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WATCH CLOSELY: Sabrina’s Solstice, and Other Dark Seasonal Gems

December 23, 2018
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Where do you go once you’ve watched the classic Xmas films? Some suggestions.

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Pop Culture Commentary: The Rise of the “Boomer Doomer”

March 18, 2021
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Hippie Boomers have morphed from being figures we were horrified to see victimized (think “Easy Rider”) to the kind of people that audiences are positively happy to see get their comeuppances.

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Music Interview: Jim Kweskin and Geoff Muldaur

September 22, 2016
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Jim Kweskin and Geoff Muldaur are still mining America’s musical traditions.

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Film Review: “The Invisible Woman” — The Elusive Story of Boz’s Babe

January 17, 2014
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We do feel Charles Dickens’s heart tenderly beating, swept away by Nelly Ternan’s poised beauty, and it’s touching in an almost Chekhovian way, his being smitten by a love which can only bring sorrow.

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Theater Review: “The Lifespan of a Fact” — Truth and Consequences

September 4, 2019
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In a taut 90 minutes, The Lifespan of a Fact zeroes in on some key issues that we’re grappling with as a country — or ought to be.

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Visual Arts Feature: Elizabeth Waterman’s MONEYGAME — Reconsidering the Lives of Strippers through a Female Gaze

July 1, 2023
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As a fellow female artist who is working to develop her own career, photographer Elizabeth Waterman acknowledges and honors the humanity and dedication of her subjects.

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Theater Review: “Time Stands Still” — A Too Distant Echo of the War in Iraq

February 25, 2012
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When young photographers went up to the famous war photographer, Robert Capa, and asked him what they could do to make their pictures more gripping, he said: “Go closer!”

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Fuse Theater Review: “The New Electric Ballroom” — Life’s Stark But Beautiful Melodies

July 31, 2015
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Like Samuel Beckett, Enda Walsh does not ignore the tenderness that flourishes, often under the duress of absurdity.

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Book Review: “The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee” — Dreaming a New Dream for Native Americans

September 27, 2019
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In this remarkable and timely book, David Treuer is determined that Native American history not be seen as a “catalog of pain.”

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Visual Arts Feature: Visiting The Barnes Foundation, Part One

December 26, 2014
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Spending the better part of two days inside the Barnes Foundation was a transformative experience that changed the way I look at art.

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