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Netflix’s Move Shows Dance Expanding
You don’t ordinarily think of dancers as inspiring but Netflix’s new five- part series Move will make you reconsider. The show travels the world and …
Jose James, Finally!
There was a natural bond there somewhere. And it was probably in the voice. They both have that kind of rolling soothing tenor that wraps …
Real Stories Make Great Theater
According to Collaboractions, a Chicago theatrical cooperative intent on making art for and by everyday people, “theater permeates all aspects of life”. You can nudge …
Malangatana’s Artistic Messages Startling and Wonderful
“People are selfish.” Malangatana Ngwenya used that phrase repeatedly in a film, Homeland, about his life and work a few years before he died in …
Bravo to The Neo-Futurists and Their Great Reveal
It can be maddening to realize how much you don’t know. It can also be just as liberating to have knowledge gaps you weren’t even …
Goodman Project Shows the Fight Continues
In Goodman’s Theater’s traveling performance of Fannie Lou Hamer, Speak On It!, E. Faye Butler blows in like a hurricane when she takes the stage …
Jazz Big and Small
Here in the states, the Monterey Jazz Festival (MJF) rates as one of America’s oldest and most loved music events around. Held on 20 acres …
For the Love of Lyric a Musical Stunner
Chance encounters can remind you of things you’ve lost. They can also seem like gifts. One of those chance finds, For the Love of Lyric, …
Wrightwood 659 Showcases Visionary Architect
We’re accustomed to seeing distinguished architecture in a certain way. Generally, when we think of award winning buildings, we envision something gleaming, sleek and soaring. …