September 2022
Behind Every Great Fortune Ozark, Billions
Those who come to Ozark and Billions as neophytes will find two of the most addictive series ever, even if—given the current state of America—they cut uncomfortably close to the bone.
Miles David Moore
Vacationland: A Personal Tour of Maine's Arts and Cultural Sites A Series in Three Parts Part 3: Literary Landmarks
Just as numerous visual artists made Maine their home, so too have many literary lions.
Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold
Bridges
From Australia to the United States.
The Photography of Jon Rendell
Susannah A Tale of Lies and Hypocrisy
Carlisle Floyd's 1955 opera was written in reaction to McCarthyism and is a cautionary tale in today's troubled and troubling times.
Karren Alenier
Commentary
BlotterHe did not recover, disappeared into a pauper's grave because Ellen/Nellie couldn't even pay the fine to keep herself out of jail, much less afford last rites for her son. Michael Bettencourt Running Up DownhillAmerican society learned the hard way before it finally made its No. 1 drug, Alcohol, legal. America still finds it hard to practice what it learned. Pity its roots in Puritan definitions. Arthur Danin Adler No NoseI had really lovely experiences in an improv class with a teacher I won't name. How clear he was about what he would and would not accept. He called it the smell test. Claudine Jones The Apology It has been almost 50 years, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has issued a formal apology to Native American activist Sacheen Littlefeather. Les Marcott Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness: Poems for Autumn To meteorologists, autumn begins on September first. The fall is my favorite season here in the mid-Atlantic, so here's a few poems to get the season started. Gregory Luce The Designated Hitter Rule: A Legacy of Racism, A Stratagem of Greed A momentous change has occurred in Major League Baseball: for the first time in the game's history, pitchers are not allowed to bat.Patrick Walsh
The Colorful Pared Down Midsummer Night's Dream of Victor Malana Maogyat The Folger Theatre Karren Alenier
Visual Poems
Life, Sam says, is all about losing them until you've nothing left but fragments shored against your ruin. Here a snatch, there a snatch David Alpaugh
Sannarong Singhaseni สรรณรงค์ สิงหเสน Trying to find new ways and techniques for creating watercolor works that are always evolvingJanine Yasovant
Wax and Wane…Ebb and Flow With emphasis on Japanese Nihonga, this exhibit was inspired by the cycles that rule change in the natural world, and our perceptions of time and impermanence Deniz Ozan-George
O CoroA film by Werner Schumann One must pay attention to the actress Silvia Monteiro who has an incredible presence in this filmAltenir Silva
Kandinsky Stages Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition 2. ReconstructionGiovanni Vinciguerra Edited by Lissa Tyler Renaud
images
The Lightness of Being The Art of Philip Gerstein
The Question of Murals The question humanity needs to ask itself is: when we walk down the streets of a city do we want to see blank gray walls or do we want to see walls with color?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
99%Glyph3
media
Audio
Theatre ThoughtsAn 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, and the green dance of blue and 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
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