arts and culture
‘Roots’: Randall Goosby explores the Black experience on his violin
November 18, 2021The violin, or its cousins in the many musical cultures of the world, is considered among the most expressive of instruments, closely tuned to the timbres and pulse of the human voice.
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Tom Paxton returns to the concert stage
October 18, 2021He is an American folk-singing troubadour and his songs of love, life, and social justice have reached a worldwide audience.
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‘The Old Ways’ masterfully centers Mexican indigenous culture at the heart of an exorcism
October 14, 2021Come for the exorcism, stay for the compelling story. No holy water required.
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Lights! Cameras! Action! Academy Museum features Hollywood history, hoopla and inclusivity
October 1, 2021The Motion Picture Academy’s latest creation is walking a tightrope, mixing showbiz pizzazz with world cinema and a reflectiveness on the medium’s origins and power.
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‘Songs in Dark Times’: Yiddish poets engage mid-20th century crises and traumas
October 1, 2021What do we even mean when we use a simple word like “we?” We Jews? We survivors? We anti-fascists? We people of social conscience? We humans?
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