Culture
‘A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting’ is a tragically relevant documentary
October 28, 2022The stories and struggles expressed in this film aren’t presented as something for viewers to just passively absorb.
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‘Radio Golf’: August Wilson’s final statement on race and class in America
October 28, 2022“No one except perhaps Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams has aimed so high and achieved so much in the American theater,” wrote John Lahr in The New Yorker.
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‘According to the Chorus’: A slice of working life on Broadway’s backstage
October 27, 2022There were a few glitches in it—stockings with tears, a black eye on one of the dancers, a badly sprained foot, a romantic breakup or two…. But these were all part of the show.
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‘(Un)Documents’: Queer actor Jesús I. Valles’s lyrical journey through immigration papers
October 21, 2022“Citizenship?” Really? “A collection of arbitrary accidents,” Valles says.
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Cherokee Indian Fair back after pandemic cancellations
October 20, 2022Having attended the fair since I was a child made this a particularly joyous occasion.
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