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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Colombian Love
From Aug ’08 Spotlight: The Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest is also showing Shay Kanot‘s romantic comedy Colombian Love as co-host of Cinema/Chicago’s International Summer Screenings Program at the Chicago Cultural Center. This is one night only (Wednesday … Continue reading
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Hubris’ Torch Song Trilogy
From Aug ’08 Spotlight: Victory Gardens is also hosting the Hubris Productions revival of Harvey Fierstein’s play Torch Song Trilogy, which won two Tony Awards when it opened on Broadway in 1982. According to actress Susan Adler (cast in the … Continue reading
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OnStageIsrael
From Aug ’08 Spotlight: Two years ago, Diane Gilboa, the Artistic Director of North Carolina’s Theatre Or, bought us Hard Love, a challenging play by Israeli provocateur Motti Lerner. Now she’s back with OnStageIsrael, a festival of staged readings celebrating … Continue reading
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Into Color
From July ’08 Spotlight: I went to the Zygman Voss Gallery at 222 West Superior in Chicago on June 14 for the opening of a new exhibit of work by Moshe Rosenthalis. Rosenthalis was born in Lithuania in 1922 and … Continue reading
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“Gussie”
From July ’08 Spotlight: Peter Ascoli’s recent biography of his grandfather, Julius Rosenwald: The Man who Built Sears, Roebuck and Advanced the Cause of Black Education in the American South, was named one of the best books of 2006 by … Continue reading
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VGB’s Relatively Close
From July ’08 Spotlight: Also recommended is James Sheridan’s new play Relatively Close, a comedy about three sisters with different ideas about how to allocate family property now that both parents are deceased. Looked at as individuals, there’s nothing very … Continue reading
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Brick Lane
From July ’08 Spotlight: “Never judge a book by its cover,” teachers warn us, and sometimes that admonition also applies to movie posters. A current case in point is the new British film Brick Lane. I’m not saying it isn’t … Continue reading
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Isaiah Gafni Lectures
From July ’08 Spotlight: The recent death of actor Charlton Heston set me to brooding about Rome, so when I learned that The Teaching Company had added a new course by Isaiah Gafni to its catalogue, I ordered it immediately. … Continue reading
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Flying
From June ’08 Spotlight: The Sundance Channel is currently screening a six-part series called Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman by filmmaker Jennifer Fox, but Chicago residents had a head start when the Gene Siskel Film Center featured the series … Continue reading
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The Sephardic Legacy
from June ’08 Spotlight: I attended a beautiful afternoon concert called “The Sephardic Legacy” at the Instituto Cervantes on April 18. Fascinated by folk music from many nations, composer Manuel García-Morante worked with Jewish scholars to rescue a set of … Continue reading
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