Was this alternate history lesson too much of a downer for viewers weighed down by the burdens of their own unexpected rendezvous with history?
Commentary
Book Interview: Zena Hitz on the Pleasures and Values of the Intellectual Life
“We’re at the end, or toward the end, of an extended collapse of the institutions that made it possible for many of us to make a living through intellectual or creative activity. We’ll have to find another way.”
Theater Commentary: Why Are America’s Stages Afraid of Dealing with the Climate Crisis?
Those who survive the climate crisis will regard American theater’s current indifference with incredulity and disgust.
Arts Remembrance: Lynn Shelton, Rising Star of Independent Film
Lynn Shelton had developed what was becoming her own distinctive blend of comedy and drama, one that drew on strong writing, improvisation, and women characters.
Children’s Book Feature: Worried about Home Schooling? Relax — and Read
Even though options for parents abound, the very best option remains the simplest — pick up a book, snuggle up, and read.
Visual Arts Commentary: Life After Lockdown — Designs for Future Living After COVID-19
These products are imaginative clues to what our ‘new normal’ future will be like.
THE ARTS FUSE TURNS 13! — Our Spring Appeal
During this crisis, please help sustain this independent magazine’s commitment to keeping our arts and culture vibrant and alive.
Arts Remembrance: Darick Campbell — Quiet Giant of the Sacred Steel Guitar
Darick Campbell was one of the Campbell Brothers, the Rochester-based group whose emergence on the roots music circuit in the late ’90s played a major role in the mainstream discovery of the sound known as “sacred steel.”
Arts Appreciation: Howells in the Dark — William Dean, We Still Hardly Know Ye
A hundred years ago today one of the most influential writers and editors in American history, William Dean Howells, died in Manhattan at the age of 83.
Arts Remembrance: An Appreciation of Little Richard
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