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Give Em What They Want? Three items upon return to work...including some thoughts about Betty Freeman...
Betty Freeman, RIP She took us into a new era...
From whom all blessings flow... The queen's role as "the fount of honours" prevents much American-style corruption. A radical, perverse view? Or self-evident?...
The Hills Are Alive On the impact of geographical setting upon the Sing Along Sound of Music experience...
Read my lips This year, I'm ready to see a ventriloquist act...
Drama: the rules chafe Confronting difficult choices - nominations for the UK Critics' Circle Drama Awards for 2008...
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Progress (+ -) Report My PC-to-iMac conversion project is coming along nicely...
"FAME" High School Cancels Spring Musical I'm Gonna Live Forever??...
More from the Iceberg: Cuts to LA's Arts Community Partnership Network A Spending Freeze...
Of Ponzi Schemes and Funding Losses Here today; gone tomorrow...
Babylomania The Iraq war has nearly destroyed the site of Babylon. A great show at the British Museum reminds us of...
Put Your Headphones On, Baby, We're Going for a Ride Double your pleasure....
Friday Mack Attack, 12/19/08 What I'm loving/hating this week: vacation/finite print space vs. flexible online space...
The Tip of The Iceberg: NYSCA FUNDING CUTS an unfortunate example of bad government...
This Dutchman Flies Stripped-down Wagner? Hard to love, but Paul Levy gets the point of a concert performance...
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin... Launching a sideways look at our common culture through AngloAmerican eyes...
"Bush-Era Culture" (Shudder) What artifact best sums up "the way we were"?...
The Big Bang of Arts Education How can it ever be put back together again?...
One Band, Two Movies, A Cocktail...And A Theatre Company In Distress Santa Cruz is a great town. But it won't be the same if Shakespeare Santa Cruz disappears...
Friday Mack Attack, 12/11/08 What I'm loving/hating this week: Mark Pinsky's call for a do-over of the Depression-era Federal Writer's Project fits squarely in...
Happy Birthday, Elliott!! Watch the birthday shout-out that aired on the local news last night....
Guest Blogger--David Shookhoff, on Widening Perspective to Narrow the Gap ...on the heels of the online diccussion...
What exactly is the equity issue all about? Here's one great example of the divide....