Robert Israel
The MFA’s Arts of Islamic Cultures gallery offers an impressive visual representation of a region’s cultures, geographies, and histories.
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Words from George Orwell to live by: “To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.”
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This year’s Montreal Jazz Festival Festival would have been more successful had it not been for all the construction ripping apart the city.
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Peter Schjeldahl debunks (and praises) works of art, while also acknowledging the strategic importance of beauty.
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A splendid production of an impressive early effort from the talented writer Kenneth Lonergan.
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As a vision of gay bonding, The View UpStairs exudes a wonderful in-your-face spirit.
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“I saw it coming three years ago, when there was a frenzy of development in the Fenway. Now the neighborhood looks like a corporate mall.”
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Indecent is a play of contrasts: piety versus blasphemy, joy versus heartbreak.
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John Hersey emerges in this book as a disciplined journalist who held steadfast to an admirably singular goal.
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“Yiddish is above all a language of yearning, a language of anxiety.”
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Arts Commentary: Rich in Creativity — But Nothing Else