Sometimes musicians create an atypical instrument combination simply because they have similar tastes or just like working together. Not so here – there's no sense of anything forced, or absent.
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Music Review: Amos Elkana – ‘Que sais-je?’
Yugoslav-Israeli intellectual and Holocaust survivor Yehuda Elkana may be best known for his insistence that a people must leave the traumas of the past behind in order to thrive. With 'Que sais-je?' Amos Elkana, Yehuda's son, has created a profound portrait in music of his father.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Marriage of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein’ by Edward Einhorn
Einhorn's sumptuous dishing up of Toklas' and Stein's world and their dynamic and inimical relationship leaves one thinking, and his take on these women and the "larger than life" denizens of their milieu who magnify their relationship enthralls with its uncanny beauty.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘A Serious Banquet’ by This Is Not A Theatre Company
The crème de la crème of the Paris avant-garde of a century ago mingle with dinner guests, converse about art, and serve dinner in this high-spirited exercise in immersive theater.
Read More »DVD Review: The Stein Family, The Making of Modern Art
The Steins, Gertrude and siblings, discover modern art.
Read More »DVD Review: The Last Happy Day
Experimental film artist creates documentary essay on the life of Winnie the Pooh translator.
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