Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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Culture
New York museum shows the art of obsessional conspiracy thinking
November 28, 2018“Everything Is Connected: Art and Conspiracy” is the first museum exhibition on this subject, exploring how artists have dealt with this perennially provocative topic from 1969 to 2016.
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Culture
‘Queen of Sheba’ and ‘Bánk Bán,’ two Hungarian operas in NYC
November 26, 2018For three nights, Nov. 1-3, the Hungarian State Opera ruled the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center with a roster of all-Hungarian operas.
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U.S.
The second draft of history: California produces big for Democrats in midterms
November 26, 2018Journalism has been called “the first rough draft of history.” In this second draft, we see that California turned a lot more blue than it first appeared.
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Culture
Fifth graders compose and perform poignant songs about math and science
November 21, 2018
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Culture
‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ popular Christmas movie, great new American opera
November 20, 2018It’s a critical hit, written in a popular late Romantic and thoroughly American idiom, studded with little musical quotes from familiar holiday noels, high school graduation anthems, and the wild Mekee-Mekee that recalls the dance crazes...
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Culture
‘Invisible Hands’ documentary exposes global child labor and trafficking
November 19, 2018It will take a mass worldwide movement of revolutionary proportions to address and end the scourge of child labor and slavery.
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Culture
‘Bluebeard’s Castle’ and ‘Mario the Magician’ staged in authentic Hungarian productions
November 16, 2018The Hungarian State Opera and Hungarian National Ballet recently paid a first visit to the United States for its American debut performances of several signature works.
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Arts
Liberation, genderbending and visibility at NYC’s LGBTQ art museum
November 15, 2018All three shows invent new vocabulary to express the demands of the LGBTQ liberation movement.
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