An Interview with Katie HerzigPart 1 By Tom Wilkinson The first of a three-part interview with singer/songwriter Katie Herzig. Wax On, Wax Off:Reflections on the Karate Kid By Christy Tennant Rediscovering your favorite movie of all time. On a Year of Vegetarianism By Wayne Adams It’s amazing what a year-long experiment in giving up meat [...]
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What Ghosts Teach:Oliver Sacks’s Awakenings, Part I By Rebecca Tirrell Talbot What could being asleep for fifty years, and then awakening, teach a person about life? Boffo Socko Jaco By Kevin Gosa Bassist Jaco Pastorius’ seminal work, The Birthday Concert. Belief in the Bones By Alisa Harris Rationalism, mystery, and forensic science – in prime [...]
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Choosing Creation Over Destruction By Matt Cox A brief profile of the father of video games, Shigeru Miyamoto. Chocolate Tasting By Daniel Nayeri Want to knock your significant other’s socks off? 3191: A Year of Beautiful, Ordinary Mornings By Jenni Simmons A long-distance friendship spawns an intimate photographic examination of daily life.
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Doctor Atomic or:How Opera Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb By Linnea Leonard Kickasola Thoughts on the Metropolitan Opera’s production of John Adam’s Doctor Atomic. Pre-School Mayhem in Nursery University By Sarah Hanssen If you thought college applications were grueling, wait until you find out about Manhattan’s most competitive nursery schools. Performance and [...]
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Truth in Advertising By Kevin Gosa Tired of advertisers making you feel less than human? Never Underestimate the Power of Cartoons By Christy Tennant Political cartoons: child’s play, or public conscience? Broken Windows and Internet Civility By Alissa Wilkinson Could better internet aesthetics make for better virtual neighborhoods?
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Keep Up the Conversation:A Reflection on David Foster Wallace By Rebecca Tirrell Talbot Considering the work and life of a great writer, and what his death means for us. On Fantasy Fiction;Or, You Should Read Cyndere’s Midnight By Annie Young Frisbie In defense of speculative fiction and great stories, and an introduction to one such [...]
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Sandra McCracken:A Red Balloon of Hope(Part 1) By Jenni Simmons Part one of a two-part interview with singer/songwriter Sandra McCracken. Playing God on Private Practice By Alisa Harris Bioethics makes an appearance on prime-time television. Sugar By Daniel Nayeri Sugar will kill you, right?
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A Human Art:Sound and Spectacle in “La Gioconda” By Linnea Kickasola Audience and performer interaction through the lens of the Metropolitan Opera’s production of “La Gioconda”. Thoughts on Watching “Man on Wire” By Sarah Hanssen High-wire art and the best documentary you’ll see this year.
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"In the Parlance of Our Times":An Insufficient Appreciation of the Coen Brothers Jeffrey Overstreet What has made the films of these masters of the dark comedy so distinct, and what does that say about their newest film, “Burn After Reading”? New York, New Art Wayne Adams A walk through some of the most talked-about openings [...]
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In order to fully appreciate Burn After Reading, and how it carries on this Coen tradition, let’s consider three of their previous works.
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