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Decolonising Every Day: A Calendar Zine by Carmen Daneshmandi
How did the idea of the calendar come about? It comes from a few different places, each with their own weight of influence. I love to see…
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There Is More to French Opera Than “Carmen” and “Faust”
Virginia Woolf, in her essay “The Lives of the Obscure,” savors the potential fascination of reading authors whom posterity has cast…
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Forget what you know about all-inclusive resorts. This one in Playa del Carmen changed my mind.
AThe food at most all-inclusive resorts on Mexico’s Riviera Maya tends to be so boring, you’ve already forgotten about your favorite meal…
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Can Shostakovich Ever Escape Stalin’s Shadow?
Dmitri Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, one of the mainstays of the twentieth-century orchestral repertory, ends with an unapologetic…