Lustiger learns to disrespect the government's futile gestures, which mostly exacerbate a burning sense among those immigrants and children of immigrants of being belittled, disrespected, and neglected. Instead she comes to a sense of collective responsibility, a focus on 'us' rather than 'them.'
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Theater Review (NYC): Phoebe Legere’s ‘Speed Queen: The Joe Carstairs Story’
Uneven pacing and lengthy diversions derail this loving musical tribute from the multitalented Legere to the cross-dressing lesbian oil heiress and speedboat champion.
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Discover what the NMAAHC has to offer your family and friends and add it to your travel bucket list.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities’ by Bettany Hughes
Hughes makes it easy to believe that should human civilization persist another thousand years, Istanbul – by whatever name it may go by at that time – is likely to remain central to its region and the world.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Broadway): ‘Farinelli and the King’ with Mark Rylance
Well played all around, this Shakespeare's Globe production is blessed with the preternaturally naturalistic Rylance, whose severely manic-depressive and sometimes delusional King Philippe V of Spain is both brilliantly imagined and pulsatingly real.
Read More »Adobe MAX: Walking Through the Neon Graveyard at Las Vegas’s Neon Museum
I can’t guarantee you’ll find any ghosts, or memories of your own, at the Neon Museum. But it's a side excursion you should definitely take on your next – or first – trip to Las Vegas.
Read More »The Moron
It does really dishearten me to hear the moron make comparisons between his actions and those of President Obama – he ought to stop it. The truth is this: Donald Trump would have to stand atop Trump Tower to muster enough character to kiss President Obama’s backside.
Read More »Music Review: Barbez – ‘For Those Who Came After: Songs of Resistance from the Spanish Civil War’
'For Those Who Came Before: Songs of Resistance from the Spanish Civil War' from Barbez and Velina Brown, is an amazing example of how music over 80 years old can not only be relevant today, but sound just as exciting and stirring as it did when originally written.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Train To Crystal City’ by Jan Jarboe Russell
'The Train To Crystal City' by Jan Jarobe Russell details life in Texas' Crystal City Internment camp during World War Two for Japanese, German, and Italian Americans.
Read More »Interview: Steven Kussin, Author of Novel ‘Five Freshmen: A Story of the Sixties’
Interview with Steven S Kussin author of 'Five Freshmen'.
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