arts and culture
Bridging the great cultural chasm: A fractured comic fairy tale of ‘Human Error’
August 13, 2024Beyond our dogmas and ideological differences, we’re only human, and to err is human, while to laugh is divine.
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‘Tartuffe: Born Again’: Molière shows crooks and fraudsters will always be with us
August 12, 2024Can we even imagine a world without crooks, fraudsters, hucksters, impostors, scam artists, snake oil purveyors, narcissists, cheats, grifters and hypocrites? Probably not.
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‘Keely and Du’ takes on Christian nationalism, reproductive rights and kidnapping
August 8, 2024Jane Martin’s 1993 play Keely and Du was a finalist for the 1994 Pulitzer Prize, and years later, in 2018, was turned into a feature film.
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‘Bauhaus Project’ premieres: Can the unity of function and beauty survive fascism?
August 7, 2024This city’s Open Fist Theatre Company enjoys the distinction of presenting the world premiere production of playwright Tom Jacobson’s two-part The Bauhaus Project—Part 1: Bauhaus Weimar and Part 2: Bauhaus Dessau and Bauhaus Berlin.
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On his centennial, an estimation of James Baldwin’s enduring power and influence
August 2, 2024From his early encounter with communists and other progressive political activists, Baldwin knew that his experience was not limited to African Americans but was intrinsic to capitalism and imperialism.
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