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Theater Review: “Stand Up If You’re Here Tonight” — You Have to be There to See for Yourself

February 4, 2024
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This is one of the more engaging pieces of theatre I have experienced in some time.

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Film Reviews: Outstanding Sundance Docs – The Congo, Natural Beauty in Ukraine, and a New White House Siege  

February 4, 2024
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At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, in the midst of the usual well-meaning social documentaries and “independent” celebrity tributes, some real cinematic ambition crept in.

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Author Interview: Journalist David Montero on “The Stolen Wealth of Slavery”

February 3, 2024
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“A lot of books talk about slavery as something that just happened in the South and ended in 1865. I felt like there could be a book about how the North was making more of the profit and was in some ways more responsible morally, politically, and financially than the South.”

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Film Review: “She Is Conann” — A Sapphic Tragedy Through and For the Ages

February 2, 2024
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Bertrand Mandico’s “She is Conann” left me buzzing, high on a euphoria of aesthetic excess that represents the true legacy of New Queer Cinema.

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Book Review: Michael Glenn’s “Selected Stories” — Indelibly Messy Slices of Life

February 2, 2024
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In his short stories, Michael Glenn has a physician’s eye for detail and a psychologist’s insight into the way we think and what motivates us.

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Jazz Album Review: Richard Nelson and the Makrokosmos Orchestra — Excursions in Noir

February 2, 2024
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Composer/guitarist Richard Nelson’s followers can count on being surprised at how nimbly he can satisfy their appetites.

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Concert Review: Cameron-Wolfe’s “Heretic” — As Played by Aaron Larget-Caplan

January 30, 2024
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Guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan managed to keep the micro-opera’s crazed figure sympathetic as he blurred the lines between reality and delusion.

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Theater Review: “A Case for the Existence of God” — Cry Hallelujah

January 30, 2024
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In terms of the joy that theater can provide, this Speakeasy Stage production sets the bar high.

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Children’s Book Review: For the Little Ones

January 30, 2024
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Looking for a book to give a new baby and their family? These charming new books fit the bill.

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Film Review: “Orion and the Dark” — The Big Blackout

January 29, 2024
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Screenwriter, film director, and novelist Charlie Kaufman tries to lighten up in “Orion and the Dark”.

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