Dan Shore

Opera Feature: MassOpera’s “Freedom Ride” — An Operatic Conversation on Civil Rights, Past and Present

There can be little doubt that the urgency of the opera’s message about equality is as relevant as ever.

Eleanor Rubin August 7, 2020 at 4:32 pm on Life Commentary: A Cultural Journalist Dealing with Cancer During CovidThank you for writing so thoughtfully about this moment of shared history and about the way public and private dangers...
Dita kraus August 7, 2020 at 4:01 pm on Life Commentary: A Cultural Journalist Dealing with Cancer During CovidDear Helen, I have just finished reading your article cum confession and am full of admiration. There is no paralyzing...
Gerald Peary August 7, 2020 at 1:32 pm on Critical Commentary: The Shaky Life of a Film CriticYou are a fine interpreter, Maurice. Most film critics say that the most important part of their review is not...
Tom Stites August 7, 2020 at 1:12 pm on Book Review: Why Listening to Community Voices Could Help Revive Local News“How," Wenzel asks, "can communities access some of the power of journalism to shift narratives from exclusively negative to solutions-oriented...
Maurice yacowar August 7, 2020 at 12:32 pm on Critical Commentary: The Shaky Life of a Film CriticI prefer interpretation over judgment. In Walter Kerr’s distinction that makes me a shameless Critic not Reviewer.