When things got dark in 2020, some bands leaned into anxiety, loneliness, and rage, but others embraced silver linings—especially if COVID shutdowns allowed them a more relaxed pace of life that helped them refocus and pursue quieter personal interests that might otherwise get pushed to the back burner. And if there’s a musical equivalent to […]
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In Son of Saul, a Jew in Auschwitz readies his fellow prisoners for the gas chamber
László Nemes’s acclaimed debut feature re-creates the awful plight of the Sonderkommandos.
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In Rebecca Makkai’s new story collection Music for Wartime, truth is stranger than fiction
The best and most haunting pieces here show the author wrestling with her complicated family legacy.
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Hungary for you: Going for it at the Gulyas Festival
There was a rare chance to taste Hungarian food at a church festival in Norridge over the weekend.
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In praise of fat books: The Transylvanian Trilogy
Miklos Bánffy’s Transylvanian Trilogy is like the 1904 Hungarian book version of Mad Men.
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“This is not a Holocaust story, this is a war story”: The life of Hannah Senesh
Hannah Senesh wasn’t a Holocaust heroine, she was a World War II heroine.
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Tonight: Kalman Balogh Gypsy Cimbalom Trio at Martyrs’
Kalman Balogh, Rom cimbalom master from Hungary, plays with his exciting new trio at Martyrs’ tonight