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Jazz Commentary: John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” Turns 60 — A Homage

June 29, 2025
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This year marks the 60th anniversary of the release of John Coltrane’s magisterial album “A Love Supreme,” which has meant so much to so many.

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Cultural Commentary: Time for Arts Groups, Large and Small, to Display Some Bona Fide Irreverence

June 25, 2025
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The question before arts organizations and companies is the same one that looms over the rest of us: will they—can they—act before it’s too late?

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Arts Remembrance: The Special Legacies of Three Prominent Architects

June 23, 2025
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Though not necessarily for of their buildings, these three prominent architects leave legacies that will be cherished and remembered.

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Film Commentary: Zombie Apocalypse, Re-Imagined — The Legacy of “28 Days Later”

June 20, 2025
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Where is the grandiose zombie apocalypse that illuminates the grotesque reality of the death-denying yet death-obsessed beings we’ve become? Ralph Fiennes knows.

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Artist Remembrance: Brian Wilson — An Appreciation

June 12, 2025
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Brian Wilson’s clear falsetto voice may be stilled but his amazing trove of timeless music lives on.

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Poetry Commentary: Antigone Kefala — Voice from Another Shore

June 10, 2025
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Like her sisters in the art of crystalline complexity, Australian poet and novelist Antigone Kefala persevered through years of isolation, obscurity, and critical neglect.

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Theater Commentary: The 2025 Tonys Were a Mess — But the Season Was Glorious

June 9, 2025
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Once again, Tony voters proved that quality and integrity still matter.

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Arts Commentary: The Battle for Imagination — Unraveling America’s Cultural Infrastructure

May 21, 2025
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Abolishing cultural infrastructure and the deregulation of emerging technologies are two sides of the same anti-intellectual coin.

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Music Commentary: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — The More Things Change …

May 8, 2025
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At the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival we tend to gravitate to the locals and other “regional acts” from around the world and hope, most of all, for those surprises — artists unlike any we’ve seen before, anywhere.

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Film Commentary: AI — Is Hollywood in its Virtual Sights?

May 4, 2025
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Massive layoffs, cheapened content, and misinformation on steroids: AI text-to-video is coming for Hollywood, and it certainly feels like a curtain call.

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