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Brittany Friedman’s hope is that awareness of the racism she describes — in particular the abuse and corruption that she found in the prisons of California — will encourage readers to “take a critical view of society and examine the dark side of the state.”
Looking back, the writing in the “Village Voice” was as good as Tricia Romano’s subjects remember. She excerpts paragraphs and the language is fresh, distinctive, sometimes profane, and always worth reading. For those who wrote books, it will send you back to the bookshelf.
This exhibition offers much to appreciate about South Coast women, whose lives and accomplishments have played a crucial role in shaping the region.
Any opera lover will find much to admire and enjoy in this work, based on a famous 27-strophe poem by Friedrich Schiller that Schubert set in its entirety to music.
Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.
“Nickel Boys” is an unsettling, yet gorgeous, cinematic adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer prize-winning novel.
When Barry Schneier felt it was time for his next photography project about musicians, he decided to get to know his subjects, not just shoot them.
“All We Imagine As Light” is an absorbing celebration of female friendship.
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
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