Midnight: A Barrel of Laughs
I almost missed Midnight, which would have been a shame. It was the last performance of the season, and I was thrilled to have seen it. Coming from the Bronx,…
Looking Up: How the Sky Might Bring Us Back Together
There is something humbling about looking up at the stars. For a few minutes, the arguments, borders, algorithms, ideologies and divisions that occupy so much of our daily lives become…
Oversight: Who Should Decide AI’s Future?
What happens when a handful of people place the future of humanity behind sealed doors and take on the responsibility of deciding its fate? That unsettling premise lies at the…
IRAAN: Best Little Town in Texas
The population is only 1,000, but Iraan is a must-see destination spot for those travelling west from Austin. Just a bit of history to start: It was exactly 100 years…
THE REGENERATION OF THE HUMAN RACE
Wordsworth is pictured here around the year 1800. Under review here is the first in a series of 10 books, examining (mostly English) literature decade by decade from 1800-1900. This…
Mantis Massage: Where Your Body Finds Peace of Mind
When your body is aching and crying out for a little tenderness, you have too many choices of massage therapists in town. Same as acupuncture or chiropractors. How do you…
Flamenco at The Rosette: Carlos Piñana & Miguel Angel
Carlos Piñana (l) and Miguel Ángel (right) I’m writing this piece after the fact. One of Spain’s greatest, Carlos Piñana, if not “the greatest” flamenco guitarist, along with master percussionist…
Rock of Ages: A Big-Haired, Heart-Pounding Trip Back to the Era of Sex, Drugs, and Rock ’n’ Roll
What? The off-Broadway musical Rock of Ages is about religion? No, silly. But this show delivers something close to a rock and roll revival: an ecstatic experience where the audience…
THE WELSH: They pine under an imaginary yoke
Image: The poet Thomas Gray Timothy Heimlich (Assistant Professor of English, Duke University, North Carolina) grew up in the suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and frequently rode his bike to the…
A Raisin in the Sun
Although the show closed at the end of June, City Theatre’s production of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun deserves a standing ovation. A landmark of American theater, this…