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07/18/2024

Finding Inspiration in Chaos

Exploring the resilience of the Dadaists amidst a global refugee crisis

by Gary Singh

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06/06/2024

15 in ’59

The Gaslight Anthem and the Eternal Object of Nostalgia

by Carter Vance

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06/03/2024

Loneliness, Love, Hope and the DeBarges 

Dreaming of love

by Labeja Kodua Okullu

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05/16/2024

The Un-Making of Made in America

Live music festival culture is a tough act to follow

by A.D. Amorosi

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04/29/2024

The Hard Sell

What youth (and parents) miss, from not fundraising door to door

by Stephen Gambescia

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04/25/2024

Freedom or Texas

by Shyal Bhandari

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04/18/2024

Don’t Sing, Scarf, or Spit

A Venetian view of polite behavior

by John Capista

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04/08/2024

Cutting Up

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

by A.D. Amorosi

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03/04/2024

Our Oscars, Ourselves

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

by Alex Dabertin

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02/26/2024

To Binge or Not to Binge: That Is the Question 

In search of "enough" in the 21st century

by Al Sturgeon

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