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Johns, Warhol and the Vogels at Pennsylvania Academy
New life at the old Academy
Skeptics might disagree, but this summer's destination to view exciting modern and contemporary American art is the Pennsylvania Academy's Hamilton Building. Its exhibitions announce a new definition of Academy art. Forget Eakins and the old brown tonalities: The Academy has sprung back to life.
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"The Secret of Sherlock Holmes' at People's Light (2nd review)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, meet Dr. Watson
The Secret of Sherlock Holmes challenges conventional detective stereotypes, presenting a Sherlock Holmes with noticeable flaws and a Dr. Watson of intellect and humor.
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Charles Burchfield at the Whitney in New York (preview)
Scratch and sniff
For Charles Burchfield, it's not enough to paint a moonlit forest; he wants you to hear the stray birdcalls and feel the whirring of the cicadas on your skin.
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'Late Renoir' at the Art Museum (2nd review)
The rebel in winter: What became of Renoir
The Art Museum's "Late Renoir" show teaches us two things: All revolutions tend to run out of steam; and after great disasters, people tend to fall back on mental comfort food.
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"The Secret of Sherlock Holmes' at People's Light (1st review)
Portrait of a friendship
The Secret of Sherlock Holmes focuses not on a single mystery but on the evolving relationship between Holmes and Dr. Watson. It's an ideal summer diversion: not too heavy but just substantial enough to give the viewer something to chew on afterward.
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Shakespeare, Shylock, anti-Semitism— and Al Pacino (1st comment)
Shakespeare (and anti-Semitism) on trial
At least since the Holocaust, Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice has been widely reviled as an anti-Semitic screed. But Al Pacino's majestic portrayal of Shylock in New York suggests an entirely different interpretation: of Jews (and Israel too) surrounded by a hostile world.
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Frank Loesser's enduring power
Why mama starts to weep: The inexplicable power of a song
As a pre-teen and young teen in the late 1940s and early '50s, I often found myself singing two old songs to myself. I had no idea how they got there. Then one day my mother told me.
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Michael Douglas as the 'Solitary Man'
The comedown kid
Sometimes it takes a bad film to draw out an extraordinary performance. So it is when Michael Douglas plays Ben Kalmen in Solitary Man, another in his gallery of self-destructive heroes. Kirk should be proud of Michael's work here.
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Stieg Larsson's not-so-radical thrillers (2nd comment)
The girl who captured 35 million readers: Stieg Larsson's debt to Tarzan
The novelist Stieg Larsson may have been a radical journalist, but his view of Swedish society doesn't look that radical to a reader familiar with the thriller genre.
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A pianist reconsiders "Jonathan L. Seagull'
The concert pianist's life: My problem with Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Even as a concert pianist, I can't help wondering: Is anything worth the degree of single-mindedness depicted in the popular bestseller Jonathan Livingston Seagull?
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