arts and entertainment
TCM Classic Filmfest wrapup: Hooray for Hollywood!
April 18, 2019The TCM Classic Film Festival proves there’s still a big audience for period motion pictures, and that like fine wines, vintage films improve with age.
Read moreRoyal Scottish National Orchestra offers Danny Elfman’s violin concerto
April 8, 2019The orchestra and Ms. Cameron, as well as Mr. Elfman, received a thunderous ovation.
Read more‘The Elephant Man’ on stage: Being Human 101
March 27, 2019Overall, this fine Elephant Man is among the most moving meditations I’ve ever seen staged about the beauty within the beast and the human spirit.
Read moreA requiem could be sacred or secular: It’s the same grief
March 21, 2019The final bows, with an all-women cast of conductor, composer and the three poets, seemed like a fitting tribute to Women’s History Month!
Read more‘Blues for Mr. Charlie,’ further James Baldwin ruminations on race
March 20, 2019This lofty, must-see, powerful production of Blues for Mr. Charlie is the latest in a list of a revival of works by author/playwright/polemicist James Baldwin.
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