film still from Jean-Luc Godard’s Band of Outsiders If films—as many have pointed out before—are an approximate for dreams, then Band of Outsiders is a dream in which the figures…
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On Crafting Stories without Commas: Today’s Artisanal Writers
by Guest Contributor October 26, 2020scarf by Amy Sarig King The question before us is bread. The fluff of the flour and the crystals of salt. The warm-water yeast and the well into which she…
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NICK EARHART lives in Pasadena, California, near Allendale Park. He is writing a dissertation on art, infrastructure, and urban space, and he also likes to draw and play…
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Byodin Temple, Kyoto, Japan 1. Like a giant bird with nimble wings outstretched to catch the wind, the vermilion temple seemed to hover just above the surface of the water.…
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Tears, and More Tears: Toward a Theory of the Crime-Show Mom
by Guest Contributor September 3, 2020Character Mitch Larsen, “The Killing” Sunday evenings in high school, I attended youth services at a local evangelical church. One Sunday, I tagged along on a post-worship excursion to the…
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Cold Light (detail): site-specific installation, hand-cut wallpaper, video by Summer J. Hart. Image courtesy of the artist, used by permission. Confined to my Bermuda home thanks to a deadly microbe,…
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“As If It Were Part of Breathing”: An Interview with Theatre Artist Leigh Kennicott
by Guest Contributor July 17, 2020Film and television dominate the arts in Los Angeles, but L.A. has a thriving theatre culture that hasn’t received the attention the New York stage commands. Even during the pandemic,…
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NICK EARHART lives in Pasadena, California, near Allendale Park. He is writing a dissertation on art, infrastructure, and urban space, and he also likes to draw and play guitar.…
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Sullen Girl: Fiona Apple and the Prism of Female Fragility
by Guest Contributor July 14, 2020I. You fondle my trigger then you blame my gun It is difficult to discuss Fiona’s craft without also discussing the unrelenting interest in her trauma, her mental illness, her…
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Castel Sant’Angelo, Rome A few years ago I discovered the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD and the Royal Opera House’s Live Cinema Season programs, which revolutionized my enjoyment of opera.…
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No Touring the Provinces in This Plague: An Interview with Julie Jensen
by Guest Contributor May 20, 2020How has the pandemic has changed theater, aside from the obvious fact that live audiences are currently forbidden? At this point it’s impossible for plays to rehearse. People cannot gather…
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“Hands,” Leonardo Rizzi, Creative Commons When I attended Mass Before, the priest told us a few things: 1) If we were taking Communion, we could not allow the officiants to…
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make work for yourself do something i just thought i had an idea a while back (up to 8 months in the past) a short video of about 20 minutes…
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My Arthur Russell and the Stigma of Loneliness
by Guest Contributor May 1, 2020“AIDS is not over, sickness will never be over, care will always be needed. Moving towards justice means learning how to care from the past and present going forward.” –…