Culture
‘Vietgone’ enacts Vietnamese refugees’ many-sided experience in America
October 30, 2018The fearless Vietgone takes audiences on a rocky 1970s trip across the American landscape with a punchy soundtrack and elements of pop culture.
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The glorious, notorious Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a traveling exhibition
October 26, 2018All phases of RBG’s life are covered—her varied roles including that of beloved cult figure.
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‘On Her Shoulders’ shows the media game that is modern advocacy
October 24, 2018The documentary On Her Shoulders follows Murad’s advocacy tour to get concrete policies passed to rectify the horrors done to her people.
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‘Radiant Vermin’ and ‘Steambath’ on stage: Goddammit, make your life worth living!
October 24, 2018Two plays, both at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, seen a day apart. One a living hell, the other a glimpse of post-mortem limbo.
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‘Johnny Got His Gun’ on stage: I resist, therefore I am
October 23, 2018Joe Bonham is an all-American doughboy horribly dismembered and disfigured by enemy artillery at the frontlines in France. As Joe evolves, his determination to live intensifies, and his thoughts turn to the nature of what cut...
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