Jonathan Slaff

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Jonathan Slaff writes on cultural events from the brainy, the edgy and the good. He helps us keep ahead of the curve in the world of the arts and culture.

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The Whore from Ohio

'The Whore from Ohio' by Hanoch Levin, Israel's foremost playwright, is a black comedy that deals memorably with ultimate questions of fantasy, lust and mortality.

Pilgrimage: Sin-cha Hong and Laughing Stone Dance Theatre Company of Korea

Sin-cha Hong and her Laughing Stone Dance Theatre Company of Korea at La MaMa for Pilgrimage, which premiered in 1988 at Seoul Arts Center

Home Front

'Home Front' is a highly-charged, explosive play by Daniel Algie that reveals how the violence of distant war affects the heart of America. Euripides' 'Herakles' is re-imagined as the unsettling homecoming of a Vietnam MIA.

Some Historic/Some Hysteric

Since neuropsychology was founded just before the Victorian era, it has undergone a century and a half of growing pains, none of which was more theatrical than the 'Hysteria Shows,' or clinical demonstrations, of Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot of Paris

30th Annual Village Halloween Costume Ball at Theater for the New City

Nonstop theater, a costume competition and ballroom dancing will bewitch the East Village in Theater for the New City's 30th annual Village Halloween Costume Ball. This unique festival continues as a grand coming-together for everyday New Yorkers

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Why Retail Brands Are Rethinking Order Fulfillment This Year

Retail growth creates an interesting operational problem. More orders...

The Exercise Paradox: Why the Physics of Weight Loss Defies the Treadmill

The global fitness and diet industry operates on a foundational piece of arithmetic but the physics of weight loss doesn't operate they say they say it does.

When The Garage Is The Only Step Free Door Into The House

When the garage is the only door your mother...

Will Birthright Citizenship Become Next Historic Roe VS Wade? Trump Lost Fight; But Re-issued Executive Order Targeting Birth Tourism

Despite losing the U.S. Supreme Court birthright citizenship fight almost two months ago, President Trump reloaded and fired off another round of ammunition to let the Supreme Court know there is more than one way to skin a cat.
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