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The Interestings

In her new novel The Interestings, Meg Wolitzer dances between two time-tested tropes. It’s...

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Seeing Kennedy

“I see him!” someone shouted and we all broke in applause. I jumped up and down, as...

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Birds of a Feather

Birds of a feather flock together. My mother used to always say this to us as we ran across the...

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The Move

My Mother and I drove through a summer thunderstorm in the mountains of West Virginia. The...

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Why the Arts Matter

The arts, be it visual, music, or theatre, bring enrichment and a sense of joy to the beholder....

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Five Year Engagement Gets Old Fast

Early on in the movie Five Year Engagement, my companion nudged me, and whispered, “You don’t hunt deer in spring!” “What?” I said, watching Jason Segel and Chris Parnell gleefully bagging a deer in...

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American Mavericks Night Three

The last night was by far the best night of the three nights of Michael Tilson Thomas & the San Francisco Symphony’s American Maverick concerts. Not that they didn’t perform superbly all three nights with a tight ensemble,...

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American Mavericks Night Two

The second night of Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony play more or less modern more or less American music opened with what I’d call the worst piece of music I’ve ever heard if there were any real...

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