Culture
Jake Heggie’s Two Remain: An operatic double bill featuring Holocaust survivors
November 15, 2023“Arguably the world’s most popular 21st-century opera and art song composer."
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Tactical questions abound in new book, ‘A People’s History of Grand Rapids’
November 8, 2023The author has rescued lost voices in the history of this Michigan city, but do his anarchist leanings lead him astray?
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Five socially-conscious horror films for Halloween and beyond
October 31, 2023These movies intertwine the fright with intentional messaging, allowing viewers the chance to not only set their hearts racing but also set their minds thinking.
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‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ are a problem; so are those south, east, and west
August 28, 2023“Rich Men North of Richmond” expresses class resentment with words and music evocative of Woody Guthrie. But Guthrie aimed his fire at economic elites that oppressed hardworking Americans; Oliver Anthony has people looking in the other...
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‘Blacklist: The Hollywood Red Scare’: An engrossing museum treatment of cultural repression
August 21, 2023In an authoritative, comprehensive exhibition currently on view at the Skirball Cultural Center, visitors can explore the history and impact of the Hollywood Red Scare and its contemporary implications.
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