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When it comes to music, just remember the passion
November 06
NEW YORK — When the London Symphony Orchestra finished playing Mahler’s 4th Symphony, I felt the tears well up. Live performance can do that to me.
Part of it was the sheer drama of Mahler interpreted in Avery Fisher Hall by the veteran conductor Bernard Haitink — who, with his tousled gray locks and knowing baton, exuded the gravitas of a wise cleric — someone who’d been around long enough to build on the mysteries of Mahler, not just cram him down our throats. Read more →Arts draw audiences despite economy
October 16
The economy might be in the toilet, but as the fall performing arts season gets under way, at least a few local arts organizations are drawing impressive audiences:
'Yonkers' brings us a glimpse of greatness
October 02
In Neil Simon's "Lost in Yonkers," we hear about Aunt Bella before we meet her. Onstage, her nephews watch her through the window of her upstairs apartment as she approaches her building.
Photographer stirs an awed audience
September 28
Longtime readers of this column know that I'm big on experiencing art, not just observing it. Yes, it can be exquisite to bask in the presence of a world-class artist.
I enjoy going to spectacularly produced Broadway musicals, looking at the work of master visual artists and listening to musical virtuosos. Only a tiny percentage of artists reach the top, and there's a reason why we flock to them. Read more →Film fest wraps up with the tender 'Edie & Thea'
September 18
No question about it: If you're looking for the most emotional crowd at a movie screening today in Fresno, it will be the one turning out for "Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement."
Symposium reunites Judy Chicago students
September 10
September has been a big-deal month in Fresno when it comes to the history of the feminist art movement. I've already written about two major shows that explore aspects of that movement: "A Studio Of Their Own: The Legacy of the Fresno Feminist Experiment 1970," at the Conley Gallery at California State University, Fresno, through Oct. 9; and "Celebrating Women Artists," through Sept. 27, the 35th anniversary show at Gallery 25, which was a direct offshoot of the Fresno State experience.
'Locker' brings you into war's addiction
August 16
This and that from the culture beat:
His Broadway tour debut spells out lots of fun
June 07
A is for “accommodate.”
That’s the word I imagine having to spell as I look into my bathroom mirror. I practice saying the letters slowly and clearly: a-c-c-o-m-m-o-d-a-t-e. Yes! The audience murmurs its approval. I am a double-letter king. Bring ’em on, baby. Read more →
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