I was watching an NFL game while scrolling through Instagram stories when I came across a clip of the Act Finale from Verdi’s La Traviata. Violetta implores Alfredo to love her as she departs for …
December 31, 2021
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Wagner takes Lohengrin beyond Star Wars and Gladiator and Indiana Jones
A poem for the new year by Reader poetry editor Joseph O’Brien
For Cecilia It’s a party like any other We’ve ever been wallpapered and rugged Into — the food and drink disarrayed, the bother And mess left behind in the hosts’ kitchen For tomorrow and tomorrow …
December 31, 2021
Swayed by Palmys in Pacific Beach
You look at Palmys and you straightway think Dunedin, Queenstown, Raglan. All those pubs are named after Kiwi hometowns. They have sprung up around ’Diego these last few years, and now here’s this new one: …
December 31, 2021