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Twenty Twelve Recap: ‘Catastrophization’ (Season 2, Episode 5)
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Twenty Twelve Recap: ‘The Rapper’ (Season 2, Episode 4)
April 5, 2026The campaign for Getting It On may have hit a snag, vis-a-vis the distribution of bags...
Art
A Distant Mirror: Fashion and Identity in Colonial Latin America
April 5, 2026The scene depicted is officially entitled Garden Party on the Terrace of a Country Home, but...
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Movies & TV
Merlin Recap: ‘The Last Dragonlord’ (Season 2, Episode 13)
April 4, 2026The longer this series goes on, the more likely it seems that someone might raise a...
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Dance
Body In-Sight: Action Drawings from the Dance Studio at the Museum of Performance and Design, San Francisco
April 4, 2026Aided by mirrors installed in their jewel box set, the gallery audience watched as they performed...
Blog-Dance
8 Questions with Dancer/Choreographer David Van Ligon
April 4, 2026It was very exciting to get to showcase one of my works for Company C, and...
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Breaking Bad Recap: ‘Madrigal’ (Season 5, Episode 2)
April 4, 2026Walt gets a call on his cell phone from Mike while standing in the kitchen washing...
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Dance
Post:Ballet — Dreams, Seams, and Salience
April 4, 2026What does Post:Ballet mean in terms of classical ballet? Is it a rejection of the classical...
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Horror
Video Game Review: Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir
April 4, 2026In order to discover the secret of the house and escape the curse, you encounter and...
Performing Arts
Nothin’ Short of Dyin’ Half as Lonesome as the Sound
April 4, 2026The last time I saw Johnny Cash was the first time I saw Johnny Cash –...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: State of Grace, #66
April 3, 2026In real life, the Westies developed working relationships with both the Genovese and Gambino crime families...
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Movies & TV
Twenty Twelve Recap: ‘Loose Ends’ (Season 2, Episode 7)
April 3, 2026The main loose end seems to be the ground-to-air missiles which may be triggered by the...
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Television
Twenty Twelve Recap: ‘Inclusivity Day’ (Season 2, Episode 6)
April 3, 2026So the last episode ended with the head of the Olympic Deliverance Commission being shot in...
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Movies & TV
Breaking Bad Recap: ‘Hazard Pay’ (Season 5, Episode 3)
April 3, 2026Walt began the series as a misunderstood protagonist caught up in the glamour and adrenaline rush...
Music
Album Review: Passion Pit’s Gossamer
April 2, 2026But like hunting for proof of Nessie or Bigfoot, these moments of inspiration that you took...
Movies & TV
The Newsroom Recap: Bullies (Season 1, Episode 6)
April 2, 2026Despite whatever his shortcomings as a boss/writer/collaborator may be, Aaron Sorkin can deliver one hell of...
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Movies & TV
Trailer Watch: Paranormal Activity 4
April 2, 2026Paranormal Activity, now the reigning monarch of name-brand Halloween flicks (after the merciful retirement of Saw...
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Music
Interview: Cory Jreamz
April 2, 2026Recently turned 18, he’s already released a dense, interesting EP of smooth, electronic hip hop where...
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Performing Arts
Spines, Wines and Dragonflies: Groovin’ in Stern Grove with the San Francisco Ballet
April 2, 2026For me, Frances Chung and Daniel Deivison, as the couple in orange, delivered the most virtuosic...
Fiction Reviews
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
June 11, 2026This book isn’t a book, it’s a jazz piece, a series of improvisations on Díaz’s country,...
History
Erotic Art of Ancient Pompeii
June 20, 2026A favourite theme which recurred again and again in wall paintings was the satyr creeping up...
Art
Photo Essay: North Korean Propaganda Posters
July 3, 2026Posters are visual illustrations of the slogans that surround the people of North Korea constantly. North...
Non-Fiction Reviews
George & Jacintha: On the Limits of Literary Biography
June 23, 2026The claim that George Orwell once tried to rape someone received scant attention in the United...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Jennifer Sey on the Harsh World of Elite Gymnastics
June 27, 2026From what I witnessed, and certainly in my experience, many of the high level coaches in...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Battle for Falluja: Photos from Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
June 19, 2026The captured fighter claimed to be a student who had gotten stuck in Falluja. A Marine...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Susskind Quashes Hawking in Quarrel Over Quantum Quandary
June 30, 2026"The next generation of physicists and cosmologists will have the fun and excitement of discovering the...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Murdered by Mumia: A Conversation With Maureen Faulkner
June 16, 2026"The man lifted his arm and fired a single shot in Danny’s back. Danny was able...
Art
The Drawings of Alfred Kubin
July 8, 2026Kubin had something quite different in mind: with his hallucinatory incantations he was seeking to disturb...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Einstein in Japan
June 30, 2026The cult of Einstein reached the point where university officials in Fukuoka preserved the blackboard on...
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