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Visual Arts Review: The Twin Towers of British Landscape Painting — Compare and Contrast

February 2, 2019
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One sees how the keen observation and “truth to nature” that critic John Ruskin espoused was put into action by John Constable and J.M. W. Turner.

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WATCH CLOSELY: Ted Bundy, Archetypal Sociopath

February 2, 2019
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What is admirable about Conversations with a Killer is that it is as compelling an exploration of the monster’s victims as it is of Ted Bundy.

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Book Review: “The Burning House” — Diversity in Segregation

February 2, 2019
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Anders Walker’s The Burning House sheds fascinating light on a forgotten piece of intellectual history in the Jim Crow South.

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Dance Review: Prometheus Dance @ 30

February 1, 2019
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The question is whether this evening of dance was supposed to be engaging or enraging — or both.

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Classical CD Reviews: Florence Price’s Symphonies nos. 1 & 4, George Antheil’s Symphonies nos. 3 & 6, and 20th-century Russian Orchestral Music

February 1, 2019
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Fine recordings of symphonies by neglected American composers Florence Price and George Antheil; and a curious album from Cornelius Meister and the ORF Radio-Sinfonieorchester Wien.

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Theater Review: imaginary beasts’ Winter Panto 2019 — Joyful Nonsense

February 1, 2019
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Imaginary Beasts’ Winter Panto 2019 proffers plenty of enthusiasm, wit, and panache.

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Music Interview: Talking With Colin Blunstone — Post-Zombies

February 1, 2019
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“It’s a very exciting prospect that your peers think your worthy to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.”

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Television Review: Art Lives on But Dealers Die in “Velvet Buzzsaw”

February 1, 2019
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Jake Gyllenhall and company will survive this broad satiric lark, as will the art world.

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Jazz Album Review: Magos Herrera & Brooklyn Rider’s “Dreamers”—A Soulful Journey through the Americas

January 31, 2019
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Magos Herrera teamed up with the Brooklyn Rider string quartet to create a collection of music that makes its case for life, love, and liberation through its sheer beauty.

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Film Review: “Damaged Lives” — Improbably Poetic

January 31, 2019
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Even an imperfect work-for-hire like Damaged Lives can show the touch of an artist.

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