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Concert Review: Violinist Virgil Boutellis-Taft with Pianist JuYoung Park at Carnegie Hall (June 12, 2024)
A bravura concert showed that the music on Virgil Boutellis-Taft's album 'Incantation' retains its power when stripped down to violin and piano.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Masquerade’ by O.O. Sangoyomi
In 'Masquerade' O.O. Sangoyomi has created a wonderful book about pre-colonial northwest Africa, filled with fascinating characters whose actions are propelled via an intriguing plot.
Read More »Pathfinder Lost Omens: ‘Tian Xia World Guide’ Sourcebook
TTRPG players can find a myriad of adventures in a new sourcebook inspired by Asian cultures.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Endless Fall’, by Mohamed Leftah
'Endless Fall's', by Mohamed Leftah, stark beauty and integrity make it one of the more intricate condemnations of homophobia available.
Read More »Theater Review: ‘N/A’ Clashing Wills, Holland Taylor & Ana Villafañe
Inspired by real people and events, the mesmerizing 'N/A' explores the person whom many consider the most powerful woman in American history… and the once-in-a-generation political talent who challenges her.
Read More »Tribeca Film Festival Review: ‘The Wasp’
'The Wasp' is a gyrating, twisted psychological thriller, in which Naomie Harris and Natalie Dormer go head to head captivating the audience with mesmerizing performances as estranged friends with secrets that can't be kept.
Read More »Interview: Composer Gregory Spears on Santa Fe Opera’s World Premiere of ‘The Righteous’
The opera explores how religious faith intersects with political power as a preacher-turned-politician faces a personal crossroads.
Read More »Music Review: Ensemble Gilles Binchois – ‘Timor Mortis’
The choral ensemble dusts off the 'Missa pro defunctis' of 16th-century composer Charles d'Argentil – the earliest extant polyphonic setting of the Requiem Mass.
Read More »Tribeca Film Festival Review: ‘Daddio’
A young woman (Dakota Johnson) jumps into the backseat of a yellow taxi heading from JFK Airport to Manhattan. The cab driver (Sean Penn) engages her in a personal conversation that changes their lives.
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