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Book Review: “The Horse” — Portrait of a Self-Abusive Artist

August 18, 2024
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“The Horse” probes the psyche of a man who believes, despite all that has happened to him, in the possibility of renewal.

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Children’s Book Reviews: A Quartet on Family Love

August 18, 2024
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From a rollicking, multicultural family dinner, to a walk through the zoo, to precious together time between a mother-and-son, to a new dress for a toy bunny, these books introduce readers to the many ways families spread love.

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Film Review: Kids Know the Darnedest Things in “Good One”

August 17, 2024
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A buffer between two bruised and only fitfully reflective egos, Sam finds herself in an awkward position, one which becomes increasingly untenable as lines of trust are crossed and power dynamics exploited.

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Film Review: “Caligula” — Now, More Than Ever

August 16, 2024
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After 45 years, this controversial juggernaut of a film has finally arrived, in all its ambitious, hot, messy, gratuitous splendor. Do see it on the big screen if at all possible.

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Book Review: Amy Leach’s “The Salt of the Universe” — Fundamentalism Is Not Fun

August 16, 2024
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Amy Leach’s book may help you understand the rewards of  Christian fundamentalism for its followers — and how much richer a non-fundamentalist life can be.

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Book Review: Randy Rainbow’s “Low-Hanging Fruit” – A Mirthful Manifesto with a Gay Agenda, Sans Show Tunes  

August 16, 2024
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This collection of observational essays by online musical theater parodist and insta-celebrity Randy Rainbow is a Birkin bag full of snarky social commentary about the most pressing issues facing the US, from dancing TikTok grandmas to Donald Jessica Trump.

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Theater Review: “Wish You Were Here” — Innocence Lost

August 15, 2024
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Through around 10 scenes, spanning over a decade, “Wish You Were Here” looks at political oppression through the domestic lens of lost love and friendships.

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Doc Talk: Advertisements for Himself — “How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer”

August 15, 2024
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A testament to the power of benignant narcissism.

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Opera Album Review: One of Saint-Saëns’s Best Operas — Finally on Disc!

August 15, 2024
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We have a recording of “Déjanire,” its first ever. And it’s splendid, with a superb cast, an insightful conductor, and the orchestra and chorus of the very city in which it was first performed a century earlier!

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Film Review: Birds of Prey — Time of the “Cuckoo”

August 14, 2024
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“Cuckoo” bridges the experiences of cis and trans women together with overlapping concerns about how our bodily autonomy is increasingly controlled by patriarchal forces.

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