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Shae Detar
Eileen Myles Reads Poetry and Poeticizes Instagram
Instagram puts you instantly in the gallery. “You get to be at the open mic of the world visually,” Myles described.
February 18, 2019
Geoff Pugh
Amit Chaudhuri Recaptures the Past in "Friend of My Youth"
“‘This is something I’ve always been interested in…the unexpected, explosive implications of something coming back to life again.’”
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February 18, 2019
Austin Lai
Red Fish, Bleu Fish: Sad Fish, Bad Fish
I know a plating faux paus when I see one (I’ve watched "Top Chef" and "Chopped" religiously), and I was appalled.
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February 18, 2019
Adrian Mandeville
UBallet’s Performs Impressive "La Esmeralda" Interpretation
Over the course of the two-hour show, performers danced and pantomimed through scenes and conflicts from Victor Hugo’s original work.
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February 18, 2019
Alexandra Nisenoff
Subtlety, Thy Name Is Not Urie
Urie’s capabilities as a performer are well-honed and carefully calculated, his grandiose theatricality earning him deafening screams of adulation from the audience.
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February 14, 2019
The Artist and Metro Pictures, New York
"Also on View:" David Maljković Tackles Continuity and Form
The Croatian artist’s "Also on View" brings together an interconnected and referential body of works ranging from video to sculpture.
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February 11, 2019
Netflix
"Sex Education" Redefines a Genre
Netflix’s "Sex Education" manages to find its own niche by thoughtfully teasing apart the thing on every high schooler’s mind: sex.
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February 11, 2019
Adrian Mandeville
Mick Jenkins’s Poetics Are a Concert Downer
Song after placid song, the audience was driven to a weary lull from which Jenkins struggled to regain their lost energy and enthusiasm.
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February 11, 2019
Michelle Hartney's Instagram
Behind the Floating World, the Weight of Reality
Activist Michelle Hartney offers alternative tour audio highlighting the neglected histories of oppression behind the ukiyo-e paintings in a recently closed Art Institute exhibit.
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February 7, 2019
Norman Lewis, Collection of Pamela Joyner
Finding Solidarity At The Smart
Last Monday, the Smart Museum opened its doors to its annual Winter Opening, inviting viewers to dive into the racially charged, the politically motivated, and the expressively abstract.
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February 4, 2019
Jonathan Mandell, New York Theater
525,600 Minutes of Disappointment
After the lead actor of Fox’s Rent Live broke his foot, Fox chose instead to broadcast a pre-taped dress rehearsal, with disappointing results.
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February 4, 2019
Arash Saedinia
Balancing Editorial and Audience Pressures in Writing
“As a short story writer, I like that feeling of strange uncertainty…If I’m writing a 20-page story and I know the ending by page 2, I get worried,” said Brinkley.
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February 1, 2019
Revenge of the Fans
"Glass" Shatters (Good) Expectations
Hopes for a worthy sequel to "Unbreakable" are shattered by the next installment in M. Night Shyamalan’s surprise trilogy.
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January 31, 2019
Paula Martinez
Jesse McCartney Returns With New Resolutions
Having not released any new material since 2014, “Beautiful Soul” musician Jesse McCartney returns to the spotlight with Resolution Tour.
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January 31, 2019
Shamit Sthankiya
In Chicago, Puppets Take Center Stage
This year’s Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival showcased a wide variety of puppeteer groups who pushed the medium to its thematic and artistic boundaries.
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January 31, 2019
Rada Film Group
Eve Ewing Discusses Racial Dynamics in Education System
It’s an attitude of “I’m not trying to keep you out, I’m just trying to keep what I have,” said Ewing.
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January 28, 2019
Shreya Preeti
Grad Student Shreya Preeti Discusses Her New EP
“This is kind of my goal: to make music not normally heard by the mass but still digestible.”
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January 28, 2019
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