Lewis Whittington

Philadelphia

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YOKO: a biography

1 week ago | culturevulture.net | Lewis Whittington

At age 92, Yoko Ono has for decades been a celebrated artist with art installations and performances in galleries and theaters all over the world. Even songs from Ono’s reviled Plastic Ono Band albums from the 70s have been recycled by millennial bands collaborating with Ono and are dance club hits. Yet Ono is still remembered some as the woman who broke up the Beatles.
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

1 month ago | culturevulture.net | Omar El Akkad |Lewis Whittington

“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” This was a tweet sent out by journalist Omar El Akkad reporting from Gaza last year – a prediction that was viewed 10 million+ times.
How Sondheim Can Change Your Life

1 month ago | culturevulture.net | Richard Schoch |Lewis Whittington

Want to find out why you do the things you do but don’t want to see a psychologist, how about seeing a Sondheim musical instead? Richard Schoch delves into the life lessons built into his shows in ‘How Stephen Sondheim Can Change Your Life.’ Schoch’s thesis might sound like a stretch but it isn’t, think of it as a musical-theater equivalent of sports metaphors or even Socrates, in fact a funny thing happen on the way to this book forum and it was a lot of fun.
Latino Poetry: The Library of America Anthology

2 months ago | culturevulture.net | Lewis Whittington

The Library of America’s ‘African American Poetry: 250 years of Struggle and Song’ is stunning in its historic and literary scope and the same is true of LOA’s ‘Latino Poetry’ an anthology that brings together the voices of 168 poets going back four centuries, across continents, cultures, and poetic legacy of the Latin diaspora.
Stranger Than Fiction

Jan 19, 2025 | culturevulture.net | Edwin Frank |Lewis Whittington

‘Stranger Than Fiction’ is Edwin Frank’s vigorous study of the evolution of the 20th century novel and the novelists who redirected the genre and its agency with readers navigating a brave and daunting world. Frank is Editorial Director of New York Review Books and has the inside track(at times too inside) and ‘Stranger Than Fiction’ is, indeed, a sweaty and heady dose of comparative literature.
John Lewis A Life

Jan 12, 2025 | culturevulture.net | Lewis Whittington

David Greenberg’s new biography of John Lewis includes a photograph of the Congressman at age 80, on site at the Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington DC in 2020. It was the summer of George Floyd’s murders and the onslaught of Covid-19. Lewis wore a mask and a cap with ‘1619 – 400 yrs’ signage referencing America’s slave-trading past. Lewis died just weeks after the photograph was taken.
Roman Year

Oct 27, 2024 | culturevulture.net | Lewis Whittington

André Aciman’s ‘Out of Egypt’ made his reputation when it was published in 1995 and he followed it up with a slate of critically acclaimed nonfiction and fiction titles, his most famous being ‘Call Me By Your Name’ which was made into a hit movie, directed by Luca Guadagnino, with screenplay by filmmaker James Ivory. As admirable as the film is, it doesn’t really convey the richness of Aciman’s prose.
Ballet X Summer Series

Jul 16, 2024 | culturevulture.net | Lewis Whittington

BalletX finished up their 2023-24 regular season with a wide-ranging program of three premiere ballets the showcased the company’s artistic daring and more than a little joy in presenting new ballets. It is a heady time for the company as beneficiaries of a $7.4 legacy gift from the late writer and arts philanthropist Joan DeJean, who has championed the company for many years.
The Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2024 Pride Concert

Jun 29, 2024 | culturevulture.net | Lewis Whittington

There was a sense of musical occasion for The Fabulous Philadelphians in the Marian Anderson Hall for the third annual Pride Concert, free to all those who registered or showed up in time to claim any remaining available seats, the hall was packed to the rafters by this largely GLBTQA+ crowd. Out maestro Marin Alsop was on the podium for the second year in a row and this crowd greeted her like a classical rock star when she bounded onstage.
Great Stages Gala & Concert Honoring Marian Anderson

Jun 13, 2024 | culturevulture.net | Lewis Whittington

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker was the keynote speaker for the rededication ceremony of the Marian Anderson Hall in Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts on June 8, at the home of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Anderson was born in Philadelphia and raised in Philadelphia and went on to become an internationally acclaimed opera star and civil-rights leader.