Archives - Isabel Drukker
Books
‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ is past, present, and poetry
“Lincoln in the Bardo,” the upcoming debut novel of George Saunders, brings troubled American history to our troubled American times.
Culture
The ‘Beginning of Everything’ should end pretty soon
“Z: The Beginning of Everything” has been flooding newsfeeds with silent ads sporting titillating quotes from the show, based on the life of Zelda Fitzgerald and her famously rocky marriage to literary giant F. Scott Fitzgerald. It couldn’t be more misleading.
MAG
MAG invites guests to be heard
Ascending the stairs during the Memorial Art Gallery’s event Friday night, you might have noticed an odd juxtaposition between the DJ’s beats being left behind and the sound of harps and soft conversation replacing them ahead.
Music
Musicians, businesses Roc4Tim together
Big-name local bands came out to support Rochester concert promoter Tim Avery, diagnosed with stage-three lymph node cancer.
Culture
Author pushes social awareness
“Barbara the Slut and Other People” is entertaining in more ways than one.
MAG
Paranormal investigators search MAG, find the unexplainable
The Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) reached out due to a growing number of stories and strange sightings taking place throughout the 103-year-old building.
Music
Pixies shake off dust with recent release of ‘Head Carrier’
The Campus Times sits down with Pixies drummer David Lovering.