Notes & Comments November 2021
Education apocalypse now
On the firing of the Art Institute of Chicago’s unpaid docents.
Topic: “Chicago”
Apr 08, 2021
Second City views
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On “Geoffrey Todd Smith: Sordid Orchestra” at Western Exhibitions, Chicago & “Maia Cruz Palileo: The Answer is the Waves of The Sea” at Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago.
Sep 16, 2020
Departures & arrivals
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On the lost promises of New York and Chicago.
Jul 29, 2019
Mature Manet
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On an exhibition of Édouard Manet’s later works at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Jul 01, 2019
A Second City success
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On Aida at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Jun 27, 2019
Among the crop of new opera
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On the Saint Louis Opera world premiere of Fire Shut Up in My Bones.
Mar 14, 2019
Handelian feminism
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On the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s premiere production of Handel’s Ariodante.
Mar 01, 2019
A fitting Postludium
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George Loomis on William Schuman’s Ninth Symphony and Mozart’s Requiem at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Feb 25, 2019
Love kills
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On Richard Strauss’s Elektra at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Jan 29, 2019
Through the years with Prince Charming
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On the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s premiere production of Massenet’s Cendrillon.