This new cast recording of the recent New York production is a winner.
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Common Core Wars: New York State Begins To Face Reality About Standardized Testing
The CCSS were created to bring a deeper and more meaningful education to students. There is nothing wrong with that, but there is a salient difference between teaching for rigor and relevance and teaching to the test.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa’
Johnny Knoxville returns to the big screen as the titular character, 86-year-old Irving Zisman, heading cross country with his grandson, raising as much hell as possible along the way.
Read More »Music Review: Leslie West – ‘Still Climbing’
This hard-rocking album is another link in the Mountain guitarist's artistic growth and hard rockin' survival.
Read More »Interview with Claire Wong, Actress from Checkpoint Theatre’s Atomic Jaya
Claire Wong, star of Atomic Jaya, on the challenges and joys of theater in Singapore.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Land of Dreams’ by Vidar Sundstol (trans. Tiina Nunnally)
Prize winning first volume of Norwegian thriller trilogy now available in English translation.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Tear Down the Wall: Be Your Own Mediator in Conflict’ by Grande Lum
A series of negotiation tips that could be as useful in a terrorist hostage situation as when talking to a teenager.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Louder Than Words’
World Premiere, USA, 2013 Louder Than Words at the 21st Annual Hamptons International Film Festival. It's depth is subtle, its issues nuanced.
Read More »Music Review: The Modern Jazz Quartet – ‘The Modern Jazz Quartet: Germany 1956–1958: Lost Tapes’ [Remastered]
Early music of The Modern Jazz Quartet provides a good road map to the ensemble's aesthetic.
Read More »Alameda Writers Group: Kickstarting Your Film
“What the suits want isn't always the same as what the fans want,” explained screenwriter and author Marc Zicree at the October meeting of the Los Angeles based Alameda Writers Group (AWG).
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