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Dance Review: ODC/Dance — Science and Sensuality

January 23, 2017
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In both pieces on the ODC/Dance program, serious ideas underlay a lush movement language adorned with striking scenic effects.

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Theater Review: Nora Theatre Company’s “Emilie” — Where History, Feminism, and Science Fiction Meet

September 16, 2014
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At its deepest level, Emilie invokes the quest we all undertake to make sense of who we are, where we have come from, and where we are going.

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Coming Attractions: August 31 Through September 15 — What Will Light Your Fire

August 31, 2025
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Book Review: “Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith” — Living His Own Personal Surrealism

September 15, 2023
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Biographer John Szwed proves masterly at decoding even Harry Smith’s zaniest works and he’s excellent at offering us the narrative of Smith’s raggedy and colorful life. “The Life and Times” is a very good read.

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Book Review: “Endpapers: A Family Story of Books, War, Escape, and Home”

April 6, 2021
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Endpapers is an invaluable gift to literature, mainly but not only for the quotations, details, and beguilingly written scenes of publisher Kurt Wolff’s life scattered throughout

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Book Review: “America and Other Myths” — Sucking “a Sad Poem Right out of America onto Film.”

August 28, 2024
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In her fine book, Lisa Volpe examines mid-’50s picture-making expeditions taken across the U.S. by photographers Robert Frank and Todd Webb.

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Film Reviews: “Gasoline Rainbow” and “Happy Campers” — Superior Summer Flicks Tinged with Loss

June 24, 2024
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Two films about the glories of summer are infused with bittersweet reminders of the reality of social class in America.

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Film Review: The Ottawa Animation Shorts Festival

February 2, 2012
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I recommend keeping an eye out for this and other animation shows at local, independent theaters and museums. You will be dazzled and amazed.

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Visual Arts Review: “Blane De St. Croix: How to Move a Landscape” — Facing the Horrific Sublime

August 20, 2020
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The art of Blane De St. Croix comes at the viewer via a multivalent attack on the staggering challenges posed by irreparable climate change.

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Coming Attractions: June 8 Through 23 — What Will Light Your Fire

June 8, 2025
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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