Category Archives: Newspapers

Chicago Opera and CITIZEN KANE

“Samuel Insull built the Civic Opera Building for his mistress, an opera singer.” “Samuel Insull built the Civic Opera Building for his mistress, Mary Garden, an opera singer.” These two similar tales are told daily by Chicago River tour guides. And these two tales are totally false. The only truth in the tales is that […]

August 27, 2016 – 2:30 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Art, from Paul, History, Media, Men and Women, Movies, Music, Newspapers, Opera, Quotations, Theater, Uncategorized, Videos | Comments Off on Chicago Opera and CITIZEN KANE

ASSASSINATION THEATER: The Most Important and Exciting Theater You Will See

The first great work of theater, Oedipus Rex, is a whodunit. Ever since, solving mysteries seems part and parcel of what audiences expect of the theatrical experience. I was a high school student beginning a lifelong study of theater when the shots rang out in Dallas. Being sent home from school due to an assassination […]

August 18, 2015 – 12:09 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Current Events, from Paul, History, Media, Newspapers, Politics, radio, Television, Theater, Videos, World Affairs | Comments Off on ASSASSINATION THEATER: The Most Important and Exciting Theater You Will See

Do You Like Modern Art?

The always provocative “Spengler” at Asia Times has a very strong essay, “Why You Pretend to Like Modern Art” The writer’s muscular prose style, erudition, and anonymity have made a sport of guessing his identity. (Nominees range from V. S. Naipaul and Henry Kissinger through John Farrenkopf, Dmitry Shlapentokh, Nick Land, and David P. Goldman, […]

May 11, 2007 – 6:57 am | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Art, Newspapers, Uncategorized | Comments (1)

THOSE WHO PUT BITTER FOR SWEET

  “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!                                                        Isaiah: 5:20   My son, Spc. James Kuritz, was recognized by the Maine House of Representatives in January. As I proud father, I wanted to share […]

March 17, 2007 – 7:10 am | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in from Paul, Newspapers | Comments Off on THOSE WHO PUT BITTER FOR SWEET