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WATCH: KISS’s Gene Simmons Delivers Emotional Tribute To Chuck Berry
On April 9, the late, great rock ‘n’ roll icon Chuck Berry was laid to rest. His funeral, a four-hour affair marked by performances by Berry’s collaborators and tributes from fans ranging from Paul McCartney to Bill Clinton (both in absentia), took place at St. Louis’s Pageant Theater. Berry, a St. Louis native, lived there…
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Marvel Apologizes For Comic With Hidden Anti-Semitic Content
Marvel Comics has released a statement saying that it will be taking “disciplinary action” against one of its artists after the shocking discovery of hidden anti-Semitic and hard-line Islamist references in an X-men comic book. “X-Men Gold #1” was released last Wednesday. It had been well-received until controversy erupted over the weekend when the references…
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‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ Wins Record 9 Olivier Awards
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the two-part stage play that, premiering in London last summer, imagined an adult continuation of J.K. Rowling’s beloved series about teenage magicians, won a record-breaking nine Olivier Awards on April 9. The Oliviers, which are presented annually, are Britain’s top theatrical awards. “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the…
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WATCH: Marcel Marceau’s Most Eloquent and Powerful Pantomime
Ten years ago, Marcel Marceau — the world’s greatest pantomime — died, and the world of wordless theater has still never really recovered. Here at the Forward, we feel a special affinity for Marceau, a member of the French Resistance during World War II who reportedly used pantomime techniques to help children escape the Holocaust….
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Some Advice About What To Read On Passover
There’s a nice seasonal post from Martha Anne Toll that’s being republished over at The Millions today. In it, Toll recommends eight books to read over the course of the Passover holiday, particularly in our current climate of “persecution and forced emigration,” as she puts it. The choices include titles by Aharon Appelfeld, Lucette Lagnado…
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Is The Controversial Whitney Biennial Just A Bunch of Bologna?
It has now been nearly two weeks since I visited the Whitney Biennial (delayed a year by the 2016 relocation of the Whitney Museum of American Art, in New York City, from the Marcel Breuer building on 75th and Madison to the Renzo Piano-designed space in the Meatpacking District, at the foot of the High…
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In Trump’s America, It’s Hard To Be A Hyper-Realist
After four decades as a sculptor, Carole Feuerman is going into retail. Her new venture’s not as removed from her art as it sounds. One of the world’s most acclaimed hyperrealist sculptors, Feuerman struck a deal with New York City arts not-for-profit Chashama to produce her debut retail collection this spring. Proceeds from sales of…
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In These Dark Times, Turn To Paul Celan
In a time in which the world is increasingly dangerous, cruel, alienating, and above all, incomprehensible, we might find comfort, or at least kinship, in works of poetry. One such poet, whose inventive use of language is marked by despair and resurrection (as we shall see), seems, to me, particularly worth revisiting. To read Paul…
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Why Elijah Will Have Some Company At This Year’s Passover Seder
We usually divide up the holidays: Yom Kippur breakfast at our daughter Samantha’s; Rosh Hashanah dinner at our apartment, and Seder at our daughter Lisa’s. Making out my grocery list this year — I’m responsible for the matzo ball soup and gefilte fish — I suddenly thought about Libby and felt a rush of emotion….
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As We Celebrate Our Exodus, Let’s Not Forget Our Role In Slavery
While most of New Orleans sits down to a dinner of red beans and rice, our seders will be beginning for us — porch doors flung open to let in Elijah (and the season’s first mosquitoes), bottles of wine clustered like brass quintets on tables as the corner church bells strike six. It’s Passover Louisiana…
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A New Take On An Old Heist, And More To Read, Watch, And Do This Weekend
Sometimes we all feel the need to throw off constraints; some just do so with greater aspirations towards humor than others. While Zach Braff’s reinterpretation of “Going in Style” starring Michael Caine, Alan Arkin, and Samuel L. Jackson, has so far met mixed reviews, its leads are reliable comedic talents. In the film, the three…
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