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Dance Review: Howling Wolf—Abraham.In.Motion at the ICA

October 12, 2014
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One of the reasons audiences and funders love Kyle Abraham’s work is that the layered landscapes of his dances resonate with the fraught conditions outside the theatre.

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Book Review: “In Times of Fading Light” — A Rich Story of Divided Hearts

June 8, 2013
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Though its central events are in the past, conveyed by characters by means of often ambiguous shreds of memory and musing, “In Times of Fading Light” is a work of quiet power and beauty, dense with sorrow, telling detail, and suspense.

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Book Review: “The Big Green Tent” — Lives Lived Without Trust, Memorably Conveyed

December 18, 2015
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We root for all of the ordinary folk who survived — and are still surviving even now — one of the bleakest and saddest periods in Russia’s history.

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Visual Arts Preview: “Alpha 60” — A Simple Walk in the Park Becomes a Visual Sci-Fi Adventure

June 16, 2022
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Could there be a more appropriate way to celebrate the father of landscape architecture Frederick Law Olmsted’s 200th birthday?

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Silent Film Feature: Soviet Masterpiece “Battleship Potemkin” Steams into Town with a New Score

December 14, 2011
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As the Occupy and Tea Party movements attest, this is a time in America of social action and political upheaval -– not to the degree that we see in “Battleship Potemkin,” but significant nonetheless –- and this classic silent film has resonance today in that regard.

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Visual Arts Review: “Painting Edo” — Lessons About Art and the Good Society

February 14, 2020
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Go feast your eyes.

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Coming Attractions: November 19 through December 5 — What Will Light Your Fire

November 19, 2023
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Dance Preview: “Black Ballerina” — Sparking Conversations about Dance and Race

October 17, 2016
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“Tokenism also plays into this issue. Some companies are hiring one dancer of color and they think they’ve done diversity.”

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Film Review” “Waves” — Generations in Search of Grace

November 26, 2019
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Waves is a plea for mutual understanding, for acts of grace that transcend race, age, gender, and social status.

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Book Review: “Imperium” — A Shock-Packed Pastiche of History

August 10, 2015
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In this entertaining satire of empire, Christian Kracht makes use of a nihilistic magic realism, without the sweetness one normally associates with that mode.

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