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Thinking about gender at the movies
Girl guard
Why is it so hard for Hollywood to reflect the diversity of our society? The author calls for a new Hays Office — a Helen Hayes Office — to help moviemakers.
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Allen Ginsberg, 'Selected Poems'
Best of the Beats
It is fashionable and therefore easy to appreciate "Howl," but this volume, however inconsistent, is filled with gems that belong in the western canon.
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Scrapple TV
Saturday Night Scrapple
Television experiment Scrapple.TV injects some uniquely Philly content into your cable package.
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'Orange Is the New Black' Season Two (second review)
When your choices don’t matter: The terror and appeal of 'Orange Is the New Black'
Orange Is the New Black portrays a world without an underlying order — a world where individuals’ choices don’t make much difference, and the characters struggle to survive anyway.
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Come Together Dance Festival
Come Together really did, finally
The opening night of the Come Together Dance Festival featured strong, innovative works danced with such verve and professionalism that they looked new again.
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The premiere of 'Gold and Silver' in Helena
Symphony Under the Stars was in this, its 11th year, all Disney movie music and one work called Gold and Silver, a piece they asked me to compose.
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The Contemporary American Theater Festival
Where new plays by Philadelphia writers and others emerge
The Contemporary American Theater Festival, only three hours away from Philadelphia, showcases three Philly playwrights and a strong repertory of challenging new plays.
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Are publishers necessary?
Notes from the front lines of the revolution in publishing
How does an author manage his or her backlog? Do publishers have any value? A writer reports from the center of the technological storm reshaping the publishing business.
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2014-2015 television series finales
Parting is such sweet sorrow
Even the best TV show has to end eventually — the way it does so can make a difference to its legacy.
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'Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me'
“She’s Still Here”: Remembering Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch died yesterday, leaving the words of her favorite song, “I’m Still Here,” ringing in our ears. For me, she’s the epitome of show-business glamour. She glowed with the radiance of a performer who loved what she did, and she lived life to the fullest, without apology. She had sass, she had style, and she made a lot of people happy along the way.
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