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Music Commentary: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — The More Things Change …

May 8, 2025
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At the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival we tend to gravitate to the locals and other “regional acts” from around the world and hope, most of all, for those surprises — artists unlike any we’ve seen before, anywhere.

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Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

May 8, 2025
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This week’s poem: Wyn Cooper’s “The News”

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Jazz Album Review: “Chick Corea, Piano Improvisations Vol 1” — Flights of Lyrical Logic

May 7, 2025
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Throughout these bold solo performances, pianist Chick Corea exudes confidence.

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Children’s Book Reviews: Different Endings

May 7, 2025
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Two new picture books offer a refreshing use of not-so-typical endings.

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Film Review: “Thunderbolts*” — A Great Time at the Movies

May 6, 2025
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It’s pretty interesting that we live in a moment in which our comic-book obsessed culture is creating a number of antagonists based on the premise of, “Hey, what if Superman were emotionally stunted and really evil?”

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Film Interview: Talking Trash with Annapurna Sriram

May 6, 2025
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Annapurna Sriram’s “Fucktoys” is poised for cult greatness among queer cinephiles, filthy femmes, and those of us who find today’s movie landscape frighteningly sex averse.

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Film Review: “The Empire” — Gallic Alien Invasion, Lampooned

May 6, 2025
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Bruno Dumont has always been a divisive filmmaker, drawn to provocation, and the wacky sci-fi parody of the comedy-drama “The Empire” has proven to be no exception.

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Jazz Album Reviews: A Trio of Gems from Craft Recordings

May 5, 2025
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At the time of these sessions the musicians themselves were celebrating the relatively recent advent of the long-playing record.

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Film Review: “The Ugly Stepsister” — Beauty Is Pain

May 4, 2025
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“The Ugly Stepsister” emphasizes how fiercely beauty reigns supreme for women of all ages — especially those in the 1700s.

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Film Commentary: AI — Is Hollywood in its Virtual Sights?

May 4, 2025
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Massive layoffs, cheapened content, and misinformation on steroids: AI text-to-video is coming for Hollywood, and it certainly feels like a curtain call.

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