After the first week of remote learning for the spring 2021 semester, I have mixed feelings about the situation.
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Theater Review: ‘Dog Act’ by Liz Duffy Adams, from The Seeing Place Theater (Live Stream)
The visceral power of this post-apocalyptic, quasi-Shakespearean dark comedy doesn't come through in this virtual production.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Keats’s Odes: A Lover’s Discourse’ by Anahid Nersessian
'Keats's Odes: A Lover's Discourse' by Anahid Nersessian is a deep and accessible delve into the poetry of one of the great Romantic poets.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Metaphysical Africa’ by Michael Muhammad Knight
'Metaphysical Africa: Truth and Blackness in the Ansaru Allah Community by Michael Muhammad Knight is an important and well researched book.
Read More »CES 2021: NASCAR Robots, Start Your Engines
Students from around the world have teamed with NASCAR to develop self-driving cars and improve their safety.
Read More »CES 2021: Last Gadget Standing
The CES tradition, Last Gadget Standing, continued in the 2021 virtual CES.
Read More »Review: Boundary-Stretching Opera and Song Cycles at Prototype Festival
Three productions stretched the boundaries of the opera and the song cycle at this year's Prototype Festival.
Read More »CES 2021: Online Technology Show Done Right
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), like so many other film, trade, and technology events this past year, went digital. CES, however, was different. I’d begun to feel some burnout after so many ZOOM or other technology based online experiences. As I should have expected, the CES sponsor, the Consumer Technology …
Read More »Coronavirus – Celebrating a New Year’s Eve Unlike Any Other
It was once again New Year’s Eve, but the 2020 version just didn’t feel right to me.
Read More »Theatre Review: ‘A Christmas Carol’ by the Guildford Shakespeare Company and Jermyn Street Theatre
The Guildford Shakespeare Company and Jermyn Street Theatre's production of the beloved Dickens tale is as wonderfully interactive as it is funny and heartwarming.
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