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Pianist Byron Marc Sean followed with a rendition of Chopin’s Berceuse, Op 57. One critic compared the colors of the piece to the “shifting hues of an eggshell,” and for the performer the piece can be like walking on those same shells, so exposed and delicate is the writing. The tem...
NY Times Critic's Pick May 23, 2019 "If the arts in America ever produced an equivalent to the revolutionary French poet Arthur Rimbaud, it might have been the little-known but extremely influential filmmaker Barbara Rubin. The title of her magnum opus, the 1964 picture “Christmas on Earth...
The New York Times chief music critic Anthony Tommasini does some desperate soul-searching over what to do with his treasured James Levine recordings now the paper has brought his hero down.In the living room of the apartment I share with my husband, we have a handsome dark-wood case for ...
Jeffrey Deitch curated show “Area” at The Hole Gallery NYC in 2013, with his film stills from "Unmade Beds" & "The Foreigner"- two of the most significant underground films of the 1970’s New York Punk scene, exhibited at The Museum of The Moving Ima...
The Book of Revelation contains a memorable line: “Behold, I make all things new.” Reflecting on this ancient text, the critic Northrop Frye defined the Apocalypse as “the way the world looks once the ego has disappeared.” Every great artistic work is a quiet apocalypse. It te...
He had done this several times in his long radio career.So hopefully one day we'll find out when this was really from. Aircheck Odds & Ends: 1970sEDUCATIONAL: Alison Steele Narrates a Music Appreciation Course [mono] Circa 1970's (29:21)...
Our film critic ranks the 10 best films of the year. 10.The Power of the Dog Netflix 10.The Power of the Dog I have no idea how this movie is going to play on Netflix. It unfolds at a deliberate pace and its revelations about its characters come in subtle, quiet moments; if you...
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Gardner was born in Batavia, NY (Genesee County). He is most famous for his novel "Grendel", which won the 1976 National Book Critic Circle Award. He wrote more than 20 other books. John Gardner was killed in a motorcycle accident in September 14, 1982. He was just 42 years old, and...