Tackling the global food system and water fluoridation By Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss I understand a recent government report concluded that our global food system is in deep trouble, that roughly two billion people are hungry or undernourished, while another billion are over-consuming to the point of obesity. What’s going on? – Ellie Francoeur, […]
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Theatre news and reviews By Brian P. Sharp Just before off-Broadway, it’s Dayton Playhouse The Dayton Playhouse is getting ready for the season extra “Bill W. and Dr. Bob,” a play by Samuel Shem (Stephen Bergman) and Janet Surrey. The play’s local premiere is quickly selling out and an additional performance has been added. It […]
A timely tour
DAI dispenses a spotlight show of contemporary art By Jane A. Black There is much to enjoy in the Dayton Art Institute’s current special exhibition, Creating the New Centruy: Contemporary Art from the Dicke Collection. The galleries are filled with bold imagery, contemplative abstractions, vibrant colors and lush surfaces. Social commentary is prevalent, but often […]
The Masters at Work
Cedarville University presents their Masterworks concert By Pat Suarez In the world of classical music, Germany had Bach and Beethoven, England had Elgar and Vaughan-Williams, France had Debussy and Ravel and the U.S. had Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein. Even as we enter the second decade of the 21st century, there is still a segment […]
New Music for New Dance
Dayton Ballet’s newest production at Victoria Theatre By Caroline Shannon-Karasik Great pairs have consistently withstood the tests of everyday life, performing stronger side-by-side and turning out better results because of a common kinship. These bonds are forever evident in some of entertainment’s most beloved couples: Thelma and Louise, Abbott and Costello, Cheech and Chong, heck, […]
A Life in Print
Sidney Chafetz exhibit debuts at Antioch’s Herndon Gallery By Kay Koeninger How do we take the measure of one person’s life? For Sidney Chafetz, who was born in 1922, it is recorded with an etching needle and a lithography stone. His current retrospective “Sidney Chafetz: A Life in Print,” currently on view through April 29 […]
Victoria Theatre gets ‘Drowsy’
Hilarious is the word … or is it Hysterical? By Brian P. Sharp The Victoria Theatre Association in partnership with The Human Race Theatre Company will present “The Drowsy Chaperone.” With songs by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and a book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, it is a romp through the mad-cap world […]
Creating a moment
Taking Dayton artists on the road By Jane A. Black What does it cost you to make a name in the art world? What does it cost if you don’t even try? These questions are not just idle turns of mind for one of Dayton’s most entrepreneurial spirits, Mike Elsass, whose art career has gone […]
A lifetime of painting
The Angelo Ippolito exhibit at the Springfield Museum of Art By Jud Yalkut The early 50s through the mid-60s in New York was a vibrant time of changes in American art as Abstract Expressionism reached its peak of influence before branching into the myriad forms, which refined themselves into Pop Art and Minimalism. Out of […]
Onstage
Theatre News and Reviews By Brian P. Sharp Victoria Theatre Association announces the 2011-2012 season The Wintergarden at the Schuster Center was the setting for the announcement of the 2011-2012 season by the Victoria Theatre Association. There are world premieres, star attractions and repeat performances. The big news of course was the Broadway Series which […]
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Debate Commentary 03/18
Your computer files might be protected by more than just a password By Alex Culpepper One of the freedoms under […]