gemma D. alexander

I posted about a birdcage that didn’t live up to the hype. I posted about some that did. Now, here is a collection of Chinese...

At times this blog has mostly been about Iceland, but external pressures and new obsessions have led my attention astray lately. I even missed the...

Airports are so big that you usually only see them in pieces, just a sliver out the airplane window, or a looming entrance as you...

After meaning to go for several years, I finally saw a performance by the contemporary dance group Catapult Dance Company last month. They’ve been around...

Few opera composers are as well-loved (especially at my house) as Rossini, and everyone loves a fairy tale. Rossini’s opera is actually named La Cenerentola,...