May 2015
Trudeau’s pick of the litter
The author of the “raw and subversive” Doonesbury comic strip fails to grasp the true meaning of the First Amendment.
The author of the “raw and subversive” Doonesbury comic strip fails to grasp the true meaning of the First Amendment.
Caesar’s death was more than the end of an extraordinary life; it was the end of an era.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s new book argues that the time for a Muslim reformation is now.
A selection from David Pryce-Jones’s memoir reveals the literary world, anti-Semitism, and changing politics of twentieth-century Europe.
On Hilary Mantel’s works and their adaptations.
On The Audience at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Skylight at the John Golden Theatre, & The Heidi Chronicles at the Music Box Theatre.
On “Sculpture in the Age of Donatello” at The Museum of Biblical Art.
“Diego Velázquez” at the Grand Palais, Paris.
“A Centenary of Australian War Art” at the Embassy of Australia, Washington, D.C.
On “Keith A. Smith: The Fabric Works: 1964–1980” at Bruce Silverstein; “Karen Schwartz: Down the Rabbit Hole” at Life on Mars Gallery; “Mel Bernstine” at McKenzie Fine Art; “Graham Nickson: Spectrum” at Betty Cuningham Gallery; “Louise P. Sloane: Recent Paintings” at Andre Zarre Gallery & “Arts in Bushwick: Making History” at Storefront Ten Eyck
On the Adès Totentanz, the St. Louis Symphony at Carnegie Hall, John Adams’s Scheherazade.2 & more.
The history of the fraternities may hold the solution for curing the current ills of the Greek system.
Reviews of The Buried Giant, by Kazuo Ishiguro; John the Pupil, by David Flusfeder; Know Your Beholder, by Adam Rapp & Notes from a Dead House, by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
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