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Opera, Opulence and Oysters: Hola, Valencia

Posted on November 14, 2010 by admin

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia; or Santiago Calatrava’s Moby Dick of an Opera House By Victoria Looseleaf Who knew that Spain’s third largest city was the coolest hot spot on the Mediterranean. Truly, this seaside burg of some 800,000 … Continue reading →

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Dancing Dreams: Pina Bausch Lives

Posted on November 12, 2010 by admin

The above clip is in German with French subtitles, but now Dancing Dreams is available on DVD with English subtitles. Hooray and danke schon! By Victoria Looseleaf A year before she died unexpectedly, in 2009, the incomparable dancer/choreographer Pina Bausch … Continue reading →

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On Equal Footing – Or Not

Posted on November 8, 2010 by admin

Flying high at City Hall, Collage Dance Theatre-StyleBy Victoria Looseleaf Not wanting to gild the lily, squash the pumpkin or get all Looseleafean on you, here is my Los Angeles Times review of Collage Dance Theatre. Founded and directed by … Continue reading →

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Her Body Was Music: Isadora & Abraham on the Page

Posted on November 7, 2010 by admin

By Victoria Looseleaf Life is a dance, and in a perfect world it should be artfully executed. Though I’m not talking 32 fouettes, we do need to be reminded of this from time to time, especially now, when the Twitterati … Continue reading →

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Three for the Road

Posted on November 3, 2010 by admin

The prolific guitarist/composer  Howard Fishman. By Mary Lyn Maiscott Jazzy singer-songwriter Howard Fishman—who as a guitarist has played with such luminaries as Nellie McKay—recently released not one, not two, but three CDs of his songs. “I kind of lost my … Continue reading →

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Roth Rules

Posted on October 31, 2010 by admin

Ink Makes the Man. Philip Roth Makes Ink. By Victoria Looseleaf Although I’ve been the recipient of fan letters, I had never written one, until, that is, I scribbled one to Philip Roth. This was after I read I Married … Continue reading →

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Death in a Strip Mall

Posted on October 28, 2010 by admin

Mama Looseleaf and a Cardboard Lee (Liberace). Photo by the author By Victoria Looseleaf The original King of Bling – that ivory-tinkling, Rolls Royce-loving, AIDS-denying entertainer, Liberace – is no longer in posthumous residence in a Las Vegas strip mall. … Continue reading →

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Blond Harmonies and a Timeless Troubadour

Posted on October 25, 2010 by admin

Christopher Paul Stelling By Mary Lyn Maiscott Caught a couple of promising acts on Saturday, the last day of this year’s CMJ festival, both of them playing at Rockwood Music Hall on the Lower East Side—a marvel of a tiny … Continue reading →

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High Art, Hot Sex and A Nose Job

Posted on October 22, 2010 by admin

By Victoria Looseleaf Not Far From the Madding Crowd. Director Stephen Frears takes in the love at Cannes for his latest film, Tamara Drewe. Stephen Frears is a class act. Though the director of The Grifters, Dangerous Liaisons and The … Continue reading →

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Booknotes, Footnotes and Loose’s Notes

Posted on October 21, 2010 by admin

Writer, Thinker, Mensch: David Grossman. Photo by Victoria Looseleaf.By Victoria LooseleafOne of Israel’s finest writers, David Grossman, was in the City of Angels the other night to talk about, read from and – sell and sign – his latest work, … Continue reading →

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