Culture
Two theatre works 400 years apart shock with effects of anti-Semitism
July 11, 2017The singing and acting are completely engaging, proving, as many companies are coming around to appreciate today, that glitz and lots of stage furniture do not necessarily a musical make.
Read more“Neither Wolf Nor Dog”: A filmic journey into Lakota lands
July 10, 2017This low-budget yet esthetic film must be seen and heard. It’s a gate that swings open to a splendid human vista.
Read moreTo bake or not to bake: “The Cake” takes on “religious liberty”
July 6, 2017It tackles the thorny issue of equal rights in public accommodation vs. an individual’s right to “religious liberty” in their choice to discriminate against those whose personal values may not jibe with their own.
Read more“The Classic”: High school football and what it means to be American
June 30, 2017As Coach says, “You have to adjust to the things that come at you.”
Read more“Pilgrims”: New play asks questions about replicating utopian genocide
June 29, 2017As Sigmund Freud argued in Beyond the Pleasure Principle, we are unconsciously compelled to repeat or recreate the conditions or experiences of violence we have suffered.
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