Recently by Laura Collins-Hughes

This week's links to NAJP members' work:

MJ Andersen on Picasso and Degas (The Providence Journal)
Laura Collins-Hughes on Amanda Palmer and her drama teacher (The Boston Globe)
Thomas Conner on the American Idols Live tour (Chicago Sun-Times)
Thomas Conner on Poi Dog Pondering (Chicago Sun-Times)
Steve Dollar on Eric Rohmer et al (The Wall Street Journal)
Michael Feingold reviews "Wife to James Whelan" (The Village Voice)
Christopher Hawthorne on the Broad Collection museum design (Los Angeles Times)
Matthew Gurewitsch profiles opera patron Peter Moores (The New York Times)
Matthew Gurewitsch queries the Paris Opera's Philippe Jordan (Opera News)
John Horn on a film director's unexpected intermission (Los Angeles Times)
John Horn on the European feel of "The American" (Los Angeles Times)
Hillel Italie on fall books (The Associated Press)
Dennis Lim on documentary-fiction hybrid films (The New York Times)
Dennis Lim on Josef von Sternberg's silent films (Los Angeles Times)
Mary Carole McCauley on the resignation of Center Stage's m.d. (The Baltimore Sun)
Manuel Mendoza on "Mao's Last Dancer" in real life (The Dallas Morning News)
Tom Moon on Cee Lo Green's viral hit, "Fuck You" (NPR)
Ann Powers reviews Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" (Los Angeles Times)
Craig Seligman reviews "The Pain Chronicles" (Bloomberg News)
Douglas Wolk interviews dramatist and comics writer Tom Taylor (Techland)

Also:

Marcia B. Siegel's book, "Mirrors and Scrims: The Life and Afterlife of Ballet" (Wesleyan University Press), has won the American Society for Aesthetics' 2010 Selma Jeanne Cohen Memorial Prize.

This week's links to NAJP members' work:

Larry Blumenfeld on pianist-composer Guillermo Klein (The Wall Street Journal)
Larry Blumenfeld on pianist Matthew Shipp (The Wall Street Journal)
Robert Campbell on Design Research (The Boston Globe)
Laura Collins-Hughes reviews David Rabe's Vietnam War novel (Los Angeles Times)
Thomas Conner on "America's Got Talent" (Chicago Sun-Times)
Thomas Conner on Aerosmith (Chicago Sun-Times)
Francis Davis on Keith Jarrett and Cecil Taylor (The Village Voice)
Steve Dollar on "1-Bit Symphony" (The Wall Street Journal)
Steve Dollar on Tokyo Police Club (Time Out Chicago)
Michael Feingold reviews Paul Weitz's "Trust" (The Village Voice)
Matthew Gurewitsch on a Salzburg milestone for Riccardo Muti (Beyond Criticism)
Matthew Gurewitsch profiles young conductor David Afkham (Beyond Criticism)
Christopher Hawthorne on downtown L.A.'s renaissance (Los Angeles Times)
Ann Hornaday on a silent film about Louis Armstrong (The Washington Post)
Ann Hornaday on Washington stories in the movies (The Washington Post)
Hillel Italie interviews David Mamet (The Associated Press)
Lawrence B. Johnson on stalled talks at Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Detroit News)
Lawrence B. Johnson on what the two sides are proposing (Detroit News)
Julia M. Klein on Phyllis Lambert (The Wall Street Journal)
Laura Sydell on female musicians and social media (NPR)
Laura Sydell on science fiction as inspiration for engineers (NPR)
Jerome Weeks on animatronic dinosaurs (KERA, Dallas)
Douglas Wolk interviews Dark Horse Comics' "Star Wars" editors (Techland)

This week's links to NAJP members' work:

Robert Christgau on Swedish ex-teenqueen Robyn (MSN Music)
Robert Christgau on the Arcade Fire (B&N Review)
Laura Collins-Hughes on a new play about Edward and Jo Hopper (The Boston Globe)
Steve Dollar on the Master Musicians of Bukkake (Time Out New York)
Steve Dollar on "Gong Show Live" (The Wall Street Journal)
Michael Feingold reviews "Secrets of the Trade" (The Village Voice)
Sasha Frere-Jones on major vs. indie labels (The New Yorker)
Sasha Frere-Jones on Scissor Sisters (The New Yorker)
Christopher Hawthorne on architecture in "Inception" (Los Angeles Times)
John Horn on marketing "Eat Pray Love" (Los Angeles Times)
John Horn interviews ex-"Top Chef" contestant Kenny Gilbert (Los Angeles Times)
Ann Hornaday reviews "Eat Pray Love" (The Washington Post)
Ann Hornaday reviews "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" (The Washington Post)
Hillel Italie talks e-books with Pat Conroy (The Associated Press)
Hillel Italie on the death of publisher-agent Elaine Koster (The Associated Press)
Laurie Muchnick reviews Justin Peacock's "Blind Man's Alley" (Bloomberg News)
Craig Seligman reviews Jonathan Franzen's "Freedom" (Bloomberg News)
Michael Z. Wise on North Korean artworks in Vienna (The New York Times)
Douglas Wolk on "Star Wars" and subtitles (Techland)
Douglas Wolk on the widescreen layout in comics (Techland)

This week's links to NAJP members' work:

Charles Aaron on Spiritualized live (Spin)
Larry Blumenfeld on Nat Hentoff's "At the Jazz Band Ball" (Truthdig)
Larry Blumenfeld on Afro-Peruvian singer Susana Baca (The Wall Street Journal)
Thomas Conner on X Japan (Chicago Sun-Times)
Thomas Conner on Lady Gaga at Lollapalooza (Chicago Sun-Times)
Michael Feingold reviews "A Little Night Music" (The Village Voice)
Sasha Frere-Jones on Hallogallo (The New Yorker)
Christopher Hawthorne on shaping public space in L.A. (Los Angeles Times)
Christopher Hawthorne on downtown L.A.'s gentrification limbo (Los Angeles Times)
John Horn on the porn-site ad campaign for "Middle Men" (Los Angeles Times)
John Horn on "Top Chef" (Los Angeles Times)
Ann Hornaday reviews "Life During Wartime" (The Washington Post)
Ann Hornaday interviews Robert Duvall (The Washington Post)
Hillel Italie on the death of Tony Judt (The Associated Press)
Karen Michel on jazz bassist Dave Holland (NPR)
Karen Michel on the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History (NPR)
Renee Montagne interviews the musicians of Balkan Beat Box (NPR)
Ann Powers on Terry Gilliam's Arcade Fire webcast (Los Angeles Times)
Douglas Wolk on out-of-print comics that deserve reprinting (Techland)

Also:

An excerpt from Adam Langer's novel, "The Thieves of Manhattan" (NPR)

This week's links to NAJP members' work:

Larry Blumenfeld on Olu Dara (The Wall Street Journal)
Robert Christgau on M.I.A.'s Hard Festival on Governors Island (MSN Music)
Robert Christgau on Tokyo Police Club's "Champ" (NPR)
Laura Collins-Hughes on Mike Daisey, Apple and Chinese workers (The Boston Globe)
Laura Collins-Hughes on the offstage drama at WHAT (The Boston Globe)
Thomas Conner on Lady Gaga (Chicago Sun-Times)
Steve Dollar on the Asphalt Orchestra (The Wall Street Journal)
Michael Feingold on "See Rock City" and "Battle of Stalingrad" (The Village Voice)
Christopher Hawthorne on "Architecture of the Sun" (Los Angeles Times)
John Horn on studios' embrace of fanboy-genre newcomers (Los Angeles Times)
Ann Hornaday reviews "Dinner for Schmucks" (The Washington Post)
Hillel Italie on Anne Rice, ex-Christian (The Associated Press)
Hillel Italie on Authors Guild response to an Amazon deal (The Associated Press)
Craig Seligman on Gary Shteyngart's "Super Sad True Love Story" (Bloomberg News)
Craig Seligman on traveling through Le Marche (Bloomberg News)

This week's links to NAJP members' work:

Michael Feingold reviews "A Disappearing Number" (The Village Voice)
Sasha Frere-Jones on Big Boi (The New Yorker)
Sasha Frere-Jones on Spiritualized (The New Yorker)
Matthew Gurewitsch on resurrecting Franz Schreker's operas (The New York Times)
Matthew Gurewitsch on the avatars of Madame Armfeldt (The New York Times)
John Horn interviews Olivia Munn (Los Angeles Times)
John Horn on "Super" at Comic-Con (Los Angeles Times)
Ann Hornaday reviews "Salt" and "Countdown to Zero" (The Washington Post)
Ann Hornaday reviews "Agora" (The Washington Post)
Marty Hughley on Sojourn Theatre's mobile play, "On the Table" (The Oregonian)
Julia M. Klein on a new Cleopatra exhibition (Obit Magazine)
Ann Powers reviews Rihanna in concert (Los Angeles Times)
Ann Powers reviews Sheryl Crow's
"100 Miles From Memphis" (Los Angeles Times)

And in print only:

Mark Rozzo on Pennsylvania Dutch Country traditions, revitalized (Bon Appétit)

Apologies for the late posting!

This week's links to NAJP members' work:

Larry Blumenfeld on the sounds of "Treme" live (The Wall Street Journal)
Larry Blumenfeld on Harvey Pekar (ListenGood)
Thomas Conner interviews Pavement's Bob Nastanovich (Chicago Sun-Times)
Thomas Conner reviews Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (Chicago Sun-Times)
Steve Dollar on Coney Island's Siren Music Festival (The Wall Street Journal)
Steve Dollar on Die Antwoord (Time Out Chicago)
Christopher Hawthorne on downtown L.A.'s Civic Park (Los Angeles Times)
Christopher Hawthorne on a school created in a hotel's outline (Los Angeles Times)
Alan Hess reviews San Jose Airport's new terminal (San Jose Mercury News)
John Horn on the battle between Chevron, director of "Crude" (Los Angeles Times)
John Horn on the ruling in the "Crude" case (Los Angeles Times)
Ann Hornaday reviews "Inception" (The Washington Post)
Ann Hornaday reviews "The Kids Are All Right" (The Washington Post)
Hillel Italie on the poor match between poetry and e-books (The Associated Press)
Michael Kimmelman on the truths forgeries reveal about art (The New York Times)
Dennis Lim reviews "Alamar" (Artforum)
Dennis Lim on two nuclear-threat documentaries (The New York Times)
Donald Munro confesses he's hooked on "The Bachelorette" (The Fresno Bee)
Ann Powers on the summer of the duet (Los Angeles Times)

This week's links to NAJP members' work:

Larry Blumenfeld on the label ESP-Disk' (The Wall Street Journal)
Larry Blumenfeld on a month of jazz festivals (The Village Voice)
Caryn Brooks reviews the newly resurrected Lilith Fair (Rolling Stone)
Robert Christgau on the new M.I.A. album (Barnes & Noble Review)
Steve Dollar on The Complete Clint Eastwood et al (The Wall Street Journal)
Michael Feingold reviews "Merchant of Venice," "Winter's Tale" (The Village Voice)
Christopher Hawthorne on a water storage system/soccer field (Los Angeles Times)
John Horn on the reign of blandness on "Top Chef" (Los Angeles Times)
Ann Hornaday reviews "Despicable Me" (The Washington Post)
Ann Hornaday on Baltimore's cinematic mythology (The Washington Post)
Michael Kimmelman on balancing old and new in Rome (The New York Times)
Julia M. Klein on Robert K. Elder's "Last Words of the Executed" (Obit Magazine)
Adam Langer on authors casting themselves in their fiction (Publishers Weekly)
Dennis Lim on the art of the "anti-biopic" (The New York Times)
Dennis Lim on Noah Baumbach's films (Los Angeles Times)
Ann Powers on Liz Phair's "Funstyle" (Los Angeles Times)
Ann Powers on Big Boi's "Sir Lucious Left Foot" (Los Angeles Times)
Craig Seligman on Allegra Goodman's "The Cookbook Collector" (Bloomberg News)
Laura Sydell on tablet vs. printed book reading speeds (NPR)
Laura Sydell on a Stanford library's approaching booklessness (NPR)

This week's links to NAJP members' work:

Hilton Als reviews "The Merchant of Venice," "On the Levee" (The New Yorker)
Hilton Als on Sahr Ngaujah in "Fela!" (The New Yorker)
Misha Berson on the making of "Ruined" (The Seattle Times)
Larry Blumenfeld on barring music from New Orleans streets (Truthdig)
Larry Blumenfeld on Jazzmobile (The Wall Street Journal)
Robert Christgau's July Consumer Guide (msn.com)
Steve Dollar on the Japan Cuts festival et al (The Wall Street Journal)
Michael Feingold reviews "The Grand Manner" (The Village Voice)
Sasha Frere-Jones on Robyn (The New Yorker)
Will Hermes on Laurie Anderson and her new album "Homeland" (The New York Times)
John Horn on the troubled road to release for "Love Ranch" (Los Angeles Times)
Ann Hornaday reviews "South of the Border" (The Washington Post)
Ann Hornaday reviews "The Killer Inside Me" (The Washington Post)
Tom Moon reviews Jason Moran's "Ten" (NPR)
Ann Powers conducts an exit interview with Robert Christgau (Los Angeles Times)
Ann Powers considers raves' dangers in the context of pop history (Los Angeles Times)
Laura Sydell on pirate sites' legitimate advertisers (NPR)

This week's links to NAJP members' work:

Charles Aaron reviews The Roots' "How I Got Over" (Spin)
Laura Bleiberg reviews Raiford Rogers Modern Ballet (Los Angeles Times)
Larry Blumenfeld interviews Herbie Hancock (The Wall Street Journal)
Thomas Conner on the comeback of Michael Jackson's music (Chicago Sun-Times)
Francis Davis on jazz vocalist Theo Bleckmann (The Village Voice)
Steve Dollar on the New York Asian Film Festival et al (The Wall Street Journal)
Michael Feingold on the trouble with Broadway (The Village Voice)
Christopher Hawthorne on L.A.'s next architectural patrons (Los Angeles Times)
Christopher Hawthorne on creating an architectural shortlist (Los Angeles Times)
John Horn on kid-oriented films playing to all ages (Los Angeles Times)
Ann Hornaday reviews "I Am Love" (The Washington Post)
Ann Hornaday reviews "Grown Ups" (The Washington Post)
Michael Kimmelman on Wimbledon's first week (The New York Times)
Laura Sydell on YouTube's legal victory over Viacom (NPR)
Laura Sydell on licensing music for amateur videos (NPR)
Jerome Weeks on musical revisals (KERA, Dallas)