April 2023
Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour All Quiet on the Western Front There is nothing but guilt, horror, terror and destruction, and we have ourselves to blame for that. Miles David Moore
SF Ballet Next@90 Festival
Program C and Giselle
It finished with another trio of pleasant surprises. The festival had a major theme: what does the future of classical ballet promise to look like? Renate Stendhal
A Whirlwind Theatre Tour of the Big Apple Three days is never enough in what had been my home. I always come back refreshed and invigorated from being in New York City. Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold
Welcome to Wrexham This is something that caught us by surprise on Hulu after we finished watching Reservation Dogs: a documentary about Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney buying a Welsh football team . Michael Bettencourt
And All That Jazz De-Genderized, Tenderized, Jazz. Arthur Danin Adler
Two For Tuesday It's been tough we're nervous a week out. Claudine Jones
Diggin' the Scene The scene I wish I could have been a part of more than any other would be the Laurel Canyon singer-songwriter scene of the 1960's Les Marcott
"The porch light coming on again": A Tribute to Weldon Kees The current literary reputation of Weldon Kees is both paradoxical and exemplary. Now as in his lifetime, Kees remains a poet's poet. Gregory Luce
Billy Squier: "Harder on a Woman" It's good to hear a vibrant Billy Squier making new music—alas, for the wrong reason. Billy would rather rather be in his garden or tending to the trees of Central Park. Patrick Walsh
Visual Poems
The last of the last. But wait... there's something new coming.
David Alpaugh
The Exigencies and Ecstasies of Attending a Distant Book Fair Convention Why would the Steiny Road Poet go to the AWP Seattle Book Fair in 2023? Karren Alenier
A Life in the Key of Moe's Ubu, Moe, Moe's Books, Berkeley It would be hard to write about Moe without being tempted to call him "legendary" and "larger-than-life." Lissa Tyler Renaud
Sukit Sukrakarn สุกิจ ศุกระกาญจน์ Create an equation of goodness and create works that are unique for society. Janine Yasovant
For the 4th Anniversary of "Kandinsky Anew" Re-introducing the Introduction In April of 2019, I wrote my first piece for this series. This is the 49th entry. Lissa Tyler Renaud
Early Days in the Vortex/ Part Two In five thousand or so years, some avian monk may compile a catalogue of all of the obscure writers of our era. Brian George
writings
BRAZIL Altenir Silva Brazil is a country full of contradictions. Brazilians celebrate the Carnival every year in February, a pagan feast that exalts glee and sensuality.
images
ELEFTHERIA Will you speak Greek to me? The Art of Philip Gerstein
Painting At the Start of the Grand Canal 1 & 2 Poetry Bridges to the Arsenal 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
Letters to the Editor
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What Is Art? January 2008|●
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The Art of Sex in the Arts February 2006|●
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Kandinsky Anew Index of the series by Lissa Tyler Renaud|●
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