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‘The Raven’ Is Nothing to Crow About
Shrouds of mystery fill the screen. Murder after murder, this macabre scene feels like a poet’s dream. A girl’s life and writer’s legend at stake, the unwinding minutes of despair are almost too much to take....
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Suffering For Suffrage in ‘Take What Is Yours’
Often, it’s near-impossible to believe that American women won the right to vote less than 100 years ago. When reminded, many think of the fight for enfranchisement as a relatively benign process: men were puffed...
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Playing With Gravity: One Artist’s Newfound Trademark
The importance of gravity is redefined in a Toronto-based artist’s beautifully illustrated and sustainable world, explored through rich colors, patterns and incredible detail, all applied in a unique manner...
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Hulk Smash, ‘Avengers’ Rock
It’s no understatement to say that Marvel’s The Avengers is one of the most intricate and biggest projects any Hollywood studio has ever undertaken. Since the surprising success of Iron Man in 2008, this...
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Glancing Back To Yesteryear
“Texas is still a last frontier. It is the part of the United States where the traditional virtues are still operating; in short, a piece of living history.”— Author John C. B. Richmond
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There Goes the Neighborhood: The New Class of Williamsburg Residents
No more than four days after moving into Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York this past February I started noticing it, and within my first week, I realized it was undeniable. It seemed that inevitably everywhere I...
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Through the Turnstile: Subway Performing in NYC
One cold morning in 2007, a man stood inside the entrance of a Washington, D.C. subway station and played the violin. Occasionally, the people walking by tossed money into his violin case or, in extremely rare...
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‘An Early History of Fire’ (Or How to Put Out the Blaze)
We all know how to start a fire, right? Rub two sticks together long enough and you’ll get something to ignite. Theoretically, maybe, but in the world premiere of David Rabe’s new play, An Early History of Fire...
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Changing Lives and Music: A Conversation with Alon Yavnai
Music has been said to change lives. Listening to the richness and diversity of the sound illuminating from Israel-born pianist Alon Yavnai’s newest album Shir Ahava, recorded in collaboration with the 17-member...
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A City Life
“I have said that Texas is a state of mind, but I think it is more than that. It is a mystique closely approximating a religion. And this is true to the extent that people either passionately love Texas or...
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