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04/08/2024

Cutting Up

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Painter-poet Brion Gysin and the invention of the cut-up

by A.D. Amorosi

04/04/2024

The Art of the Photo Dump

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Reminding the world you still exist

by Lindsey Staub

04/01/2024

The Successful Gesture

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How Marlon Brando kept it real

by Matt Hanson

03/21/2024

Days of Long Ago

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Anton Dvorak: Beloved composer and matchmaker

by Elliot Wilner

03/18/2024

Daisy Goodwill and the Montana Rockies 

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Sometimes, a book doesn’t so much change your life as fall into your life and stay forever

by Darlene West

03/14/2024

Me and Bobby Miller

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Everybody needs an oldies station

by Angela Townsend

03/11/2024

Brilliant Zingers and Vodka Stingers

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Capote at the crossroads of "La Côte Basque"

by A.D. Amorosi

03/07/2024

My Cousin Lenny

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Remembering Leonard Bernstein

by Paula Marantz Cohen

03/04/2024

Our Oscars, Ourselves

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As the Oscars approach, analyzing what our Best Actresses say about us

by Alex Dabertin

03/01/2024

‘Tis the (Oscar) Season

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Hollywood posturing in real time

by Melinda Lewis

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