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This week’s poem — Jennifer Jean’s “Wild Orca Family Chased Down by Jet-skiers Wanting Selfies”
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William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist” stands, 50 years on, as a primer on how to lure viewers in with striking, haunting imagery as a prelude to a previously unimaginable cinematic journey.
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Now fifty years old, a venerable landmark, in what ways does hip hop stay put or embrace evolution and change?
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Sunday arguably offered the jazz festival’s most impressive lineup. The star of the day turned out to be singer Samara Joy.
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The David Byrne-Fatboy Slim musical makes its long-awaited Broadway bow. (Well, long-awaited by some…)
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You can’t appreciate Béla Fleck’s virtuosity until you see him up close and live. I left the hall stunned by the two-and-half hour master class in bluegrass innovation.
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A leitmotif of this exhibition underlines Josephine Nivison Hopper’s role in her husband’s emergence as one of the most successful and beloved artists of his generation.
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The 76-year-old Carlos Santana didn’t need to dominate with guitar showmanship to make his two-hour-plus concert fly without any lag in energy and spirit.
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“For a writer the important thing is to write. The second important thing is the resonance of a reaction, a response. Without an audience, you’re basically locked in your cavern.”
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Poe Ballantine is often compared to Charles Bukowski and Jack Kerouac. I’d say he’s closer to the former than the latter, but he’s more polished than either and funnier than both put together.
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Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2025