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Book Review: Oliver Sacks’ “On The Move” — A Mix of the Distant and the Intimate

May 20, 2015
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Oliver Sacks’ On the Move is an absorbing, idiosyncratic, often moving memoir.

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Film Review: “Burning” — A Powerful Philosophical Suspense Yarn

November 20, 2018
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Not since Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow-Up and L’Aventura has there been such a mesmerizing tale of the more you look, the less you find out.

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Theater Review: Silver Spoon — A Lefty Valentine and a Missed Opportunity

June 1, 2011
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The musical SILVER SPOON is at its strongest when a lullaby evolves into a ballad about the arrest of a group of undocumented migrant workers.

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Book Review: “To Live and Defy in LA” — Gangsta Rap and the Creative Politics of Dissent

August 31, 2020
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To Live & Defy in LA sees Gangsta Rap as an important way to understand how systemic racism has worked (and works) in America today.

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Poetry Review: “The Mother House” — Poems with the Demeanor of Nuns

May 19, 2020
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In these poems, contemplation, serenity, and service are the order of the day.

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Book Interview: William F. Buckley on TV’s “Firing Line” — “Open to Debate”

October 19, 2016
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“Conservatism was his perspective, but William F. Buckley was really interested in having the other side on and having real discussions.”

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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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Film Review: “Origin” — A Map of Human Suffering

January 20, 2024
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The breadth and intimacy of “Origin”‘s vision — the personal becomes the historical — is stunning, a searing portrait of collective trauma and the dark ideas that propel it.

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Concert Review: “Bach Trios” — Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile

April 24, 2017
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J.S. Bach has been subjected to every imaginable kind of transcription, but the combination of mandolin, bass, and cello is probably new.

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Arts Commentary: Helping Dance at a Time of Social Distancing

March 15, 2020
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How, frankly, could I help people engage with their inherent creative powers and feel just a little bit better?

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