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Book Review: From Rome in 63 BCE — A Warning for Our Perilous Political Moment

This most timely new translation of Sallust’s The War Against Catiline describes the ancient version of a phenomenon we will recognize instantly: a cold-blooded grift transmuted into terrorism posing as patriotism.

By: Emily Katz Anhalt Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Featured, Review Tagged: Catiline, Emily Katz Anhalt, How to Stop a Conspiracy, Josiah Osgood.

Arts Remembrance: Jack Kerouac at 100 — A Conversation with John Sampas

Jack Kerouac would have turned 100 on March 17. A 2014 conversation about the writer with his literary executor, the late John Sampas.

By: David Daniel Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Featured Tagged: David Daniel, Jack Kerouac, John Sampas

Visual Arts Commentary: Reordering Design Priorities Through Biometric Research

The cognitive architecture approach espoused by the Human Architecture and Planning Institute is applying a welcome new paradigm that responds in a fresh way to the built environment.

By: Mark Favermann Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Visual Arts Tagged: Mark Favermann, The Human Architecture and Planning Institute

Film Commentary: What Disney’s “Encanto” Says About Colombian Realities

In Colombia and Encanto, willful ignorance is the price paid for reassurance.

By: Jeremy Ray Jewell Filed Under: Commentary, Editorial, Featured, Film, Uncategorized Tagged: Disney, Encanto, Yulia Pereira

Music Commentary: In Memoriam, George Crumb (1929-2022)

George Crumb, who crafted some of the 20th-century’s most brazenly original-sounding and haunting music, lived his life and guided his career on his own terms.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Music Tagged: Ancient Voices of Children, Black Angels, George Crumb, Vox Balaenae

Arts Commentary: Separating the Maker from the Made, the Doer from the Doing

It is natural to believe that there is (or should be) a close connection between the personality and the work.

By: Steve Provizer Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged: Steve Provizer

Arts Remembrance: Film Critic Michael Wilmington — A Memory

Remembering film critic Michael Wilmington, a unique guy, and friend, whom I knew for 53 years.

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Film Tagged: Michael Wilmington

Book Review: “Drawing the Line” — How to Respond to “Immoral” Artists

Drawing the Line is grounded in the work of ethicists and psychologists. Its prose is clear and its arguments systematic. But every avenue of investigation only opens up another pathway that ends as a cul-de-sac or doubles back on itself.

By: Steve Provizer Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Featured, Review Tagged: Drawing the Line, Erich Hatala Matthes, Oxford University Press, Steve Provizer

Arts Feature: Favorite Stage Productions of 2021

Our theater critics pick some of the outstanding productions in a year mangled by COVID.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Theater Tagged: Bill-Marx, Bob Israel, David Greenham

Arts Feature: Recommended Books, 2021

An eclectic round-up of the favorite books of the year from our critics, including some disappointments.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Featured Tagged: Bill-Marx, Clea Simon, Preston Gralla, Roberta Silman

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