arts and culture
Two Civil War plays, two civil wars: ‘TH IR DS’ and ‘Civility of Albert Cashier’
September 11, 2024What if the South had won the Civil War?
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‘God Will Do the Rest’ introduces an idiosyncratic Filipino American immigrant family
September 11, 2024From his clever and wise writing in last year’s The Bottoming Process, I could tell Nicholas Pilapil would be one playwright to watch.
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‘Beyond the Years: Unpublished Songs of Florence Price’ available on new album
September 10, 2024Last year, a hardworking music publicist alerted me to a rare performance of Damien Geter’s spirituals-based Justice Symphony up in Fresno, paired with Beethoven’s 9th, and I took the bait.
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‘100 Years of Lynchings’: 1962 book remains a ‘should-read’ for all
September 9, 2024The genocide in Gaza had this reviewer looking back to the mass murder of innocents in U.S. history.
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‘The Front Room’ review: Religious trauma and Black womanhood collide for wild horror ride
September 6, 2024Terrifying imagery, body horror and fear are woven into a story defining womanhood.
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