Featured

Poetry Review: “Wheatley at 250” — Rescuing Her Imagination, and Ours

February 20, 2024
Posted in , ,

“Wheatley at 250” poignantly responds to the poet’s voice and experiences in order to help us understand ourselves in the 21st century.

Book Review: “Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon” — Overcome by Madness

February 20, 2024
Posted in , , ,

“Drums & Demons” is at times frustratingly unclear on dates, but its research is comprehensive about the brilliant career and disasterous end of drummer Jim Gordon.

Book Review: “Waiting for Al Gore” — Birds of a Feather

February 20, 2024
Posted in , ,

For a light-hearted take on some serious issues, “Waiting for Al Gore” delivers.

Film Review: “Lisa Frankenstein” — Chivalry Is Dead

February 19, 2024
Posted in , ,

“Lisa Frankenstein” is the first delightful surprise of 2024, destined for weird girl slumber party greatness in a few years time.

Film Review: “Io Capitano” — When You Wish Upon a Star?

February 19, 2024
Posted in , ,

The plight of refugees is given a fairy-tale treatment in “Io Capitano.”

Theater Interview: Playwright Bernard Pollack on “Little Peasants” — A Holistic View of Union Organizing

February 18, 2024
Posted in , ,

Must the stage only discreetly charm the bourgeoisie?

Concert Review: Cowboy Junkies — Still Outside the Mainstream

February 18, 2024
Posted in , , ,

For years now, Cowboy Junkies has been bringing its brand of contemplative, atmospheric rock ’n’ roll into a patchwork of independent venues in our region.

Children’s Book Reviews: Stories to Tickle Your Funny Bone

February 18, 2024
Posted in , ,

Have a laugh as you read these charmingly funny picture books with your child.

Television Review: “The Vince Staples Show” — Perfect Straight Man for a Surrealist World

February 18, 2024
Posted in , ,

A welcome addition to the absurdist satire genre of rapper-turned-comedian.

Opera Album Review: A Short but Virtuosic Opera from 1786 Receives Its First Recording

February 17, 2024
Posted in , , ,

Even without international-caliber singers and players, Giovanni Piaisello’s “Amor vendicato” works much magic.

Recent Posts

Popular Posts

Categories

Archives