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Exponentially Yes!
As maddening as life has been since March of 2020, there have also been some bright moments when the weight of these past several months …
State of Darkness All About Discovering the Light
Stravinsky’s timeless masterpiece, Rites of Spring, opens softly as if it were just waking. It’s a short-lived calm, soon consumed with a whirling swirl of …
Cellar Treasures at 54 Below
News of a vaccine has given the world an encouraging glimpse to an end of this relentless wait. Still, projections for a return to even …
Wally World a Promising Effort
Everybody can feel it. These last 10 months have been excruciating. For far too many of us, staying in the game is proving so endlessly …
One Man Christmas Carol Irresistible
The arts have a way of transforming expectations. What’s astonishing is how well they sometimes succeed in refashioning the familiar into the spectacular and the …
Eighth Blackbird’s J. Ivy Concert Solid Gold
Artists have a special sensitivity to life. Their minds are like eyes that see the world a little differently than most of us. With their …
Love Sounds
When you listen to two people talking, and their words reveal an intimacy that goes beyond the bond of a family member or friend, who …
Excellence Begins at 40
You can’t talk to anybody these days who isn’t looking for something to feel good about. Lots of us are homing in on Christmas as …
Taco Heaven
There are all kinds of exaggerations and this is one of them, Clark St. between Grand and Hubbard looks like a land mass under siege. …