arts and culture
Documentary shows Israelis going back to the future in the ancestral fatherland
June 13, 2019There is rich compost feeding this 77-minute story, which could probably be developed into an ongoing TV series involving these complex interrelationships across time, culture and tragedy.
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Christina Schlesinger’s ‘Tomboys’ honors a milestone in modern lesbian art
June 12, 2019There are probably but a handful of galleries in the world where such art could be shown even today.
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‘Ready Steady Yeti Go’: Faulty maps through the fraught landscape of race
June 11, 2019"Contrary to what they'd have us believe, authority figures don't know everything. And don't necessarily have our best interests at heart.”
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Welles and Melville masterpiece ‘Moby Dick’ revived: Thar she blows!
June 10, 2019It’s worth mentioning that this production coincides with the bicentennial of Herman Melville, born August 1, 1819, in New York City.
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Comprehensive retrospective of African-American artist Charles White at LACMA
June 6, 2019White said in 1940, "Paint is the only weapon I have with which to fight what I resent."
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