Arts and Sciences

Arts Commentary: SAG-AFTRA On Strike — Not Just About Jobs, But the Soul of American Culture

July 16, 2023
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The battleground is where technology meets art meets finances.

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Visual Arts Commentary: Mid-Century Modern Furniture — Elegant Simplicity and Timeless Aesthetic Style

December 26, 2022
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The allure of clean lines, gentle curves, and organic shapes.

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Arts Commentary: Getting ‘em in the Door

May 25, 2022
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For the foreseeable, capitalist American future, full and equitable access to live, professional performing arts will depend on subsidy.

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Visual Arts Review: BarabásiLab — Where Art and Technology Meet, Beautifully

May 13, 2022
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This BarabásiLab exhibition is inspiring because it exemplifies a powerful integration of art and technology.

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Arts Remembrance: Pianist-Composer Frederic Rzewski

July 5, 2021
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I consider composer Frederick Rzewski the most profound and persistent explorer of how to address injustice through the use of sophisticated compositional tools.

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Book Review: “The Brilliant Abyss” — Our Imperiled Oceans

June 23, 2021
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Helen Scales is a self-described nerd who studies the ocean as an enthusiast as well as a scientist.

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Coming Attractions: October 9 through 23 — What Will Light Your Fire

October 9, 2018
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

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Arts Commentary: Conserving Cultural Heritage — the Tangible and the Intangible

August 30, 2018
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Cartagena is a 500-year old urban jewel in the Caribbean. But climate change and rising sea levels threaten its heritage.

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Visual Arts Commentary: A Tale of Two Bridges

June 21, 2017
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Two stories about how a public process, because of politics, can make it very difficult, and costly, to connect two points.

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Visual Arts Commentary: The ICA — The Limits of Being an Icon

March 7, 2017
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The nagging question: why didn’t the ICA didn’t create a building that offered options to be developed vertically?

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