arts and culture
‘Maelstrom Over the Killing Fields’: Dire underdevelopment and the Filipino national idea
August 9, 2022It explores another primary focus of San Juan’s work: the literary struggle to develop a national popular Filipino consciousness under the duress of U.S. neocolonialism.
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Barbara Kingsolver’s ‘Another America’: Poems in an updated bilingual edition
August 4, 2022“I came to the Southwest expecting cactus, wide open spaces, and adventure. I found, instead, another whole America."
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Portrait of ‘Fighter’ Emmy Lou Packard at Richmond Art Center
August 3, 2022Emmy Lou Packard: Artist of Conscience is a stunning if overdue, retrospective exhibition of an artist largely ignored in her lifetime by critics.
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‘Trouble the Water’ world premiere recounts life of Black hero Robert Smalls
July 29, 2022Robert Smalls (1839-1915). Ever heard of him? Me neither. If you have, you’re better educated than I am, that’s for sure.
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Recent CDs: A Vietnam opera and Afro-American composer William Grant Still
July 27, 2022A music lover can be grateful for being able to hear this important American opera on CD, “a gripping affair, beginning to end."
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