arts and culture – Page 53

‘Hercules on the Thermodon’: Antonio Vivaldi’s baroque battle of the sexes

January 12, 2023 By Eric A. Gordon

Perhaps the opera is meant to disarm the most polarized tendencies between men and women in a highly stratified society that gave women little power.

‘Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical’: Thoroughly modern Matilda

January 9, 2023 By Michael Berkowitz

You simply cannot escape the zeitgeist of Matilda. Against all odds, Matilda Wormwood in the new Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical is an unqualified triumph.

Fernando Botero at 90: Works featured at the Museum of Latin American Art

January 6, 2023 By Eric A. Gordon

Also, don’t miss the work of up-and-coming artist Narsiso Martinez.

‘Turn Every Page’: A loving documentary about ideas, writing and comradeship

January 5, 2023 By Eric A. Gordon

Viewers will be well rewarded by this film whose appeal extends far beyond the literary types.

Remembering Ralph Fasanella, UE organizer and painter of working-class life and struggle

January 4, 2023 By Jonathan Kissam

One of America’s greatest painters of working-class life and struggle passed away 25 years ago.