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Alley Pond Park, The Cousins’ Club, and The Loony Bin
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I remember two things about Alley Pond Park from my early childhood in the 1950s. Neither... Read more →
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Swan Lake Petitions Putin
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On a frozen bay with inches of snow, a Russian ballerina deigns to dance Swan Lake in... Read more →
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Dear Friends of Cultural Weekly, To say it’s been a difficult year would obviously... Read more →
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Carlos Andrés Gómez’s Fractures
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The wide ranging and devastating effect of toxic masculinity is one of the topics that... Read more →
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a weird but not unusual thing
a weird but not unusual thing
or how do you respond to a masked stranger
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Dear friends — A weird but not unusual thing happened to me a couple weeks ago. I... Read more →
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Unforgotten: The Art of JD Smith
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Tucked behind a bungalow in Venice, California, is an art studio smaller than some... Read more →
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Polluted
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Climate Change - "Polluted" Terry Braunstein and Victor Raphael — A... Read more →
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COVID-19 Keeping People Behind Bars Longer, Damaging Hopes for Rehabilitation
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Around Christmas 2020, an inmate at California State Prison Solano learned that his... Read more →
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