February 2024
The City by the Bay Icons of San Francisco, one of the oldest cities in the American West. The Photography of Jon Rendell
(Bleep)ing Lovely Flora and Son, Ted Lasso Both are filled with rough-and-ready, often reprehensible characters who never met a sentence they couldn’t stuff with obscenities. Miles David Moore
Birthdays Are Very Favorable Too Gertrude Stein at 150 with gifts, Barbies and AI. Hans Gallas
Free Will A tranche of physicists, neuroscientists, and philosophers argue that “free will” is an illusion, a feeling that people have about the actions they take, but not more than that feeling. Michael Bettencourt
Floating In the Wind There was a time when my life and most lives world-round were much simpler. I grew up in upstate New York on the edge of Lake Ontario where I relished the distinct four seasons. Arthur Danin Adler
Before Jaipur Last night I crashed at about 10 o’clock after a very light, in fact almost invisible Thanksgiving. Peculiar to be sitting there at a lovely table with an empty plate and a glass of seltzer, watching everybody else eat. Claudine Jones
Book Reviews She became an international sensation when slated for execution. He writes about the dirty rotten business called politics. She is transformed by the power of American roots music. Les Marcott
Incorrigible Landscape In December 2020, I had the pleasure of reviewing Helen, or My Hunger by Gale Marie Thompson. I am happy to report that Thompson has finally published a new collection, equally as rich. Gregory Luce
Re-Ran Music has many cross-genius collaborations. In film, nothing surpasses Ran, Kurosawa’s adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play, King Lear. Think about it: Kurosawa covers Shakespeare. Patrick Walsh
The Iliad as Foundation for Tender Buttons? Karren Alenier
“The Little Girl by the Fence at School” William Stafford
It demonstrates how emotionally and philosophically rich and powerful just eight lines of poetry can be.
David Alpaugh
Gabriele Münter: Post-Break Up With Kandinsky Beyond what is already known, there exists a late, revealing letter, of four handwritten pages, by Münter. Jelena Hahl-Fontaine Edited by Lissa Tyler Renaud
The Goddess as Active Listener Part Five When I remember Sue Castigliano, I think of almost naked dancers vaulting above the horns of Cretan bulls, to the sound of waves breaking in the distance Brian George
Wasana Srisang วาสนา สีสัง Thai artists' contribution to society today is better, because it is no longer so high that it is out of reach Janine Yasovant
Kinky Boots The Musical Sophisticated, exuberant, tender, “Comfort Theatre” from the Before Times flying resplendent in today's context, nerve-wracking, bedeviled Now. reviewed by Lissa Tyler Renaud
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The Superhero and the Web Reality Altenir Silva Behind the shrub lay the lifeless body of a woman. I quickly retrieved my glasses and took a closer look. To my shock, it was Laura Kramer, the renowned Victoria's Secret angel.
The Boy Who Loved Christmas Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold Charles Cooke ran his long, slender fingers through his chestnut hair and closed his eyes. It was a gesture he absently reverted to whenever he was lost in thought.
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A Solo in New York: My Interval Paintings For this month's feature, I am excited to preview my solo exhibition about to open at The Painting Center, in Chelsea, NYC. The Art of Philip Gerstein
Painting Supplicant Poetry Objective Correlative 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
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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
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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
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Letters to the Editor
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Everything Old Is New Again January 2013|●
What Is Obscenity and What’s Not? January 2012|●
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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