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Book Review: “The Flag, The Cross, and the Station Wagon” — A New Chapter in the American Story?

What a cruel hoax: the middle class suburban lifestyle, a proud achievement of postwar America and the envy of peoples throughout the world (in no small part due to Mad Men glamorization), contains the very seeds of our demise. If demise is where this is heading.

By: Bob Katz Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Featured, Review Tagged: Bill McKibben, Bob Katz, Climate Change, Henry Holt and Co, The flag the cross the station wagon

Visual Arts Remembrance: Pop Art Icon Claes Oldenburg Dead at 93

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen’s work can be found in the collections of major modern art museums throughout the United States and Europe.

By: Mark Favermann Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged: Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen, Pop Art

Arts Appreciation: Long Overdue — Homage to Julius Eastman, Fierce Black Queen Iconoclast

Scorned and consigned to oblivion in his day, Julius Eastman is finally being celebrated for his unabashed talent and the sheer audacity of his inimitable genius. Brava diva!

By: John R. Killacky Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: John R. Killacky, Julius Eastman, Julius Eastman Vol. 2: Joy Boy, New Amsterdam Records, Wild Up

Book Review: A Well-Written Biography of Stewart Brand — The Man Who Popularized Planetary Consciousness

Stewart Brand’s greatest achievement, by far, was the simple act of putting the photograph of the earth as seen from space on the Whole Earth Catalog’s cover.

By: Preston Gralla Filed Under: Books, Review, Technology and the Arts Tagged: john markoff, Preston Gralla, Stewart Brand, Whole Earth Catalog, Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand

A Remembrance of Theater Artist Paul Dervis: Embracing The Incomprehensible

Personal salutes to theater director, playwright, and critic Paul Dervis, who died at the age of 67 on June 13.

By: David Gow Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged: Alley Theater, Davd Gow, Paul Dervis, Richard Lord

Book Appreciation: A.B. Yehoshua’s “Mr. Mani” — A Great Work of Fiction

A.B. Yehoshua was anything but a provincial Israeli writer. He was literary giant whose imaginative gift was so striking and diverse that you never knew what he would do next.

By: Roberta Silman Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Featured, Review Tagged: A.B. Yehoshua, Hillel Halkin, Mr Mani, Roberta Silman, The Extra, The Retrospective, The Tunnel

Theater Commentary: What’s a Fringe Theater in Boston to Do Today?

My point is obvious: real estate is key to the survival of the small theater scene.

By: Davis Robinson Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Theater Tagged: Beau Jest Moving Theater, Davis Robinson, real estate, small theater

Dance Commentary: Contract Dispute Between Union Artists and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater — ‘Buked and Scorned?

The Ailey dancers’ demands around salaries and the length of their contracts reflect the resurgent strength of organized labor in the cultural sector.

By: Debra Cash Filed Under: Commentary, Dance, Featured Tagged: AGMA, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, American Guild of Musical Artists, Debra Cash, Robert Battle

Visual Arts Commentary: Dishing It Out — Boston’s Arts and Crafts Movement Ceramic Leadership

Believe it or not, Boston — the home of stick in the mud, architectural and decorative conservatism — was the initial epicenter of the Arts and Crafts Movement in America.

By: Mark Favermann Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Visual Arts Tagged: Arts and Crafts movemen, Boston’s Arts and Crafts Movement, Mark Favermann

Theater Commentary: “1776” — American Theater Jigs as Democracy Dies?

Maybe I am an alarmist and the rich and powerful know something the rest of us don’t. Perhaps the midterms will not put another nail in the coffin of democracy. Apparently, it will be business as usual for the A.R.T. and other American theaters — until it can’t be.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Theater Tagged: 1776, American Repertory Theater, Diane Paulus

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