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fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month agoA magical 'Lizard Boy' at Center Stage * Oregon ArtsWatch
Lizard Boy is a personal musical about self-discovery and belonging that uses superhero mythology to explore experiences of being an outsider, now successfully reimagined at Portland Center Stage with a three-person cast accompanying themselves on diverse instruments.
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3 weeks agoBenjamin Wood: John Fowles's The Magus was so frustrating I threw it at the wall'
My mother bought me Stanley Bagshaw and the Short-sighted Football Trainer by Bob Wilson. I grew up thinking he was the same Bob Wilson who played in goal for Arsenal and presented sport on ITV.
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2 months agoThe extravagant promotions of Wuthering Heights' and Wicked': We are reaching a point between the sublime and ridiculous'
Film promotional campaigns increasingly stage performative spectacles that blur reality and fiction, using orchestrated behavior and theatrical publicity to generate viral attention.
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2 months ago'The Wiz,' the Black retelling of 'The Wizard of Oz', comes to Keller Auditorium * Oregon ArtsWatch
Alan Mingo Jr. currently defines The Wiz on the Broadway revival tour, delivering a family musical rooted in a Black perspective that resonates across audiences.
fromUntapped New York
1 year agoHow Museum Artifacts in NYC Inspired a Novel About a Medieval Witch - Untapped New York
While working on a graduate school paper on the mystical powers of coral, gemologist Anna Rasche ventured deep into the archives of the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum's library. Coral is the most powerful material to ward off the evil eye-a belief Italians have held since ancient times. Romans often gifted newborns coral amulets to prevent sickness and bad luck.
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1 month agoBen Markovits: I used to think any book concerned with people falling in love can't be very good'
Reading shaped formative years through detective stories, fantasy epics, and memoirs that provided companionship and escape during frequent moves and family transitions.
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fromThe Atlantic
1 month agoWhen Did Literature Get Less Dirty?
Philip Roth's Zuckerman Unbound functioned as a response to the controversial reception of Portnoy's Complaint, with Roth's protagonist expressing regret over writing sexually explicit material that drew accusations of anti-Semitism and misogyny.
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