The Great Yes, The Great No An Operatic Voyage by William Kentridge at Cal Performances, Berkeley Renate Stendhal
Postcards from Yuulong It has a fascinating geology and a connection to dinosaurs The Photography of Jon Rendell
False Freedom The Brutalist It is hard to imagine viewers cherishing The Brutalist; it is equally hard to imagine them not being impressed or even awed by it Miles David Moore
Naming of Parts Henry Reed A poem about human stewardship over the earth gone awry David Alpaugh
Guinness Of all the things I could write about, given the ongoing demise of the American experiment, the only topic that feels worth the candle is Guinness. Michael Bettencourt
The Bubble of Babble There are many truths in true stories. And there is always memory-smoothing hope. This is a true story. Arthur Danin Adler
All by myself So I watched the Oscars on my desktop. Had to sign up for a YouTube plan which would cost me 70 bucks but I canceled it after I watched the broadcast so there's that. Claudine Jones
I Could Be That Guy The guy who's homeless and lives under a highway bridge Or maybe the guy who lives a step above and lives out of his battered truck. Les Marcott
A Tribute to Horace Parlan Another in an occasional series on underrated jazz pianists. Gregory Luce
The Poetry Editor There's a young man sends me verse; his best is strong and assured, easy in its elegance yet full of feeling — he's found his own voice to go with his convictions. Patrick Walsh
A Steinian Exploration of Anora Exploring Sean Baker's Academy Award winning film through the lens of a Gertrude Stein play. Karren Alenier
Naming of Parts Have you ever been "part" of a captive audience where an authority figure has been authorized to speak, and you must listen silently. David Alpaugh
Nophaklao Srimatyakun นพเก้า ศรีมาตยกุล She wants to instill in the younger generation the value of the environment and learn how to create artwork without harming the environment. Janine Yasovant
A Closer Look: Hilma af Klint… and Wassily Kandinsky? Part 2 The internet is still rife with misinformed claims that af Klint is fighting for her rightful place vis-à-vis Kandinsky. Lissa Tyler Renaud
The Blind Staircase My earliest coherent memory goes back to the age of three. It emerges from the dark, clear after sleep, its freshness reflecting the hours of the day during which the events took place. Brian George
Creating An American Voice in Literature and Visual Art Poetic Truths: Exploring Hawthorne, Longfellow, and Early 19th Century American Art Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold
writings
Looking For Neil Simon Altenir Silva New York – as many people know – has some famous quotes: "the city that never sleeps" (Frank Sinatra sang that); "the best city in the world" (the announcer Alan Kalter delivered this line every weeknight on Late Show with David Letterman CBS).
imagery
Out of the Depths The Art of David Wiley
The Art of SS. Burrus A Retrospective
When the Earth is ravaged and the animals are dying, a new tribe of people will appear on the Earth
Patrick Nagel It's in the Eyes
media
Audio
Theatre Thoughts An entertaining array of audio essays on an array of theatre topics by an astute and entertaining essayist
You Don't Say! Occasional Musings by an occasionally amused writer
Video
Undress Me In a bar, Laura turns to Stefan and asks him to undress her, by word of mouth, in his best mother tongue
Light Fantastic Weighty matters of brain neurons and addiction, two kisses, single-malt scotch, the green dance of blue, yellow lasers
Ear Buds What happens when we love our devices — and they love us back
The Greed Gene A young couple is told by their genetic counselor that their child has the greed gene, there is nothing they can do
letters
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A Brief But Quirky History of the Arts January 2011|●
The Rising Fall of the Arts January 2010|●
The One January 2009|●
What Is Art? January 2008|●
View of the Arts January 2007|●
The Art of Sex in the Arts February 2006|●
State of the Art of the Arts October 2005|●
Special—Indexes
The Steiny Road Index of Karren Alenier's columns and writings|●
Writings Index of Arthur Danin Adler's columns and writings|●
Kandinsky Anew Index of the series by Lissa Tyler Renaud|●
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