When American racial tensions and violence cause the same diplomatic reactions as Islamic State terrorist atrocities, we can come to only one conclusion: Houston – and Dallas, etc. – we have a problem.
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Music Review: Meridian Arts Ensemble – ‘Seven Kings’
With its new album, the brass-quintet-plus-percussionist hits a sweet spot between esoteric modern composition and easy-to-digest musical fun.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Helvectica’ by Will Coleman
Lovely writing and solid acting make Will Coleman's literate, thoughtful one-act shine, but an unorthodox structure prevents it from achieving a dramatic arc.
Read More »Music Review: Maya Beiser – ‘TranceClassical’
An intriguing plunge into the many sharp and woolly possibilities of the cello in the age of electronics and genre-blending.
Read More »Concert Review: Joseph Keckler (NYC, 6/30/16)
Joseph Keckler, a bass-baritone with a three-and-a-half-octave vocal range, stretches boundaries like a psychedelic dream.
Read More »Dance-Theater Review (NYC): ‘Tarantata – Spider Dance’
A better venue with clearer sound and sightlines would have improved this interesting evocation of ancient Italian healing dances and chants.
Read More »Language Matters: Pride Week
Pride Parades, Pride Weeks, and other LGBTQ celebrations are now so regular, noncontroversial, and popular that promoters need just the word "pride" to imply that they're about the LGBTQ community.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Oro a la Carta’ – Two Entremeses (Short Comedies) by Cervantes
Music and dancing enliven these send-ups of the local ruling classes by the author of 'Don Quixote,' presented by INTAR in new translations.
Read More »Theater Review: ‘Song of Myself: The Words of Walt Whitman’ by Matthew Aughenbaugh
Weaving together a series of Whitman's writings into a dramatic narrative monologue that forms a kind of selective biography, the actor pays a serious, loving, and artfully imagined tribute to the great American poet.
Read More »Interview: Quentin Harrison, Author of ‘Record Redux: Spice Girls’
'While it's true that they knew how to market themselves and work within the industry machine, creative substance was always there at the surface and beyond.'
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