Culture
Operatic soprano Brenda Lewis remembered by a friend
September 28, 2017I had the singular privilege of knowing the American soprano Brenda Lewis for almost forty years. She died at her Westport, Conn., home on September 16, at the age of 96. When I last spoke with...
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“Head of Passes”: A play inspired by Job but without the redemption
September 27, 2017Academy Award winner and playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Head of Passes, i In two acts set in “the distant present, recounts a Black family birthday gathering at the well appointed home of Shelah, the matriarch, at...
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Johnny Cash pilgrimage: The Man in Black’s social justice legacy
September 25, 2017Cash’s songs were known for their complete truth and honesty. And so was his activism for peace and social justice.
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Going Rogue: The original American Antifa?
September 21, 2017As the Nazis ride again, British playwright Oliver Cotton’s brilliant play "Daytona" is about how fascism impacts and haunts survivors throughout their lives.
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“First They Killed My Father”: Cambodian genocide through innocent eyes
September 20, 2017New film is a haunting tale of the mass killings in Cambodia carried out by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s, and has lasting lessons for humanity.
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