Culture
‘I know my days are numbered’: A celebration of radical artist Keith Haring
July 13, 2023LOS ANGELES — Keith Haring (1958-1990) was a gay boy from Kutztown, Pa., who moved to New York City in 1978 to study art. For the next decade, he thrived in the city’s emerging Hip-Hop and...
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‘Garden of Alla: The Alla Nazimova Story’: Brilliant one-woman theater
July 12, 2023LOS ANGELES — If you are a fan of plays featuring and exploring bravura acting, Hollywood history, LGBTQIA issues, creative stagecraft, feminism, anti-Semitism, one-person shows, illustrator Aubrey Beardsley and more, strap on those running shoes and...
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‘Make Me Famous’ review: Doc dives into New York’s chaotic 1980s art scene
July 11, 2023Never heard of Edward Brezinksi? Not a problem.
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Children of the sweep: Novel remembers capitalism’s child sacrifices
July 10, 2023The new-ish historical fiction Infants of the Brush by A.M. Watson recalls a lost episode in the history of children’s lives under the rule of capital.
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A new book examines global radicalism in the era of the Mexican Revolution
July 7, 2023Heatherton’s Arise! provides a groundbreaking analysis of the Mexican Revolution and its profound impact on the emergence of global radicalism.
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