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The Joffrey Ballet soars in ambitious triple bill: Stories in Motion
The Joffrey Ballet's extraordinary mixed bill, Stories in Motion, exploded onstage at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago this past weekend: three ballets that trace a timeline of the infiltration of...
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Movie Review: Pride Proudly Crosses Lines
Pride is the kind of movie that is best seen without knowing its storyline going in. Because it delivers something quite different than you expect, based on the kind of movie it seems to be. Even if...
View ArticleUninhibited, Robust, and Wide Open?
On September 5, the Evans Library of the Florida Institute of Technology sponsored a Banned Books Read-Out of censored comics and graphic novels. Dean of Libraries Sohair Wastawy recalls growing up in...
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My Dog Deserves an MFA. No, Seriously.
I first noticed that my dog, Roxy Hess, had artistic intentions when she left a forceful and unmistakable message on the floor of the studio we share. Slow human that I am, I hadn't realized that Roxy...
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On and Off the Record with Graham Nash (In Conversation with Mr. Fish)
In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism, skepticism and humbug, and we shall want to live more musically. -Vincent Van Gogh It took me three years to finally drip all the way out of college...
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Here One Day: A Documentary Film Review
Here One Day A Documentary Film by Kathy Leichter Reviewed by Lloyd I. Sederer, MD How can a person overcome the basic instinct we all possess to survive and take one's own life? The families, friends,...
View ArticleIn Search of Our Fathers
Fall's return coincides with the return to public television of my genealogy series, Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., airing each Tuesday at 8pm ET on PBS now through November 25 (check...
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Drawn at Sea: Drawing no.02
Drawing no.02 Sanday, North Ronaldsay, Papa Westray - Orkney Islands, Scotland. 7:05 - Thursday, September 11, 2014 59° 17.000 n, 2° 33.222 w - 17°C I loaded the drawing machine while we were grounded...
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How to Decode the Place Between Places
Third in an illustrated series about place-decoding from the South of France. Today, many promote urban walkability, but for several years, I have focused on inter-urban, or, even inter-settlement...
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California Girls: In Photographs
Sasha Eisenman is a Los Angeles based photographer born into the Southern California surfing lifestyle and raised in the LA music scene. He began his photography career in 1999 shooting a Doc Martin...
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A Gentleman's Guide of Success
For many years, I've heard people say that critics don't matter and awards don't matter. These people think that it is all about social media and word-of-mouth. But I've never bought that. There are...
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Donning Costumes and Shedding Stereotypes in the Dessert
I'm probably the last person anyone would expect to say this, but this year I went to Burning Man. Friends had been trying to get me to go for years -- ever since I moved to San Francisco, honestly --...
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Toygodd Attends Monsterpalooza 2014
One of the most beloved art/horror fests on the West Coast is Monsterpalooza, which celebrates the "Art of Monsters." The fest will hit Burbank once again on March 28-30. Save the date! As usual,...
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Boyhood's Answer to the Existential Confusion of the Millennial Generation
Disclaimer: While this article doesn't contain spoilers per se, it does discuss dialogue and events that take place throughout the movie "Boyhood." Every other day, I go to Annadel State Park. It's one...
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EXPO/CHICAGO 2014, an Artistic and Commercial Success
EXPO/CHICAGO Mylar Cone designed by Studio Gang. Photo by EXPO/CHICAGO. EXPO/ CHICAGO swung open its doors and the Contemporary and MODERN ART Collectors pushed in. The 35,000 attendees showed their...
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New York Film Festival 2014 #2: Ethan Hawke's Sweet Debut, the Dardennes'...
THE 52ND NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL THE LOOK OF SILENCE *** 1/2 SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION *** EDEN ** 1/2 TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT ** 1/2 The official launch for the New York Film Festival begins on September 26...
View ArticleLydia Davis: Reading 'Goodbye Louise'
"Linda, Lyidia, Lindon, Lyda..." The acclaimed American short story writer Lydia Davis reads an ongoing piece of writing -- 'a false autobiography' -- of mistakes made about her name and profession....
View ArticleQUIZ: Which Punctuation Mark Are You?
1. Ah! After a hectic day, you finally have a couple minutes to yourself. How do you relax? a. Head to the gym or maybe pull out that worn-out yoga mat. Nothing like some positive energy to get your...
View ArticleOff Broadway: Uncle Vanya at the Pearl Theater and Almost Home at the Acorn
The Pearl Theater's revival of Uncle Vanya illustrates this fine company's signature charm, and does one better, doing Anton Chekhov the good service of playing his tragicomedy for humor over gravitas....
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