has Been Done

An apocalyptic backdrop gives the play urgency, especially given the current worldwide struggle to contain the Corvid-19 virus, which has already claimed thousands of lives.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Karen MacDonald, Paula Plum, Robert Israel, SpeakEasy Stage Company, The Children

Visual Arts Review: “Lucian Freud Self-Portraits” — Pictures of a Cool Narcissist

I recommend this show for Lucian Freud’s highly polished craftsmanship, but his wry game of psychological hide-and-seek is not all that satisfying.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Lucian Freud, museum-of-fine-arts-boston, self-=portraits

Theater Review: “Detroit Red” — Life in Boston, At the Bottom

While there is much to admire about Detroit Red’s script, there are serious problems with the staging.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Arts Emerson, Detroit Red, Malcolm X, Robert Isreal, Will Power

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