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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Arts Commentary: From the Editor’s Desk — By Popular Demand, 2025

April 24, 2025
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Back in February of 2024 I began to write a weekly column for AF newsletter on Substack. A few readers have asked that I post these opinion pieces in the magazine. Here is a selection of my favorites of 2025

Arts Commentary: From the Editor’s Desk — By Popular Demand, 2024

April 23, 2025
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Back in February of 2024 I began to write a weekly column for the newsletter on Substack. A few readers have asked that I post these opinion pieces in the magazine.  Here is a selection of my favorites.

Film Commentary: “Pride and Prejudice” — The Nature of Love, 20 Years On

April 21, 2025
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Joe Wright’s 2005 adaptation of Jane Austen was a cultural tipping point; he was the bold standard bearer for what has become a spirited new form of historical cinema.

Arts Commentary: When It Comes to Concerts, Go Small

April 21, 2025
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An invaluable way to see live music: one that provides funds to artists who really need it and to the smaller venues that not only deserve support but that also drive business in the local community.

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