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Sir Philip Pullman, a master of the fantasy genre, has come into his own this year with the trifecta of a new novel, the debut of an HBO series based on his earlier trilogy, and a knighthood in Britain’s New Years Honours.
James Barron said the response to his “Evite” invitation to a show at his Kent, Conn., gallery featuring work by Italian artists has been unprecedented.
“I cannot remember getting such a big response to an Evite as this,” he said, adding that, “Italy touches so many. It’s really a moving experience.”
Reesa Nestor is Willie in “This Property Is Condemned” by Tennessee Williams, which is at the Sherman Playhouse. Photo by Agnes Fohn
Katherine Almquist promises that the Sherman Playhouse will not close down during this month’s run of three one-act plays by Tennessee Williams.
“Even if there’s only one person in the audience, the show will go on,” she vowed, with the grit of a true theater person.
If we all end up in a COVID-19 quarantine, we will of course have lots of time to catch up with our reading and viewing.
Here are a couple topical suggestions. I haven’t actually read these books or seen one of these two films, but maybe now is the time when I will at last.
A portrait of Keith Haring from 1985 is one of more than 30 portraits of artists and gallery owners from that era in a new show of older work by Jeannette Montgomery Barron. Photo by Jeannette Montgomery Barron
A retrospective of Jeannette Montgomery Barron’s portraits from the 1980s is at the Patrick Parrish Gallery in New York City at 50 Lespinard St. until April 18.
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