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Snapshot: a scene from The Third Man

A scene from The Third Man, written by Graham Greene, starring Joseph Cotton and Orson Welles, and directed by Carol Reed: (This is the latest in... [read more]

AJBlog: About Last Night Published: 2020-06-03
Almanac: Graham Greene on trust

“It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.” Graham Greene, The Ministry of... [read more]

AJBlog: About Last Night Published: 2020-06-03
Justice

Essential justice is too important to be subsumed into a discussion of community engagement. But for anyone who truly understands community engagement, the connection is... [read more]

AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published: 2020-06-02
With a country “on the brink” does it matter if your arts venue is shuttered?

In three short months Americans have shifted from tuning into the daily drama surrounding the democratic primaries, to daily Covid-19 briefings and debates over whether... [read more]

AJBlog: Jumper Published: 2020-06-02
Lookback: the fleetingness of stardom

From 2006: Fame is intense but fleeting in a TV-driven culture, which is one of the many reasons why I love watching the old What’s My... [read more]

AJBlog: About Last Night Published: 2020-06-02
Almanac: Graham Greene on childhood

“There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.” Graham Greene, The Power and the Glory Continue reading... [read more]

AJBlog: About Last Night Published: 2020-06-02
GC CUNY Keeps the Conversation Going: LGBTQ Pride Month Conversation with Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter

Artist, organizer, and co-founder of Black Lives Matter, Patrisse Cullors is the co-author of the best seller "When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black... [read more]

AJBlog: Straight|Up Published: 2020-06-02
Great “Gates”: A Tribute to Christo, 84, Who Made Magic in NYC’s Central Park

Our loss yesterday of Christo, the canny conceptual artist with tangible appeal, is a poignant reminder of more innocent times—16 days in early 2005 when... [read more]

AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published: 2020-06-01
Somewhere down the road

Hilary Teachout, my beloved wife and life’s companion, died two months ago this Sunday, and her ashes were returned to me a week and a... [read more]

AJBlog: About Last Night Published: 2020-06-01
Just because: Graham Greene talks about writing and boredom

Graham Greene talks about writing and boredom in a 1983 interview: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related interviews that appear... [read more]

AJBlog: About Last Night Published: 2020-06-01
Almanac: Graham Greene on morality

“Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.” Graham Greene, A Sort of Life Continue reading Almanac: Graham Greene... [read more]

AJBlog: About Last Night Published: 2020-06-01
The Gershwin Threat/The Gershwin Moment

Paul Rosenfeld, whose writings on American modernist composers were once regarded as insightful and prophetic, detected in George Gershwin the Russian Jew “a weakness of... [read more]

AJBlog: Unanswered Question Published: 2020-05-31
All That Jazz | Lockdown Theatre Club 12

Watch All That Jazz with Lockdown Theatre Club on Tuesday 2 June. All That Jazz is available to rent from Sky (no Sky subscription needed,... [read more]

AJBlog: Performance Monkey Published: 2020-05-30
Lilliane Lijn’s ‘Power Hanky’

Makes me think of ... "Summertime."... [read more]

AJBlog: Straight|Up Published: 2020-05-30
Reality Check: Sotheby’s Belatedly Drops Plans for Major Live Auctions in June, Adopts New Format

Facing reality, Sotheby’s today officially abandoned what I had correctly characterized in a May 21 post as wishful thinking—its plans for live June auctions of... [read more]

AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published: 2020-05-29
The Language + Her Voice + Their Music = Heaven

This is bliss . . . and so is this . . . especially in tough times. MEDITAÇAO & CHEGA DE SAUDHADE (A.C.JOBIM) ANDREA MOTIS... [read more]

AJBlog: Straight|Up Published: 2020-05-29
Comfort food for the soul

In today’s Wall Street Journal, I review a webcast from Chicago of TimeLine Theatre’s 2013 revival of To Master the Art, a play about Julia... [read more]

AJBlog: About Last Night Published: 2020-05-29
Replay: Erich Wolfgang Korngold at the piano

“A Dream Comes True: The Making of an Unusual Motion Picture,” a promotional featurette for Max Reinhardt’s 1935 Hollywood screen version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s... [read more]

AJBlog: About Last Night Published: 2020-05-29
Almanac: Shakespeare on despair

They have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly.But, bear-like, I must fight the course. William Shakespeare, Macbeth Continue reading Almanac: Shakespeare on despair at... [read more]

AJBlog: About Last Night Published: 2020-05-29
Moloko+ Releases Maher’s New Poems in Bilingual Edition

“This is a partial autobiography. The important things are missing.” — William Cody Maher The collection includes photographs by Signe Mähler. The German translations are... [read more]

AJBlog: Straight|Up Published: 2020-05-28