Dance is a fundamental part of self-expression, creativity, and being alive. Now more than ever, at this time of six foot distancing, social isolationism, and staying “safe” in the privacy of our own homes we need to be reminded of how we are in this together, and find ways to create a sense of community. Dare to …
Editor’s Note: This exhibition was reviewed before The Getty closed due to coronavirus. When in the presence of genius, you know it! This exhibition of Michelangelo’s drawings presents a collection of his drawings from the Teylers Museum, Haarlem, the Netherlands supplemented with drawings from the Cleveland Museum and the J.Paul Getty Museum. It provides a …
Manila Drugs are rampant, like shirtless men walking your dirty streets. Your bumpy, filthy pavements mirror your pier and your cove. Still, your muddied bay remains home To many couples holding hands While walking along the breakwater. Manila, You’re bleaker Than the moon’s darkest side and Dylan’s desolated row. Manila, You and your people breathe …
In the wake of last week’s last minute cancellation or postponement of all announced dance performances due to the Covid-19 virus, this week continues the trend. As of publication, only one event has not been confirmed as cancelled. First an alphabetical listing of cancellations and postponements, then the only event whose status could not be …
My daughter’s school is closed until further notice, like many other schools across the country. Colleges and universities are also temporarily closing their doors on in-person classrooms and are uploading class materials on remote websites for students to continue their study. Social and sporting events are also cancelled. The 2020 NBA season is suspended, and …
Thursday, March 12, 2020, 6:30pm. It’s pitch dark. Still. The power went out at 3:15pm, so there’s no light. The stock market went down another gazillion points again today, so there’s no money. The food in the freezer and fridge is spoiling as I write. Soon there may be no food. The TV’s dark. The internet’s …
Coronavirus fever is at high pitch. My experience thus far, knock on wood, has been limited to news headlines, of which there are an overwhelming number. As weeks after weeks of new information, updates, and fear are spread virally, I feel a somewhat surprising disconnect from all of it. I remember very clearly living through …
Kandace Springs is a soulful jazz singer who’s definitely one to watch. With two albums under her belt and a 3rd ready to drop, this 31-year-old chanteuse has a deep and abiding respect for the past with influences like Nina Simone and Ella Fitzgerald but fuses it with a distinctively contemporary vibe with influences like …
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On their 2017 self-titled debut, Cable Ties showcased a mix of spirited riffs and rhythms, hook-filled melodies, and expressive vocals, alternating between tense restraint and cathartic abandon. The Australian band’s new/second release Far Enough shows the trio expanding their musical scope, featuring infectious jams, torqued vocal deliveries, and lyrics that address such ineluctable issues as …
Context At the threshold of old age, albeit a relative notion, my memory seems to bring back images and experiences of places of particular meanings, as if they held the key to the “thread” of my life as a person. The places that hold these particular meanings for me are places where I have resided …
Dandylion Riot I am in the dark soil of winter when you can see through my canopy for miles when I’ve lost all my leaves and I’m hiding deep when it’s endless snow or 30 below and the blank white of life is blinding and we stop believing we’ll ever be warm again I’m rootbound …
For me the lines that summarize what is most beautifully humane and real in Jeanette Powers’s Dandylion Riot is found in the following lines: For the abandoned it feels like everyone has been beating on them for their whole lives and they are the only ones paying the price (30). Powers does a lot in …
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