arts and culture
Israeli dramatist Hanoch Levin’s ‘Yaacobi & Leidental’ in U.S. premiere
March 22, 2023Even as we laugh at the antics of the brash Yaacobi, the timid shlemiel Leidental, and the not-as-sweet-as-she-looks Ruth Shahash, we are reminded of our own shared human frailty in the face of desire and suffering.
Read moreDalí, Brathwaite, Soin: Dialogues about change at the Art Institute of Chicago
March 20, 2023A high-powered draw at the Art Institute.
Read morePrivate detective Harry Palmer returns in ‘The Precinct with the Golden Arm’
March 15, 2023In Precinct, Broe’s attention turns to the seamy world of the LAPD, a major prop for a racist political and economic system.
Read more‘Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me’ review: Raw unfiltered spotlight on mental health
March 10, 2023It's a doc that challenges the audience to reconsider views of mental health access, celebrity women, and respectability politics.
Read more‘The Last Sorcerer,’ 1867 opera by Pauline Garcia Viardot, receives world premiere
March 9, 2023It was billed as a “World Premiere 155 years in the making.”
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