Tuesday, June 30, 2020
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Monday, June 29, 2020
The series:
“Curon” (2020)
Where to see it:
Netflix
The deal:
The top of a bell tower pokes bizarrely from a lake in Curon, Italy, part of a village that was drowned beneath the sparkling waves. The tower’s bells have been removed, but sometimes, locals say, people still hear them ring. Then bad things happen.
Something bad happened to Anna (Valeria Bilello) when she was a teen — a nightmarish experience that ended with her mother dead. Now an older Anna returns from Milan to the hotel her father owns in Curon, fleeing an abusive husband with her teenage twins, Daria (Margherita Morchio) and Mauro (Federico Russo).
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Friday, June 26, 2020
Based in New York City, Dance Theatre of Harlem has been shaping the ballet world for more than 50 years. Its founder, Arthur Mitchell, was the first Black principal dancer at New York City Ballet and was a protégée of Russian-born choreographer George Balanchine.
Dance Theatre of Harlem offers training and career opportunities to dancers of color and celebrates African American culture through the arts. Through its work, the multiethnic company has made the art of ballet more inclusive and expanded its audience.
Thursday, June 25, 2020
"This was not a decision made lightly, and we explored many possible alternatives before concluding that we cannot safely host performances in the theater for the remainder of this year," said interim executive director Charlie Smith in a press release. "Right now, we are unable to open to normal operations, but we’re eager to resume activity and will do so as soon as possible."
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
“How do we move forward? How do we come to solutions? It’s by talking to one another, sharing ideas [and] by communicating,” Gutema said. “That’s how you humanize a movement.”
Under a sweltering Tuesday afternoon sun, a masked Gutema sat in front of Burlington City Hall with two hand-lettered signs taped to his folding table that read, “It’s uncomfortable. Join me and let’s talk about race,” and “We move forward by talking to each other.”
A Vermont native, Gutema is studying environmental engineering at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., and is home for the summer. As he explained, the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police last month sparked a lot of anger in him, but also a desire to address issues of racial inequality in a more productive way than just exchanging barbs on social media.
Tags: Church Street , race , Black Lives Matter , Danyeh Gutema , Web Only , Image
Monday, June 22, 2020
The movie:
Fast Color (2018)
Where to see it:
Amazon Prime Video, Hulu; rentable on iTunes.
The deal:
The future is here, and it’s parched. In the world of Fast Color, rain hasn’t fallen for eight years, water is strictly rationed, and grocery-store shelves are sparsely stocked.
But Ruth (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) has bigger problems to worry about: We meet her fleeing from a warehouse with rope burns on her wrists. As she drives across the wasted landscape, we soon learn who imprisoned her and why: Ruth has seizures that can cause earthquakes, opening new seismic faults. Hunted by government agents, she’s continually being betrayed by a power she can’t control.
Out of options, Ruth eventually makes her way to her childhood home, an isolated farmstead where her mother, Bo (Lorraine Toussaint), welcomes her with misgivings. Bo has devoted herself to providing a safe haven for preteen Lila (Saniyya Sidney), the daughter whom Ruth abandoned in her infancy.
Tags: Fast Color , Julia Hart , Gugu Mbatha-Raw , Web Only , Image
Thursday, June 18, 2020
"The current moment is part of a long-standing, widespread, and entrenched system of structural oppression for people of color, and real progress requires a sustained and sincere commitment to political, social, and economic racial justice and change," Bandcamp cofounder Ethan Diamond wrote in a June 15 statement on the website. "We stand with those rightfully demanding justice, equality, and change, and people of color everywhere who live with racism every single day."
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Wednesday, June 17, 2020
The downtown Burlington nightclubs have been dark since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. A press release sent out on Wednesday announced a weekend schedule of live bands and DJs, as well as specifics regarding ticket sales and safety precautions the businesses will enact in order to maintain social distancing.
Tags: Nectar's , Club Metronome , Justin Panigutti , Swimmer , Zach Nugent , Jerry Garcia Band , Goose , Burning Spear , Web Only , Image
Monday, June 15, 2020
The movie:
Shirley (2020)
Where to see it:
Hulu; rentable on various services; and at VTIFF Virtual Cinema.
The deal:
At midcentury, Rose Nemser (Odessa Young) accompanies her professor husband (Logan Lerman) to Bennington College, where he’s secured a job. The young couple boards with older prof Stanley Hyman (Michael Stuhlbarg) and his wife, Shirley Jackson (Elisabeth Moss), who recently became a literary celebrity for her dark short story “The Lottery.”
At Stanley’s urging, pregnant Rose takes over the domestic tasks of the household for Shirley, who is depressive, borderline-agoraphobic and struggling with her next novel. Meanwhile, Stanley enjoys his pick of a “harem” of adoring female students. Shirley knows he’s unfaithful, and wicked barbs fly between the pair.
Tags: Shirley Jackson , Elisabeth Moss , Bennington College , Michael Stuhlbarg , Josephine Decker , Susan Scarf Merrell , Web Only , Image , Video
Thursday, June 11, 2020
But June 19 is also Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. To honor that day, the soul singer's concert has been rescheduled for Sunday, June 21 .
Wright issued the following statement on the band's Facebook page:
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