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As a songwriter, Stephen Malkmus specializes in hooks that never quite resolve, melodies that jump in all directions, and lyrics that drop a few enticing references and then move on.
Read MoreBy Caldwell Titcomb Some of the dancing feet in a scene from the Boston Conservatory production of “42nd Street.” I don’t know about you, but I’ve always been a sucker for tapdancing – whether the unsurpassed solo hoofing of the late Gregory Hines (1946-2003) or an entire stage of unison clickety-clacking. Tapdancing was a stage…
Read MoreBy Milo Miles World-famous jazz impresario George Wein went to Boston University. I went to Boston University. The Boston University Art Gallery is currently hosting the show Syncopated Rhythms: 20th-Century African American Art from the George & Joyce Wein Collection. Boston University is behind this blog. None of that matters: it’s still the most amazing…
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Poet and professor Jed Rasula makes the case for The Waste Land‘s lasting revolutionary impact in his engaging and insightful, if occasionally discursive, study.
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This is a timely novel, a lament for the multicultural harmony that has disappeared from Mesopotamia as well as a dire warning: fundamentalism is on the rise, not just in the Middle East but in the West as well.
Read MoreIt is encouraging to see new plays that tackle substantial social problems.
Read MoreAlthough “Growing Cities” plays a bit like a home movie, it at least scores points for enthusiasm.
Read MoreBoth of these exhibitions challenge our very notions of time and identity and the social structures around us.
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Arts Commentary: The Virtual Arts Center
By Bill Marx On June 21, the Boston Foundation announced that the Citi Performing Arts Center (CPAC, formerly the Wang Center for the Performing Arts) would be receiving $225,000. This is not only the largest single grant given to any institution for the quarter; it is the most money (by a long shot) the Wang/CPAC…
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