Entertainment
A surreal take on a classic
Tolstoy’s classic novel of love and infidelity, Anna Karenina has been brought to stage and screen many times, often with mediocre results due to its complexity. Pay attention: It’s mid-1800s Russia, and Anna (Keira Knightley) is married to Karenin (Jude Law), a dull...
It whistleblows
There’s a good movie to be made about the controversial whistleblowing actions of Edward Snowden. It’s a documentary called Citizenfour, and you should really...
Trace Bundy’s day job
One of Trace Bundy’s latest YouTube videos isn’t actually a new live performance or the latest alchemic solo re-imagining of a beloved cover tune.
A...
Whistling past a graveyard
Living with her parents in their summer home in “the middle of nowhere forest in Sweden” was not what Siri Isaksson expected to be...
‘Ain’t I a woman?’
When it comes to the proud and painful song of American history, many voices are often missing from the choir. Among these muted narratives...
HBO looks at the making of the show that ruined TV
At the beginning of the annual congressional shootout over funding for public broadcasting, PBS...
Beethoven’s path to the future
Violinist/conductor Peter Oundjian served as artistic advisor of the Colorado Music Festival (CMF) for the 2018 season, a position halfway between giving advice and...
NedFest reboots
Kristen McFarland, acting event coordinator for this year’s NedFest up in Nederland, has spent the last nine months keeping the festival alive, on schedule and, with some help at the box office, on budget. But despite the fact that she was one of Michigan Mike Torpie...
