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Visual Arts Review: “Artist Textiles — Picasso to Warhol” When Cloth Became Art

February 26, 2015
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The fascinating exhibition Artist Textiles: Picasso to Warhol traces the history of 20th century art in textiles.

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Poetry Review: “Breathturn into Timestead” — A Magnificent Guide to the Enigmatic Poetry of Paul Celan

February 25, 2015
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Once you have wrestled with Paul Celan’s poetry, you may find yourself with a changed and sharpened sensibility to image and language.

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Theater Review: Apollinaire Theatre Company Stages a Lyrical Trip To “Greenland”

February 25, 2015
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In dramatist Nicolas Billon’s enigmatic but involving Greenland, the audience is called on to actively reconstruct what occurred in the characters’ lives.

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Book Review: “Curtains?” — Grim But Valuable Truths about the Future of the Arts in America.

February 24, 2015
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Curtains? is not entirely satisfying, but I’ll give Michael M. Kaiser points for honesty, clarity, and for not dodging uncomfortable truths.

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Book Review: “A Brief Stop on the Road From Auschwitz” — Destined to Become a Classic

February 23, 2015
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Göran Rosenberg has written a calm yet passionate account of events after Auschwitz, a memoir marked by great intelligence and equally great emotional intensity.

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Film Review: “Timbuktu” — From Moderation to Totalitarianism

February 23, 2015
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Director Abderrahmane Sissako wants the viewer to have the golden-age city in mind when, today, 2015, we see how terrible life has become there.

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Book Review: “Selected Letters of Norman Mailer” — Many More Pieces of His Mind

February 20, 2015
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It’s refreshing and more than a little nostalgic to experience the trials, triumphs, and tribulations of Mailer’s time through his own combative eyes..

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Visual Arts Review: Viva Cuba! at Galeria Cubana

February 18, 2015
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For many Americans, Cuba has an air of mystery, but the art on view here is accessible, not enigmatic, even at times somewhat didactic.

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CD Review Round-up: Hindemith Sonatas, Montage, Ensemble Epomeo, Vittorio Giannini Chamber music

February 17, 2015
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Evaluations of a number of intriguing new albums, including praise for a disc of string trios by Eastern European composers performed by Ensemble Epomeo.

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Fuse Film Review: “Fifty Shades of Grey” — Where the Hell is Fabio When You Need Him?

February 17, 2015
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Mr Grey had his peccadilloes to be sure but, if you were unaware of the kinky side of his love life, then either you’ve been living under a rock, or missed that day in health class.

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