Connections
In the first hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on 7/27/26, filmmaker Nancy Spielberg on her film, "A Letter to David," part of the Jewish Film Festival. Then, the Rochester Teen Film Festival.
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Arts, Music and Culture
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There is a lot to process on Andrew Cloninger’s new album, “Brutalist.” Processing, in fact, could serve as the guiding concept behind the album. Song titles like “Archive” and “Field Notes” suggest raw sonic material of various sorts underwent a careful process of refinement, sifting or even distilling. Instead of clean, repeatable melodies and chord […] The post REVIEW | ‘Brutalist’ by Andrew Cloninger appeared first on CITY Magazine. Arts. Music. Culture..
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American cheesemongers have a chip on their shoulders. It’s not entirely unwarranted. American cheese (the category) is fairly young, all things considered, gaining traction only in the 1970s, and is often conflated with the giant bricks of yellowish-orange American cheese (the product) found in grocery stores across the country. “The Big Cheese,” a new documentary […] The post Review | ‘The Big Cheese’ appeared first on CITY Magazine. Arts. Music. Culture..
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