Tonight, we're gathering online for Intro to review-writing: A webinar with the editors at BSR (6:30pm EST on Zoom), so we're taking a break from reviews on the site, just for this week. To ease us into December, we have a mini essays issue for you. Composer and essayist Kile Smith writes about a rare bird sighting that became a poignant full-circle moment from boyhood; local journalist and producer Isabel Soisson looks at tough truths about women's pain; and local tap-dance devotee Pamela Hetherington explains the true origins of her art form (it's not what most people think).
We hope you can join us tonight: the session is geared toward aspiring and emerging arts writers, but it'll be interesting for anyone who wants to better understand the critic's work, and why it still matters. It's free for our Friends and a suggested $20 donation for everyone else. RSVP here.
Thanks for sticking with BSR as we head into the winter season! We have an exciting slate of reviews coming your way in December, including the Wilma's FAT HAM, the new Company tour, BFG at the Arden, and lots more.
Alaina Johns
BSR editor-in-chief.