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This week’s poem — Keith Jones’s “The Celan Variations”
Read MoreSteve Elman is currently surveying works that illuminate the tradition of the jazz-influenced piano concerto. His series began with an examination of Chick Corea’s current recording, The Continents. In part two, he takes a look at eight works by jazz composers that precede the release of Corea’s work. This post is a detailed examination of…
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Discs dedicated to overlooked composers Harold Shapero and Peter Lieberson are well worth your attention. Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra don’t do well by Charles Ives’ final symphony, but the three preceding symphonies fare better.
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The text is littered with accusatory, staccato lines from mama Wince, whose conversations with her daughter achieve Carrie-esque arias of passive aggressiveness.
Read MoreAlthough Anger and Forgiveness is a work of systematic philosophy it is also provocatively personal.
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Chaos and anarchy are embedded in Angelo Madsen Minax’s hybrid cinema of survival, acceptance and transcendence.
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This collection of essays, excerpts, letters, and a few poems is a powerful and necessary tool for educating anyone willing to learn about — and confront — the injustice and hypocrisy of our country’s monstrous system of incarceration.
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“If my work does have a recurrent theme, it is the pressure of the political/historical moment on individual choice.”
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These are trying times for nonprofit publications like ours and for the arts — our publication plays a crucial role in maintaining the cultural ecosystem.
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Arts Commentary: Five Things Arts Organizations Can Do Right Now
Now is a time for artists and arts organizations to stand shoulder to shoulder with other fields and disciplines that produce care in our communities.
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