May 2024
Anna Karenina at the Joffrey Ballet Tolstoy with Twists. Renate Stendhal
Perilous Worlds Dune: Part Two, Poor Things Two renowned recent films offer protagonists who must forge paths through worlds that present daunting perils. Miles David Moore
Bushfire Two months ago, raging bushfires struck an area in Western Victoria, Australia, near the town of Beaufort and I recently visited a friend's property hit by those fires. The Photography of Jon Rendell
The Complicated and Enduring Legacy of Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 19th Century Art Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold
Rudy Bram Last Friday, on April 12, our neighbor Rudy Bram passed away in his sleep – 96 years old, an artist of the found object that festooned his house with many, many found objects. Michael Bettencourt
And Again As anti-semitism bubbles to the surface in the U.S. again and so-called university students protest... whatever, it's that time again. Arthur Danin Adler
Okay It's official. The news is putting me to sleep. It's a self-protection apparatus and I have pushed it, or more accurately I have let it get pushed to FOUR naps a day at its worst. Claudine Jones
Stories and Songs – Part III: Addictions and Afflictions I once had a spirited back and forth with a guy who had his own bar themed reality show. He was disagreeing with me over the choice of drinks the literary figures mentioned in the first verse imbibed. Les Marcott
“I want words to be words” Although Amanda Shaw has been writing poetry for many years and holds an MFA from Warren Wilson College, her debut collection, It Will Have Been So Beautiful, has only now been released. Gregory Luce
Your Hundred Best Days Many of my Hundred Best Days have been notched on those trips. And tellingly, a lot of those shared best days revolve around hikes, often all-day affairs where we’ve reached the top of a mountain. Patrick Walsh
Forth from Her Pen The Steiny Road to Operadom is always on the lookout for programs that highlight the genius of women artists. Karren Alenier
Top of Form A Biography of Clarence F. Toklas yes, that Toklas. Hans Gallas
Poem I.....e.e.cummings
Here’s a poem you can neither read nor recite. Still, it’s not difficult to figure out what Cummings is up to.
David Alpaugh
“Nina and Me”: Jelena's Years with Kandinsky's Wife (Part 2) After Kandinsky's death in 1944, Nina asked me, as well as many others, how to proceed with carrying out Kandinsky's last will. Everyone knew what was in his will. Jelena Hahl-Fontaine - edited by Lissa Tyler Renaud
The Stranger Face of the Friend Part Two I would demand to express my mode of vision, however half-formed it might be. Brian George
Narate Jung ณเรศ จึง Impressive time is every moment before, during, and after the creation of every work, every set, every piece. Janine Yasovant
writings
The Man Who Came From Venezuela Altenir Silva When he arrived at the Mexico border, he paid 2000 bucks, which he had exchanged for a lot of Venezuelan bolívars, to a 'coyote' who smuggled illegal immigrants into the United States.
images
A Spring Exhibition Part 2: Color Abstraction Show Opens in Boston Just in time this early April, several NY and Boston artists have come together to hurry the slow progression of New England Spring. The Art of Philip Gerstein
Admiration of a Bouquet The Art of David Wiley
Ziggurat Matrix with Color Reflection The Art of Willie Marlowe
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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Special—Issues
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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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