arts and culture
‘Black Suns’ at Louvre Lens: Coal mines transformed into gift shops
August 21, 2020This transformation is strikingly visible in the setting in which the painting is displayed, that is, in Lens’s transformation from mining to museum economy.
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‘Green Frontier’ and ‘Wild District’: Bolivarian vs. Bolsonarian revolution
August 19, 2020Two series from Colombia, Green Frontier and Wild District, both Netflix originals and both done by the same production house, Dynamo, stake out the left and right of Colombian politics.
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‘Little Fires Everywhere’: Slow burn uncovers layers of the family archaeology
August 18, 2020But it is hard to argue with a product that through its brilliant acting and writing confronts values and choices of all of its protagonists in such a painful, unblinking sweep.
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Eric Bentley, critic, playwright, Brecht translator, Hanns Eisler fan, dies at 103
August 17, 2020Readers and theatergoers who appreciate the work of Bertolt Brecht, and reading about it in English, have primarily Eric Bentley to thank. His contributions are truly beyond measure.
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Latino Theater Company offers free virtual online season starting August 18
August 17, 2020Pay no attention to this dateline! Although the storied Latino Theater Company is based here, the virtual online season can be accessed literally from wherever you are in the world!
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