arts and culture – Page 71

Play about Upper Big Branch mine disaster to be performed in W.Va.

April 28, 2022 By Associated Press

A play based on the 2010 Upper Big Branch coal mining disaster that killed 29 miners will be performed in southern West Virginia next month.

‘Ballad of an American’: Composer Earl Robinson and working-class culture

April 27, 2022 By Joel Wendland-Liu

Best known for composing the music for songs like “The House I Live In,” “Joe Hill,” and “Black and White,” Earl Robinson’s music became a critical part of U.S. working-class culture in the 20th century.

Guernica

April 26, 2022 By Jenny Farrell

There are a handful of pictures that may be said to be almost universally known. They include Leonardo’s Mona Lisa, Edvard Munch’s The Scream and Picasso’s Guernica.

‘The Northman’ is captivating but fails to reveal all its wonders

April 22, 2022 By Chauncey K. Robinson

This is a solid movie, make no mistake of that, but the full potential it could have embodied almost feels like an opportunity missed.

Anti-Nazi drama ‘The Last Boy’ commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day at Manhattan’s Town Hall

April 19, 2022 By Ed Rampell

Broadway breakout star Bret Sherman says, “If the story of the Holocaust doesn’t get told, it will be lost to history.”